Supported by Henan Province Key Research and Development Program,No.231111311000;Henan Provincial Science and Technology Research Project,No.232102310411;Henan Province Medical Science and Technology Key Project,No.LHGJ20220566 and No.LHGJ20240365;Henan Province Medical Education Research Project,No.WJLX2023079;and Zhengzhou Medical and Health Technology Innovation Guidance Program,No.2024YLZDJH022.
Intervertebral disc degeneration is a leading cause of lower back pain and is characterized by pathological processes such as nucleus pulposus cell apoptosis,extracellular matrix imbalance,and annulus fibrosus rupture...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81671439;the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality,No.21Y11906700 and No.20Y11907300;the Medical Innovation Research Project of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality,No.22Y11906500。
BACKGROUND Pelvic organ prolapse(POP)involves pelvic organ herniation into the vagina due to pelvic floor tissue laxity,and vaginal structure is an essential factor.In POP,the vaginal walls exhibit abnormal collagen d...
In recent years,there has been considerable exploration into methods aimed at enhancing the regenerative capacity of transplanted and/or tissue-resident cells.Biomaterials,in particular,have garnered significant inter...
National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.U20A20403;This study was conducted in accordance with the Animal Ethics Committee of the Institute of Antler Science and Product Technology,Changchun Sci-Tech University(AEC No:CKARI202309).
BACKGROUND Cartilage defects are some of the most common causes of arthritis.Cartilage lesions caused by inflammation,trauma or degenerative disease normally result in osteochondral defects.Previous studies have shown...
National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81770618;Key R&D(Major Science and Technology Project)Project of Sichuan Science and Technology Department,No.2019YFS0138;Technological Innovation Project of Chengdu New Industrial Technology Research Institute,No.2018-CY02-00046-GX;and the 1.3.5 Project for Disciplines of Excellence,West China Hospital,No.ZYGD18012.
BACKGROUND Liver organoids have recently been applied as models for liver disease and drug screening,especially when combined with liver-on-a-chip technologies.Compared to hepatocyte-like cells,primary hepatocytes hav...
Stem cells play a key role in tissue regeneration due to their self-renewal and multidirectional differentiation,which are continuously regulated by signals from the extracellular matrix(ECM)microenvironment.Therefore...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS) is a rapidly progressing neurodegenerative disease that leads to death. No effective treatments are currently available. Based on data from epidemiological, etiological, laboratory, ...
Supported by FSU start up fund and FSU Research Foundation GAP award;partial support from National Science Foundation,No.1342192
Neural cells differentiated from pluripotent stem cells(PSCs), including both embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells, provide a powerful tool for drug screening, disease modeling and regenerative medi...