Trophic Factors from Tissue Stem Cells for Renal Regeneration by Kenji Tsuji, Shinji Kitamura

“…Stem cell therapies against renal injury have been advancing. The many trials for renal regeneration are reported to be effective in many kinds of renal injury models. …”
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Fasting activates optineurin-mediated mitophagy in chondrocytes to protect against osteoarthritis by Min-Na Zhang, Ran Duan, Gui-Hong Chen, Mei-Jun Chen, Chun-Gu Hong, Xin Wang, Zhi-Lin Pang, Chun-Yuan Chen, Hua-Feng Liu, Da Zhong, Hui Xie, Wen-Bao Hu, Zheng-Zhao Liu

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Quercetin Pretreatment Attenuates Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion-Induced Apoptosis and Autophagy by Inhibiting ERK/NF-κB Pathway by Liwei Wu, Qinghui Zhang, Weiqi Dai, Sainan Li, Jiao Feng, Jingjing Li, Tong Liu, Shizan Xu, Wenwen Wang, Xiya Lu, Qiang Yu, Kan Chen, Yujing Xia, Jie Lu, Yingqun Zhou, Xiaoming Fan, Chuanyong Guo

“…Hepatic ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury is a common phenomenon in transplantation or trauma. …”
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Exendin-4 Exacerbates Burn-Induced Morbidity in Mice by Activation of the Sympathetic Nervous System by Xiao-Jing Ji, Ji-Wei Hao, Guang-Lei Li, Ning Dong, Xin-Qi Wang, Min Zhou, Qing-Hong Zhang, Yong-Ming Yao

“…We hypothesize that exendin-4, a GLP-1 analogue, might affect the immune response via the activation of the sympathetic nervous system in burn injury. Methods. Male Balb/c mice were subjected to sham or thermal injury of 15% total body surface area. …”
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Mechanisms and Clinical Management of Ventricular Arrhythmias following Blunt Chest Trauma by Daniel H. Wolbrom, Aleef Rahman, Cory M. Tschabrunn

“…Ventricular fibrillation can occur immediately after chest wall injury (commotio cordis) and requires rapid defibrillation. …”
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Botulinum Neurotoxin Application to the Severed Femoral Nerve Modulates Spinal Synaptic Responses to Axotomy and Enhances Motor Recovery in Rats by Marcel Irintchev, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, Andrey Irintchev

“…The most marked effect of this application was a significant reduction of the axotomy-induced loss of perisomatic cholinergic terminals by BoNT at one week and two months post injury. The attenuation of the synaptic deficit was associated with enhanced motor recovery of the rats 2–20 weeks after injury. …”
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Systematic Review of the Relationship between Acute and Late Gastrointestinal Toxicity after Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer by Matthew Sean Peach, Timothy N. Showalter, Nitin Ohri

“…While numerous strategies to prevent gastrointestinal injury have been studied, clinical trials concentrating on late toxicity have been difficult to carry out. …”
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First Use of GORE TAG Thoracic Endograft with Active Control System in Traumatic Aortic Rupture by Fotios Eforakopoulos, Ioanna Akrida, Petros Zampakis, Konstantinos Katsanos, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Efstratios Koletsis

“…Patients after a high-velocity motor vehicle collision with rapid deceleration are at a significant risk of blunt aortic injury, a life-threatening condition that usually occurs in the aortic isthmus. …”
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The Association Between Functional Movement Screen Scores and Knee Valgus Moments During Unplanned Sidestep Cutting in Netball by Desmond Boey, Marcus Lee

“…An alternative quick-to-administer assessment tool to infer an athlete's risk for this injury could allow prompt and targeted interventions to mitigate this risk…”
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Stem Cells for Cardiac Repair: Status, Mechanisms, and New Strategies by Ren Mingliang, Zhang Bo, Wang Zhengguo

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Spinal NGF Restores Opioid Sensitivity in Neuropathic Rats: Possible Role of NGF as a Regulator of CCK-Induced Anti-Opioid Effects by Catherine M Cahill, Terence J Coderre

“…Knowledge has been gained by studies using peripheral nerve injury models that cause a deprivation of central NGF. …”
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Management of Radiation-Induced Proctitis by Frank H Anderson, Lecheng Zeng

“…The acute form of radiation intestinal injury is usually transient and self-limited, while chronic injury is permanent and progressive, and its management is unsatisfactory. …”
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Evolving Concepts of Reflux: The Ups and Downs of the LES by Tom R DeMeester

“…A permanent loss results from inflammatory injury to the muscle of the barrier with free flow of gastric juice into the esophageal body and its subsequent injury. …”
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Strength and dynamic balance performance in soccer players in the United States: age, sex, and bilateral differences by Zhanxin Sha, Boyi Dai, Boyi Dai

“…Quantification of asymmetries between the two limbs is informative in assessing the risk of injury and performance deficits, but there is a paucity of studies investigating the effects of age and sex on bilateral asymmetry in young soccer players. …”
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Hepatoprotective Role of 4-Octyl Itaconate in Concanavalin A-Induced Autoimmune Hepatitis by Wenchang Yang, Yaxin Wang, Peng Zhang, Tao Wang, Chengguo Li, Xin Tong, Xiangyu Zeng, Yuping Yin, Kaixiong Tao, Ruidong Li

“…However, its function in autoimmune hepatitis- (AIH-) associated hepatic injury has not been investigated. In this study, we successfully used concanavalin A (Con A) to establish an AIH-associated liver injury model. …”
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Hospitalized Burn Patients—A 10-Year Retrospective Study in a Major Burn Center in Serbia by Marina Stojanović, Milana Marinković, Milana Jurišić, Biljana Miličić, Milan Stojičić, Milan Jovanović, Jelena Jeremić, Nemanja Dimić, Svetlana Srećković, Irina Drača Cetušić, Marko Jović

“…Conclusion: Burn injury mortality remains high, and %TBSA, burn depth, mechanical ventilation requirement, inhalation injury, and the presence of comorbidities on admission unfavorably influence mortality rates.…”
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Tolerance of Glyphosate-Resistant Maize to Glyphosate Plus MCPA Amine Is Influenced by Dose and Timing by Nader Soltani, Kris McNaughton, Chris L. Gillard, Robert E. Nurse, Peter H. Sikkema

“…/ha applied to 4-leaf maize has potential to cause injury but the injury is transient with no significant reduction in yield. …”
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Therapeutic potential and mechanisms of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells differentiating into tendon cells and promotion of rotator cuff tendon-bone healing by Youliang Shen, Yuelei Wang, Yidan Xu, Jie Wang, Chuqiang Yin, Zengshuai Han, Feng Shen, Ting Wang

“…Rotator cuff tendon injuries often lead to shoulder pain and dysfunction. …”
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Histological Consequences of Needle-Nerve Contact following Nerve Stimulation in a Pig Model by T. Steinfeldt, J. Graf, J. Schneider, W. Nimphius, E. Weihe, A. Borgeat, H. Wulf, T. Wiesmann

“…After 48 hours, the nerves were analyzed for occurrence of histological changes. Nerve injury was scored ranging from 0 (no injury) to 4 (severe injury). …”
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Exploring Risk Factors with Crash Severity on China Two-Lane Rural Roads Using a Random-Parameter Ordered Probit Model by Shikun Xie, Xiaofeng Ji, Wenchen Yang, Rui Fang, Jingjing Hao

“…It is worth mentioning that motorcycle-involved crashes do show an obvious correlation with crash injury severity. As for crash forms, vehicle-vehicle crashes are more likely to lead to severe crash injury. …”
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