Publications by authors named "Weijian Meng"

Introduction: Currently, neurological diseases has surpassed cardiovascular diseases as the primary cause of global disease burden. Among these, headache disorders are the most prevalent and have emerged as the main cause of disability in people under 50 years old in recent years. Since the release of GBD 2021, there has been no comprehensive systematic exposition on the burden of headache among individuals under 50 years old and a forecast for future burdens.

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Invadopodia are actin-rich protrusions on the tumor cell membrane that degrade the extracellular matrix and play a crucial role in tumor cell invasion and metastasis. Here, we present a protocol to examine invadopodia's ability to form and degrade the extracellular matrix during tumor invasion and metastasis. We detail the procedure for using immunofluorescence staining to indirectly detect invadopodia formation and assess their extracellular matrix degradation capability via the gelatin degradation assay.

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Metabolic reprogramming has become increasingly important in tumor biology research. The glucose metabolic pathway is a major energy source and is often dysregulated in breast cancer. DAB2IP is widely reported to be a tumor suppressor that acts as a scaffold protein to suppress tumor malignancy in breast cancer.

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