Adipose tissue responds to stress-induced immunosuppression affecting immune response partially by miR-145-5p/S1PR1 pathway.

Stress-induced immunosuppression (SIIS) is one of the most common problems in intensive poultry production, which can cause immunized chickens to still develop diseases and bring huge losses to production. Recently, adipose tissue, as an immunomodulatory organ, has become a hot topic of attention. However, the function and mechanism of adipose tissue involved in SIIS and its influence on the immune response are still unclear.

Evaluation of the RF-induced lead-tip heating of AIMDs using a Volume-Weighed Tissue-Cluster Model for 1.5T MRI.

The RF-induced lead-tip heating of AIMDs is related to the tangential electric field distribution along the AIMD lead paths in patients and the electromagnetic behavior (represented by the transfer function model) of the AIMDs. To evaluate the in-vivo RF-induced lead-tip heating of AIMDs using in-vitro methods, the electric field distribution is critical. In this paper, we proposed a Volume-Weighed Tissue-Cluster Model, a feasible bench method, to simplify the evaluation of the in-vivo RF-induced lead-tip heating of AIMDs.

Effects of patient orientations, landmark positions, and device positions on the MRI RF-induced heating for modular external fixation devices.

Purpose: This paper studies the RF-induced heating for modular external fixation devices applied on the leg regions of the human bodies. Through numerical investigations of RF-induced heating related to different patient orientations, landmark positions, and device positions under 1.5T and 3T MRI systems, simple and practical methods to reduce RF-induced heating are recommended.

Wire-based sternal closure: MRI-related heating at 1.5 T/64 MHz and 3 T/128 MHz based on simulation and experimental phantom study.

Purpose: The paper investigates factors that affect the RF-induced heating for commonly used wire-based sternal closure under 1.5 T and 3 T MRI systems and clarifies the heating mechanisms.

Methods: Numerical simulations based on the finite-difference time-domain method and experimental measurements in ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) phantom were used in the study.