Nanoparticles (NPs) represent critical roles both for drug delivery systems and diagnostics. Nevertheless, due to interaction in a biological medium and specific consequences-like formation of protein corona (PC), changes may happen that have influenced its behavior. Such a PC depicts the formation of biomolecule dynamic layers over the NPs, normally starting at exposure in any form to biofluid, because this altered cellular targeting, biodistribution, and toxic potential happen very well.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare by enhancing diagnostics, efficiency, and outcomes. Evaluating nursing students' knowledge helps identify educational gaps, as they directly engage in patient care and decision-making. This study explored their experiences with using artificial intelligence in clinical settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is defined as a chronic autoimmune disease that severely influences a patient's quality of life. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have gained much attention in recent years as one of the most potent therapeutic agents for the treatment of RA. A systematic review was performed with the purpose of assessing the current evidence relating to the therapeutic applications of EVs in RA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReduced left ventricular (LV) function predicts poor outcomes in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). This study aimed to identify the pre-renal transplantation echocardiographic parameters that can predict post-renal transplantation LV failure. This prospective longitudinal study was conducted on patients with ESRD who underwent renal transplantation during 1 year.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation of the joints, leading to pain, swelling, and potential joint destruction. Effective management of RA is crucial to improve patients' quality of life and prevent long-term disability. Methotrexate (MTX) is a widely used disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) that has shown efficacy in treating RA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Educ Health Promot
July 2024
Background: Caring for COVID-19 patients has caused high stress and burnses. Therefore, the current research aims to develop and validate an educational-therapeutic package based on psychological flexibility for COVID-19 nurses.
Materials And Methods: The approach of this research was Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method, which was carried out in 2019 to 2021.
Nano-based drug delivery systems (DDSs) have demonstrated the ability to address challenges posed by therapeutic agents, enhancing drug efficiency and reducing side effects. Various nanoparticles (NPs) are utilised as DDSs with unique characteristics, leading to diverse applications across different diseases. However, the complexity, cost and time-consuming nature of laboratory processes, the large volume of data, and the challenges in data analysis have prompted the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Lately, there has been increasing interest in the benefits of metal-organic frameworks, and among them, zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF - 8) stand out as one of the most commonly employed systems owing to their unique characteristics.
Objectives: Given that properties like particle size play a key role in biomedical applications of nanoparticles, optimizing the synthesis conditions becomes crucial. Additionally, it is essential to label these nanoparticles to track them effectively within the body.
The objective of the present investigation was to compare the coronary angiography results in diabetic patients with and without end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). We included prolonged diabetic patients with ESKD (93 patients) and without ESKD (control group, 126 patients). Angiography of the coronary arteries was performed on all patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Ovarian cancer is a common type of cancer and a leading cause of death in women. Therefore, accurate and fast prediction of ovarian tumors is crucial. One of the appropriate and precise methods for predicting and diagnosing this cancer is to build a model based on artificial intelligence methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet
May 2024
Background And Objective: Pharmacokinetic studies encompass the examination of the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of bioactive compounds. The pharmacokinetics of drugs exert a substantial influence on their efficacy and safety. Consequently, the investigation of pharmacokinetics holds great importance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe management of acute and chronic wounds resulting from diverse injuries poses a significant challenge to clinical practices and healthcare providers. Wound healing is a complex biological process driven by a natural physiological response. This process involves four distinct phases, namely hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNanoparticle toxicity analysis is critical for evaluating the safety of nanomaterials due to their potential harm to the biological system. However, traditional experimental methods for evaluating nanoparticle toxicity are expensive and time-consuming. As an alternative approach, machine learning offers a solution for predicting cellular responses to nanoparticles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: To manage the psychological consequences of providing services in the COVID-19 intensive care units (ICUs), it is necessary to identify the experience of nurses from the organizational climate. The current study was conducted to explain the nurses' experience of the organizational climate of the COVID-19 ICUs.
Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in three teaching hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.
Cancer Biother Radiopharm
September 2023
The Glu-Urea-Lys (EUK) pharmacophore as prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted ligand was synthesized, radiolabeled with Tc-tricarbonyl-imidazole-BPS chelation system, and biological activities were evaluated. The strategy [2 + 1] ligand is applied for tricarbonyl labeling. (5-imidazole-1-yl)pentanoic acid as a monodentate ligand and bathophenanthroline disulfonate (BPS) as a bidentate ligand formed a chelate system with Tc-tricarbonyl.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIran J Nurs Midwifery Res
April 2023
Background: Nurses are in direct contact with patients with COVID-19 and have faced much tension with the rapid spread of coronavirus. This study aimed to explore the safe coping strategies of nurses when facing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Materials And Methods: In this qualitative study, data were collected from September 20 to December 20, 2020, in Isfahan (Iran) through individual semi-structured interviews with 12 nurses working in the five referral centers for patients with COVID-19.
Providing accurate molecular imaging of the body and biological process is critical for diagnosing disease and personalizing treatment with the minimum side effects. Recently, diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals have gained more attention in precise molecular imaging due to their high sensitivity and appropriate tissue penetration depth. The fate of these radiopharmaceuticals throughout the body can be traced using nuclear imaging systems, including single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) modalities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth Sci Rep
January 2023
Background: The rapid prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a pandemic worldwide and affected the lives of millions. The potential fatality of the disease has led to global public health concerns. Apart from clinical practice, artificial intelligence (AI) has provided a new model for the early diagnosis and prediction of disease based on machine learning (ML) algorithms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultimed Tools Appl
October 2022
Today according to social media, the internet, Etc. Data is rapidly produced and occupies a large space in systems that have resulted in enormous data warehouses; the progress in information technology has significantly increased the speed and ease of data flow.text mining is one of the most important methods for extracting a useful model through extracting and adapting knowledge from data sets.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Recently biodegradable nanoparticles are the center of attention for the development of drug delivery systems. Molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) is an interesting candidate for designing drug nano-carriers. MIP-based nanoparticles could be used for cancer treatment and exhibited the potential to fill gaps regarding to ligand-based nanomaterials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPolymeric micelles (PMs) are one of Nanoscale delivery systems with high stability, loading capacity, and biocompatibility. PMs are nano-sized and spherical particles with a hydrophilic shell and hydrophobic core or reverse depending on their applications. Polymeric micelles could be synthesized by different methods, such as direct dissolution, dialysis method, and lyophilization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is common in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergoing hemodialysis. Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) increases in hemodialysis but its relationship with PAH is not completely understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between FGF-23 level and development of PAH in ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a fascinating class of crystalline porous materials composed of metal ions and organic ligands. Due to their attractive properties, MOFs can potentially offer biomedical field applications, such as drug delivery and imaging. This study aimed to systematically identify the affecting factors on the MOF characteristics and their effects on structural and biological characteristics.
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