National Natural Science Foundation of China(81872754);Research Fund of University of Macao(MYRG2018-00037-ICMS);and Science and Technology Development Fund,Macao SAR(FDCT 0031/2019/A1)。
OBJECTIVE Interleukin(IL)-1β,one of the principal inflammatory cytokines mainly secreted by monocytes and macrophages,is produced by cleavage of the inactive pro-IL^(-1)βprecursor by caspase-1 via the NLRP3 inflamma...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(81673631;81603385);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2018M643843);Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(2017JM8056);Key Research and Development Foundation of Shaanxi province(2018SF-241)
OBJECTIVE To investigate the neuroprotective effects and exact mechanisms of myrrh extract following cerebral ischemic stroke.METHODS Male rats were randomly divided into three groups:sham group,middle cerebral artery...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(81460556;81760658).
OBJECTIVE To research the effect of naringenin(NAR) on LPS-induced dopaminergic neurons damage and its potential mechanism.METHODS Rats were randomly divided into the following six groups(n=10):control(0.9% NaCl),NAR ...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(81671384;81371329)
OBJECTIVE To explore the protective effects and mechanisms of Ginsenoside Rg1(Rg1) on H_2O_2-induced hippocampal neurons aging in vitro.METHODS The primary culture hippo.campal neurons(7 d) were randomly placed into s...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(81560597;81260664;81360658;and 81660689)
OBJECTIVE Dihydroquercetin(TAX) is the most abundant dihydroflavone found in on.ions,milk thistle and Douglas fir bark.We investigated whether TAX could inhibit the lipid accumulation in alcoholic liver steatosis in v...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(81560597;81260664;81360658;81660689)
OBJECTIVE Regulating P2x7R-NLRP3 inflammasome activation might be a potential therapeutic strategy to treat alcoholic hepatosteatosis.We investigated whether this process would be modulated by gentiopicroside(GPS),whi...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(8167020905)
OBJECTIVE To observe the effects of glycogen synthase 3β(GSK-3β) in the regula.tion of NLRP3 inflammasome activation after acute myocardial infarction(MI) in Sprague Dawley(SD)rats.METHODS Ligation of the left anter...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(81603587,81603668);Science and Technology Development Plan of Guangdong Province(2017A020211016);Youth Medical Talent Fund of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine(QNYC20170105)
OBJECTIVE Recent studies have demonstrated that the Nlrp3 inflammasome serve as a central role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases and endothelial dysfunction occurs in association with several cardiovascul...
The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(81373384)
OBJECTIVE Inhibition of phosphodiesterase 4(PDE4) improves the learning and memory abilities in Alzheimer disease animal models. The cognition-enhancing effects of PDE4 inhibition involve reduced inflammatory response...
OBJECTIVE To identify the role of GSK3 isoform inhibition on inflammasome activation.METHODS The NLRP3 inflammasome was activated by typical LPS/ATP and host-derived metabolites in primary mouse macrophages.The pharma...