Adult bovine aortic smooth muscle cells cultured on these substrates in the presence of ascorbic acid produced ECM-rich sheets several cell layers thick in which both the cells and ECM exhibited strong alignment in the direction of the micropattern.
Rocks containing cummingtonite or grunerite are characteristic of metamorphosed iron formations associated with iron oxides, iron-rich sheet silicates, carbonates, and quartz.
Otsego County, like much of south-central New York, sits atop the Marcellus Shale formation, a gas-rich sheet of rock that underlies much of the Appalachian Basin.
Cilia lining the pharynx move the food-rich sheet of mucus upward over the gill slits, and it is then rolled up and transported to the posterior part of the gut.
Under pathological conditions it oligomerizes and aggregates into fibrils arranged in β-rich sheet structures [ 16, 17, 57].
Unlike the archetypal basement membrane underlying true epithelia, consisting of a distinct collagen IV and laminin-rich sheet, the submesothelial ECM is not a typical basement membrane.
Japanese companies, he says, often have rich balance sheets but no idea how to deploy capital.
Hexagonal birnessite has Mn3+ in the interlayer above and below cation vacancies within the Mn4+ rich MnO2 sheets [16].
RBS said that following the recent equity market sell-off Sthree shares look more attractive and that "any further pull back should be treated as a buying opportunity" given the company's aggressive internationalisation plans and cash rich balance sheet.
In Tokyo, these deals are viewed with some pride, a sign that Japanese companies are regaining their power and taking advantage of cash-rich balance sheets, cheap financing at home and a strong yen.
Small-value stocks, typically bolstered by asset-rich balance sheets, usually don't fluctuate so radically.
