Tubular regeneration

Nerve regeneration through artificial tubular implants.

Macrophage stimulating protein may promote tubular regeneration after acute injury.

Macrophage-stimulating protein (MSP) exerts proliferative and antiapoptotic effects, suggesting that it may play a role in tubular regeneration after acute kidney injury. In this study, elevated plasma levels of MSP were found both in critically ill patients with acute renal failure and in recipients of renal allografts during the first week after transplantation. In addition, MSP and its recep...

Label-retaining cells and tubular regeneration in postischaemic kidney.

BACKGROUND In this study, we have examined rat kidneys after ischaemic injury (35 min) with regard to the dynamics of S3 tubule regeneration. METHODS One day before ischaemia, each rat received four successive i.p. injections of BrdU (5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine: 80 mg/kg) at 2 h intervals. Groups of experimental animals (n = 4) were killed every 2 h during the first 24 h post-ischaemia as well a...

Regeneration of tubular complex is promoted by a free space.

OBJECTIVES Regeneration of the pancreas is initiated by the tubular complexes that consist of a cluster of epithelia surrounded by the mesenchymal cells. They have the potential to become pancreatic lobes, but their growth stops before the complete regeneration of the organ. To elucidate the possibility that we could promote the regeneration of the pancreas, the potential for growth or differen...

Rat sciatic nerve regeneration through type I collagen-derivedartificial tubular implants

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of a type I collagen-derived artificial tubular implant on sciatic nerve regeneration. Materials and Methods: Sprague-Dawley rat sciatic nerve injury model was built by cutting a 5.0 mm defect on the sciatic nerve of the right thigh. Rats with sciatic nerve injury were treated with type I collagen-derived artificial tubular implants (Group A), autologous c...