Cross Vertical Mattress Suturing with Basilar Tightening During the Correction of Inverted Nipple in 30 Cases.

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of cross vertical mattress suturing with basilar tightening during the correction of inverted nipple.

Methods: Thirty patients with inverted nipples underwent cross vertical mattress suturing with basilar tightening. The postoperative results were recorded.

Optimum conditions for Radix Rehmanniae polysaccharides by RSM and its antioxidant and immunity activity in UVB mice.

Optimization of Radix Rehmanniae polysaccharides (RRPs) was done using response surface methodology (RSM). Optimum extraction conditions for maximizing the determination of Radix Rehmanniae polysaccharides were: extraction temperature 100 °C, extraction time 2h and ratio of liquid to solid 6. The model had a satisfactory coefficient of R(2) (=0.

Differentiated epidermal cells regain the ability to regenerate a skin equivalent by increasing the level of β-catenin in the cells.

Epidermal stem cells are of major importance for skin regeneration and tissue engineering, but differentiated epidermal cells lost their proliferative capacity and are no longer able to regenerate a skin equivalent. Here, we investigated the role of β-catenin in regulating regenerative functions of differentiated epidermal cells. Lithium chloride and a highly specific glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3β inhibitor were applied to induce the expression of β-catenin in differentiated epidermal cells.

MicroRNA array analysis of microRNAs related to systemic scleroderma.

MicroRNAs are short, 18- to 25-nt sequences of noncoding, single-stranded RNA that function as regulatory molecules and participate in a series of vital processes including early development, cell proliferation, cell differentiation, apoptosis, substance metabolism and the pathogenesis of human diseases. This study compared the microRNA profiles of patients with systemic scleroderma (SSc) and healthy control individuals to investigate the pathogenesis of SSc. Skin tissue was isolated from three patients with SSc and three healthy controls.

Chemical analysis of Agaricus blazei polysaccharides and effect of the polysaccharides on IL-1beta mRNA expression in skin of burn wound-treated rats.

Agaricus blazei polysaccharides were analyzed by GC-MS. Results indicated that the polysaccharides contained glucose (93.87%), mannose (3.

[Migratory and chemoattractant responses of mesenchymal stem cells to oxidative stress injury of endothelial cell in vitro].

Objective: To investigate the possibilities of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) migrating toward the oxidative stress injuries of endothelial cells.

Methods: hMSCs were isolated and cultured from human marrow in vitro and the multipotential differentiation of P3 hMSCs identified by specific medium induced to differentiate into osteoblasts, adipocytes and endothelial cells. And the marker antigen of P3 hMSCs was detected by flow cytometry (FCM) and immunohistochemistry.