BACKGROUND Transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap reconstruction after mastectomy in breast cancer patients has become one of the milestones in breast reconstruction. There are several techniques that have been used in an attempt to minimize untoward complications. We present the whole muscle with partial sheath-sparing technique that focuses on the anatomy of arcuate line and the...

Bacteria can communicate via diffusible signal molecules they generate and release to coordinate their behavior in response to the environment. Signal molecule concentration is often proportional to bacterial population density, and when this reaches a critical concentration, reflecting a bacterial quorum, specific behaviors including virulence, symbiosis, and horizontal gene transfer are activ...

We address the problem of learning Bayesian networks for a collection of unsupervised tasks when limited data is available and a metric of the relatedness of tasks is given. We exploit this valuable information about taskrelatedness to learn more robust structures for each task than those learned with a standard multitask learning algorithm. Our approach is the first network structure learning ...

Breast reconstruction has evolved significantly during its short, 40-year history. What began as limited reconstruction through the use of local skin flaps has now become an entire array of procedures including novel autologous flaps and new techniques in implant/expander use. Throughout this evolution, the primary goal of reconstruction has always remained the same: to recreate the most natura...

Getting to the inner circle ontiguity between the ER and the nuclear envelope means nuclear membrane proteins have a direct shot to their target. In fact, inner nuclear membrane (INM) proteins were thought to need only to diffuse to the nucleus, pass through the nuclear pore, and then be retained by nuclear-localized binding partners. But new results suggest a more active process. Suraj Saksena...

The intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channel KCa3.1 plays an important role in regulating cell proliferation and migration. However, the role of KCa3.1 channel in human hepatocellular carcinoma remained unknown. This study was therefore performed to investigate the effects of KCa3.1 potassium channel blocker on the proliferation, apoptosis and migration of human hepatocellul...

Getting to the inner circle ontiguity between the ER and the nuclear envelope means nuclear membrane proteins have a direct shot to their target. In fact, inner nuclear membrane (INM) proteins were thought to need only to diffuse to the nucleus, pass through the nuclear pore, and then be retained by nuclear-localized binding partners. But new results suggest a more active process. Suraj Saksena...

PURPOSE To investigate the blood vessels' concentration in TRAM flap's rat model, in the presence of pentoxifylline. METHODS 32 male, Wistar-EPM rats were divided into two groups. Control group (C): 0.5 ml of saline, intraperitoneally, once a day, for seven days before flap elevation; PTX group (P): pentoxifylline (20mg/kg/day), intraperitoneally, for seven days before flap elevation. After t...