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Vitamin C alleviates aging defects in a stem cell model for Werner syndrome

Werner syndrome (WS) is a premature aging disorder that mainly affects tissues derived from mesoderm. We have recently developed a novel human WS model using WRN-deficient human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). ...

Ying Li, Weizhou Zhang, Liang Chang, Yan Han, Liang Sun, **aojun Gong… in Protein & Cell (2016)

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Characterization of a novel mouse model with genetic deletion of CD177

Neutrophils play an essential role in the innate immune response to infection. Neutrophils migrate from the vasculature into the tissue in response to infection. Recently, a neutrophil cell surface receptor, C...

Qing **e, Julia Klesney-Tait, Kathy Keck, Corey Parlet… in Protein & Cell (2015)

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ROR1, an embryonic protein with an emerging role in cancer biology

Receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1) is a member of the ROR family consisting of ROR1 and ROR2. RORs contain two distinct extracellular cysteine-rich domains and one transmembrane domain. Wit...

Nicholas Borcherding, David Kusner, Guang-Hui Liu, Weizhou Zhang in Protein & Cell (2014)

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Inflammasomes in cancer: a double-edged sword

Chronic inflammatory responses have long been observed to be associated with various types of cancer and play decisive roles at different stages of cancer development. Inflammasomes, which are potent inducers ...

Ryan Kolb, Guang-Hui Liu, Ann M. Janowski, Fayyaz S. Sutterwala… in Protein & Cell (2014)

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DNA methylome: Unveiling your biological age

Hannum and colleagues performed DNA methylation sequencing to examine the relationship between DNA methylome and aging rate. Notably, they succeeded in building a quantitative and reproducible model based on t...

Ming Li, Wensu Liu, Tingting Yuan, Ruijun Bai, Guang-Hui Liu… in Protein & Cell (2013)

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Non-viral iPSCs: a safe way for therapy?

Weiqi Zhang, Di Guan, **g Qu, Weizhou Zhang, Guang-Hui Liu in Protein & Cell (2012)

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Converted neural cells: induced to a cure?

Many neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and others often occur as a result of progressive loss of structure or function of neurons. Recently, many...

Weiqi Zhang, Shunlei Duan, Ying Li, **uling Xu, **g Qu, Weizhou Zhang… in Protein & Cell (2012)

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Find and replace: editing human genome in pluripotent stem cells

Genetic manipulation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) provides a powerful tool for modeling diseases and develo** future medicine. Recently a number of independent genome-editing techniques were devel...

Huize Pan, Weiqi Zhang, Weizhou Zhang, Guang-Hui Liu in Protein & Cell (2011)