Cheng Zhang

ORCID: 0000-0003-3049-1587
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Research Areas
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection

Hebei Agricultural University
2017-2025

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
2018-2025

Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
2010-2025

Jiangnan University
2024-2025

State Key Laboratory for Innovation and Transformation of Luobing Theory
2025

Chinese PLA General Hospital
2025

Beijing Anzhen Hospital
2024

Capital Medical University
2024

Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
2024

University of Hong Kong
2022-2024

Pseudorabies virus (PRV) causes Aujeszky's disease in pigs and can be transmitted to other mammals, including humans. In the current study, we systematically studied interspecies transmission evolutionary history of PRV.We performed comprehensive analysis on phylodynamics, selection, structural biology summarize phylogenetic adaptive evolution PRV based all available full-length major glycoprotein sequences.PRV divided into 2 main clades with frequent interclade intraclade recombination....

10.1093/infdis/jiy731 article EN The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2018-12-22

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has continued to affect millions of lives worldwide, leading the urgent need for novel therapeutic strategies. G-quadruplexes (G4s) have been demonstrated regulate life cycle multiple viruses. Here, we identify several highly conservative and stable G4s in SARS-CoV-2 clarify their dual-function inhibition viral replication translation processes. Furthermore, cationic porphyrin compound 5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(N-methyl-4-pyridyl)porphine (TMPyP4) targeting shows...

10.1038/s41421-022-00450-x article EN cc-by Cell Discovery 2022-09-06

CD4⁺CD25⁺ regulatory T cells (Tregs) mediate immune suppression and prevent autoimmune disorders. Recently, Tregs were found to present in atherosclerotic lesions play an important role the progression of atherosclerosis. Statins have immunomodulatory properties, effect statins on atherosclerosis depends part their mechanisms. We sought determine whether exhibit plaques peripheral circulation patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). In vivo experiment, we induced apolipoprotein...

10.2119/molmed.2011.00471 article EN cc-by Molecular Medicine 2012-02-08

Since December 2019, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a great challenge to the world's public health system. Nosocomial infections have occurred frequently in medical institutions worldwide during this pandemic. Thus, there is an urgent need construct effective surveillance and early warning system for pathogen exposure infection prevent nosocomial negative-pressure wards. In study, visualization construction of risk...

10.1016/j.envint.2022.107153 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Environment International 2022-02-21

With a growing global concern over food safety and animal welfare issues, the livestock veterinary industries are undergoing unprecedented changes. These changes have not only brought challenges within each industry, but also opportunities for development. In this context, search natural safe products that can effectively replace traditional drugs has become an important research direction in fields of husbandry medicine. Oregano essential oil (OEO), as extract, is gradually emerging...

10.3390/ani14111532 article EN cc-by Animals 2024-05-22

Atherosclerosis has been widely recognized as an inflammatory disease of the arterial wall in which macrophages play a major role. Yet, how macrophage-mediated pathology is regulated during atherosclerosis poorly understood. TNF-α-induced protein 8-like 2 (TIPE2, also known TNFAIP8L2) highly expressed resting and can negatively regulate inflammation through inhibiting immune receptor signaling. We report this article that TIPE2 plays crucial atheroprotective role likely by regulating...

10.4049/jimmunol.1300053 article EN The Journal of Immunology 2013-10-01

Previous studies demonstrated that aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) rs671 polymorphism, which eliminates ALDH2 activity down to 1%-6%, is a susceptibility gene for coronary disease. Here we investigated the underlying mechanisms based on our prior clinical and experimental studies. Male apoE-/- mice were transfected with GFP, ALDH2-overexpression ALDH2-RNAi lentivirus respectively (n=20 each) after constrictive collars placed around right common carotid arteries. Consequently, silencing led...

10.18632/oncotarget.9384 article EN Oncotarget 2016-05-15

To date, intermediate hosts of SARS-CoV-2 remain obscure and controversial. Several studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2-related pangolin coronavirus (Pangolin-CoV) has a high sequence similarity to might be the initial source SARS-CoV-2; however, biological characteristics Pangolin-CoV are still largely unknown. In this study, we evaluated pathogenicity transmissibility in Syrian golden hamsters Mesocricetus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) compared it with SARS-CoV-2. could effectively infect...

10.1016/j.isci.2022.104350 article EN cc-by-nc-nd iScience 2022-05-04

Several animal models have been used to assist the development of vaccines and therapeutics since COVID-19 outbreak. Due lack binding affinity mouse angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE2) S protein severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), increasing susceptibility mice SARS-CoV-2 infection was considered in several ways. Here, we generated a model expressing human ACE2 (hACE2) under control CAG promoter. Overexpression hACE2 did not pose significant effect on weight...

10.3389/fmicb.2024.1348405 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Microbiology 2024-02-07

Hepatobiliary diseases have a high prevalence worldwide, with wide range of involved in the liver and biliary system. Modifications gut microbiota been proven to an association unbalanced intestinal homeostasis dysfunction host metabolism immune system, which can be risk factors for many hepatobiliary diseases, such as nonalcoholic fatty disease (NAFLD), alcoholic (ALD), steatohepatitis (NASH), hepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cholestasis, well infection due...

10.3390/biomedicines12030515 article EN cc-by Biomedicines 2024-02-25

Previous studies have shown that B.1.351 and other variants extended the host range of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to mice. Sustained transmission is a prerequisite for viral maintenance in population. However, no evidence natural SARS-CoV-2 wild mice has been documented date. Here, we evaluated replication contact variant rats. The could infect replicate efficiently airways Furthermore, not be transmitted BALB/c or C57BL/6 but with moderate efficiency rats...

10.3389/fimmu.2022.869809 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Immunology 2022-04-28

With the development of modern pig raising technology, increasing density animals in houses leads to accumulation microbial aerosols houses. It is an important prerequisite grasp characteristics bacteria different solve problems air pollution and disease prevention control This work investigated effects growth stages on bacterial aerosol concentrations communities Three traditional types closed were studied: farrowing (FAR) houses, weaning (WEA) fattening (FAT) The Andersen six-stage sampler...

10.3390/ani12121540 article EN cc-by Animals 2022-06-14

Background Sepsis, causing serious organ and tissue damage even death, has not been fully elucidated. Therefore, understanding the key mechanisms underlying sepsis-associated immune responses would lead to more potential therapeutic strategies. Methods Single-cell RNA data of 4 sepsis patients 2 healthy controls in GSE167363 set were studied. The pseudotemporal trajectory analyzed neutrophil clusters under sepsis. Using hdWGCNA method, gene modules neutrophils explored. Multiple machine...

10.3389/fimmu.2024.1377817 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Immunology 2024-05-29

Influenza virus is a serious threat to global human health and public security. There an urgent need develop new anti-influenza drugs. Lentinan (LNT) has attracted increasing attention in recent years. As potential protective agent, LNT been shown have anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, antiviral properties. However, there no further research into the action of lentinan vivo , mechanism still not fully understood. In this study, effect were studied Institute Cancer Research (ICR) mouse model....

10.3389/fcimb.2022.892864 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 2022-05-20

COVID-19 was officially declared a global pandemic disease on 11 March 2020, with severe implications for healthcare systems, economic activity, and human life worldwide. Fast sensitive amplification of the acute respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleic acids is critical controlling spread this disease. Here, real-time reverse transcription recombinase-aided (RT-RAA) assay, targeting conserved positions in nucleocapsid protein gene (N gene) SARS-CoV-2, successfully established...

10.3390/ijms232315269 article EN International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022-12-03
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