Bcl-2 is an oncogene with antiapoptotic function. However, Bcl-2 is converted to a Bax-like death effector by caspases, suggesting that the expression of Bcl-2 may not favor the growth of cancers. We introduced the Bcl-2 gene to gliomas via adenovirus (Adv; Adv-Bcl-2) with the Adv for Fas (Adv-Fas) and the Adv for Fas ligand (Adv-FL) to evaluate the antiapoptotic function of Bcl-2. In U251 glio...

Ischemia-reperfusion injury is the tissue damage caused when blood supply returns to the tissue after a period of ischemia or lack of oxygen. Ischemia-reperfusion brain injury initiates an inflammatory response involving the expression of adhesion molecules and cytokines. Twenty-four male Wistar rats (250-300 g body wt) were used in this study. The animals were divided into four groups of 6 rat...

To investigate the effect of remimazolam on neuronal apoptosis in rat brain through slit guidance ligand 2/roundabout 4 signaling pathway. Primary cortical neurons were obtained from specific pathogen free 3 w old male Wistar rats and sub cultured cell culture dishes. 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide assay detected viability; Hochest/propidium iodide double staining...

Apoptosis, also known as programmed cell death or physiologic cell death, plays diverse roles in embryogenesis and normal homeostasis as well as in oncogenesis. Apoptotic processes are modulated by several geneencoded products, including the Bcl-2 family proteins, which have inhibitory or stimulatory effects.1 Bcl-2 derives its name from B-cell lymphoma 2, as it is the second member of a range ...

Background: Characterization of genes and precise assessment of the number of copies are crucial for understanding the basis of emergence, progression, and identification of predictive markers of tumor malignancy. This study aimed to investigate the role of the changes in some central genes in gastric cancer. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 30 patients with gastric surgery w...

The Present study attempts to determine the relationship between proliferation and inhibition of apoptosis in normal endometrium hyperplasia, using monoclonal antibodies against marker, Ki-67 anti-apoptotic protein, Bcl-2 expression B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl – 2) Ki 67 cyclical proliferative secretory phase. includes Bcl endometrial hyperplasia.

Overexpression of the B cell leukemia/lymphoma-2 (bcl-2) gene has been shown to confer a survival advantage on cells by inhibiting apoptosis. In epithelia, the bcl-2 gene is also related to development and differentiation, and the protein is strongly expressed in the embryo in the epithelial cells of the developing mammary gland. To investigate directly the effect of bcl-2 on human epithelial c...