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...
National Research Initiative Competitive Grant No.2009-35203-05725(KJB and GAJ);Fellowship No.2008-35203-18830(KAD)from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Background:The lysosphingolipid,sphingosine-1-phosphate,is a well-described and potent pro-angiogenic factor.Receptors,as well as the sphingosine phosphorylating enzyme sphingosine kinase 1,are expressed in the placen...
Epidemiological studies and animal experiments have consistently demonstrated cardiovascular protection by high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Findings from a growing number of studies further indicate that sphingosine-...
National Natural Science Foundations of China(Nos.31271028,31570984);International Cooperation Fund of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality,China(No.15540723400);Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers,Polymer Materials,China(No.LK1416);the Innovation Funds of Donghua University,China(No.15D310516);“111 Project” Biomedical Textile Materials Science and Technology,China(No.B07024)
Controlled release of the functional factors is the key to improve clinical therapeutic efficacy during the tissue repair and regeneration. The thrce-dimensional (3D) scaffold can provide not only physical propertie...
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...