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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 24

December-2 2021 - 505 articles

Cover Story: Nicotine, the main psychoactive component in tobacco smoke, plays a major role in tobacco addiction, producing a high morbidity and mortality in the world. A great amount of research has been developed to elucidate the neural pathways and neurotransmitter systems involved in such a complex addictive behavior. The endocannabinoid system, which has been reported to participate in the addictive properties of most prototypical drugs of abuse, is also implicated in nicotine dependence. This review summarizes and updates the main behavioral and biochemical data involving the endocannabinoid system in the rewarding properties of nicotine as well as in nicotine withdrawal and relapse to nicotine-seeking behavior. Promising results from preclinical studies suggest that manipulation of the endocannabinoid system could be a potential therapeutic strategy for treating nicotine addiction. View this paper
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Articles (505)

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,107 Views
19 Pages

Enhanced Anti-Atherosclerotic Efficacy of pH-Responsively Releasable Ganglioside GM3 Delivered by Reconstituted High-Density Lipoprotein

  • Tong Rong,
  • Bo Wei,
  • Meiying Ao,
  • Haonan Zhao,
  • Yuanfang Li,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Ying Qin,
  • Jinhua Zhou,
  • Fenfen Zhou and
  • Yong Chen

20 December 2021

Recently, the atheroprotective role of endogenous GM3 and an atherogenesis-inhibiting effect of exogenous GM3 suggested a possibility of exogenous GM3 being recruited as an anti-atherosclerotic drug. This study seeks to endow exogenous GM3 with ather...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,035 Views
11 Pages

Spatially Resolved Expression of Transposable Elements in Disease and Somatic Tissue with SpatialTE

  • Braulio Valdebenito-Maturana,
  • Cristina Guatimosim,
  • Mónica Alejandra Carrasco and
  • Juan Carlos Tapia

20 December 2021

Spatial transcriptomics (ST) is transforming the way we can study gene expression and its regulation through position-specific resolution within tissues. However, as in bulk RNA-Seq, transposable elements (TEs) are not being studied due to their high...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,155 Views
24 Pages

Nephrotoxic Effects of Paraoxon in Three Rat Models of Acute Intoxication

  • Vladislav E. Sobolev,
  • Margarita O. Sokolova,
  • Richard O. Jenkins and
  • Nikolay V. Goncharov

20 December 2021

The delayed effects of acute intoxication by organophosphates (OPs) are poorly understood, and the various experimental animal models often do not take into account species characteristics. The principal biochemical feature of rodents is the presence...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,964 Views
12 Pages

Combined In Silico, Ex Vivo, and In Vivo Assessment of L-17, a Thiadiazine Derivative with Putative Neuro- and Cardioprotective and Antidepressant Effects

  • Alexey Sarapultsev,
  • Pavel Vassiliev,
  • Daniil Grinchii,
  • Alexander Kiss,
  • Mojmir Mach,
  • Jana Osacka,
  • Alexandra Balloova,
  • Ruslan Paliokha,
  • Andrey Kochetkov and
  • Larisa Sidorova
  • + 5 authors

20 December 2021

Depression associated with poor general medical condition, such as post-stroke (PSD) or post-myocardial infarction (PMID) depression, is characterized by resistance to classical antidepressants. Special treatment strategies should thus be developed f...

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,907 Views
15 Pages

Chemotherapeutic Drug-Regulated Cytokines Might Influence Therapeutic Efficacy in HCC

  • Chun-I Wang,
  • Pei-Ming Chu,
  • Yi-Li Chen,
  • Yang-Hsiang Lin and
  • Cheng-Yi Chen

20 December 2021

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Processes involved in HCC progression and development, including cell transformation, proliferation, metastasis,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,980 Views
12 Pages

Maternal N-Acetyl-Cysteine Prevents Neonatal Hypoxia-Induced Brain Injury in a Rat Model

  • Ola Gutziet,
  • Roee Iluz,
  • Hila Ben Asher,
  • Linoy Segal,
  • Dikla Ben Zvi,
  • Yuval Ginsberg,
  • Nizar Khatib,
  • Osnat Zmora,
  • Michael G. Ross and
  • Zeev Weiner
  • + 1 author

20 December 2021

Perinatal hypoxia is a major cause of infant brain damage, lifelong neurological disability, and infant mortality. N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) is a powerful antioxidant that acts directly as a scavenger of free radicals. We hypothesized that maternal-ant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,974 Views
18 Pages

Engineering of Vaginal Lactobacilli to Express Fluorescent Proteins Enables the Analysis of Their Mixture in Nanofibers

  • Spase Stojanov,
  • Tina Vida Plavec,
  • Julijana Kristl,
  • Špela Zupančič and
  • Aleš Berlec

20 December 2021

Lactobacilli are a promising natural tool against vaginal dysbiosis and infections. However, new local delivery systems and additional knowledge about their distribution and mechanism of action would contribute to the development of effective medicin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,383 Views
18 Pages

KRAS Affects Adipogenic Differentiation by Regulating Autophagy and MAPK Activation in 3T3-L1 and C2C12 Cells

  • Wenjie Yu,
  • Cheng-Zhen Chen,
  • Yanxia Peng,
  • Ze Li,
  • Yan Gao,
  • Shuang Liang,
  • Bao Yuan,
  • Nam-Hyung Kim,
  • Hao Jiang and
  • Jia-Bao Zhang

20 December 2021

Kirsten rat sarcoma 2 viral oncogene homolog (Kras) is a proto-oncogene that encodes the small GTPase transductor protein KRAS, which has previously been found to promote cytokine secretion, cell survival, and chemotaxis. However, its effects on prea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,434 Views
17 Pages

Tal2c Activates the Expression of OsF3H04g to Promote Infection as a Redundant TALE of Tal2b in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola

  • Tao Wu,
  • Haimiao Zhang,
  • Yunya Bi,
  • Yue Yu,
  • Haifeng Liu,
  • Hong Yang,
  • Bin Yuan,
  • Xinhua Ding and
  • Zhaohui Chu

20 December 2021

Xanthomonas oryzae delivers transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) into plant cells to facilitate infection. Following economic principles, the redundant TALEs are rarely identified in Xanthomonas. Previously, we identified the Tal2b, which a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,782 Views
15 Pages

Investigating the Endo-Lysosomal System in Major Neurocognitive Disorders Due to Alzheimer’s Disease, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Lewy Body Disease: Evidence for SORL1 as a Cross-Disease Gene

  • Luisa Benussi,
  • Antonio Longobardi,
  • Cemile Kocoglu,
  • Matteo Carrara,
  • Sonia Bellini,
  • Clarissa Ferrari,
  • Roland Nicsanu,
  • Claudia Saraceno,
  • Cristian Bonvicini and
  • Silvia Fostinelli
  • + 9 authors

20 December 2021

Dysfunctions in the endo-lysosomal system have been hypothesized to underlie neurodegeneration in major neurocognitive disorders due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), and Lewy body disease (DLB). The aim of...

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