What Is New in Glaucoma: From Treatment to Biological Perspectives by Raffaele Nuzzi, Paola Marolo, Alessia Nuzzi

“…On the other hand, the most recent approaches to treat glaucoma outcomes in its advanced stages include electrical stimulation, stem cells, exosomes, extracellular vesicles, and growth factors. Finally, neuronal plasticity-based rehabilitation methods are being studied to reeducate patients in order to stimulate their residual visual capacity. …”
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Functional Relationships between Lipid Metabolism and Liver Regeneration by David A. Rudnick, Nicholas O. Davidson

“…Such analyses have identified many specific cytokines and growth factors, intracellular signaling events, and transcription factors that are regulated during and necessary for normal liver regeneration. …”
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De Novo Heterozygous Mutation in FGFR2 Causing Type II Pfeiffer Syndrome by Rafat Mosalli, Alfia Fatma, Mohammed A. Almatrafi, Mayada Mazroua, Bosco Paes

“…Pfeiffer syndrome (PS) is an autosomal dominant disorder with three subtypes stemming from heterozygous mutations in the fibroblast growth factors FGFR1 and FGFR2. The subtypes overlap with heterogeneous clinical manifestations and variable prognosis dependent on neurological and respiratory compromise that impact short- and long-term outcomes and survival. …”
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Restenosis and Therapy by Laszlo Denes, Laszlo Entz, Veronika Jancsik

“…The pathological process, leading to activated inflammatory process, complement activation, and release of growth factors, initiate the proliferation of VSMCs in the media and cause luminal narrowing and impaired vascular function. …”
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Heparan sulphate inhibition of cell proliferation induced by TGFβ and PDGF by lan E. Silber, Jeanine M. Walenga, Jawed Fareed, Elizabeth J. Kovacs

“…In contrast, beef lung heparin, chondroitin sulphate, and dermatan sulphate failed to block growth factor induced proliferation. Continuous presence of HS was not required, suggesting that the inhibitory effects resulted from a direct effect on the cell rather than an interaction of the GAG with growth factors. …”
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Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Angiogenesis and Its Implications in Asthma by Khuloud Bajbouj, Rakhee K. Ramakrishnan, Qutayba Hamid

“…MMPs also cover a broad range of angiogenic functions, from the degradation of the vascular basement membrane and extracellular matrix remodeling to the release of a variety of angiogenic mediators and growth factors. This review focuses on the contribution of MMPs and the regulatory role exerted by them in angiogenesis and vascular remodeling in asthma as well as addresses their potential as therapeutic targets in ameliorating angiogenesis in asthma.…”
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Skin Acute Wound Healing: A Comprehensive Review by Luis Cañedo-Dorantes, Mara Cañedo-Ayala

“…This review provides present day information regarding the status of the participant cells, extracellular matrix, cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors, as well as their interactions with the microenvironment during the wound healing process.…”
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Cytokines as Therapeutic Targets for the Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Scleroderma by Jennifer M Raoul, Monica Verma, Ernest Tan, Theresa C Peterson

“…In the present review, the involvement of cytokines in SSc is discussed with particular emphasis on cytokines and growth factors that have been implicated in the disease process and likely play an important role in the gastrointestinal manifestations of scleroderma. …”
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Prospects of emerging 3D bioprinting technologies: major technology components, technology developers, and end users—Part I by Prasanta K. Ghosh

“…Bioinks comprise hydrogels, scaffolds, additives, growth factors, and living cells. While much of the technology is still in the exploratory stages, it has successfully produced living tissue, blood vessels, and bones. …”
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Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia of Buccal Mucosa Masquerading as Mucocele - A Case Report by Deepak Pandiar, Reshma Poothakulath Krishnan, Aklesha Behera, Pratibha Ramani

“…These sites are coincidently subjected to continuous minor trauma, which led the researchers to opine that IPEH could have a traumatic etiology with a further role of fibroblast growth factors. Clinical Presentation: We report a case of IPEH of right buccal mucosa in a 35 years old South Indian male who clinically presented as mucocele. …”
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RNA-binding proteins as versatile metabolic regulators by Ellie Koletsou, Ina Huppertz

