... of developing and adult mouse teeth, we generated and analyzed Krt14 Cre/+ ; Stat3 fl/fl mutant mice in which Stat3 was inactivated in epithelia including ameloblast progenitors and ameloblasts, the cells responsible for enamel formation. Histological analysis showed little enamel matrix in mutant incisors...

..., gluconeogenesis and insulin signaling in the livers of rodents fed high-fat and/or high-sucrose diets for a short period of time. Male mice received a standard chow (SC), high-fat (HF), high-sucrose (HSu) or high-fat, high-sucrose (HFHSu) diet for 4 weeks. At euthanasia, blood was collected and the liver...

... of the role of eNOS in nociceptive transmission, we examined CD31, VEGF and peNOS immunopositivity in a model of chronic inflammatory pain in the presence and absence of a specific inhibitor of eNOS. We utilized 44 male C57BL/6 mice (25–30 g body weight, Harlan Laboratories, Italy). The animals...