Browsing Colleges and Schools by Department "Biomedical Sciences"
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(2023-08-03)Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare inherited disorder that is due to inactivation of the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (ALP) gene ALPL. There are more than 400 different mutations in the human ALPL gene that ...
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(2021-05-03)Periodontitis and odontogenic abscesses are common dental ailments that affect the ability to obtain sufficient nutrition. Thus, they are important indicators of oral health and quality of life. In this study, oral health ...
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(2021-04-27)Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is a central growth factor required for cell proliferation, survival, migration, and differentiation. bFGF enhances both the mitogenic and chondrogenic potential of human mesenchymal ...
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(2015-08-10)The prostate is an androgen-dependent male reproductive organ that is comprised of epithelial and stromal compartments. The epithelial compartment contains basal, luminal, and neuroendocrine cells. Two types of prostate ...
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(2010-01-16)Arterial pulse pressure is critically important to a number of diseases such as isolated systolic hypertension, coronary artery disease and heart failure. Determining the cause of increased pulse pressure has been hampered ...
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(2018-01-18)The human brain is responsible for constructing how we perceive, think, and act in the world around us. The organization of these functions is intricately distributed throughout the brain. Here, I discuss how functional ...
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Hepatic Cholesterol Metabolism Drives Enteric Immunity and Development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (2018-04-05)Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) is a disease of the neonatal gastrointestinal tract related to prematurity, low birth weight and formula feeding that has been linked to imbalances in tolerizing versus inflammatory lymphocytes. ...
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(2013-12-10)Purpose: The purpose of this research was to quantify the number of blood vessels and nerves and mineral apposition rate (MAR) in native bone and compare it to the regenerate bone produced by bone transport distraction ...
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(2022-08-19)Urinary Tract Infections are a global health concern affecting approximately 7-11 million people in the United States annually. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are the primary etiologic agent of uncomplicated UTIs, ...
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(2019-05-23)Feline chronic enteropathy is a very common disorder with an increasing prevalence over the past decades. It mainly comprises idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and alimentary small cell lymphoma (SCL). Histopathology, ...
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(2020-07-15)Regeneration of functional dentin remains challenging in regenerative dentistry since it requires a precise control of odontoblast polarization and differentiation. Both biophysical and biochemical factors have been proposed ...
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(2019-04-12)Histamine, synthesized by L-histidine decarboxylase (HDC), is a trophic growth factor that increases biliary damage/proliferation, inflammation, hepatic fibrosis and angiogenesis. Histamine signals through one of four G ...
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(2013-12-17)Hypoxia in the neonate is one of the leading causes of encephalopathy and seizures. Sadly, a significant subset of these children will acquire epilepsy, as their risk increases several-fold even with recovery from the ...
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(2020-03-17)Cholangiocytes are the epithelial cells lining the bile ducts in the liver and the target of cholestatic liver diseases, such as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). Cholangiopathies ...
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(2018-01-18)Impaired wound healing and excess scarring are substantial clinical problems that affect millions of Americans annually and cost billions of dollars to treat. Currently there are insufficient therapies available to improve ...
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(2018-08-02)Dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP) is abundantly expressed by odontoblasts, and transiently expressed by ameloblasts. The mutations in DSPP gene can cause dentinogenesis imperfecta (DGI) type II (DGI-II) and III (DGI-III), ...
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(2014-05-13)The purpose of this prospective study was to determine whether dental intrusion is effective in treating growing retrognathic hyperdivergent patients without negatively affecting the roots and periodontal structures. The ...
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(2015-05-06)For many centuries, the osteoblast is considered to be responsible for bone formation. It is also believed that an imbalance of osteoblasts (weak) and osteoclasts (strong) is the main cause for bone diseases such as ...
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(2014-04-24)Osterix is a transcription factor that is essential for osteoblast differentiation and periostin is a matricellular protein that, in the jaw bones, is expressed in the periosteum and periodontal ligament (PDL). It has been ...
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(2022-11-15)This review describes commonly used antiseptics in veterinary medicine including their mechanism of action, spectrum of activity, potential adverse effects, and application techniques. Additionally, it includes a literature ...