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Biomedicines, Volume 5, Issue 4

2017 December - 14 articles

Cover Story: This confocal image shows a vessel in green (Flk1-GFP transgenic mice) coming from a muscle and entering a cortical bone. Osteocytes appear in red within the bone due to a Dextran Texas Red lysine fixable (10,000 MW) injection, 5 min before the sacrifice (Kamel‐ElSayed SA, et al. Bone. 2015), and all the cells are stained in blue with DAPI to show the nucleus (1:2000). The top of this image shows bone marrow. Briefly, the femur was fixed in 4% PFA for 48 h at +4 °C and demineralized in EDTA 10% for 1 week. It was then bathed in sucrose 15% and 30% before being embedded in OCT. A 50 µm cryosection was cut using a cryostat. This image has been realized by Dr. Delphine Maurel and Dr. Claudine Boiziau. View this paper
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Articles (14)

  • Review
  • Open Access
79 Citations
16,786 Views
12 Pages

Histology of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers: An Update

  • Giovanni Paolino,
  • Michele Donati,
  • Dario Didona,
  • Santo Raffaele Mercuri and
  • Carmen Cantisani

Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in humans. Several different non-melanoma skin cancers have been reported in the literature, with several histologic variants that frequently cause important differential diagnos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,547 Views
27 Pages

The present study describes potential beneficial and adverse effects of plant-extract synthesized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on ethanol toxicity in SH-SY5Y cells. Although kudzu root extract (K), edible-gum extract (G), alone or in combination (KG),...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,151 Views
17 Pages

Astrocytes are known as structural and supporting cells in the central nervous system (CNS). Glutamate, as a main excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system, can be excitotoxic, playing a key role in many chronic n...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,818 Views
22 Pages

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant is an established treatment modality for hematologic and non-hematologic diseases. However, it is associated with acute and long-term sequelae which can translate into mortality. Graft-versus-host disease...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,031 Views
8 Pages

Evaluation of Posaconazole Pharmacokinetics in Adult Patients with Invasive Fungal Infection

  • Sarah Allegra,
  • Giovanna Fatiguso,
  • Silvia De Francia,
  • Fabio Favata,
  • Elisa Pirro,
  • Chiara Carcieri,
  • Amedeo De Nicolò,
  • Jessica Cusato,
  • Giovanni Di Perri and
  • Antonio D’Avolio

Mortality and morbidity due to invasive fungal infections have increased over the years. Posaconazole is a second-generation triazole agent with an extended spectrum of activity, which shows a high interindividual variability in its plasma levels, re...

  • Review
  • Open Access
94 Citations
13,967 Views
57 Pages

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth most common cause of cancer-related death and is the most lethal of common malignancies with a five-year survival rate of <10%. PDAC arises from different types of non-invasive precursor lesion...

  • Review
  • Open Access
99 Citations
18,963 Views
15 Pages

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have become a promising class of antitumor agents with four conjugates being approved by regulatory agencies for treating cancer patients. To improve the conventional conjugations that are currently applied to generate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,659 Views
18 Pages

In Vitro and In Vivo Biological Activities of Cissus adnata (Roxb.)

  • Mohammed Shoibe,
  • Md. Nazim Uddin Chy,
  • Morshed Alam,
  • Md. Adnan,
  • Md. Zobidul Islam,
  • Shababa Wajida Nihar,
  • Nishat Rahman and
  • Ehsan Suez

This study was conducted to evaluate the in vitro polyphenol content, antioxidant, cytotoxic, antibacterial, anthelmintic properties, and in vivo antinociceptive activity of the ethanol extract of Cissus adnata leaves (EECA) in different experimental...

  • Review
  • Open Access
96 Citations
9,810 Views
18 Pages

Osteoporosis and sarcopenia are age-related musculoskeletal pathologies that often develop in parallel. Osteoporosis is characterized by a reduced bone mass and an increased fracture risk. Sarcopenia describes muscle wasting with an increasing risk o...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,103 Views
10 Pages

Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is a leading cause of late morbidity and mortality following allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Current therapies, including corticosteroids and calcineurin inhibitors, are only effective in roughly 50% of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,022 Views
13 Pages

Although significant advances have been made in the biologic understanding of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and its treatment options, GVHD remains the single most challenging obstacle to the success of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantatio...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,527 Views
12 Pages

Restoration of DAP Kinase Tumor Suppressor Function: A Therapeutic Strategy to Selectively Induce Apoptosis in Cancer Cells Using Immunokinase Fusion Proteins

  • Mehmet Kemal Tur,
  • Adebukola K. Daramola,
  • Stefan Gattenlöhner,
  • Marco Herling,
  • Shivan Chetty and
  • Stefan Barth

Targeted cancer immunotherapy is designed to selectively eliminate tumor cells without harming the surrounding healthy tissues. The death-associated protein kinases (DAPk) are a family of proapoptotic proteins that play a vital role in the regulation...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
9,778 Views
17 Pages

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the world’s most common cancers and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths, causing more than 50,000 estimated deaths each year. Several risk factors are highly associated with CRC, including being overweight,...

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