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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 26, Issue 22

2025 November-2 - 430 articles

Cover Story: A hydroxypropyl betadex (2-hydroxypropyl-beta cyclodextrin; HPβCD)-based formulation made possible the development of oral cladribine tablets by ensuring adequate formulability and bioavailability. The corresponding complex dual CD complex—formed by an amorphous admixture of inclusion and non-inclusion cladribine–HPβCD complexes—led to the development of tablets. The resulting product, Mavenclad, offers convenient, effective, and well-tolerated oral therapy for multiple sclerosis and has achieved worldwide approval and significant clinical success. In 2023, Mavenclad reached blockbuster status with over USD 1 billion in annual sales. The figure shows an illustrative 3D structure of the cladribine–HPβCD complex with the tetrahydrofuran ring of cladribine included inside the cyclodextrin cavity. View this paper
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Articles (430)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,608 Views
22 Pages

20 November 2025

Effective communication between multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) and endothelial cells (ECs) plays a critical role in the regulation of angiogenesis, especially under conditions of hypoxia. In addition to paracrine stimulation, direct int...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells: Mechanisms and Applications in Tissue Regeneration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,072 Views
17 Pages

Drug Repositioning for HPV Clade-Specific Cervicouterine Cancer Using the OCTAD Pipeline

  • Joel Ruiz-Hernández,
  • Guillermo de Anda-Jáuregui and
  • Enrique Hernández-Lemus

20 November 2025

Cervical cancer remains a major global burden largely caused by persistent infection with high risk human papillomavirus (HPV). Biological differences between HPV clade A7 and HPV clade A9 may influence tumor programs and clinical outcomes. To propos...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future Challenges and Innovation in Gynecological Oncology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,861 Views
24 Pages

Biological Regulation of HIF-1α and Its Role in Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Treatment of Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease

  • Ethan Carmichael,
  • Anne-Isabelle S. Reme,
  • Patrick J. Bosco,
  • Yulexi Y. Ortiz and ,
  • Daniela Alexandra Ramos,
  • Katherine Gomez,
  • Bao-Ngoc Nguyen,
  • Arash Bornak,
  • Zhao-Jun Liu and
  • Omaida C. Velazquez
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Hypoxia, characterized by insufficient oxygen saturation, triggers a wide array of vascular responses aimed at enhancing cell survival and proliferation. This process is primarily driven by the activation of oxygen-sensing hypoxia-inducible factors (...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hypoxia: Molecular Mechanism and Health Effects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,409 Views
14 Pages

The Effects of Several Natural Protoberberine Alkaloids and Cinnamic Acid Derivatives Used for Traditional Medicine on the Membrane Boundary Potential and Lipid Packing Stress

  • Svetlana S. Efimova,
  • Polina D. Zlodeeva,
  • Quan Minh Pham,
  • Huong Thi Thu Trinh and ,
  • Ha Minh Le,
  • Van Thị Hong Nguyen,
  • Long Quoc Pham and
  • Olga S. Ostroumova
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Here we elucidated the effects of natural protoberberine alkaloids (rotundine, berberine, and nitidine) and cinnamic acid derivatives (ethyl-4-methoxycinnamate and osthole) found in Vietnamese medicinal plants, on the boundary potential of lipid bila...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Natural Products in Drug Discovery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,336 Views
14 Pages

Self-Assembled Nanoparticles from Cationic Dipeptides and D-π-A Chromophores for Near-Infrared Photothermal Therapy

  • Wei Zhou,
  • Liangxin Feng,
  • Yanfei Zeng,
  • Jiaxuan Lin and ,
  • Shuhui Bo,
  • Nan Sun and
  • Xiaoming Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Developing nanoformulations that combine potent photothermal efficacy with robust biocompatibility remains a critical hurdle for precision cancer therapy. Herein, we successfully fabricated CDPNCs-Z3 composite nanoparticles featuring a distinctive sp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Nanomaterials from Functional Molecules)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,528 Views
18 Pages

Design and Characterization of Aptamers to Antibiotic Kanamycin with Improved Affinity

