Cutaneous wound healing: An update from physiopathology to current therapies

LFS Gushiken, FP Beserra, JK Bastos, CJ Jackson… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
The skin is the biggest organ of human body which acts as a protective barrier against
deleterious agents. When this barrier is damaged, the organism promotes the healing …

Shared and distinct mechanisms of fibrosis

JHW Distler, AH Györfi, M Ramanujam… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Fibrosis is defined as an excessive deposition of connective tissue components and can
affect virtually every organ system, including the skin, lungs, liver and kidney. Fibrotic tissue …

Tumor angiogenesis and vascular normalization: alternative therapeutic targets

C Viallard, B Larrivée - Angiogenesis, 2017 - Springer
Tumor blood vessels are a key target for cancer therapeutic management. Tumor cells
secrete high levels of pro-angiogenic factors which contribute to the creation of an abnormal …

Breast cancer models: Engineering the tumor microenvironment

G Bahcecioglu, G Basara, BW Ellis, X Ren, P Zorlutuna - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The mechanisms behind cancer initiation and progression are not clear. Therefore,
development of clinically relevant models to study cancer biology and drug response in …

Mechanisms of regeneration and fibrosis in the endometrium

CJ Ang, TD Skokan, KL McKinley - Annual review of cell and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The uterine lining (endometrium) regenerates repeatedly over the life span as part of its
normal physiology. Substantial portions of the endometrium are shed during childbirth …

Fertility preservation: the challenge of freezing and transplanting ovarian tissue

MM Dolmans, J Donnez, L Cacciottola - Trends in molecular medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Cancer treatments are increasingly effective, but can result in iatrogenic premature ovarian
insufficiency. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation is the only option available to preserve fertility …

The PI3K/Akt pathway: emerging roles in skin homeostasis and a group of non-malignant skin disorders

Y Teng, Y Fan, J Ma, W Lu, N Liu, Y Chen, W Pan… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) signaling pathway regulates
cell proliferation, differentiation, and migration, along with angiogenesis and metabolism …

Increased CXCL4 expression in hematopoietic cells links inflammation and progression of bone marrow fibrosis in MPN

HFE Gleitz, AJF Dugourd… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Primary myelofibrosis (PMF) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) that leads to
progressive bone marrow (BM) fibrosis. Although the cellular mutations involved in the …

The application and research progress of anti-angiogenesis therapy in tumor immunotherapy

J Tu, H Liang, C Li, Y Huang, Z Wang, X Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tumor immunotherapy, as the focus of scientific research and clinical tumor treatment in
recent years, has received extensive attention. Due to its remarkable curative effect and …

Interfering with tumor hypoxia for radiotherapy optimization

I Telarovic, RH Wenger, M Pruschy - Journal of Experimental & Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Hypoxia in solid tumors is an important predictor of treatment resistance and poor clinical
outcome. The significance of hypoxia in the development of resistance to radiotherapy has …