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Biocompatibility of Dental Amalgams [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Dentistry, 2011
Objective. The purpose of this review paper is to review the literature regarding the toxicology of mercury from dental amalgam and evaluate current statements on dental amalgam. Materials and Methods.
Yurdanur Uçar, William A. Brantley
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Right Atrioventricular Valvular Dysplasia in a New Zealand White Rabbit

open access: yesCase Reports in Veterinary Medicine, 2021
A sixteen-week-old, male New Zealand White rabbit was euthanized following an acute onset of respiratory distress and cyanosis. On necropsy, the rabbit had marked right atrioventricular eccentric hypertrophy, absence or rudimentary presence of the septal
Scott D. Reed, Melanie E. Blaisdell
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Effect of minor amounts of β-calcium pyrophosphate and hydroxyapatite on the physico-chemical properties and osteoclastic resorption of β-tricalcium phosphate cylinders

open access: yesBioactive Materials, 2022
β-Tricalcium Phosphate (β-TCP), one of the most used bone graft substitutes, may contain up to 5 wt% foreign phase according to standards. Typical foreign phases include β-calcium pyrophosphate (β-CPP) and hydroxyapatite (HA).
B. Le Gars Santoni   +11 more
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Correlations between the alpha-Gal antigen, antibody response and calcification of cardiac valve bioprostheses: experimental evidence obtained using an alpha-Gal knockout mouse animal model

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2023
IntroductionPreformed antibodies against αGal in the human and the presence of αGal antigens on the tissue constituting the commercial bioprosthetic heart valves (BHVs, mainly bovine or porcine pericardium), lead to opsonization of the implanted BHV ...
Filippo Naso   +8 more
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Binding of Pentagalloyl Glucose to Aortic Wall Proteins: Insights from Peptide Mapping and Simulated Docking Studies

open access: yesBioengineering, 2023
Pentagalloyl glucose (PGG) is currently being investigated as a non-surgical treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs); however, the molecular mechanisms of action of PGG on the AAA matrix components and the intra-luminal thrombus (ILT) still need ...
Dan Simionescu   +10 more
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Altered Blood Levels of Anti-Gal Antibodies in Alzheimer’s Disease: A New Clue to Pathogenesis?

open access: yesLife, 2021
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder whose pathological mechanisms, despite recent advances, are not fully understood. However, the deposition of beta amyloid -peptide and neuroinflammation, which is probably aggravated by dysbiotic ...
Antonella Angiolillo   +6 more
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Biocompatibility of icodextrin [PDF]

open access: yesKidney International, 2002
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been a successful form of As a result of the growing awareness of the potential chronic renal replacement therapy for more than twenty effects of glucose-based solutions on membrane physiolyears. In spite of the successes of this therapy, there is ogy, there has been an increased emphasis on the devela growing awareness ...
Cooker, Laurinda A.   +2 more
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In vitro toxicological assessment of gadolinium (III) chloride in V79–4 fibroblasts

open access: yesGenes and Environment, 2020
Background Rare earth minerals of the lanthanide series are widely used in the field of medical and clinical application. Gadolinium (Gd), the most preferred rare earth mineral is frequently used as magnets, superconductors and magnetic resonance imaging
Ee Ling Siew   +4 more
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The plasticity of biocompatibility

open access: yesBiomaterials, 2023
Biocompatibility concerns the phenomena that occur within the interactions between biomaterials and human patients, which ultimately control the performance of many facets of medical technology. It involves aspects of materials science, many different forms of engineering and nanotechnology, chemistry, biophysics, molecular and cellular biology ...
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Triethylphosphite as a network forming agent enhances in-vitro biocompatibility and corrosion protection of hybrid organic-inorganic sol-gel coatings for Ti6Al4V alloys [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The biocompatibility and life of metallic implants can be enhanced through improving the biocompatibility and corrosion protection characteristics of the coatings used with these materials.
Barranco, V   +5 more
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