Lumbar interbody fusion (IF) is a common procedure to obtain fusion of the spine by Carafes replacement of the intervertebral disc with a cage.Optimization of spinal cages is ongoing to reduce complications such as a pseudoarthrosis and subsidence of the cage.IF animal models (primate, dog, pig, goat and sheep) remain important to assess implant ef
BackgroundA role of Chlamydia trachomatis in HPV-induced cervical carcinogenesis has been reported for cervical cancer but studies on cervical adenocarcinoma are limited.MethodsA total of 1,553 cervical smears taken up to 26 years before diagnosis in a large population-based nested case-control study of cervical adenocarcinoma (AC, 132 cases with m
Wilms tumor (WT) is an embryonic kidney cancer, for which histone acetylation might be a therapeutic target.LBH589, a novel targeted agent, suppresses histone deacetylases in many tumors.This study investigated the antitumor activity of LBH589 in SK-NEP-1 and G401 cells.SK-NEP-1 and G401 cell growth was assessed by CCK-8 and LANTERN in nude mice ex