1–7 In particular, an association between some of the connective-tissue diseases and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (lymphadenoid goiter) has recently seemed likely. 6,8,9 Many reports of this ...

Connective tissue diseases are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders that affect any of the body's connective tissues. These disorders can be inherited or acquired, and can present with a ...

Anti-inflammatory medications are a cornerstone of treatment for mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) but your diet also is important. Eating foods that suppress inflammation may help prevent ...

Just because an udder is not lactating doesn’t mean it’s not doing anything,” said Ben Enger during the National Mastitis ...

This is especially problematic in cases of blocked blood vessels, which can repeatedly starve large areas of the heart of oxygen and nutrients, killing the cardiomyocytes there. This leads to a ...

Arboriform or papillary projections into the duct, H&E, Scale Bar = 50 µm. B. Papillary formations arising from the fibrous connective tissue of the ductal wall, delineated by organized epithelial ...

FAP is found in particular on the "stroma" of a tumour, an ecosystem of connective tissue and various non-malignant cell types like blood and immune cells that is thought to be involved in the ...

Cellular therapy and tissue engineering of the corneal stroma has gained interest over the last decade as a potential alternative treatment for corneal stroma diseases, such as corneal scarring, ...

Research on muscle grafts could help patients in need of heart transplants. Joana Liu/ Staff Artist A healthy heart typically beats at a rate of 60 to 100 beats per minute, with a blood pressure ...

Tissue vaccines include antigens associated with neoplastic cells and with the tumor stroma. Furthermore, they include antigens that may be expressed only following in vivo growth versus growth in ...