Evolving cognition of the JAK-STAT signaling pathway: autoimmune disorders and cancer

C Xue, Q Yao, X Gu, Q Shi, X Yuan, Q Chu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
The Janus kinase (JAK) signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway
is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism of transmembrane signal transduction that …

A role for vitamin D and the vitamin D receptor in keloid disorder

JM Hahn, KA Combs, HM Powell… - Wound Repair and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Keloids are disfiguring fibroproliferative lesions that can occur in susceptible individuals
following any skin injury. They are extremely challenging to treat, with relatively low …

Characterization of the skin keloid microenvironment

M Zhang, H Chen, H Qian, C Wang - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2023 - Springer
Keloids are a fibroproliferative skin disorder that develops in people of all ages. Keloids
exhibit some cancer-like behaviors, with similar genetic and epigenetic modifications in the …

Insights into How Plant-Derived Extracts and Compounds Can Help in the Prevention and Treatment of Keloid Disease: Established and Emerging Therapeutic …

YC Boo - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Keloid is a disease in which fibroblasts abnormally proliferate and synthesize excessive
amounts of extracellular matrix, including collagen and fibronectin, during the healing …

Wnt5a/β-catenin-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition: a key driver of subretinal fibrosis in neovascular age-related macular degeneration

D Liu, J Du, H Xie, H Tian, L Lu, C Zhang, GT Xu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), accounts for up to
90% of AMD-associated vision loss, ultimately resulting in the formation of fibrotic scar in the …

Hydrogel loaded with components for therapeutic applications in hypertrophic scars and keloids

Y Zhong, Y Zhang, B Lu, Z Deng, Z Zhang… - International Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Hypertrophic scars and keloids are common fibroproliferative diseases following injury.
Patients with pathologic scars suffer from impaired quality of life and psychological health …

Platelet concentrates may affect the formation of pathological scars by regulating epithelial to mesenchymal transition

J Tian, D Shi, C Long, J Ding, H You, X He, B Cheng - Medical Hypotheses, 2024 - Elsevier
Pathological scars or abnormal scars, which include hypertrophic scars and keloids, are
scar formations that sometimes occur during the wound healing process. The pathogenesis …

[HTML][HTML] TWEAK/Fn14 signaling may function as a reactive compensatory mechanism against extracellular matrix accumulation in keloid fibroblasts

Y Zhang, X Li, W Liu, G Hu, H Gu, X Cui… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Overabundance of the extracellular matrix resulting from hyperproliferation of keloid
fibroblasts (KFs) and dysregulation of apoptosis represents the main pathophysiology …

Microenvironment-regulated dual-hydrophilic coatings for glaucoma valve surface engineering

S Zhang, Y Liu, L Li, B Wang, Z Zhang, S Chen… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Glaucoma valves (GVs) play an essential role in treating glaucoma. However, fibrosis after
implantation has limited their long-term success in clinical applications. In this study, we …

Biological clock regulation by the PER gene family: a new perspective on tumor development

K Chen, Y Wang, D Li, R Wu, J Wang, W Wei… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Period (PER) gene family is one of the core components of the circadian clock, with
substantial correlations between the PER genes and cancers identified in extensive …