Frontiers in pharmacology, 13, 937484-937484 (2022-10-04)
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Pien-Tze-Huang (PZH)-a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) compound-has been employed to treat various liver inflammation and tumors for over 10 decades. Interestingly, most of the pharmacological effects had been validated and explored toward liver ailment along with pro-inflammatory conditions and
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 82(2), 104-116 (2023-05-10)
Studies have demonstrated the roles of trimetazidine beyond being an antianginal agent in ischemic heart disease (IHD) treatment associated with mechanisms of calcium regulation. Our recent studies revealed that mitochondrial calcium uniporter (MCU, the pore-forming unit responsible for mitochondrial calcium
Frontiers in pharmacology, 12, 679557-679557 (2021-06-29)
Pancreatic fibrosis is a pathological characteristic of chronic pancreatitis (CP) and pancreatic cancer. Chaihu Guizhi Ganjiang Decoction (CGGD) is a traditional Chinese medicine, which is widely used in the clinical treatment of digestive diseases. However, the potential anti-fibrosis mechanism of
Molecular medicine reports, 19(1), 115-124 (2018-11-16)
Numerous studies have revealed that microRNAs (miRNAs) are functional non‑coding RNAs that serve roles in a variety of biological processes. However, the expression patterns and regulatory networks, as well as the miRNAs involved in liver fibrosis remain to be elucidated.
Pathological mineralization of intervertebral disc is debilitating and painful and linked to disc degeneration in a subset of human patients. An adenosine triphosphate efflux transporter, progressive ankylosis (ANK) is a regulator of extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate levels and plays an important