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A Role of Myocardin Related Transcription Factor-A (MRTF-A) in Scleroderma Related Fibrosis. [PDF]

, 2015
In scleroderma (systemic sclerosis, SSc), persistent activation of myofibroblast leads to severe skin and organ fibrosis resistant to therapy. Increased mechanical stiffness in the involved fibrotic tissues is a hallmark clinical feature and a cause of ...
Abraham, D, Ahmed-Abdi, B, Denton, C, Lafyatis, R, Layne, MD, Nikitorowicz-Buniak, J, Ponticos, M, Shiwen, X, Smith, BD, Stratton, R, Suki, B, Takahashi, A   +11 more
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Removal of extracellular human amyloid beta aggregates by extracellular proteases in C. elegans

eLife, 2023
The amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques found in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients’ brains contain collagens and are embedded extracellularly. Several collagens have been proposed to influence Aβ aggregate formation, yet their role in clearance is unknown.
Elisabeth Jongsma, Anita Goyala, José Maria Mateos, Collin Yvès Ewald   +3 more
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Exposure to Bacteriophages T4 and M13 Increases Integrin Gene Expression and Impairs Migration of Human PC-3 Prostate Cancer Cells

Antibiotics, 2021
The interaction between bacteriophages and integrins has been reported in different cancer cell lines, and efforts have been undertaken to understand these interactions in tumor cells along with their possible role in gene alterations, with the aim to ...
Swapnil Ganesh Sanmukh, Nilton J. Santos, Caroline Nascimento Barquilha, Sérgio Alexandre Alcantara dos Santos, Bruno Oliveira Silva Duran, Flávia Karina Delella, Andrei Moroz, Luis Antonio Justulin, Hernandes F. Carvalho, Sérgio Luis Felisbino   +9 more
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Bacteriophages M13 and T4 Increase the Expression of Anchorage-Dependent Survival Pathway Genes and Down Regulate Androgen Receptor Expression in LNCaP Prostate Cell Line

Viruses, 2021
Wild-type or engineered bacteriophages have been reported as therapeutic agents in the treatment of several types of diseases, including cancer. They might be used either as naked phages or as carriers of antitumor molecules.
Swapnil Ganesh Sanmukh, Nilton José dos Santos, Caroline Nascimento Barquilha, Maira Smaniotto Cucielo, Márcio de Carvalho, Patricia Pintor dos Reis, Flávia Karina Delella, Hernandes F. Carvalho, Sérgio Luis Felisbino   +8 more
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Longevity-Promoting Pathways and Transcription Factors Respond to and Control Extracellular Matrix Dynamics During Aging and Disease

Frontiers in Aging, 2022
Aging is one of the largest risk factors for cancer, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, cardiovascular diseases, and other age-related pathologies. Here, we give a detailed description of the interplay of chronic age-related pathologies with the remodeling
Tinka Vidović, Collin Y. Ewald
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A chronic moderate methionine administration induced hyperhomocysteinemia associated with cardiovascular disease phenotype in the sand rat Psammomys obesus

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica, 2022
INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular diseases were defined as coronary artery, cerebrovascular, or peripheral arterial disease. Hyperhomocysteinemia (Hhcy) is an independent risk factor of cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis.
Fouzia Zerrouk, Billel Chaouad, Adel Ghoul, Naima Chalour, Anissa Moulahoum, Zineb Khiari, Mohamed el Hadi Cherifi, Souhila Aouichat, Karim Houali, Yasmina Benazzoug   +9 more
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Whole organism profiling of the Timp gene family

Matrix Biology Plus, 2023
Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs/Timps) are an endogenous family of widely expressed matrisome-associated proteins that were initially identified as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase activity (Metzincin family proteases).
David Peeney, Yu Fan, Sadeechya Gurung, Carolyn Lazaroff, Shashikala Ratnayake, Andrew Warner, Baktiar Karim, Daoud Meerzaman, William G. Stetler-Stevenson   +8 more
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Longevity interventions temporally scale healthspan in Caenorhabditis elegans

iScience, 2022
Summary: Human centenarians and longevity mutants of model organisms show lower incidence rates of late-life morbidities than the average population.
Cyril Statzer, Peter Reichert, Jürg Dual, Collin Y. Ewald   +3 more
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Collagens - structure, function and biosynthesis. [PDF]

, 2003
The extracellular matrix represents a complex alloy of variable members of diverse protein families defining structural integrity and various physiological functions.
Aigner, T, Gelse, K, Poschl, E
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Multiphase modelling of tumour growth and extracellular matrix interaction: mathematical tools and applications [PDF]

, 2009
Resorting to a multiphase modelling framework, tumours are described here as a mixture of tumour and host cells within a porous structure constituted by a remodelling extracellular matrix (ECM), which is wet by a physiological extracellular fluid.
A Bertuzzi, A Bertuzzi, A Iordan, A Masi De, A Tosin, AC Newby, Andrea Tosin, BS Winters, CJW Breward, CJW Breward, CJW Breward, D Ambrosi, D Ambrosi, D Ambrosi, D Ambrosi, E Behravesh, E Canetta, G Forgacs, GA Truskey, H Oxlund, HM Byrne, HM Byrne, HP Greenspan, IJ Rao, JD Humphrey, JD Humphrey, JP Iredale, L Graziano, L Preziosi, LA Liotta, Luigi Preziosi, M Chaplain, M Sun, PA DiMilla, PA DiMilla, PP Pujuguet, PRA Johnson, RP Araujo, RP Araujo, RP Araujo, RP Araujo, S Astanin, SJ Franks, SJ Franks, SJ Franks, SP Palecek, V Lanza, W Baumgartner, WY Gu, YC Fung   +49 more
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