Insulin Receptors in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Regulate Plaque Stability of Atherosclerosis

Research Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are one of the leading causes of death worldwide, particularly among patients with diabetes and insulin resistance, where the risk of CVD is significantly elevated. Although the prognosis for diabetic patients has improved in recent years, their CVD-related mortality rate remains 2 to 7 times higher...

Synergistic Combination of Perphenazine and Temozolomide Suppresses Patient-Derived Glioblastoma Tumorspheres

Academic Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly malignant primary brain tumor. Despite current standard treatments such as surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, the prognosis remains extremely poor, with a median survival of only 14.6 months. Traditional treatments often fail to completely eradicate the tumor and are prone to recur...

GCN2-SLC7A11 Axis Coordinates Autophagy, Cell Cycle, and Apoptosis and Regulates Cell Growth in Retinoblastoma upon Arginine Deprivation

GCN2-SLC7A11 Axis Regulates Cell Growth and Survival in Retinoblastoma Under Arginine Deprivation Background Retinoblastoma (RB) is a common intraocular malignant tumor in children, accounting for 4% of all childhood cancers. Although current treatments such as chemotherapy are effective in some patients, they have drawbacks such as multidrug resis...

Isorhamnetin Ameliorates Dopaminergic Neuronal Damage via Targeting FOSL1 to Activate AKT/mTOR in 6-OHDA-Induced SH-SY5Y Cells

Isorhamnetin Ameliorates 6-OHDA-Induced SH-SY5Y Cell Damage by Targeting FosL1 to Activate the Akt/mTOR Pathway Academic Background Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta (SNpc). This neuronal loss is closely associated with mitochondri...

WWP1 Regulates TXNIP Ubiquitination and Degradation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells via Redox State Modulation

WWP1 Regulates Redox State in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells by Modulating TXNIP Background Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a malignant blood disorder characterized by the abnormal proliferation of immature leukemia cells (leukemic blasts) in the bone marrow. Although significant progress has been made in the treatment of AML in recent years, the lon...

Frequent Copy Number Gain of MCL1 as a Therapeutic Target for Osteosarcoma

Frequent Copy Number Gain of MCL1 as a Therapeutic Target for Osteosarcoma

Academic Research Report: MCL1 Copy Number Gain as a Therapeutic Target for Osteosarcoma Academic Background Osteosarcoma (OS) is a primary malignant bone tumor that predominantly affects children and adolescents. Although the treatment regimen combining surgery with chemotherapy was established in the 1970s and remains the standard therapy, progre...

Adipose-Derived Stem Cells as Carrier of Pro-Apoptotic Oncolytic Myxoma Virus: To Cross the Blood–Brain Barrier and Treat Murine Glioma

Crossing the Blood–Brain Barrier: Study on Adipose-Derived Stem Cells as Carriers for Pro-Apoptotic Oncolytic Myxoma Virus in the Treatment of Murine Glioblastoma Background and Objective Glioblastoma (GBM) is among the most invasive and aggressive brain tumors, characterized by high recurrence rates and poor prognosis. Despite multimodal intervent...

Study on the Apoptosis Induction of Bladder Cancer Stem Cells by Inhibiting Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase

Research Background Bladder cancer is a highly prevalent malignant tumor worldwide, ranking as the fourth most common malignancy in men. According to the 2016 report by the National Cancer Center of China (NCCR), bladder cancer ranks sixth in incidence among male malignancies. Despite continuous improvements in medical diagnostic methods and surgic...

Study on the Antitumor Effects and Mechanism of Erianin in Pancreatic Cancer

Progress in Cancer Research: Inhibitory Mechanisms and Effects of Erianin on Pancreatic Cancer Background and Significance of the Study Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the digestive tract, characterized by inconspicuous early symptoms, high malignancy, and limited efficacy of conventional radiotherapy and chemotherapy, leading to a very h...

Inflammasome Activation Mediates Apoptotic and Pyroptotic Death in Astrocytes under Ischemic Conditions

Inflammasome Activation Regulates Apoptosis and Pyroptosis in Astrocytes under Ischemic Conditions Introduction Ischemic stroke is one of the main mechanisms leading to brain damage, characterized by hypoxia and energy deprivation in local brain regions due to interrupted blood flow. In recent years, research has found that inflammatory responses p...