Mechano-Growth Factor: an important cog or a loose screw in the repair machinery?
نویسندگان
چکیده
1 Molecular Biology Unit, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre PAS, Warsaw, Poland 2 Department of Physiology and Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI, USA 3 Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery and Interventional Medicine, University College London, London, UK 4 Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK *Correspondence: [email protected]
منابع مشابه
Cosmetic surgical repair of contaminated wounds versus traditional loose approximation: Does it increase the rate of wound infections?
Abstract Background: The cosmetic result of the surgical scar has long been considered by surgeons as an important factor for patient satisfaction. On the other hand, there has been an old teaching that perfect closure of contaminated wounds increases the rate of infection. We decided to look into this matter and see if this is a fact or a myth. Methods: In this prospective randomized study co...
متن کاملAge-related loss of skeletal muscle function; impairment of gene expression.
Mechano Growth Factor (MGF) is derived from the insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) but its sequence differs from the systemic IGF-I produced by the liver. MGF is expressed by mechanically overloaded muscle and is involved in tissue repair and adaptation. It is expressed as a pulse following muscle damage and involved in the activation of muscle satellite (stem) cells. These donate nuclei to the...
متن کاملشکست وسایل تثبیت ستون فقرات
This was a retrospective review of a consecutive series of patients with spinal disease in year 2000, who underwent posterior fusion and instrumentation with Harrington distraction and Cotrel-Dobousset system to evaluate causes of hardware failure. Many cases of clinical failure has been observed in spinal instrumentation used in spinal disorder like spondylolisthesis, fractures, deformities, …...
متن کاملRenal insufficiency after infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm reconstruction: An analysis of this risk factor in 45 patients
Abstract Background: Renal insufficiency is a potential complication after infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and is a significant risk factor for postoperative mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of this risk factor, before and during operation. Methods: In this prospective study, between 2003 and 2006, 45 patients underwent repair of an infrarena...
متن کاملClinical Protests Food Allergy in Children
The best recognized intestinal manifestation of food allergy is food allergic (food-sensitive) enteropathy. The feature of enteropathy may include lymphocyte and plasma cell infiltration, epithelial abnormality, or crypt hyperplastic villous atrophy, and impairing absorption, enterophaty continues while the food remains in the diet, remitting on an exclusion diet, and usually recurring on food ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012