Background: The authors conducted a 2-year retrospective follow-up to investigate the
efficiency of an extraforaminal full-endoscopic approach with foraminoplasty used to treat lateral …

Introduction. The objective of this study was to describe a surgical technique that uses
transforaminal full-endoscopic access, which is different from the existing protocol, and to …

Background Many studies have emphasized the importance of interface contact between
implants and the vertebral endplate (VE). The goal of this study was to analyze the shape and …

A placa terminal vertebral (PTV) é uma estrutura anatômica presente nas vértebras com
crescente reconhecimento da sua importância e associações com outras patologias da coluna …

Objective: In Brazil, there are no studies comparing endoscopic treatment of lumbar disc
herniation with the conventional open technique in SUS (Unified Health System) with regard to …

Processes that promote cancer progression such as angiogenesis require a functional
interplay between malignant and nonmalignant cells in the tumor microenvironment. The …

… Lee for monitoring the mice and animal technical assistance, David L. Haviland for technical
assistance and discussion about flow cytometry experiments, and Ayako Okamura for the …

Aminopeptidase N (APN, CD13; EC 3.4.11.2) is a transmembrane metalloprotease with several
functions, depending on the cell type and tissue environment. In tumor vasculature, APN …

Merging tumor targeting and molecular-genetic imaging into an integrated platform is limited
by lack of strategies to enable systemic yet ligand-directed delivery and imaging of specific …

In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), analysis of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable
regions for somatic hypermutation identifies 2 prognostic subsets, mutated and unmutated. …