Increasing Dose of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells Transplantation Is Related to Stroke Outcome: Results from a Pooled Analysis of Two Clinical Trials by Francisco Moniche, Paulo Henrique Rosado-de-Castro, Irene Escudero, Elena Zapata, Francisco Javier de la Torre Laviana, Rosalia Mendez-Otero, Magdalena Carmona, Pilar Piñero, Alejandro Bustamante, Lucía Lebrato, Juan Antonio Cabezas, Alejandro Gonzalez, Grabriel R. de Freitas, Joan Montaner

“…Conclusions. Similar to preclinical studies, a higher dose of autologous BM-MNC was related to better outcome in stroke patients, especially when more than 310 × 106 cells are injected. …”
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Effectiveness of the entomopathogenic fungus Alternaria murispora and the predatory ladybird Harmonia convergens in controlling Phenacoccus solenopsis (Tinsley) by Mohamed El Aalaoui, Said Rammali, Said Rammali, Fatima Zahra Kamal, Fatima Zahra Kamal, Gabriela Calin, Viorica Rarinca, Viorica Rarinca, Viorica Rarinca, Luminita Diana Hritcu, Alin Ciobică, Alin Ciobică, Alin Ciobică, Alin Ciobică, Mohamed Sbaghi

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Does semaglutide reduce alcohol intake in Danish patients with alcohol use disorder and comorbid obesity? Trial protocol of a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinica... by Jens Juul Holst, Tina Vilsbøll, Claus Thorn Ekstrøm, Helene Benveniste, Nora D Volkow, Anders Fink-Jensen, Gitte M Knudsen, Mette Kruse Klausen, Tugba Kuzey, Julie Niemann Pedersen, Signe Keller Justesen, Line Rasmussen, Ulla B Knorr, Graeme Mason, George Koob

“…Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists have shown promising effects in reducing alcohol consumption in preclinical experiments, and clinical trials are in high demand to investigate these potentially beneficial effects in patients diagnosed with AUD.Methods and analysis The effects of the once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide will be investigated in a 26-week, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blinded clinical trial. 108 patients diagnosed with AUD and comorbid obesity (body mass index (BMI)≥30 kg/m2)) will be randomised to treatment with either semaglutide or placebo in combination with cognitive behavioural therapy. …”
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Protective effects and possible mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cells and mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles against kidney fibrosis in animal models: a systematic... by Yuanchen Lv, Zibo Hua, Xiaomei Lu

“…It is hypothesized that this may result in a reduction of tubular apoptosis and a delay in kidney fibrosis, due to the inhibition of the transformation of macrophages into myofibroblasts (MMT) and the disruption of the kidney fibrogenic niche.ConclusionThe principal findings of this preclinical systematic review indicate that hUCB MSC and MSC-Exos have a substantial protective impact against kidney fibrosis. …”
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Dynamic Tracking Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Tropism following Smoke Inhalation Injury in NOD/SCID Mice by MeiJuan Song, Qi Lv, XiuWei Zhang, Juan Cao, ShuLi Sun, PeiXin Xiao, ShiKe Hou, Hui Ding, ZiQuan Liu, WenLong Dong, JinQiang Wang, Xue Wang, ZhiGuang Sun, Man Tian, HaoJun Fan

“…Multiple preclinical evidences have supported the potential value of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for treatment of acute lung injury (ALI). …”
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Understanding Community Health Care Through Problem-Based Learning With Real-Patient Videos: Single-Arm Pre-Post Mixed Methods Study by Kiyoshi Shikino, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Nobuyuki Araki, Ikuo Shimizu, Hajime Kasai, Tomoko Tsukamoto, Hiroshi Tajima, Yu Li, Misaki Onodera, Shoichi Ito

“…MethodsParticipants were 113 fourth-year medical students from Chiba University, engaged in a transition course between preclinical and clinical clerkships from October 24 to November 2, 2023. …”
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Axonal regeneration and innervation ratio following supercharged end-to-side nerve transfer by Leopold Harnoncourt, Martin Schmoll, Christopher Festin, Laurenz Pflaum, Markus Breuss, Johanna Klepetko, Dominik C. Dotzauer, Florian J. Jaklin, Udo Maierhofer, Philipp Tratnig-Frankl, Oskar C. Aszmann, Oskar C. Aszmann

