[A Low-temperature Manganese Chloride Tetrahydrate Improves the Image Quality of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography].

Manganese chloride tetrahydrate (MCT) is one of the oral negative contrast agents which is indispensable for imaging of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). In this study, improvement of the image quality of MRCP by using low-temperature MCT is verified. All MR imagings were performed using 1.

Diamond squid (Thysanoteuthis rhombus)-derived chondroitin sulfate stimulates bone healing within a rat calvarial defect.

Chondroitin sulfate (CS) has been suggested to be involved in bone formation and mineralization processes. A previous study showed that squid-derived CS (sqCS) has osteoblastogenesis ability in cooperation with bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-4 in vitro. However, in vivo, osteogenic potential has not been verified.