Synopsis of recent research by authors named "Menghua Du"
- Menghua Du's recent research investigates the role of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in the proliferation of pseudorabies virus, providing evidence that VDR is essential for the virus's replication, with knockdown of VDR hindering viral spread.
- Another significant focus has been on lung adenocarcinoma, where Du developed a prognosis-prediction signature based on 11 telomere-related genes, emphasizing the importance of telomere length and its potential as a biomarker for lung cancer treatment.
- Du has also explored microRNA-200a's role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), demonstrating its capacity to suppress tumor migration and invasion, enhance radiosensitivity, and its inverse correlation with hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), suggesting implications for patient prognosis in NSCLC.
