Background: Age-related Heterogeneity in Prostate Cancer and New Opportunities for Precision Medicine Prostate cancer (PCA) is the second most common malignancy and the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death among men worldwide. With the global aging population and the advancement of health screening, the age of onset for prostate cancer has b...

Advances in Cellular Therapies for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease (aGVHD) — An Authoritative Review on the Paper “Cellular therapies for the prevention and treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease” 1. Academic Background and Motivation Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is one of the most severe complicatio...

Inflammatory Pathways and Bone Marrow Microenvironment in Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes: New Insights into Chronic Inflammation Research Background and Academic Significance Inherited bone marrow failure syndromes (IBMFS) are a group of genetic disorders characterized by reduced hematopoietic cell production due to blood stem cell dysfunc...

The Dominant Role of RUNX1 in Human Hematopoietic Development and Mesodermal Fate Balance — An Interpretation of “runx1 is a key inducer of human hematopoiesis controlling non-hematopoietic mesodermal development” 1. Academic Background and Research Motivation The development of the hematopoietic system is fundamental for the growth and maintenance...

New Mechanism of Immune Cell Migration Revealed: How Monocytes “Pioneer Their Path” in the Tumor Microenvironment I. Academic Research Background and the Central Question Cell migration is a crucial biological process in life, encompassing embryonic development, tissue repair, immune responses, and the progression of various diseases. In the contex...

Broad-Spectrum Correction of Splicing Mutations in Rare Disease Hotspot Exons by Single Antisense Oligonucleotide: Review of a Recent 2025 PNAS Study I. Academic Background: The Challenge of Disease-Associated Splicing Mutations and Dilemmas in Antisense Therapy RNA splicing is a crucial step in the regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes. The ...

1. Academic Background Glioblastoma (GBM) and pediatric diffuse midline gliomas (e.g., H3K27M-mutant) are among the most aggressive tumors of the central nervous system (CNS), with limited efficacy from conventional treatments (surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy). For decades, the CNS was considered to have “immune privilege,” meaning the immune s...

Academic Background DNA damage repair (DDR) is a core mechanism for maintaining genome stability, and its dysfunction is closely associated with cancer development. Valosin-containing protein (VCP/p97), a member of the AAA+ ATPase family, plays a critical role in DDR by recognizing ubiquitinated proteins and recruiting repair factors (e.g., 53BP1, ...

Academic Background Protein homeostasis (proteostasis) is a core mechanism for maintaining normal cellular function, with the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) responsible for degrading approximately 80% of abnormal proteins. Traditionally, proteins were thought to require ubiquitination for recognition and degradation by the 26S proteasome. Howeve...

Academic Background Chemotherapy resistance is one of the major challenges in cancer treatment. Traditional research has primarily focused on biochemical mechanisms (e.g., drug efflux pumps, DNA repair, etc.), but in recent years, the role of biomechanical factors in tumor progression and drug resistance has gained increasing attention. Studies hav...