The present study investigated the contribution of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM‑MSCs) to neointimal formation, and whether endothelial‑like cells (ELCs) differentiated from BM‑MSCs could attenuate intimal hyperplasia following vascular injury. BM‑MSCs were isolated from rat femurs and tibias and expanded ex vivo. Differentiation into ELCs was induced by cultivation in the pres...

PURPOSE To describe a new ultrasound biomicroscopic (UBM) sign seen in patients who underwent deep sclerectomy (DS) as a surgical procedure for the management of uncontrolled primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). The presence of this sign in ultrasound biomicroscopy is suggested to be an indicator of successful surgery. We would like to name this sign as the "dolphin head sign." DESIGN Prospect...

Phoon, Colin K. L., and Daniel H. Turnbull. Ultrasound biomicroscopy-Doppler in mouse cardiovascular development. Physiol Genomics 14: 3–15, 2003; 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00008.2003.—The ability to modify the mouse genome has yielded new insights into the genetic control of mammalian cardiovascular development. However, it is far less understood how genetic factors and their consequent structur...