Search for dissertations about: "osteopontin"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the word osteopontin.

  2. 16. On Mechanisms Impairing Airway Host Defence in Cystic Fibrosis

    Author : Sandra Jovic; allergologi och palliativ medicin Lungmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease, caused by mutations of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene. The gene codes for a protein that serve as chloride channel. In cystic fibrosis, this protein is lacking or has a defect function resulting in a thick and sticky mucus of the airways. READ MORE

  4. 17. Role of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase in bone remodeling

    Author : Laia Mira-Pascual; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase is a metalloenzyme that exists as two isoforms: the monomeric TRAP 5a and the proteolytically cleaved TRAP 5b, responsible for phosphatase activity, which is highly expressed in osteoclasts (OCs). TRAP 5b has been used as a serum marker of bone resorption, as it correlates with the absolute number of OCs and with resorption markers such as CTX-I. READ MORE

  5. 18. Studies in beta cells and adipocytes in the context of obesity and T2D - focusing on PDE3B, OPN and SCFAs

    Author : Emilia Heimann; Signaltransduktionsforskning; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obesity; type 2 diabetes; islets of Langerhans; adipocytes; PDE3B; OPN; SCFAs;

    Abstract : Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a heterogeneous disease characterized by altered lipid parameters and elevated glucose levels, as a direct consequence of impaired insulin signaling in target tissues and reduced insulin exocytosis from pancreatic β-cells. Obesity, which dramatically increases worldwide, is associated with insulin resistance and T2D. READ MORE

  6. 19. Tissue responses to bone-implant biomaterials

    Author : Haihong Liao; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Gene expression; interface; mineralization; nacre; osteoblast; osteoclast; titanium;

    Abstract : The purpose of the studies was to understand the mechanisms which underlie the interaction between tissue and bone-implant biomaterials. Tissue and naturally occurring aragonite nacre interaction was systematically studied for the first time by combined histological examination, cellular and molecular biological approaches. READ MORE

  7. 20. Small talk in the tumor microenvironment : the contribution of fibroblasts and endothelial cells to the malignant phenotype

    Author : Charlotte Anderberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Cancer is the result of aberrant cells developing into tumor cells that act in concert with the micro- and macroenvironment like any other organ in our bodies. The cells and molecules of the tumor microenvironment are important contributors to the tumorigenic process. READ MORE