The treatment was complete bed rest in the hospital, plus a host of drugs to try to halt the contractions and, at the same time, stimulate maturation of the babies' lungs in case they arrived 10 weeks early.
However, the androgens also stimulate maturation and closure of the epiphyseal centres of bones so that linear growth ceases well before the usual age of puberty.
It remains to be seen whether the in vivo environment will stimulate maturation of the hESC-derived cells and, if not, what mix of host and grafted endothelium will be tolerable to maintain function.
The TAM receptors also stimulate maturation of natural killer cells.
FSH is a key pituitary hormone, which stimulates maturation of oocytes and is a biomarker of ovarian reserve.
Here they stimulate the synthesis and release of the gonadotropins, which in turn act on the gonads to stimulate maturation, gametogenesis, and steroidogenesis.
These cytokines and growth factors stimulate maturation and recruitment of other immune cells involved in the allergic cascade, such as eosinophils and mast cells [ 30].
These results suggest that future experimental attempts to stimulate maturation of endogenous progenitors into neurons should be concentrated to a narrow time window after the acute lesion.
Endotoxin and allergens stimulate maturation of the immune response in early childhood, but little is known about the effect of exposures to OPs or to the three combined.
In addition, mechanical loading was shown to stimulate maturation of cardiomyocytes derived from mouse ESCs cultured on elastic polymer scaffolds (Gwak et al. 2008).
