supported by National Key Research&Development Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC(No.2019YFE0111800,China);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81872923,China);Non-profit Central Research Institute Fund of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(No.2021-JKCS-016,China);The Science and Technology Development Fund,Macao SAR(No.0074/2019/AMJ,China).
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF)is a progressive lung disease with unclear etiology and limited treatment options.The median survival time for IPF patients is approximately 2–3 years and there is no effective inter...
Inflammatory bowel disease(IBD)is chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract that has a high epidemiological prevalence worldwide.The increasing disease burden worldwide,lack of response to current biologic th...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81873505).
Objective:Cardiac remodeling is a common pathological change in various cardiovascular diseases and can ultimately result in heart failure.Thus,there is an urgent need for more effective strategies to aid in cardiac p...
This work was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81874312 and U1804197);the Research Foundation of Henan Province(Nos.202300410308,2018GGJS102,18HASTIT047,ZD2020006,219906,and 192102310083);the Research Foundation of Xinxiang Medical University(Nos.XYBSKYZZ201626,XYB-SKYZZ505319,and YJSCX202041Y).
We have previously reported that the long-term exposure of Isocarbophos,a kind of organophosphorus compounds,induces vascular dementia(VD)in rats.Studies have also shown that organophosphorus compounds have adverse ef...
supported by the Basic Science Research Program of the Korean National Research Foundation funded by the Korean Ministry of Education,Science and Technology(NRF-2019R1A2C1005523).
Sphingosine-1-phosphate(S1P)and its receptors have been implicated in functions of Langerhans cells and atopic dermatitis.In thisstudy,we investigated the roles of S1P receptor type 2(S1P2)in a mouse model of atopic d...
a grant from the National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.81470206).
Background:Endothelial cells play a key role in the cytokine storm caused by influenza A virus. MicroRNA-155 (miR-155) is an important regulator in inflammation. Its role in the inflammatory response to influenza A in...
This work was supported by the USA National Institutes of Health(NIH)grants R01 DK104893 and R01DK-057543;VA Merit Award I01BX004033 and 1I01BX001390;Research Career Scientist Award(IK6BX004477)from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The liver is the central organ involved in lipid metabolism and the gastrointestinal(GI)tract is responsible for nutrient absorption and partitioning.Obesity,dyslipidemia and metabolic disorders are of increasing publ...
This study was supported by grants funded by the USA National Institutes of Health(NIH)U01CA179582 and R01 CA222490.
Many receptors can be activated by bile acids(BAs)and their derivatives.These include nuclear receptors farnesoid X receptor(FXR),pregnane X receptor(PXR),and vitamin D receptor(VDR),as well as membrane receptors Take...
This work was supported by the US National Institutes of Health(grants R01DK57543 and R01DK104893).
Bile acids(BA)are synthesized from cholesterol in the liver.They are essential for promotion of the absorption of lipids,cholesterol,and lipid-soluble vitamins from the intestines.BAs are hormones that regulate nutrie...
supported by A.D.Williams Award (to Huiping Zhou);National Institutes of Health (NIH,No.R01 DK-057543 to Phillip B.Hylemon and Huiping Zhou);supported by VA Merit Awards (No.1BX0013828-01 to Phillip B.Hylemon;No.1I01BX001390 to Huiping Zhou)
The liver is the central organ involved in lipid metabolism. Dyslipidemia and its related disorders, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD), obesity and other metabolic diseases, are of increasing public h...