Abstract Background Minimally invasive posterior fixation surgery for pyogenic spondylitis is known to reduce invasiveness and complication rates; however, the outcomes of concomitant insertion of pedicle screws (PS) into the infected vertebrae via the posterior approach are undetermined.This study aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of PS inse

The extracellular turbosound ts-18sw700/8a matrix (ECM) is important in cardiac remodeling and syndecans have gained increased interest in this process due to their ability to convert changes in the ECM to cell signaling.In particular, syndecan-4 has been shown to be important for cardiac remodeling, whereas the role of its close relative syndecan-