Do injury-elicited stressors alter endogenous retrovirus expression in lymphocytes depending on cell type and source lymphoid organ?
MuLV-ERVs' response to burn-elicited stressors may be differentially controlled depending on lymphocyte type, location of lymphoid organ, MuLV-ERV type, and stress duration.
Anterior spinal fusion using bone marrow-based graft substitutes for thoracolumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis demonstrated equivalent results to rib autograft when used with dual-rod instrumentation and structural support. In this patient series, the rate of fusion was faster in the bone marrow-treated segments. These results suggest that for patients as described in this cohort, bone marrow-based graft replacements can thus be used as an alternative, or adjunct, to autograft to achieve interbody fusion in scoliosis surgery.