Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2022 The morphological characteristics of the external genitalia of the bull may contribute to the etiopathogenesis of preputial diseases that trigger the impotence coeundi and losses in farms.
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Infection of human cytomegalovirus in cultured human gingival tissue. [PDF]
, 2006 BackgroundHuman cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in the oral cavity plays an important role in its horizontal transmission and in causing viral-associated oral diseases such as gingivitis.
Chu, Alice +5 more
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Redundant prepuce increases the odds of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS)
Asian Journal of Andrology, 2014 Some published evidence has revealed that the dendritic cells can interact with pathogens that exist in the inner foreskin. This information provides a new vision that pathogens could play a role through the redundant prepuce; numerous studies have ...
Yu-Yang Zhao +6 more
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Comparative global immune-related gene profiling of somatic cells, human pluripotent stem cells and their derivatives: implication for human lymphocyte proliferation. [PDF]
, 2017 Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), including embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced PSCs (iPSCs), represent potentially unlimited cell sources for clinical applications. Previous studies have suggested that hPSCs may benefit from immune privilege and
Allard, Patrick +12 more
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Long term in vitro expansion of epithelial stem cells enabled by pharmacological inhibition of PAK1-ROCK-Myosin II and TGF-β signaling [PDF]
, 2018 Summary: Despite substantial self-renewal capability in vivo, epithelial stem and progenitor cells located in various tissues expand for a few passages in vitro in feeder-free condition before they succumb to growth arrest.
Challberg, Sharon S +7 more
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Journal of Tissue Engineering, 2018 The circumcision of males is emphatically linked to numerous sexual dysfunctions. Many of the purported benefits do not hold up to the scrutiny of extensive literature surveys.
Valeria Purpura +9 more
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CONGENITAL PHIMOSIS IN A DOG: CASE REPORT
UNINGÁ Review, 2021 Phimosis is a rare condition in dogs, characterized by the inability to retract the foreskin, resulting in discomfort for affected animals. This disease can be congenital or acquired, secondary to inflammatory and neoplastic processes ...
Juliana de Carvalho Parra +2 more
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Periplakin, a novel component of cornified envelopes and desmosomes that belongs to the plakin family and forms complexes with envoplakin [PDF]
, 1997 The cornified envelope is a layer of transglutaminase cross-linked protein that is assembled under the plasma membrane of keratinocytes in the outermost layers of the epidermis.
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Acceptability and outcomes of foreskin preservation for phimosis: An Indian perspective
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Aim: Understanding the Indian perspective, effectiveness, and acceptability of prepuce conservation in children with phimosis. Circumcision is performed and recommended far too often for nonphysiological phimosis.
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Genital Wound Repair and Scarring
Medical Sciences, 2022 Skin wound repair has been the central focus of clinicians and scientists for almost a century. Insights into acute and chronic wound healing as well as scarring have influenced and ameliorated wound treatment.
Ursula Mirastschijski +2 more
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