Thymosin as a possible therapeutic drug for COVID-19: A case report.

Background: There are no effective antiviral therapies for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at present. Although most patients with COVID-19 have a mild or moderate course of disease, up to 5%-10% of patients may have a serious and potentially life-threatening condition, indicating an urgent need for effective therapeutic drugs. The therapeutic effect of thymosin on COVID-19 has not been previously studied.

MicroRNA-29c Acting on FOS Plays a Significant Role in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Through the Interleukin-17 Signaling Pathway.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common hepatic disease in western countries and is even more ubiquitous in Asian countries. Our study determined that TH17/Treg cells were imbalanced in animal models. Based on our interest in the mechanism underlying TH17/Treg cell imbalance in nonalcoholic fatty liver mice, we conducted a joint bioinformatics analysis to further investigate this process.

Synergistic effects of culture supernatant and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells on the development of alcoholic steatohepatitis in mice.

The gut microbiota has been shown to play an important role in chronic liver disease. It has been found that both and its culture supernatant have the potential to mitigate alcoholic steatohepatitis. However, the exact mechanism is still not fully understood.

[Effects of salidroside on proliferation, apoptosis, phagocytosis, ROS and NO production of murine peritoneal macrophages in vitro].

Aim: To investigate the effects of salidroside(Sal) on proliferation, apoptosis, phagocytosis, the production of ROS and NO of murine peritoneal macrophages in vitro as well as its immunoregulation.

Methods: The single cell suspension of murine peritoneal macrophages was prepared under sterile condition, then co-cultured with different concentrations of Sal(80, 160 and 320 μmol/L)for 4 hours prior to stimulation with LPS and IFN-γ, the proliferation of macrophages was measured by MTT colorimetry. The effect of Sal on the apoptosis of Sytox® Green-labelled peritoneal macrophages induced by CHX was detected by Fluorescence enzyme-labelled meter.