Because the receptors and ligands involved are non-diffusible, adhesion molecules are capable of organ, tissue and cell specific regulation under physiological and pathophysiological conditions.
An important part of such analysis is the comparison between organisms capable of comprehensive organ regeneration and those, which have lost (or suppress) this ability.
In mammals, the liver, kidney, intestine and skeletal muscle are the only organs capable of gluconeogenesis.
The company's eventual goal is to build 3D printers capable of creating organs for transplant, and they've already made baby-steps towards that goal.
Moving up in size, scientists demonstrated last year that embryonic rabbit kidneys could be frozen, thawed, and grown into full-sized and fully functional organs, capable of transplant into living animals.
The vibrissae are attached to muscles and are supplied with blood and nerves, making them highly sensitive organs capable of differentiating shapes 3 mm thick and 2 mm wide.
Other organs capable of removing lactate from blood, such as the kidneys, brain, and skeletal muscle, also may be adversely affected by critically illness [ 14].
Hair follicles (HFs) and deer antlers are the only two mammalian organs capable of stem-cell-mediated cyclic regeneration in adult life [ 1, 2].
Another targeted response to hemorrhage is an increase in the number of open capillaries in organs that are capable of this.
Clitoris, female erogenous organ capable of erection under sexual stimulation.
