Various important medicines make use of secondary metabolites that are produced by plants.Medicinal plants,such as Withania somnifera and Tinospora cordifolia,are rich sources of chemically active compounds and are re...
Inflammatory bowel disease(IBD)is entering a potentially new era of combined therapeutics.Triantafillidis et al provide an insightful review of the current state of combination therapy,with a focus on the use of a com...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82073366 and 32100748);the 1.3.5 project for disciplines of excellence,West China Hospital,Sichuan University(No.ZYGD18007);the National Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(No.2022NSFSC1642).
In the treatment of central nervous system(CNS)diseases such as glioma,Alzheimer's disease(AD)and Parkinson's disease(PD),drugs are expected to reach specific areas of the brain to achieve the desired effect.Although ...
Supported by Xi’an Science and Technology Plan Project,No.20200001YX001(1);Xi’an Talent Plan-Elite(Innovative Talents)Project,No.XAYC210062.
BACKGROUND Pulmonary fibrosis(PF)is a chronic interstitial lung disease characterized by fibroblast proliferation and extracellular matrix formation,causing structural damage and lung failure.Stem cell therapy and mes...
This editorial commented on an article in the World Journal of Gastroenterology titled“Risks of Reactivation of Hepatitis B Virus in Oncological Patients Using Tyrosine Kinase-Inhibitors:Case Report and Literature An...
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52072005 and 51872279).
Background:As reported,γ-tubulin(TuBG1)is related to the occurrence and development of various types of malignant tumors.However,its role in hepatocellular cancer(HCC)is not clear.The present study was to investigate...
Chronic hepatitis B virus(HBV)infection affects over 295 million people globally and an estimated 1.6 million people in the United States.It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality due to cirrhosis,live...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(nos.32071347,51973116,21935002,and 52003156);ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center,Zhejiang University(02020200-K02013008);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M681344);joint laboratory grant from Jiangsu Wuzhong Aesthetics Biotech Co.Ltd;and the starting grant of ShanghaiTech University.Materials were tested at Analytical Instrumentation Center(#SPST-AIC10112914)and the Center for High-Resolution Electron Microscopy(CћEM),SPST,ShanghaiTech University.
Modulating the extracellular matrix microenvironment is critical for achieving the desired macrophage phenotype in immune investigations or tumor therapy.Combining de novo protein design and biosynthesis techniques,he...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFA0903200,2018YFA0903201,and 2020YFA0803502);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81925037,U22A20371,31830021,32030036,and 82270055);the 111 Project(B16021,China);National High-level Personnel of Special Support Program(2017RA2259,China);Guangdong International Science and Technology Cooperation Base(2021A0505020015,China);Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Higher Education Institution(2021KCXTD001,China);Local Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program(2017BT01Y036,China);Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar(2021B1515020065,China)。
Interleukin(IL)-17A,a pro-inflammatory cytokine,is a fundamental function in the onset and advancement of multiple immune diseases.To uncover the primary compounds with IL-17A inhibitory activity,a large-scale screeni...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82173668);Scientific Research Project of High-Level Talents(No.C1034335,China)in Southern Medical University of China;Thousand Youth Talents Program(No.C1080094,China)from the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee,China.
Immunotherapy has led to a paradigm shift in the treatment of cancer.Current cancer immunotherapies are mostly antibody-based,thus possessing advantages in regard to pharmacodynamics(e.g.,specificity and efficacy).How...