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Dragon blood is a red fruit resin from the palm tree Daemonorops draco and is a herbal ingredient used in the traditional Chinese medicine, “**chuang Ointment,” which is used to treat non-healing diabetic wounds...
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Open AccessFacile adipocyte uptake and liver/adipose tissue delivery of conjugated linoleic acid-loaded tocol nanocarriers for a synergistic anti-adipogenesis effect
Obesity is a major risk to human health. Adipogenesis is blocked by α-tocopherol and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). However, their effect at preventing obesity is uncertain. The effectiveness of the bioactive...
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Open AccessPDGFRα reporter activity identifies periosteal progenitor cells critical for bone formation and fracture repair
The outer coverings of the skeleton, which is also known as the periosteum, are arranged in concentric layers and act as a reservoir for tissue-specific bone progenitors. The cellular heterogeneity within this...
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Tissue-resident mesenchymal precursor cells occupy perivascular spaces. Two main perivascular locations have been described for forerunners of cultured mesenchymal stem cells, including a subendothelial locati...
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Open AccessComparison of skeletal and soft tissue pericytes identifies CXCR4+ bone forming mural cells in human tissues
Human osteogenic progenitors are not precisely defined, being primarily studied as heterogeneous multipotent cell populations and termed mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Notably, select human pericytes can devel...
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Open AccessMesenchymal VEGFA induces aberrant differentiation in heterotopic ossification
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a debilitating condition characterized by the pathologic formation of ectopic bone. HO occurs commonly following orthopedic surgeries, burns, and neurologic injuries. While sur...
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Carbon dots (CDs) modified with ethylene diamine (EDA) and the amino acids (AAs) Cys, His, Lys or Arg were synthesized, and their structures were confirmed by high resolution transmission electron microscopy, ...
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The main purpose of this study is to assess the chemistry competence of freshmen at technology colleges in Taiwan. The results will provide references for preparing remedial materials in chemistry for technolo...
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Six polyvinylimidazolium based ionic liquids were prepared for use as stationary phases for gas chromatography. The influences of the attached side-chains (hexyl-, octyl- and phenylpropyl-) on the vinylimidazo...
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Study of Anion Effects on Separation Phenomenon for the Vinyloctylimidazolium Based Ionic Liquid Polymer Stationary Phases in GC
Poly-vinyloctylimidazolium ionic liquid polymers with different counter ions (bromide, hexafluorophosphate and bis-trifluoromethanesulfonylimide) were directly coated in capillary fused silica tubing as the stati...
