Sturge–Weber syndrome(SWS)is a rare congenital neurocutaneous disorder characterized by the simultaneous presence of both cutaneous and extracutaneous capillary malformations.SWS usually presents as a facial port-win...
This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC Grant Nos.U21A20336,81820108031,and 91939301);National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFC3602400);Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.7222218,China);Medical research management/basic and clinical research unit of metabolic cardiovascular diseases,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(Grant No.2021RU003,China).
The coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic,caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),has been significantly alleviated.However,long-term health effects and prevention strategy remain un...
BACKGROUND Patients with mesenteric ischemia frequently suffer from bowel necrosis even after revascularization.Hydrogen gas has showed promising effects for ischemiareperfusion injury by reducing reactive oxygen spec...
This work was supported by grants from the Scientific Research Common Program of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education(No.KM202010025029);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82070623 and 81970532);the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.7202007).
As evolutionarily conserved signals,roof plate-specific spondins(R-spondins;RSPOs)are a family with four members(RSPO1e4)exerting distinctly different functions.RSPOs have five receptors and correlate with different s...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFD0101006);the China Agricultural Research System(CARS15-03);the Outstanding Youth Found of Hebei Province(C2019204365)。
Verticillium wilt, a devastating disease in cotton caused by Verticillium dahliae, reduces cotton quality and yield. Heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins, consisting of Ga, Gb, and Gc subunits, transducers of receptor ...
This study supported by grants funded by National Institutes of Health CA179582 and CA222490.
Background:Probiotic VSL#3 is used to treat ulcerative colitis.This study examines the effect of VSL#3 in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH)that has liver carcinogenic potential.Methods:Western diet(WD)-fed wild-type...
BACKGROUND Gastric cancer(GC)has become a serious threat to people's health.Accumulative evidence reveals that dysregulation of numerous microRNAs(miRNAs)has been found during malignant formation.So far,the role of mi...
This work was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.31100545 and 31670848);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No.2016A030313087).
Class B G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) PAC1-R is a neuropeptide pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide(PACAP)-preferring receptor that mediates the effective neuroprotective activity.Based on our previ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81070913(to ZYH)
The G-protein-coupled purinergic receptor P2Y2(P2RY2) plays an important role in the mechanism of atherosclerosis, which is relevant to ischemic stroke. This retrospective case-control study aimed to assess the relati...
The cannabinoid type-1(CB1)receptor,a G-protein-coupled receptor,is an attractive target for drug discovery due to its involvement in many physiological processes.Historically,drug discovery efforts targeting the CB1 ...