Streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetes in rodents as a model for studying mitochondrial mechanisms of diabetic β cell glucotoxicity

J Wu, LJ Yan - Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity: targets …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic hyperglycemia and the corresponding glucotoxicity are the main pathogenic
mechanisms of diabetes and its complications. Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic animal …

Sources and implications of NADH/NAD+ redox imbalance in diabetes and its complications

J Wu, Z Jin, H Zheng, LJ Yan - Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
NAD + is a fundamental molecule in metabolism and redox signaling. In diabetes and its
complications, the balance between NADH and NAD + can be severely perturbed. On one hand…

[HTML][HTML] Hyperglycemic stress and carbon stress in diabetic glucotoxicity

X Luo, J Wu, S Jing, LJ Yan - Aging and disease, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diabetes and its complications are caused by chronic glucotoxicity driven by persistent
hyperglycemia. In this article, we review the mechanisms of diabetic glucotoxicity by focusing …

Antimicrobial drug discovery through bacteriophage genomics

…, J McCarty, R Srikumar, D Williams, JJ Wu… - Nature …, 2004 - nature.com
Over evolutionary time bacteriophages have developed unique proteins that arrest critical
cellular processes to commit bacterial host metabolism to phage reproduction. Here, we apply …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticles targeted with NGR motif deliver c-myc siRNA and doxorubicin for anticancer therapy

Y Chen, JJ Wu, L Huang - Molecular Therapy, 2010 - cell.com
We have designed a PEGylated LPD (liposome-polycation-DNA) nanoparticle for systemic,
specific, and efficient delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA) into solid tumors in mice by …

[HTML][HTML] First clinical study using HCV protease inhibitor danoprevir to treat COVID-19 patients

…, L Wang, Z Huang, F Gong, X Li, Y Chen, JJ Wu - Medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Methods: This is an open-label, single arm study evaluating the effects of danoprevir
boosted by ritonavir on treatment naïve and experienced COVID-19 patients for the first time. …

[HTML][HTML] Potential biochemical mechanisms of lung injury in diabetes

H Zheng, J Wu, Z Jin, LJ Yan - Aging and disease, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Accumulating evidence has shown that the lung is one of the target organs for microangiopathy
in patients with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Diabetes is associated with …

Enhanced antitumor efficacy of clinical-grade vasculature-targeted liposomal doxorubicin

…, SV Garde, R Longhi, A Corti, TM Allen, JJ Wu… - Clinical Cancer …, 2008 - AACR
Purpose: In vivo evaluation of good manufacturing practice-grade targeted liposomal doxorubicin
(TVT-DOX), bound to a CD13 isoform expressed on the vasculature of solid tumors, in …

Protein modifications as manifestations of hyperglycemic glucotoxicity in diabetes and its complications

H Zheng, J Wu, Z Jin, LJ Yan - Biochemistry insights, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Diabetes and its complications are hyperglycemic toxicity diseases. Many metabolic
pathways in this array of diseases become aberrant, which is accompanied with a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Redox imbalance and mitochondrial abnormalities in the diabetic lung

J Wu, Z Jin, LJ Yan - Redox biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Although the lung is one of the least studied organs in diabetes, increasing evidence
indicates that it is an inevitable target of diabetic complications. Nevertheless, the underlying …