Effect of Age and Diabetes on the Response of Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells to Fibrin Matrices by A. Stolzing, H. Colley, A. Scutt

“…These niches are composed of niche cells, stem cells, and extracellular matrix. When blood vessels are damaged, a fibrin clot forms as part of the wound healing response. …”
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Diabetes and Stroke Prevention: A Review by Jonathan Hewitt, Luis Castilla Guerra, María del Carmen Fernández-Moreno, Cristina Sierra

“…Both are increasing in prevalence, both are diseases which affect blood vessels, and both are associated with other vascular risk factors, such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. …”
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Ultrasonography of the Kidneys in Healthy and Diseased Camels (Camelus dromedarius) by Mohamed Tharwat

“…When the kidney is examined by ultrasonography, the clinician can get sufficient information about the size, position, and echo patterns of the renal cortex and medulla and renal pelvis and outlines of the renal blood vessels. In recent years, ultrasonography has been used in camels for scanning of the healthy status as well as evaluation and determining the diagnosis and prognosis of diseased cases. …”
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Applications of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Neural Crest Cells in Craniofacial Skeletal Research by Satoru Morikawa, Takehito Ouchi, Shinsuke Shibata, Takumi Fujimura, Hiromasa Kawana, Hideyuki Okano, Taneaki Nakagawa

“…Craniofacial skeletal tissues are composed of tooth and bone, together with nerves and blood vessels. This composite material is mainly derived from neural crest cells (NCCs). …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Candidate Loci Associated with Platelet Count in Koreans by Ji Hee Oh, Yun Kyoung Kim, Sanghoon Moon, Young Jin Kim, Bong-Jo Kim

“…Platelets respond to vascular damage, contracts blood vessels, and attaches to the damaged region, thereby stopping bleeding, together with the action of blood coagulation factors. …”
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Comparison of Proangiogenic Effects of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells and Foreskin Fibroblast Exosomes on Artificial Dermis Prefabricated Flaps by Jiachao Xiong, Zhixiao Liu, Minliang Wu, Mengyan Sun, Yu Xia, Yuchong Wang

“…Large prefabricated flaps often suffer from necrosis or poor healing due to a lack of new blood vessels and related factors that promote angiogenesis. …”
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Vascularization of Nanohydroxyapatite/Collagen/Poly(L-lactic acid) Composites by Implanting Intramuscularly In Vivo by Hai Wang, Xiao Chang, Guixing Qiu, Fuzhai Cui, Xisheng Weng, Baozhong Zhang, Xiaojie Lian, Zhihong Wu

“…In microscopic views, blood vessels and vascular sprouts could be observed, and microvessel density (MVD) of the composites trended to increase over time. …”
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Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Mixed Cryoglobulinemia by Gianfranco Lauletta, Sabino Russi, Vincenza Conteduca, Loredana Sansonno

“…Among them, complement factors play a crucial role in the cold-insoluble ICs-mediated vasculitis, involving primarily small blood vessels in different tissues including skin, kidney, peripheral, and central nervous system. …”
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Clinical and Capillaroscopic Modifications of the Psoriatic Plaque during Therapy: Observations with Oral Acitretin by Giuseppe Stinco, Cinzia Buligan, Enzo Errichetti, Francesca Valent, Pasquale Patrone

“…This finding could be in agreement with a secondary role of blood vessels in the pathogenesis and persistence of psoriatic lesions.…”
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Renal Angiomyolipoma Mimicking a Well-Differentiated Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma by Honoka Fuse, Masaya Ito, Kosuke Takemura, Shuzo Ikuta, Toru Motoi, Tomotake Okuma, Madoka Kataoka, Fumitaka Koga

“…The tumor had irregular septa, thin blood vessels, and spotty small soft-tissue nodules. …”
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Role of Farnesoid X Receptor in the Pathogenesis of Respiratory Diseases by Jin-nan Wu, Jian-rong Chen, Jin-liang Chen

