Silk Sericin and Its Effect on Skin Wound Healing: A State of the Art.

Despite the significant progress in wound healing, chronic skin wounds remain a challenge for today's medicine. Due to the growing popularity of natural materials, silk protein-based dressings are gaining more attention in this field. Most studies refer to silk fibroin because sericin has been considered a waste product for years.

Beneficial Effect of Wound Dressings Containing Silver and Silver Nanoparticles in Wound Healing-From Experimental Studies to Clinical Practice.

Impaired wound healing affects hundreds of million people around the world; therefore, chronic wounds are a major problem not only for the patient, but also for already overloaded healthcare systems. Chronic wounds are always very susceptible to infections. Billions of dollars are spent to discover new antibiotics as quickly as possible; however, bacterial resistance against antibiotics is rising even faster.

Silk Fibroin Biomaterials and Their Beneficial Role in Skin Wound Healing.

The skin, acting as the outer protection of the human body, is most vulnerable to injury. Wound healing can often be impaired, leading to chronic, hard-to-heal wounds. For this reason, searching for the most effective dressings that can significantly enhance the wound healing process is necessary.

Mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin as a predictor of in-hospital mortality in adult patients with COVID-19: a single-centre prospective study.

Background: To determine the predictive value of mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proADM) compared to routine clinical and laboratory parameters in patients with COVID-19.

Methods: A total of 135 adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were included in a prospective single-centre study. In addition to routine parameters, the levels of MR-proADM in blood plasma were measured on the day of hospitalization.

Transthoracic Echocardiography-Based Prediction Model of Adverse Event Risk in Patients with COVID-19.

Cardiopulmonary disorders cause a significant increase in the risk of adverse events in patients with COVID-19. Therefore, the development of new diagnostic and treatment methods for comorbid disorders in COVID-19 patients is one of the main public health challenges. The aim of the study was to analyze patient survival and to develop a predictive model of survival in adults with COVID-19 infection based on transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) parameters.

Keratin Biomaterials in Skin Wound Healing, an Old Player in Modern Medicine: A Mini Review.

Impaired wound healing is a major medical problem. To solve it, researchers around the world have turned their attention to the use of tissue-engineered products to aid in skin regeneration in case of acute and chronic wounds. One of the primary goals of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is to develop a matrix or scaffold system that mimics the structure and function of native tissue.

Electrophoretic Determination of Trimethylamine (TMA) in Biological Samples as a Novel Potential Biomarker of Cardiovascular Diseases Methodological Approach.

In competitive athletes, the differential diagnosis between nonpathological changes in cardiac morphology associated with training (commonly referred to as "athlete's heart") and certain cardiac diseases with the potential for sudden death is an important and not uncommon clinical problem. The use of noninvasive, fast, and cheap analytical techniques can help in making diagnostic differentiation and planning subsequent clinical strategies. Recent studies have demonstrated the role of gut microbiota and their metabolites in the onset and the development of cardiovascular diseases.

Anemia as a Risk Factor for Organ Dysfunctions in Patients Operated on Heart Valves.

Aim      To study the effects of pre- and postoperative anemia on the risk and the structure of internal organ dysfunction in patients undergoing surgery for acquired heart diseases (AHD).Material and methods  This was a retrospective cohort study including 610 primarily operated patients with AHD. A comparative analysis of the incidence and the structure of internal organ dysfunction was performed, and the likelihood of intraoperative hemotransfusion was determined for patients with preoperative anemia (Hb <130 g/l) and without it.

Keratin Scaffolds Containing Casomorphin Stimulate Macrophage Infiltration and Accelerate Full-Thickness Cutaneous Wound Healing in Diabetic Mice.

Impaired wound healing is a major medical challenge, especially in diabetics. Over the centuries, the main goal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine has been to invent biomaterials that accelerate the wound healing process. In this context, keratin-derived biomaterial is a promising candidate due to its biocompatibility and biodegradability.

[Right ventricular systolic dysfunction as a predictor of adverse outcome in patients with COVID-19].

Aim To analyze survival of patients with COVID-19 based on echocardiographic (EchoCG) criteria for evaluation of the right ventricular (RV) systolic function.Material and methods Data of patients were retrospectively evaluated at the Center for Medical Care of Patients with Coronavirus Infection. Among 142 primarily evaluated patients with documented COVID-19, 110 patients (men/women, 63/47; mean age, 62.

