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Standard calibration curve showed excellent linearity (r2 > 0.99) within the range of 2 - 800 ng/mL. The accuracies and precisions were within the acceptance limits (all less then  20%). CAA was quickly absorbed into bloodstream and distributed rapidly and widely to various tissues. The excretion ratio of CAA in the 3 main pathways via bile, feces, and urine was only 5.17%. These results indicate that CAA was quickly and thoroughly metabolized in vivo and excreted mainly as metabolites. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.Digitaria ciliaris is widely reported to be a problematic weed in agricultural areas and is mainly used as an indicator plant for the development of herbicides. However, its bioactivities on skin regeneration and wound healing have not been investigated. In the present study, we investigated the effects of D. ciliaris flower absolute on skin wound healing and skin regeneration-related events, that is, proliferation, migration, and collagen biosynthesis, in human fibroblasts and keratinocytes. For this study, we extracted absolute from the D. ciliaris flower by solvent extraction and identified the composition of D. ciliaris flower absolute using GC/MS analysis. We also tested the effect of D. ciliaris flower absolute in CCD986sk fibroblasts and/or HaCaT keratinocytes using the WST assay and 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine incorporation assay, Boyden chamber assay, ELISA, sprouting assay, and immunoblotting. GC/MS analysis of D. ciliaris flower absolute revealed that it contained 15 compounds. The absolute increased the proliferations of keratinocytes and fibroblasts and the migration of fibroblasts but did not affect cell viabilities. In addition, it enhanced the syntheses of type I and IV collagen in fibroblasts, but not in keratinocytes. The sprouting assay showed increased sprout outgrowth of fibroblasts. In addition, D. ciliaris flower absolute induced the phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in fibroblasts. These results indicate that D. ciliaris flower absolute may promote skin wound healing/regeneration by inducing the proliferation, migration, and collagen synthesis of fibroblasts, as well as the proliferation of keratinocytes. Therefore, D. Protein Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor ciliaris flower absolute may be a potential natural source for cosmetic or pharmaceutical agents that promote skin wound healing/regeneration. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS  Language mapping by navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is commonly applied over the left language-dominant hemisphere to indicate the language-related cortex. Detailed language mapping of Broca's region including stimulation targets in the immediate vicinity to the premotor cortex may raise concern about confounding unspecific motor effects. We performed interhemispheric comparisons to delineate such possible unspecific effects from true TMS-induced language inhibition. MATERIAL AND METHODS  Fifteen healthy German speakers named object pictures during navigated TMS over a left- and right-hemispheric target array covering the left inferior frontal junction area. Six mapping repetitions were conducted per hemisphere. Order of stimulation side was randomized between participants. Self-rating of discomfort was assessed after each stimulation; language errors and motor side effects were evaluated offline. RESULTS  Naming errors were observed significantly more frequently during left- than right-hemispheric stimulation. The same pattern was found for the most frequent error category of performance errors. Hierarchical cluster analyses of normalized ratings of error severity revealed a clear focus of TMS susceptibility for language inhibition in object naming at the dorsoposterior target sites only in the left hemisphere. We found no statistical difference in discomfort ratings between both hemispheres and also no interhemispheric difference in motor side effects, but we observed significantly stronger muscle contractions of the eyes as compared with the mouth. CONCLUSION  Our results of (1) unspecific pre-/motor effects similarly induced in both hemispheres, and (2) a specific focus of TMS susceptibility in the language-dominant hemisphere render any substantial contribution of nonlanguage-specific effects in TMS language mapping of the inferior frontal junction area highly unlikely. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS  Technically and anatomically, accessing a high-grade migrated lumbar disk herniation (LDH) using traditional full endoscopic lumbar diskectomy (FELD) approaches (either transforaminal or interlaminar) is challenging. The objective of this study was to present an effective and safe surgical approach for high-grade up-migrated LDH by translaminar FELD. PATIENTS AND METHODS  Thirteen patients with soft high-grade up-migrated LDH treated with a translaminar FELD between May 2015 and July 2018 were reviewed in this study. Five of these patients had very high-grade up-migration. Clinical outcomes were assessed including preoperative and postoperative visual analog scale (VAS) for back and leg pain, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and MacNab criteria. RESULTS  Overall, 7 of the 13 patients had disk-fragment migration at L4-L5 three at L5-S1, two at L3-L4, and the remaining one at L2-L3. In all cases, the highly up-migrated LDH was removed successfully through the translaminar approach, as confirmed by postoperative magnetic resonance imaging. The improvements of VAS for back and leg pain were 4.5 ± 0.9 to 1.3 ± 1.3 and 7.1 ± 1.0 to 1.6 ± 0.7, respectively (both p  less then  0.05). The ODI decreased from preoperative 41.9 ± 6.0 to postoperative 13.0 ± 4.1 (p  less then  0.05). According to the MacNab criteria, the satisfaction rate was 92.3% (excellent or good outcomes). None of the patients experienced any perioperative complications or recurrence during the follow-up period. CONCLUSION  Although full endoscopic technique via the translaminar keyhole route may not be used as a routine surgical approach, it could serve as a feasible alternative method for patients with highly up-migrated disk herniation. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
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