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Transforming tumor microenvironments: nanotechnology and gene therapy in cellular signaling and epigenetic insight into chemo-resistance.

Chemoresistance remains the primary cause of cancer treatment failure, yet current understanding remains fragmented across isolated mechanistic studies. This review provides a unified framework linking tumor microenvironment (TME) signaling, epigenetic reprogramming, and nanotherapeutic intervention as an integrated axis driving and potentially reversing chemoresistance. We systematically examine how TME components: hypoxia (HIF-1α pathway), acidosis, cancer-associated fibroblasts (TGF-β/PDGF signaling), and immune cells (NF-κB-mediated immunosuppression) activate signaling cascades that direc

The Molecular Basis and Clinical Consequences of Chronic Inflammation in Prostatic Diseases: Prostatitis, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, and Prostate Cancer.

Chronic inflammation is now recognized as one of the major risk factors and molecular hallmarks of chronic prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and prostate tumorigenesis. However, the molecular mechanisms by which chronic inflammation signaling contributes to the pathogenesis of these prostate diseases are poorly understood. Previous efforts to therapeutically target the upstream (e.g., TLRs and IL1-Rs) and downstream (e.g., NF-κB subunits and cytokines) inflammatory signaling molecules in people with these conditions have been clinically ambiguous and unsatisfactory, hence foster

Pancreatic Proteolytic Enzymes and Cancer: New Support for an Old Theory.

In 1905, the embryologist John Beard first proposed that pancreatic proteolytic enzymes had potential as a treatment for cancer. His theories were dismissed by the medical world a decade later, but various practitioners have kept the concept alive through the publication of case reports of cancer patients treated with pancreatic proteolytic enzymes. In the last 2 decades, studies of the role of proteases in physiology have made it clear that they do more than digest food. This article reviews the history of the clinical use of pancreatic proteolytic enzymes in cancer treatment, and recent rese

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Chemotherapy-induced bowel ischemia: diagnostic imaging overview.

Cancer patients need multimodal therapies to treat their disease increasingly. In particular, drug treatment, as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or various associations between them are commonly used to increase efficacy. However, the use of drugs predisposes a percentage of patients to develop toxicity in multiple organs and systems. Principle chemotherapy drugs mechanism of action is cell replication inhibition, rapidly proliferating cells especially. Immunotherapy is another tumor therapy strategy based on antitumor immunity activation trough agents as CTLA4 inhibitors (ipilimumab) or PD-1/PD-

The Landscape of lncRNAs in Multiple Myeloma: Implications in the "Hallmarks of Cancer", Clinical Perspectives and Therapeutic Opportunities.

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides that are not translated into proteins. Nowadays, lncRNAs are gaining importance as key regulators of gene expression and, consequently, of several biological functions in physiological and pathological conditions, including cancer. Here, we point out the role of lncRNAs in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma (MM). We focus on their ability to regulate the biological processes identified as "hallmarks of cancer" that enable malignant cell transformation, early tumor onset and progression. The aberrant expression of lncR

Withania somnifera: Progress towards a Pharmaceutical Agent for Immunomodulation and Cancer Therapeutics.

Chemotherapy is one of the prime treatment options for cancer. However, the key issues with traditional chemotherapy are recurrence of cancer, development of resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, affordability, late-stage detection, serious health consequences, and inaccessibility. Hence, there is an urgent need to find innovative and cost-effective therapies that can target multiple gene products with minimal adverse reactions. Natural phytochemicals originating from plants constitute a significant proportion of the possible therapeutic agents. In this article, we reviewed the advances and t

Emerging advances in drug delivery systems (DDSs) for optimizing cancer complications.

The management and treatment of tumor complications pose continuous challenges due to the inherent complexity. However, the advent of drug delivery systems (DDSs) brings promising opportunities to address the tumor complications using innovative technological approaches. This review focuses on common oncological complications, including cancer thrombosis, malignant serous effusion, tumor-associated infections, cancer pain, and treatment-related complications. Emphasis was placed on the application and potential of DDSs in mitigating and treating these tumor complications, and we delved into th

Research advances in peptide‒drug conjugates.

Peptide‒drug conjugates (PDCs) are drug delivery systems consisting of a drug covalently coupled to a multifunctional peptide via a cleavable linker. As an emerging prodrug strategy, PDCs not only preserve the function and bioactivity of the peptides but also release the drugs responsively with the cleavable property of the linkers. Given the ability to significantly improve the circulation stability and targeting of drugs in vivo and reduce the toxic side effects of drugs, PDCs have already been extensively applied in drug delivery. Herein, we review the types and mechanisms of peptides, link

Pluripotent Stem Cells for Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery in Niemann-Pick Type C1.

The lysosomal storage disorders Niemann-Pick disease Type C1 (NPC1) and Type C2 (NPC2) are rare diseases caused by mutations in the NPC1 or NPC2 gene. Both NPC1 and NPC2 are proteins responsible for the exit of cholesterol from late endosomes and lysosomes (LE/LY). Consequently, mutations in one of the two proteins lead to the accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and glycosphingolipids in LE/LY, displaying a disease hallmark. A total of 95% of cases are due to a deficiency of NPC1 and only 5% are caused by NPC2 deficiency. Clinical manifestations include neurological symptoms and systemic

Unlocking the Therapeutic Potential of Algae-Derived Compounds in Hematological Malignancies.

