Advancing biomaterials of human origin for tissue engineering

FM Chen, X Liu - Progress in polymer science, 2016 - Elsevier
Biomaterials have played an increasingly prominent role in the success of biomedical
devices and in the development of tissue engineering, which seeks to unlock the …

A review of bioactive plant polysaccharides: Biological activities, functionalization, and biomedical applications

J Liu, S Willför, C Xu - Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre, 2015 - Elsevier
Natural polysaccharides from different sources have long been studied and widely used in
different areas, such as food and feed, medicine and pharmaceutics, and in papermaking. In …

Gene size matters: an analysis of gene length in the human genome

I Lopes, G Altab, P Raina, JOP De Magalhães - Frontiers in genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
While it is expected for gene length to be associated with factors such as intron number and
evolutionary conservation, we are yet to understand the connections between gene length …

Sources, extraction and biomedical properties of polysaccharides

S Ullah, AA Khalil, F Shaukat, Y Song - Foods, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the recent era, bioactive compounds from plants have received great attention because of
their vital health-related activities, such as antimicrobial activity, antioxidant activity …

Modulation of endothelial glycocalyx structure under inflammatory conditions

H Kolářová, B Ambrůzová… - Mediators of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The glycocalyx of the endothelium is an intravascular compartment that creates a barrier
between circulating blood and the vessel wall. The glycocalyx is suggested to play an …

Advances and challenges in biotechnological production of chondroitin sulfate and its oligosaccharides

W Zhang, R Xu, J Chen, H Xiong, Y Wang… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is a member of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and has critical
physiological functions. CS is widely applied in medical and clinical fields. Currently, the …

Nanomedicine-based technologies and novel biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease: from current to future challenges

A Cano, P Turowski, M Ettcheto, JT Duskey… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Increasing life expectancy has led to an aging population, which has consequently
increased the prevalence of dementia. Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of …

Therapeutic potential and main methods of obtaining selenium nanoparticles

EG Varlamova, EA Turovsky, EV Blinova - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review presents the latest data on the importance of selenium nanoparticles in human
health, their use in medicine, and the main known methods of their production by various …

Cognitive stimulation in the workplace, plasma proteins, and risk of dementia: three analyses of population cohort studies

M Kivimäki, KA Walker, J Pentti, ST Nyberg, N Mars… - Bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objectives To examine the association between cognitively stimulating work and
subsequent risk of dementia and to identify protein pathways for this association. Design …

A peptide for targeted, systemic delivery of imaging and therapeutic compounds into acute brain injuries

AP Mann, P Scodeller, S Hussain, J Joo… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major health and socio-economic problem, but no
pharmacological agent is currently approved for the treatment of acute TBI. Thus, there is a …