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Drug Deliv Transl Res
January 2025
Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.
Functionalization of polymer nanoparticles (NPs) with targeting peptides is of interest for drug delivery applications to enhance tumor accumulation and penetration. Herein, we evaluated the feasibility of two different methods for the attachment of a tumor-penetrating peptide LinTT1 (AKRGARSTA) to poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL-PEG) NPs: (1) "post-conjugation" onto pre-formed nanoparticles, and (2) "pre-conjugation", the synthesis and purification of peptide-polymer conjugates and subsequent nanoprecipitation of the conjugates diluted with non-functionalized polymers. Conjugation of the labelled peptide via maleimide-thiol chemistry was verified by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and fluorescence measurements.
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January 2025
Department of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, India.
Endophytes are microorganisms residing in plant tissues without causing harm and their relevance in medicinal plants has grown due to their biomolecules used in pharmaceuticals. This study isolated two endophytic bacterial strains from the leaves of M. oleifera and P.
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January 2025
Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston Massachusetts, United States of America.
The death and clearance of nurse cells is a consequential milestone in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis. In preparation for oviposition, the germline-derived nurse cells bequeath to the developing oocyte all their cytoplasmic contents and undergo programmed cell death. The death of the nurse cells is controlled non-autonomously and is precipitated by epithelial follicle cells of somatic origin acquiring a squamous morphology and acidifying the nurse cells externally.
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January 2025
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Background: Neurodegeneration is characterized by the progressive loss of neurons. However, the mechanisms by which neurons die in Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain elusive. Disrupted iron homeostasis is associated with accelerated cognitive decline, amyloid beta deposition, and AD progression, but its pathogenic relevance is poorly understood.
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