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Biomedicines, Volume 8, Issue 11

November 2020 - 86 articles

Cover Story: Tumor stroma mainly consists of cancer-associated fibroblasts, extracellular matrix, vasculature, and tumor-associated macrophages. These components all exert key roles in tumor progression, emphasizing their relevance to cancer therapy design. The multifaceted oncolytic viruses (OVs) represent a promising therapeutic platform to overcome the dense stromal tissue. Inherent and genetically modified OVs can directly target both stromal components and tumor cells, facilitating OV penetration, tumor regression, and anti-tumor immune activity. View this paper
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Articles (86)

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,438 Views
19 Pages

Adenosine A2A and A3 Receptors as Targets for the Treatment of Hypertensive-Diabetic Nephropathy

  • Daniela Patinha,
  • Carla Abreu,
  • Carla Carvalho,
  • Olga Mariana Cunha,
  • Mariana Mota,
  • Joana Afonso,
  • Teresa Sousa,
  • António Albino-Teixeira,
  • Carmen Diniz and
  • Manuela Morato

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) and hypertension are prime causes for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) that often coexist in patients, but are seldom studied in combination. Kidney adenosine levels are markedly increased in diabetes, and the expression and f...

  • Review
  • Open Access
85 Citations
9,239 Views
38 Pages

Mitochondria are of great relevance to health, and their dysregulation is associated with major chronic diseases. Research on mitochondria—156 brand new publications from 2019 and 2020—have contributed to this review. Mitochondria have be...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,970 Views
44 Pages

Aptamers for Proteins Associated with Rheumatic Diseases: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications

  • Elizaveta A. Shatunova,
  • Maksim A. Korolev,
  • Vitaly O. Omelchenko,
  • Yuliya D. Kurochkina,
  • Anna S. Davydova,
  • Alya G. Venyaminova and
  • Mariya A. Vorobyeva

Nucleic acid aptamers capable of affine and specific binding to their molecular targets have now established themselves as a very promising alternative to monoclonal antibodies for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Although the main focus in a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,299 Views
15 Pages

Endometriosis is common in reproductive-age women and its pathology is to increase proliferation and migration to enhance epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition progression (EMT). However, treatments are currently limited, so it is important to explore...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,056 Views
13 Pages

Cholesterol Efflux Capacity and Cardiovascular Disease: The Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) Study

  • Andreas Ritsch,
  • Angela Duerr,
  • Patrick Kahler,
  • Monika Hunjadi,
  • Tatjana Stojakovic,
  • Guenther Silbernagel,
  • Hubert Scharnagl,
  • Marcus E. Kleber and
  • Winfried März

(1) Background and Aims: Efforts to reduce coronary artery disease (CAD) by raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (HDL-C) have not been uniformly successful. A more important factor than HDL-C may be cellular cholesterol efflux mediated...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,976 Views
23 Pages

Three-Dimensional Biofabrication Models of Endometriosis and the Endometriotic Microenvironment

  • Jillian R. H. Wendel,
  • Xiyin Wang,
  • Lester J. Smith and
  • Shannon M. Hawkins

Endometriosis occurs when endometrial-like tissue grows outside the uterine cavity, leading to pelvic pain, infertility, and increased risk of ovarian cancer. The present study describes the optimization and characterization of cellular spheroids as...

  • Review
  • Open Access
82 Citations
12,855 Views
11 Pages

Blood Neurofilament Light Chain: The Neurologist’s Troponin?

  • Simon Thebault,
  • Ronald A. Booth and
  • Mark S. Freedman

Blood neurofilament light chain (NfL) is a marker of neuro-axonal injury showing promising associations with outcomes of interest in several neurological conditions. Although initially discovered and investigated in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
5,896 Views
11 Pages

Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Kefir Grain Lactobacillus Ameliorate Intestinal Inflammation via Regulation of Proinflammatory Pathway and Tight Junction Integrity

  • Eun Ae Kang,
  • Hye-In Choi,
  • Seung Wook Hong,
  • Seokwoo Kang,
  • Hyeon-Young Jegal,
  • Eun Wook Choi,
  • Byung-Soon Park and
  • Joo Sung Kim

The aim of this study was to demonstrate the anti-inflammatory effect of Lactobacillus kefirgranum PRCC-1301-derived extracellular vesicles (PRCC-1301 EVs) on intestinal inflammation and intestinal barrier function. Human intestinal epithelial cells...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,876 Views
16 Pages

Modulation of NLRP3 Inflammasome Attenuated Inflammatory Response Associated to Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome

  • Sarah Adriana Scuderi,
  • Giovanna Casili,
  • Marika Lanza,
  • Alessia Filippone,
  • Irene Paterniti,
  • Emanuela Esposito and
  • Michela Campolo

Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) is a multifactorial chronic gastrointestinal disorder characterized by inflammation and immune response. In this context, NLRP3 over-activation is associated with a breakdown of enteric-immune bal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,912 Views
15 Pages

Predictors of HbA1c among Adipocytokine Biomarkers in African-American Men with Varied Glucose Tolerance

  • Elena Barengolts,
  • Arfana Akbar,
  • Brian T. Layden,
  • Yuval Eisenberg,
  • Medha Priyadarshini,
  • Jeffrey A. Borgia,
  • Cristina L. Fhied,
  • Michael Salim and
  • Lara R. Dugas

This study explored adipocytokine associations with acute and chronic hyperglycemia in African-American men (AAM). Fourteen adipocytokines were measured from men with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) or type 2 diabetes (T2D, drug-naïve MF(−)...

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