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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81872418), Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (18ZR1431700), Shanghai Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission Project (201540027, 20174Y0236, and 20184Y0104), the Seed Fund Program of Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences (HSMF-17-22-031, SFP-18-21-15-003, and SPF-18-20-15-001), the Municipal Human Resources Development Program for Outstanding Young Talents in Medical and Health Sciences in Shanghai (2017YQ048), and Shanghai Fengxian District Science and Technology Project (20181601).
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Feng, J., Rao, M., Wang, M. et al. Triptolide suppresses pancreatic cancer cell proliferation by inhibiting hedgehog signaling pathway activity. Sci. China Life Sci. 62, 1409–1412 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-018-9477-3
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