OBJECTIVES This study was undertaken to investigate the role of lipid oxidative-by-product 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE)-modified human serum albumin (HSA), chromatin, reactive oxygen species (ROS)-modified chromatin and nitric oxide (NO)-modified chromatin in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS HSA was modified by HNE. Immunogenicity of modified HSA was probed by inducing polyclonal anti...

In this paper, an unsupervised artificial neural network was implemented to identify the patters of specific signatures. The network was based on the differential expression of miRNAs (under or over expression) found in healthy or cancerous gastric tissues. Among the tissues analyzes, the neural network evaluated 514 miRNAs of gastric tissue that exhibited significant differential expression. T...

Resistance to regular treatment strategies is a big challenge in the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer. Combination of photothermal and photodynamic therapy (PTT/PDT) with chemotherapy offers unique advantages over monotherapy alone. However, free drugs, such as photosensitizers and chemotherapeutic agents, lack tumor-targeted accumulation and can be easily eliminated from the b...

12-Hydroxystearic acid (12-HSA) xerogels derived from 12-HSA-acetronitrile organogels are highly effective sorbent materials capable of adsorbing apolar, spilled materials in aqueous environments. 12-HSA xerogels made from 12-HSA-acetronitrile organogels are more effective than 12-HSA xerogels made from 12-HSA-pentane organogels because of the highly branched fibrillar networks established in a...

The mechanism of interaction between food dye amaranth and human serum albumin (HSA) in physiological buffer (pH 7.4) was investigated by fluorescence, UV-vis absorption, circular dichroism (CD), and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Results obtained from analysis of fluorescence spectra indicated that amaranth had a strong ability to quench the intrinsic fluorescence of HSA thro...

Abstract Thyroid Carcinoma (THCA) is the most common endocrine tumor that mainly treated using surgery and radiotherapy. In addition, immunotherapy a recently developed treatment option has played an essential role in management of several types tumors. However, few reports exist on use to treat THCA. The study downloaded miRNA, mRNA lncRNA data for THCA patients from TCGA database ( https://po...

OBJECTIVE Two competing hypotheses can be formulated regarding the origin of canine hemangiosarcoma (HSA). One states HSA originates from differentiated vascular endothelial cells that undergo mutations which endow them with malignant potential. The other states HSA originates from transformed hemangioblastic stem cells. This study was designed to begin to distinguish between these possibilitie...

OBJECTIVES We recently demonstrated that both 3-hydroxyphthalic anhydride (HP)- and maleic anhydride-modified chicken ovalbumin (OVA) could effectively inhibit HIV-1 infection. But because OVA may cause allergy in some human subjects, here we replaced OVA with human serum albumin (HSA) in designing a new anti-HIV-1 agent, HP-HSA, and then tested its anti-HIV-1 activity and cytotoxicity. METHO...

Human serum albumin nanoparticles (HSA-NPs) are widely-used drug delivery systems with applications in various diseases, like cancer. For intravenous administration of HSA-NPs, the particle size, surface charge, drug loading and in vitro release kinetics are important parameters for consideration. This study focuses on the development of stable HSA-NPs containing the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel...

BACKGROUND Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for more than 85% of lung cancer cases which cause most of cancer-related deaths globally. However, the results vary largely in different studies due to different platforms and sample sizes. Here, we aim to identify the key miRNAs in the carcinogenesis of NSCLC that might be potential biomarkers for this cancer. METHODS Meta-analysis was ...