fibroblasts could be considered as connective tissue cells that are morphologically heterogeneous with diverse functions depending on their location and activity. these cells play critical role in health and disease such as cancer and wound by production of collagen, fibronectin, cytokines and growth factors. absence of insulin and other growth factors in serum deprivation condition and similar...

thyroid hormones (t3, t4) have marked effect on body metabolism and in controlling osmoregulation activity in fish. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of water salinity changes on thyroid hormones level and thyroid-stimulating hormone (tsh) of grass carp. for this purpose 120 grass carp were divided randomly in to four groups (10 fish in each group and three replicates per treatm...

100 patients with beta-thalassemia trait, comprised of 55 men and 45 women, participated in a study to measure serum lipoproteins. the results were compared with the data obtained from 100 control subjects of the same age and sex. a significantly lower level of mean serum total cholesterol and ldl cholesterol, and a much higher level of hdl cholesterol were obtained in beta-thalassemia trait as...

objective simple febrile seizures are the most common form of childhood seizures,often recurring within the first twenty-four hours. this study was conducted to determine the probable role of low serum  sodium levels in predicting seizure recurrence in febrile children. materials & methods for the study, 226 patients with seizures, aged between 6 months to 5 years, were divided into 3 groups of...

background: the antifertility effect of ampicillin (amp, 40 mg/kg) and sulphasalazine or salicylazosulfapyridine (sasp, 300,450 and 600 mg/kg) in male rats has been reported earlier. the combination of amp and sasp is generally used in certain pathological conditions, but the combined effect of these two drugs on the fertility is not clear. so, the aim of this study was to investigate the antif...

serum total fatty acids were estimated in controls and women using the oral contraceptives eugynon (containing 0.5 mg.of norgestron and 0.05 mg ethinyl oestradiol) and lyndiol (containing 2.5 mg. of linostrol and 0.05 mg of ethiny oestradiol) for periods ranging from 8 to 110 weeks. the serum total fatty acids level was found to be approximately 70% higher in the women using oral contraceptives...

background and aims: canine distemper (cd) is a deadly infectious disease of canidae family. cd is a multi-systemic viral disease and is specified by wide range of clinical symptoms. the manifestations are not always indicative of cd, therefore a laboratory confirmation is necessary for suspected cases. materials and methods: different clinical specimens of 19 cd suspected unvaccinated dogs wer...

background: endometriosis is defined as the existence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus. diagnosis of endometriosis is a challenging theme. despite the broad search for innovative laboratory tests and advances in imaging technologies, there are still no easy, non-invasive diagnostic tests available. due to inflammatory process of endometriosis, still c-reactive protein (crp) level m...

background and objective: higher concentration of systemic inflammatory markers is reported in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (osa). levels of inflammatory markers may be associated with severity of osa. objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between level of inflammation markers and osa severity. materials and methods: fifty six patients with symptoms and signs of osa f...