Randomized investigation of the bioavailability of fluoride in saliva after administration of sodium fluoride, amine fluoride and fluoride containing bioactive glass dentifrices.

Objectives: Bioactive glasses which degrade in aqueous solutions may release bioactive ions such as fluoride (F) and support fluoride bioavailability in saliva. We investigated how these effects would be apparent in an in vivo experimental trial after toothbrushing in comparison with sodium fluoride and amine fluoride.

Material And Methods: In this single-center, randomized, parallel in vivo trial with a three strata block design, where healthy subjects were randomly assigned into three groups.

[Serological and molecular methods in diagnostics of primary acute hepatitis caused with human herpesvirus type 6 - a case report].

Introduction: HHV-6 has been identified as the etiologic agent of exanthema subitum in infants and acute febrile illness in young children, although primary HHV-6 infection in immunocompetent adolescents and adults is very rare. We report the case of acute hepatitis in an 18-year-old man without any immunological dysfunctions.

Material And Methods: Full virological examination of sera samples was performed.

[LEVOSIMENDAN--THE FIRST 10 YEARS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE].

The article deals with a survey of the main pharmacological effects of levosimendane. Special attention is paid to cardiac and organ protective properties of the medication. The article reviews literature data on the efficacy of levosimendan in various fields of medicine and in the experiment and highlights the problem of heart failure and low cardiac output syndrome treatment in cardiology and cardiac surgery.

[CORRECTION OF HEMOSTASIS WITH BLOOD PRODUCTS IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN].

The article deals with the safety and efficiency of recombinant activated factor VII (Coagil VII, Russia) and prothrombin complex concentrate (protromplex-600, Baxter Austria) in the neonatal and pediatric cardiac surgery. The study included 56 children aged from 7 days to 5.5 years underwent surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass for congenital heart defects repair.

A microfluidic-based platform for tumour spheroid culture, monitoring and drug screening.

The development of novel cellular models that can replace animals in preclinical trials of drug candidates is one of the major goals of cell engineering. Current in vitro screening methods hardly correspond with the in vivo situation, whereas there is a lack of assays for more accurate cell culture models. Therefore, development of automated assays for 3D cell culture models is urgently required.

Bi-ventricular pacing improves pump function only with adequate myocardial perfusion in canine hearts with pseudo-left bundle branch block.

Bi-ventricular (BiV) pacing is an effective therapy for the treatment of cardiac electromechanical (EM) dysfunction. The reason(s), however, for therapy non-response in approximately one-third of the subjects remains unclear, especially as it relates to myocardial perfusion and pacing location. In this study, we examined how acute BiV pacing response may be related to underlying myocardial perfusion coupled with pacing near or distant to the area of perfusion.

Density of dendritic cells around basal cell carcinomas is related to tumor size, anatomical site and stromal characteristics, and might be responsible for the response to topical therapy.

Background: The dermal dendritic cell (DC) is considered to be an important component of the host defense against basal cell carcinomas (BCCs). Imiquimod, an immunologic response modifier, has recently been introduced in the topical therapy of BCCs. There is some evidence that the DC pretreatment density may affect the efficacy of imiquimod.

Functionalized alkyl and aryl diselenides as antimicrobial and antiviral agents: synthesis and properties.

The different dialkyl and diaryl diselenides with carbamoyl and sulfamoyl moieties 2, 3, 5 and other substituents in the ortho position of benzene ring 4, 7, 8 as well as derivatives of 1,2,4-benzoselenadiazine (6) were designed as antiviral and antimicrobial agents and synthesized. Some of them, particularly 8a and 8b, were found in the antiviral assay in vitro to be strong inhibitors of cytopathic activity encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV). The compound 4a and 8a were found to have a broad spectrum of acivity against bacteria, yeasts and pathogenic fungi in vitro.

Development of pituitary lesions in ND4 Swiss Webster mice when estimating the sensory irritancy of airborne chemicals using ASTM method E981-84.

This study determined the origin of pituitary lesions found in male ND4 Swiss Webster mice following a single head-only exposure to inhaled test materials using ASTM E981-84, standard test method for estimating sensory irritancy of airborne chemicals. Necropsy and histopathology data were evaluated due to the occurrence of unexpected pituitary lesions in sham control and exposure groups. Groups of four mice were restrained in body plethysmographs and exposed for 30 min to increasing dust concentrations of one of three test chemicals to assess the ability to cause sensory irritation.