Influence of reinforcing materials on strain of maxillary complete denture.

Objective: A maxillary complete denture has been a common prosthetic treatment for people with edentulous maxillas. The fracture and deformation of dentures are recurrent and common problems for denture-wearers. Consequently, reinforcement materials are embedded in the denture base to prevent fracture and deformation.

Identification of CD123+ myeloid dendritic cells as an early-stage immature subset with strong tumoristatic potential.

CD123 has been identified as a specific surface marker for plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs). However, CD123 has recently been shown to be expressed on freshly isolated or in vitro generated myeloid dendritic cells (MDCs). In this article, we investigated whether the expression of CD123 on monocyte-derived MDCs was related to their function, especially to tumor-inhibiting potential.