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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)

  • Review
  • Open Access
90 Citations
6,799 Views
19 Pages

In recent years, plant polyphenols have become a popular focus for the development of novel functional foods. Polyphenols, a class of bioactive compounds, including flavonoids, phenolic acids, and lignans, are commonly found in plant-based diets with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,557 Views
14 Pages

Background: In many solid tumors, CD44 has been identified as a cancer stem cell marker as well as an important molecular in cancer progression and metastasis, making it attractive for potential therapeutic applications. However, our knowledge of the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,095 Views
22 Pages

The Potential Influence of Uremic Toxins on the Homeostasis of Bones and Muscles in Chronic Kidney Disease

  • Kuo-Chin Hung,
  • Wei-Cheng Yao,
  • Yi-Lien Liu,
  • Hung-Jen Yang,
  • Min-Tser Liao,
  • Keong Chong,
  • Ching-Hsiu Peng and
  • Kuo-Cheng Lu

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) often experience a high accumulation of protein-bound uremic toxins (PBUTs), specifically indoxyl sulfate (IS) and p-cresyl sulfate (pCS). In the early stages of CKD, the buildup of PBUTs inhibits bone and m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,042 Views
24 Pages

Back to the Basics: Usefulness of Naturally Aged Mouse Models and Immunohistochemical and Quantitative Morphologic Methods in Studying Mechanisms of Lung Aging and Associated Diseases

  • Gilberto Jaramillo-Rangel,
  • María-de-Lourdes Chávez-Briones,
  • Adriana Ancer-Arellano,
  • Ivett Miranda-Maldonado and
  • Marta Ortega-Martínez

Aging-related molecular and cellular alterations in the lung contribute to an increased susceptibility of the elderly to devastating diseases. Although the study of the aging process in the lung may benefit from the use of genetically modified mouse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,887 Views
13 Pages

Novel Iron Chelator SK4 Drives Cytotoxicity through Inhibiting Mitochondrial Metabolism in Ovarian and Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cell Lines

  • Gina Abdelaal,
  • Andrew Carter,
  • William Cheung,
  • Mihalis Panayiotidis,
  • Seth Racey,
  • David Tétard and
  • Stephany Veuger

Anti-cancer therapy by iron chelation has been shown to inhibit many cellular processes including DNA replication, mitochondrial metabolism and oncogenic signalling pathways (e.g., EGFR). Iron chelator SK4 represents a double pronged approach towards...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,598 Views
14 Pages

Airway Epithelium Senescence as a Driving Mechanism in COPD Pathogenesis

  • Georgia Bateman,
  • Hong Guo-Parke,
  • Aoife M. Rodgers,
  • Dermot Linden,
  • Melanie Bailey,
  • Sinéad Weldon,
  • Joseph C. Kidney and
  • Clifford C. Taggart

Cellular senescence is a state of permanent cell cycle arrest triggered by various intrinsic and extrinsic stressors. Cellular senescence results in impaired tissue repair and remodeling, loss of physiological integrity, organ dysfunction, and change...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,600 Views
16 Pages

Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is defined as hepatic steatosis in combination with overweight, diabetes, or other metabolic risk factors. MAFLD affects a significant number of the global population and imposes substantia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,520 Views
15 Pages

Biomarkers of the Complement System Activation (C3a, C5a, sC5b-9) in Serum of Patients before and after Liver Transplantation

  • Marta Budkowska,
  • Ewa Ostrycharz,
  • Natalia Maria Serwin,
  • Łukasz Nazarewski,
  • Elżbieta Cecerska-Heryć,
  • Marta Poręcka,
  • Paweł Rykowski,
  • Radosław Pietrzak,
  • Krzysztof Zieniewicz and
  • Aldona Siennicka
  • + 2 authors

The liver has a huge impact on the functioning of our body and the preservation of homeostasis. It is exposed to many serious diseases, which may lead to the chronic failure of this organ, which is becoming a global health problem today. Currently, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,466 Views
14 Pages

Impact of HPV-16 Lineages Infection in Response to Radio-Chemotherapy in Cervical Cancer

  • Fábio Vidal de Figueiredo,
  • Gerusinete Rodrigues Bastos dos Santos,
  • Flávia Castello Branco Vidal,
  • Marcos Antonio Custódio Neto da Silva,
  • Rodrigo Lopes da Silva,
  • Zulmira da Silva Batista,
  • Marcelo Souza de Andrade,
  • Maria do Carmo Lacerda Barbosa,
  • Anna Cyntia Brandão Nascimento Maniçoba and
  • Mayara Cristina Pinto da Silva
  • + 1 author

Background: HPV is strongly related to cervical cancer. HPV lineages can contribute to a response to cervical cancer therapy. The aim of this research was to estimate the frequency of human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 lineages in specimens of cervical ca...

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