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Studies on the Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Xiaoyao Pills in The Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis in Mice
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2024
Postmenopausal osteoporosis has become a global public health problem. The aim of this study is to explore the therapeutic effects and related mechanisms of the traditional Chinese medicine Xiaoyao pills on this condition.
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Working with Human Tissues for Translational Cancer Research
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2015
Translational cancer research is dependent on extraction of human tissues. Much work has gone into optimizing extraction methods for ex vivo analysis. Here, we describe tissue processing methods allowing for maximal data output from limited samples.
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Tissue Engineering of a Human 3D in vitro Tumor Test System
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2013
Methods to create human 3D tumor tissues as test systems are described. These technologies are based on a decellularized Biological Vascularized Scaffold (BioVaSc), primary human cells and a tumor cell line, which can be cultured under static as well as under dynamic conditions in a flow bioreactor.
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Y-27632 Enriches the Yield of Human Melanocytes from Adult Skin Tissues
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2020
This paper reports that the addition of Y-27632 to TIVA medium can significantly increase the yield of melanocytes from adult skin tissues.
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SpOT the Correct Tissue Every Time in Multi-tissue Blocks
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2015
The purpose of the Specimen Orientation Tag (SpOT) is to function as an orientation tool to aid in individual tissue identification in multi-tissue paraffin blocks. These protocols demonstrate how it is constructed easily from common, low-cost histology materials and serves as a reliable visual marker in paraffin blocks and sections.
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Sustained estrogen reduction changes signaling in epithelial, connective, vascular, and bone tissues. These signaling changes can influence cell turnover, extracellular-matrix maintenance, blood flow, and tissue remodeling. Examining these linked processes allows biology researchers to connect hormonal change with altered tissue maintenance and function across multiple body systems.
The response is not uniform because estrogen-sensitive signaling operates in several tissue environments. In epithelial tissues, altered turnover may be relevant to symptoms; in connective tissue, matrix maintenance is central; in vascular tissue, blood flow matters; and in bone, remodeling is important. This tissue-specific framing helps researchers avoid treating postmenopausal biology as a single process.
Extracellular-matrix maintenance is one of the biological processes altered by estrogen withdrawal, alongside cell turnover, blood flow, and tissue remodeling. Tracking it separately helps investigators identify which aspects of tissue change are associated with matrix upkeep rather than with renewal or vascular effects. This distinction supports interpretation of connective, skin, and skeletal aging.
These models and samples support investigation of hormone-responsive biology after menopause. Researchers can use them to examine how reduced ovarian estrogen production relates to tissue signaling, cell turnover, matrix maintenance, blood flow, and remodeling. They also provide experimental material for studying vaginal and urinary symptoms, skin and skeletal aging, and changes in disease susceptibility.
Researchers can apply postmenopausal tissue models and samples to evaluate therapeutic strategies aimed at preserving tissue function or reducing age-related complications. Their value lies in connecting a proposed intervention with hormone-responsive tissue biology and changes in maintenance or remodeling. This makes them relevant to intervention development rather than only to describing biological changes after menopause.
Studying these tissues links endocrine change with outcomes that span symptoms, aging, and disease susceptibility. The framework is relevant to vaginal and urinary symptoms, skin aging, skeletal aging, and shifts in susceptibility to disease. By examining tissue function together with remodeling and hormone-responsive signaling, researchers can investigate both mechanisms and strategies for reducing age-related complications.