Management of the palato-radicular groove with a periodontal regenerative procedure and prosthodontic treatment: A case report.

Background: Palato-radicular groove (PRG) is defined as an anomalous formation of teeth. The etiology of PRG remains unclear. The prognosis of a tooth with a PRG is unfavorable.

Chronic restraint stress impairs cognition via modulating HDAC2 expression.

Background: To investigate the effects of chronic restraint stress on cognition and the probable molecular mechanism in mice.

Methods: In the current work, a restraining tube was used as a way to induce chronic stress in mice. The protein levels were determined with ELISA and western blot.

Effects of David I operation in the treatment of aortic root disease combined with aortic insufficiency.

Background: We compared the effects of the new David I operation and classical Bentall operation in the treatment of aortic root disease combined with aortic insufficiency.

Methods: A total of 60 cases of patients with aortic root disease combined with aortic insufficiency diagnosed at our hospital from January 2010 to January 2016 were analyzed retrospectively, including 32 cases of aortic root aneurysm, 18 cases of aortic dissection, 5 cases of hypertension combined with atherosclerosis, 2 cases of retrogression, 2 cases of rheumatic heart disease and 1 case of Takayasu arteritis. Twenty-four cases that underwent the David I operation and 36 cases that underwent the Bentall operation were selected and their therapeutic effects were compared.

Knockdown of TRIM65 inhibits lung cancer cell proliferation, migration and invasion: A therapeutic target in human lung cancer.

Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed type of cancer worldwide. Although TRIM65 is an important protein involved in white matter lesion, the role of TRIM65 in human cancer remains less understood. Here, we reported that TRIM65 was significantly overexpressed in lung cancer tissues compared with adjacent normal lung tissues.

Surface heparin treatment of the decellularized porcine heart valve: Effect on tissue calcification.

Tissue calcification is a major cause of failure of bioprosthetic heart valves. Aim of this study was to examine whether surface heparin treatment of the decellularized porcine heart valve reduces tissue calcification. Fresh porcine aortic heart valves were dissected as tissue discs and divided into four groups.

Diagnosis and surgical treatment of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Aim: To retrospectively evaluate our experience with the diagnosis and surgical resection of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs).

Methods: Between January 2003 and August 2014, five esophageal GIST cases were admitted to our hospital. In this study, the hospital records, surgery outcomes, tumor recurrence and survival of these patients were retrospectively reviewed.

Preseeding of human vascular cells in decellularized bovine pericardium scaffold for tissue-engineered heart valve: an in vitro and in vivo feasibility study.

Human vascular cells from saphenous veins have been used for cell seeding on the synthetic scaffolds for constructing tissue-engineered heart valve (TEHV). However, little is known about the seeding of human vascular cells on bovine pericardium, a potential natural scaffold for TEHV. This study was aimed to assess the basic in vitro and in vivo characteristics of the human vascular cells seeded on decellularized bovine pericardium.

First-pass perfusion computed tomography: initial experience in differentiating adrenal adenoma from metastasis.

Objective: To differentiate adrenal adenoma from metastasis in patients using perfusion computed tomography (PCT) imaging.

Methods: Thirty-two patients with adrenal masses underwent first-pass PCT imaging. Of these patients, twenty-one were diagnosed with adrenal adenoma, and the others with metastases.

Oxalate accumulation and regulation is independent of glycolate oxidase in rice leaves.

Cellular oxalate, widely distributed in many plants, is implicated to play important roles in various functions and is also known to affect food qualities adversely in fruits and vegetables. How oxalate is regulated in plants is currently not well understood. Glycolate oxidase (GLO) has long been considered as an important player in oxalate accumulation in plants.