“…This review highlights the various mechanisms by which RBPs regulate these changes, ranging from active involvement in the post-transcriptional regulation of metabolically relevant genes to alteration of an RBP’s function by specific RNAs, metabolites or growth factors. Finally, we consider how ageing and disease affect the function of RBPs and how RBPs can disrupt the delicate balance of metabolic regulation. …”
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When molecular biology transforms clinical oncology: the EGFR journey in colorectal cancer by Pietro Paolo Vitiello, Nadia Saoudi González, Alberto Bardelli

“…The discovery of growth factors and their involvement in cancer represents the foundation of precision oncology. …”
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Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1 Is Required for Human Umbilical Cord–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell–Mediated Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy by Guangyang Liu, Herui Wang, Chenliang Zhang, Xin Li, Yi Mi, Yaoyao Chen, Liqiang Xu, Li Miao, Haomiao Long, Yongjun Liu

“…Consequently, we stimulated hUC-MSCs or siTNFR1-MSCs through IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-6, and profiled growth factors and chemokines in serum, which revealed significant changes of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), as well as chemokines CXCL9, CXCL10, IL-8, and RANTES. …”
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ANALYSIS AND PROSPECTS OF PRIVATE PENSION FUNDS IN RUSSIA by A. Pudovkin

“…In addition, the study also reflects on the prospects of development of private pension funds and the major growth factors for the future taking into considerations the latest pension reform. …”
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Osteoporosis Syndrome in Thalassaemia Major: An Overview by Meropi Toumba, Nicos Skordis

“…Growth hormone (GH) and sex steroids play a crucial role in bone remodeling and in the maintenance of skeletal architecture during adult life. GH and insulin growth factors (IGFs) have anabolic effect in bone formation. …”
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Effects of Exercise on Cognitive Performance in Older Adults: A Narrative Review of the Evidence, Possible Biological Mechanisms, and Recommendations for Exercise Prescription by Adria Quigley, Marilyn MacKay-Lyons, Gail Eskes

“…Attention then turns to four main biological mechanisms that appear to underlie exercise-induced cognitive improvement, including the upregulation of growth factors and neuroplasticity, inhibition of inflammatory biomarker production, improved vascular function, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation. …”
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Contemporary Evaluation and Management of the Diabetic Foot by Bauer E. Sumpio

“…These wounds can frequently benefit from various adjuvants, such as aggressive debridement, growth factors, bioactive skin equivalents, and negative pressure wound therapy. …”
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Prophylactic Subacute Administration of Zinc Increases CCL2, CCR2, FGF2, and IGF-1 Expression and Prevents the Long-Term Memory Loss in a Rat Model of Cerebral Hypoxia-Ischemia by Victor Manuel Blanco-Alvarez, Guadalupe Soto-Rodriguez, Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Barrios, Daniel Martinez-Fong, Eduardo Brambila, Maricela Torres-Soto, Ana Karina Aguilar-Peralta, Alejandro Gonzalez-Vazquez, Constantino Tomás-Sanchez, I. Daniel Limón, Jose R. Eguibar, Araceli Ugarte, Jeanett Hernandez-Castillo, Bertha Alicia Leon-Chavez

“…These results might be explained by the induction of neural plasticity because of the expression of CCL2 and growth factors.…”
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Active Roles of Tumor Stroma in Breast Cancer Metastasis by Zahraa I. Khamis, Ziad J. Sahab, Qing-Xiang Amy Sang

“…Each step of the metastatic process is accompanied by recruitment of stromal cells from the microenvironment and production of unique array of growth factors and chemokines. Stromal microenvironment may play active roles in breast cancer metastasis. …”
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Tattooed human in vitro skin model for testing the biocompatibility of tattoo inks and healing progression after tattooing by Kirsten Reddersen, Deborah Maria Gregersen, Jörg Tittelbach, Cornelia Wiegand

“…Biocompatibility including analysis of cytotoxicity, cytokine release, and gene expression patterns of proinflammatory cytokines, proliferation markers, growth factors and structural components was investigated over a period of 7 days. …”
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