supported by grant from the National Key Plan for Scientific Research and Development of China (2016YFC1200200)
Conventional influenza vaccines need to be designed and manufactured yearly.However,they occasionally provide poor protection owing to antigenic mismatch.Hence,there is an urgent need to develop universal vaccines aga...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.81672724, 8187191 & and 81472573);the Supporting Programs of Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan (No.18431902900);the Grant from the State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes (No.91-17-17);the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning (No.201540213).
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common malignant tumor in the digestive tract, and 30%—85% of CRCs express epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFRs). Recently, treatments using cetuximab, also named C225, an anti-EGFR m...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11025208,11221202,11372042,and 11202026);the Excellent Young Scholars Research Fund of Beijing Institute of Technology
The stiffness and strength of extracellular (EC) region of cadherin are proposed to be two important mechanical properties both for cadherin as a mechanotransductor and for the formation of cell-cell adhesion. In th...
Background Thyroid peroxidase (TPO) is an important autoantigen in Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), and almost all epitopes are located in TPO ectodomain. The glycosylation of TPO might contribute to breaking self-t...
Supported by Grants from the National Institutes of Health,No.AG029859; the National Center of the American Heart Association,No.0330335N;the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research(NJCCR703010)to Fan H
AIM:To determine if the cytotail of the principal sheddase tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme (TACE;ADAM17) controls protein ectodomain shedding.METHODS:Site-directed mutagenesis was performed to derive TACE v...
supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China (No.30070722).
Tumor necrosis factor(TNF)-α-converting enzyme(TACE)is the major protease responsible for processing pro-TNF-αfrom membrane-anchored precursors to secreted TNF-α.In the present study,a 15-peptide library was used t...
Summary: To obtain the recombinant tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme (TACE) ectodomain and use it as a selective molecule for the screening of TACE peptide inhibitors, the cDNA coding catalytic domain (T...
This work was supported by a grant from the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (No. 2001AA215171)
The second envelope glycoprotein (E2) of hepatitis C virus has been shown to bind human target cells and has become a major target for the development of anti-HCV vaccines. Anti-E2 antibodies have been suggested to be...