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Biomedicines, Volume 13, Issue 6

2025 June - 242 articles

Cover Story: Cardiovascular disease is the leading global cause of death, with atherosclerosis responsible for 80% of cases, particularly in Eastern Europe, South Asia, and Latin America. Atherosclerosis involves lipid accumulation and chronic inflammation in arterial walls, driven by endothelial dysfunction and risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. Insulin resistance—impaired insulin-mediated glucose uptake in liver, muscle, and adipose tissue—often precedes diabetes and is now recognized as an independent predictor of atherosclerosis. Early detection of subclinical atherosclerosis and insulin resistance is possible through non-invasive imaging (coronary calcium scoring, carotid ultrasound) and surrogate indices such as HOMA-IR, TyG, Matsuda and triglyceride/HDL-cholesterol ratio. View this paper
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Articles (242)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
981 Views
12 Pages

Evaluating Genomic and Clinical Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease in Individuals with Hypertension

  • Elizabeth Kim,
  • Kevin Zhang,
  • Miski Abdi,
  • Wei Tse Li,
  • Ruomin Xin,
  • Jessica Wang-Rodriguez and
  • Weg M. Ongkeko

Background/Objectives: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition whose growing prevalence has become an increasingly important public health concern as the population ages. The lack of a definitive cure elevates the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3,421 Views
25 Pages

Celiac disease (CeD) is an autoimmune disorder that is triggered by gluten ingestion in genetically predisposed individuals. Untreated or poorly controlled CeD leads to various disease complications, such as malnutrition, osteoporosis, autoimmune dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,202 Views
21 Pages

Genotype-Based Housing as a Potential Confounder in Studies Using Transgenic Mouse Models—Insight from the A53T Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease

  • Olga Dubljević,
  • Miodrag Dragoj,
  • Milica Potrebić Stefanović,
  • Maja Srbovan,
  • Miloš Stanojlović and
  • Željko Pavković

Background/Objectives: Environmental factors, including the differences in genotype-based housing (GbH), can act as confounding variables in studies using transgenic mouse models, potentially influencing experimental outcomes and limiting their repro...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,561 Views
15 Pages

Vaginal Cleansing and Post-Cesarean Infectious Morbidity? Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

  • Marco La Verde,
  • Marco Torella,
  • Irene Iavarone,
  • Rossella Molitierno,
  • Antonio Cerillo,
  • Margherita Casillo,
  • Maria Maddalena Marrapodi,
  • Mario Fordellone,
  • Liliana Mariani and
  • Mattia Dominoni
  • + 2 authors

Background: Endometritis, maternal fever and wound infection represent the most frequent post-cesarean complications. The aim of the present research was to evaluate the incidence of post-cesarean infections after vaginal cleansing. Materials and met...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,387 Views
33 Pages

A Review of the Relationship Between Insulin and Bone Health

  • Sivasree Ravindran,
  • Sok Kuan Wong,
  • Nur-Vaizura Mohamad and
  • Kok-Yong Chin

Insulin, a key hormone primarily involved in glucose metabolism, has emerged as a crucial modulator of bone metabolism. Increasing evidence suggests that insulin influences bone health, but its precise mechanism of action remains unestablished. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,133 Views
29 Pages

Background/Objectives: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) possess immunomodulatory properties, tumor-homing, and low immunogenicity, making them attractive for cell-based cancer therapies, but their role in colorectal cancer (CRC) remains controversial. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,150 Views
11 Pages

Pyridostigmine Mitigates Methotrexate-Induced Liver Fibrosis in Rats: Association with Changes in BMP-9, SIRT1, and Endoglin Expression

  • Mehmet Ulusan,
  • Mumin Alper Erdogan,
  • Ozkan Simsek,
  • Hilal Ustundag,
  • Zafer Dogan,
  • Bertug Bekir Ciftci,
  • Mesih Kocamuftuoglu,
  • Imdat Orhan and
  • Oytun Erbas

Background and Objectives: Methotrexate (MTX) is a widely utilised pharmaceutical agent in the treatment of various malignancies and inflammatory diseases. However, its clinical utility is often constrained by its potential for hepatotoxicity. Althou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
996 Views
14 Pages

Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Chronic Post-Embolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Data from an Experimental Animal Model and Patients

  • Elva Mendoza-Zambrano,
  • Verónica Sánchez-López,
  • Belén Gómez-Rodríguez,
  • Inés García-Lunar,
  • Daniel Pereda-Arnau,
  • Luis Jara-Palomares,
  • Teresa Elías-Hernández,
  • Ana García-Álvarez and
  • Remedios Otero-Candelera

Background: The pathogenesis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) involves a multifaceted interplay of factors, including incomplete thrombus resolution, endothelial dysfunction, and vascular remodeling. Recent studies have highli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,087 Views
12 Pages

Analysis of Tacrolimus Clearance in Patients with Kidney Transplants from Romania

  • Corina Andreea Rotarescu,
  • Ion Maruntelu,
  • Ion Rotarescu,
  • Alexandra-Elena Constantinescu and
  • Ileana Constantinescu

Background/Objectives: Tacrolimus is a key immunosuppressant in kidney transplantation, but its high interindividual pharmacokinetic variability complicates dosing. This study aimed to develop a population pharmacokinetic model and identify the facto...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,249 Views
19 Pages

Regulation of Stemness by NR1D2 in Colorectal Cancer

  • Sandra Alonso-García,
  • Paula Sánchez-Uceta,
  • Sara Moreno-SanJuan,
  • Jorge Casado,
  • Jose D. Puentes-Pardo,
  • Huda Khaldy,
  • David Lopez-Pérez,
  • María Sol Zurita-Saavedra,
  • Cristina González-Puga and
  • Josefa León
  • + 1 author

Background: Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1 Group D Member 2 (NR1D2), a transcription factor that regulates the circadian clock, has been described as an oncogene in colorectal cancer (CRC). In several types of cancer, NR1D2 regulates cancer progression...

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