Lei Wei

TL;DR: An overview of ROCK functions in the pathogenesis of obesity and insulin resistance is given with a particular focus on the current understanding of ROCK isoform signaling in white and beige adipogenesis, obesity and thermogenesis in adipose tissue and other major metabolic organs involved in energy homeostasis regulation.

TL;DR: It is shown that knockdown of the VASP changes the ultrastructure of human MCF-7 breast cancer cells.

TL;DR: The current literature shows rhBMP is a safe and effective grafting material in the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis and further evidence is dependent on the emergence of more randomized controlled trials with higher quality and larger sample sizes in the future.

TL;DR: This study was initiated in Qian Chen's lab and was supported by other grants from NIH, and the competing interests section modi“ ed accordingly.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors conducted a retrospective analysis of patients with subacute symptomatic ICAO due to atherosclerosis treated at a center and found that the successful recanalization (thrombolysis in cerebral ischemia grade 2 or 3) rate was 100% and the ipsilateral-to-contralateral mean transit time ratio was significantly lower at the 1-year follow-up than preoperatively (1.21 ± 0.89 vs. 1.36 ± 1.88, P = 0.00