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  • 1
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    s.l. ; Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland
    Key engineering materials Vol. 330-332 (Feb. 2007), p. 385-388 
    ISSN: 1013-9826
    Source: Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Biomimetic nanoapatite coatings was developed by functionally modified methods with acombination of topographic, chemical and biomimetic treatments on the surface of titanium (Ti)substrate. The biological behavior and bioactivity of functionally modified SLA implants withchemical and biomimetic treatments (SCB-treated Ti) using body like solution were investigated tocompare with untreated Ti and SLA Ti plates as controls. The cell attachment, proliferation,alkaline phosphotatse (AKP) activity, cell morphology and differentiation were evaluated by usingMTT, RT-PCR, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and confocal laser-scanning microscope(CLSM) analysis system. The results showed that the cell adhesion and proliferation was enhancedon functionalized titanium surface with nano-scale apatite compared to the controls. SEMmicrographs also revealed that the osteoblast-like cells spreadly grew along the surface. Cellmorphology and differentiation could be further observed distinctly by CLSM graphs. Moreover,mRNA expression of alkaline phosphotatse in nucleus on the SCB-treated Ti increased obviouslyon the third day compared with the controls. The in vitro results demonstrated the remarkableimprovement on cell adhesion and proliferation of the biomimetic nanoapatite on SCB-treated Ti,which could be used for orthopaedic/dental implants
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    s.l. ; Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland
    Key engineering materials Vol. 330-332 (Feb. 2007), p. 1153-1156 
    ISSN: 1013-9826
    Source: Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Bone grafts have been used to fill bone defects caused by disease or trauma. The amount ofautografts is limited and allogenic bone grafts may transmit diseases and cause immune responses.Numerous materials have been proposed and used as scaffolds for bone tissue reconstruction. In thisstudy, we tested nanophase PLGA/HA composite with mesenchymal stem cells in vitro to examineits biological response and cellular activity. The nanophase composite was compared toconventional polystyrene on cytocompatibility by cell attachment, proliferation, alkalinephosphotase activity test and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis. The resultsdemonstrated that human mesenchymal cells showed more cell attachment and higher cellproliferation rate when growing on nanophase PLGA/HA composite than those growing onpolystyrene alone. And the composite also promoted MSC cells differentiate to osteoblast cells ascompared with control. It was suggested that the combination of bone marrow mesenchymal cellswith artificial materials or differentiation factors may enhance bone formation and regeneration,nanophase PLGA/HA composite might therefore be a promising scaffold material for bone tissuesubstitute in clinical application
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    s.l. ; Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland
    Advanced materials research Vol. 33-37 (Mar. 2008), p. 321-326 
    ISSN: 1662-8985
    Source: Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Nonlinear finite element model analysis of the casing plug joints of steel tubular has beenrealized by ANSYS software. The law of load-carrying capability and stiffness of joint are separatelygained by changing the ratio of length and diameter (R/L) and the ratio of the casing length and themain tube length (l/L). The influence of the casing thickness on the load-carrying capability andstiffness are also discussed. The results indicated that the load-carrying capability and stiffness of thejoints both increase with the ratio(R/L) increment and the ratio of the casing length and main tubelength (l/L). When the main tube thickness is equal to casing thickness, the load-carrying capacity ofjoints achieves the most
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    s.l. ; Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland
    Key engineering materials Vol. 330-332 (Feb. 2007), p. 1197-1200 
    ISSN: 1013-9826
    Source: Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: To evaluate the effectiveness of the cell-material in situ on joint resurfacing, a wovenfabric polyglycolic acid (PGA) treated with fresh chondrocytes was used for repairing cartilagedefects. Full-thickness defects were created in the weight-bearing surfaces of the femoralintercondylar fossa in a rabbit model. The defect was filled with and without PGA under surgicalcondition. Before implantation, chondrocytes were co-cultured with PGA for one day. The animalswere sacrificed at eight weeks after implantation and evaluated grossly and histological score.Morphological examination showed that for PGA/chondrocytes group, the repaired tissue appearedsimilar in color and texture to the surrounding articular surface. While for the untreated control, nocartilage-like tissue was observed at all defects, but connective fibrous tissue. Histological analysisrevealed neochondrogenesis and clusters of cartilage matrix with specific safranin-O staining for thePGA/cell group. The Gross and histological evaluation indicated a significantly higher score forPGA/cell group than for PGA and control group. These results suggest that the woven fabric PGAmay facilitate the formation of cartilage tissues by providing a biodegradable and good-handlevehicle for the delivery to and retention of organized cell matrix constructs in vivo site. It mighttherefore enhance neochondrogenesis because of the superior biodegradable and biocompatible ofPGA scaffold sheet, while the more suitable biological environment might sustain cell growth andin situ cell function, suggesting a promising candidate for functional tissue engineering of clinicalenvironment
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    ISSN: 1574-6968
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: We previously designed a triple auxotrophic host-vector system in Aspergillus oryzae by isolating red-colored adenine auxotrophic mutants upon UV mutagenesis of a double auxotrophic host (niaD−sC−). In the present study an effort to exploit this system and construct a novel quadruple auxotrophic host was made by disrupting the argB gene involved in arginine biosynthesis. The argB gene-disruption cassette was generated by fusion PCR, which required only two steps of PCR to insert the selectable marker, adeA, into the target argB gene. The chimeric DNA fragment was transformed into the triple auxotrophic strain (niaD−sC−adeA−) and the argB disruptants were obtained with a high rate of efficiency (approximately 40%). The argB disruptants were characterized by normal colony color and reversal of arginine auxotrophy by introduction of the wild-type argB gene. Quadruple auxotrophic strains (niaD−sC−ΔargB adeA− or niaD−sC−ΔargB adeB−) were subsequently isolated upon UV mutagenesis of the triple auxotrophic strain (niaD−sC−ΔargB) followed by screening of red-colored colonies for adenine auxotrophy. The results obtained showed that the adeA gene served as an efficient selection marker in developing a novel host-vector system with quadruple auxotrophy in A. oryzae, thus providing a powerful tool to breed multiple auxotrophic mutants from a deuteromycete wherein sexual crossing is impossible.