  • Alexey V. Samokhvalov,
  • Oksana G. Maksimenko,
  • Anatoly V. Zherdev and
  • Boris B. Dzantiev

20 November 2025

Aptamers are promising synthetic molecular receptors that bind to specific targets by adopting a unique tertiary structure. However, their selection using standard SELEX protocols often does not allow the achievement of high affinity to the targets....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Recognition and Biosensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,185 Views
14 Pages

Senolytic Treatment Improves Responsiveness to Mechanical Loading in the Skeleton of Aged Mice

  • Connor J. Cunningham,
  • Hui Jean Kok,
  • Joshua N. Farr,
  • Sundeep Khosla and
  • Alexander G. Robling

20 November 2025

Aging plays a major role in the development of numerous chronic diseases, one of which is a marked decline in skeletal health. Beyond diminishing bone mass and strength, mammals of advanced age experience a decline in skeletal mechanotransduction&mda...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,917 Views
21 Pages

Two Cohorts, One Network: Consensus Master Regulators Orchestrating Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

  • Diana Tapia-Carrillo,
  • Octavio Zambada-Moreno,
  • Enrique Hernández-Lemus and
  • Hugo Tovar

20 November 2025

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common endocrine malignancy, yet the transcriptional hierarchies linking endocrine signaling to tumor progression remain poorly defined. Here, we integrated gene-expression profiles from two independent c...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,653 Views
18 Pages

Time-Dependent Changes in Salivary Antioxidants After 5-ALA Photodynamic Therapy vs. Clobetasol in Oral Lichen Planus: A Randomized Clinical Trial

  • Patryk Wiśniewski,
  • Magdalena Sulewska,
  • Jagoda Tomaszuk,
  • Anna Zalewska and ,
  • Sara Zięba,
  • Aleksandra Pietruska,
  • Emilia Szymańska,
  • Katarzyna Winnicka,
  • Mateusz Maciejczyk and
  • Małgorzata Pietruska
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

20 November 2025

In this randomized clinical trial, we compared the effects of 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT) and topical clobetasol on the salivary antioxidant profile in patients with oral lichen planus (OLP) and explored their relationships w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Innovations in Oral Diseases)
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
12,609 Views
24 Pages

“Feeding the Rhythm”—Effects of Food and Nutrients on Daily Cortisol Secretion: From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Impact

  • Rosa Maria Paragliola,
  • Marco Marchetti,
  • Costanza Montagna,
  • Salvatore Maria Corsello and
  • Gianfranco Peluso

20 November 2025

Daily rhythms define physical, mental, and behavioral changes that the body experiences over a 24 h cycle. The light–dark cycle plays a crucial role in regulating daily rhythms, but other factors such as food intake, stress, and physical activi...

(This article belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,584 Views
23 Pages

Non-Histone Lysine Modifications in Tumor Microenvironment: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities

  • Kai Sun,
  • Shuying Xiao,
  • Qibo Huang,
  • Suhang Zhang and ,
  • Qilin Li and
  • Chuanyu Hu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) on protein lysine residues, including lactylation, methylation, acetylation, ubiquitination, and succinylation, serve as critical regulators in tumorigenesis and progression. Histone PTMs participate in tumor d...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,985 Views
15 Pages

Evaluation of RNA Stability and Molecular Biomarkers for Post-Mortem Interval Estimation in Rat Organs

  • Minju Jung,
  • Sujin Choi,
  • Mingyoung Jeong,
  • Sohyeong Kim and ,
  • Dong Geon Lee,
  • Kwangmin Park,
  • Xianglan Xuan,
  • Yujin Park,
  • Heechul Park and
  • Sunghyun Kim
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

20 November 2025

Post-mortem interval (PMI) analysis plays a crucial role in forensic investigations, providing essential insights into the time since death. This study examined histological changes and ribonucleic acid (RNA) quantification across major organs to ide...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,067 Views
14 Pages

20 November 2025

Effective prediction of blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability remains essential for central nervous system drug development. This study evaluates multiple supervised machine learning models using a public dataset of permeable and non-permeable...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pharmacology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,460 Views
15 Pages

