Protective effects of Dendrobium candidum Wall ex Lindl. on high-fat diet-induced liver damage in mice.

D. candidum Wall. ex Lindl.

Analysis of influencing factors of severity in acute pancreatitis using big data mining.

Objectives: To evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of acute pancreatitis (AP) and explore potential relationships between these factors and severity.

Methodology: Data-sets of 5,659 patients with AP from health statistics and the Information Center of Jiangsu province, between 2014 and 2016, were analyzed. A self-organizing map (SOM) neural network was used for data clustering.

Angiogenesis in tissue-engineered nerves evaluated objectively using MICROFIL perfusion and micro-CT scanning.

Angiogenesis is a key process in regenerative medicine generally, as well as in the specific field of nerve regeneration. However, no convenient and objective method for evaluating the angiogenesis of tissue-engineered nerves has been reported. In this study, tissue-engineered nerves were constructed in vitro using Schwann cells differentiated from rat skin-derived precursors as supporting cells and chitosan nerve conduits combined with silk fibroin fibers as scaffolds to bridge 10-mm sciatic nerve defects in rats.