Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) has gradually become the mainstream material for preparing
orthopedic implants due to its similar elastic modulus to human bone, high strength …

Polysaccharide-based nanoparticles have fascinated attention as a vesicle of different
pharmaceutical agents due to their unique multi-functional groups in addition to their …

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) as one major part of the glycocalyx are involved in many
essential biological cell processes, as well as in many courses of diseases. Because of the …

Caffeine, a xanthine alkaloid compound, is consumed widely and daily by humans, as it is
present in several regular beverages such as tea, coffee, soda beverages, and some drugs …

Despite the progress in the therapy of ulcerative colitis (UC), long-lasting UC remission can
hardly be achieved in the majority of UC patients. The key pathological characteristics of UC …

Chondroitin sulfate (CS), a natural anionic mucopolysaccharide, belonging to the
glycosaminoglycan family, acts as the primary element of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of …

The geographic origins of populations can be identified by their maternally inherited
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups. This study compared human cybrids (cytoplasmic …

Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is recommended as a therapeutic intervention in the multimodal
approach of osteoarthritis (OA) management. CS has been studied extensively to describe …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have long been considered as pathological agents
inducing apoptosis under adverse culture conditions. However, recent findings have …

Hydrogels are highly biocompatible biomaterials composed of crosslinked three-
dimensional networks of hydrophilic polymers. Owing to their natural origin, polysaccharide …