The dual effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on living organisms have become a hot
research topic in the biomedical field. Excessive ROS triggers oxidative imbalances in the …

The response of the body to a cancer is not a unique mechanism but has many parallels
with inflammation and wound healing. This article reviews the links between cancer and …

Persistent infection or chronic inflammation contributes significantly to tumourigenesis and
tumour progression. CXC motif ligand 8 (CXCL8) is a chemokine that acts as an important …

Cancer is a multi-step process and requires constitutive expression/activation of
transcription factors (TFs) for growth and survival. Many of the TFs reported so far are critical …

Abstract Micro (nano)-plastics (MP/NPs) ubiquity in the environment constitutes the global
environmental and toxicological related issues of the 21st century. MP/NPs are now …

In vitro methods are common and widely used for screening and ranking chemicals, and
have also been taken into account sporadically for risk assessment purposes in the case of …

Similar to translated thermal ablative techniques in clinic, the occurrence of cellular necrosis
during tumor photothermal therapy (PTT) would induce inflammatory responses that are …

Clinical detection of silicosis is currently dependent on radiological and lung function
abnormalities, both late manifestations of disease. Markers of prediction and early detection …

Interstitial lung disease encompasses a large group of chronic lung disorders associated
with excessive tissue remodeling, scarring, and fibrosis. The evidence of a redox imbalance …

Materials that contain fine or nanoscale particles are already produced in large quantities
and are currently re-assessed. At the same time, there is ongoing development of new and …