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1. Abstract 2. Introduction 2.1. Clinical need for vascular tissue engineering 2.1.1.Cardiovascular disease 2.1.2. End stage renal disease 3.1.3. Need for a new graft material 2.2. Current issues in vascular tissue engineering 2.2.1. Cell source 2.2.2. Scaffolds 2.2.3. Mechanical stimulation 2.2.4. Biochemical stimulation 3. Cellular constituents for vascular tissue engineering 3.1. Terminally ...

Rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells undergo neuronal differentiation in response to nerve growth factor. We show here that exposure of PC12 cells to Nardostachys chinensis glycoside induces the outgrowth of neurites, increases the activity of AChE, triggers cell cycle arrest in G1 and enhances the expression of growth associated protein 43 (GAP-43). Both the outgrowth of neurites and the increase i...

CORRESPONDENCE: B. Van de Maele, Respiratory Division, Henri Serruys Hospital, Kaı̈rostraat 84, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium. Fax: 32 59555792. E-mail: [email protected] *Respiratory Division, Dept of Surgery, and Dept of Pathology, Henri Serruys Hospital, and Torhoutsesteenweg 51, B-8400, Oostende, Belgium. Eur Respir J 2005; 25: 768–770 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00110904 Copyright ERS...

This article explores regional Buddhist monasteries in Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) China, including their arrangement, functions, and sources for study. Specifically, as a case study, it considers the reconstruction of Kaiyuan monastery ??? Sizhou ?? (present-day Jiangsu Province) with reference to works three prominent state officials scholars: Bai Juyi ??? (772–846), Li Ao ?? (772–841), Han Yu ...

gateway to understanding intelligence in brains and machines, to discovering how the human brain works and to making intelligent machines that learn from experience. What distinguishes nontrivial learning from memory is the ability to generalize: that is, to apply what has been learned from limited experience to new situations. Memory bears the same relationship to learning as a dry list of exp...

Introduction Cardiac excitation–contraction coupling is a transduction cascade that results in muscle contraction and relaxation. In ventricular myocytes, the arrival of an action potential activates sarcolemmal L-type Ca channels, and the subsequent inward Ca current, in turn, activates several RyRs in the SR membrane (the Ca release unit [CRU]). Activation of a CRU causes more Ca to be releas...

Wickham Chen, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75275. Phone: 214-768-1402. Fax: 214-768-3573. Email: [email protected] Tiankuan Liu, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75275. Phone: 214-768-1541. Fax: 214-768-4095. Email: [email protected] Junheng Zhang, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 75275. Phone: 214-768-1402. Fax: 214-768-3573. Email: [email protected]...

The transcriptional profiles of cardiac cells derived from murine embryos and from mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) have primarily been studied within a cell population. However, the characterization of gene expression in these cells at a single-cell level might demonstrate unique variations that cannot be appreciated within a cell pool. In this study, we aimed to establish a single-cell quan...

Introduction Cardiac excitation–contraction coupling is a transduction cascade that results in muscle contraction and relaxation. In ventricular myocytes, the arrival of an action potential activates sarcolemmal L-type Ca channels, and the subsequent inward Ca current, in turn, activates several RyRs in the SR membrane (the Ca release unit [CRU]). Activation of a CRU causes more Ca to be releas...