Natural and synthetic flavylium-based dyes: The chemistry behind the color

L Cruz, N Basílio, N Mateus, V de Freitas… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Flavylium compounds are a well-known family of pigments because they are prevalent in the
plant kingdom, contributing to colors over a wide range from shades of yellow-red to blue in …

[HTML][HTML] Protein-based nanoparticles as drug delivery systems

S Hong, DW Choi, HN Kim, CG Park, W Lee, HH Park - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles have been extensively used as carriers for the delivery of chemicals and
biomolecular drugs, such as anticancer drugs and therapeutic proteins. Natural …

Lactate regulates cell cycle by remodelling the anaphase promoting complex

W Liu, Y Wang, LHM Bozi, PD Fischer… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Lactate is abundant in rapidly dividing cells owing to the requirement for elevated glucose
catabolism to support proliferation,,,,–. However, it is not known whether accumulated lactate …

Serum albumin in health and disease: esterase, antioxidant, transporting and signaling properties

DA Belinskaia, PA Voronina, VI Shmurak… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Being one of the main proteins in the human body and many animal species, albumin plays
a decisive role in the transport of various ions—electrically neutral and charged molecules …

Long-lived emissive probes for time-resolved photoluminescence bioimaging and biosensing

KY Zhang, Q Yu, H Wei, S Liu, Q Zhao… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this Review article, we systematically summarize the design and applications of various
kinds of long-lived emissive probes for bioimaging and biosensing via time-resolved …

Tetrazolium salts and formazan products in Cell Biology: Viability assessment, fluorescence imaging, and labeling perspectives

JC Stockert, RW Horobin, LL Colombo… - Acta histochemica, 2018 - Elsevier
For many years various tetrazolium salts and their formazan products have been employed
in histochemistry and for assessing cell viability. For the latter application, the most widely …

Structure, enzymatic activities, glycation and therapeutic potential of human serum albumin: A natural cargo

G Rabbani, SN Ahn - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2019 - Elsevier
Human serum albumin (HSA) is an opulent, non-glycosylated, most versatile carrier protein
in plasma possessing multiple functions. HSA has the ability to interact with a variety of …

Serum albumin: a multifaced enzyme

G De Simone, A di Masi, P Ascenzi - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human serum albumin (HSA) is the most abundant protein in plasma, contributing actively to
oncotic pressure maintenance and fluid distribution between body compartments. HSA acts …

Symbiotic Firmicutes establish mutualism with the host via innate tolerance and resistance to control systemic immunity

CKI Jordan, RL Brown, MLY Larkinson, RP Sequeira… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2023 - cell.com
The intestinal microbiota regulates immunity across organ systems. Which symbionts control
systemic immunity, the mechanisms they use, and how they avoid widespread inflammatory …

Hyaluronic acid and albumin based nanoparticles for drug delivery

C Lei, XR Liu, QB Chen, Y Li, JL Zhou, LY Zhou… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Albumin, a multifunctional protein, is widely used to prepare nanocarriers. Hyaluronic acid
(HA) is a natural glycosaminoglycan that can specifically bind receptors, such as cluster of …