A joint project led by Kumamoto University (Japan) has discovered a new mechanism for anticancer drug resistance in gastric cancer. Researchers found that the Annexin A6 molecule contained in...
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(A) Infection and tissue sampling timeline. (B & C) Heatmaps of all genes expressed in the liver after HBV infection as assessed by a next-generation sequencer. Upregulated genes are shown in C-left, downregulated genes in C-center, and unchanged genes are ...
Read More »Upcoming Clinical Trial – Effect of Plasma Derived Exosomes on Cutaneous Wound Healing
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02565264 Sponsor: Kumamoto University Purpose This study is an open prospective clinical trial. The objective is to evaluate the effect of autologous exosomes rich plasma on cutaneous wound healing. The participants are patients with intractable cutaneous ulcers (e.g. ...
Read More »Clinical impact of serum exosomal microRNA-21 as a clinical biomarker
Exosomes are 40-nm to 100-nm membrane vesicles that are secreted by various cells, and they play a major role in cell-cell communication. The objective of this study was to clarify the significance of the levels of microRNA in exosomes extracted ...
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