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Altitude hypoxia and hypoxemia: pathogenesis and management

Chunmei Cai, Guohua Ni, Lei Chen et al. · 2026 · Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

At high altitudes, which typically exceed 2500 m, approximately 80 million people reside permanently, with over a million visitors annually. The primary effect of high altitude is hypobaric hypoxia, which leads to decreased oxygen availability and a cascade of physiological responses. However, inadequate or excessive responses can lead to malacclimatization, resulting in hypoxemia and various high-altitude illnesses, including acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE), high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), chronic mountain sickness (CMS), and high-altitude pulmonary hy

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Gut‒heart axis: emerging therapies targeting trimethylamine N-oxide production

Efrain Ricardo Torres, Jennifer Wilcox, W. H. Wilson Tang · 2025 · Gut Microbes

Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) has garnered considerable attention because of its role in the pathophysiology and pathogenesis of various disorders, particularly heart and kidney disease. Gut microbes produce trimethylamine (TMA) moieties from common dietary precursors, such as choline or carnitine, which are subsequently metabolized by the liver into TMAO. Circulating TMAO then exerts various effects, influencing dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, endothelial dysfunction, and inflammation, as well as other detrimental processes. Many existing medications have been shown to decrease TMAO levels

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New medications development for smoking cessation

Dana Lengel, Paul J. Kenny · 2023 · Addiction Neuroscience

Diseases associated with nicotine dependence in the form of habitual tobacco use are a major cause of premature death in the United States. The majority of tobacco smokers will relapse within the first month of attempted abstinence.…

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Genomics of Neotropical biodiversity indicators: Two butterfly radiations with rampant chromosomal rearrangements and hybridization

Eva S. M. van der Heijden, Karin Näsvall, Fernando Seixas et al. · 2025 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A central question in evolutionary biology is what drives the diversification of lineages. Rapid, recent radiations are ideal systems for this question because they still show key morphological and ecological adaptations associated with speciation. While most research on recent radiations focuses on those occurring in insular environments, less attention has been given to continental radiations with complex species interactions. Here, we study the drivers of continental radiations of Melinaea and Mechanitis butterflies (Nymphalidae: Ithomiini), which have rapidly radiated in the continental Ne

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Challenges in mimicking hypoxia: insights into HIF-regulated MiRNA expression induced by DMOG and CoCl2

Anna Barton, Maciej Jaśkiewicz, Anna Więch -Walów et al. · 2025 · Cell Communication and Signaling

Abstract The cellular and tissue response to acute hypoxia is mediated by a complex adaptive response initiated by hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF) 1 and 2. HIF proteins are key transcription factors that modulate gene expression to adapt cells to the low oxygen tension. Cellular studies of hypoxia have used the low oxygen model by using hypoxia chambers to monitor the gene expression changes, while others have utilized hypoxia mimetics in normoxic conditions. Here, we provide a comparison of the utility and limitations of two hypoxia mimetics by studying the changes in the miRNA and mRNA expre

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Enhanced efficacy with azacytidine and oncolytic BHV-1 in a tolerized cotton rat model of breast adenocarcinoma

Breanne Cuddington, Meghan L. Verschoor, Ali A. Ashkar et al. · 2015 · Molecular Therapy — Oncolytics

Oncolytic viruses selectively replicate in cancer cells by exploiting biochemical differences between normal and tumor cells. Treatment with epigenetic modifiers such as 5-Azacytidine, a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor, increases the…

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Hydrogel-based drug delivery systems for localized eradication of bacterial biofilms: Advances, challenges and future directions

Amalie Kjær Andresen, Mathilde Sophie Felding, Margarida M. A. Sacramento et al. · 2025 · Journal of Controlled Release

Bacterial biofilms pose a significant clinical challenge due to their intrinsic resistance to antibiotics and immune clearance. Traditional systemic antibiotic therapies are often ineffective against the structured microbial communities, emphasizing the urgent need for localized and targeted drug delivery systems. Hydrogels are three-dimensional, water-rich polymeric networks, and have emerged as a versatile platform for localized delivery of antimicrobial agents, offering controlled release, biocompatibility and the potential for functionalization with bioactive components. This review explor

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