“…The expression of FXR in nondigestible tissues other than in the liver and small intestine is known as the expression of “nonclassical” bile acid target organs, such as blood vessels and lungs. In recent years, several studies have shown that FXR is widely involved in the pathogenesis of various respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. …”
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Improving Biocompatibility of Polyurethanes Apply in Medicine Using Oxygen Plasma and Its Negative Effect on Increased Bacterial Adhesion by Kamil Drożdż, Monika Gołda-Cępa, Paulina Chytrosz-Wróbel, Andrzej Kotarba, Monika Brzychczy-Włoch

“…PUs are widely used for synthetic blood vessels, wound dressings, cannulas, and urinary and cardiovascular catheters. …”
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Limited Renal Intravascular Lymphoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Guillermo Enrique Quintero Vega, Daniel Osorio, José Antonio de la Hoz Valle, Daniela Rodríguez Feria

“…It is characterized by the proliferation of cancerous cells into the intraluminal space of the blood vessels. It has a low incidence rate of 0.095 cases per 1,000,000. …”
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Potential Spectrum of Accompanied Penetrating Abdominal Intraperitoneal Injuries with Bowel Evisceration: Surprises Awaiting the Trauma Surgeon in Resource Limited Settings by Ahmed Shabhay, Zarina Shabhay, Kondo Chilonga, Theresia Mwakyembe, David Msuya, Fabian Massaga, Samwel Chugulu

“…Penetrating abdominal injuries involves violation of the peritoneal cavity and injuries to solid organs and other intraperitoneal viscera such as major blood vessels and hollow organs. Typically such injuries arise from gunshot wounds or stab wounds. …”
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A Case of Hepatic Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Zhiyan Fu, Evita B. Henderson-Jackson, Barbara A. Centeno, Gregory Y. Lauwers, Mihaela Druta, Daniel A. Anaya, Yukihiro Nakanishi

“…Histopathological examination revealed a proliferation of spindle tumor cells with characteristic staghorn-shaped blood vessels, frequent mitoses, and necrosis. The tumor cells showed strong and diffuse expression of CD34 and STAT6, confirming the diagnosis of malignant solitary fibrous tumor. …”
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Sound Richness of Music Might Be Mediated by Color Perception: A PET Study by Masayuki Satoh, Ken Nagata, Hidekazu Tomimoto

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WGCNA and integrative network analysis identify CHRNA5 and CTLA4 as potential therapeutic targets against angiosarcoma by Trishla Bhatnagar, Madiha Haider, Mohd Yasir Khan, Mohammad Zahid Ashraf

“…Angiosarcomas are a type of soft-tissue sarcoma characterized by aggressive malignant tumors originating from endothelial cells of blood vessels or lymphatic vessels. Limited studies have been done to explore the molecular pathophysiology of the disease, with rather limited studies involving transcriptomic analyzes. …”
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Effect of platelet-rich plasma on angiogenic and regenerative properties in patients with critical limb ischemia by Hamid Tanzadehpanah, Sima Nobari, Ava Jalalian Hoseini, Farzaneh Ghotbani, Mohsen Mehrabzadeh, Jamal Jalili shahri, Amirreza Alipour, Mohsen Sheykhhasan, Hamed Manoochehri, Susan Darroudi, Hanie Mahaki

“…It utilizes various angiogenic growth factors in platelets, including platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and epidermal growth factor (EGF), which are integral to the tissue repair.Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a major symptom of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and PRP therapy aims to improve blood circulation to the distal limb through the development of blood vessels. This review focuses on the extensive research on the molecular mechanisms of PRPs in treating CLI. …”
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The “Trojan Horse” Approach to Tumor Immunotherapy: Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment by Delia Nelson, Scott Fisher, Bruce Robinson

“…Numerous studies have demonstrated that intratumoural therapy has the capacity to minimizing local suppression, inducing sufficient “dangerous” tumor cell death to cross-prime strong immune responses, and rending tumor blood vessels amenable to immune cell traffic to induce effector cell changes in secondary lymphoid organs. …”
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Large Pyoderma Gangrenosum-Like Ulcers: A Rare Presentation of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis by Basheer Tashtoush, Roya Memarpour, Yasmin Johnston, Jose Ramirez

“…Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), is a rare systemic vasculitis that classically manifests as necrotizing granulomas of the upper and lower respiratory tract, kidneys, and blood vessels; however, it may affect any organ system, including the skin. …”
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