supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs(VA Merit Award BX004256)(to AMA);Emory Department of Neurosurgery Catalyst Grant;Emory Medical Care Foundation Grant(to AMA and JG)。
Spinal cord injury remains a major cause of disability in young adults,and beyond acute decompression and rehabilitation,there are no pharmacological treatments to limit the progression of injury and optimize recovery...
Supported by the Science and Technology Planning Projects of Guizhou Province,No.QKHJC-ZK[2022]YB642;the Science and Technology Planning Projects of Zunyi City,No.ZSKHHZ(2022)344;the WBE Liver Fibrosis Foundation,No.CFHPC2025028;the Chinese Foundation for Hepatitis Prevention and Control Muxin Research Fund of CHB,No.MX202404;Beijing Liver and Gallbladder Mutual Aid Public Welfare Foundation Artificial Liver Special Fund,No.iGandanF-1082024-Rgg018;the Graduate Research Fund Project of Zunyi Medical University,No.ZYK246;the Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of Zunyi Medical University,No.2024106610923 and No.S202310661028.
The complement system is crucial for maintaining immunological homeostasis in the liver,playing a significant role in both innate and adaptive immune responses.Dysregulation of this system is closely linked to the pat...
supported by the Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province of China,No.20210302124277;the Science Foundation of Shanxi Bethune Hospital,No.2021YJ13(both to JW)。
Repetitive traumatic brain injury impacts adult neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus,leading to long-term cognitive impairment.However,the mechanism underlying this neurogenesis impairment remains unknown.In ...
Supported by The Research Foundation of Jiangsu Province Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine,No.MS2023088;The Science and Technology Project of Changzhou,No.CE20225040;The Research Foundation of Nanjing Medical University Changzhou Medical Center,No.CMCC202311;Leading Talent of Changzhou“The 14th Five-Year Plan”High-Level Health Talents Training Project,No.2022CZLJ021.
BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)surveillance is crucial for patients with compensated cirrhosis(CC)and decompensated cirrhosis(DC).Increasing evidence has revealed a connection between thyroid hormone(TH)and H...
BACKGROUND C3 glomerulopathies(C3G)are a rare cause of kidney failure resulting from complement dysregulation.Small studies demonstrate a high rate of recurrence and poor outcomes in kidney transplantation.Treatment e...
National Institutes of Health(NIH):National Heart,Lung,and Blood Institute(NHLBI:R01-HL164772,R01-HL159062,R01-HL146691,T32-HL144456);National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases(NIDDK:R01-DK123259,R01-DK033823);National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences(NCATS:UL1-TR002556-06,UM1-TR004400)(to Gaetano Santulli);Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation(to Gaetano Santulli);Monique Weill-Caulier and Irma T.Hirschl Trusts(to Gaetano Santulli).
Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a disorder of the cardiac muscle that affects patients with diabetes.The exact mechanisms underlying diabetic cardiomyopathy are mostly unknown,but several factors have been implicated in th...
Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi,No.2020GXNSFDA238006;Special Fund of the Central Government Guiding Local Scientific and Technological Development by Guangxi Science and Technology Department,No.GuikeZY21195024;Research Enhancement Project for Junior Faculty in Higher Education Institutes of Guangxi,No.2018KY0419.
BACKGROUND Complement activation is recognized as an important factor in the progression of liver damage caused by acetaminophen(APAP).However,the role of the complement inhibitor C2-FH in APAP-induced liver injury re...
Objective To investigate the extraglomerular deposition of C1q in patients with lupus nephritis (LN)and explore its clinicopathological significance,and to provide immunological evidence for the mechanism of renal tub...
Recently,new findings have been clarified concerning both pathogenesis and treatment of IgA nephritis.The four hits theory has been confirmed but several genetic wide association studies have allowed finding several g...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82272928);CSCO(Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology)-BMS(Bristol-Myers Squibb)Cancer Immunotherapy Research Foundation(No.Y-BMS2019-003);the Knowledge Innovation Program of Wuhan-Basic Research(China)(No.2022020801010475).
Complement C1q was proved to be able to regulate the polarization of macrophages to the anti-inflammatory phenotype(M2 polarized),acting as an anti-inflammation molecule independent of the classical complement pathway...