Over the past decade, scientific evidence for the properties, functions, and beneficial effects
of probiotics for humans has continued to accumulate. Interest in the use of probiotics for …

Destruction of hypoxic regions within tumors, virtually inaccessible to cancer therapies, may
well prevent malignant progression. The tumor's recruitment of monocytes into these regions …

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a serious complication of cirrhosis that causes neuropsychiatric
problems, such as cognitive dysfunction and movement disorders. The link between the …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is considered to be a significant health threat
globally, and has attracted growing concern in the research field of liver diseases. NAFLD …

In the present study, we examined the neuroprotective effects and mechanisms of implanted
human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) in ischemic stroke. …

This study was undertaken to investigate the antimicrobial effect of organic acids against
Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Listeria monocytogenes on whole red …

As systemic cancer therapies improve and are able to control metastatic disease outside the
central nervous system, the brain is increasingly the first site of relapse. The blood–brain …

Introduction High-fat diets (HFDs) are known to cause obesity and are associated with
breast cancer progression and metastasis. Because obesity is associated with breast cancer …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized
by motor neuron loss. Although the underlying cause of the disease remains unclear, a …

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) obtained from bone marrow (BM) are currently used as an
alternative therapy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. Selection of optimal …