This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82074375);Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(No.LY20H270007);TCM Science and Technology Plan of Zhejiang Province(No.2020ZQ012);the Research Project of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University(No.2021JKZKTS003A)to YZ;National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82074217)to ZXH.
Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE)is a devastating autoimmune disorder associated with severe organ damage.The abnormality of T cell apoptosis is considered as an important pathogenetic mechanism of SLE.Norcantharidin(...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82074025 and No.82074271;the Heilongjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Project,No.ZHY18-047;and Scientific Research Project of Heilongjiang Health Committee,No.2020-293.
BACKGROUND Norcantharidin(NCTD)is suitable for the treatment of primary liver cancer,especially early and middle primary liver cancer.This compound can reduce tumors and improve immune function.However,the side effect...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81273837)
Objective: To observe the effect of norcantharidin(NCTD) on collagen-induced arthritis(CIA) rats. Methods: Sixty Sprague-Dawley(SD) rats were randomly divided into 6 groups(n=10): normal group, CIA model gr...
AIM: To study the therapeutic effect of norcantharidin(NCTD) combined with ABT-737 on hepatocellular carcinoma cells and the molecular mechanism. METHODS: Two hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) cell lines, Hep G2 and SMMC-...
Objective To observe the relationship between protein phosphatase-2Ac(PP2Ac)and renal interstitial fibrosis,and to investigate the effects and the underlying mechanism of norcantharidin(NCTD)on renal fibrosis in unila...
Background:Vasculogenic mimicry(VM)is a novel tumor blood supply in some highly aggressive malignant tumors.Recently,we reported VM existed in gallbladder carcinomas(GBCs)and the formation of the special passage throu...
Vasculogenic mimicry(VM)is a newly-defined tumor microcirculation pattern in highly aggressive malignant tumors.We recently reported tumor growth and VM formation of gallbladder cancers through the contribution of the...
Objective: To investigate the inhibitory activities of norcantharidin (NCTD), a demethylated analogue of cantharidin, on Hep3B cells (a human hepatoma cell line) with deficiency of p53. Methods: The survival rat...
BACKGROUND: Gallbladder carcinoma, a lethal malignant neoplasm with poor prognosis, has dismal results of surgical resection and chemoradiotherapy. We previously reported that norcantharidin (NCTD) is useful against g...