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Biomedicines, Volume 11, Issue 7

July 2023 - 315 articles

Cover Story: Mechanical stimuli are crucial regulators of organ and tissue development, growth, and physiopathological changes. Various experimental techniques have been developed to analyze their passive mechanical response when dealing with cells. However, cells' mechanical properties could be affected by cell variability, extraction process, experimental procedures, and different models and assumptions. Therefore, this review analyzes the available literature on experimental chondrocyte and chondron biomechanics at the microscale, highlighting (i) the most common experimental techniques used, (ii) the results and models adopted, (iii) a critical perspective on features that could affect the results, and (iv) the quantification of structural and mechanical changes due to a degenerative pathology, such as osteoarthritis. View this paper
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Articles (315)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,749 Views
13 Pages

DRD2, DRD3, and HTR2A Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Involvement in High Treatment Resistance to Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs

  • Antonio Del Casale,
  • Maurizio Simmaco,
  • Martina Nicole Modesti,
  • Clarissa Zocchi,
  • Jan Francesco Arena,
  • Irene Bilotta,
  • Alessandro Alcibiade,
  • Giuseppe Sarli,
  • Lorenzo Cutillo and
  • Giulia Antonelli
  • + 7 authors

Background: The objective of this study was to investigate the DRD2 rs1800497, rs1799732, rs1801028, DRD3 rs6280, and HTR2A rs6314, rs7997012, and rs6311 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) correlations with resistance to second-generation antipsych...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,053 Views
32 Pages

Breaking through Multiple Myeloma: A Paradigm for a Comprehensive Tumor Ecosystem Targeting

  • Antonio G. Solimando,
  • Markus Krebs,
  • Vanessa Desantis,
  • Donatello Marziliano,
  • Ingrid Catalina Caradonna,
  • Arcangelo Morizio,
  • Antonella Argentiero,
  • Endrit Shahini and
  • Max Bittrich

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancerous condition characterized by the proliferation of plasma cells within the hematopoietic marrow, resulting in multiple osteolytic lesions. MM patients typically experience bone pain, kidney damage, fatigue due to ane...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,518 Views
30 Pages

Therapeutic Targets of Monoclonal Antibodies Used in the Treatment of Cancer: Current and Emerging

  • Brian Effer,
  • Isabela Perez,
  • Daniel Ulloa,
  • Carolyn Mayer,
  • Francisca Muñoz,
  • Diego Bustos,
  • Claudio Rojas,
  • Carlos Manterola,
  • Luis Vergara-Gómez and
  • Camila Dappolonnio
  • + 2 authors

Cancer is one of the leading global causes of death and disease, and treatment options are constantly evolving. In this sense, the use of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in immunotherapy has been considered a fundamental aspect of modern cancer therapy....

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,150 Views
18 Pages

Cardiovascular Diseases: Therapeutic Potential of SGLT-2 Inhibitors

  • Weronika Frąk,
  • Joanna Hajdys,
  • Ewa Radzioch,
  • Magdalena Szlagor,
  • Ewelina Młynarska,
  • Jacek Rysz and
  • Beata Franczyk

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a global health concern, affecting millions of patients worldwide and being the leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, thus creating a major public health concern. Sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inh...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,330 Views
25 Pages

Bipolar Androgen Therapy: When Excess Fuel Extinguishes the Fire

  • Nima Nabavi,
  • Seied Rabi Mahdavi,
  • Mohammad Afshar Ardalan,
  • Mohsen Chamanara,
  • Reza Mosaed,
  • Aline Lara,
  • Diogo Bastos,
  • Sara Harsini,
  • Emran Askari and
  • Pedro Isaacsson Velho
  • + 1 author

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) remains the cornerstone of advanced prostate cancer treatment. However, the progression towards castration-resistant prostate cancer is inevitable, as the cancer cells reactivate androgen receptor signaling and adap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,914 Views
11 Pages

Choice of Polymer, but Not Mesh Structure Variation, Reduces the Risk of Bacterial Infection with Staphylococcus aureus In Vivo

  • Sophia M. Schmitz,
  • Marius J. Helmedag,
  • Andreas Kroh,
  • Daniel Heise,
  • Uwe Klinge,
  • Andreas Lambertz,
  • Mathias W. Hornef,
  • Ulf P. Neumann and
  • Roman M. Eickhoff

Background: Synthetic mesh material is of great importance for surgical incisional hernia repair. The physical and biochemical characteristics of the mesh influence mechanical stability and the foreign body tissue reaction. The influence on bacterial...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,129 Views
14 Pages

Tumor-Associated Macrophages Affect the Tumor Microenvironment and Radioresistance via the Upregulation of CXCL6/CXCR2 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • Hsin-Lun Lee,
  • Yi-Chieh Tsai,
  • Narpati Wesa Pikatan,
  • Chi-Tai Yeh,
  • Vijesh Kumar Yadav,
  • Ming-Yao Chen and
  • Jo-Ting Tsai

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma is the sixth most diagnosed malignancy and the fourth most common cause of cancer-related mortality globally. Despite progress in the treatment of liver cancer, nonsurgical treatments remain unsatisfactory, and on...

  • Hypothesis
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,242 Views
28 Pages

At 2.3 megabases in length, the dystrophin gene is enormous: transcription of a single mRNA requires approximately 16 h. Principally expressed in skeletal muscle, the dystrophin protein product protects the muscle sarcolemma against contraction-induc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,303 Views
15 Pages

Evaluation of Folate-Functionalized Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Systems—Effectiveness and Concerns

  • Muhammad Aiman Irfan Ibrahim,
  • Rozana Othman,
  • Chin Fei Chee and
  • Faisalina Ahmad Fisol

Targeting folate receptors is a potential solution to low tumor selectivity concerning conventional chemotherapeutics. Apart from antibody–drug conjugates, folate-functionalized nanoparticle drug delivery systems are interesting to be explored...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,460 Views
18 Pages

Castor zinc finger 1 (CASZ1) is a C2H2 zinc finger family protein that has two splicing variants, CASZ1a and CASZ1b. It is involved in multiple physiological processes, such as tissue differentiation and aldosterone antagonism. Genetic and epigenetic...

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