A 78-year-old woman with a decreased renal function was referred to our hospital after simple computed tomography (CT) revealed gastric mass. There were no abnormal findings on physical examination and blood tests. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed 50-mm submucosal tumor central depression in the body, enhanced CT heterogeneous contrast effect Malignant stromal suspected, partial gastrect...

Adult brachial plexus injuries frequently lead to significant and permanent physical disabilities. Investigating the mechanism of the injury using biomechanical approaches may lead to further knowledge with regard to preventing brachial plexus injuries. However, there are no reports of biomechanical studies of brachial plexus injuries till date. Therefore, the present study used a complex three...

Drug transporters are membrane proteins present in various tissues such as the lymphocytes, intestine, liver, kidney, testis, placenta, and central nervous system. These transporters play a significant role in drug absorption and distribution to organic systems, particularly if the organs are protected by blood-organ barriers, such as the blood-brain barrier or the maternal-fetal barrier. In co...

The cranial vault is composed of four fundamental components: arterial blood, venous blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and brain parenchyma. Intracranial pressure (ICP) represents the pressure within the brain parenchyma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The environment within the cranial vault is unique compared to other organ systems; it is enclosed within a rigid skull and thus small volumetric...

(Pcdh) family of genes is a large subgroup within the cadherin superfamily of cell adhesion molecules. The Pcdh family is divided into clustered (Pdch-a, Pdch-b and Pdch-c genes) and non-clustered families and they are predominantly expressed in brain (Yagi 2008). There has been considerable interest in the role of the Pdch family in synaptogenesis and neuronal survival (Weiner et al. 2005). Ho...

We studied the variations in the ventral rami of 152 brachial plexuses in 77 Korean adults. Brachial plexus were composed mostly of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth cervical nerves and the first thoracic nerve (77.0%). In 21.7% of the cases examined, the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth cervical and the first thoracic nerves contributed to the plexus. A plexus composed of the fourth...

The Solute Carrier 15 (SLC15) family of peptide transporters, alias H+-coupled oligopeptide cotransporter family, is a group membrane transporters known for their key role in the cellular uptake di- and tripeptides (di/tripeptides). Of its members, SLC15A1 (PEPT1) chiefly mediates intestinal absorption luminal di/tripeptides from overall dietary protein digestion, SLC15A2 (PEPT2) mainly allows ...

introduction: the brachial plexus is responsible for the innervation to the upper limb and some parts of the thorax. variations in the branching of the brachial plexus are common and have been reported in 65.3% of the population. the variations (atypical communication) of brachial plexus have significant clinical and surgical importance. methods: in this study 10 upper limbs which belonged to 5...