BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are prevalent chronic diseases with substantial implications for human health. DM patients are more susceptible to PTB, which exacerbates diabetes-related complications. However, the complex molecular mechanisms ...
Maternal folic acid intake is crucial for the development of the offspring's nervous system, and folic acid metabolism disorders during pregnancy lead to neural tube defects (NTDs) in the fetus. Folic acid and vitamins biosynthesis is a major biochemical feature of gut microbiota. The complex and...
Cancer, including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), induces changes to metabolism that drive the disease. Regional metabolomics can help to understand metabolic variation across the tumour including changes near the tumour core, where hypoxia is likely more pronounced. We apply ultra...
Human brain organoids are emerging models to study human brain development and pathology as they recapitulate the development and characteristics of major neural cell types, and enable manipulation through an in vitro system. Over the past decade, with the advent of spatial technologies,...
Maintaining calcium levels within a narrow normal range is of critical importance for numerous different cellular functions. One of the most important regulators of blood calcium levels is parathyroid hormone (PTH), which mediates its actions through the PTH/PTHrP receptor, a Gαs-coupled rec...