Objective:Cold exposure is associated with increased prevalence of hypertension and the related severe cardiovascular events.Aberrant activation of the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3...
Purpose: Since intravesically administered steroid therapy may treat bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) with fewer side effects than the current treatment of orally administered steroids, we investig...
Supported by the National Science Foundation of China (No.81770889);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No.2017A030313774);the Research Fund of Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Department to Yang Liu (International Cooperation Item, No.20160414055GH)
AIM: To determine if tranilast affects human corneal fibroblast(HCFs) contraction.METHODS: HCFs cultured in a three-dimensional type I collagen gel were treated with or without transforming growth factor beta(TGF...
Resveratrol, a polyphenol abundant in peanuts, red wine and the skin of grapes, has been shown to have anti-cancer, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, and may also have beneficial effects on allergic infla...
ThisprojectwassupportedbyagrantfromtheNationalNaturalSciencesFoundationofChina (No .38970 75 8) .
Whether tranilast had antagonistic effect on proliferation inhibition and collagen synthesis promotion induced by TGF-β 2 in cultured human trabecular meshwork cells was investigated. Suspension of 1×104 cultured h...