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Unlabelled: Chronic back pain (CBP) is the leading cause of disability affecting 1 in 10 people worldwide. Symptoms are marked by persistent lower back pain, reduced mobility, and heightened cold sensitivity. Here, we utilize a mouse model of CBP induced by injecting urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), a proinflammatory agent in the fibrinolytic pathway, between the L2/L3 lumbar vertebrae.
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January 2025
Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Background: The benefits of intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute minor stroke remain controversial. For the aim of providing a better therapeutic strategy, high-quality trials are required to validate the efficacy of thrombolytic medicine other than intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen and tenecteplase. In the trial, we evaluate the efficacy and safety of urokinase (UK) in acute minor stroke.
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December 2024
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Molecular Imaging and Therapy Research Group, MITH, Aartselaar 103, 1090, Brussels, Belgium.
Background: Fluorescence molecular imaging, a potent and non-invasive technique, has become indispensable in medicine for visualizing molecular processes. In surgical oncology, it aids treatment by allowing visualization of tumor cells during fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS). Targeting the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR), overexpressed during tissue remodeling and inflammation, holds promise for advancing FGS by specifically highlighting tumors.
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January 2025
Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine & PET and Cluster for Molecular Imaging (CMI), Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet & Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
: In oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC, OPSCC), frequent inadequate surgical margins highlight the importance of precise intraoperative identification and delineation of cancerous tissue for improving patient outcomes. : A prospective, open-label, single-center, single dose, exploratory phase II clinical trial (EudraCT 2022-001361-12) to assess the efficacy of the novel uPAR-targeting near-infrared imaging agent, FG001, for intraoperative detection of OSCC and OPSCC. Macroscopic tumor detection was quantified with sensitivity and intraoperative tumor-to-background ratio (TBR).
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December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, First Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, People's Republic of China.
Background: Cold inducible RNA-binding protein (CIRP) is an important danger-associated molecular pattern involved in tissue-specific and systemic inflammation related to inflammation and Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the precise roles and mechanism of CIRP in the functional changes in astrocytes during the development of AD are still unknown. This study aimed to assess gene expression alterations in astrocytes after they overexpress CIRP (oe-CIRP) and to explore the relationship between abnormal CIRP expression and AD.
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