Browsing by Author "Zarepour, Atefeh"
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Antimicrobial activity of blow spun PLA/gelatin nanofibers containing green synthesized silver nanoparticles against wound ınfection-causing bacteria
Sardareh, Elham Alinezhad; Shahzeidi, Moloud; Ardestani, Mohammad Taha Salmanifard; Mousavi-Khattat, Mohammad; Zarepour, Atefeh; Zarrabi, Ali (MDPI, 2022)One of the main challenges in wound healing is the wound infection due to various causes, of which moisture is the most important reason. Owing to this fact, wound dressings that can collect wound moisture in addition to ... -
Association of clinical features with spike glycoprotein mutations in Iranian COVID-19 patients
Ahangarzadeh, Shahrzad; Yousefi, Alireza; Ranjbar, Mohammad Mehdi; Dabiri, Arezou; Zarepour, Atefeh; Sadeghi, Mahmoud; Heidari, Elham; Mazrui, Fariba; Hosseinzadeh, Majid; Ataei, Behrooz; Zarrabi, Ali; Shariati, Laleh; Javanmard, Shaghayegh Haghjooy (MDPI, 2022)Background: Mutations in spike glycoprotein, a critical protein of SARS-CoV-2, could directly impact pathogenicity and virulence. The D614G mutation, a non-synonymous mutation at position 614 of the spike glycoprotein, is ... -
Cellular targets and molecular activity mechanisms of bee venom in cancer: recent trends and developments
Varol, Aysegul; Sezen, Serap; Evcimen, Dilhan; Zarepour, Atefeh; Ulus, Gonul; Zarrabi, Ali; Badr, Gamal; Dastan, Sevgi Durna; Orbayoglu, Asya Gulistan (2022)Bee venom therapy is known as a traditional approach to curing many medical conditions such as arthritis, pain and rheumatism. Bee venom also provides promising potential for treating many cancers such as breast, lung, ... -
Combination therapy using nanomaterials and stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries
Zarepour, Arezou; Ozturk, Ayca Bal; Koyuncu Irmak, Duygu; Yasayan, Gokcen; Gokmen, Aylin; Karaoz, Erdal; Zarepour, Atefeh; Zarrabi, Ali; Mostafavi, Ebrahim (Elsevier Science, 2022)As a part of the central nervous system, the spinal cord (SC) provides most of the communications between the brain and other parts of the body. Any damage to SC interrupts this communication, leading to serious ... -
Gold nanorods for drug and gene delivery: an overview of recent advancements
Jahangiri-Manesh, Atieh; Mousazadeh, Marziyeh; Taji, Shirinsadat; Bahmani, Abbas; Zarepour, Atefeh; Zarrabi, Ali; Sharifi, Esmaeel; Azimzadeh, Mostafa (2022)Over the past few decades, gold nanomaterials have shown great promise in the field of nanotechnology, especially in medical and biological applications. They have become the most used nanomaterials in those fields due to ... -
Immunology meets bioengineering: Improving the effectiveness of glioblastoma immunotherapy
Fekrirad, Zahra; Behrooz, Amir Barzegar; Ghaem, Shokoofeh; Khosrojerdi, Arezou; Zarepour, Atefeh; Zarrabi, Ali; Arefian, Ehsan; Ghavami, Saeid (MDPI, 2022)Glioblastoma (GBM) therapy has seen little change over the past two decades. Surgical excision followed by radiation and chemotherapy is the current gold standard treatment. Immunotherapy techniques have recently transformed ... -
Nanotechnology for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis
Khodadadi, Alisa; Zarepour, Atefeh; Abbaszadeh, Sepideh; Firoozi, Maryam; Zarrabi, Ali (DE GRUYTER POLAND SP Z O O, 2022)As the first cause of death in the last three years, SARS-CoV-2 infection gained lots of interest. In light of this, several studies have been done to fabricate novel, high-speed detection methods for different virus ... -
Penicillin and oxacillin loaded on pegylated-graphene oxide to enhance the activity of the antibiotics against methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus
Zarepour, Atefeh; Zarrabi, Ali; Tabar, Mohadeseh Mohammadi; Khaleghi, Moj; Bidram, Elham (MDPI, 2022)Infectious diseases are known as the second biggest cause of death worldwide, due to the development of antibiotic resistance. To overcome this problem, nanotechnology offers some promising approaches, such as drug delivery ... -
Resveratrol in breast cancer treatment: from cellular effects to molecular mechanisms of action
Behroozaghdam, Mitra; Dehghani, Maryam; Zabolian, Amirhossein; Kamali, Davood; Javanshir, Salar; Hasani Sadi, Farzaneh; Hashemi, Mehrdad; Tabari, Teimour; Rashidi, Mohsen; Mirzaei, Sepideh; Zarepour, Atefeh; Zarrabi, Ali; De Greef, Danielle; Bishayee, Anupam (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022)Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most common cancers in females and is responsible for the highest cancer-related deaths following lung cancer. The complex tumor microenvironment and the aggressive behavior, heterogenous ... -
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and curcumin equally promote neuronal branching morphogenesis in the absence of nerve growth factor in PC12 cells
Zarei, Mahshid; Esmaeili, Abolghasem; Zarrabi, Ali; Zarepour, Atefeh (MDPI, 2022)Regeneration of the damaged neurons in neurological disorders and returning their activities are two of the main purposes of neuromedicine. Combination use of specific nanoformulations with a therapeutic compound could be ... -
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDC)-Based Nanozymes for Biosensing and Therapeutic Applications
Presutti, D.; Agarwal, T.b; Zarepour, A.; Celikkin, N.; Hooshmand, S.; Zarrabi, Ali (MDPI, 2022)Nanozymes, a type of nanomaterial with enzyme-like properties, are a promising alternative to natural enzymes. In particular, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs, with the general formula MX2, where M represents a ...