Algae are a rich source of bioactive compounds that have a wide range of beneficial effects on human health and can show significant potential in the treatment of hematological malignancies such as leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma. These diseases often pose a therapeutic challenge despite recent advances in treatment (e.g., the use of immunomodulatory drugs, proteasome inhibitors, CD38 monoclonal antibodies, stem cell transplant, and targeted therapy). A considerable number of patients experience relapses or resistance to the applied therapies. Algal compounds, alone or in combination

Hyperammonemia: An Unusual Cause of Encephalopathy in Multiple Myeloma.

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignancy of plasma cells that commonly presents with kidney dysfunction, hypercalcemia, bone pain, and anemia. Although many patients exhibit these symptoms, other, less obvious presentations can complicate the prognosis. In this case report, we describe a 65-year-old African American female with known IgG Kappa MM, who initially presented with back pain - a common symptom associated with bone involvement in MM. However, during her hospital stay, she developed a profoundly altered mental status, which was later linked to elevated ammonia levels. Hyperammonemia is a

Cell-to-cell communication in cancer: workshop report.

Recent advances in cancer biology and the development of new research tools have enabled interrogations of single cells and cell-cell interactions. Emerging technologies are capable of revealing data on the physical characteristics of cells, differences in the genome and proteome between cancerous and healthy cells, and variations in distinct cell subpopulations. Dynamic measurements enable studies that can reveal the evolution of cell characteristics. Cells can also be assembled in vitro or ex vivo into two- and three-dimensional cell environments, allowing for studies of cell-cell interactio

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Целенаправленная деградация белка разрушает ненаркомные цели, чтобы обратить вспять иммунное уклонение и терапию устойчивости к раку.

Таргетированная деградация белков (ТД) использует эндогенные протеолитические системы — систему убиквина и протеасомы и лизосомальные пути — для селективного удаления белков, вызывающих болезни, которые не реагируют на традиционное ингибирование. В онкологической иммунотерапии ТД разрушает критические иммунодепрессивные узлы в экзоцитоплазматическом, мембранном и цитоплазматическом компартментах, перепрограммируя микросреду опухоли от иммунологически «холодной» к «горячей» состоянию. Эта статья рассматривает молекулярные принципы инженерии бифункциональных деградаторов и обобщает клинические д

Nanoparticle Strategies for Bone Metastasis Immunotherapy: Targeting, Immune Reprogramming and Combination Therapy.

Bone metastases remain one of the most clinically devastating complications of advanced cancer, particularly in breast, prostate, and lung malignancies, where they drive pain, fractures, hypercalcemia, and progressive functional decline. Their management is further complicated by a highly immunosuppressive bone microenvironment characterized by osteoclast-driven bone destruction, myeloid cell dominance, impaired antigen presentation, and weak effector T-cell infiltration, all of which limit the activity of conventional immunotherapies. In this setting, nanoparticles are emerging not merely as

Association between circulating inflammatory proteins and temporomandibular disorders: insight from a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis.

BackgroundPast studies have indicated links between specific inflammatory proteins in the bloodstream and temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). Nonetheless, there remains the need for further solid research pinpointing the exact causes behind these associations. This Mendelian randomization (MR) study aims to examine the association between 91 circulating inflammatory proteins and TMDs.MethodologyThe most comprehensive genome-wide association studies available for circulating inflammatory proteins and TMDs was used in this two-sample MR analysis. The association between genetic predispositions t

Применение MR Pinger для печати позволило получить значения T1 и T2 в мозге взрослых: системный обзор.

ВВЕДЕНИЕ: Магнитная резонансная съемка (MRI) имеет важное значение для изображений мозга, однако традиционные методы основаны на качественном контрасте, являются трудоемкими и подвержены колебаниям. Магнитный резонансный отпечаток пальцев (MRF) устраняет эти ограничения, позволяя быстро и одновременно картировать свойства многочисленных тканей, таких как T1, T2. Используя динамические параметры приобретения и предварительно составленный словарь сигналов, МРФ обеспечивает надежные качественные карты, повышая диагностическую точность и расширяя применение клинических и исследовательских технолог

" Окно " в новых представлениях о прогрессе, независимом от активности релапса в многоразовом склерозе: роль терапии и текущие перспективы.

В случае множественного склероза (МС) имеются значительные данные, указывающие на то, что как прогресс, не зависящий от активности рецидивов (ИПРА), так и ухудшение ситуации, связанное с рецидивами, способствуют накоплению постепенной инвалидности с самого начала заболевания и на протяжении всего его периода. Понимание разрозненной патофизиологии MS способствовало бы более глубокому пониманию механизмов развития заболеваний и преодолению традиционного различия в фенотипах. Похоже, что деятельность по сморщению MS поддерживается постоянным взаимодействием между паренхимными хроническими процесс

Functional magnetic resonance imaging in oncology: state of the art.

In the investigation of tumors with conventional magnetic resonance imaging, both quantitative characteristics, such as size, edema, necrosis, and presence of metastases, and qualitative characteristics, such as contrast enhancement degree, are taken into consideration. However, changes in cell metabolism and tissue physiology which precede morphological changes cannot be detected by the conventional technique. The development of new magnetic resonance imaging techniques has enabled the functional assessment of the structures in order to obtain information on the different physiological proces

Alzheimer's Disease: Cellular and Pharmacological Aspects.

Alzheimer's disease was described more than 100 years ago and despite the fact that several molecules are being tested for its treatment, which are in phase III trials, the disease continues to progress. The main problem is that these molecules function properly in healthy neurons, while neuronal pathology includes plasma membrane disruption, malfunction of various organelles, and hyperphosphorylation of Tau and amyloid plaques. The main objective of this article is the discussion of a neuronal restoration therapy, where molecules designed for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease would probabl