VEGF/SDF-1 promotes cardiac stem cell mobilization and myocardial repair in the infarcted heart

…, L Zhang, F Zheng, JY Yang, X Kong… - Cardiovascular …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims The objective of this study was to investigate whether vascular endothelial growth factor
(VEGF) secreted by mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) improves myocardial survival and the …

Mesenchymal stem cells over-expressing SDF-1 promote angiogenesis and improve heart function in experimental myocardial infarction in rats

J Tang, J Wang, J Yang, X Kong… - European Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background: In addition to its multipotent capability, the mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) can
secrete and supply a large amount of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The stromal-…

En-compactness: Self-distillation embedding & contrastive generation for generalized zero-shot learning

X Kong, Z Gao, X Li, M Hong, J Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Generalized zero-shot learning (GZSL) requires a classifier trained on seen classes that
can recognize objects from both seen and unseen classes. Due to the absence of unseen …

Femtosecond pulsed laser textured titanium surfaces with stable superhydrophilicity and superhydrophobicity

B Li, H Li, L Huang, N Ren, X Kong - Applied Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
A facile and highly-efficient laser scanning process coupled with a simple silanization
modification was used to prepare textured titanium (Ti) surfaces with stable superhydrophilicity …

Vascular endothelial growth factor promotes cardiac stem cell migration via the PI3K/Akt pathway

J Tang, J Wang, X Kong, J Yang, L Guo, F Zheng… - Experimental cell …, 2009 - Elsevier
VEGF is a major inducer of angiogenesis. However, the homing role of VEGF for cardiac
stem cells (CSCs) is unclear. In in vitro experiments, CSCs were isolated from the rat hearts, …

VEGF is essential for the growth and migration of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

L Zhang, JN Wang, JM Tang, X Kong, JY Yang… - Molecular biology …, 2012 - Springer
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a crucial role in tumor angiogenesis. VEGF
induces new vessel formation and tumor growth by inducing mitogenesis and chemotaxis of …

Mesenchymal stem cells modified with stromal cell-derived factor 1α improve cardiac remodeling via paracrine activation of hepatocyte growth factor in a rat model of …

J Tang, J Wang, L Guo, X Kong, J Yang, F Zheng… - Molecules and …, 2010 - Springer
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a promising source for cell-based treatment of myocardial
infarction (MI), but existing strategies are restricted by low cell survival and engraftment. …

[HTML][HTML] A novel microRNAs expression signature for hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis and prognosis

M Lu, X Kong, H Wang, G Huang, C Ye, Z He - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study aims to identify prognostic microRNAs (miRNAs) biomarkers for diagnosis and
survival of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) based on large patients cohort analysis. HCC …

A high-performance photoelectrochemical sensor for the specific detection of H 2 O 2 and glucose based on an organic conjugated microporous polymer

…, Q Liu, W Gao, C Xing, J Shen, X Liu, X Kong… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cathodic photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensors are one of ideal systems for sensing
applications owing to their advantages in the low-cost, simplicity of the detection and …

Combination of chemokine and angiogenic factor genes and mesenchymal stem cells could enhance angiogenesis and improve cardiac function after acute …

J Tang, J Wang, F Zheng, X Kong, L Guo… - Molecular and cellular …, 2010 - Springer
Gene and stem-cell therapies hold promise for the treatment of ischemic cardiovascular
disease. Combined stem cell, chemokine, and angiogenic growth factor gene therapy could …