Unlocking the Cu-Co Interplay: Electrodeposited Spinel Co2CuO4 as a High-Performance Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst

  • Sankar Sekar,
  • M. Mujtaba Momin,
  • Abu Saad Ansari,
  • Sangeun Cho and ,
  • Youngmin Lee,
  • Sejoon Lee and
  • Abu Talha Aqueel Ahmed
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Developing cost-effective and durable electrocatalysts with high hydrogen evolution efficiency remains a critical challenge for sustainable energy conversion. Herein, spinel-type Co2CuO4 and Co3O4 nanosheet electrodes were fabricated directly on Ni f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bridging Molecules and Reactions: Next-Generation Approaches for Advancing Electrocatalytic Efficiency)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,271 Views
18 Pages

20 November 2025

Copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) are common co-occurring environmental pollutants inducing combined stress, which severely harms maize growth. Previous studies have confirmed the involvement of the ascorbate–glutathione (AsA-GSH) cycle in heavy met...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring Abiotic Stress in Plants: Mechanisms, Adaptations, and Mitigation Strategies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,310 Views
22 Pages

Lithium-Induced Modulation of Proliferation and Apoptosis in an In Vitro Model of Colorectal Cancer

  • Edgar Yebrán Villegas-Vázquez,
  • Ximena Paola Becerril-Vigueras,
  • Gerardo Leyva-Gómez,
  • Samantha Andrea Porras-Vázquez and ,
  • Luz Aleida Jiménez-Fernández,
  • Jorge Manuel Almanza-Torres,
  • Lilia Patricia Bustamante-Montes,
  • Miguel Rodríguez-Morales,
  • Virgilio Eduardo Trujillo-Condes and
  • Gabriela Figueroa-González
  • + 10 authors+ 5 authors

20 November 2025

Cancer involves uncontrolled cell growth, leading to tumor formation, and remains a major cause of mortality worldwide. Colorectal cancer (CRC) arises from abnormal proliferation of colon glandular epithelial cells. We assessed the cytotoxic and mole...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Advances in Primary Colorectal Cancer and Liver Metastases)
  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,055 Views
31 Pages

State of the Art of CAR-NK Cell Therapy in Multiple Myeloma: A Comprehensive Review of Cell Sources and Target Antigens

  • Asya Bastrich,
  • Kamilla Vinogradova,
  • Diana Mokrousova,
  • Anna Efremova and ,
  • Oleg Makhnach and
  • Dmitry Goldshtein
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a clonal malignancy of plasma cells that remains largely incurable despite major advances in proteasome inhibitors, immunomodulatory drugs, and monoclonal antibodies. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered immune cells ha...

(This article belongs to the Collection 30th Anniversary of IJMS: Updates and Advances in Biochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,215 Views
16 Pages

Evaluation of the Telomere Length in Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy

  • Betül Okur Altındaş,
  • Sedat Öktem,
  • Kürşat Bora Çarman and
  • Mahmut Selman Yıldırım

20 November 2025

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder caused by biallelic SMN1 gene loss, leading to motor neuron degeneration and progressive muscle weakness. The SMN protein is also implicated in telomerase biogenesis, sugg...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Insights into the Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and Regeneration: From Bench to Bedside)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,571 Views
32 Pages

The Significance of the Microenvironment in T/Nk-Cell Neoplasms

  • Ivan Petković,
  • Michele Ritucci,
  • Ana Stojković,
  • Slavica Stojnev and ,
  • Aleksandar Popović,
  • Irena Conić,
  • Milica Radić,
  • Miljana Džunić and
  • Miljan Krstić
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

T/NK-cell neoplasms represent rare and highly diverse cancers, distinguished by variability in their molecular architecture, local inflammatory milieu, and microenvironmental composition, which collectively underpin the diversity of clinical presenta...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,240 Views
22 Pages

Untargeted Metabolomics Identifies Faecal Filtrate-Derived Metabolites That Disrupt Clostridioides difficile Metabolism and Confer Gut Barrier Cytoprotection

