Background: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been considered promising tools in regenerative medicine. However, the nanoscale properties of EVs make them sensitive to environmental conditions. Optimal storage protocols are crucial for maintaining EV structural, molecular, and functional integrity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common human neurodegenerative disorder worldwide. Owing to its chronic nature, our limited understanding of its pathophysiological mechanisms, and because of the lack of effective anti-AD drugs, AD represents a significant socio-economic challenge for all industrialized countries. Neuronal cell death is a key factor in AD pathogenesis and recent studies have suggested that neuronal ferroptosis may play a major patho-physiological role.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease worldwide and has a great socio-economic impact. Modified oxidative lipid metabolism and dysregulated iron homeostasis have been implicated in the pathogenesis of this disorder, but the detailed pathophysiological mechanisms still remain unclear. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is a lipid-binding protein that occurs in large quantities in human blood plasma, and a polymorphism of the APOE gene locus has been identified as risk factors for AD.
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