This study was supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu(BK20170563);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81373195);National Basic Research Program of China(2014CB541904);and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu(BK20150533).
Extensive studies have demonstrated that mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs)are multipotent mesoderm-derived stromal cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types,including adipocytes,osteoblasts,chondrocytes,myo...
supported by grants from the One Hundred Talents Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(2012OHTP06);the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB524900);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91339110,31371153,31171133)
Vascular remodeling is a pathological condition with structural changes of blood vessels.Both inside-out and outside-in hypothesis have been put forward to describe mechanisms of vascular remodeling.An integrated mode...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB911004,2010CB912303);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31270868,31200601)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood glucose due to either insulin resistance or insulin deficiency[1].A direct correlation between D-glucose and diabetic complications ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81161120497, 30925015, 30830044, 30900582, and 81221002);the National Basic Research Development Program (973 Program) of China (2014CB542204)
Protein kinase D (PKD) is an evolutionarily-conserved family of protein kinases. It has structural, regulatory, and enzymatic properties quite different from the PKC family. Many stimuli induce PKD signaling, includ...
supported by National Basic Research Program of China,Ministry of Science and Technology(2011CB946103);National Natural Science Foundation of China(81261130022)
Crosstalk between thymocytes and thymic epithelial cells is critical for T cell development and the establishment of central tolerance.Medullary thymic epithelial cells(mTECs) play important roles in the late stage of...