Hp’s known antioxidant, Galardin as well as its protean pro- and anti-inflammatory, actions imply potentially diverse effects
on the evolution of acute tubular injury.”
“To understand the combined effects of ZnO, SiO2, and SrO doping on mechanical and biological properties of tricalcium phosphate (TCP) ceramics, dense beta-TCP compacts of different compositions (pure beta-TCP; 1.0 wt % SrO; 0.25 wt % ZnO; 1.0 wt % SrO + 0.5 wt % SiO2; and 1.0 wt % SrO + 0.25 wt % ZnO) were prepared via dry pressing followed by sintering at 1250 degrees C. X-ray diffraction of sintered compacts revealed that dopants retarded beta- to a-TCP phase transformation during sintering. Doping with SrO, SrO/SiO2, and SrO/ZnO reduced compressive strength of the samples to 56% (173 +/- 25 MPa), 57% (170 +/- 15 MPa), and 47% (208 +/- 72 MPa) of pure beta-TCP (396 +/- 58 MPa), respectively. However, addition of ZnO resulted in only 7% (365 +/- 69 MPa) strength degradation. The impact of dopants on long-term in vitro strength degradation was evaluated by soaking in simulated body fluid (SBF) for a period of 8 weeks. In all cases, excellent apatite growth was observed on doped beta-TCP samples. However, strength degradation rates were
different depending on dopant chemistry and composition. Maximum click here degradation was observed in undoped and ZnO-doped beta-TCP samples, which degraded to 41% and 68% of the original strength before soaking in SBF. Finally, in vitro cellmaterials interaction study using human fetal osteoblast cells demonstrated that addition of dopants improved cell attachment and proliferation. These results indicate that tailorable strength and strength degradation behavior can be achieved in beta-TCP via compositional see more modifications using small amount of dopants. (c) 2012 Wiley
Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 2012.”
“Background/Aims: By applying numerical filtering to epidemiological data of 2,512 chronic kidney disease patients, we aimed to identify some of the underlying mechanisms of the calcium/phosphorus metabolism perturbations. Methods: The measured variables, serum calcitriol, calcidiol, total calcium ([Ca](s)) and phosphorus ([P](s)) and the urinary excretions of calcium and phosphorus, were paired in the same patients with the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) or the serum concentrations of parathormone (i[PTH](s)) (used as independent variables) numerically filtered with a moving average and partitioned into 15-25 frequency classes. All variables exhibited unimodal frequency distributions. Results: There was a steep fall of i[PTH](s), [P](s), and urinary excretion fractions of Ca and P up to a value of GFR in the range of 25-45 ml/min/1.73 m(2). The increase in the phosphorus urinary excretion preceded the steep increase in i[PTH](s).