Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand)
July 2025
Flavonoids have recently been shown to be useful to people suffering from vascular disorders caused by a high-fat diet (HFD). The flavonoid rutin (RT) exhibits numerous pharmacological effects, including antioxidant, cytoprotective, vasoprotective, and cardioprotective activities. The primary objective of this research was to assess the efficacy of RT against obesity-related vascular endothelial dysfunction (VED) in rats fed HFD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Several severe disorders, such as inherited diseases (e.g. cystic fibrosis and beta thalassemia), genetic diseases (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Biosci (Landmark Ed)
May 2025
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of selected phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors (PDE-4 inhibitors)-roflumilast, ibudilast, and crisaborole-on the activity of blood coagulation factor XII (FXII). In the intrinsic coagulation pathway, FXII is known to initiate the kallikrein-kinin system (KKS), causing an increase in the system expression, which ultimately leads to inflammation and coagulation states. Additionally, the activation of KKS downstream effectors leads to inflammation.
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April 2025
Identifying novel biomarkers is a reliable approach to predict and diagnose human diseases as well as manage individual responses to therapeutic drugs. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones that play a major role in maintaining protein stability and folding. Many studies suggested their association with multiple types of diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCrit Rev Ther Drug Carrier Syst
June 2025
Lung cancer has the second highest occurrence and lowest survival rate among all cancers and incidence rates are increasing. From the tumor milieu, tumors exude chemokines and cytokines that hassle the pulmonary drug administration hinders the success of treatment. A few mutations lead to generation of lungs cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNaunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol
May 2025
Thioacetamide (TAA), an established liver toxic chemical, is used to develop experimental models of liver injury by inducing inflammation, oxidative stress, and apoptosis. The current study investigates the hepatoprotective effect of diosmetin (DSM), a bioflavonoid molecule, with mechanistic investigations using an in vivo TAA-induced liver injury model because there is no precedence. In the current investigation, 30 Wistar rats were randomly assigned to five groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancer has become a significant public health concern worldwide. It is a group of diseases, often resulting from the dysregulation of multiple cellular pathways involved in differentiation, cell proliferation, cell cycle regulation, and DNA repair. These disruptions are primarily caused by genetic mutation and epigenetic alterations which lead to uncontrolled growth and tumor formation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe ketogenic diet (KD) has been emphasized as a complementary strategy for management of several clinical conditions including cancer. Therefore, in this study we explored the effect of KD in mammary gland carcinoma through in-vitro and in-vivo studies. In-vitro studies were performed on MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells with different experimental conditions such as high glucose (HG), low glucose (LG) and no glucose(NG) in conjugation with β-hydroxy butyrate(BHB) treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) is an important transcription factor regulating glycolysis, angiogenesis, metastasis, and erythropoiesis under hypoxic conditions in solid tumors. Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) have emerged as a promising therapeutic approach for solid tumors by selectively silencing target genes. This study explored siRNA-mediated degradation of HIF-1α by specifically targeting HIF-1α mRNA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater
May 2025
Nanoemulsions are tiny mixtures of water and oil stabilized by surfactants, and they have become increasingly popular across various industries, including medicine. With droplet sizes in the nanometer scale, these mixtures are both compact and effective. This discussion explores the potential of polysaccharide-based nanotechnology as an innovative approach to drug delivery.
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March 2025
Psoriasis has been a rising concern for over a decade, imposing significant challenges to individuals and society. Traditional topical therapy is non-targeted and acts systemically, with associated side effects. This increases the global burden both socially and economically.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the present study, we aim to identify a potential drug candidate that targets the Monocarboxylate Transporter-4 (MCT-4) protein. Syrosingopine (SRY) is a well-established inhibitor of lactate transport through MCT-4. We screened 2,11,192 potential leads through ZINC database, which were atleast 50 % structurally similar with SYR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMonocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT-4) is involved in various metabolic processes which are crucial in maintaining cellular pH and energy metabolism, and thus influence the tumor microenvironment. The study is aimed to rationally design effective Small interfering RNA (siRNA) that can silence MCT-4. We utilized a comprehensive workflow integrating multiple tools such as siDirect version 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHypoxia inducible factors (HIFs) are heterodimeric proteins that belong to a small group of transcription factors, which mainly regulates transcription of genes under hypoxic conditions. Particularly, oxygen sensing subunit of HIF-1α is a predominant subtype that heterodimerizes with oxygen-independent HIF-1β subunit, to trigger the transcription of hypoxia responsive genes. Due to poor supply of blood and rapid division of cancerous cells, tumor microenvironment exhibits low oxygen condition and therefore increased levels of HIF-1α.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMammary gland carcinoma is one of the most prevalent and deadly diseases among women globally. It is a type of solid malignant tumor. In this malignant tumor, the microenvironment becomes hypoxic in rapidly proliferating cancer cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurr Protein Pept Sci
February 2025
The biotechnology field has witnessed rapid advancements, leading to the development of numerous proteins and peptides (PPs) for disease management. The production and isolation of bioactive milk peptides (BAPs) involve enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation, followed by purification through various techniques such as ultrafiltration and chromatography. The nutraceutical potential of bioactive milk peptides has gained significant attention in nutritional research, as these peptides may regulate blood sugar levels, mitigate oxidative stress, improve cardiovascular health, gut health, bone health, and immune responses, and exhibit anticancer properties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancer Cell Int
June 2024
Lung cancer (LC) ranks second most prevalent cancer in females after breast cancer and second in males after prostate cancer. Based on the GLOBOCAN 2020 report, India represented 5.9% of LC cases and 8.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLung cancer (LC) is the most common cancer in males. As per GLOBOCAN 2020, 8.1 % of deaths and 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to develop a delivery system for the dried aqueous extract of leaves (RCE) that could improve the neuroprotective potential of RCE by improving the bioavailability of the chief chemical constituent rubiadin. Rubiadin, an anthraquinone chemically, is a biomarker phytoconstituent of RCE. Rubiadin is reported to have strong antioxidant and neuroprotective activity but demonstrates poor bioavailability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInhibition of prolylhydroxylase-2 (PHD-2) in both normoxic and hypoxic cells is a critical component of solid tumours. The present study aimed to identify small molecules with PHD-2 activation potential. Virtually screening 4342 chemical compounds for structural similarity to R59949 and docking with PHD-2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnemia is a severe health issue that affects around one-third of the global population. Therefore, the present study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis to investigate the research trends regarding advancements on iron formulations in treating iron deficiency anemia via oral or parenteral route. This study adopts thematic and bibliometric methods on existing research on novel iron formulations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPulmonary diseases like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, lung fibrosis, and lung cancer pose a significant burden to global human health. Many of these complications arise as a result of exposure to particulate matter (PM), which has been examined in several preclinical and clinical trials for its effect on several respiratory diseases. Particulate matter of size less than 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNormoxic inactivation of prolyl hydroxylase-2 (PHD-2) in tumour microenvironment paves the way for cancer cells to thrive under the influence of HIF-1α and NF-κB. Henceforth, the present study is aimed to identify small molecule activators of PHD-2. A virtual screening was conducted on a library consisting of 265,242 chemical compounds, with the objective of identifying molecules that exhibit structural similarities to the furan chalcone scaffold.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPollution is ubiquitous, and much of it is anthropogenic in nature, which is a severe risk factor not only for respiratory infections or asthma sufferers but also for Alzheimer's disease, which has received a lot of attention recently. This Review aims to investigate the primary environmental risk factors and their profound impact on Alzheimer's disease. It underscores the pivotal role of multidimensional imaging in early disease identification and prevention.
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