alzheimer's disease (ad) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by memory and cognitive dysfunction due to neuronal cell loss in higher brain centers. senile plaques containing amyloid β (aβ) are associated with this disease as well as a reduction in cholinergic neuron numbers. tacrine is a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor in clinical use to treat moderate forms of ad. chit...

in this work, zncao2 (zinc oxide-calcium oxide) nanocomposite were synthesized at different temperatures (500-700°c) by sol-gel method based on polymeric network of polyvinyl alcohol (pva). the synthesized samples were characterized by sem/edax, ft-ir and xrd techniques. it was found that synthesized nanocomposites have 1.62, 2.05 and 13.91%wt of cao, respectively. the obtained results show tha...

gavane-gaz-angubin (persian manna) belongs to astragalus genus (leguminosae). this plant is one of the most important species in iran for its medicinal value. considering the low propagation rate of this plant from seed and cutting, the feasibility of in-vitro propagation of this plant was investigated. effect of different types and concentrations of cytokinins such as bap, kin, and ze (0.5, 1,...

purpose: aside from psychological suffering, mental disease can bring about a negative influence   on conscripts learning abilities and reduce effectiveness of military trainings. hence, identifying   at risk conscripts is of vital importance. this study aimed to investigate the mental health of   conscripts during a two-year period from 2011 to 2013 in a military base in guilan.   materials an...

background: as we all know, sperm has the capacity to take up foreign dna, therefore, sperm mediated gen transfer can be an inexpensive and simple method in animal transgenesis in various species. however, there is not sufficient evidence of dna uptake by ovine spermatozoa. objectives: the purpose of the present study was to examine the uptake of human lysozyme gene contained plasmid (pegfp-ire...

selenium is an essential trace mineral and has a profound impact on immune function, health and productive performance. an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary selenium in different levels on performance and humoral immunity in broiler chicks. male broiler chicks (arbor acres, 1-d old, n= 225) were randomly assigned to 3 treatment groups of 5 replicates each including 15 ...

background: a soluble form of her-2/neu extracellular domain (sher-2) is reported to be released in the sera of metastatic breast cancer patients. objective: to measure the level of sher-2 in sera of 115 breast cancer patients. methods: serial samples of 27 patients with metastasis, 18 non-metastatic patients, 15 patients in stage 0/i and 14 patients with accompanying benign breast disease were...

helicobacter pylori is related to iron deficiency anemia (ida) and inflammatory responses causing gastric and duodenal ulcer and carcinoma. moreover, it leads to deficiency of factors associated with iron adsorption and transfer. in the present study, we recruited 100 children (50 infected with h. pylori and 50 controls) aged 3-14 years old (40% male and 60% female) to evaluate the effect of h....

background: the aim of present study was to evaluate the protective efficacy of live recombinant l. tarentolae expressing kmp11-ntgp96-gfp fusion as candidates for live engineered recombinant vaccine against visceral leishmaniasis in balb/c mice. methods: kmp-11 and nt-gp96 genes cloned into the pjet1.2/blunt cloning vector and then into pegfp-n1 expression vector. the kmp-11, nt-gp96 and gfp f...