Introduction: Surgical treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is often warranted.In this patient population, VPI is characterized by poor palatal elevation and muscular hypotonia with an intact palate.We hypothesize that 22q11.2 deletion patients are at greater risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) after surgic
Fasciclin 2 (Drosophila NCAM) is a homophilic Cell Adhesion Molecule expressed at moderate levels in the proliferating epithelial cells of imaginal discs, where it engages EGFR in a cell autonomous auto-stimulatory loop that promotes growth along larval development.In addition, Fasciclin 2 is expressed at high levels in the pre-differentiating cell
Enhanced dielectric and mechanical properties of polyarylene ether nitrile (PEN) are obtained through secondary dispersion of polyaniline functionalized barium titanate (PANI-f-BT) by hot-stretching.PANI-f-BT nanoparticles with different PANI content are successfully prepared via in-situ aniline polymerization technology.The transmission electron m