  • Fatimah I. Qassadi,
  • Charlotte Johnson,
  • Karen Robinson,
  • Ruth Griffin and ,
  • Christos Polytarchou,
  • Dina Kao,
  • Dong-Hyun Kim,
  • Rian L. Griffiths,
  • Zheying Zhu and
  • Tanya M. Monaghan
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI) remains a major therapeutic challenge. Although faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is highly effective and thought to restore microbial composition and metabolic function, the mechanisms underl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interplay Between the Human Microbiome and Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,410 Views
19 Pages

Validation of Housekeeping Genes for Normalizing RNA Expression in Real-Time PCR in Tuberculomas and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients

  • Ekaterina K. Tarasova,
  • Ekaterina N. Pavlova,
  • Ekaterina Yu. Rybalkina,
  • Ekaterina A. Scherbakova and ,
  • Ruslan V. Tarasov and
  • Maria V. Erokhina
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Accurate normalization of qRT-PCR data in pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) research requires reference genes whose expression is invariant across clinically relevant matrices, yet no studies have addressed this in lesion tissue and blood concurrently. We...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
978 Views
15 Pages

20 November 2025

Mammalian sperm cells must undergo several processes collectively called capacitation before carrying out the acrosome reaction (AR), which is required for sperm penetration into the oocyte. The spontaneous acrosomal reaction (SAR), which can occur b...

(This article belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
776 Views
12 Pages

Modulation of Master Transcription Factor Expression of Nile Tilapia Leukocytes via Cholinergic Pathways

  • Manuel Ivan Girón-Pérez,
  • Kenia María Ramírez-Ibarra,
  • Carlos Eduardo Covantes-Rosales,
  • Daniel Alberto Girón-Pérez and ,
  • Francisco Fabián Razura-Carmona,
  • Arturo Contis-Montes de Oca,
  • Jorge Morales-Montor,
  • Lenin Pavón and
  • Gladys Alejandra Toledo-Ibarra
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Teleost fish are the first evolutionary group to exhibit an innate and adaptive immune system. Within the mechanisms of adaptive immunity, fish possess, among others, T-helper cells (CD4-like) and their differentiation machinery, regulated by the mas...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity Caused by Environmental Pollutants)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,019 Views
29 Pages

20 November 2025

The dynamic interaction of memory and forgetting processes determines the formation, stability, and specificity of the engram. While the molecular genetic processes of learning and memory have been intensively studied, the mechanisms of active forget...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Neurobiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,049 Views
17 Pages

Chemical Constituents and Antiproliferative Activity Against RAFLs and HepG2 Cells of Clematis henryi

  • Bin Wang,
  • Meng-Yun Wang,
  • Yu-Pei Yang,
  • Wei Su and ,
  • Xin Jiang,
  • Shi-Qi Liu,
  • Qu-Jing Luo,
  • Wen-Chao Zhou,
  • Ling Liang and
  • Wei Wang
  • + 12 authors+ 7 authors

20 November 2025

Clematis henryi (C. henryi) is a valuable medicinal plant in the Tujia ethnic family, which is widely used for the treatment of rheumatism arthritis and limb numbness. There are few studies on the chemical composition and biological activity of C. he...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pharmacology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,115 Views
27 Pages

20 November 2025

Understanding the molecular determinants of antioxidant activity in natural phenolic compounds is essential for explaining their biological performance and designing new radical scavengers. In this work, the radical-scavenging mechanisms of three maj...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in ‘Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics’: Fourth Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,953 Views
27 Pages

It’s a Trap!—Potential of Cathepsins in NET Formation

  • Pola Pruchniak,
  • Adrianna Niedzielska,
  • Rafał Nejfeld,
  • Zbigniew Wyżewski and ,
  • Karolina P. Gregorczyk-Zboroch,
  • Lidia Szulc-Dąbrowska and
  • Małgorzata Gieryńska
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Neutrophils are first-line immune effectors in innate immunity, employing migration, phagocytosis, and neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation to combat infections and mediate inflammatory responses. NET formation, the regulated extrusion of ch...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cytokines and Other Biomarkers of Health Status)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,453 Views
13 Pages

