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Codelivery of HBx-siRNA and Plasmid Encoding IL-12 for Inhibition of Hepatitis B Virus and Reactivation of Antiviral Immunity

Pharmaceutics, 2022
Chronic hepatitis B is a critical cause of many serious liver diseases such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The main challenges in hepatitis B treatment include the rebound of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related antigen levels after drug withdrawal and ...
Yan Mu, Xiao-He Ren, Di Han, Ying-Ying Guan, Pei-Ling Liu, Si-Xue Cheng, Hong Liu   +6 more
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EIF2S2 is a novel independent prognostic biomarker and correlated with immune infiltrates in hepatocellular carcinoma

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly malignant disease with poor prognosis. It is urgent to find effective biomarkers. Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2 Subunit Beta (EIF2S2) is a subunit of heterotrimeric G protein EIF2, and ...
Jing Liu, Jing Liu, Tongyu Liu, Chuanhao Zhang, Chuanhao Zhang, Jiabei He, Jiabei He, Dong Zhou, Dong Zhou, Zhe Wang, Zhe Wang, Ruoyu Wang, Ruoyu Wang   +12 more
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The Future of High-Throughput Screening

SLAS Discovery, 2008
High-throughput screening (HTS) is a well-established process in lead discovery for pharma and biotech companies and is now also being set up for basic and applied research in academia and some research hospitals. Since its first advent in the early to mid-1990s, the field of HTS has seen not only a continuous change in technology and processes but ...
Lorenz M, Mayr, Peter, Fuerst
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Role of matrix metalloproteinases in diabetic foot ulcers: Potential therapeutic targets

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are pathological states of tissue destruction of the foot or lower extremity in diabetic patients and are one of the serious chronic complications of diabetes mellitus.
Kang Fu, Xueyao Zheng, Yuhan Chen, Yuhan Chen, Liuying Wu, Liuying Wu, Zhiming Yang, Zhiming Yang, Xu Chen, Xu Chen, Wei Song, Wei Song   +11 more
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A high-throughput human tissue model for respiratory viruses: Automating the use of human airway epithelial tissues for faster drug discovery

SLAS Discovery
Animal testing for drug discovery is expensive and the decision to test a compound in an in vivo model should be carefully considered. In addition, the FDA Modernization Act has resulted in the allowance of alternatives to animal models for testing the ...
N. Miranda Nebane, Andrew Reece, Lynn Rasmussen, Melinda Sosa, Pedro Ruiz, Sara M. Cabrera, Yohanka Martinez-Gzegozewska, Paige Vinson   +7 more
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Linking a role of lncRNAs (long non-coding RNAs) with insulin resistance, accelerated senescence, and inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes

Human Genomics, 2018
Background Studying epigenetics is expected to provide precious information on how environmental factors contribute to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) at the genomic level.
Chandrakumar Sathishkumar, Paramasivam Prabu, Viswanathan Mohan, Muthuswamy Balasubramanyam   +3 more
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Novel Prenylated Indole Alkaloids with Neuroprotection on SH-SY5Y Cells against Oxidative Stress Targeting Keap1–Nrf2

Marine Drugs, 2022
Oxidative stress has been implicated in the etiology of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Molecules non-covalently binding to the Keap1–Nrf2 complex could be a promising therapeutic approach for PD. Herein, two novel prenylated indole alkaloids asperpenazine (1),
Xueyang Xiao, Zhou Tong, Yuexing Zhang, Hui Zhou, Mengying Luo, Tianhui Hu, Ping Hu, Luqi Kong, Zeqin Liu, Chan Yu, Zhiyong Huang, Linzhen Hu   +11 more
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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
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Silibinin ameliorates hepatic lipid accumulation and oxidative stress in mice with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis by regulating CFLAR-JNK pathway

Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2019
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a chronic metabolic syndrome and the CFLAR-JNK pathway can reverse the process of NASH. Although silibinin is used for the treatment of NASH in clinical, its effect on CFLAR-JNK pathway in NASH remains unclear ...
Yayun Liu, Wei Xu, Ting Zhai, Jiaojiao You, Yong Chen   +4 more
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Honokiol affects the composition of gut microbiota and the metabolism of lipid and bile acid in methionine-choline deficiency diet-induced NASH mice

Scientific Reports, 2023
Honokiol (HNK), one of the main active components of Magnolia officinalis, has a positive effect on non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). However, the effects of HNK on the composition of serum lipids and bile acids (BAs) and gut microbiota (GM) of NASH ...
Ting Zhai, Junjun Wang, Yong Chen
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