Search for dissertations about: "fetal therapy growth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words fetal therapy growth.

  2. 1. Effect of shock wave therapy on longitudinal bone growth and growth plate cartilage

    Author : Sowmya Ramesh; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the potential for radial shock wave treatment (rSWT) to regulate growth plate chondrogenesis and longitudinal bone growth. It was based on the hypothesis that the effects are dose-dependent in a bimodal response pattern where low-energy rSWT will increase chondrocyte proliferation/hypertrophy, and thereby bone growth, while high frequency/energy rSWT will induce chondrocyte apoptosis and thereby, premature growth plate closure. READ MORE

  4. 2. Effect of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) on growth plate cartilage

    Author : Elham Karimian; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : More than 300 years ago Dr. Stephen Hales drilled holes in the shaft of chicken bones and noted that as the animal grew, the distance between these holes remained constant. This led him to conclude that longitudinal bone growth occurs at the end of the long bones, rather than in the middle. READ MORE

  5. 3. The role of VEGF family in angiogenesis, tumor growth and metastasis

    Author : Xiaojuan Yang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Tumor growth is dependent on angiogenesis, and cells in tumor tissues produce various angiogenic factors to induce neovascularization. Among tumor-derived angiogenic factors, members of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family are most frequently and highly expressed in various solid tumors. READ MORE

  6. 4. Host responses to human neural cell therapy in spinal cord injury

    Author : Jia Liu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition without a cure. The SCI process comprises an initially mechanical trauma and a secondary cascade of events including a robust inflammatory and immune response. READ MORE

  7. 5. Cytochrome P450 2W1 (CYP2W1) as a novel drug target in colon cancer therapy

    Author : Sandra Travica; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Cytochrome P450 2W1 (CYP2W1), is a monooxygenase enzyme endogenously expressed in fetal colon and normally silenced after birth. In adult life, the expression of CYP2W1 occurs exclusively in tumor cells yielding high amounts of the enzyme in 30% of human colon cancers. READ MORE