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    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Journal of Applied Physics 89 (2001), S. 6837-6839 
    ISSN: 1089-7550
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: A magnetoplumbite type of Ba ferrite (BaM) thin layer was deposited on a 9 nm thick Pt underlayer, and excellent c-axis orientation was observed even for an 8 nm thick BaM layer, which corresponds to only three or four BaM unit cells. The grain size was almost in the same range of 60–85 nm even when the BaM layer thickness tBaM decreased from 60 to 17 nm, and tBaM should be reduced below 10 nm to make a grain size smaller than 50 nm. However, the perpendicular coercivity Hc⊥ and squareness S⊥ decreased drastically from 2.6 to 0.5 kOe and from 0.6 to 0.2, respectively, with the decrease of tBaM from 60 to 8 nm because of higher demagnetizing field and susceptibility to thermal fluctuation. On the other hand, the [BaM(5–24 nm)/Pt(9 nm)]3 multilayer exhibited higher Hc⊥ and larger S⊥ than the BaM/Pt bilayer for the same BaM layer thickness and Hc⊥ and S⊥ of the [BaM(8 nm)/Pt(9 nm)]3 multilayer was 2.0 kOe and 0.6, respectively. It was clarified that the deposition of the BaM/Pt multilayer was very effective for achieving a high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant even for the ultrathin BaM layer. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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    ISSN: 1089-7550
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Laser Raman microscope measurements in asymmetric double quantum wells with coupled narrow and wide quantum wells were performed to observe the nonequilibrium longitudinal-optical (LO) phonons that are generated by electrons during the phonon assisted tunneling. Both the Stokes and the anti-Stokes intensities show maxima at a certain applied voltage, where the calculated subband spacing between the wide and the narrow quantum well states is found to be equal to the LO phonon energy. This fact indicates that the population of nonequilibrium LO phonons becomes maximum when resonant LO phonon scattering occurs. A strong reduction in the photoluminescence intensity for the narrow quantum well is also observed at the same bias condition. © 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    International journal of dermatology 43 (2004), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-4632
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
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    ISSN: 1365-2958
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: NodD is the major regulator of nod genes expression in rhizobia. Previously, a HU-like protein in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae has been identified to bind specifically with nod promoters and be involved in in vitro nodD transcription, but its in vivo function remained unknown. In this work we have cloned and sequenced the R. leguminosarum bv. viciae gene, named hurL, for this HU-like protein. Using the E. coli-expressed HurL proteins, we proved that HurL had high affinity to several nod promoters and showed a stimulation effect on in vitro nodD transcription at appropriate concentration. The R. leguminosarum bv. viciae hurL gene was mutated by insertion of a kanamycin resistance cassette. The obtained hurL mutant strain M704 exhibited poor growth under free-living conditions and failed to induce nodules on Pisum sativum cv. Frisson and Vicia hirsuta. Further studies of NodD production and nod genes-lacZ fusions expression in the hurL mutant revealed that inactivation of hurL led to severe impairment in the nodD expression, repression in the inducible expression of nodA and nodF, and slight enhancement in the expression of px2, a gene identified earlier in this lab. These results suggested that hurL might be required for maintaining the normal expression of nod genes in R. leguminosarum bv. viciae.
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    s.l. ; Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland
    Key engineering materials Vol. 309-311 (May 2006), p. 953-956 
    ISSN: 1013-9826
    Source: Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: A novel composite of biodegradable Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) with the deposition of the nanosized amorphous calcium phosphate (NCP) particles was developed as tissue engineering scaffold. To improve the minor intrinsic healing capacity of cartilage tissue, the porous composite with desired degradation rate was incorporated with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) andevaluated in the in vivo environment. Full-thickness defects were created in the weight-bearing surface of the femoral condyles in a rabbit model. The defect was filled with and without NCP/PLLA scaffold as a carrier of bFGF. Gross morphology for the test implant showed that the defect was filled with regenerated tissue. It resembled cartilaginous tissue and restored the contour of the condyle at 8 weeks after operation. For the untreated control, no cartilage-like tissue wasobserved at all defects. Histological analysis revealed neochondrogenesis and clusters of cartilaginous extracellular matrix observed with safranin-O staining at 4 weeks for the NCP/PLLA with bFGF treated defects. At 8 weeks after operation, well-formed and mature cartilage was resurfaced the defects. While only fibrous tissue replacement was observed for the control either at4 or 8 weeks. Special staining for cartilage indicated the presence of highly sulfatedglycosaminoglycans and collagen, which were the major extracellular matrices of cartilage. This investigation showed the potential of NCP/PLLA loaded with bFGF in the study of in situ-transplantable carrier to improve healing of cartilage tissue lesion
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