the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFA0805200);the National Major Projects in Brain Science and Brain-like Research(2021ZD0201803 to J.W.);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82171431,81671120,81300981 to J.W.,31872778 and 82171506 to Z.H.);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(#2018YFC1312003 to J.W.);the Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Hunan Province,China(2020JJ2057 to J.W.);the Project Program of National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders at Xiangya Hospital(2020LNJJ13 to J.W.);Key Research and Development Programs from Hunan Province(2021DK2001 to Z.H.);the Innovative Team Program from Hunan Province(2019RS1010);the Innovation-driven Team Project from Central South University(2020CX016);the Discipline Innovative Engineering Plan(111 Program)of China(B13036).Z.H.is supported by the Hunan Hundred Talents Program for Young Outstanding Scientists.
Background:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS)is a devastating progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects neurons in the central nervous system and the spinal cord.As in many other neurodegenerative disorders,t...
Objective To explore the association between rare UBQLN2 variants and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS) in Chinese population,and the characteristic of phenotypes of their carriers.Methods A total of 166 ALS patients...
With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the research team led by Prof.Jing ZhiCheng(荆志成)at the Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Vascular Medicine,Department of Cardiology,Peking Union Medica...
Henan University Science and Technology Innovation Talents Support Program(19HASTIT005);Medical Science and Technology Key Projects of Henan Province and Zhengzhou(192102310088,19A32000820,SBGJ2018089 and 201602295);The National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1604168);the National Key Research and Development Program(2017YFC1309200)。
Objective LINC00511 has been considered an oncogene for breast cancer,however,the association between LINC00511 Single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)and breast cancer risk remains unclear.Methods A total of 504 breast...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(81502873);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20150997);Priority Academic Program for the Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(Public Health and Preventive Medicine);Innovation Fund of State key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine(SKLRMGC201802);Clinical Medicine Research Fund of the Chinese Medical Association(17020420711);Top-notch Academic Programs Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PPZY2015A067)
Long noncoding RNA(lncRNA) HOTAIR and MALAT1 are implicated in the development of multiple cancers. Genetic variants within HOTAIR and MALAT1 may affect the gene expression, thereby modifying genetic susceptibility to...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81670518 and No.81170392;The Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province,China,No.2013B021800290 and No.2014A020212118;Guangzhou Science and Technology Innovation Commission,China,No.201604020155
AIM To test the hypothesis that K8/K18 variants predispose humans to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) progression and its metabolic phenotypes. METHODS We selected a total of 373 unrelated adult subjects from ...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81301691);the first Young Talents Foundation of Hubei Province(No.2014);Hubei Province Health and Family Planning Scientific Research Project(No.WJ2017Q023 and No.WJ2017M113);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2015LC029);Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(No.2016CFB356)
Numerous epidemiological studies have studied the association of adiponectin(ADIPOQ) gene and adiponectin receptor(ADIPOR) gene polymorphisms with risk of colorectal cancer(CRC),but the outcomes were incomplete ...
Copy number variations have been found in patients with neural tube abnormalities.In this study,we performed genome-wide screening using high-resolution array-based comparative genomic hybridization in three children ...
supported by the National High-Tech R&D Program (863 Program,2012AA10A402);Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China (20120132130 002);the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (2011BAD13B06)
Scallop is a popular sea food and an important aquaculture shellfish.Identification of genes and genetic variants relating to scallop growth could benefit high-yielding scallop breeding.Myostatin(MSTN) is a conservati...
w The authors sincerely thank the patients and their parents for the help and willingness to take part in this study.This work was supported by grants from National Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program and Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program of Fujian and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81125009 and No. 3091110488).
Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and multiple sclerosis (MS) are autoimmune demyelinating diseases of the central nerve system, lnterleukin-7 (IL-7) and interleukin-7 receptor alpha (IL-7Rα) were prove...