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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 19

October-1 2021 - 721 articles

Cover Story: Data in this report support the model that chemotherapy modifies the blood vessel wall by a two-prong mechanism: (a) increasing vascular permeability and (b) inducing the remodeling of the basement membrane underlying the blood vessel wall via an MMP2-dependent process. The net result is an increase in the adhesiveness of vascular wall, allowing cancer cells—shortly after their arrival at the lung—to adhere, at least in part, through integrin β1 on the cells. Since vascular adhesion is an important step in the metastatic cascade and since metastasis is the major cause of cancer death, understanding how chemotherapy, the very treatment to combat cancer, enhances this step may provide strategies to improve the efficacy of chemotherapy. View this paper
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Articles (721)

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,146 Views
15 Pages

8 October 2021

This research focuses on revealing the double role of quercetin accompanied by silica in epoxidized natural rubber. A crosslinking ability with antioxidative properties exists and reveals the dependence of these functions on quercetin content. Here,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,473 Views
16 Pages

Structural Alterations of Antigens at the Material Interface: An Early Decision Toolbox Facilitating Safe-by-Design Nanovaccine Development

  • Litty Johnson,
  • Lorenz Aglas,
  • Wai Tuck Soh,
  • Mark Geppert,
  • Sabine Hofer,
  • Norbert Hofstätter,
  • Peter Briza,
  • Fatima Ferreira,
  • Richard Weiss and
  • Hans Brandstetter
  • + 2 authors

8 October 2021

Nanomaterials have found extensive interest in the development of novel vaccines, as adjuvants and/or carriers in vaccination platforms. Conjugation of protein antigens at the particle surface by non-covalent adsorption is the most widely used approa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,950 Views
15 Pages

7,8-Dihydroxiflavone Protects Adult Rat Axotomized Retinal Ganglion Cells through MAPK/ERK and PI3K/AKT Activation

  • Caridad Galindo-Romero,
  • Beatriz Vidal-Villegas,
  • Javier Asís-Martínez,
  • Fernando Lucas-Ruiz,
  • Alejandro Gallego-Ortega and
  • Manuel Vidal-Sanz

8 October 2021

We analyze the 7,8-dihydroxyflavone (DHF)/TrkB signaling activation of two main intracellular pathways, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)/ERK and phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K)/AKT, in the neuroprotection of axotomized retinal ganglion ce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,542 Views
12 Pages

8 October 2021

The Citrus genus comprises some of the most important and commonly cultivated fruit plants. Within the last decade, citrus greening disease (also known as huanglongbing or HLB) has emerged as the biggest threat for the citrus industry. This disease d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,306 Views
15 Pages

Characterizing Binding Interactions That Are Essential for Selective Transport through the Nuclear Pore Complex

  • Kathleen M. Lennon,
  • Mohammad Soheilypour,
  • Mohaddeseh Peyro,
  • Devin L. Wakefield,
  • Grace E. Choo,
  • Mohammad R. K. Mofrad and
  • Tijana Jovanovic-Talisman

8 October 2021

Specific macromolecules are rapidly transported across the nuclear envelope via the nuclear pore complex (NPC). The selective transport process is facilitated when nuclear transport receptors (NTRs) weakly and transiently bind to intrinsically disord...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,553 Views
23 Pages

Exosomes and Brain Metastases: A Review on Their Role and Potential Applications

  • Filipa D. Oliveira,
  • Miguel A. R. B. Castanho and
  • Vera Neves

8 October 2021

Brain metastases (BM) are a frequent complication in patients with advanced stages of cancer, associated with impairment of the neurological function, quality of life, prognosis, and survival. BM treatment consists of a combination of the available c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,175 Views
17 Pages

Distinct Mechanisms Account for In Vitro Activation and Sensitization of TRPV1 by the Porphyrin Hemin

  • Natalie E. Palmaers,
  • Steffen B. Wiegand,
  • Christine Herzog,
  • Frank G. Echtermeyer,
  • Mirjam J. Eberhardt and
  • Andreas Leffler

8 October 2021

TRPV1 mediates pain occurring during sickling episodes in sickle cell disease (SCD). We examined if hemin, a porphyrin released during intravascular hemolysis modulates TRPV1. Calcium imaging and patch clamp were employed to examine effects of hemin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,501 Views
25 Pages

8 October 2021

Fatty acid desaturases add a second bond into a single bond of carbon atoms in fatty acid chains, resulting in an unsaturated bond between the two carbons. They are classified into soluble and membrane-bound desaturases, according to their structure,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,920 Views
18 Pages

Oxytocin and Food Intake Control: Neural, Behavioral, and Signaling Mechanisms

  • Clarissa M. Liu,
  • Mai O. Spaulding,
  • Jessica J. Rea,
  • Emily E. Noble and
  • Scott E. Kanoski

8 October 2021

The neuropeptide oxytocin is produced in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus and the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus. In addition to its extensively studied influence on social behavior and reproductive function, central oxytocin signalin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
3,563 Views
15 Pages

Systemic Administration of Recombinant Irisin Accelerates Fracture Healing in Mice

  • Silvia Concetta Colucci,
  • Cinzia Buccoliero,
  • Lorenzo Sanesi,
  • Mariella Errede,
  • Graziana Colaianni,
  • Tiziana Annese,
  • Mohd Parvez Khan,
  • Roberta Zerlotin,
  • Manuela Dicarlo and
  • Ernestina Schipani
  • + 2 authors

8 October 2021

To date, pharmacological strategies designed to accelerate bone fracture healing are lacking. We subjected 8-week-old C57BL/6 male mice to closed, transverse, mid-diaphyseal tibial fractures and treated them with intraperitoneal injection of a vehicl...

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