20 November 2025

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a growing global health concern associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Prognostic stratification is currently based largely on clinical presentation, but patients with similar symp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Identification of Novel Biomarkers Towards Improved Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Vascular Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,294 Views
21 Pages

Intra-Articular Delivery of Nanoemulsified Curcumin Ameliorates Joint Degeneration in a Chemically Induced Model of Osteoarthritis

  • Kota Sri Naga Hridayanka,
  • Shibsekhar Roy,
  • Saikanth Varma,
  • Navya Sree Boga and ,
  • Archana Molangiri,
  • Pradeep B. Patil,
  • Myadara Srinivas,
  • Asim K. Duttaroy and
  • Sanjay Basak
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

The pathogenesis of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is multifaceted and involves the complete joint microenvironment. Despite beneficial evidence of curcumin, the mechanistic insights of nanoemulsified curcumin (n-Cur) delivery to the knee-OA microenvironme...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Elucidating How Chondrocytes Maintain Cartilage Stability)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,531 Views
11 Pages

Dissecting the Non-Immune Tumor Microenvironment in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Molecular Subtype-Specific Patterns and Prognostic Implications

  • Antonia Syrnioti,
  • Eleni Timotheadou,
  • Vasileios Papadopoulos,
  • Georgia Syrnioti and
  • Triantafyllia Koletsa

20 November 2025

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) encompasses a biologically heterogeneous group of tumors, which can be classified into distinct molecular subtypes, namely basal-like 1 (BL1), basal-like 2 (BL2), immunomodulatory (IM), mesenchymal (M), mesenchyma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances and Mechanisms in Breast Cancer—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,231 Views
24 Pages

Modeling Human Protein Physical Interactions Involved in HIV Attachment In Silico

  • Vladimir S. Davydenko,
  • Alexander N. Shchemelev,
  • Yulia V. Ostankova,
  • Ekaterina V. Anufrieva and
  • Areg A. Totolian

20 November 2025

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a major global health challenge. A promising therapeutic strategy involves identifying human proteins capable of physically blocking viral entry by interacting with key components of the HIV attachment s...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,782 Views
18 Pages

20 November 2025

SENP1 (sentrin-specific protease 1) mediates sumoylation, a reversible post-translational modification that attaches the SUMO (small ubiquitin-like modifier) protein to target proteins. These modified proteins are essential in many key cellular proce...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antitumor Activity of Natural Products)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,422 Views
17 Pages

Integrative Epigenomic and Targeted Protein Analysis in MRONJ: Correlating DNA Methylation with Bone Biomarkers

  • Raed Awadh Alshammari,
  • Marwa Tantawy,
  • Danxin Wang,
  • Elysse Castro-Hall and ,
  • Maria Abreu,
  • Alessandro Villa,
  • Joseph Katz,
  • Lexie Shannon Holliday and
  • Yan Gong
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is a severe adverse effect of antiresorptive agents, including bisphosphonates (BPs) and denosumab (DMB). We conducted a case–control epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of 24 cancer patie...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic and Epigenetic Analyses in Cancer)
  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,482 Views
49 Pages

Neurodegeneration as Ecosystem Failure: A New Paradigm for Prevention and Treatment

  • Gordana Velikic,
  • Gordana Supic,
  • Dusica L. Maric,
  • Miljan Puletic and ,
  • Maja Ovcak Kos,
  • Danilo Vojvodic and
  • Dusan M. Maric
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Neurodegenerative diseases are widely viewed as brain-centric disorders defined by neuronal loss and protein aggregation. Yet decades of failed disease-modifying trials and mounting evidence of early peripheral symptoms suggest that this view is inco...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Pathogenesis, Molecular Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,173 Views
18 Pages

Probiotic Modulation in Aging: Strain-Specific Geroprotective Effects in Caenorhabditis elegans

  • Barbara Sciandrone,
  • Diletta Francesca Squarzanti,
  • Patrizia Malfa and
  • Maria Elena Regonesi

