background:  research projects are presented at the annual meetings of the american society for surgery of the hand (assh). it is unknown how many achieve publication in peer-reviewed journals. we sought to determine current rates of publication of podium and poster presentations.   methods:  all assh podium and poster presentations from 2000 to 2005 were reviewed, and an internet-based search ...

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background recent studies revealed that tumor-associated macrophages (tams) play a decisive role in the regulation of tumor progression by manipulating tumor oncogenesis, angiogenesis and immune functions within tumor microenvironments. signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (stat3), which is a point of convergence for numerous oncogenic signalling pathways, is constitutively activa...

background bone marrow and adipose tissue are two main sources of mesenchymal stem cells (mscs). some of studies suggest that there are some differences in gene expression profile of mscs-derived from various tissues. to investigate gene expression profile by qrt-pcr, an appropriate reference gene with stable expression level should be chosen for normalizing data.  this study was designed to ev...

introduction: human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hadscs) are easily accessible in the body, and under appropriate conditions, they can be directed toward various phenotypes. therefore, hadscs have been considered as a potential cell source for tissue engineering applications. hadscs are able to differentiate into endothelial cells which covers the interior surface of vessels, in vivo...

glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. despite tremendous advances in medical and surgical management of glaucoma in the recent years, the prevalence of glaucoma related blindness is anticipated to increase in the future decades because of the aging population. stem cells have the potential to change the glaucoma management in several ways. there are several areas of ...