Natural products for treatment of osteoporosis: The effects and mechanisms on promoting osteoblast-mediated bone formation

J An, H Yang, Q Zhang, C Liu, J Zhao, L Zhang, B Chen - Life sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Osteoporosis is a systemic metabolic bone disease characterized by a reduction in bone mass,
bone quality, and microarchitectural deterioration. An imbalance in bone remodeling that …

Structure-based virtual screening of chemical libraries for drug discovery

S Ghosh, A Nie, J An, Z Huang - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2006 - Elsevier
One of the main goals in drug discovery is to identify new chemical entities that have a high
likelihood of binding to the target protein to elicit the desired biological response. To this end, …

Preparation of polyaniline-modified TiO2 nanoparticles and their photocatalytic activity under visible light illumination

X Li, D Wang, G Cheng, Q Luo, J An, Y Wang - Applied Catalysis B …, 2008 - Elsevier
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles were modified by polyaniline (PANI) using ‘in situ’ chemical
oxidative polymerization method in hydrochloric acid solutions. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD…

Synthesis of a biocompatible gelatin functionalized graphene nanosheets and its application for drug delivery

J An, Y Gou, C Yang, F Hu, C Wang - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2013 - Elsevier
A simple and environmentally friendly synthetic route for the preparation of gelatin functionalized
graphene nanosheets (gelatin-GNS) was reported by using exfoliated graphene oxide …

Laser-induced growth of monodisperse silver nanoparticles with tunable surface plasmon resonance properties and a wavelength self-limiting effect

X Zheng, W Xu, C Corredor, S Xu, J An… - The Journal of …, 2007 - ACS Publications
We present a method for the tunable production of monodisperse silver nanoparticles. Using
monochromatic light of different laser wavelengths to irradiate an initial solution of seed …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in the development of upconversion nanomaterials in bioimaging and disease treatment

G Liang, H Wang, H Shi, H Wang, M Zhu, A Jing… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
… It was difficult to find a dual functional material that can serve as an imaging probe and a
drug carrier simultaneously. As an effective drug delivery carrier, it should satisfy the following …

Changes in soil organic carbon, nitrogen, pH and bulk density with the development of larch (Larix gmelinii) plantations in China

…, SU DONG‐XUE, AN Jing… - Global change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Under the government of China's environmental program known as Returning Farmland To
Forests (RFTF), about 28 million hectares of farmland have been converted to tree plantation…

[PDF][PDF] Viral-human chimeric transcript predisposes risk to liver cancer development and progression

CC Lau, T Sun, AKK Ching, M He, JW Li, AM Wong… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
… The human TERT encodes the telomerase catalytic subunit, which is an essential compo…
at the whole-transcriptome level with an aim toward characterizing the transcribed viral-human …

Nanoparticle charge and size control foliar delivery efficiency to plant cells and organelles

P Hu, J An, MM Faulkner, H Wu, Z Li, X Tian… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Fundamental and quantitative understanding of the interactions between nanoparticles and
plant leaves is crucial for advancing the field of nanoenabled agriculture. Herein, we …

Hypermethylation of the Keap1 gene in human lung cancer cell lines and lung cancer tissues

R Wang, J An, F Ji, H Jiao, H Sun, D Zhou - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2008 - Elsevier
… is regulated by an epigenetic mechanism in lung cancer. … The housekeeping gene β-actin
served as an internal control to … in both directions using an ABI 3730 DNA Analyzer (Applied …