background: because of its effect on speech and swallowing, laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma is a devastating disease which has been shown to have a poor survival rate. abundant research is being carried out in search of novel biomarkers that can aid the process of diagnosis and treatment of this disease. fxyd3, a modulator of na/k-atpase, is presented as a biomarker in some cancers. fxyd3 exp...

histopathological and pathomorphological effects of 15 ppb mercuric chloride on persian sturgeon, acipenser persicus, were investigated using histological and electron microscopy observations. light microscopy showed that the gill epithelial hypertrophy, wrinkling and hyperplasia in lamellar epithelia and lamellae fusion occurred after 48 h of exposure. gill epithelia also showed occasional nec...