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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 13

July-1 2020 - 247 articles

Cover Story: Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) can carry cell-impermeable therapeutic entities across the plasma membrane. The cytosolic uptake of the CPP–cargo provides a significant opportunity for targeting the undruggable cytoplasmic domain and, yet, is challenging to evaluate objectively. This article provides a comprehensive review of the current and emerging in vitro assays used to evaluate CPP–cargo cellular uptake and recommends utilization of orthogonal assays to assess the ability of CPPs as delivery vehicles. View this paper
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Articles (247)

  • Review
  • Open Access
49 Citations
9,544 Views
19 Pages

Metabolomic Biomarkers in Anxiety Disorders

  • Elke Humer,
  • Christoph Pieh and
  • Thomas Probst

Anxiety disorders range among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders and belong to the leading disorders in the study of the total global burden of disease. Anxiety disorders are complex conditions, with not fully understood etiological mechanisms....

  • Communication
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,790 Views
10 Pages

Hypoxia Promotes Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness by Upregulating EMT-Activator Zeb1 and SK3 Channel Expression

  • Fanny Bery,
  • Sandy Figiel,
  • Sana Kouba,
  • Delphine Fontaine,
  • Maxime Guéguinou,
  • Marie Potier-Cartereau,
  • Christophe Vandier,
  • Roseline Guibon,
  • Franck Bruyère and
  • Gaëlle Fromont
  • + 1 author

Hypoxia is a well-established feature of prostate cancer (PCa) and is associated with disease aggressiveness. The hypoxic microenvironment initiates multiple adaptive responses including epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and a remodeling of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,751 Views
16 Pages

Protein–Protein Interactions Efficiently Modeled by Residue Cluster Classes

  • Albros Hermes Poot Velez,
  • Fernando Fontove and
  • Gabriel Del Rio

Predicting protein–protein interactions (PPI) represents an important challenge in structural bioinformatics. Current computational methods display different degrees of accuracy when predicting these interactions. Different factors were propose...

  • Review
  • Open Access
75 Citations
9,923 Views
19 Pages

Immunopathology of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Immune Cells and Mediators, Prognostic Factors, and Immune-Therapeutic Implications

  • Alessandro Allegra,
  • Mario Di Gioacchino,
  • Alessandro Tonacci,
  • Caterina Musolino and
  • Sebastiano Gangemi

The present is a comprehensive review of the immunopathology of Covid-19. The immune reaction to SARS-CoV-2 infection is characterized by differentiation and proliferation of a variety of immune cells with immune mediator production and release, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,751 Views
14 Pages

Indocyanine Green Loaded Modified Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as an Effective Photothermal Nanoplatform

  • Yiyu Wang,
  • Chunqing Niu,
  • Sisi Fan,
  • Yuwei Li,
  • Xiang Li,
  • Yujun Dai,
  • Jian Shi and
  • Xinyu Wang

Photothermal therapy possesses great advantages for the treatment of drug-resistant tumors. Herein, Near Infrared (NIR)-triggered photothermal nanoparticles were developed through loading indocyanine green (ICG), a kind of NIR dye, into amino group-m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,952 Views
14 Pages

The lymphatic vasculature, along with the blood vasculature, is a vascular system in our body that plays important functions in fluid homeostasis, dietary fat uptake, and immune responses. Defects in the lymphatic system are associated with various d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,757 Views
14 Pages

Ketamine and Ro 25-6981 Reverse Behavioral Abnormalities in Rats Subjected to Dietary Zinc Restriction

  • Bartłomiej Pochwat,
  • Helena Domin,
  • Anna Rafało-Ulińska,
  • Bernadeta Szewczyk and
  • Gabriel Nowak

Clinical and preclinical studies indicate that zinc (Zn) is an essential factor in the development and treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). Conventional monoamine-based antidepressants mobilize zinc in the blood and brain of depressed patien...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,396 Citations
44,830 Views
23 Pages

Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) is a transcription factor that regulates the cellular defense against toxic and oxidative insults through the expression of genes involved in oxidative stress response and drug detoxification. NRF2 a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
113 Citations
11,286 Views
32 Pages

Functional Markers for Precision Plant Breeding

  • Romesh K. Salgotra and
  • C. Neal Stewart

Advances in molecular biology including genomics, high-throughput sequencing, and genome editing enable increasingly faster and more precise cultivar development. Identifying genes and functional markers (FMs) that are highly associated with plant ph...

  • Review
  • Open Access
78 Citations
11,770 Views
15 Pages

The NLRP1 Inflammasome in Human Skin and Beyond

  • Gabriele Fenini,
  • Tugay Karakaya,
  • Paulina Hennig,
  • Michela Di Filippo and
  • Hans-Dietmar Beer

Inflammasomes represent a group of protein complexes that contribute to host defense against pathogens and repair processes upon the induction of inflammation. However, aberrant and chronic inflammasome activation underlies the pathology of numerous...

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