The present paper focuses on the main results of an inter-regional project (Bois-lab) aimed at determining the settings of various machines for grading larch (Larix deciduaMill.) timber from Italian and French Alps, that can now be graded for structural use and CE marked according to EN 14081-1. In particular it reports the differences registered between visual and machine grading on 261 larch ...

*CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) Project and Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, †Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and §Division of Molecular Immunology, School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan; and ‡Department of Immunology, National Institute of Animal Health, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba...

OBJECTIVE Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance first detected during pregnancy. It can result in pregnancy complications such as birth injury, stillbirth. Fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4), found in adipose tissue, is associated with insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to investigate whether FABP4 in the placenta and decidua of ...

Trophoblast cell invasion into the uterine wall is characteristic of hemochorial placentation. In this report, we examine trophoblast cell invasion in the rat and mouse, the endocrine phenotype of invasive trophoblast cells, and aspects of the regulation of trophoblast cell invasion. In the rat, trophoblast cells exhibit extensive interstitial and endovascular invasion. Trophoblast cells penetr...

Studies on tree reaction after wounding were so far based on artificial wounding or chemical treatment. For the first time, type, spread and intensity of anatomical responses were analyzed and quantified in naturally disturbed Larix decidua Mill., Picea abies (L.) Karst. and Abies alba Mill. trees. The consequences of rockfall impacts on increment growth were assessed at the height of the wound...

word count: 199. Total word count: 4,999. Short title: CXCL12 in CD16NK cells homing to human decidua. Scientific Heading: Chemokines. ¶ These authors contributed equally to the work presented. Copyright (c) 2003 American Society of Hematology Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online May 1, 2003; DOI 10.1182/blood-2003-02-0517 only. For personal use at PENN STATE UNIVERSITY on February 23...

BACKGROUND Sigmodontinae, known as "New World rats and mice," is a large subfamily of Cricetidae for which we herein provide the first comprehensive investigation of the placenta. METHODS Placentas of various gestational ages ranging from early pregnancy to near term were obtained for five genera, i.e. Necromys, Euryoryzomys, Cerradomys, Hylaeamys, and Oligoryzomys. They were investigated by ...

STUDY QUESTION What is the in situ localization and function of hyperglycosylated hCG (hCG-H) in first trimester pregnancy tissues? SUMMARY ANSWER HCG-H localizes to the syncytiotrophoblast, cytotrophoblast and invasive extravillous trophoblast within the maternal decidua and promotes invasion during the first trimester of pregnancy. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Serum levels of hCG-H decline drama...

Vertical transmission accounts for the majority of pediatric cases of hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection. In contrast to the adult population who develop persistent viremia in approximately 80% of cases following exposure, the rate of mother-to-child transmission (2-6%) is strikingly low. Protection from vertical transmission likely requires the coordination of multiple components of the immune ...

Placenta formation occurs through a complex and coordinated effort between the fetus’s extraembryonic tissues and the gravid endometrial tissues. Many macrophages are present in the placenta throughout pregnancy and have been detected as early as day 10 of pregnancy (Chang et al., 1993). Placental macrophages include Hofbauer cells of the fetal chorionic villi and decidual macrophages of the ma...