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Recent Applications of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Gene Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The review summarizes the synthesis of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) with modifiable surface properties, functionalization strategies, mechanism of therapeutic payload release, and current applications in gene therapy, focusing on their capabilities in the targeted delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids, CRISPR‐Cas systems, and other genetic ...
Tamanna Binte Huq, Punnya Anil Kumar Jeeja, Sudip Kumar Dam, Sabya Sachi Das, Juan L. Vivero‐Escoto   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pulmonary arterial hypertension in scleroderma: care gaps in screening

Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2017
One in six patients with systemic sclerosis will develop pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Screening with echocardiography and possibly pulmonary function testing (to determine the diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide) is recommended to detect PAH ...
Janet E. Pope
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of 3D GANs for Lung Tissue Modelling in Pulmonary CT [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
GANs are able to model accurately the distribution of complex, high-dimensional datasets, e.g. images. This makes high-quality GANs useful for unsupervised anomaly detection in medical imaging. However, differences in training datasets such as output image dimensionality and appearance of semantically meaningful features mean that GAN models from the ...
arxiv  

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
wiley   +1 more source

Lung fibrosis and exposure to wood dusts: Two cases report and review of the literature

Medycyna Pracy, 2015
Introduction: Increasing evidence suggests that idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) occurs more often in subjects previously exposed to wood dusts than in non-exposed subjects.
Matteo Riccò
doaj   +1 more source

FVC/DLCO identifies pulmonary hypertension and predicts 5-year all-cause mortality in patients with COPD

European Journal of Medical Research, 2023
Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, it is unknown whether the ratio of forced vital capacity (FVC) to diffusing lung capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) can identify PH
Yuer Li, Rui Zhang, Hu Shan, Wenhua Shi, Xiaoli Feng, Haijuan Chen, Xia Yang, Yali Li, Jie Zhang, Ming Zhang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Longitudinal decline in pulmonary diffusing capacity among nitrate fertilizer workers [PDF]

, 2014
Background: This study is part of a 3-year follow-up of lung function among nitrate fertilizer production workers. Aims: To study the possible adverse effects of occupational exposure to aerosols and gases on pulmonary diffusing capacity.
Bakke, Berit, Hovland, Kristin Hildegard, Skare, Øivind, Skogstad, Marit, Skyberg, Knut   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Designing for Degradation: Transient Devices Enabled by (Nano)Cellulose

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Recent progress in transient devices enabled by (nano)cellulosic materials is reviewed. Transiency mechanisms, advantages of nanocelluloses, and a suite of applications are discussed. A circular thinking approach coupled with life cycle assessment is applied to critically revisit the potential, advantages, and challenges of nanocellulose‐enabled ...
Lucas J. Andrew, Erlantz Lizundia, Mark J. MacLachlan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physiology of the lung in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

European Respiratory Review, 2018
The clinical expression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is directly related to multiple alterations in lung function. These alterations derive from a complex disease process affecting all compartments of the lower respiratory system, from the ...
Laurent Plantier, Aurélie Cazes, Anh-Tuan Dinh-Xuan, Catherine Bancal, Sylvain Marchand-Adam, Bruno Crestani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Antimicrobial Touch Surfaces to Prevent Cross‐Contamination

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A MOF‐based antimicrobial door handle cover is developed. It completely inhibits the cross‐contamination of Gram‐positive bacterial species (Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterococcus faecalis), Gram‐negative bacterial species (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii), and fungi (Candida albicans). Abstract Infection diseases
Javier Fonseca, Mary Cano‐Sarabia, Pilar Cortés, Jordi Saldo, David Montpeyó, Julia Lorenzo, Montserrat Llagostera, Inhar Imaz, Daniel Maspoch   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source