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Biomedicines, Volume 7, Issue 3

September 2019 - 26 articles

Cover Story: Cover story: In the tumor microenvironment, nerve density is often increased, and it has recently been shown that there is a crosstalk between nerves and cancer cells. In short, various neurotransmitters secreted from nerve endings stimulate (cancer) stem cells and promote tumor growth. In turn, cancer cells can secrete neurotrophins, which promote axon growth from neuronal cells into cancer tissues. Targeting this crosstalk could be a promising therapeutic approach. View this paper.
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Articles (26)

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,854 Views
8 Pages

Determining aetiology of genetic disorders caused by damaging mutations in protein-coding genes is well established. However, understanding how mutations in the vast stretches of the noncoding genome contribute to genetic abnormalities remains a huge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
8,512 Views
22 Pages

Antihyperlipidemic and Antioxidant Effects of Averrhoa Carambola Extract in High-Fat Diet-Fed Rats

  • Saleem H. Aladaileh,
  • Sultan A. M. Saghir,
  • Kisantini Murugesu,
  • Amirin Sadikun,
  • Ashfaq Ahmad,
  • Gurjeet Kaur,
  • Ayman M. Mahmoud and
  • Vikneswaran Murugaiyah

The present study explored the antihyperlipidemic potential of a standardized methanolic extract of Averrhoa carambola (A. carambola) leaf (MEACL) in high-fat diet (HFD)-fed rats. The standardized MEACL was orally administered at different doses (250...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,023 Views
15 Pages

Induction of Urokinase Activity by Retinoic Acid in Two Cell Lines of Neuronal Origin

  • Luka Horvat,
  • Josip Madunić,
  • Martina Grubar,
  • Mariastefania Antica and
  • Maja Matulić

Retinoic acid is one of the most well-known agents able to induce differentiation in several types of tumours. Unfortunately, most of the tumours are refractive to the differentiation cues. The aim of this investigation was to analyse the effects of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
202 Citations
12,948 Views
17 Pages

Temozolomide and Other Alkylating Agents in Glioblastoma Therapy

  • Hannah Strobel,
  • Tim Baisch,
  • Rahel Fitzel,
  • Katharina Schilberg,
  • Markus D. Siegelin,
  • Georg Karpel-Massler,
  • Klaus-Michael Debatin and
  • Mike-Andrew Westhoff

The alkylating agent temozolomide (TMZ) together with maximal safe bulk resection and focal radiotherapy comprises the standard treatment for glioblastoma (GB), a particularly aggressive and lethal primary brain tumor. GB affects 3.2 in 100,000 peopl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
54 Citations
7,202 Views
12 Pages

The spectrum of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is broad and includes alcoholic fatty liver, alcoholic steatohepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic fibrosis, alcoholic cirrhosis, and alcoholic hepatocellular carcinoma, best explained as a five-hit s...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,746 Views
12 Pages

Possible Uses of Plants of the Genus Asphodelus in Oral Medicine

  • Mario Dioguardi,
  • Pierpaolo Campanella,
  • Armando Cocco,
  • Claudia Arena,
  • Giancarlo Malagnino,
  • Diego Sovereto,
  • Riccardo Aiuto,
  • Luigi Laino,
  • Enrica Laneve and
  • Antonio Dioguardi
  • + 2 authors

Among the many plants used in traditional medicine we have the plants of the genus Asphodelus, which are present in the Mediterranean area in North Africa and South East Asia, and have been used by indigenous peoples until recently for various pathol...

  • Review
  • Open Access
83 Citations
9,898 Views
37 Pages

Resistance to therapy is a major obstacle to cancer treatment. It may exist from the beginning, or it may develop during therapy. The review focusses on oncolytic Newcastle disease virus (NDV) as a biological agent with potential to break therapy res...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,070 Views
26 Pages

People come in contact with a huge number of nanoparticles (NPs) throughout their lives, which can be of both natural and anthropogenic origin and are capable of entering the body through swallowing, skin penetration, or inhalation. In connection wit...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,656 Views
10 Pages

Medical product sponsors are encouraged to include the patient perspective in their medical product development strategy to inform product design, augment regulatory submissions, argue for alternative clinical trial designs, or to support indications...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
12,126 Views
19 Pages

Herbal teas are becoming popular as functional beverages due to their various health promotional properties. This study aimed at assessing 13 hot water infusions (HWIs) from different herbs against streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat). Licorice r...

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