supported by grants from National Key R&D Program of China,No.2023YFC2506100(to JZ);the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82171062(to JZ).
Subretinal fibrosis is the end-stage sequelae of neovascular age-related macular degeneration.It causes local damage to photoreceptors,retinal pigment epithelium,and choroidal vessels,which leads to permanent central ...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China(no.82204006);the Science and Technology of Project of Hebei Education Department(QN2022009);the Provincial Graduate Student Innovation Funding Project of Hebei Province(CXZZBS2022104);the National Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(H2020209292).
Background:The aim was to explore the effect of macrophage polarization and macrophage-to-myofibroblast transition(MMT)in silicosis.Methods:Male Wistar rats were divided into a control group and a silicosis group deve...
B was supported by grants from the German Research Foundation(DFG;Nos.BE 4443/1-1,BE 4443/4-1,BE4443/6-1,KFO309284237345 P7 and CRC1213268555672 projects A02 and A04);German Center for Lung Research(DZL),and Excellence Cluster CardioPulmonary Institute(CPI;No.EXC2026390649896);XC acknowledges the support of the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Grant(No.LQ24H210001);EEA was supported by the DFG(Nos.EL 931/5-1,EL 931/4-1,KFO309284237345 P7 and SFB CRC1213268555672 project A04),Institute for Lung Health(ILH),CPI,and DZL.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF)is characterized by accumulation of myofibroblasts(MYFs)and extracellular matrix components,which leads to severe distortion and scarring of the gas exchange units of the lung,the alv...
supported by the National Science Foundation of China(82370802);Xi'an Jiaotong University Medical Basics-Clinical Integration Innovation Project(YXJLRH2022049).
The implantation of foreign materials often leads to fibroblast activation and fibrous capsule formation.The process of fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition(FMT)is partially influenced by the surface properties of b...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China(No.2018YFA0800404);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82100255 and 81970736);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Nos.2021M691459 and 2022T150299).
Cardiac fibrosis is a cause of morbidity and mortality in people with heart disease.Anti-fibrosis treatment is a significant therapy for heart disease,but there is still no thorough understanding of fibrotic mechanism...
supported by Japanese China Sasakawa Medical Fellowship,Science and Health Joint Research Project of Chongqing Municipality (2020GDRC013);Program for Youth Innovation in Future Medicine,Chongqing Medical University (W0087).
Hepatic stellate cells(HSCs)play an essential role in various liver diseases,and exosomes are critical mediators of intercellular communication in local and distant microenvironments.Cellular crosstalk between HSCs an...
Supported by Natural Science Foundation-funded Project:Effect of Macrophage-to-Myofibroblast Transition in Contralateral Kidney of Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction Rats Through the Aldosterone/MR/SGK1 Pathway and Inhibition of Chinese Herbs(No.81873251);Natural Science Foundation-funded Project:Aldosterone-induced Macrophage Polarization-lymphatic Endothelial Cell-like Transformation Involved in Renal Fibrosis and the Protective Effect of Yiqi Jiedu Huayu Herbs(No.82205006);Youth Top Talent Project of Hebei Provincial Department of Education:Mechanism of Renal Fibrosis Induced by NF-kB/IL-8 Induced MMT in UUO Rats(BJK2022004)。
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the action and underlying mechanisms of Huoxue Jiedu Huayu recipe(活血解毒化瘀方,HJHR)against unilateral ureteral obstruction(UUO)-induced injury in the contralateral kidney.METHODS:Forty-eigh...
This work was supported by the grants from the Research and Develop Program,West China Hospital of Stomatology Sichuan University(No.LCYJ2019-1 to J.P.);the Interdisciplinary and Intercollege Research Project of the State Key Laboratory of Sichuan University(No.2021KXK0403 to J.P.);the Sichuan University-Panzhihua City 2021 Campus Cooperation Special Fund Project(No.2021CDPZH-7 to W.Y.);the College Students’Innovative Entrepreneurial Training Plan Program(No.202210610194 to S.Z.).
Although substantial progress has been made in cancer biology and treatment,the prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC)is still not satisfactory because of local tumor invasion and frequent lymph node metastas...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82074002,81922073,81872985);the National Key Research and Development Project of China(No.2019YFC1709405).
Recent studies have shown that endogenous metabolites act via aryl hydrocarbon receptor(AhR)signalling pathway in tubulointerstitial fibrosis(TIF)pathogenesis.However,the mechanisms underlying endogenous metabolite-me...