National Institutes of Health(NIH)Grants:RO1 AR076190(to X.W and J.X.J);Welch Foundation grant:AQ-1507(to J.X.J.)。
Proteoglycans,key components of non-collagenous proteins in the bone matrix,attract water through their negatively charged glycosaminoglycan chains.Among these proteoglycans,biglycan(Bgn)and decorin(Dcn)are major subt...
Supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation,No.7222097;Beijing Hospitals Authority the Digestive Medical Coordinated Development Center,No.XXZ0401;National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82000555 and No.81900547;Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission,No.D171100003117005.
BACKGROUND Liver fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)are common adverse consequences of chronic liver injury.The interaction of various risk factors may cause them to happen.Identification of specific biomarkers...
Objective:Cardiac hypertrophy is an adaptive reaction of the heart against cardiac overloading,but continuous cardiac hypertrophy can lead to cardiac remodeling and heart failure.Cardiac hypertrophy is mostly consider...