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    Crystallography-guided discovery of carbazole-based retinoic acid-related orphan receptor gamma-t (RORγt) modulators: insights into different protein behaviors with “short” and “long” inverse agonists

    A series of 6-substituted carbazole-based retinoic acid-related orphan receptor gamma-t (RORγt) modulators were discovered through 6-position modification guided by insights from the crystallographic profiles ...

    Ming-cheng Yu, Feng Yang, **ao-yu Ding, Nan-nan Sun in Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2021)

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    Population pharmacokinetics and Bayesian estimation of mycophenolic acid concentrations in Chinese adult renal transplant recipients

    Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is an important immunosuppressant used in renal transplantation, and mycophenolic acid (MPA) is the active component released from the ester prodrug MMF. The objective of this study...

    Zi-cheng Yu, Pei-jun Zhou, **ang-hui Wang in Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2017)

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    Conjugated polymer nanomaterials for theranostics

    Conjugated polymer nanomaterials (CPNs), as optically and electronically active materials, hold promise for biomedical imaging and drug delivery applications. This review highlights the recent advances in the ...

    Cheng-gen Qian, Yu-lei Chen, Pei-jian Feng, Xuan-zhong **ao in Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2017)

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    Discovery, synthesis, biological evaluation and structure-based optimization of novel piperidine derivatives as acetylcholine-binding protein ligands

    The homomeric α7 nicotinic receptor (α7 nAChR) is widely expressed in the human brain that could be activated to suppress neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and neuropathic pain. Consequently, a number of α7 ...

    Jian Shen, **-cheng Yang, Ming-cheng Yu, Li **ao in Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2017)

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    Plasma IL-17A Is Increased in New-Onset SLE Patients and Associated with Disease Activity

    To investigate the role of interleukin-17A (IL-17A) and Th17 cell in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we studied the plasma IL-17A and the expression of Th17 cell transcription factor RO...

    **ao Qi Chen, Yan Cheng Yu, Hao Hua Deng, Jia Zhong Sun in Journal of Clinical Immunology (2010)

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    Effect of MDR1 gene polymorphism on progression of end-stage renal disease

    P-glycoprotein is localized at the apical brush-border membrane of the proximal renal tubule and functions as extruding toxins and xenobiotics out of cells. The difference of P-glycoprotein's function resulted...

    Wei-xia Zhang, Bing Chen, Wen Zhang, Nan Chen, Zi-cheng Yu in Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (2007)