In our editorial,we want to comment on the article by Stefanolo et al titled“Effect of Aspergillus niger prolyl endopeptidase in patients with celiac disease on a long-term gluten-free diet”.Celiac disease is an imm...
supported by start-up funding from Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82271446).
Alzheimer’s disease(AD)is the most common type of dementia.Almost two-thirds of patients with AD are female.The reason for the higher susceptibility to AD onset in women is unclear.However,hormone changes during the ...
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,Grant/Award Number:2RF1NS095799;National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Number:31970044 and 91854115;Beijing University of Technology Faculty of Environment and Life Seed Funding,Grant/Award Number:049000513202。
β-Amyloid(Aβ)is a specific pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease(AD).Because of its neurotoxicity,AD patients exhibit multiple brain dysfunctions.Disease-modifying therapy(DMT)is the central concept in the de...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81671375,91949116 and 81873807);Innovative Research Team of High-level Local Universities in Shanghai,China.
Background:Currently,there is no cure for Alzheimer's disease(AD).Therapeutics that can modify the early stage of AD are urgently needed.Recent studies have shown that the pathogenesis of AD is closely regulated by an...
This work was sponsored by the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFD0901004);the National Natural Scientific Foundations of China(31471640,31702372).
Serine proteinase,purified from the hepatopancreas of Pacific white shrimp(Litopenaeus vannamei), was used to hydrolyze acid solubilized collagen(ASC)isolated from Nile tilapia(Oreochromis sp.)skin to produce angioten...
supported by Academic Research Grant Tier 3(MOE2016-T3-1-003)from the Singapore Ministry of Education.
Making peptide bonds is tightly controlled by genetic code and machinery which includes cofactors,ATP,and RNAs.In this regard,the stand-alone and genetic-code-independent peptide ligases constitute a new family of ren...
Supported by Akdeniz University Research Unit,Antalya,Turkey,No.2012.01.0103.012
AIM To investigate the roles of the neuropeptides vasoactive intestinal peptide(VIP), substance P(SP), and calcitonin gene-related peptide(CGRP) in chronic gastritis and duodenitis in children.METHODS Biopsy samples f...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30972025,31372105)
Poor resolution for the identification of endopeptidase(EP) activity in activity gel assays is a critical issue in the analysis of the postharvest physiology of rose petals. In this paper, major factors influencing EP...
The occurrence of twin-arginine motifs (-R-R-) in the amino acid sequences of animal pro-proteins frequently defines the cleavage site(s) for their structural/functional maturation. No information is available on ...
Supported by New Century Excellent Talents Project of the Ministry of Education (2006);Talents Introduction Fund of Tianjin University of Science and Technology (20060432 and 20080216)~~
[Objective]To study endopeptidases in Spirodela polyrrhiza half-fronds during senescence and their characters. [Method]Changes in endopeptidase isoenzymes of the Spirodela polyrrhiza half-fronds during senescence were...