Molecular Biomedicine | Optimization of miR-22 expression cassette for rAAV delivery on diabetes

MicroRNA-22 (miR-22) was suggested to be important for type 2 diabetes but its functions for this disease remained unclear. Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV)-mediated miR delivery is a powerfu....

2022-01-05

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MedComm | Sertaconazole provokes proapoptotic autophagy via stabilizing TRADD in nonsmall cell lung cancer cells

Nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed and lethal cancers characterized by relatively low overall cure and poor survival rates with great challenge for consistent effe....

2021-12-16

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MedComm | SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: Characteristics and prevention

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought about a great threat to global public health. Recently, a new severe acute respiratory syndrome coront under monitoring (VUM) by World Health Organizati....

2021-12-13

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Molecular Biomedicine | Cholesterol modified DP7 and pantothenic acid induce dendritic cell homing to enhance the efficacy of dendritic cell vaccines

Dendritic cell (DC)-based cancer vaccines have so far achieved good therapeutic effects in animal experiments and early clinical trials for certain malignant tumors. However, the overall objective res....

2021-12-05

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MedComm | Tumor metastasis: Mechanistic insights and therapeutic interventions

Cancer metastasis is responsible for the vast majority of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In contrast to numerous discoveries that reveal the detailed mechanisms leading to the formation of the prima....

2021-12-02

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Molecular Biomedicine | Random-PE: an efficient integration of random sequences into mammalian genome by prime editing

Prime editing (PE) enables efficiently targeted introduction of multiple types of small-sized genetic change without requiring double-strand breaks or donor templates. Here we designed a simple strate....

2021-11-18

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Molecular Biomedicine | Targeting cardiomyocyte proliferation as a key approach of promoting heart repair after injury

Cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction (MI) is a major contributor to human mortality and morbidity. The mammalian adult heart almost loses its plasticity to appreciably regenerate new ....

2021-11-05

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Molecular Biomedicine | Detection of alternative lengthening of telomeres mechanism on tumor sections

The vast majority of adult cancer cells achieve cellular immortality by activating a telomere maintenance mechanism (TMM). While this is mostly achieved by the de-silencing of hTERT telomerase gene ex....

2021-10-20

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MedComm | Animal models for SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathology

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the etiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Current variants including Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Lambda increase ....

2021-11-16

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