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Xucai Chen

University of PittsburghORCID 0000-0001-8621-5261Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioengineering· 1 Cell Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Cell BiologyJournal of Biological ChemistryPeer-reviewedDec 11, 2025

Small molecule intervention of actin-binding protein profilin1 reduces tumor angiogenesis in renal cell carcinoma

David M. Gau, Pooja Chawla, Kexin Xu…·Partha Sarathi Roy

This study shows that a small molecule Pfn1 inhibitor reduces tumor angiogenesis in renal cell carcinoma by targeting endothelial cell Pfn1.

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BioengineeringbioRxivPreprintJul 11, 2025

Non-invasive Free-breathing Gating-free Extracellular Cellular Volume Quantification for Repetitive Myocardial Fibrosis Evaluation in Rodents

Devin Raine Everaldo Cortes, Thomas Becker-Szurszewski, Sean Hartwick…·Yijen Lin Wu

This paper develops a non-invasive, fast, and gating-free method for longitudinal ECV quantification in rodents using cardiac MRI, validated for myocardial fibrosis evaluation.

DOI 10.1101/2025.07.11.664411

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