20 November 2025

Elderly individuals are more vulnerable to disease due to their increased frailty. Emerging evidence highlights the potential of probiotics as geroprotective agents by maintaining gut health and modulating key physiological processes involved in agin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Studies in Aging, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,362 Views
13 Pages

Downregulation of Gene Expression by Alpha Satellite Transcripts

  • Sven Ljubić,
  • Maja Matulić,
  • Damir Đermić,
  • Maria Chiara Feliciello and ,
  • Alfredo Procino,
  • Francesco Passaro,
  • Đurđica Ugarković and
  • Isidoro Feliciello
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Satellite DNAs are highly abundant sequences that build functional centromeres and pericentromeric heterochromatin in many eukaryotes. Apart from this structural role, their involvement in gene expression modulation has been demonstrated, although a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Repetitive DNA)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,599 Views
17 Pages

Peimine Alleviates DSS-Induced Colitis by Modulating Gut Microbiota and Attenuating Inflammation and Oxidative Stress

  • Xuke Guan,
  • Deping Han,
  • Haojie Sha,
  • Moyue Yao and ,
  • Jiaying Zhang,
  • Guangyao Zhang,
  • Yibing Wu,
  • Dingding Su and
  • Qing Yang
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

20 November 2025

Peimine (PM), a steroidal alkaloid derived from aged garlic (Allium sativum L.), demonstrates potent therapeutic efficacy against ulcerative colitis (UC) through multi-target mechanisms. Integrating network pharmacology and in vivo validation, we rev...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
46 Citations
8,298 Views
42 Pages

19 November 2025

Cytotoxicity testing remains a cornerstone of modern toxicology, providing critical insight into how chemicals and drugs affect cell viability and function. Classical colorimetric assays such as MTT, LDH release, and neutral red uptake established th...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Toxicology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,426 Views
35 Pages

The Mechanism of LTXN4C-Induced Ca2+ Influx Involves Latrophilin-Mediated Activation of Cav2.x Channels

  • Jennifer K. Blackburn,
  • John-Paul Silva,
  • Evelina Petitto,
  • Dietmar Cholewa and ,
  • Elizaveta Fasler-Kan,
  • Kirill E. Volynski and
  • Yuri A. Ushkaryov
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

19 November 2025

Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is a key regulator of cytosolic Ca2+ (Ca2+cyt). Presynaptic SOCE can be activated by ligands like α-latrotoxin, which acts through the presynaptic G-protein-coupled receptor latrophilin-1 (LPHN1), inducing Ca2+...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 25th Anniversary of IJMS: Updates and Advances in Molecular Neurobiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,402 Views
19 Pages

Dysregulated lncRNAs in Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity and Their Association with Apoptosis and Autophagy: An Exploratory In Vitro Study

  • Yuliannis Lugones,
  • Pía Loren,
  • Carola E. Matus,
  • Nelia M. Rodriguez and ,
  • Pamela Leal-Rojas,
  • Rody San Martín,
  • Kathleen Saavedra,
  • Nicolás Saavedra,
  • Patricia Moriel and
  • Luis A. Salazar
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

19 November 2025

Cisplatin is a widely used chemotherapeutic agent, but its clinical application is limited by nephrotoxicity. Conventional renal markers lack sensitivity for early cisplatin nephrotoxicity while long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) display cisplatin-respon...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,740 Views
53 Pages

Non-Coding RNA in Type 2 Diabetes Cardio–Renal Complications and SGLT2 Inhibitor Response

  • Elena Rykova,
  • Elena Shmakova,
  • Igor Damarov,
  • Tatiana Merkulova and
  • Julia Kzhyshkowska

19 November 2025

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by an uncontrolled increase in blood glucose levels and insulin resistance in cells of various tissues. Vascular complications in T2DM have an inflammatory nature. Drugs with different mechanisms of ac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 25th Anniversary of IJMS: Updates and Advances in “Molecular Immunology”)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
737 Views
3 Pages

