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Mechanisms of Trained Innate Immunity in oxLDL Primed Human Coronary Smooth Muscle Cells

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
Objective: Damage and pathogen associated molecular patterns such as oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) or bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine can induce long term pro-inflammatory priming in monocytes and macrophages due to metabolic and ...
Lucia Schnack, Yahya Sohrabi, Sina M. M. Lagache, Florian Kahles, Dennis Bruemmer, Johannes Waltenberger, Johannes Waltenberger, Hannes M. Findeisen   +7 more
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Silicone Breast Implants as a Model System for Understanding Polymer Permeation in Soft Materials In Vivo

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Silicone breast implants are presented as a model system for understanding polymer permeation in vivo. Rather than representing material failure, “gel bleed” emerges from solution–diffusion transport‐mediated. By integrating polymer architecture, physicochemical transport, and biointerfacial processes, this review provides a unified framework that ...
D. Bouyer, H. Mutlu, C. Charmette, E. Randrianaridera, Z. Adaidi, R. Hedna, L. Pieuchot, I. Pluvy, K. Anselme, N. Couturier, J. P. Mericq, A. Ponche, I. Brigaud   +12 more
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Engineered Nanoplatforms Targeting Activated Hepatic Stellate Cells for Liver Fibrosis Therapy via TGF‐β Axis Inhibition and Ferroptosis Induction

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
FeS‐VA@lanifibranor (FVL), an activated hepatic stellate cell (aHSC)‐targeted nanoplatform comprising vitamin A‐functionalized two‐dimensional iron sulfide nanosheets and lanifibranor, is engineered for precision therapy of liver fibrosis. FVL suppresses the TGF‐β signaling pathway by inhibiting SMAD2/3 phosphorylation and induces ferroptosis in aHSCs,
Yinuo Yang, Mengyao Mu, Ke Ren, Hui Liu, Pengju Ma, Yingqi Wang, Mengmeng Zhang, Xueli Xu, Wenzhe Li, Wenshuang Gao, Xiao Sun, Qiang Zhu   +11 more
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Role of nitric oxide and cytoskeleton in regulation of contractile activity smooth muscle cells

Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2009
The influence of modulation of cytoskeleton by colchicine, nocodazole and cytochalasine D on contractile reactions of smooth muscle cells caused by depolarization, phenylephrine end sodium nitroprusside has been investigated by the mechanographical ...
S. V. Gusakova, M. B. Baskakov, I. V. Kovalev, O. S. Melnik, L. V. Kapilevich, M. A. Medvedev, V. B. Studnitsky, O. I. Antonov   +7 more
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Advancing Human Skin Equivalents: The Crucial Role of Neurovascular Integration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review discusses the importance of integrating vascular and peripheral nerve systems into human skin equivalents (HSEs) to better recapitulate native skin physiology. Recent advances in vascularized, innervated, and neurovascularized HSEs are highlighted, together with emerging bioengineering strategies, current challenges, and future ...
Hao Wu, Lorenzo Moroni, Nicolas Lebonvallet, Vincent Flacher, Paul Wieringa   +4 more
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Masson Trichrome Stain Helps Differentiate Myofibroma from Smooth Muscle Lesions in the Head and Neck Region

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2008
Myofibromas are well described in the head and neck region, but differentiating them from smooth muscle lesions is still difficult using smooth muscle immunohistochemical stains.
Julia Yu Fong Chang, Harvey P. Kessler
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Optical Detection of Cellular Signals at Material Interfaces

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Emerging functional materials are transforming optical detection of cellular signals. This review highlights optical techniques that exploit the unique optical properties of diverse materials to detect and quantify cellular electrical, chemical, and mechanical signals, and discusses key opportunities and challenges.
Xuchen Ren, Jitong Ren, Zixin Zhang, Koney Eungkon Kim, Francis L. Hong, Yuecheng Peter Zhou   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acquired smooth muscle hamartoma: A case report on the lower extremity with hidrosis

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
Smooth muscle hamartomas are benign dermal proliferations of smooth muscle cells. Smooth muscle hamartomas are sub-divided into congenital or acquired; the latter is a rare entity with less than 20 cases being reported in the English literature.
Malika A Ladha, Todd Remington
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PLL‐g‐HPA Hydrogel Microneedles Loaded With Rhoifolin Target Macrophages to Alleviate Fibroblast Senescence for Diabetic Wound Healing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Diabetic wound healing is hindered by a pathological crosstalk wherein elevated IL‐11 induces M1 macrophage polarization, leading to IL‐1β/IL‐6 release and subsequent fibroblast senescence via RAS/p38MAPK/p53/E2F1 signaling. Here, we develop a Gel@M‐Rho microneedle patch that delivers rhoifolin‐loaded, macrophage membrane‐coated nanoparticles to target
Jiewen Liao, Lin Gan, Li Lu, Lizhi Ouyang, Yuan Xiong, Fawwaz Al‐Smadi, Guandong Dai, Mohammad‐Ali Shahbazi, Bobin Mi, Mengfei Liu, Guohui Liu   +10 more
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Inflammation induced by mast cell deficiency rather than the loss of interstitial cells of Cajal causes smooth muscle dysfunction in W/Wv mice

Frontiers in Physiology, 2014
The initial hypothesis was that the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) acted as obligatory intermediaries of enteric neurotransmission to smooth muscle cells. Much information for this hypothesis came from studies in W/Wv mice lacking ICC.
John H. Winston, Jinghong eChen, Xuan-Zheng eShi, Sushil K. Sarna, Sushil K. Sarna   +4 more
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