Publications by authors named "Naohisa Murata"
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- This study focuses on the varying maxillo-mandibular occlusal relationships in patients with isolated cleft palate (ICP), highlighting significant differences from other cleft types.
- Researchers categorized craniofacial morphology in a group of 36 girls with ICP using cephalometric measurements and statistical analyses, resulting in three distinct morphological clusters.
- The findings reveal characteristic patterns in patients with ICP, including issues like bimaxillary retrusion and severe mandibular retrusion, which differ from the anterior crossbite typically observed in patients with cleft lip and palate.
Objectives: There is an unmet need for agents that can stimulate bone healing. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of basic proteins from milk whey (milk basic protein [MBP]) on fracture healing in mice.
Methods: Closed tibial transverse fractures were generated in 6-wk-old male C3 H/HeJ mice given either tap water or MBP-supplemented water for 3, 7, 14, 28, and 56 d after fracture generation.
We examined the distribution of substance P and neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptors and substance-P-containing nerve fibers in the peri-implant mucosa around titanium dental implants in rats. Immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry revealed that substance-P-immunoreactive nerve fibers abundantly innervated the peri-implant epithelium (PIE) compared with other epithelia of the peri-implant mucosa. NK1 receptor mRNA and protein expression in the peri-implant mucosa were confirmed by reverse transcription with the polymerase chain reaction and immunoblotting.
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