supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872077);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFD1400800);Special Projects for Foreign Cooperation of Yunnan Province(no.202003AD150014)to F.D.
Dear Editor,Catharanthus roseus,an important medicinal plant native to Madagascar,is the sole source of the two important anticancer drugs vinblastine and vincristine,which are synthesized by the monoterpene-derived i...
Plant natural products have been widely used in medicine,food,and cosmetics.Of a particular note,many natural products from Cathar-anthus roseus have important biological activities and medicinal value^([1]),with vinb...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0900600);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the CAS(XDB27020205).
The de novo biosynthesis of vindoline and catharanthine,the direct precursors used for industrial production of the anti-cancer drug vinblastine,has been achieved in the yeast cell factory.To date,this is the longest ...
In a recent study published in Nature,Zhang et al.employed an innovative approach by reprogramming and engineering yeast strain for combined biosynthesis of vindoline and catharanthine,followed by an additional in vit...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers:82003796,81803566,81973340 and 81630095);Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of the Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program(grant number:2017BT01Y036,China);National High-level Personnel of the Special Support Program(DM Zhang,China);National Science and Technology Major Project(grant number:2018ZX09711001008-008,China);Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(grant number:2020B1111110004,China);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(grant number:2019A1515010144,China);Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmacodynamic Constituents of TCM and New Drugs Research,College of Pharmacy(grant number:2020B1212060076,China);Special Funds for the Cultivation of Guangdong College Students’Scientific and Technological Innovation(grant number:pdjh2021a0052,China)。
Osteosarcoma is a kind of bone tumor with highly proliferative and invasive properties,a high incidence of pulmonary metastasis and a poor prognosis.Chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment for osteosarcoma.Currently...
Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a highly treatable malignancy. It has high cure rates yet there are many patients who relapse or are refractory to treatment. Traditionally, treatment has been with conventional chemotherapy;how...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number: 81173566)
Molecular imprinted nanoparticles(MINPs) can memorize the shape and functional group positions complementary to template, which account for the large drug loading capacity and slow drug release behavior as drug carrie...
Catharanthus roseus is one of the most extensively investigated medicinal plants, which can produce more than 130 alkaloids, including the powerful antitumor drugs vinblastine and vincristine. Here we review the recen...
Nearly 40% of children with Anaplastic Large cell lymphomas will relapse after a first-line strategy with short-pulse chemotherapy and reach a second remission in 30% to 60% with second line therapies including mainte...
AIM:To evaluate the outcomes and potential prognostic factors in patients with non-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS)-related Kaposi’s sarcoma(KS).METHODS:Patients with histologically proven non-AIDS-related KS...