AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the consequences of different flapless procedures for the installation of dental implants on peri-implant bone response. MATERIALS AND METHODS After bilateral extraction of the mandibular second and third premolars and a 3-month healing period, 30 SLActive(®) implants were installed for 3 months in 10 Beagle dogs according to three different surgic...

The author performed a microsurgical cervical combined transpedicular lateral and medical procedure with partial pediculotomy (CTPP) in 78 patients (51 men 27 women) foraminal stenosis to decompress the affected nerve root. 21 Patients (27%) had multilevel (2 - 4 levels).

Pathological conditions in the central nervous system, including stroke and trauma, are often exacerbated by cerebral edema. We recently identified a nonselective cation channel, the NCCa-ATP channel, in ischemic astrocytes that is regulated by sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1), is opened by depletion of ATP and, when opened, causes cytotoxic edema. Here, we evaluated involvement of this channel i...

Exposure to particles with aerodynamic diameters less than 2.5 mm is estimated to cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide leading many countries to develop ambient air pollution standards and guidelines. At local scales, community and environmental justice groups are also concerned about PM2.5 concentrations that may be elevated above regional concentrations typically measured by ce...

We present mid-infrared spectrophotometric observations of SS 433 with ISOPHOT. The HeI+HeII lines in both spectra of SS 433 and of the Wolf-Rayet star WR147, a wind-colliding WN8+BO5 binary system, closely match. The 2.5-12 μm continuum radiation is due to an expanding wind free-free emission in an intermediate case between optically thick and optically thin regimes. The inferred mass loss rat...

Considerable attentions have been focused on the treatment of lung injury using mesenchymal stem cells that can replenish damaged tissues including the blood vessels. In human lung-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hL-MSC), we investigated the potential role of an IL-1β-stimulated miR-433 pathway in angiogenesis in vitro. The expressions of miR-433 and its target genes were examined in cells trea...

Background: Autoimmune diseases occur more frequently in females and their course severity can be affected by gender. Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder which antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) exert pathogenic role resulting vascular thrombosis and/or pregnancy morbidities. Data about gender differences thrombotic APS (t-APS) are still scarce 1,2 . Objectives: To ...