... Research and Therapy Vol 5 No 1 Roberts et al.
Research article
Autologous chondrocyte implantation for cartilage repair:
monitoring its success by magnetic resonance imaging and
histology
Sally Roberts
1,2
, ... staining for types I and III
collagens, patchy staining for type II collagen, and a little
for type VI collagen. Most glycosaminoglycan staining...
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The even higher agreement (87% vs 77%) between CT and
MRI in a study of nine RA wrist joints by Perry and colleagues
[12] may partly be explained by more advanced ... anatomy and presence of erosions difficult, and nutri-
tive foramina may also resemble erosions [28]. This may, at
least partly, explain the lower sensitivity and accuracy in thi...
... study was
to validate the model by means of the acquisition of new records for an additional analysis.
Design: Non-paired case control study.
Setting: Urban and rural hospitals and primary health ...
analysis and bootstrap. Berkson’s bias was statistically assessed.
Conclusions: The model, validated by means of logistic regression and bootstrap analysis,
contains the varia...
... caldovelox and rat liver arginases also
Fig. 2. Effect of added Mn
2+
and EDTA on the catalytic activity of
wild-type and D153N agmatinase. The enzymes were assayed before
(Control) and after dialysis ... from decarboxylation of arginine
by arginine decarboxylase [2], is a metabolic intermediate in
the biosynthesis of putrescine and higher polyamines [1] and
may have important re...
... positive for anti-Jo-1 by IPP were positive
by LIA in all instances and by ALBIA in 14 (93.3%) cases. Sim-
ilarly, sera with anti-U1RNP detected by IPP were also positive
by ALBIA, and sera with ... with anti-fibrillarin by ALBIA were also pos-
itive by TNT assay. Anti-PL-12 autoantibodies were detected
by both IPP and LIA. However, a discrepancy in sensitivity was
not...
... data
analysis. Study design was by LX, QZ, EMS, and BFB. LX, QZ,
and RG were responsible for acquisition of data. Analysis and
interpretation of data were performed by LX, QZ, RG, EMS,
and BFB. ... haematopoiesis and in
cerebellar development. Nature 1998, 393:595-599.
11. Yu X, Huang Y, Collin-Osdoby P, Osdoby P: Stromal cell-derived
factor-1 (SDF-1) recruits osteoclast prec...
... electrophysiology of hypertrophied myocardium by up-
regulating the expression of Cx43.
Keywords: Cardioelectrial activity Connexin43, Ischemic preconditioning, Myocardial hypertrophy
Background
Various ... myocardial injury are present in hyper-
trophic hearts of patients undergoing open heart surgery.
The hypertrophied myocardium differs from normal myo-
cardium in myocyte architecture a...
... various ligands and regulatory factors and for investi-
gating the conformational flexibility of the enz yme.
Keywords: aptamers; conformational changes; elongation
complex; Gr eB; R NA polymerase.
DNA-directed ... r
70
-subunit and transcript cleavage factor GreB. The
results indicate that stimulation of the R NAP endonuclease
activity by GreB may be a ccompanied by significant
con...
... culture-expanded chondrocytes in fibrin and polymer-
based scaffolds made of polyglycolic acid or copolymers of
polyglycolic and polylactic acid initiates chondrocyte re-differ-
entiation in vitro and ... treating
consecutive cartilage defects with BioSeed
®
-C, the study is
Figure 7
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before and four years after implan-tation of BioSeed
®
-CMa...
... cardiopulmonary bypass
(CPB) is currently the treatment of choice for sympto-
matic aortic stenosis but carries a significant risk of mor-
bidity and mortality, particularly in frail elderly patients
with ... hypothermia
caused by general anesthesia and surgery. J Clin Anesth 2003, 15:119-125.
20. Chassot PG, van der Linden P, Zaugg M, Mueller XM, Spahn DR: Off-pump
coronary artery by...