Neuregulin-1 (NRG-1), a cardioactive growth factor released from endothelial cells, is necessary for cardiac development, structural maintenance, and functional integrity of the heart.
Anchoring fibrils are essential to the functional integrity of the dermoepidermal junction.
All restorations possess compromised structural and functional integrity when compared to healthy, natural tooth structure.
The fundamental question is, should we interfere with the functional integrity of these two craft, before we gain some.
All interventions, be they small or large, are aimed at facilitating the body's recovery of functional and structural integrity.
Science, he said, also reinforces the Thomist theological tradition of the "functional integrity of nature."
But is there really a functional integrity to the universe?
The mechanism by which protective autoimmunity maintains the brain's functional integrity under non-injurious conditions is still not known.
The mechanism for the maintenance of this functional integrity is yet to be established, but presumably would involve platelet adhesion to the endothelium.