Skeletal muscle tissue engineering is a promising interdisciplinary specialty which aims at the reconstruction of skeletal muscle loss caused by traumatic injury congenital defects or tumor ablations. Due to the difficulty in procuring donor tissue, the possibilities for alternative treatment like autologous grafting (e.g. muscle flaps) are limited. This process also presents consistent problem...

although the etiology of varicose veins remains unknown, recent studies have focused on endothelial cell integrity and function because the endothelium regulates vessel tone and synthesizes many pro- and anti-inflammatory factors. the aim of this study was to investigate the evidence involving the endothelium in the development of varicose vein disease. in addition, tissue remodeling was invest...

Following a meal, series of physiological changes occurs in fish as they digest, absorb and assimilate ingested nutrients. This study aims to assess post-prandial free amino acid (FAA) activity gilthead sea bream consuming partial marine protein (fishmeal) replacement. Sea were fed diets where 16 27% the fishmeal was replaced by plant protein. The essential (EAA) composition white muscle, liver...

Abstract Background and Objective: It has been shown that oxidative stress increases in diabetes and it has an important role in its development and subsequent complications. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acute resistance exercise on oxidative stress in skeletal muscle and cardiac tissues of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Materials and Methods: Twenty male ...

leiomyosarcoma in birds is relatively rare. this tumor as a muscle neoplasm was reported in captive and free ranging birds. smooth muscle cells may develop to the leiomyosracoma, but splenic smooth muscle trabeculae is most common site of the tumor growth. although budgerigars have an incidence of neoplastic diseases but smooth muscle tumors were rarely reported in this species. to the best of ...

Volumetric muscle loss (VML) is the traumatic, degenerative, or surgical loss of muscle tissue, which may result in function loss and physical deformity. To date, clinical treatments for VML--the reflected muscle flap or transferred muscle graft--are limited by tissue availability and donor site morbidity. To address the need for more innovative skeletal muscle repair options, our laboratory ha...