the activities of 4-aminobutyric-2-oxoglutaric acid transaminase (gaba-t) and succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (ssadh) were determined in mouse hypothalamus after peripheral injections of cholecystokinin-8 (cck-x)and/or caerulein (cln). gaba transaminase activity was measured utilizing endogenous succinate semialdellyde dehydrogenase to convert the product of gab a-t, succinate semialdehyde...

new blood forming vessels are produced by differentiation of mesodermal precursor cells to angioblasts that become endothelial cells (ecs) which in turn give rise to primitive capillary network. human cord blood (hcb) contains large subsets of mononuclear cells (mncs) that can be differentiated into endothelial-like cells in vitro. human mononuclear progenitor cells were purified from fresh umb...

due to the anti-diabetic and antioxidant activity of green tea epigallocatechin-gallate (egcg), this research study was conducted to evaluate, for the first time, the efficacy of chronic treatment of egcg on alleviation of hyperalgesia in streptozotocin-diabetic (stz-diabetic) rats. male wistar rats were divided into control, diabetic, egcg-treated-control and diabetic and sodium salicylate (ss...

background the attention of the scientific community has been recently focused on the role of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in non-small-cell cancer and there is a convergence of results, supporting a direct proportionality between lymphocytic infiltrate and good prognosis. objectives the aim of our research was to investigate the immune response around and inside the small-cell lung neoplasti...

background and objectives: helicobacter pylori causes chronic gastritis, peptic ulceration, and is a risk factor for gastric cancer. more than half of the world`s population is infected with this pathogen, however the disease outcome varies. among the virulence factors of h. pylori, specific adhesions to gastric epithelium may be an important step in the induction of active inflammation. h. pyl...

conclusions according to the results, the polymorphisms within the +49 position of ctla-4 can be associated with vl and may be considered as risk factors for the disease. results our results indicated that both ctla-4 +49a/g polymorphisms were significantly associated with vl. materials and methods in this cross-sectional study, 88 patients with clinical presentations of vl, who were seropositi...

cold stress is considered as a restricting factor in plant production. recently, many different compounds were applied to minimize the harmful effects of stress. in this study, the effects of foliar application of salicylic acid was studied on some biochemical properties of two different cold resistant canola cultivars. salicylic acid was sprayed at four concentrations (0, 100, 200 and 400 µm) ...

background and purpose: decreased males’ motivation for entering universities has caused a low male/female ratio in different university majors. in 2005-2006 academic year, enrollment of female students in rafsanjan university of medical sciences reached 83.14%. this tremendous gender imbalance may lead to the development of a mono-sex system for health service providers and will.affect the soc...

conclusions the rapid dissemination of non clonal multi-resistant ctx-m-1 producing e. coli isolates approved the need for further studies in our medical centers. results a total of 140(70%) non-duplicate esbl positive e. coli were determined. imipenem and amikacin were effective against 100% and 85% of all tested isolates respectively. co-resistance of esbl positive isolates to erythromycin, t...

a simple method has been developed for the preconcentration of lead (ii) based on the adsorption of its 1-(2-pyridyl azo)2-naphtol (pan) complex on aoctadecyl bonded silica cartridges. the influence of acidity, eluting agents, stability of the column, sample volume and interfering ions has been investigated in detail. the adsorbed complex could be eluted using environmentally benign hno34m and ...