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Rheumatic Diseases: Pathophysiology, Targeted Therapy, Focus on Vascular and Pulmonary Manifestations
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This e-book summarises the latest advances in the rheumatic diseases with a focus on the recent efforts of vascular and pulmonary manifestations and anticipate the new and future directions of these research topic. Rheumatic diseases represent a heterogeneous group of severe autoimmune disorders. The present Special Issue aims to provide an overview of the complexity of vascular and pulmonary manifestations of rheumatologic diseases and helps in knowledge to manage them. The eleven published articles here collected underline the complexity of rheumatic diseases and the difficult to treated them. The manuscripts provide an overview of the pathophysiology and current treatment regimes of these disorders, highlighting tools which assist with diagnosis, risk stratification and therapy. Finally, we underline the importance of a multidisciplinary team working using the skills of clinicians, radiologists, and pathologists.


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Present and Future of Personalised Medicine for Endocrine Cancers
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Major technological advances in genomics have made it possible to identify critical genetic alterations in cancer, rendering oncology well along the path to “personalised cancer medicine”. Thanks to developments in genetics, several mutations and gene rearrangements have been identified in patients with endocrine cancers (e.g., thyroid and adrenocortical carcinoma). In particular, each patient can be considered as a unique, individual one, with unique genetic information. The aim of this Special Issue is to offer an overview of exciting new research in the area of endocrine tumours may set the stage for an innovative personalised management and precision medicine modalities for individualised care.New affordable individual genomic analyses, as well as the opportunity to test new compounds in primary cells may allow a personalised management of patients with endocrine malignancies. This approach may improve the prediction of clinical outcome and therapeutic effectiveness, as well as help to avoid the use of ineffective drugs. However, further efforts are needed to obtain an adjustment of clinical management in patients with endocrine cancers that would rely solely or in great part on genetic information. This Special Issue includes basic, translational, and clinical papers on personalised medicine in endocrine malignancies (i.e., thyroid and adrenal), especially focusing on diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, as well as novel drug targets or targeted treatments, including eventual clinical trials.


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Lysosomal Storage Disorders: Molecular Basis and Therapeutic Approaches
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Lysosomal storage disorders are a heterogenoeus group of rare genetic conditions affecting worldwide population and often exhibiting severe clinical manifestations. During the last two decades, the joined collaboration between scientists and clinicians has allowed to offer valuable therapeutic options to affected patients. Therefore, the tight connection between basic science and clinical medicine represents the gold standard approach to these disorders. In this context, the present book collects a piece of current scientific advances in the knowledge of disease pathogenesis and in the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for some of these diseases. Altogether, these articles define and recapitulate which essential steps are required during the clinical management of a rare inherited disorder and describe forthcoming advances and a breakthrough in the field of lysosomal diseases.

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mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB --- quantitative proteomics --- NAGLU --- lysosomes --- Gaucher disease --- bone involvement --- enzyme replacement therapy --- substrate reduction therapy --- Osteoimmunology --- RANK/RANKL --- Osteopontin --- MIP-1β --- mucolipidosis II --- sortilin --- TGF-beta --- cathepsin D --- Fabry disease --- alpha-galactosidase A --- endocytosis --- lysosome --- IGF2R/M6P --- clathrin --- chloroquine --- lysosomal diseases --- precision medicine --- pharmacological chaperones --- gene therapy. --- Pompe disease --- lysosomal targeting --- autophagy --- gene therapy --- muscle --- satellite cells --- rhGAA --- glycogen --- lysosomal α-glucosidase --- GAA biomarker --- Gaucher Disease --- Wnt/β-catenin --- Dkk1 --- Wnt3a --- iPSC --- neuronopathy --- Krabbe disease --- Twitcher mouse --- psychosine --- visual system --- visual cortex --- astrogliosis --- mucopolysaccharidosis type I --- Hurler syndrome --- hematopoietic stem cell transplantations --- animal models --- experimental therapies --- axon guidance --- lysosomal storage disorders --- neuronal circuit --- α-galactosidase A --- A4GALT --- globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) --- globotriaosyl-sphingosine (lysoGb3) --- pharmacological chaperone therapy --- exosomes --- endocytic pathways --- neurodegenerative disease --- Parkinson disease --- lysosomal storage disorder --- viral vectors --- newborn screening --- variant interpretation --- second tier test --- tandem mass spectrometry --- lyso-Gb3 --- dried blood spot --- GLA gene --- globotriaosylsphingosine --- biomarkers


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The Retina in Health and Disease
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Vision is the most important sense in higher mammals. The retina is the first step in visual processing and the window to the brain. It is not surprising that problems arising in the retina lead to moderate to severe visual impairments. We offer here a collection of reviews as well as original papers dealing with various aspects of retinal function as well as dysfunction. New approaches in retinal research are described, such as the expression and localization of the endocannabinoid system in the normal retina and the role of cannabinoid receptors that could offer new avenues of research in the development of potential treatments for retinal diseases. Moreover, new insights are offered in advancing knowledge towards the prevention and cure of visual pathologies, mainly AMD, RP, and diabetic retinopathy.

