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Biomedicines, Volume 12, Issue 4

April 2024 - 224 articles

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Cover Story: Bacterial discrimination at the ‘species’ and ‘strain’ levels using host responses remains elusive. This research aimed to investigate the proof of concept that bacterial ex vivo whole blood responses can provide sufficient data to discriminate bacteria. The pairwise analysis of immune responses allowed for the development of a scheme for bacterial discrimination at the strain level, with threshold values providing decisions to ‘turn left or right’ to identify bacteria. The accuracy of linear discriminant analysis increased in the following order: strain (40%) → species (90%) → genera (95%). Therefore, host responses in the ex vivo whole blood model can be used to discriminate bacteria, paving the way for biomarker development. View this paper

Articles (224)

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,048 Views
16 Pages

Irisin and Its Role in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia

  • Irene Falsetti,
  • Gaia Palmini,
  • Simone Donati,
  • Cinzia Aurilia,
  • Teresa Iantomasi and
  • Maria Luisa Brandi

Menopause, an extremely delicate phase in a woman’s life, is characterized by a drop in estrogen levels. This decrease has been associated with the onset of several diseases, including postmenopausal osteoporosis and sarcopenia, which often coexist i...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,799 Views
16 Pages

The Roles of AGTRAP, ALKBH3, DIVERSIN, NEDD8 and RRM1 in Glioblastoma Pathophysiology and Prognosis

  • Claudia Alexandra Dumitru,
  • Nikolas Walter,
  • Carl Ludwig Raven Siebert,
  • Frederik Till Alexander Schäfer,
  • Ali Rashidi,
  • Belal Neyazi,
  • Klaus-Peter Stein,
  • Christian Mawrin and
  • Ibrahim Erol Sandalcioglu

This study determined the expression of five novel biomarker candidates in IDH wild-type glioblastoma (GBM) tissues compared to non-malign brain parenchyma, as well as their prognostic relevance for the GBM patients’ outcomes. The markers were...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,775 Views
18 Pages

Combined Metabolic Activators with Different NAD+ Precursors Improve Metabolic Functions in the Animal Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases

  • Ozlem Altay,
  • Hong Yang,
  • Serkan Yildirim,
  • Cemil Bayram,
  • Ismail Bolat,
  • Sena Oner,
  • Ozlem Ozdemir Tozlu,
  • Mehmet Enes Arslan,
  • Ahmet Hacimuftuoglu and
  • Saeed Shoaie
  • + 5 authors

Background: Mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic abnormalities are acknowledged as significant factors in the onset of neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Our research has demonstr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,343 Views
24 Pages

Pleiotropic Action of TGF-Beta in Physiological and Pathological Liver Conditions

  • Michał Jakub Braczkowski,
  • Klaudia Maria Kufel,
  • Julia Kulińska,
  • Daniel Łukasz Czyż,
  • Aleksander Dittmann,
  • Michał Wiertelak,
  • Marcin Sławomir Młodzik,
  • Ryszard Braczkowski and
  • Dariusz Soszyński

The aim of this study is to review and analyze the pleiotropic effects of TGF-β in physiological and pathological conditions of the liver, with particular emphasis on its role in immune suppression, wound healing, regulation of cell growth and d...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,435 Views
19 Pages

Chemerin in Participants with or without Insulin Resistance and Diabetes

  • Lei Zhao,
  • Jonathan Zhou,
  • Fahim Abbasi,
  • Mohsen Fathzadeh,
  • Joshua W. Knowles,
  • Lawrence L. K. Leung and
  • John Morser

Chemerin is a chemokine/adipokine, regulating inflammation, adipogenesis and energy metabolism whose activity depends on successive proteolytic cleavages at its C-terminus. Chemerin levels and processing are correlated with insulin resistance. We hyp...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
8,952 Views
26 Pages

Applications of Hydrogels in Osteoarthritis Treatment

  • Xin Gan,
  • Xiaohui Wang,
  • Yiwan Huang,
  • Guanghao Li and
  • Hao Kang

This review critically evaluates advancements in multifunctional hydrogels, particularly focusing on their applications in osteoarthritis (OA) therapy. As research evolves from traditional natural materials, there is a significant shift towards synth...

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  • Open Access
2,011 Views
20 Pages

Background: The present study investigated the outcomes and possible predictive factors of autologous bone marrow cells (BMCs) therapy in patients with ”no-option“ critical limb ischaemia (CLI). It was focused on exploring the clinical ba...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,896 Views
10 Pages

Circulating Tumour DNA and Its Prognostic Role in Management of Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Narrative Review of the Literature

  • Konstantinos Kapriniotis,
  • Lazaros Tzelves,
  • Lazaros Lazarou,
  • Maria Mitsogianni and
  • Iraklis Mitsogiannis

Current management of non-metastatic muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) includes radical cystectomy and cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), offers a 5-year survival rate of approximately 50% and is associated with significant toxicitie...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,717 Views
15 Pages

Stimulator of Interferon Genes Pathway Activation through the Controlled Release of STINGel Mediates Analgesia and Anti-Cancer Effects in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  • Minh Phuong Dong,
  • Neeraja Dharmaraj,
  • Estela Kaminagakura,
  • Jianfei Xue,
  • David G. Leach,
  • Jeffrey D. Hartgerink,
  • Michael Zhang,
  • Hana-Joy Hanks,
  • Yi Ye and
  • Bradley E. Aouizerat
  • + 5 authors

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) presents significant treatment challenges due to its poor survival and intense pain at the primary cancer site. Cancer pain is debilitating, contributes to diminished quality of life, and causes opioid tolerance. T...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,516 Views
16 Pages

Artificial Extracellular Vesicles Generated from T Cells Using Different Induction Techniques

  • Ekaterina A. Zmievskaya,
  • Sabir A. Mukhametshin,
  • Irina A. Ganeeva,
  • Elvina M. Gilyazova,
  • Elvira T. Siraeva,
  • Marianna P. Kutyreva,
  • Artur A. Khannanov,
  • Youyong Yuan and
  • Emil R. Bulatov

Cell therapy is at the forefront of biomedicine in oncology and regenerative medicine. However, there are still significant challenges to their wider clinical application such as limited efficacy, side effects, and logistical difficulties. One of the...

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