Metal nanoclusters, composed of several to a few hundred metal atoms, have received
worldwide attention due to their extraordinary physical and chemical characteristics …

Despite a diverse range of active pharmaceutical agents currently at our disposal, high
morbidity rate diseases continue to pose a major health crisis globally. One of the important …

Enzyme-responsive, amphiphilic self-assembly represents one of the increasingly significant
topics in biomaterials research and finds feasible applications to the controlled release of …

Esophageal cancer (EC) is one of the most aggressive malignant tumors of the
gastrointestinal tract. There are two distinct histological types of EC: esophageal squamous …

Maintenance of gastrointestinal health is challenging as it requires balancing multifaceted
processes within the highly complex and dynamic ecosystem of the gastrointestinal tract …

Cell-type diversity in the brain enables the assembly of complex neural circuits, whose
organization and patterns of activity give rise to brain function. However, the identification of …

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) occurs during embryonic development and may
also be associated with the metastatic spread of epithelial tumors. During EMT, E-cadherin …

Abstract Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) plays important roles in cancer development
and aggression. Our previous studies revealed a strong association between the MMP-2 …

Esophageal cancer is a prototypic squamous cell cancer that carries a poor prognosis,
primarily due to presentation at advanced stages. We used human esophageal epithelial …

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) contribute to the progression and mortality of
various malignancies. We reported that high numbers of infiltrating TAMs were significantly …