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eye --- retina --- development --- vascularization --- hypoxia --- autophagy --- programmed cell death --- cellular senescence --- retinogenesis --- altricial bird species --- precocial bird species --- senescence-associated galactosidase activity --- diabetes mellitus --- retinopathy --- microvascular --- complication --- optical coherence tomography --- angiography --- black --- African-American --- systemic disease --- biomarker --- retinal degenerative diseases --- mesenchymal stem cells --- stem cell therapy --- experimental models --- clinical trials --- AMD --- age-related macular degeneration --- trichostatin A (TSA) --- HDAC --- histone deacetylase --- vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) --- retinal degeneration --- endoplasmic reticulum --- stress response --- unfolded protein response --- GRP78 --- retinal glial cell --- diabetic retinopathy --- zebrafish --- neurovascular unit --- microvascular complications and dysfunction --- metabolism --- motor protein --- myosin 1C --- photoreceptor --- rhodopsin --- outer segments --- visual function --- macroglia --- astrocytes --- Müller cells --- optic nerve crush --- retinal ganglion cells --- spinal cord injury --- signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 --- epidermal growth factor --- Drp1 --- apoptosis --- mitochondria --- microglia --- neurodegeneration --- multiple sclerosis --- retinal microglia --- microglia morphotype --- light damage --- functional analysis --- early detection --- remodeling --- lactate --- GPR81 --- HCAR1 --- growth cone --- dLGN --- axon --- 3,5-DHBA --- kallikrein-kinin system --- kinin receptors --- GFAP --- osteopontin --- retinal detachment --- diabetes --- antioxidants --- bioenergetics --- respiration --- ATP --- glucagon-like peptide-1 --- exendin-4 --- catalase --- immunohistochemistry --- electron microscopy --- Charles Bonnet syndrome --- EEG --- visual hallucination --- resting state --- high-fat diet --- gut microbiome --- gut-retina axis --- RNA sequencing --- germ-free mice --- complement cascade --- angiogenesis --- retinal inflammation --- AII amacrine cell --- Prox1 --- parvalbumin --- gap junction --- eccentricity --- ON/OFF asymmetry --- arterioles --- betulinic acid --- ischemia-reperfusion injury --- reactive oxygen species --- retinal vessels --- retinal fluorescence imaging --- amyloid --- cognitive decline --- Alzheimer’s disease --- optic neuritis --- oxidative stress --- neuroprotection --- fingolimod --- iPSC-RPE --- retinal pigment epithelium --- immunodeficient RCS rat --- ultrathin parylene --- retinal transplantation --- CD4+CD25+ --- inflammation --- iPSC --- typical cannabinoid receptors --- atypical cannabinoid receptors --- electroretinography --- monkeys --- visual system --- eye inflammation --- lipopolysaccharide --- natural bioactive extracts --- Ac2-26 --- FPR receptor --- inflammatory mediators --- retinal light injury --- LED screen --- optical filter --- retinal protection --- regeneration --- progenitor cell --- hyperglycemia --- photoreceptors --- neurod --- Notch --- n/a --- Müller cells --- Alzheimer's disease


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Cancer Nanomedicine
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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This special issue brings together cutting edge research and insightful commentary on the currentl state of the Cancer Nanomedicine field.

