Heterotopic tracheal transplants of rats were exposed in vivo to 150 or 640 microng of 7, 12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) delivered over 2 weeks, and the epithelium was studied in vitro in an attempt to identify changes in growth behavior during early phases of neoplastic development. Explants were made from the exposed tracheas, as well as from a series of controls, and the rate of epithel...

background & aim: dracocephalum genus belongs to the lamiaceae family which has eight species in iran. dracocephalum kotschyi boiss is an important medicinal and aromatic plant that use in pharmaceutical industry. in addition, this species is used in iranian traditional medicine. the aim of current study was to examine the various growth regulations and explants on direct organogenesis of d...

In vitro morphogenic response of mature seed embryo-derived callus cultures Chonemorpha fragrans was studied using solid and liquid Murashige Skoog medium amended with cytokinins or their combinations naphthalene acetic acid at 0.5 mg L-1. The plant growth regulators (PGRs) combination concentrations tested could not stimulate organogenesis after three subcultivations the on same PGRs-amended w...

Acute ultraviolet light B (UVB) injury is associated with dermal mast cell histamine release. The possibility that histamine-stimulated prostaglandin (PG) synthesis could be a mechanism for irradiation erythema was therefore examined using human skin explants. Explants responded to UV irradiation (120 mJ/cm2) with a fivefold increase in synthesis of prostaglandins E2, F2 alpha and 6-keto PGF1 a...

1. Explants of mammary gland from mid-pregnant rabbits were cultured in medium 199 containing insulin, prolactin and cortisol, and specific anti-casein immunoglobulin G was used to measure the amount, rate of synthesis and rate of degradation of casein in the explants in the presence of hormones and after removal of hormones from previously stimulated tissue. 2. The amount of casein in particle...

Chorioamnionitis is a major cause of preterm delivery. Infants exposed to inflammation in utero and then born preterm may have improved lung function in the immediate postnatal period. We developed a mouse model of chorioamnionitis to study the inflammatory signaling mechanisms that might influence fetal lung maturation. With this in vivo model, we found that Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide...

Micropropagation techniques have been widely applied in globe artichoke (C. cardunculus L. var. scolymus), however, efficient protocols for the establishment of in vitro callogenesis and organogenesis, a pre-requisite for Agrobacteriummediated genetic transformation, have not been set up so far. We developed an efficient protocol for callus induction from leaf explants of three globe artichoke ...

Background: Enterohaemorrhagic (EHEC) and enteropathogenic (EPEC) Escherichia coli epithelial cell adhesion is characterised by intimate attachment, and attaching and effacing (A/E) lesion formation. This event is mediated in part by intimin binding to another bacterial protein, Tir (translocated intimin receptor), which is exported by the bacteria and integrated into the host cell plasma membr...

Infants born to heroin- and cocaine-addicted mothers have been reported to have a lower incidence of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) compared with nonaddicted infants. However, it is not known whether these are direct drug-mediated effects or secondary phenomena. We therefore investigated the effect of opioids and cocaine on fetal rat lung maturation in vitro. Using 18- to 20-d fetal rat lu...