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    Induction of the activating transcription factor-4 in the intratumoral CD8+ T cells sustains their viability and anti-tumor activities

    Immune suppressive factors of the tumor microenvironment (TME) undermine viability and exhaust the activities of the intratumoral cytotoxic CD8 + T lymphocytes (CTL) thereby evading anti-tumor immunity and dec...

    Zhen Lu, Eun-Ah Bae, Ioannis I. Verginadis in Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy (2023)

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    Inhibition of the m6A reader IGF2BP2 as a strategy against T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive malignant leukemia with extremely limited treatment for relapsed patients. N6‐methyladenosine (m6A) reader insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding pr...

    Panpan Feng, Dawei Chen, **a Wang, Yanxia Li, Zhenyu Li, Boya Li, Yupeng Zhang in Leukemia (2022)

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    ATP, an attractive target for the treatment of refractory chronic cough

    Chronic cough is the most common complaint in respiratory clinics. Most of them have identifiable causes and some may respond to common disease-modifying therapies. However, there are many patients whose cough...

    Mengru Zhang, Dominic L. Sykes, Laura R. Sadofsky, Alyn H. Morice in Purinergic Signalling (2022)

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    Safety and efficacy of meplazumab in healthy volunteers and COVID-19 patients: a randomized phase 1 and an exploratory phase 2 trial

    Recent evidence suggests that CD147 serves as a novel receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Blocking CD147 via anti-CD147 antibody could suppress the in vitro SAR...

    Huijie Bian, Zhao-Hui Zheng, Ding Wei in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy (2021)

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    Early BCR-ABL1 decline in imatinib-treated patients with chronic myeloid leukemia: results from a multicenter study of the Chinese CML alliance

    An early molecular response is spectacularly predictive of outcome in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and early response landmarks may identify the high-risk patients likely to be benefit from an early therapy ...

    **gru Zhang, Yingqiao Wang, Jianxiang Wang, Jianda Hu, Suning Chen in Blood Cancer Journal (2018)

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    Evaluation of 68Ga-labeled iNGR peptide with tumor-penetrating motif for microPET imaging of CD13-positive tumor xenografts

    The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of 68Ga-labeled iNGR, containing Asn-Gly-Arg (NGR) homing sequence and CendR (R/KXXR/K) penetrating motif, as a new molecular probe for microPET imaging of CD13-po...

    Mingxuan Zhao, Weidong Yang, Mingru Zhang, Guoquan Li, Shengjun Wang in Tumor Biology (2016)

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    Evaluation of 188Re-labeled NGR–VEGI protein for radioimaging and radiotherapy in mice bearing human fibrosarcoma HT-1080 xenografts

    Vascular endothelial growth inhibitor (VEGI) is an anti-angiogenic protein, which includes three isoforms: VEGI-174, VEGI-192, and VEGI-251. The NGR (asparagine–glycine–arginine)-containing peptides can specif...

    Wenhui Ma, Yahui Shao, Weidong Yang, Guiyu Li, Yingqi Zhang, Mingru Zhang in Tumor Biology (2016)

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    Wnt signaling is involved in 6-benzylthioinosine-induced AML cell differentiation

    We previously demonstrated that 6-benzylthioinosine (6-BT) could induce the differentiation of a subset of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cell lines and primary AML cells regardless of their cytogenetics. In thi...

    Shaolei Zang, Na Liu, Hongchun Wang, David N Wald, Na Shao, **gru Zhang in BMC Cancer (2014)

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    Genetic polymorphism of DNA methyltransferase 3B 149 C>T and risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis

    Numerous studies have investigated the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) associated with the polymorphism of DNA methyltransferase 3B (DNMT3B) 149 C>T, but results have been inconsistent. We performed this meta-...

    Qingkai Meng, **gru Zhang, Bo Lian, Chun Song in Tumor Biology (2014)

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    The emerging roles of Notch signaling in leukemia and stem cells

    The Notch signaling pathway plays a critical role in maintaining the balance between cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis, and is a highly conserved signaling pathway that regulates normal develop...

    Na Liu, **gru Zhang, Chunyan Ji in Biomarker Research (2013)

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    Radiation recall pneumonitis induced by chemotherapy after thoracic radiotherapy for lung cancer

    Radiation recall pneumonitis (RRP) describes a rare reaction in previously irradiated area of pulmonary tissue after application of triggering agents. RRP remains loosely characterized and poorly understood si...

    **ao Ding, Wei Ji, Junling Li, **angru Zhang, Luhua Wang in Radiation Oncology (2011)