Introduction The formation of peritoneal adhesions still is a relevant clinical problem after
abdominal surgery. Until today, the most important clinical strategies for adhesion prevention …

Background and Methods. VEGF proteins and their receptors are involved in tumor vessel
neoformation. The third VEGF receptor, VEGFR3 (flt‐4) is important during both blood vessel …

Ischemic-type biliary lesions (ITBL) belong to a group of biliary disorders that are regarded
as the major complication in patients with orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). We …

Objective To find evidence for the presence of endothelial precursor cells, which can induce
new vessel formation, in the synovial tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and …

A 2 h single-tube, reverse-transcription(RT)-PCR/hybridization assay using the TaqMan
format for rapid diagnostic screening of enterovirus (EV) infections was optimized for the real-…

Introduction. Motility‐related protein (MRP)‐1/CD9 is implicated in cell adhesion and motility
and was shown to be clearly involved in tumor prognosis and angiogenesis. Elevated MRP‐…

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) results in severe bronchiectasis in nearly all cases. Bronchiectasis is a
disease where parts of the airways are permanently dilated. The development and the …

The neovascularization of tissues is accomplished by two distinct processes: de novo
formation of blood vessels through the assembly of progenitor cells during early prenatal …

OBJECTIVES: Airway morphology shows characteristic changes in different pathologies.
This study assesses the accuracy of a current automatic airway assessment technique by …

Incorporation of circulating hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) into damaged skeletal
muscle has been proposed as a novel mechanism of tissue repair complementary to satellite …