New Perspectives in Colorectal Cancers Treatment, the Role of MicroRNAs.

The main epidemiological and clinical data on colorectal cancer, as well as the features of molecular pathology, are discussed in the literature review. Efforts are being putto identify promising targets, particularly small non-coding nucleotide sequences, which can lead to new treatments for this disease. The discovery of significant mutations that contribute to the development of colorectal tumors is a major step in the advancement of molecular oncology, as these mutations give rise to heterogeneous tumors that differ in their origin.

Electrospun Poly-L-Lactic Acid Scaffolds Surface-Modified via Reactive Magnetron Sputtering Using Different Mixing Ratios of Nitrogen and Xenon.

Controlled regeneration processes involving tissue growth using the surface and structure of scaffolds, are actively used in tissue engineering. Reactive magnetron sputtering is a versatile surface modification method of both metal and polymer substrates, as the properties of the formed coatings can be modified in a wide range by changing the process parameters. In magnetron sputtering, the working gas and its composition have an influence on the chemical composition and physical characteristics of the obtained coatings.

The Pathophysiological Basis of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy Development.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) provokes widely known structural and functional dyscoordination of the myocardium performance. A cascade of pathophysiological changes occurs due to metabolic disorders caused by hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia. Free fatty acids can stimulate oxidation and accumulate in the cytosol, leading to lipotoxic effects by forming ceramides, diacylglycerol, and reactive oxygen species (ROS).

Cytostatic cancer therapy modulates monocyte-macrophage cell functions: how it impacts on treatment outcomes.

Macrophages are important effectors of innate immunity and the key component of the tumor microenvironment strongly influencing cancer disease outcome and efficiency of cancer therapy. Moreover, recent data have shown that monocytes as macrophage precursors can impact on tumor ability to progression. It's well known that although tumor-associated macrophages consist of diverse populations, in general, they have tumor-supporting activity.

Opening up new horizons for psychiatric genetics in the Russian Federation: moving toward a national consortium.

We provide an overview of the recent achievements in psychiatric genetics research in the Russian Federation and present genotype-phenotype, population, epigenetic, cytogenetic, functional, ENIGMA, and pharmacogenetic studies, with an emphasis on genome-wide association studies. The genetic backgrounds of mental illnesses in the polyethnic and multicultural population of the Russian Federation are still understudied. Furthermore, genetic, genomic, and pharmacogenetic data from the Russian Federation are not adequately represented in the international scientific literature, are currently not available for meta-analyses and have never been compared with data from other populations.

Karyotype of the blastocoel fluid demonstrates low concordance with both trophectoderm and inner cell mass.

Objective: To compare the genomic profiles of blastocoel fluid (BF), inner cell mass (ICM), and trophectoderm (TE) cells derived from the same blastocyst.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: Academic and in vitro fertilization units.