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MAD2B-mediated cell cycle reentry of podocytes is involved in the pathogenesis of FSGS
Dian Bao, Hua Su, Chun-Tao Lei, Hui Tang, Chen Ye, Wei Xiong, Fang-Fang He, Ji-Hong Lin, Hans-Peter Hammes, Chun Zhang
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4396-4408. doi:10.7150/ijbs.62238
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Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Secretion of HLA-E by Trophoblasts Maintains Pregnancy by Regulating the Metabolism of Decidual NK Cells
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Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4377-4395. doi:10.7150/ijbs.63390
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Tandem CAR-T cells targeting FOLR1 and MSLN enhance the antitumor effects in ovarian cancer
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Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4365-4376. doi:10.7150/ijbs.63181
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IL-1β in atherosclerotic vascular calcification: From bench to bedside
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Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4353-4364. doi:10.7150/ijbs.66537
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Cepharanthine inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma cell growth and proliferation by regulating amino acid metabolism and suppresses tumorigenesis in vivo
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CD38 Deficiency Protects Mice from High Fat Diet-Induced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease through Activating NAD⁺/Sirtuins Signaling Pathways-Mediated Inhibition of Lipid Accumulation and Oxidative Stress in Hepatocytes
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Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4305-4315. doi:10.7150/ijbs.65588
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Circ-PTPDC1 promotes the Progression of Gastric Cancer through Sponging Mir-139-3p by Regulating ELK1 and Functions as a Prognostic Biomarker
Zhouxiao Li, Ye Cheng, Kai Fu, Qiaowei Lin, Tianyu Zhao, Weiwei Tang, Lei Xi, Lulu Sheng, Hao Zhang, Yangbai Sun
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4285-4304. doi:10.7150/ijbs.62732
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GPR109A alleviate mastitis and enhances the blood milk barrier by activating AMPK/Nrf2 and autophagy
Wenjin Guo, Wen Li, Yingchun Su, Shu Liu, Xingchi Kan, Xin Ran, Yu Cao, Shoupeng Fu, Juxiong Liu
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4271-4284. doi:10.7150/ijbs.62380
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MicroRNA-196a promotes renal cancer cell migration and invasion by targeting BRAM1 to regulate SMAD and MAPK signaling pathways
Jianzhou Cui, Yi Yuan, Muthu K. Shanmugam, Durkeshwari Anbalagan, Tuan Zea Tan, Gautam Sethi, Alan Prem Kumar, Lina H. K. Lim
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4254-4270. doi:10.7150/ijbs.60805
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Mir24-2-5p suppresses the osteogenic differentiation with Gnai3 inhibition presenting a direct target via inactivating JNK-p38 MAPK signaling axis
Li Meng, Lichan Yuan, Jieli Ni, Mengru Fang, Shuyu Guo, Huayang Cai, Jinwei Qin, Qi Cai, Mengnan Zhang, Fang Hu, Junqing Ma, Yang Zhang
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4238-4253. doi:10.7150/ijbs.60536
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Review
Lipid-induced S-palmitoylation as a Vital Regulator of Cell Signaling and Disease Development
Mengyuan Qu, Xuan Zhou, Xiaotong Wang, Honggang Li
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4223-4237. doi:10.7150/ijbs.64046
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Targeted Inhibition of LPL/FABP4/CPT1 fatty acid metabolic axis can effectively prevent the progression of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis to liver cancer
Haoran Yang, Qingmei Deng, Tun Ni, Yu liu, Li Lu, Haiming Dai, Hongzhi Wang, Wulin Yang
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4207-4222. doi:10.7150/ijbs.64714
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Single-cell RNA sequencing deconvolutes the in vivo heterogeneity of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells
Zun Wang, Xiaohua Li, Junxiao Yang, Yun Gong, Huixi Zhang, Xiang Qiu, Ying Liu, Cui Zhou, Yu Chen, Jonathan Greenbaum, Liang Cheng, Yihe Hu, Jie Xie, Xucheng Yang, Yusheng Li, Martin R. Schiller, Yiping Chen, Lijun Tan, Si-Yuan Tang, Hui Shen, Hong-Mei Xiao, Hong-Wen Deng
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4192-4206. doi:10.7150/ijbs.61950
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Cullin3 deficiency shapes tumor microenvironment and promotes cholangiocarcinoma in liver-specific Smad4/Pten mutant mice
Ming Zhao, Yingyao Quan, Jianming Zeng, Xueying Lyu, Haitao Wang, Josh Haipeng Lei, Yangyang Feng, Jun Xu, Qiang Chen, Heng Sun, Xiaoling Xu, Ligong Lu, Chu-Xia Deng
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2021; 17(15): 4176-4191. doi:10.7150/ijbs.67379
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