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Dementia in the old age: a gloomy wood later in life

Virginia Boccardi, Lucia Paolacci, Patrizia Mecocci • Geriatric Care (2018)

Dementia incidence is growing at an impressive rate worldwide, mostly affecting old age subjects. Looking and considering the disease as the same in younger adult does not seem the successful way to find a proper solution regarding preventi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4081/gc.2018.7756

Correlation between frailty and reduction in cortical thickness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Ayumi Fukatsu-Chikumoto, Tsunahiko Hirano, Shun Takahashi, Takuya Ishida et al. • Scientific Reports (2024)

Abstract Physical inactivity and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can lead to frailty and poor prognoses. However, little is known regarding the association between frailty and the human bra...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53933-0

Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

Edward T. Zawada • IntechOpen eBooks (2019)

This volume is a collection of reports dealing with geriatrics and gerontology. The first section provides an introduction to the common medical and non-medical problems of aging. The second section concentrates on one of the most devastati...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.77654

Recent advances of two-dimensional materials in smart drug delivery nano-systems

Hua Zhang, Taojian Fan, Wen Chen, Yingchun Li et al. • Bioactive Materials (2020)

Smart drug delivery nano-systems show significant changes in their physical or chemical properties in response to slight change in environmental physical and/or chemical signals, and further releasing drugs adjusted to the progression of th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2020.06.012

Study on Association Between Lipid Profile Values and Psychiatric Disorders

SHINY JOHN, KAVITARATI DHARWADKAR, MANJUNATH V MOTAGI • Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (2014)

Background: Cholesterol is especially abundant in nervous system, where it plays important role in different aspects of cellular structure (e.g. fluidity of cell membranes) and function (e.g. membrane). Several studies showed that there ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/10383.5301

An In Vitro Study of Local Oxygen Therapy as Adjunctive Antimicrobial Therapeutic Option for Patients with Periodontitis

Lena Katharina Müller-Heupt, Anja Eckelt, John Eckelt, Jonathan Groß et al. • Antibiotics (2023)

Periodontitis is a common global disease caused by bacterial dysbiosis leading to tissue destruction, and it is strongly associated with anaerobic bacterial colonization. Therapeutic strategies such as oxygen therapy have been developed to ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12060990

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Addressing the current and future therapeutic advances along with the role of Sotatercept in the management of pulmonary hypertension

Dalia D. Hadi, Mohammed Dheyaa Marsool Marsool, Ali Dheyaa Marsool Marsool, Neel Vora et al. • Immunity, Inflammation and Disease (2023)

Abstract Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and debilitating lung disease characterized by irreversible scarring of the lungs. The cause of IPF is unknown, but it is thought to involve a combination of genetic a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/iid3.1079

Highly Sensitive and Specific Detection of Influenza A Viruses Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) Reporter System

Ui Jin Lee, Yunkwang Oh, Oh Seok Kwon, Yong-Beom Shin et al. • Biosensors (2023)

In this study, we developed a highly sensitive and specific bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC)-based influenza A virus (IAV)-sensing system by combining a galactose/glucose-binding protein (GGBP) with an N-terminal large domain...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/bios13080782

The Emerging Role of Nanomedicine in the Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A State-of-the-Art Review

Seyedeh Alia Moosavian, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Amirhossein Sahebkar • Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications (2021)

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common chronic liver disease that can lead to end-stage liver disease needing a liver transplant. Many pharmacological approaches are used to reduce the disease progression in NAFLD. However, cu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2021/4041415

Silver Nanoparticles Suppress Apple Fire Blight: Antibacterial Activity, Reduced Carbohydrate-Containing EPS Content, and Altered Host Antioxidant Responses

Alexander G. Khina, Maria T. Mukhina, Alexander S. Gordeev, Liliya R. Biktasheva et al. • Plants (2026)

The present study evaluated the phytoprotective activity of silver nanoparticles stabilized with sodium amphopolycarboxyglycinate (AgNPs-APCG) against apple fire blight caused by Erwinia amylovora. A highly colloidally stable AgNPs-APCG dis...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/plants15203208

Rhizospheric Microbes and Nanoparticles Synergize to Enhance Plant Immune Responses

Mohammad Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan, Md. Saidur Rahman, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman, Barun Kanti Saha • Plant-Environment Interactions (2026)

ABSTRACT Sustainable crop production increasingly requires innovative strategies that can enhance plant resilience while reducing dependence on synthetic agrochemicals. Recent advances in nanotechnology and rhizosphere microbiome research h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/pei3.70183

Casearia tomentosa fruit extracts exposed larvicidal activity and morphological alterations in Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes albopictus under in vitro and semi field conditions

Priyanka Mandal, Goutam Chandra • BMC Research Notes (2024)

Abstract Mosquitoes are notorious insects that transmit a wide range of infectious diseases, including zika, malaria, chikungunya, filariasis, and dengue. The overuse and incorrect application of synthetic pesticides to control mosquitoes h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13104-023-06663-x

Multifunctional properties of Phlomis aurea extracts: In-vitro antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, potent repellency against two mosquito vectors and molecular docking studies

Mohamed A. M. El-Tabakh, Ahmed Z. I. Shehata, Ahmed M. Sadek, Salem S. Salem et al. • Applied Biological Chemistry (2025)

Abstract To develop economically viable and environmentally benign methodologies for organic reactions and reveal the practical utility of transitional natural compounds and their derivatives. In addition, a new research method to conduct d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13765-025-00982-2

Nanotechnology’s frontier in combatting infectious and inflammatory diseases: prevention and treatment

Yujing Huang, Xiaohan Guo, Yi Wu, Xingyu Chen et al. • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy (2024)

Abstract Inflammation-associated diseases encompass a range of infectious diseases and non-infectious inflammatory diseases, which continuously pose one of the most serious threats to human health, attributed to factors such as the emergenc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41392-024-01745-z

Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology

Célia Arib, MILANO, SERENA, Andrea Gerbino, Jolanda Spadavecchia • Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology (2019)

Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology is an open access journal which publishes the upcoming research in various fields of nanoscience like nanomedicine, nanotechnology and their applications for the drug development in treating various diseases....

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.4172/2157-7439

Nanotechnology and its Applications in Medicine

Anna Pratima Nikalje • Medicinal Chemistry (2015)

Nanotechnologyis the study of extremely small structures, having size of 0.1 to 100 nm. Nano medicine is a relatively new field of science and technology. Brief explanation of various types of pharmaceutical nano systems is given. Classific...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0444.1000247

Nanotechnology for Plant Disease Management

Elizabeth A. Worrall, Aflaq Hamid, Karishma T. Mody, Neena Mitter et al. • Agronomy (2018)

Each year, 20%–40% of crops are lost due to plant pests and pathogens. Existing plant disease management relies predominantly on toxic pesticides that are potentially harmful to humans and the environment. Nanotechnology can offer advantage...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8120285

siRNA Functionalized Lipid Nanoparticles (LNPs) in Management of Diseases

Tutu Kalita, Saba Abbasi Dezfouli, Lalit M. Pandey, Hasan Uludag • Pharmaceutics (2022)

RNAi (RNA interference)-based technology is emerging as a versatile tool which has been widely utilized in the treatment of various diseases. siRNA can alter gene expression by binding to the target mRNA and thereby inhibiting its translati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14112520