Background The absence of a single, identifiable traumatic cause has been traditionally
used as a definition for a causative factor of overuse injury. Excessive loading, insufficient …

Cardiovascular disease is the primary cause of morbidity and mortality among the diabetic
population. Both experimental and clinical evidence suggest that diabetic subjects are …

Plastic pollution represents a global concern for the biodiversity conservation, ecosystem
and public health. The polystyrene is one of the dominant pollutants in both terrestrial and …

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is widely regarded as a cytotoxic agent whose levels must be
minimized by the action of antioxidant defence enzymes. In fact, H2O2 is poorly reactive in …

Tartrazine and carmoisine are an organic azo dyes widely used in food products, drugs and
cosmetics. The present study conducted to evaluate the toxic effect of these coloring food …

Lipid peroxidation results in the formation of conjugated dienes, lipid hydroperoxides and
degradation products such as alkanes, aldehydes and isoprostanes. The approach to the …

Liver fibrosis can be considered as a dynamic and highly integrated cellular response to
chronic liver injury [1]. Whatever the etiology, the evolution of chronic liver disease (CLD) is …

The radiation-induced fibroatrophic process (RIF) constitutes a late, local and unavoidable
sequela to high-dose radiotherapy, traditionally considered irreversible. Today, this process …

Ionizing radiation is used to treat a variety of primary tumors, as well as to palliate metastatic
disease. Dermatologists are no strangers to this modality of therapy and, since the discovery …

Excess reactive oxygen species production and free radical formation can lead to oxidative
stress that can damage cells, tissues, and organs. Cellular oxidative stress is defined as the …