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Current Issues and Regulations in Tendon Regeneration and Musculoskeletal Repair with Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Download2011-11-01
Mesenchymal stem cells are multipotent stromal cells residing within the connective tissue of most organs. Their surface phenotype has been well described. Most commonly, mesenchymal stem cells demonstrate the ability to differentiate into mesenchymal tissues (bone, catailge, fat, etc...),...
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Fall 2017
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have immuno-regulatory, anti-inflammatory, and pro-angiogenic properties through the secretion of a myriad of trophic factors, and have been shown to have a beneficial effect on graft function. In this thesis we investigated whether MSCs’ have an effect on neonatal...
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Oronasal administration of lipopolysaccharide prepartum modulated plasma metabolite patterns in periparturient dairy cows
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Dunn, Suzanna M., Iqbal, Summera, Zebeli, Qendrim, Mansmann, Dominik A., Ametaj, Burim N.
The objective of this study was to evaluate whether repeated oronasal administration of LPS before parturition showed effects on metabolic and clinical responses in periparturient dairy cows. Hundred Holstein dairy cows were randomly allocated to two treatment groups (n = 50). Thirty cows out of...
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Effects of prepartal oronasal administration of lipopolysaccharide on milk composition and productivity of transition Holstein cows
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Ametaj, Burim N., Dunn, Suzanna M., Zebeli, Qendrim, Iqbal, Summera, Mansmann, Dominik A.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of repeated oronasal administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on milk composition and the overall productive performance of dairy cows. One hundred pregnant Holstein dairy cows were randomly assigned to two treatment groups (n = 50). 30 cows out...
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Spring 2011
The focus of this thesis work was toward advancing our understanding of the normal and pathological development of the diaphragm. This included: (1) studies of the embryology of the primordial diaphragm tissue, the pleuroperitoneal fold (PPF), as it relates to congenital diaphragmatic hernia...
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Evaluating the Role of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide on Etiology and Pathogenesis of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or otherwise known as prion diseases are a class of fatal neurodegenerative diseases related to irreversible brain damage. Presently, there is no effective treatment or preventive strategy for this disease because the etiology and biological...
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Effects of macrophages and noggin suppression on the BMP-2-induced osteogenesis of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
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The osteogenic effects of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) on human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are less profound than expected as compared with rodent cells, and supraphysiological dose of BMP-2 is required to achieve desired clinical outcome. The mechanism for this phenomenon is unclear....
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Fall 2016
Articular cartilage injury is a major risk factor for the development of osteoarthritis, a condition that results in significant patient morbidity and substantial cost to the healthcare system. Due to the limited capacity of articular cartilage to regenerate, early intervention is required to...
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Rehabilitative reaching training and plasticity following spinal cord injury in the adult rat
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Injury to the cervical spinal cord is a devastating event that results in a transient to permanent loss of sensory and motor functions following injury. Moderate recovery has been reported to occur in individuals and in animal models after spinal cord injury (SCI). One approach to promote...
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Fall 2021
The menisci are a pair of knee joint structures that are wedge-shaped in cross-section and semi-lunar in superior view. They play roles in force distribution that help maintain the health of the articular cartilage. In adults, the menisci can be divided into a fibrous, vascularized outer region...