A Wireless Monitoring System Using a Tunneling Sensor Array in a Smart Oral Appliance for Sleep Apnea Treatment.

Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder, and the most common type is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Untreated OSA will cause lots of potential health problems. Oral appliance therapy is an effective and popular approach for OSA treatment, but making a perfect fit for each patient is time-consuming and decreases its efficiency considerably.

Identifying the regulative role of NF-κB binding sites within promoter region of human matrix metalloproteinase 9 (mmp-9) by TNF-α induction.

Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), a member of MMP family, is involved in many physiological processes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD). Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is considered a cytokine with pleiotropic biological capabilities and leads to the process of CVD when TNF-α is abnormally released and stimulates MMP-9 expression and activation. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanism of TNF-α-regulated MMP-9 expression.

Guided tissue regeneration for using a chitosan membrane: an experimental study in rats.

Barrier membranes are employed clinically to deflect the growth of gingival tissues away from root surface. They provide an isolated space over the regions with the defective tissues that allow the relatively slow growing periodontal ligament fibroblasts to be repopulated onto the root surface. Several makes of bioabsorbable membranes are now commercially available.