… The research in Pan׳s laboratory is partially supported by NIH R01-CA185055 (to Zui Pan)
and Chaochu Cui received postgraduate student training of internationalization level …

Zinc is an essential nutrient for human health and has anti-oxidative stress and anti-inflammatory
functions. The association between zinc deficiency and the development of …

As a nutritionally essential metal ion, zinc (Zn) not only constitutes a structural element for
more than 3000 proteins but also plays important regulatory functions in cellular signal …

Ca 2+ mobilization from intracellular stores represents an important cell signalling process
1 that is regulated, in mammalian cells, by inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP 3 ), cyclic ADP …

Dynamic membrane repair is essential not only for long-term maintenance of cellular
integrity but also for recovery from acute cell injury. While compromised membrane repair …

The up-regulation of phase II detoxifying and stress-responsive genes is believed to play an
important role in cancer prevention, and many natural compounds have been shown to be …

The present study was designed to investigate the effects of two main constituents of green
tea, (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and caffeine, on intestinal tumorigenesis in Apc …

Junctophilin-2 (JPH2) is a cardiac specific member of the junctophilins, a newly characterized
family of junctional membrane complex proteins important in physically approximating the …

Cell signalling requires efficient Ca 2+ mobilization from intracellular stores through Ca 2+
release channels, as well as predicted counter-movement of ions across the sarcoplasmic/…

Effective treatment as well as prognostic biomarker for malignant esophageal squamous
cell carcinoma (ESCC) is urgently needed. The present study was aimed at identifying …