2025 June-1 - 96 articles
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a deadly disease known for its genetic heterogeneity. LTR12C is an endogenous retrovirus-derived regulator of pro-apoptotic genes and is normally silenced by epigenetic regulation. In this study, we found that the tre...
Prion diseases are disorders caused by the misfolding of prion protein (PrPSc), leading to the accumulation of an abnormal form of the normal prion protein (PrP) found in the host. The secretome of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), including paracrine-s...
The ester of caffeic acid with α-hydroxydihydrocaffeic acid, named rosmarinic acid (α-o-caffeoyl-3,4-dihydroxyphenyllactic acid; RA) can occur as oligomeric molecules, or in free, esterified, and glycosidic forms. Although it is commonly...
HSP110 is a ubiquitous chaperone contributing to proteostasis. It has a disaggregation activity and can refold denatured proteins. It can regulate fundamental signaling pathways involved in oncogenesis, such as Wnt/β-catenin, NF-κB and STA...
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder characterized by wide phenotypic heterogeneity. Despite efforts to carefully define and stratify ALS patients according to their clinical and genetic features, prognosis pred...
Eosinophils are increasingly recognized as adaptable immune cells that exhibit diverse phenotypes and effector functions across different tissues and disease states. While they can induce pathology through degranulation and cytotoxic mediator release...
Memory is an incredible aspect of our immune system. Similarly to our cognitive memory, it allows us to remember and respond more efficiently to subsequent encounters with the same pathogens, making it possible to act on the information built by prev...
Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, are characterized by progressive neuronal loss, leading to cognitive and motor impairments. Although these diseases have distinct clinical manifestations,...
To investigate how dysregulated transient receptor potential canonical channels (TRPCs) are associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), we challenged primary neurons with amyloid-β (Aβ). Both the naturally secreted or synthetic Aβ...
Modern high-yielding crop cultivars are known to have narrow genetic bases, making them vulnerable to biotic and abiotic stresses. However, little is known about the extent of deleterious genetic variants (or mutation burden) present in these cultiva...
Brain organoids are self-organized, three-dimensional (3D) aggregates derived from human embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, or primary organs with cell types and cellular architectures resembling those of the developing human brain...
Adult neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) is not only essential for learning and pattern separation, but it is also involved in emotional regulation. This process is vulnerable to local and peripheral inflammation, which is partly medi...
The tooth and its supporting periodontium are essential structures of the oral cavity, frequently compromised by conditions such as dental defects, aries, and periodontal diseases, which, if poorly treated, often lead to tooth loss. These conditions,...
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive lung disease characterized by abnormal pulmonary vascular pressure and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. Atrial arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter, are common in patients...
Electrical stimulation (ES) is widely employed in both clinical therapies and research settings where it has shown promise in promoting tissue regeneration, wound healing, and inflammation control. Research has also highlighted ES as a regulator of D...
Adipocyte hypertrophy in individuals with obesity is connected to alterations in adipocyte function. These pathophysiological changes are studied using animal models and adipose tissue engineering. However, knockdown, overexpression, and stimulation...
VE-cadherin (VE-cad) membrane stability and localization regulates adhesion formation and actin cytoskeleton dynamics in angiogenesis and vascular remodeling and requires the heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG), Syndecan-4 (Sdc4). This study characte...
The prognosis of advanced (UICC IIb-IV) primary colorectal cancer (pCRC) remains poor. More effective targeted therapies are needed. Heat shock protein 90 alpha/beta (Hsp90α/β) expression was immunohistologically quantified in 89 pCRCs and...
The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii transitions between acute (tachyzoite) and chronic (bradyzoite) stages, enabling lifelong persistence in hosts. Iron depletion triggers bradyzoite differentiation, with the phosphotyrosyl phosphatase activator...
The development of PET tracers for the detection of pathological alpha-synuclein (a-synuclein) has the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis, monitoring, and therapeutic interventions of synucleinopathies, including Parkinson’s disease. The...
Hypoxia benefits the proliferation and maintenance of animal spermatogonial cells; however, the underlying mechanism remains incompletely understood. This study aims to investigate the role and mechanism of the hypoxia–glycolysis–histone...
Despite affecting millions worldwide, major depressive disorder (MDD) remains a therapeutic challenge, with approximately one-third of patients failing to respond to standard treatments. The need for innovative, molecularly driven therapies has turne...
Cartilage-derived migratory cells show great potential for autologous use in cartilage repair surgery. However, their collection through arthroscopic biopsy has not been previously reported in individuals without osteoarthritis. This study aimed to c...
Endometrial organoids (EOs) have emerged as a powerful three-dimensional (3D) model for studying the human endometrium, offering new insights into infertility and reproductive disorders. These self-organizing miniature structures closely mimic the ce...
