This study was supported by the joint emergency grants for prevention and control of SARS-CoV-2 of Ministry of Science and Technology of China,Guangdong Science and Technology Department and Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau(2020B111108001);Guangdong Science and Technology Department(2020B121206001&2020B1212030004);The funders had no role in study design,data collection and analysis,or preparation of the manuscript.
Abnormal glucose and lipid metabolism in COVID-19 patients were recently reported with unclear mechanism.In this study,we retrospectively investigated a cohort of COVID-19 patients without pre-existing metabolic-relat...
supported by Technology Major Project of China“Key New Drug Creation and Manufacturing Program”(No.2017ZX09301012-001);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20972098,No.81703776 and No.81430095);the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2014CB560706).
Rhizoma Coptidis,a traditional Chinese herbal medicine,has been used for treating diabetes for thousands of years.However,the molecular basis for this action has not been elucidated.In the present study,the effects of...
Grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China[2018YFC1311705,2016YFC1305600,and 2016YFC1304904];the National Natural Science Foundation of China[81770842,81941017,and 81870604];the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission[YDZX20173100004881];the Shanghai Shen-Kang Hospital Development Center[SHDC12016202]。
Objective Liver fibrosis is an important predictor of mortality in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD).Peripheral artery disease(PAD)and liver fibrosis share many common metabolic dysfunctions.We aimed to explore ...
supported by the Key Project of Chinese National Programs for Fundamental Research and Development (973 Program, 2012CBA01306);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81471429)
Polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS) is a common reproductive disease with high heterogeneity. The role of excess androgen in PCOS etiology remains disputed, since around 20%-50% of PCOS women do not display hyperandroge...
Supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.7131007);National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program;No.2007CB512201)
AIM: To investigate the relationship between insulin resistance (IR)/β-cell dysfunction and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and to explore further whether th...
supported in part by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2012CB524900);Department of Science&Technology of Shandong Province,China(Nos.2012GSF11824 and 2011780)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) is a common liver disease and it represents the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome, which includes type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM), dyslipidemia, central obesity an...
Acknowledgements This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant Nos 81370978, 81070692 and 81170803), Academic Leaders in Health Sciences in Shang- hai (XBR2011014, 2014CB942903, SHDC12013115, CSTC2013j- cyjC00009), National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No 2014CB942903 to Zhen-lin ZHANG) and Program for Outstanding Medical Academic Leader (051).
Aim: Osteocalcin, a biochemical marker of bone formation, has been suggested to be involved in the regulation of energy metabolism. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible association between serum oste...
We thank Drs Dang-Sheng Li, Yi Liu, Gen-Sheng Feng, and Arnie Berk for critical reading of the manuscript, Drs Li-Jian Hui, Bao-Liang Song, Yong Liu, Yi-Guo Wang, and Zhong-Zhou Yang for discussions, Jing-Wen Yin for knockout design, MARC of Nanjing University for help with generating the Med23flax mice, Xing Fu for technical help and analysis with RNA-Seq. This study was supported in part by grants from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA01010401), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2009CB941100 and 2011CB510104), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81030047 to G W, and 31322039 to H S).
Mediator complex is a molecular hub integrating signaling, transcription factors, and RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) machinery. Mediator MED23 is involved in adipogenesis and smooth muscle cell differentiation, suggesti...
China National Major Projects(2009ZX09103-436)and 973 Program(2011CB915503)of Science and Technology of P.R.China;the reservation-talent project of Yunnan Province(2009CI073);the foundation of study abroad returnees from Ministry of Personnel for financial support(Ms.Li-Xin Yang);the foundations from CAS(Dr.Gang Xu).
Medicinal plants have a long history of use in China to treat diabetic symptoms.Ancient Chinese medical manuscripts and ethnobotanical surveys document plant remedies that continue to be actively used in China for the...
Supported by Chinese National 973 Program No.2012CB517502;the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China No.20120001120069
Glucagon-like peptide-1(GLP-1)-based therapies have demonstrated efficacy and safety in treating type 2 diabetes, which shares a similar pathophysiological mechanism with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD). Rece...