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    REVIEW

    Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cells: from the lab bench to the basic concepts for clinical translation

    Yesica Romina FRONTINI-LÓPEZ1, Aldana Daniela GOJANOVICH1, Diego MASONE1,2, Diego Martín BUSTOS1,3, Marina UHART1
    BIOCELL, Vol.42, No.3, pp. 67-78, 2018, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2018.07013
    Abstract In the last years, much work has shown that the most effective repair system of the body is represented by stem cells, which are defined as undifferentiated precursors that own unlimited or prolonged self-renewal ability, which also have the potential to transform themselves into various cell types through differentiation.All tissues that form the body contain many different types of somatic cells, along with stem cells that are called ‘mesenchymal stem (or stromal) cells’ (MSC). In certain circumstances, some of these MSC migrate to injured tissues to replace dead cells or to undergo differentiation to repair… More >

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    ARTICLE

    Spontaneous running wheel improves neuroprotection efficacy of ischemic postconditioning in mice following ischemia/reperfusion injury

    Hong YE1,6,#, WeiWei Wang2,#, Yu Ding3,#, XiaoLei Liu4,#, WenJI Jia1, WeiLi Luo1, HuiJuan Fan1, HongQun Zhou1, Jin Wang1, JianLong Ju1, DongMing Zhou7, TianHao Bao5,1,*, YuHong Zhu1,*
    BIOCELL, Vol.42, No.3, pp. 79-86, 2018, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2018.04615
    Abstract Ischemic postconditioning (IP) has been shown to provide protection for ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury, but its efficacy is limited. In this study we hypothesized that spontaneous running wheel (RW) could improve neuroprotection efficacy of IP for IR. We established mouse models of IR and showed that compared to Sham group, IR group had obvious brain infract and neurological dysfunction. In IR+IP group, brain infract and neurological dysfunction improved compared to IR group. However, in IR+IP+RW group brain infract and neurological dysfunction improved much better. TUNEL assay showed that IP but not RW significantly reduced the number… More >

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    ARTICLE

    The impact of paralog genes: detection of copy number variation in spinal muscle atrophy patients

    Sergio LAURITO1, 2, Juan A. CUETO1, 3, Jimena PEREZ1, María ROQUÉ1, 2
    BIOCELL, Vol.42, No.3, pp. 87-92, 2018, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2018.07016
    Abstract Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by dysfunction of the alpha motor neurons of the spinal cord. It is an autosomal recessive disease associated to the SMN1 gene, located in the subtelomeric region of 5q13. A paralog SMN2 gene is located at the centromeric region of the same chromosome, which apparently originated by an ancestral inverted duplication occurring only in humans. The exon sequence differs in two nucleotides in exon 7 and exon 8, which leads to an SMN2 transcript that lacks exon 7 and results in a truncated protein. Part (10%) of the SMN2… More >

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    ARTICLE

    Hydrothermal preparation of TiO2-Ag nanoparticles and its antimicrobial performance against human pathogenic microbial cells in water

    Mahmoud MOUSTAFA1, 2, Saad ALAMRI1, Mohamed ELNOUBY3, Tarek TAHA4, M. A. ABU-SAIED5, Ali SHATI1, Mohamed AL-KAHTANI1, Sulaiman ALRUMMAN1
    BIOCELL, Vol.42, No.3, pp. 93-98, 2018, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2018.07014
    Abstract Water contaminated with pathogenic microbes is considered as one of the most common routes for transmitting diseases in human beings. Different methods have been applied for the decontamination of microbes in contaminated water. In the current study, an easy to do hydrothermal method has been used for the preparation of TiO2-Ag nanoparticles. The obtained material was characterised using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR). The morphological appearance of the obtained nanoparticles was in the shape of a sphere with a size range of 60-90 nm. The antimicrobial activity of the prepared More >

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    ARTICLE

    Gene expression profiling of HepG2 cells after treatment with black tea polyphenols

    Jie Zhong1,#, Li Deng2,#, Yu Jiang3, Lianhong Zou3, Huabing Yuan4, Shuang-xiang Tan1,*
    BIOCELL, Vol.42, No.3, pp. 99-104, 2018, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2018.04915
    Abstract This study aimed to determine the effects of black tea polyphenols on gene expression in hepatocellular cancer cells. The total RNA from HepG2 hepatocellular cancer cells treated with black tea polyphenols was subjected to Human 14K cDNA microarray analysis. Real-time PCR and Western blot analysis were conducted to verify microarray data. Black tea polyphenols treatment at the dose of 20 mg/L, 40 mg/L or 80 mg/L for one to three days inhibited the growth of HepG2 cells in a dose and time dependent manner. A total of 48 genes showed more than two-fold change… More >

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    ARTICLE

    Trypanosoma cruzi invasion in non-phagocytic cells: an ultrastructural study

    Juan Agustín CUETO3, Emile SANTOS BARRIAS6, Wanderley de SOUZA4, 5, Patricia Silvia ROMANO1, 2
    BIOCELL, Vol.42, No.3, pp. 105-108, 2018, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2018.07017
    Abstract Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease. This parasite requires the intracellular niche in order to proliferate and disseminate the infection. After invasion, T. cruzi resides temporarily in an acidic vacuole which is lysed by a not well-understood mechanism. Transmission electron microscopy was used to describe the process of T. cruzi escape from the parasitophorous vacuole over the time. Using HeLa (non-professional phagocytic cells) as host cell, we observed that recently internalized parasites reside in a membrane-bounded vacuole. A few hours later, the first sign of vacuole disruption appeared as membrane discontinuities. This observation was followed More >

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