supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81772639 and 81802475);Natural Science Foundation of Beijing(No.7192157)
As pancreatic cancer(PC)is highly malignant,its patients tend to develop metastasis at an early stage and show a poor response to conventional chemotherapies.First-line chemotherapies for PC,according to current guide...
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 81770361& 82070367)。
Cardiovascular disease(CVD)remains the leading cause of death worldwide.Therefore,exploring the mechanism of CVDs and critical regulatory factors is of great significance for promoting heart repair,reversing cardiac r...
Source of Support: This work was supported by grants in part from National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2012CB518706); in part from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81272591 and No. 81470274). Conflict of Interest: None declared.
Background: lnterlcukin (IL)-27 has been reported to have anti-proliferate and anti-angiogenic activities on cancer cells. However, the involvement of IL-27 in malignant pleural effusion (MPE) remains unknown. Th...
This project was supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30971273 and No. 81270223) and Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (No. 9151051501000016 and No. S2011010000450).
Background Urotensin Ⅱ (Ull),a potent vasoconstrictive peptide,is able to stimulate phenotypic differentiation of adventitial fibroblasts.This study aimed to determine the effect of UII on monocyte chemoattractant ...
This research was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81071486).Acknowledgments: The authors thank the DNA donors for making this study possible.
Background Although various systemic and local factors such as abnormal carbohydrate or calcium metabolism, aging, and hormonal disturbances have been suggested as causes of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ...
Angiotensinogen is a member of the serpin family. It is produced constitutively and released into the circulation mainly by the liver. Angiotensinogen forms angiotensin Ⅰ by action of the circulated renin released fr...
Protein kinase C (PKC) consists of a family of serine/threonine kinases that are identified by the presence of two copies of the C1 domain, which form the diacylglycerol (DAG)-binding module. According to their en...
The first two authors contributed equally to this work. This study was supported by a grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. G30300/33).
Background Autoantibodies against angiotensin AT1 receptor have been discovered in patients with preeclampsia or malignant hypertension. Some studies have demonstrated that the autoantibodies are involved in the immun...
Background Angiotensin Ⅱ (Ang Ⅱ) acting at angiotensin AT1 receptor (AT1R) has well documented effects on cardiovascular structure such as the promotion of cardiovascular hypertrophy and fibrosis, which are beli...
a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30000070)
Background T cell immune abnormalities in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) has been intensively studied over the past 10 years. Our previous study has suggested that immunization of mice with the peptides ...