The prevalence of autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders is increasing worldwide.Recent studies suggest the excessive intake of ultra-processed food plays a role in the inheritance of these disorders via...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82270177).
Objective The metabolic reprogramming of acute myeloid leukemia(AML)cells is a compensatory adaptation to meet energy requirements for rapid proliferation.This study aimed to examine the synergistic effects of glutami...
Supported by the National Council for Scientific Research in Lebanon,CNRS-L.
BACKGROUND Embryonic stem cells(ESCs)serve as a crucial ex vivo model,representing epiblast cells derived from the inner cell mass of blastocyst-stage embryos.ESCs exhibit a unique combination of self-renewal potency,...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant numbers 82103887];Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China[grant numbers 2021JJ30752 and 2021JJ40374];National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars of Hunan Province[grant numbers 2023JJ20032];Changsha Natural Science[grant numbers 45045]。
The pervasive utilization of industrial substances has escalated human exposure to cadmium(Cd),a metal associated with long-term negative health outcomes such as renal dysfunction,neurological disorders,and various ca...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing, China (No. 5212012);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31801190);the 2115 Talent Development Program of China Agricultural University。
The widely use of silver nanoparticles(AgNPs) as antimicrobial agents gives rise to potential environmental risks. AgNPs exposure have been reported to cause toxicity in animals.Nevertheless, the known mechanisms of A...
The financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21575107,21775113,21575108);the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of NSFC(No.20921062);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.114009)。
The transformation of quantum dots(QDs)by organisms has attracted broad attention but remains unclear.Understanding of the metabolites helps to reveal the transformation pathway of QDs.Cd containingmetallothionein(MT)...
Ministry Education and Culture,Directorate of Research and Technology for Research and Innovation,grant number 028/AMD-SP2H/LT-MULTI-PDPK/LL7/2021.
This experiment aimed to determine how Cd exposure impacts CD4 cell activation,macrophage cells,pinocytosis activity,metallothionine expression,and Cd levels in juvenile Gambusia affinis gills.Four treatment groups we...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Nos.82071397 (to XCS),82071332 (to ZDG);the Youth Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81801230 (to JJZ);the Excellent Scientific Research Talents Fund of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University,China (to JJZ)。
Micro RNA-491-5 p(miR-491-5 p) plays an important role in regulating cell proliferation and migration;however,the effect of miR-491-5 p on neovascularization after traumatic brain injury remains poorly understood.In t...
supported in part by the Kosair Charities Pediatric Heart Research Fund to B.B.K.,the US-China Pediatric Research Exchange Training Program to L.C.and B.B.K.,the First Hospital of Jilin University Youth Fund(JDYY92018031)to J Z;the Scientific and Technological Development Program of Jilin Province(20190701067GH)to J.Y.L;the Jilin Province Department of Finance Fund(2018SCZWSZX-005)to J.Y.L.;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81974027)to H.LJ.All personnel expenses and partial research-related expenses for J2.and H.T.Y.were provided by Jilin University through a collaborative research agreement between the University of Louisville and Jilin University,Changchun,China.
Cadmium(Cd)is an important environmental pollutant and long-term Cd exposure is closely related to autoimmune diseases,cancer,cardiovascular diseases(CVD),and hepatic dysfunction.Zinc(Zn)is an essential metal that pla...
was funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.14380259);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Nos.BK20200058 and BK20202004);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.21771103 and 21977047);the Fundação para Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo(FAPESP)(scholarship 2017/26109-0 to FC and Grants 2018/08311-9 and 2019/21856-7 to GMA)。
Human metallothionein(MT)is a small-size yet efficient metal-binding protein,playing an essential role in metal homeostasis and heavy metal detoxification.MT contains two domains,each forming a polynuclear metal clust...