Expansion of CD4+CD25+ regulato ...
Rapamycin has important roles in the modulation of regulatory T cells. We tried to expand CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (Treg cells) from umbilical c ...
Leukemia stem cells
Leukemia-initiating cells (LICs) or leukemia stem cells (LSCs) are defined by their ability to form tumors after xenotransplantation in immunodefici ...
Iron overload in MDS—pathophysi ...
Many patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) become dependent on blood transfusions and develop transfusional iron overload, which is exacerba ...
Proliferation and differentiati ...
CD34 is the most frequently used marker for the selection of cells for bone marrow (BM) transplantation. The use of CD133 as an alternative marker i ...
Variant of the extensor pollici ...
Variations on muscular and tendinous connections of the hand occur frequently in the human population and are often discovered during routine surgic ...
A case of double aortic arch ac ...
During the elective course of human dissection at the University of Toyama in 2007, we encountered a rare case of double aortic arch accompanied by ...
A case of anomalous bronchial a ...
There have been no anatomical reports on the origin of the bronchial artery derived from the coronary artery. In a 2006 cadaveric dissection course, ...
Bone growth and sexual dimorphi ...
This paper addresses the effect of a reduction of uterine blood flow (RUB) on postcranial bone growth in rats. The objectives were: (1) to discover ...
The fibrillar organisation of t ...
The collagen architecture of secondary osteons was studied with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) employing the fractured cortex technique and osmi ...
A schematic diagram showing the ...
A retroesophageal right subclavian artery, arising from the arch of the aorta as the terminal branch and passing dorsal to the esophagus, was found ...
The superficial brachial artery ...
The human superficial brachial artery passes superficially to the median nerve and can be classified into three subtypes according to its topographi ...
The Meckel’s cartilage in human ...
The Meckel’s cartilage itself and the mandible are derived from the first branchial arch, and their development depends upon the contribution of the ...
Reduced soleus muscle injury at ...
Muscle injury was studied to test the hypotheses that maintaining the soleus muscle at a long muscle length during contraction prevents muscle injur ...
Relationship between inflammato ...
Inflammatory response after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) has been a focus of research recently, but the effect of inflammatory cells on i ...
Anatomy of the cardiac nervous ...
Unlike autonomic nervous preservation in other surgeries for improving patient quality of life, autonomic cardiac nervous system (ACNS) preservation ...
Assessment of in vivo calculati ...
We compared three methods for the determination of prostate volume: prostate volume measured via transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS); the Cavalieri m ...
The gastrin-releasing peptide s ...
The lumbar spinal segments are of particular interest because they are sexually dimorphic and contain several neuronal circuits that are important i ...
Immunolocalization of TAK1, TAB ...
In tooth development, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-b) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) are involved in cell differentiation and matrix ...
Development of an anatomical te ...
In the adult cerebellum, a single climbing fiber (CF) innervates proximal dendrites of Purkinje cells (PCs). This monoinnervation is established by ...
Morphological variants of later ...
In the present study, the objectives were to study the morphology of the lateral menisci (LMs) in human fetuses from a South Indian population and t ...
Vertebral spinal osteophytes
Osteoarthritis is a common complication in the elderly and is often associated with osteophyte growth on vertebral bodies. The clinical presentation ...
Internet Use Among Female Sex W ...
Based on a cross-sectional survey with 1,022 female sex workers (FSWs) recruited from different types of commercial sex venues in Southwest China, w ...
Perceived Serosorting of Inject ...
We examined perceived serosorting of injection paraphernalia sharing networks among a sample of 572 injection drug users (IDUs). There was evidence ...
Do Social Support, Stress, Disc ...
Limited research has examined the role that social support, stress, stigma and HIV disclosure play in retention in HIV care for African Americans an ...
Sexual Serosorting among Women ...
Serosorting, the practice of selectively engaging in unprotected sex with partners of the same HIV serostatus, has been proposed as a strategy for r ...