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Epigenetic Regulation of Liver Fibrosis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications

Portal Hypertension &Cirrhosis, EarlyView.
This review synthesizes the epigenetic mechanisms—DNA methylation, histone modifications, and non‐coding RNAs—that drive hepatic stellate cell activation and the progression of liver fibrosis. It further evaluates emerging therapeutic strategies targeting these epigenetic regulators, including DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylase inhibitors ...
Maryam Jadid Tavaf, Mahboobeh Ebrahimi Varkiani, Saeid Abroun, Pedram Asadi‐Sarabi, Shukoofeh Torabi, Elham Rismani, Mohammad Majd Hammour, Andreas K. Nüssler, Massoud Vosough   +8 more
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Betulinic Acid Enema Alleviates Colitis by Targeting Vitamin D Receptor to Protect the Intestinal Mucosal Barrier and Modulate Mucosa‐Associated Microbiota

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the colon with limited effectiveness and safety of current drug therapies. Betulinic acid (BA) is a naturally occurring pentacyclic triterpenoid present in traditional Chinese medicines used clinically as retention enemas for UC, but its direct effects and mechanisms remain unclear ...
Lina Dong, Yuanxia Gao, Qian Li, Guangxin Chen, Dong Yang, Liping Zhao, Xiaojing Liu, Shumei Lin   +7 more
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Transcriptome Inference and Systematic Approaches to Investigate TCM Compounds With Beneficial Metabolic Effects

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Some traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) compounds can improve obesity by increasing energy consumption. This study aimed to identify and verify TCM compounds that promote adipose thermogenesis to alleviate obesity via transcriptomic analysis, molecular docking, network pharmacology, and ...
Jing Li, Yang‐Chi‐Dung Lin, Hsi‐Yuan Huang, Jihang Chen, Huali Zuo, Yun Tang, Hsien‐Da Huang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanistic Evaluation of Luteolin in Wound Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcer via Nrf2 Signaling

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
Proposed mechanism by which Luteolin (LU) promotes diabetic foot ulcer healing. LU attenuates hyperglycemia‐induced oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation, improves endothelial cell viability, and suppresses ferroptosis through Nrf2‐dependent antioxidant signaling, thereby accelerating angiogenesis and wound repair. ABSTRACT Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs)
Muhammed Yusuf, Ayfer Busra Benkli, Ramiz Yusuf   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microplastics and the Endocrine–Metabolic Interface: Novel Diagnostic Tools Targeting Thyroid–Adipose Axis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Microplastics (MPs) have been identified as major environmental contaminants that can affect organisms directly and act as carriers of particles and chemical additives, thereby aggravating endocrine networks that coordinate metabolic homeostasis.
Sunday Amos Onikanni, Babasola Aiyeku, Marjorie Dardis Murucci, Temitope Aribigbola, Kenia Bispo, Oluwatosin Stella Olayinka, Rômulo Sperduto Dezonne, Sara Gemini Piperni, Paula Soares, Denise Pires de Carvalho, Leandro Miranda‐Alves   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Progress in bone tissue engineering biomaterials: Development, challenges, and prospects

VIEW, EarlyView.
Scheme 1 Application of biomaterials in immunomodulation during bone tissue engineering. Abstract Bone defect repair remains a major clinical challenge in orthopedics. Over 2 million cases caused by trauma, tumors, and other factors occur annually, with large‐scale defects posing a particular bottleneck due to limited self‐healing capacity.
Yuanbin Zhang, Junlei Chai, Quanwei Ding, Luping Liu, Kejie Zhang, Jie Lin, Jianhua Zhang, Youju Huang   +7 more
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Blubber Thickening Driven by UCP1 Inactivation: Insights from a Cetacean‐Like Transgenic Mouse Model

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
UCP1 inactivation of cetaceans in mice drives BAT whitening and iWAT hyperplasia, promoting fat accumulation for aquatic adaptation. Abstract Cetaceans possess thick blubber, a specialized adipose tissue essential for thermal insulation, a streamlined body form, energy storage, and buoyancy. However, the mechanisms that underpin this adaptation are not
Qian Zhang, Yuehua Wang, Hang Zhang, Guiping Xu, Shixia Xu, Guang Yang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Characteristics and Potential Mechanisms of Aging, Gut Microbiota, and Hearing Loss

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The study found that aging leads to unchanged gut microbiota alpha diversity but an increase in Bacteroidetes and a decrease in Firmicutes at the phylum level, with specific genera, species, and functional pathways co‐associated with aging and hearing loss. Through constructing a microbe‐metabolite network, it revealed the mechanism by which protective
Cheng Cheng, Lu Wang, Runhan Li, Wenkai Lai, Chongkui Sun, Jianguo Cui, Bicheng Zhu, Jiang Zhang   +7 more
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Update on Non‐Biological and RNA‐Based Therapeutics in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases: Precision Medicine Through Small Molecules: An EAACI Position Paper

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the last decades, critical advancements in research technology and knowledge on disease mechanisms steered therapeutic approaches for chronic inflammatory diseases towards unprecedented target specificity. For allergic and chronic lung diseases, biologic drugs pioneered this goal, acquiring on the way—through the clinical use of monoclonal ...
F. Roth‐Walter, I. M. Adcock, C. Benito‐Villalvilla, R. Bianchini, L. Bjermer, G. Caramori, L. Cari, K. F. Chung, Z. Diamant, I. Eguiluz‐Gracia, E. F. Knol, M. Jesenak, F. Levi‐Schaffer, G. Nocentini, L. O'Mahony, O. Palomares, F. Redegeld, M. Sokolowska, B. Van Esch, M. Zurlo, C. Stellato   +20 more
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Chronic food restriction up-regulates 11-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase

Open Life Sciences, 2011
Sledzinski Tomasz, Turyn Jacek, Stelmanska Ewa, Presler Malgorzata, Klimek Jerzy, Swierczynski Julian   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source