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Molecular Medicine
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The review presents data on the role of the nuclear factor NF-κB and the von Hippel-Lindau protein (VHL) in the development of kidney cancer. Chemo- and radioresistance, specific for renal cell carcinoma, represented a significant problem in the treatment of p…
Aging is a complex biological process, the main aspect of which is the accumulation of somatic changes in the body during life. Late reproductive age is associated with infertility and possible complications of pregnancy. Aging at the cellular and organ levels…
This review article focuses on modern ideas about the role of neurotrophic factors (BDNF, NGF, NRG1, etc.) in the formation of the placenta and their impact on the development of the fetal nervous system in early ontogenesis. Data on the common effect of neuro…
The efficacy of bronchial asthma therapy is one of the most urgent problems in allergology and pulmonology. The efficacy of leukotrienes modifiers in bronchial asthma therapy is not achieved in 35–78% cases. In addition, there are data on unwanted drug reactio…
The review of the literature on suicide gene therapy is presented. The therapeutic method is based on the transfection of tumor cells with a construct including the gene of the enzyme converting the substrate – the prodrug demonstrating low toxicity into a hig…
The review summarizes a number of the published reports about the structure of the core circadian oscillator system and the melatonin’s role as an interface of endogenous rhythms for the cyclic environment what optimizes maternal, placental and fetal physiolog…
One of the ways to restore the lost functions of the thyroid gland is the creation of its tissue engineering constructs. The creation of adequate tissue engineering constructs requires either cultures of functionally active thyrocytes capable of forming thyroi…
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are considered to be one of the leading causes of lethality in patients of older age groups. In the last decade, the issue of finding a material for effective non-invasive diagnosis of CVD has become urgent. The review considers t…
The use of dextran sodium sulphate (DSS) as an agent for the induction of the experimental colitis is regarded as a valid method in experimental biology and medicine for the estimation of the effectiveness of pharmacological preparations for the treatment of i…
Diagnosis and determination of tumor process in patients with prostate cancer are the most urgent problems of modern оncology. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is one of the most promising molecular targets for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The le…
The prostate cancer (PCa) incidence rate rises steadily among males all over the world. Over the past twenty years, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) definition level in the patient's blood has been used for the PCa non-invasive diagnostics. However, due to …
The review presents results of clinical and experimental investigations, revealed leptin’s role in the mechanisms of morphological and physiological development of the fetus and newborn. This review summarizes many of the published reports about the leptin’s r…
Surgery results of the treatment of the stage II–III lung cancer remains to be unsatisfactory, and used the chemotherapy fails to improve the survival. The main obstacle is the use of standard clinical parameters for the treatment strategy and not enough effec…
The headache is an important medical and social problem. Currently, genetics is the least-studied component of the pathogenesis of primary headaches. The most common forms of primary headache include migraine, tension type headache, cluster headache. This arti…
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a dangerous challenge to the entire international community and the priority of the first order national health systems of all countries over the world. The growing level of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes is associated with the incr…
The review considers the main trends of the new concept of individual health medicine, called the predictive preventive personalized participative medicine – P4 Medicine. Medico-biological and medico-social prerequisites for the development of personalized med…
The neuropeptide galanin (Gal) is widely distributed as well in central and peripheral nervous system, as in other organs and tissues of humans and animals. Its pleotropic effect is due to an activation or inhibition of galanin specific receptors – GalR1, GalR…
The data concerning the changes of expression and posttranslational modification of the human protein under the influence of the external and internal irradiation in vivo and in vitro are presented in this review. The investigation of protein expression and po…
The review presents data concerning the interaction of basic types of nanoparticles with human platelets in vitro and in vivo and biological results of this influence. The initial structure of nanoparticles and their biologically active cargo can both stimulat…
Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare, aggressive intraocular malignant tumor, leading to metastatic disease in more than 50% of patients. Cytogenetic and molecular studies have identified some genetic prognostic factors considered to be reliable to forecast the survi…