We gratefully acknowledge financial support partly from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81373325), the "100 Talents Project" of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (c15140600000016), the Guangzhou Healthcare Collaborative Innovation Programs (201508020255), the Chinese Academy of Sciences Cloud Platform for Stem Cell and BiomedicalResearch (XXH12503-05-06), the National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2013CB910601) and Bureau of Science and Information Technology of Guangzhou Municipality (2013J4500008). The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the Guangzhou Branch of the Supercomputing Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Aim: Retinoic acid receptor-related orphan nuclear receptors (RORs) are orphan nuclear receptors that show constitutive activity in the absence of ligands. Among 3 subtypes of RORs, RORc is a promising therapeutic ...