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Cellular Responses to Mechanical Cues Across Scales: From Fundamental Insights to Translational Potential

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines how cellular behavior is regulated by mechanical cues transmitted through soft biomaterials, from single‐cell mechanosensing to tissue‐level adaptation. It highlights why physiological relevance, rather than model complexity alone, is critical for translational mechanobiology and introduces a scoring framework linking material ...
Mathias Polz, Manuel P. Kainz, Niklas Haider, Theresa Rienmüller, Kerstin Lenk, Rupert Kargl, Michele Terzano, Gerhard Sommer, Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Julia Fuchs   +9 more
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Gardiquimod Nanoemulsion Targets Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Lesions Reducing Systemic Toxicity and Parasite Burden

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Nanoemulsion delivery of a TLR7 agonist enhances safety and promotes colocalization with Leishmania‐infected macrophages in skin lesions, enabling a ∼2‐log reduction in parasite burden. However, tissue‐level constraints and TLR‐driven regulatory feedback generate a mixed immune response that limits complete parasite clearance.
Carmen Palomino‐Cano, M. Carmen Mera‐Delgado, Esther Moreno, Esther Larrea, Lecnia Aguirre, Jonathan Miguel Zanatta, Sónia Barros‐Carvalho, Iola F. Duarte, Ricardo Silvestre, Juan M. Irache, Javier Carrión, Socorro Espuelas   +11 more
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Temporal Immune and Metabolic Shifts Drive the Anti‐Tumor Efficacy of Resiquimod‐Loaded Nanoparticles in Peritoneal Carcinomatosis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Peritoneal carcinomatosis is a hard‐to‐treat spread of abdominal cancers that often returns after therapy. Nanoparticles were developed to retain an immune‐boosting drug in the abdomen. When combined with chemotherapy in mice, this approach eliminated tumors in many cases and prevented recurrence, helping the immune system mount a stronger, longer ...
Vanessa Chan, Po‐Han Chao, XuXin Sun, Jun Han, Sarah MacPherson, Lucas J. Andrew, Noah Y. Brittain, Tien Do, Marcel B. Bally, Julian J. Lum, Shyh‐Dar Li   +10 more
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Engineering Nanoplatforms for Alzheimer's Disease Detection via Biomolecular Corona Proteomic and Lipidomic Profiling

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Engineered nanoparticles capture disease‐specific biomolecular coronas that uncover hidden molecular features of Alzheimer's disease. Combined proteomic and lipidomic analyses reveal a characteristic shift in ribosomal machinery and energy metabolism, generating a multiomic fingerprint that supports accurate disease detection and opens new ...
Antonietta Greco, Roberto Baretta, Andrea Di Fonzo, Andrea Armirotti, Stefano Cinti, Mara Mirasoli, Marco Frasconi, Claudia Corbo   +7 more
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A Modular Liver–Microbial Microfluidic Platform to Evaluate Therapeutic and Adverse Effects of Microbial Metabolites

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces a modular microfluidic platform that connects liver cells with live microbes to mimic key aspects of the gut–liver interaction in steatosis. Using this system, both microbial metabolites and live bacteria significantly reduced fat accumulation in liver cells, but live microbes triggered inflammation and broader metabolic changes ...
Hsih‐Yin Tan, In Young Hwang, Nanthini Jayabalan, Hui Ling Lee, Louis Jun Ye Ong, Chwee Teck Lim, Matthew Wook Chang, Yi‐Chin Toh   +7 more
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Bacteria‐Responsive Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems for Targeted Antimicrobial Therapy

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Bacteria‐responsive nanocarriers are designed to release antimicrobials only in the presence of infection‐specific cues. This selective activation ensures drug release precisely at the site of infection, avoiding premature or indiscriminate release, and enhancing efficacy.
Guillermo Landa, Gracia Mendoza, Silvia Irusta, Manuel Arruebo   +3 more
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Turning Unpredictable Biomolecule Adsorption to Controlled Corona Formation: Focus on Carbon Nanomaterials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Controlling the protein corona formation onto carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) enhances their functionalities as platforms for cancer theranostics. Here, we reviewed the effects of the intrinsic and acquired properties of CNMs on protein corona formation, the consequent biological and toxicological outcomes, and the strategies to reshape corona formation ...
Yajuan Zou, Yalei Hu, Jie Yu, Naoki Komatsu, Yuta Nishina, Alberto Bianco   +5 more
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Research on the Resource Recovery of Medium-Chain Fatty Acids from Municipal Sludge: Current State and Future Prospects

Microorganisms
The production of municipal sludge is steadily increasing in line with the production of sewage. A wealth of organic contaminants, including nutrients and energy, are present in municipal sludge.
Yuhao Liu, Yacong Duan, Long Chen, Ziyan Yang, Xiaoli Yang, Shuli Liu, Gangfu Song   +6 more
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Highly Entangled Bottlebrush Polymer Networks

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Bottlebrush polymers are difficult to entangle, enabling ultrasoft yet brittle networks. We report highly entangled bottlebrush elastomers that remain ultrasoft (∼1 kPa) yet stretch to ∼1800% and exhibit exceptional fatigue resistance. Their intrinsic fatigue strength—fatigue threshold normalized by modulus—surpasses that of highly entangled linear ...
Myoeum Kim, Baiqiang Huang, Shiwang Cheng, Li‐Heng Cai   +3 more
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Gut microbiota–derived short-chain fatty acids and kidney diseases

Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2017
Lingzhi Li, Liang Ma, Ping Fu Kidney Research Institute, Department of Nephrology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China Abstract: Gut microbiota and its metabolites play pivotal roles in host physiology and pathology.
Li L, Ma L, Fu P
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