“…This approach enhances functional recovery and has been demonstrated to be effective in both preclinical models and clinical settings. In this study, a novel SETS nerve transfer model is presented for the upper extremity of the rat to assess the impacts on muscle function, innervation ratio, and motor neuron regeneration as well as investigate the potential to enhance motor function recovery.MethodsThe surgical interventions include transection and end-to-end repair of the musculocutaneous nerve (MCN) in Group A, transfer of the ulnar nerve (UN) to the side of the MCN in Group B, and a combination of both in Group C. …”
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Cardiac Gene Therapy With Phosphodiesterase 2A Limits Remodeling and Arrhythmias in Mouse Models of Heart Failure by Rima Kamel, Aurélia Bourcier, Jean Piero Margaria, Valentin Jin, Audrey Varin, Agnès Hivonnait, Françoise Mercier‐Nomé, Delphine Mika, Alessandra Ghigo, Flavien Charpentier, Vincent Algalarrondo, Emilio Hirsch, Rodolphe Fischmeister, Grégoire Vandecasteele, Jérôme Leroy

“…This hypothesis was tested using cardiac PDE2 gene transfer in preclinical models of heart failure. Methods and Results C57BL/6 male mice were injected with serotype 9 adeno‐associated viruses encoding for PDE2A. …”
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Chemokine associations with blood cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier permeability and delirium by Paul Denver, Lucas Tortorelli, Karen Hov, Jens Petter Berg, Lasse M. Giil, Arshed Nazmi, Ana Lopez-Rodriguez, Daire Healy, Carol Murray, Robyn Barry, Leiv Otto Watne, Colm Cunningham

“…Larger studies are required to confirm these human findings on chemokine associations with BCSFB permeability and prevalent delirium. Preclinical studies are warranted to determine whether chemokines might play a role in the pathophysiology of delirium.…”
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Should we consider microbiota-based interventions as a novel therapeutic strategy for schizophrenia? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Lucas Hassib, Alexandre Kanashiro, João Francisco Cordeiro Pedrazzi, Bárbara Ferreira Vercesi, Sayuri Higa, Íris Arruda, Yago Soares, Adriana de Jesus de Souza, Alceu Afonso Jordão, Francisco Silveira Guimarães, Frederico Rogério Ferreira

“…This review also discusses clinical and preclinical studies to elucidate the neural, immune, and metabolic pathways by which microbiota manipulation, particularly with Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium genera, may exert beneficial effects on schizophrenia symptoms via the gut-brain axis. …”
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Exploring the benefits and prescribing informations of combining East Asian herbal medicine with conventional medicine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review... by Hee-Geun Jo, Jihye Seo, Eunhye Baek, Donghun Lee

“…Through a comprehensive analysis of a polyherbal prescription dataset, we identified 18 key herbs and 16 significant combination rules, further supported by relevant preclinical evidence. These herbs and synergistic herbal combinations were anticipated to be the most pharmacologically influential in contributing to the meta-analysis outcomes, as substantiated by analytical metrics including network topology and intricate association pattern evaluations. …”
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Signatures of H3K4me3 modification predict cancer immunotherapy response and identify a new immune checkpoint-SLAMF9 by Tao Fan, Chu Xiao, Ziqin Deng, Shuofeng Li, He Tian, Yujia Zheng, Bo Zheng, Chunxiang Li, Jie He

“…This study provided a new H3K4me3-associated biomarker system to predict tumor immunotherapy response and suggested the preclinical rationale for investigating the roles of SLAMF9 in cancer immunity regulation and treatment.…”
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Novel combination strategy of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and checkpoint blockade boosted by bioinspired and oxygen-supplied nanoprobe for multimodal imaging-guided ca... by Ying Zhou, Chen Cheng, Qi Wang, Min Zheng, Pan Li, Yang Zhou, Yuting Cao, Li Wan, Xun Guo, Xiaohong Lin, Rui Tang, Hongye He, Nianhong Wu, Qiaoqi Chen, Yaqin Hu, Xialin Xiong, Faqi Li

