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Angiogenic and Neurotrophic Effects of Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Conditioned Medium for Erectile Dysfunction
Department of Biomedical EngineeringA three-dimensional spheroid culture system to harvest conditioned medium (CM) from human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hBM-MSCs) with high efficiency were introduced and investigated the therapeutic effects of hBM-MSC-CM on erectile dysfunction (ED). In order to harvest CM with higher protein concentration than CM harvested by conventional method in 2D culture system, a variable parameter study considering the culture conditions such as spheroid diameter and centrifugation time was performed. As a result, it was confirmed that CM harvested from 3D spheroid culture system had much more proteins than those cultured in 2D environment. In addition, the total protein concentration in CM increased in proportion to the centrifugation time using a centrifugal filter. Additionally, ELISA and secretome assay showed that CM contained growth factors that help in angiogenesis such as angiogenin (ANG) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and in nerve regeneration like glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), nerve growth factor (NGF), and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Also, it was identified that angiogenic effects of CM contributing to tube, node and mesh formation of endothelial cells was proportional to the concentration of CM in vitro tube formation assay. Then, histomorphometric studies such as immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence were performed using the cavernous nerve (CN) injury rat model. In result, histomorphometric analysis showed that neural regeneration and vascular regeneration increased along with CM concentration. To sum up, we established an efficient method to obtain hBM-MSC-CM containing high concentration of growth factors, which is expected to be one of the promising methods of regenerative medicine for treating ED disease.clos
Late stage, non-equilibrium dynamics in the dipolar Ising model
Magnetic domain structures are a fascinating area of study with interest
deriving both from technological applications and fundamental scientific
questions. The nature of the striped magnetic phases observed in ultra-thin
films is one such intriguing system. The non-equilibrium dynamics of such
systems as they evolve toward equilibrium has only recently become an area of
interest and previous work on model systems showed evidence of complex, slow
dynamics with glass-like properties as the stripes order mesoscopically. To aid
in the characterization of the observed phases and the nature of the
transitions observed in model systems we have developed an efficient method for
identifying clusters or domains in the spin system, where the clusters are
based on the stripe orientation. Thus we are able to track the growth and decay
of such clusters of stripes in a Monte Carlo simulation and observe directly
the nature of the slow dynamics. We have applied this method to consider the
growth and decay of ordered domains after a quench from a saturated magnetic
state to temperatures near and well below the critical temperature in the two
dimensional dipolar Ising model. We discuss our method of identifying stripe
domains or clusters of stripes within this model and present the results of our
investigations.Comment: 17 pages, 12 figures, submitted to JMM
Stability of periodic domain structures in a two-dimensional dipolar model
We investigate the energetic ground states of a model two-phase system with
1/r^3 dipolar interactions in two dimensions. The model exhibits spontaneous
formation of two kinds of periodic domain structure. A striped domain structure
is stable near half filling, but as the area fraction is changed, a transition
to a hexagonal lattice of almost-circular droplets occurs. The stability of the
equilibrium striped domain structure against distortions of the boundary is
demonstrated, and the importance of hexagonal distortions of the droplets is
quantified. The relevance of the theory for physical surface systems with
elastic, electrostatic, or magnetostatic 1/r^3 interactions is discussed.Comment: Revtex (preprint style, 19 pages) + 4 postscript figures. A version
in two-column article style with embedded figures is available at
http://electron.rutgers.edu/~dhv/preprints/index.html#ng_do
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The Rememberance of a Moon Village
This article describes one of urban renewal projects in Seoul in 1990s that caused severe tragedies in the area based on the writer’s experience. Despite the criticisms of the “slum clearance” approach to urban renewal in the U.S. after the 1960s, Seoul adopted the concept to redevelop slum areas during 1970-1990s since the city government had to figure out the middle-class housing shortage as soon as possible. The urban renewal project abused the civil rights of slum residents by destroying their living foundation.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/120401/1/Lee_TheRemembranceOfAMoonVillage.pd
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