Advances in research on the bioactivity of alginate oligosaccharides

M **ng, Q Cao, Y Wang, H **ao, J Zhao, Q Zhang, A Ji… - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alginate is a natural polysaccharide present in various marine brown seaweeds. Alginate
oligosaccharide (AOS) is a degradation product of alginate, which has received increasing …

Toll-like receptor 2 signaling and current approaches for therapeutic modulation in synucleinopathies

IF Caplan, KA Maguire-Zeiss - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The innate immune response in the central nervous system (CNS) is implicated as both
beneficial and detrimental to health. Integral to this process are microglia, the resident …

Polyguluronic acid alleviates doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity by suppressing Peli1-NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated pyroptosis

E Zhang, C Shang, M Ma, X Zhang, Y Liu, S Song… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyguluronic acid (PG), a polysaccharide from alginate, possesses excellent bioactivities.
We prepared high-purity PG with 10.41 kDa molecular weight (Mw) and a 59 average …

Immuno-modulatory biomaterials as anti-inflammatory therapeutics

RI Lynch, EC Lavelle - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Biocompatible and biodegradable biomaterials are used extensively in regenerative
medicine and serve as a tool for tissue replacement, as a platform for regeneration of injured …

Nystatin enhances the immune response against Candida albicans and protects the ultrastructure of the vaginal epithelium in a rat model of vulvovaginal candidiasis

X Zhang, T Li, X Chen, S Wang, Z Liu - BMC microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Background Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a common infectious disease of the lower
genital tract. Nystatin, a polyene fungicidal antibiotic, is used as a topical antifungal agent for …

A review of preclinical experiments toward targeting M2 macrophages in prostate cancer

F Seif, L Sharifi, M Khoshmirsafa, Y Mojibi… - Current drug …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Prostate cancer is malignant cancer leading to high mortality in the male population. The
existence of suppressive cells referred to as tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) is a …

Co‐expression of TLR‐9 and MMP‐13 is associated with the degree of tumour differentiation in prostate cancer

E Kalantari, M Abolhasani, R Roudi… - International journal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In vitro experiments demonstrated that stimulation of Toll‐like receptor 9 (TLR‐9) by
synthetic TLR‐9 ligands induces the invasion of TLR‐9‐expressing prostate cancer cells …

Evaluation of G2013 (α‐L‐guluronic acid) efficacy on PC‐3 cells through inhibiting the expression of inflammatory factors

Z Bagherian, A Mirshafiey… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Given multiple treatment strategies for prostate cancer, its mortality rate is still high;
therefore, novel treatment strategies seem necessary. G2013 or α‐L‐guluronic acid is a new …

The Immunomodulatory Role of G2013 (α-L-Guluronic Acid) on the Expression of TLR2 and TLR4 in HT29 cell line

H Farhang, L Sharifi, MMS Dallal… - Current drug …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) play crucial role in the
controlling of inflammatory diseases. Due to the vast side effects of NSAIDs, its use is limited …

Anti-tumor effect of M2000 (β-d-mannuronic acid) on the expression of inflammatory molecules in the prostate cancer cell

M Mohsenzadegan, F Moghbeli… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: The importance of chronic inflammation during the progression of prostate cancer
(PCa) is well-known. M2000 (β-d-mannuronic acid) is a novel anti-inflammatory drug …