Rational design of immunomodulatory hydrogels for chronic wound healing

M Kharaziha, A Baidya, N Annabi - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With all the advances in tissue engineering for construction of fully functional skin tissue,
complete regeneration of chronic wounds is still challenging. Since immune reaction to the …

Macrophage M1/M2 polarization

C Yunna, H Mengru, W Lei, C Weidong - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Macrophages can be affected by a variety of factors to change their phenotype and thus
affect their function. Activated macrophages are usually divided into two categories, M1-like …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular miRNAs: from biomarkers to mediators of physiology and disease

MA Mori, RG Ludwig, R Garcia-Martin, BB Brandão… - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
miRNAs can be found in serum and other body fluids and serve as biomarkers for disease.
More importantly, secreted miRNAs, especially those in extracellular vesicles (EVs) such as …

Bone repair biomaterials: a perspective from immunomodulation

Y Wang, H Zhang, Y Hu, Y Jing… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With an increasingly aging society, bone defects and fractures have become significant
threats to human health and quality of life. Currently, autologous and allogeneic bone grafts …

[HTML][HTML] Mesenchymal stem/stromal cell-derived exosomes for immunomodulatory therapeutics and skin regeneration

DH Ha, H Kim, J Lee, HH Kwon, GH Park, SH Yang… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Exosomes are nano-sized vesicles that serve as mediators for cell-to-cell communication.
With their unique nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids cargo compositions that reflect the …

[HTML][HTML] Metazoan micrornas

DP Bartel - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are∼ 22 nt RNAs that direct posttranscriptional repression of mRNA
targets in diverse eukaryotic lineages. In humans and other mammals, these small RNAs …

M2b macrophage polarization and its roles in diseases

L Wang, S Zhang, H Wu, X Rong… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Macrophages play an important role in a wide variety of physiologic and pathologic
processes. Plasticity and functional polarization are hallmarks of macrophages …

MicroRNAs as regulators, biomarkers and therapeutic targets in liver diseases

X Wang, Y He, B Mackowiak, B Gao - Gut, 2021 - gut.bmj.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that post-transcriptionally regulate gene
expression by binding to specific mRNA targets and promoting their degradation and/or …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage polarization and its role in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome

X Chen, J Tang, W Shuai, J Meng, J Feng, Z Han - Inflammation Research, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Macrophages are highly plastic cells. Under different stimuli, macrophages can be
polarized into several different subsets. Two main macrophage subsets have been …

MSC‐derived exosome promotes M2 polarization and enhances cutaneous wound healing

X He, Z Dong, Y Cao, H Wang, S Liu… - Stem cells …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation (MSCT) promotes cutaneous wound healing.
Numerous studies have shown that the therapeutic effects of MSCT appear to be mediated …