Supported by the General Research Fund,Research Grants Council of Hong Kong,No.CUHK462211,No.CUHK462713 and No.14102714;the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81101888 and No.8142730
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC) is a common pancreatic cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Treating this life-threatening disease remains challenging due to the lack of eff...
AIM: To investigate the role of signal transduction and activation of transcription 4(STAT4) in the development and progression of human hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).METHODS: Recent genetic investigations have identi...
The biological properties of tumor cells are known to be regulated by a multitude of cytokines and growth factors,which include epidermal growth factor receptor agonists and members of the transforming growth factor ...
Supported by Grants from Natural Science Foundation of China, No.30940034
AIM:To construct the CABYR RNAi plasmid and study its relation with the nuclear factor(NF)-κB signal transduction pathway.METHODS:Human CABYR mRNA sequence was obtained from GenBank.The structure of cDNA sequence for...
Supported by Maurits en Anna de Kock fund to MA van Geer
AIM:To generate an adenoviral vector specifically targeting the EphA2 receptor(EphA2R) highly expressed on pancreatic cancer cells in vivo.METHODS:YSA,a small peptide ligand that binds the EphA2R with high affinity,wa...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30300465; Scientific Research Fund of Medical College of Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces, No. WY2002-19
G-protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) interact with the agonist-activated form of G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) to affect receptor phosphorylation and to initiate profound impairment of receptor signaling, or ...
Supported by National Health Research Institutes (NHRI-EX94-9412EI); VTY Joint Research Program, Tsou's Foundation (VGHUST94-P6-32)
AIM: To study the baculovirus/mammalian cell system for efficient expression of functional large hepatitis delta antigen (L-HDAg). METHODS: A recombinant baculovirus expressing histidine-tagged L-HDAg (L-HDAgH) ...
AIM: To investigate the role of TIP30 in apoptotic signal pathway in hepatoblastoma cells and to provide a basis for TIP30 as a gene therapy candidate in the regression of hepatoblastoma cells. METHODS: Apoptosis of h...
AIM: To construct a stable transfectant of human liver carcinoma cell line SMMC7721 that could secret human endostatin and to explore the effect of human endostatin expressed by the transfectant on endothelial cell pr...
Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 39870662
INTRODUCTIONVitamin E succinate (RRR-α-Tocopheryl Succinate,VES), a derivative of natural vitamin E, is acompound esterified by succinic acid and 6-hydroxyl-α-tocopheryl.