Intervertebral disc cell–mediated mesenchymal stem cell differentiation

SM Richardson, RV Walker, S Parker, NP Rhodes… - Stem …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Low back pain is one of the largest health problems in the Western world today, and
intervertebral disc degeneration has been identified as a main cause. Currently, treatments …

Chromium is not an essential trace element for mammals: effects of a “low-chromium” diet

KR Di Bona, S Love, NR Rhodes, D McAdory… - JBIC Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Chromium was proposed to be an essential trace element over 50 years ago and has been
accepted as an essential element for over 30 years. However, the studies on which …

Effect of titanium carbide coating on the osseointegration response in vitro and in vivo

M Brama, N Rhodes, J Hunt, A Ricci, R Teghil… - Biomaterials, 2007 - Elsevier
Titanium has limitations in its clinical performance in dental and orthopaedic applications.
This study describes a coating process using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technology to …

Efficacy and safety of once-daily nitisinone for patients with alkaptonuria (SONIA 2): an international, multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial

LR Ranganath, EE Psarelli, JB Arnoux… - The Lancet Diabetes & …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Alkaptonuria is a rare, genetic, multisystem disease characterised by the
accumulation of homogentisic acid (HGA). No HGA-lowering therapy has been approved to …

Investigating the chronology of meniscus root tears: do medial meniscus posterior root tears cause extrusion or the other way around?

AJ Krych, MD LaPrade, M Hevesi… - … Journal of Sports …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Meniscus root tears are increasingly being recognized. Meniscal extrusion has
previously been associated with medial root tears; however, the relationship between …

Sodium channel protein expression enhances the invasiveness of rat and human prostate cancer cells

P Smith, NP Rhodes, AP Shortland, SP Fraser… - FEBS …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Expression of Na+ channel protein was analysed in established cell lines of rat and human
prostatic carcinoma origin by flow cytometry using a fluorescein‐labelled polyclonal …

Diabetic musculoskeletal complications and their imaging mimics

JC Baker, JL Demertzis, NG Rhodes, DE Wessell… - Radiographics, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Diabetes mellitus is increasingly prevalent and results in various clinically important
musculoskeletal disorders affecting the limbs, feet, and spine as well as in widely …

Autologous in vivo adipose tissue engineering in hyaluronan-based gels—a pilot study

K Hemmrich, K Van de Sijpe, NP Rhodes… - Journal of Surgical …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: There is a major clinical need for strategies for adequately reconstructing
the soft tissue defects found after deep burns, tumor resection, or trauma. A promising …

Comparison of Enterprise with Neuroform stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms

Y Kadkhodayan, N Rhodes… - American Journal of …, 2013 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The Enterprise stent is the first closed-cell stent designed to treat wide-necked
intracranial aneurysms. Advantages of the design can include improvement in keeping coils …

Deamidation of asparagine to aspartate destabilizes Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase, accelerates fibrillization, and mirrors ALS-linked mutations

Y Shi, NR Rhodes, A Abdolvahabi, T Kohn… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The reactivity of asparagine residues in Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) to deamidate
to aspartate remains uncharacterized; its occurrence in SOD1 has not been investigated …