During the last few decades, the micronutrient zinc has proven to be an important metal ion
for a well-functioning immune system, and thus also for a suitable immune defense …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most familiar primary hepatic malignancy with a poor
prognosis. The incidence of HCC and the associated deaths have risen in recent decades …

Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) has emerged as an innovative organ preservation
technique. Developing an understanding for the donor organ immune cell composition and …

Macrophages are involved in immune defense, organogenesis and tissue homeostasis.
Macrophages contribute to the different phases of mammary gland remodeling during …

The purpose of this study was to determine the toxicological and pharmacokinetic properties
of sucralose-6-acetate, a structural analog of the artificial sweetener sucralose. Sucralose-6 …

From bacteria to plants and humans, the glutathione system plays a pleiotropic role in cell
defense against metabolic, oxidative and metal stresses. Glutathione (GSH), the γ-L …

Background/Aims Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), accounting for 75-85% of primary liver
cancer cases, is the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The purpose of …

Both myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID
(LC) are characterized by similar immunological alterations, persistence of chronic viral …

Epidermal homeostasis is governed by a balance between keratinocyte proliferation and
differentiation with contributions from cell–cell interactions, but conserved or divergent …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by motor symptoms based on a loss of
nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons and by non-motor symptoms which precede motor …