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antibody drug conjugate (ADC) --- PD-L1 --- tumor spheroid disruption --- immune modulation --- doxorubicin --- graphene oxide --- adsorption --- cathepsin D --- cathepsin L --- anti-metastatic enzyme cancer therapy --- nanoparticles --- targeted delivery system --- siRNA --- osteopontin --- mammary carcinoma --- mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) --- TAT peptide --- PLGA --- paclitaxel --- nano-engineered MSCs --- orthotopic lung tumor model --- intracranial glioma --- immunotherapy --- CPMV --- viral nanoparticles --- in situ vaccine --- albumin nanoparticles --- microbubble --- ultrasound --- theranostics --- hepatocellular carcinoma --- VX2 tumor --- intra-arterial chemotherapy --- lung cancer --- nanomedicine --- clinical status --- cancer therapy --- breast cancer --- cell signaling --- active targeting --- passive targeting --- EPR effect --- oncogenes --- nanoparticle --- drug delivery --- ligand --- tumor targeting --- biodistribution --- Mesoporous silica nanoparticle --- drug delivery system --- target treatment --- lanthanide metal --- hyaluronic acid --- hyaluronidase --- drug combination --- everolimus --- dual-targeting --- magnetic nanoparticles --- monoclonal antibodies --- nanostructured lipid carrier --- platelet membrane --- biomimicry --- plasmonic photothermal therapy --- gold nanorods --- surgery --- bleeding --- dogs --- cats --- stimuli-responsive --- DOX --- SN38 --- CSCs --- single-walled carbon nanotubes --- chirality separation --- NASH --- drug-gene delivery --- near IR hyperspectral imaging --- plasmonics --- copper --- VEGF --- glioblastoma --- differentiated neuroblastoma --- peptidomimetics --- real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) --- actin --- combinatorial therapy --- anticancer and antibacterial activity --- temoporfin --- drug-in-cyclodextrin-in-liposome --- hybrid nanoparticles --- multicellular tumor spheroids --- cyclodextrins --- photodynamic therapy article --- yet reasonably common within the subject discipline --- antitumor strategy --- biomimetic core–shell nanoparticles --- NK cell-derived exosomes --- folate receptor --- albumin nanoparticle --- microfluidic --- cabazitaxel --- polydopamine nanoparticles --- size --- cytotoxicity --- iron affinity --- FA-DABA-SMA --- self-assembly --- oncogenic proteins --- intracellular disruption --- folic receptor alpha --- pancreatic cancer --- parvifloron D --- albumin --- erlotinib --- photodynamic therapy --- lipid nanoparticles --- tumor vectorization --- verteporfin --- ovarian carcinomatosis --- spheroids --- integrin --- RGD peptide --- cancer diagnosis --- radiotherapy --- hyperthermia therapy --- biomimetic --- nanocarrier --- membrane-wrapped --- cancer --- targeted delivery --- photothermal therapy --- imaging --- cancer nanomedicine --- tumor microenvironment --- nano–bio interactions --- clinical translation --- magnetic nanowires --- magnetic hyperthermia --- magnetic actuation --- magnetic drug targeting --- titanate nanotubes --- gold nanoparticles --- vectorization --- colloidal stability --- docetaxel --- prostate cancer --- mangiferin --- anti-topoisomerase activity --- extracellular vesicles --- exosomes --- chemico-physical functionalization --- loading --- translational medicine --- nanotechnology: bioengineering --- anacardic acid --- mitoxantrone --- targeted drug delivery --- liposomes --- melanoma --- apoptosis --- ascorbic acid --- angiogenesis --- epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition --- hypoxia --- immunosuppression --- metabolism --- nanotherapeutics --- tumour microenvironment --- DNA origami --- liposome --- remote loading --- acute toxicity --- organoids --- magnetic silica-coated iron oxide nanochains --- photothermal treatment --- hyperthermia --- collagen --- cellular microenvironment --- lymphadenectomy --- magnetometer --- sentinel lymph node dissection --- SPION --- superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles --- Vδ2 T cells --- zoledronic acid --- polymeric nanoconstruct --- anti-tumor immunity --- colorectal carcinoma --- β-cyclodextrin nanosponges --- BALB-neuT mice --- brain tumours --- glioma --- blood brain barrier --- polymeric nanoparticles --- PEGylation --- dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine --- poly(hydroxyethyl acrylate-co-allyl methyl sulfide) copolymer --- folate --- oxidation-sensitive release --- cellular interaction --- in vitro anti-cancer activity --- triple negative breast cancer --- organotin --- mesoporous silica nanoparticles --- MDA-MB-231 --- theranostic nanomaterials --- nanobiotechnology --- molecular imaging --- nanosystems --- nanomicelles --- ovarian cancer --- tumour targeting --- chemotherapeutics --- riboflavin --- vitamin B2 --- nanomedicines --- secondary structure --- mixed micelle --- pH responsive --- targeted therapy --- anti-cancer --- shear stress --- flow --- in vitro --- therapeutics --- diagnostics --- Immunotherapy

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