Insoluble bone gelatin with inclusions of insoluble noncollagenous protein produces new
bone when implanted in muscle in allogeneic rats. The implanted residue provides the milieu …

One thousand one hundred sixty-nine elderly Japanese patients who sustained a hip
fracture were observed prospectively. Ninety-two percent had operative fracture treatment. …

Background: Endotracheal/endobronchial metastases(EEMs) from nonpulmonary neoplasms
are rare. However, their definitionand developmental modes have not yet been fully …

Sodium hyaluronate (HA) with a molecular weight of 202× 10 4 (HA-202) was administered
into the right knees of mature rabbits for the treatment of experimental osteoarthrosis induced …

Study Design. Surgically obtained herniated lumbar disc specimens were stained with
hematoxylin-eosin or toluidine blue (for detection of proteoglycans) or were immunostained with …

Pentosidine is an advanced glycation end product (AGE) formed by combined processes of
glycation and oxidation (glycoxidation) between carbohydrate-derived carbonyl group and …

We previously showed that serum-derived 85-kDa proteins (SHAPs, serum-derived
hyaluronan associated proteins) are firmly bound to hyaluronan (HA) synthesized by cultured …

Hyaluronate (HA) is linear unbranched polysaccharide consisting of repeating disaccharide
units of (1–4)-D-glucuronic acid-β-(1–3)-DN-acetylglucosamine. Extensive research has …

Tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α) plays a key role in inflammatory diseases such as
rheumatoid arthritis and in postmenopausal osteoporosis. In various tissues, TNF‐α action is …

Purpose: In contrast with many analyses of surgical treatment for spinal metastases, there
have been only a few recent well-documented publications assessing nonsurgical treatment. …