supported by“USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiative”(YD9990002027 to FY,YD9100002021 to PS);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22207100 to FY,22277114,31971152 to PS,21825703 to CLT,22307113 to SLL);the National Key Research&Development Project,Ministry of Science and Technology the China(2022YFC3400500 to CLT);Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M713054 to FY);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB37000000 to CLT);Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2108085J16 to PS);And the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFA1200104 to SLL);supported by“the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities”.
Somatostatin receptor 5(SSTR5)is highly expressed in ACTH-secreting pituitary adenomas and is an important drug target for the treatment of Cushing’s disease.Two cyclic SST analog peptides(pasireotide and octreotide)...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing of China,Nos.cstc2020jcyj-msxmX0698(to YF),cstc2021jcyjbshX0147(to KO);a grant from Chongqing Jiangjin District Bureau of Science and Technology,No.Y2022017(to YF).
Somatostatin,a naturally produced neuroprotective peptide,depresses excitatory neurotransmission and exerts anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory effects on the retina.In this review,we summarize the progress of so...
Head and neck surgical complications can result in significant morbidity for patients.Innovations over the past few years have shown promise in mitigating these effects.Specifically,new medications,bioactive agents,an...
This article presents a case of a patient with relapsed esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB), an aggressive rare tumor that arises from the specialized sensory epithelial olfactory cells in the skull base area, which was initi...
Gastrointestinal bleeding accounts for a drastic negative impact on the quality of the patients’lives as it requires multiple diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to identify the source of the bleeding.Small bowe...
Vasoactive intestinal peptide(VIP)secreting tumour(VIPoma)is a rare functional neuroendocrine tumour that typically arises from pancreatic islet cells.These present as sporadic,solitary pancreatic neoplasias with an e...
Objective: to explore the clinical effect of ulinastatin combined with octreopeptide in elderly patients with severe acute pancreatitis. Methods: in this study, with the approval of the hospital ethics committee, 90 p...
BACKGROUND Octreotide is widely used for the treatment of acromegaly,neuroendocrine tumors,and secretory diarrhea.However,long-term octreotide treatment can increase the incidence of gallstones.Vicarious contrast medi...