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...n.jpg Caption: "Electron-microscopy image of an alveolar type II cell showing characteristic lamellar inclusion bodies, the storage and secretion form of pulmonary surfactant. These organelles start accumulating in human fetal lung from around 20 weeks of pregnancy. (Original picture from the authors)." ...Gum disease in postmenopausal women linked to oral bone loss
...oral X-rays. Investigators used a measure called alveolar crestal height to determine the amount of oral bon... of the bone, the more bone has been lost. Loss of alveolar crest bone eventually can lead to tooth loss. The association between bacterial infection and ora...Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $14M to support physician-scientists
...f California-San Francisco Isolation of a putative alveolar stem cell population and analysis of its role in d...chigan-Ann Arbor Cell therapy for the treatment of alveolar bone defects Michael Z. Lin, M.D., Ph.D. University of California-San Diego Elucidating mechanis...Bacteria from patient's dental plaque causes ventilator-associated pneumonia
...ry third day thereafter, up to 21 days. Bronchial alveolar lavage samples also were collected from those susp...A profiles of pathogens in plaque and in bronchial alveolar lavage samples were identified using a process called pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Results sho...JCI table of contents -- March 1, 2007
... observed that immune cells in the lungs (known as alveolar macrophages) of mice resistant to lung damage caus...xpressed more of a protein known as MARCO than the alveolar macrophages of mice susceptible to ozone-induced lung damage. Consistent with a role for MARCO in pr...Cells in the lung clear the air to prevent lung damage
... observed that immune cells in the lungs (known as alveolar macrophages) of mice resistant to lung damage caus...xpressed more of a protein known as MARCO than the alveolar macrophages of mice susceptible to ozone-induced lung damage. Consistent with a role for MARCO in pr...UT-Houston scientists develop new procedure to differentiate human embryonic stem cells
...d author of the article, A pure population of lung alveolar epithelial type II cells derived from human embryo...ro method to create lung epithelial cells known as alveolar epithelial type II. The cells were derived from a human embryonic stem cell line approved by the Nat...Calcium important for nursing mothers' oral health
...versity in Japan investigated if lactation affects alveolar bone loss, the bone surrounding the roots of teeth...dition to increased attachment loss, and increased alveolar bone loss. Those groups which were lactating saw even greater attachment loss and bone loss. "We...Lungs try to repair damaged elastic fibers
...the increase in elastin expression occurred on the alveolar walls, the same area where elastin occurs during the lung's development in children. This shows the lung is attempting to repair the elastic fibers in end-stage emphysema, the authors concluded....Researchers writing story of the 'alcoholic lung'
...macrophage colony-stimulating factor signaling and alveolar epithelial permeability," was carried out by David Guidot, Pratibha Joshi, Jesse Roman, Lou Ann Brown and Michael Koval of Emory University in Atlanta. Guidot and Joshi are also associated with the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Atlanta. "We're ...U of MN researchers turn cord blood into lung cells
...erentiated into a type of lung cell called type II alveolar cells. These cells are responsible for secreting ...7, 2006, issue of the journal Cytotherapy. Type II alveolar cells develop late in fetal development, which is why some premature babies are born with underdevel...Mature muscle fibers can revert to become cancerous, researchers find
...l Academy of Sciences. The researchers focused on alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a subtype of rhabdomyosarcoma, t...gene complexes created fatal conditions similar to alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. For technical reasons, the researchers then focused on PAX7-FKHR, and saw new cell...JCI Table of Contents: July 13, 3006
...lmonary inflammation, fibrosis, and enlargement of alveolar airspace, compared to untreated mice. The results of this study suggest that A2BAR signaling influences pathways critical for lung inflammation and injury. Therefore, in chronic lung diseases associated with increased levels of adenosine, blocking A2...Scientists tie several cancers to common 'oncogene engine'
...wly grouped cancers melanoma, clear cell sarcoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma, and pediatric renal carcinoma ...FE3 is involved in another rare soft-tissue tumor, alveolar soft part sarcoma, which tends to affect female children and young adults. "It is now apparent that ...JCI table of contents, June 1, 2006
...ke fungus Cryptococcus neoformans grows within the alveolar space of the lung and can cause the pulmonary infe...for extracellular growth under these conditions in alveolar spaces and in the bloodstream, but not in the host intracellular environment, such an within the pha...JCI table of contents, May 18, 2006
...that TRALI involves changes in the permeability of alveolar epithelial cells resulting in an increased amount of water in the lung. Depletion of neutrophils protected the animals from lung injury. Similarly, mice lacking Fc gamma receptors were also resistance to lung injury. In conclusion, the new in vivo mo......t occurs in the alveoli. Approximately 95% of the alveolar surface is covered by alveolar type I cells, with the remainder made up of type II cells. Type II cells and their role in surfactan...Technique makes it easier to see mouse embryo in all its glory
...s called medulloblastomas and muscle tumors called alveolar rhabdomyosarcomas. Dr. Keller, a pediatric oncologist, moved to the CCRI from the University of Utah in 2005, and continues his collaborations with engineers and computer scientists at Utah's Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. Dr. Keller ro...March issue of JADA explores saliva as diagnostic tool
...tent inflammation, connective tissue breakdown and alveolar bone destruction. Results showed that saliva could be a significant component in diagnosing and monitoring periodontal disease. "Our research team has been working on methods and point-of-care devices that could allow saliva to be used as a diagnosti...New research identifies specific teenage and young adult cancers and points to possible causes
...arcoma, certain rare soft tissue sarcomas (such as alveolar soft part sarcoma), germ cell tumours of the testis and ovary, and germ cell tumours in the brain. "These tumours together represent one third of all cancers in 13 to 24-year-olds." Professor Birch said that the pattern of incidence had implications ...