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- noun medicine A very small
blood vessel , such as acapillary orarteriole .
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Consistent with these findings, in the high-fat fed mice, over 12 weeks, curcumin did not affect food intake but reduced body weight gain, adiposity, and microvessel density in adipose tissue.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Eat Curry For Weight Loss? 2009
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Bourdoulous S, Beraud E, Le Page C, Zamora A, Ferry A, et al. (1995) Anergy induction in encephalitogenic T cells by brain microvessel endothelial cells is inhibited by interleukin-1.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michele Mishto et al. 2010
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Diensthuber M, Potinius M, Rodt T, Stan AC, Welkoborsky HJ, et al. (2008) Expression of bcl-2 is associated with microvessel density in olfactory neuroblastoma.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Daniela Trisciuoglio et al. 2010
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However, thrombus-mediated microvessel occlusion, as an underlying cause for troponin elevation in septic patients has never been studied as a possible mechanism.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David R. Altmann et al. 2010
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The microvessel density (MVD) within the tumor was determined by immunohistochemitry for CD34.
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The samples were evaluated for two common indicators of angiogenesis: expression of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein and high microvessel density (MVD), or a large number of blood vessels associated with the tumor.
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The researchers found that BCL2, p53, or high microvessel density in prostate cancer biopsies is associated with increased risk for death in these patients.
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Intratumor microvessel areas were determined as described previously Female nude mice (8-10 weeks) were anasthetized by intraperitoneal injection of 120 mg / kg ketamine and 6 mg / kg xylazine on the day of injection and by exposure to 1-3\% isoflurane on subsequent imaging days.
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Our data suggest the involvement of the MSC as a component of tumor associated fibrovascular networks-this includes the pericytic population that contributes to the microvessel involved in the neovacularization as well as the fibroblastic population that contributes to matrix remodeling and tumor growth.
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Tumour size was estimated, microvessel density (MVD) counted and protein and mRNA expression measured by immunohistochemistry, western blotting and RT-PCR.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Marcel Benadiba and Aliso Juliano ANDREOLI Miyake 2009
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