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39 μg/cm2 ) and 750 nM (2.27 μg/cm2 ) protein concentrations, respectively. The apparent maximum cell binding to ERE-p20 and E-p20 was approximately 81% and 73%, respectively, relative to gelatin. For neural precursors, neurite outgrowth was enhanced by the presence of RGD and p20 peptides. The expression levels of neuronal marker protein MAP2 were upregulated approximately 2.5-fold and threefold by ERE-p20 and E-p20, respectively, relative to laminin. Overall, we have shown that elastin-mimetic fusion proteins consisting of p20 with and without RGD peptides are able to induce neuronal differentiation. In conclusion, our newly designed bioengineered fusion proteins allow preparation of specific bioactive matrices or coating/scaffold for miPSCs differentiation. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical efficacy of three different healthcare models (Traditional Model, Geriatric Consultant Model, and Orthogeriatric Unit Model) consecutively applied to a single academic center (University Hospital of Salamanca, Spain) for older hip fracture patients. METHODS We performed a retrospective study, including 2741 hip fracture patients older than 64 years, admitted between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2014 to the University Hospital of Salamanca. Patients were divided into three groups according to the healthcare model applied. There were 983 patients on the Traditional Model, 945 patients on the Geriatric Consultant Model, and 813 patients on the Orthogeriatric Unit Model. We recorded age and gender of patients, functional status at admission (Barthel Index, Katz Index, and Physical Red Cross Scale), type of fracture, and intervention, and we analyzed the length of stay, time to surgery, post-surgical stay, and in-hospital mortality according to the healthcare model applied. e observed differences among the three healthcare models, but without statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS The healthcare model based on an Orthogeriatric Unit seems to be the most efficient, because it reaches a reduction in time to surgery, with an increased number of patients surgically treated on in the first 24 h, and the greatest frequency of surgically-treated patients. © 2020 The Authors. Orthopaedic Surgery published by Chinese Orthopaedic Association and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.OBJECTIVE To measure the factors that affect functional leg length of Crowe type IV Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) patients and to review our own methods to balance leg length discrepancy (LLD) in Crowe type IV DDH patients. METHODS This was a prospective observational study which started in June 2017 and ended in August 2019. Inclusion criteria included (i) Crowe type I or Crowe type IV hip dysplasia patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty (THA) in the Department of Orthopaedics at our institution between July 2017 and June 2018; (ii) the patients were treated with our specific leg length balance strategy; and (iii) the related outcomes of patients were completely recorded. Finally, 18 consecutive Crowe type I patients (20 hips) and 14 consecutive Crowe type IV patients (18 hips) were selected and divided into two groups according to Crowe types. BAY 1217389 nmr All patients received THA, and patients with a longer affected side and inferior anatomical acetabular positions in Crowe type IV group also receive a significantly lower hip center height after surgery. Significant differences of tibia length, leg length, and teardrop position were found between affected side and healthy side of Crowe type IV patients. Only three of 14 Crowe type IV patients remained under 1 cm functional LLD. Five patients in the Crowe type IV group developed lower limb numbness immediately following surgery, and they all recovered within 6 months. The average follow-up period for either group was 14 months, and all patients were followed-up at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months then yearly after surgery until the final follow-up. CONCLUSION After detailed leg length balance process, THA combined with transverse sub-trochanter osteotomy could be an effective method to achieve equal function leg length with most Crowe type IV patients. © 2020 The Authors. Orthopaedic Surgery published by Chinese Orthopaedic Association and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) had neuroprotective effects on dopaminergic (DA) neurons. In order to overcome the gastrointestinal digestion and bioaccessibility, VEGF was encapsulated with poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid nanospheres (NS) in order to prevent the VEGF degradation until its release. The caudal administration of VEGF and NS encapsulated VEGF at different doses (1.0, 10.0, and 100.0 ng/ml) on the rats with Parkinson's disease lesion was evaluated. Intravenous injected VEGF at the dose of 1 ng/ml displayed the strongest neuroprotective effect than other groups as well as the stereotaxic group. The NS encapsulated with VEGF can pass through blood-brain barrier and protect the DA neurons. There was no significant difference between intravenous injection method and stereotaxic method, while the first method is simpler and convenient. Injection of NS encapsulated with VEGF may become a valuable neurorescuing therapeutic approach for Parkinson's disease. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S.The relationship between physical activity and prevention of T2D is described in ground-breaking epidemiological studies by Helmrich and Manson and in the excellent epidemiological overview by Kriska and Bennett. The ideas proposed have led to a new era of intervention studies of randomized control trials which have paved the way for proof that prevention of this disease is indeed feasible. These historical papers, though only observational research or reviews, can be considered important milestones in prevention research, because all pointed towards how to achieve scientific rigor prospective epidemiological studies on large numbers, selection of individuals with impaired glucose tolerance, with proper data quantification and with correct evaluation of patient compliance in both genders. Prior epidemiological studies, suggested that societies that change lifestyle and become more sedentary, have a greater increase in T2D. Their data supported the idea that persons with T2D are less active and more sedentary than non-diabetic people and hypothesized that there may be a relationship between obesity, fat distribution, physical inactivity and glucose tolerance.
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