Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack , Sameh A. Abdelnour , Mahmoud Kamal , Asmaa F. Khafaga , Afnan M. Shakoori , Rehab M. Bagadood , Hind M. Naffadi , Areej Y. Alyahyawi , Hanan Khojah , Saleh Alghamdi , Mariusz Jaremko , Sylwester Świątkiewicz
{"title":"Retraction notice to \"Lactoferrin: Antimicrobial impacts, genomic guardian, therapeutic uses and clinical significance for humans and animals\" [Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 164 (2023) 114967]","authors":"Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack , Sameh A. Abdelnour , Mahmoud Kamal , Asmaa F. Khafaga , Afnan M. Shakoori , Rehab M. Bagadood , Hind M. Naffadi , Areej Y. Alyahyawi , Hanan Khojah , Saleh Alghamdi , Mariusz Jaremko , Sylwester Świątkiewicz","doi":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119147","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119147","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8966,"journal":{"name":"Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy","volume":"197 ","pages":"Article 119147"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146777067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XinGang Lu , HongFu Qiu , Liu Yang , JieYing Zhang , ShuJie Ma , Lan Zhen
{"title":"Retraction notice to \"Anti-proliferation effects, efficacy of cyasterone in vitro and in vivo and its mechanism\" [Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 84 (2016) 330-339]","authors":"XinGang Lu , HongFu Qiu , Liu Yang , JieYing Zhang , ShuJie Ma , Lan Zhen","doi":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8966,"journal":{"name":"Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy","volume":"197 ","pages":"Article 119158"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147286662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manish Dhawan , AbdulRahman A. Saied , Saikat Mitra , Fahad A. Alhumaydhi , Talha Bin Emran , Polrat Wilairatana
{"title":"Retraction notice to \"Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) and its sublineages: What do we know so far amid the emergence of recombinant variants of SARS-CoV-2?\" [Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 154 (2022) 113522]","authors":"Manish Dhawan , AbdulRahman A. Saied , Saikat Mitra , Fahad A. Alhumaydhi , Talha Bin Emran , Polrat Wilairatana","doi":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119215","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119215","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8966,"journal":{"name":"Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy","volume":"197 ","pages":"Article 119215"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147488767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanxing Hu , Huyan Chen , Chenyun Ding , Shengbo Zhang , Qing Chen , Hongying Sun , Qiaozhen Yang
{"title":"Fumarate loss destabilizes mitochondria and activates cGAS–STING in OLP","authors":"Yanxing Hu , Huyan Chen , Chenyun Ding , Shengbo Zhang , Qing Chen , Hongying Sun , Qiaozhen Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119127","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mitochondrial metabolism and innate immune signaling are increasingly recognized as intersecting pathways in chronic inflammatory disease. Here, we identify a metabolically driven mechanism linking the TCA cycle imbalance to mucosal inflammation in oral lichen planus (OLP). Multi-omics analysis revealed that fumarate hydratase (FH) is upregulated in OLP tissues and cells, leading to significant fumarate depletion. This metabolic shift induces mitochondrial dysfunction, characterized by enhanced oxidative phosphorylation, proton leak, and TFAM downregulation. These changes destabilize the mitochondrial genome, promote mtDNA leakage into the cytosol, and activate the cGAS-STING pathway, resulting in TBK1-IRF3- NF-κB -driven inflammatory responses. Genetic knockdown of FH or pharmacological supplementation with monomethyl fumarate (MMF) restored mitochondrial homeostasis, prevented mtDNA release, and attenuated immune activation. Furthermore, depletion of mtDNA using 2′,3′-dideoxycytidine (ddC) validated the essential role of mtDNA in sustaining cGAS-STING dependent inflammation. Co-treatment with fumarate further suppressed cytosolic mtDNA and enhanced repression of innate signaling. These findings uncover a functional FH-fumarate-mtDNA-cGAS-STING axis in OLP and reveal fumarate as a key metabolic modulator of mitochondrial immune surveillance. Our work provides conceptual and therapeutic insight into the role of mitochondrial metabolism in non-infectious mucosal inflammation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8966,"journal":{"name":"Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy","volume":"197 ","pages":"Article 119127"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147350002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial for Brazilian papers","authors":"Daniel Cristian, André Luis Branco de Barros","doi":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119198","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119198","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8966,"journal":{"name":"Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy","volume":"197 ","pages":"Article 119198"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147438513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Majdi Ali Al-Somat , Hassan Mohammed Al-Mahbashi , Afif Saeed Al-Nabehi
{"title":"Amlodipine mitigates Cisplatin- and acetaminophen-induced nephrotoxicity associated with alterations in renal gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and oxidative stress","authors":"Majdi Ali Al-Somat , Hassan Mohammed Al-Mahbashi , Afif Saeed Al-Nabehi","doi":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119187","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119187","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) plays a pivotal role in renal glutathione metabolism and redox regulation, and its excessive activation contributes to oxidative stress and tubular injury. Cisplatin (CP) and acetaminophen (Aceta) are well-known nephrotoxic agents primarily inducing renal damage through oxidative mechanisms, whereas amlodipine (Amlo) has been suggested to exert nephroprotective effects. This study aimed to evaluate the protective effect of Amlo against CP- and Aceta-induced nephrotoxicity in rats, with particular emphasis on renal GGT activity and oxidative stress. Fifty-six male albino rats were randomly allocated into seven groups receiving normal saline, CP, Aceta, Amlo, or their respective combinations. Treatments were administered for 14 days, with a single intraperitoneal dose of CP (8 mg/kg) on day 10. Renal GGT activity, oxidative stress markers Reduced Glutathione (GSH), Glutathione Peroxidase (GPx), Catalase (CAT), Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), Malondialdehyde (MDA), and Nitric Oxide (NO), kidney function indices blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine (SC), and urea, and histopathological alterations were assessed. Cisplatin markedly elevated renal GGT activity, oxidative stress parameters, and renal dysfunction markers, whereas Aceta induced a milder but significant renal injury. Amlodipine treatment attenuated GGT overactivation, reduced oxidative stress, and improved renal functional and histological integrity, while Aceta co-administration exacerbated CP-induced renal damage. Collectively, these findings indicate that CP induces more pronounced renal GGT activation and oxidative injury than Aceta, and that Amlo confers significant nephroprotection, underscoring the critical role of GGT in drug-induced nephrotoxicity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8966,"journal":{"name":"Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy","volume":"197 ","pages":"Article 119187"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147358030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}