supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81171508);Key project of Chongqing
Embryonic ectoderm development(EED)has become a novel target for cancer treatment.In this study,a series of EED inhibitors was subjected to a three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship(3D-QSAR)and ...
Supported by Tianjin Natural Science Funds(No.18JCQNJC10600).
●AIM:To investigate how signals from lens regulate retinal vascular development and neovascularization.●METHODS:Le-Cre transgenic mouse line was employed to inactivate Smad4 in the surface ectoderm selectively.Stand...
Supported by the Korea Health Technology RD Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute;the Ministry of Health and Welfare,No.HI16C-2207;the Basic Science Research Program through the NRF,No.NRF-2018R1D1A1A09083264;Ewha Womans University,No.RP-grant2017
Located near the oropharynx, the tonsils are the primary mucosal immune organ. Tonsil tissue is a promising alternative source for the high-yield isolation of adult stem cells, and recent studies have reported the ide...
the Canada Research Chairs Program,the Canadian Institutes of Health Research,and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for their support
There is little to no toxicity information regarding thousands of chemicals to which people are exposed daily.In fact,of the84,000 chemicals listed in the United States Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory,there is ...
supported by a Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)Strategic Leading Science&Technology Program grant(XDB14040301);by the Hundred Talent Program of CAS(121311ZXPP2014004)at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences(RCEES),CAS
The adverse effects of environmental pollution on our well-being have been intensively studied with many in vitro and in vivo systems. In our group, we focus on stem cell toxicology due to the multitude of embryonic s...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81301802,81230051,30830048,31170711);Grant of Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2013CB910501,2010CB912203,2010CB529402);Program for Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities(111 Project)of Ministry of Education;Beijing Natural Science Foundation(7120002);Peking University grants(BMU20120314,BMU20130364,BMU20130373);a Leading Academic Discipline Project of Beijing Education Bureau
Mutations of integrin-interacting protein Kindlin-1 cause Kindler syndrome and deregulation of Kindlin-1 is implicated in human cancers. The Kindlin-1-related diseases are confined in limited tissue types. However, Ki...
Thisworkwas supported in part by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA01010201);the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China(2014CB964804,2015CB964500);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91219303,31430058).
The ectoderm has the capability to generate epidermis and neuroectoderm and plays imperative roles during the early embryonic development.Our recent study uncovered a region with ectodermal progenitor potential in mou...
We found T-type calcium channel blocker Ni2+ can efficiently induce the formation of cement gland in Xenopus laevis animal cap explants. Another T-type specific calcium channel blocker Amiloride can also induce the fo...
Developmental potency of primitive and embryonic ectoderm cells from 4.50-day to 6.25-day post-coitum (p.c.) mouse embryos and primordial germ cells from 12.50-day p.c.male genital ridges of fetal mice were studied by...