“…The anticancer and antimetastatic effects of M@P-SOP were evaluated on a preclinical transplanted 4T1 tumor model by combining HIFU and immunotherapy. …”
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Therapeutic potential of Curcuma longa against monkeypox: antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and computational insights by Farouk Boudou, Amal Belakredar, Ahcen Keziz, Linda Aissani, Huda Alsaeedi, David Cronu, Mikhael Bechelany, Mikhael Bechelany, Ahmed Barhoum

“…These findings pave the way for further preclinical studies to validate the antiviral efficacy of C. longa bioactives and their potential applications in combating viral infections.…”
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The CHK1 inhibitor prexasertib in BRCA wild-type platinum-resistant recurrent high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma: a phase 2 trial by Elena Giudice, Tzu-Ting Huang, Jayakumar R. Nair, Grant Zurcher, Ann McCoy, Darryl Nousome, Marc R. Radke, Elizabeth M. Swisher, Stanley Lipkowitz, Kristen Ibanez, Duncan Donohue, Tyler Malys, Min-Jung Lee, Bernadette Redd, Elliot Levy, Shraddha Rastogi, Nahoko Sato, Jane B. Trepel, Jung-Min Lee

“…Transcriptomic analysis revealed high levels of DNA replication-related genes (POLA1, POLE, GINS3) associated with lack of clinical benefit [defined post-hoc as PFS < 6 months]. Subsequent preclinical experiments demonstrated significant cytotoxicity of POLA1 silencing in combination with CHK1i in platinum-resistant HGSOC cell line models. …”
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Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles alleviate diabetes-exacerbated atherosclerosis via AMPK/mTOR pathway-mediated autophagy-related macrophage polariza... by Libo Liu, Ziyu An, Huan Zhang, Xueqi Wan, Xin Zhao, Xueyao Yang, Jinfan Tian, Xiantao Song

“…Abstract Introduction Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (BMSC-EVs) are widely used for therapeutic purposes in preclinical studies. However, their utility in treating diabetes-associated atherosclerosis remains largely unexplored. …”
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Mesenchymal stromal cells promote the formation of lung cancer organoids via Kindlin-2 by Zhilin Sui, Xianxian Wu, Jiaxin Wang, ShihJye Tan, Chao Zhao, Zhentao Yu, Chuanyue Wu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Ling Guo

“…Abstract Background Patient-derived lung cancer organoids (PD-LCOs) demonstrate exceptional potential in preclinical testing and serve as a promising model for the multimodal management of lung cancer. …”
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The association of visceral and subcutaneous fat areas with phenotypic age in non-elderly adults, mediated by HOMA-IR and HDL-C by Yuanhong Liu, Min Xu, Liqing Wang, Linyun Meng, Mengran Li, Shumin Mu

“…The epigenetic clock ‘Phenotypic Age’ (PhenoAge) represents ‘preclinical ageing’. Phenotypic Age Acceleration (PhenoAgeAccel) is defined as the residual from a linear regression model predicting PhenoAge on the basis of chronological age. …”
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Acquired vulnerability against EGF receptor inhibition in gastric cancer promoted by class I histone deacetylase inhibitor entinostat by Tamara Zenz, Robert Jenke, Denys Oliinyk, Sandra Noske, René Thieme, Tim Kahl, Ines Gockel, Florian Meier-Rosar, Achim Aigner, Thomas RH Büch

“…Introduction: Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) have shown promising preclinical activity in gastric cancer cells; unfortunately, however, these could not be confirmed in clinical trials. …”
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B7-H3 CAR-T cell therapy combined with irradiation is effective in targeting bulk and radiation-resistant chordoma cancer cells by Kun Wang, Gianpietro Dotti, Soldano Ferrone, Yufeng Wang, Yin P Hung, Tao Ma, Giulia Cattaneo, Xinhui Wang, David O Osei-Hwedieh, Tara A Walhart, Joseph H Schwab

“…These results provide preclinical evidence for further developing this combinatorial RT and B7-H3 CAR-T cell therapy model in chordoma…”
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