Exposure of Primary Human Skin Fibroblasts to Carbon Dioxide-Containing Solution Significantly Reduces TGF-β-Induced Myofibroblast Differentiation In Vitro.

Wound healing as a result of a skin injury involves a series of dynamic physiological processes, leading to wound closure, re-epithelialization, and the remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM). The primary scar formed by the new ECM never fully regains the original tissue's strength or flexibility. Moreover, in some cases, due to dysregulated fibroblast activity, proliferation, and differentiation, the normal scarring can be replaced by pathological fibrotic tissue, leading to hypertrophic scars or keloids.

Proinflammatory Cytokines Enhance the Mineralization, Proliferation, and Metabolic Activity of Primary Human Osteoblast-like Cells.

Osteoporosis is a progressive metabolic bone disease characterized by decreased bone density and microarchitectural deterioration, leading to an increased risk of fracture, particularly in postmenopausal women and the elderly. Increasing evidence suggests that inflammatory processes play a key role in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis and are strongly associated with the activation of osteoclasts, the cells responsible for bone resorption. In the present study, we investigated, for the first time, the influence of proinflammatory cytokines on the osteogenic differentiation, proliferation, and metabolic activity of primary human osteoblast-like cells (OBs) derived from the femoral heads of elderly patients.

Plasma Applications in Biomedicine: A Groundbreaking Intersection between Physics and Life Sciences.

Plasma applications in biomedicine represent a groundbreaking intersection between physics and life sciences, unveiling novel approaches to disease treatment and tissue regeneration [...