Makoto Osaki

TL;DR: SIB and marginal osteophyte formation in vertebral bodies could coexist in a skeletal population of men by analyzing the degenerative changes in their whole vertebral column and comparing them with the controls.

TL;DR: The results suggest that minimum level of roughness affecting initial bacterial adherence activity differs according to the type of biomaterial used, and that even a surface roughness of below 30 nm Ra in Oxinium, Ti-6Al-4 V and SUS316L can promote bacterial adhesion.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the degree of chondrocytes in RA more readily undergo apoptosis than those in OA, and that the expression of p53 and c-myc proteins in ISNEL-positive areas may reflect the involvement of these proteins in the apoptotic process in articular chondroses in inflammatory arthritis.

TL;DR: Results suggest that surface properties, such as hydrophobicity or the low surface free energy of Co-Cr-Mo, may have some influence in inhibiting or delaying the two-dimensional expansion of biofilm on surfaces with a similar degree of smoothness.

TL;DR: The results indicate that DEX suppressed TGF beta-induced chondrocyte proliferation and type II collagen expression, probably through selective inhibition of ERK integrated AP-1 activation.