Prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with connective tissue diseases: a systematic review of the literature [PDF]
Clinical Rheumatology, 2013 Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive and life-threatening disease. Understanding of PAH prevalence remains limited, but PAH has been reported as a frequent complication in connective tissue diseases.
Jack Mardekian +4 more
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The Structure and Role of Intramuscular Connective Tissue in Muscle Function
Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 Extracellular matrix (ECM) structures within skeletal muscle play an important, but under-appreciated, role in muscle development, function and adaptation.
P. Purslow
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Oxford Handbook of Musculoskeletal Nursing, 2020 This chapter covers the connective tissue diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, scleroderma, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (including granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly known as ...
Rudolf Horváth
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The Role of Cell-Matrix Interactions in Connective Tissue Mechanics [PDF]
, 2021 Living tissue is able to withstand large stresses in everyday life, yet it also actively adapts to dynamic loads. This remarkable mechanical behaviour emerges from the interplay between living cells and their non-living extracellular environment. Here we review recent insights into the biophysical mechanisms involved in the reciprocal interplay between
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Effect of Nigella sativa oil extracts on inflammatory and oxidative stress markers in Behcet’s disease: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2020 Objective: Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent oral and genital aphthous ulcers, uveitis and skin lesions. Oxidative stress and inflammation have important role in the pathogenesis of BD.
Shahrzad Amizadeh +7 more
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Comparison of International Study Group Criteria and International Criteria for Behcet's Disease in the Azeri population of Iran [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine, 2017 Introduction: Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease affecting multiple organs and systems such as mucosa, skin, eye, joints and cardiovascular, nervous and gastrointestinal systems. Various criteria are proposed for
Leila Delnabi +4 more
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Feedback from tissue mechanics self-organizes efficient outgrowth of plant organ [PDF]
Biophys. J. (2019) 117: 1995-2004, 2020 Plant organ outgrowth superficially appears like the continuous mechanical deformation of a sheet of cells. Yet, how precisely cells as individual mechanical entities can act to morph a tissue reliably and efficiently into three dimensions during outgrowth is still puzzling especially when cells are tightly connected as in plant tissue.
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Pain in systemic connective tissue diseases [PDF]
, 2015 Pain is frequent in patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs), particularly those affected by systemic sclerosis (SSc) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in which it is virtually ubiquitous and can have different causes.
Atzeni, Fabiola +4 more
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Soft Tissue Grafting to Improve Implant Esthetics [PDF]
, 2010 Dental implants are becoming the treatment of choice to replace missing teeth, especially if the adjacent teeth are free of restorations. When minimal bone width is present, implant placement becomes a challenge and often resulting in recession and ...
Kassab, Moawi M
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Mathematical modelling of anisotropy in fibrous connective tissue [PDF]
, 1999 We present two modelling frameworks for studying dynamic anistropy in connective tissue, motivated by the problem of fibre alignment in wound healing. The first model is a system of partial differential equations operating on a macroscopic scale. We show
Murray +37 more
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