In recent years, tumor-infiltrating inflammatory cells within the tumor microenvironment have been extensively studied. However, much less is known about inflammatory cells in the normal tissue surrounding tumors. In this study, we assess the prognos...
Most approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are indicated for early to moderate stages and primarily target amyloid-beta or neurotransmitter systems. While these treatments may slow cognitive decline, they do not halt disease progression a...
Air exposure stress during live transport and subsequent reoxygenation are factors in the development of molecular/pathological and compensatory/adaptive responses. They affect the physiological functions and survival of economically important invert...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract with rising incidence and an unclear etiology. Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) have recently emerg...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to persistent pro-inflammatory microglial activation implicated in neurodegeneration. Idebenone, a coenzyme Q10 analogue that interacts with both mitochondria and the tyrosine kinase adaptor SHC1, inhibits aspects o...
Resistance to cell death is one of the core hallmarks of cancer, with regulatory abnormalities particularly pronounced in the malignant progression and therapeutic resistance of melanoma. This review aims to systematically summarize the roles and mec...
(1) Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by dopaminergic neuronal loss. Tissue stem cell-based therapies have emerged as promising candidates for disease modification and symptomatic rel...
Background: Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) released during tissue damage has attracted interest as a marker of patient outcomes. However, limited research has examined its predictive utility in thermally injured patients. Methods: This study measured cfDNA co...
Congenital Heart Diseases (CHDs) are a heterogeneous group of structural abnormalities affecting the heart and major arteries, which are present in at least 1% of births worldwide. Studies have linked CHD to both genetic and environmental factors. In...
Prostate cancer cell lines are particularly clinically homogenous, mostly representing metastatic states rather than localized disease. While there has been significant work in the development of additional models, few have been created without oncog...
Physiological oxidative stress plays a pivotal role in supporting proper growth and development. While moderate oxidative stress is essential for activating key metabolic pathways and maintaining normal cellular signaling, excessive production of rea...
The rising incidence of colorectal cancer and ulcerative colitis underscores an urgent need for regenerative solutions to address functional deficits after colectomy. However, the creation of clinically applicable large intestine scaffolds remains un...
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), characterized by the absence of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2) expression, represents a therapeutic challenge due to its aggressive na...
Definitive endoderm (DE) differentiation leads to the development of the major internal organs including the liver, intestines, pancreas, gall bladder, prostate, bladder, thyroid, and lungs. The two primary methods utilized for in vitro differentiati...
Aging disrupts the bone marrow (BM) niche, a complex microenvironment crucial for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) maintenance. A key, yet debated, hallmark of this aging process is the accumulation of bone marrow adipocytes (BMAds). This review explore...
Male fertility is strongly influenced by environmental exposures, lifestyle, and advancing age. While advanced paternal age (APA) has been linked with a progressive decline in male fertility, poor reproductive outcomes, and decreased offspring health...
Dendritic cell (DC) vaccines stimulate the immune system to target cancer antigens, representing a promising option for immunotherapy. However, clinical trials have demonstrated limited effectiveness, emphasizing the need for enhanced immune response...
Aggressive cancer cells can form new, functional blood vessel-like structures independently of endothelial cells, known as vasculogenic mimicry (VM), instead of the usual tumor blood vessel formation process. However, the symbiotic relationship betwe...
Enteric neurons regulating motility display regional damage to diabetes. By inhibiting neuroinflammation, insulin can contribute to neuronal survival, therefore, we aimed to investigate the presence of insulin in myenteric neurons and their nitrergic...
Shock is a life-threatening condition characterized by inadequate tissue perfusion leading to systemic hypoxia and metabolic failure. Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury exacerbates shock progression through oxidative stress and immune dysregulation, c...
Upon engagement of one of the nineteen secreted Wnt signaling proteins with one of the ten Frizzled transmembrane Wnt receptors (FZD1–10), a wide variety of cellular Wnt signaling responses can be elicited, the selectivity of which depends on t...
Cerebral malaria (CM) is a deadly complication of P. falciparum infection. Although adults with CM have a higher mortality rate, CM affects mostly children under the age of 5 years. Neurological symptoms and signs include impaired consciousness, coma...
This study investigates the interplay between cellular senescence and inflammation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). We employed RNA sequencing to analyze gene expression changes in HUVECs subjected to replicative- or radiation-stre...
This review studies the potential relationship between the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis (AR) and otitis media with effusion (OME) in both adults and children, applying the modified Bradford Hill criteria. While AR and OME are distinct conditions...
Chronic periodontitis, driven by the keystone pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis, has been increasingly associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRDs). However, the mechanisms through which P. gingivalis-lipopolysaccha...
Primary human hepatocytes (PHHs) are widely used as in vitro models for liver function and drug metabolism studies, yet their metabolic stability post-thawing remains an open question. To better characterize early metabolic changes, we conducted a ti...
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