Browsing Biomedical Research Center Research by Publisher "Frontiers Media"
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Activation and Contraction of Human “Vascular” Smooth Muscle Cells Grown From Circulating Blood Progenitors
( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)Blood outgrowth smooth muscle cells (BO-SMCs) offer the means to study vascular cells without the requirement for surgery providing opportunities for drug discovery, tissue engineering, and personalized medicine. However, ... -
Adaptation of a Mice Doppler Echocardiography Platform to Measure Cardiac Flow Velocities for Embryonic Chicken and Adult Zebrafish.
( Frontiers Media , 2019 , Article)Ultrasonography is the most widely used imaging technique in cardiovascular medicine. In this technique, a piezoelectric crystal produces, sends, and receives high frequency ultrasound waves to the body to create an image ... -
Addressing bias in the definition of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection: implications for underestimation
( Frontiers Media , 2024 , Article)Introduction: Reinfections are increasingly becoming a feature in the epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. However, accurately defining reinfection poses methodological ... -
Assessment of Serum Cytokines and Oxidative Stress Markers in Elite Athletes Reveals Unique Profiles Associated With Different Sport Disciplines
( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article)© Copyright © 2020 Sohail, Al-Mansoori, Al-Jaber, Georgakopoulos, Donati, Botrè, Sellami and Elrayess. Objectives: Circulating cytokines and oxidative stress markers vary in response to different exercise regimens. This ... -
Association of Complement-Related Proteins in Subjects With and Without Second Trimester Gestational Diabetes.
( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) development is related to underlying metabolic syndrome that is associated with elevated complement C3 and C4. Elevated C3 levels have been associated with preeclampsia and the development ... -
Biomechanical Investigation of Disturbed Hemodynamics-Induced Tissue Degeneration in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Using Computational and Experimental Techniques.
( Frontiers Media , 2019 , Article Review)Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is the dilatation of the aorta beyond 50% of the normal vessel diameter. It is reported that 4-8% of men and 0.5-1% of women above 50 years of age bear an AAA and it accounts for ~15,000 ... -
Blood Flow Disturbance and Morphological Alterations Following the Right Atrial Ligation in the Chick Embryo.
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)Collectively known as congenital heart defects (CHDs), cardiac abnormalities at birth are the most common forms of neonatal defects. Being principally responsible for the heart's pumping power, ventricles are particularly ... -
The Brain And Exercise: In Sickness And In Health
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)The brain, like any other organ in the body, is made up of various types of cells. Nerve cells called neurons are the major cells in the brain. Their main function is to transfer messages and orders to and from the organs ... -
Breast Cancer During Pregnancy: A Marked Propensity to Triple-Negative Phenotype.
( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article)Breast and cervical cancers comprise 50% of all cancers during pregnancy. In particular, gestational breast cancer is considered one of the most aggressive types of cancers, which is a rare but fatal disease. However, the ... -
Characterization of MXene as a Cancer Photothermal Agent Under Physiological Conditions
( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)A growing interest has recently emerged in the use of nanomaterials in medical applications. Nanomaterials, such as MXene, have unique properties due to their 2D ultra-thin structure, which is potentially useful in cancer ... -
Co-Incidence of Epstein-Barr Virus and High-Risk Human Papillomaviruses in Cervical Cancer of Syrian Women.
( Frontiers Media , 2018 , Article)Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been recently shown to be co-present with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) in human cervical cancer; thus, these oncoviruses play an important role in the initiation and/or progression ... -
Co-incidence of Human Papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr Virus Is Associated With High to Intermediate Tumor Grade in Human Head and Neck Cancer in Syria.
( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article)High-risk human papillomaviruses (high-risk HPVs) have been recently reported to be co-present with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in different types of human cancers including head and neck (HN), where they can cooperate in the ... -
Comparative Outer Membrane Protein Analysis of High and Low-Invasive Strains of Cronobacter malonaticus
( Frontiers Media , 2017 , Article)are an important group of foodborne pathogens that has been linked to life-threatening infections in both infants and adults. The major infections associated with species are neonatal meningitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, ... -
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Early Travel-Associated COVID-19 Cases
( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article)© Copyright © 2020 Marei, Emara, Elsaied, Nasrallah, Chivese, Al-Romaihi, Althani, Al Thani, Farag and Yassine. Background: SARS-CoV-2 continues to claim hundreds of thousands of people's lives. It mostly affects the elderly ... -
Editorial: Advances in techniques for measurement and assessment of physiological processes in developing animals
( Frontiers Media , 2023 , Article)Developmental Physiology can be broadly defined as the field of science aiming to understand the physiological processes shaping a fertilized egg of a species into a wellstructured and functional multi-cellular organism. ... -
Editorial: Emerging mechanisms in cardiovascular disease
( Frontiers Media , 2023 , Article)Editorial on the Research Topic Emerging mechanisms in cardiovascular disease The leading cause of worldwide mortality is cardiovascular disease (CVD) (Aboukhater et al., 2023). Despite many significant advances in the ... -
Editorial: OMICS-based approaches in sports research volume II.
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)OMICS approaches, including genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, continue to provide invaluable tools for better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying various physiological ... -
Editorial: OMICS-Based Approaches in Sports Research.
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)Genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics are increasingly generating key insights for the development of precision approaches in heath and disease. Omics technologies have unlocked the high-throughput discovery of ... -
Editorial: Revisiting mouse models of traumatic brain injuries: a focus on intracellular mechanisms
( Frontiers Media , 2024 , Article)Traumatic brain injury (TBI) continues to be a critical health condition, especially for the newly born, the elderly, and victims of motor vehicle accidents, sports concussions, war blasts, etc. Due to the extremely ... -
Editorial: Unconventional Animal Models in Infectious Disease Research
( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)Beyond an in vitro setting, the use of a biological system is considered imperious to unravel the enigma of host-pathogen interactions, particularly those eventuating in an infectious disease scenery. In the past two-decades, ...
