supported by National Key Projects of Ministry of Science and Technology of China(MOST 2018YFE0113700);National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC82173155,NSFC81874199);the Outstanding Professorship Program of Chongqing Medical University(2019-R10005)to Manran Liu;supported by the Outstanding Postgraduate Fund of Chongqing Medical University(BJRC202021,BJRC202025);the Chongqing Graduate Research and Innovation Project of the Chongqing Education Committee(CYB22218)for Shanchun Chen.
Background:Tumor metastasis is a major threat to cancer patient survival.The organ-specific niche plays a pivotal role in tumor organotropic metas-tasis.Fibroblasts serve as a vital component of the metastatic microen...
supported by the National Science Foundation(EAR 2121445 to Z.L.and EAR 2121392 to J.L.P.);the Natural Environment Research Council(NERC,PUCCA Project,NE/V011049/1 to R.E.M.R);the European Research Council,SCOOBI Project,(101019146 to R.E.M.R.)。
Atmospheric carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrations are partially linked via the geological cycle of organic carbon(Fig.1A–C;e.g.CO_(2)+H_(2)O↔CH_(2)O+O_(2)).The history of these two biologically active components,c...
supported by the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program,China(Grant No.KQTD2016113010482651);Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province in China(Grant No.LR20C130001);Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory,China(Grant No.B21HJ0219)。
Leaf color and photosynthesis are important factors for rice growth and development.Hence,improving the photosynthetic rate is an effective approach for increasing rice yield.We isolated a gene,chlorophyllide-a oxygen...
Serotonin deficiency in major depressive disorder(MDD)has formed the basis of antidepressant drug development and was originally attributed to induction of the major tryptophan(Trp)-degrading enzyme,liver Trp 2,3-diox...
supported by grants from NIFA/AFRI(2017-67017-26363);USDA/ARS(58-1950-0074S).
Background:β-cryptoxanthin(BCX),one of the major carotenoids detected in human circulation,can protect against the development of fatty liver disease.BCX can be metabolized throughβ-carotene-15,15'-oxygenase(BCO1)an...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFA0905700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21907057,32070060);the Shan-dong Provincial Natural Science Foundation,China(ZR2019JQ11,ZR2019ZD18);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(BK20190201);the 111 project(B16030),the Youth Interdisci-plinary Innovative Research Group(2020QNQT009);the Future Plan for Young Scholars,and the Fundamental Research Funds(2019GN032)of Shandong University.
In vitro characterization experiments revealed the formations of 3-(trans-2’-aminocyclopropyl)alanine((3-Acp)Ala)and 3-(trans-2’-nitrocyclopropyl)alanine((3-Ncp)Ala)are originated via two homologous proteins,BelK an...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81870632);the Youth National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81700800);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No.ZR2017MH008)。
AIM: To explore the effect of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase(IDO) on recruitment and chemotaxis function of neutrophils in Aspergillus fumigatus(A.fumigatus) keratitis.METHODS: C57BL/6 mice models of A.fumigatus keratiti...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.42077026 and 41371262)。
The Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle and Wood-Ljungdahl pathway are two well-known ones in the six carbon sequestration pathways,but the current knowledge of their occurrence in different layers of agricultural soil profil...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U1604286,81822043,and 81901687);Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(3000531,China);the Key Incubation Fund of SYSU(19ykzd29,China)
Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygnease 2(TDO2) is specific for metabolizing tryptophan to kynurenine(KYN),which plays a critical role in mediating immune escape of cancer.Although accumulating evidence demonstrates that TDO2 over...
supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(grant no.2016YFD0300700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(youth grant,no.32000859);the Project for Extramural Scientists of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology(project ID:2020SKLAB6-26);The research of R.S.and G.V.d.A.was financed in part by grants from the Dutch Research Council(NWO).
The jasmonic acid(JA)signaling pathway is used by plants to control wound responses.The persistent accumulation of JA inhibits plant growth,and the hydroxylation of JA to 12-hydroxy-JA by JASMONATE-INDUCED OXYGENASEs(...