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β‐1,3 Glucan Microparticles & Nanoparticles: Fabrication Methods & Applications in Immunomodulation & Targeted Drug Delivery

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Beta‐glucans have gained significant attention as an immunomodulatory biomaterial with cell‐targeting capabilities. This review comprehensively outlines the design and fabrication methods for producing beta‐glucan particles at both the micro and nanoscale and their applications in immune cell targeting, immunomodulation, and drug delivery ...
Nate Dowdall, Todd Hoare
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Use of Curcumin in Psoriasis

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018
Curcumin is a polyphenol derived from the golden spice turmeric, which is widely used for different purposes, such as culinary spice and alimentary addictive, make - up and, finally, as a natural product for the treatment of different diseases, especially for the chronic inflammatory ones.
Victoria Barygina, Veronica Di Nardo, Torello Lotti, Farah Daaboul, Serena Gianfaldoni, Uwe Wollina, Georgi Tchernev, Jacopo Lotti   +7 more
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Comparison of systemic availability of curcumin with that of curcumin formulated with phosphatidylcholine [PDF]

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, 2006
Curcumin, a major constituent of the spice turmeric, suppresses expression of the enzyme cyclooxygenase 2 (Cox-2) and has cancer chemopreventive properties in rodents. It possesses poor systemic availability. We explored whether formulation with phosphatidylcholine increases the oral bioavailability or affects the metabolite profile of curcumin.Male ...
Marczylo, Timothy H., Verschoyle, Richard D., Cooke, Darren N., Morazzoni, Paolo, Steward, William P., Gescher, Andreas J.   +5 more
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Curcumin alleviates oxidative stress and inhibits apoptosis in diabetic cardiomyopathy via Sirt1‐Foxo1 and PI3K‐Akt signalling pathways

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2020
Diabetes is a disorder of glucose metabolism, and over 90% are type 2 diabetes. Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the type 2 diabetes complications, usually accompanied by changes in myocardial structure and function, together with cardiomyocyte ...
Bincheng Ren, Yu-Fei Zhang, Shan-shan Liu, Xiao-jing Cheng, Xin Yang, X. Cui, Xinrui Zhao, Hui Zhao, Minfeng Hao, Mengnan Li, Yuanyuan Tie, Li Qu, Xueyi Li   +12 more
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Essential turmeric oils enhance anti-inflammatory efficacy of curcumin in dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis

Scientific Reports, 2017
Turmeric has been used as a medicinal herb for thousands of years for treatment of various disorders. Although curcumin is the most studied active constituents of turmeric, accumulating evidence suggests that other components of turmeric have additional ...
Shusuke Toden, Arianne L. Theiss, Xuan Wang, Ajay Goel   +3 more
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Bisdemethoxycurcumin and Its Cyclized Pyrazole Analogue Differentially Disrupt Lipopolysaccharide Signalling in Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages [PDF]

, 2018
open11noSeveral studies suggest that curcumin and related compounds possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties including modulation of lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) mediated signalling in macrophage cell models. We here investigated the effects of

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Materials Advances in Devices for Heart Disease Interventions

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines the crucial role of materials in heart disease interventions, focusing on strategies for monitoring, managing, and repairing heart conditions. It discusses the material requirements for medical devices, highlighting recent innovations and their impact on cardiovascular health.
Gagan K. Jalandhra, Lauryn Srethbhakdi, James Davies, Chi Cong Nguyen, Phuoc Thien Phan, Zachary Och, Aditya Ashok, Khoon S. Lim, Hoang‐Phuong Phan, Thanh Nho Do, Nigel H. Lovell, Jelena Rnjak‐Kovacina   +11 more
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Inhibition of HIV-1 by curcumin A, a novel curcumin analog

Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2015
Despite the remarkable success of combination antiretroviral therapy at curtailing HIV progression, emergence of drug-resistant viruses, chronic low-grade inflammation, and adverse effects of combination antiretroviral therapy treatments, including metabolic disorders collectively present the impetus for development of newer and safer antiretroviral ...
Evaristus A. Nwulia, Namita Kumari, Amol A. Kulkarni, Maria Hipolito, Andrey Ivanov, Charlee McLean, Xionghao Lin, Tatiana Ammosova, Sergei Nekhai   +8 more
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Anionic Surfactant Based Topical Curcumin Nanosuspension: Fabrication, Characterization and Evaluation

Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, 2013
Curcumin, a hydrophobic polyphenol isolated from dried rhizomes of turmeric exhibits diverse pharmacological activities including anti-bacterial. However, the clinical usefulness of curcumin was limited mainly due to low aqueous solubility and stability.
Moorthi Chidambaram, Senthilkumar Chinnamaruthu, Mohan Sellappan, Kathiresan Krishnasamy   +3 more
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Natural Compounds as Beneficial Antioxidant Agents in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Focus on Alzheimer’s Disease [PDF]

, 2019
The positive role of nutrition in chronic neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) suggests that dietary interventions represent helpful tools for preventing NDs.
Antonella Amato, Flavia Mulè, Simona Terzo   +2 more
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