19 November 2025

This Special Issue focuses on recent advances and innovations that have the potential to improve our understanding of the molecular pathology and therapeutic approaches associated with treating melanoma [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Melanoma: From Molecular Pathology to Therapeutic Approaches)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
600 Views
2 Pages

19 November 2025

Over the past two decades, proteomics has evolved from a descriptive cataloging of proteins to a sophisticated analytical science that provides deep insights into the dynamic complexity of biological systems [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Proteomics: An Invaluable Tool to Gain Information on Biological Systems and Their Disease Alterations)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,489 Views
19 Pages

19 November 2025

Cancer remains a major global health challenge, with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) representing one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat subtypes, characterized by poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options. Current treatments, in...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,398 Views
21 Pages

Salivary Biomarkers in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: A Scoping Review and Evidence Map

  • Karina Oliveira Santos,
  • Ligia Yukie Sassaki,
  • Maiara Brusco De Freitas,
  • Julio Pinheiro Baima and ,
  • Murilo Henrique Faria,
  • Anna Luisa Bizotto,
  • Júlia Pardini Benício and
  • Ana Carolina Magalhães
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

19 November 2025

Salivary biomarkers have been explored as potential non-invasive tools for the diagnosis and monitoring of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn’s Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC). This study presents a scoping review and e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targeting of Inflammatory Complications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,769 Views
67 Pages

Molecular and Cellular Effects of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular, Nervous, Urinary, Digestive, and Reproductive System Diseases: A Global Systematic Review

  • Vasilii Chulkov,
  • Mitkhat Gasanov,
  • Vladimir Isakov,
  • Anastasia Denisenko and ,
  • Chizaram Nwosu and
  • Stanislav Rodkin
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 November 2025

Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs), formed as a result of plastic product degradation, pose a global environmental threat by penetrating biological systems and inducing systemic pathological changes. This systematic review, conducted in accor...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
936 Views
17 Pages

Transcriptome and Biochemical Analysis of the Mechanism of Low-Temperature Germination in Acer truncatum Bunge Seeds

  • Huijing Meng,
  • Linpo Zhou,
  • Yiming Qin,
  • Shuang Ji and ,
  • Pengpeng Wang,
  • Yufan Liu,
  • Jiawen Liu,
  • Jingyu Ma,
  • Hexiang Sun and
  • Guangxin Ru
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

19 November 2025

Acer truncatum Bunge exhibits remarkable cold tolerance at the mature seedling stage, yet the mechanisms governing its seed germination under low-temperature conditions remain poorly understood. To elucidate the molecular and physiological mechanisms...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plant Stress Tolerance: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,128 Views
17 Pages

The Coordinated Interplay Between MMP13 and Pro-Migratory MMPs in Collective Cell Migration of Zebrafish Keratocytes

  • Chandana K. Uppalapati,
  • Marquise A. Jeffery,
  • Agnes S. Pascual,
  • Elizabeth E. Hull and
  • Kathryn J. Leyva

19 November 2025

Collective cell migration (CCM) is a coordinated process involving cell–cell and cell–environment interactions occurring in many physiological systems, including development, wound healing, and metastasis. Using zebrafish keratocytes as a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Zebrafish: A Model Organism for Human Health and Disease: 2nd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,164 Views
19 Pages

19 November 2025

Megakaryocytes (MKs) are specialized hematopoietic cells long recognized for their ability to produce platelets. Increasing evidence now highlights MKs as multifunctional immune effectors that bridge hematopoiesis with host immunity. In the bone marr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cutting-Edge Insights into Bacterial Infection and Host Immune Response)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,247 Views
23 Pages

Synovial Fluid and Serum MicroRNA Signatures in Equine Osteoarthritis

  • Catarina I. G. D. Castanheira,
  • Sarah Taylor,
  • Eva Skiöldebrand,
  • Luis M. Rubio-Martinez and ,
  • Matthias Hackl,
  • Peter D. Clegg and
  • Mandy J. Peffers
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

19 November 2025

The aim of this study was to identify differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) in serum and synovial fluid (SF) samples of control horses and those with osteoarthritis (OA) to identify potential candidates for biomarkers of disease. Total RNA was...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)

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