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Characteristics of Mass Absorption Efficiency of Elemental Carbon in Urban Chengdu, Southwest China: Implication for the Coating Effects on Aerosol Absorption
To investigate the mass absorption efficiency (MAE) of elemental carbon (EC) at Chengdu in China’s Sichuan Basin, daily PM2.5 filter samples were collected during the typical month for each season in 2011. PM2.5 ...
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Open AccessComprehensive profiling analysis of actively resorbing osteoclasts identifies critical signaling pathways regulated by bone substrate
As the only cells capable of efficiently resorbing bone, osteoclasts are central mediators of both normal bone remodeling and pathologies associates with excessive bone resorption. However, despite the clear e...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Role of Cell-matrix Interactions in Osteoclast Differentiation
Osteoclast and their mononuclear cell precursors are present within the bone microenvironment at sites of physiologic and pathologic bone resorption. Analysis of tissues from sites of bone resorption reveal th...
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Open AccessThe role played by cell-substrate interactions in the pathogenesis of osteoclast-mediated peri-implant osteolysis
Prosthetic wear debris-induced peri-implant osteolysis is a major cause of aseptic loosening after total joint replacement. In this condition, wear particles released from the implant components induce a granu...
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A novel neuropeptide, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), in human intestine: evidence for reduced content in Hirschsprung's disease
A novel neuropeptide, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), exhibits sequence homology with vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and occurs in the mammalian brain, lung and gut. The di...
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Changes in pyloric tumor of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis before and after pyloromyotomy
Sixteen of 24 infants with vomiting were examined by real-time sonography, which established the diagnosis of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS); 12 underwent surgery. Of the three parameters measured, pylori...