background: a great deal of evidence has indicated that oxidatively modified ldl plays a critical role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. antioxidants that can prevent ldl oxidation may act as antiatherogens. copper is a candidate for oxidizing ldl in atherosclerotic lesions. the binding of copper ions to ldl is usually thought to be a prerequisite for ldl oxidation by copper...

introduction this paper proposes the concept of autonomous drug-encapsulated nanoparticle (adenp) as a novel non-invasive approach to prevent atherosclerosis. adenp consists of three simple units of sensor, controller (computing), and actuator. the hardware complexity of adenp is much lower than most of the nanorobots, while the performance is maintained by the synergism in the swarm architectu...

background: elevated serum levels of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxldl) have been found in type 2 and in poorly controlled diabetic patients. gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) has common features with type 2 diabetes. objective: the aim of our study was to evaluate the serum levels of oxldl in women with gdm compared to normal pregnant women. materials and methods: in this cross-section...

barbari is a common iranian flat bread that has a short shelf life. the effect of low density polyethylene/clay nanocomposite film was investigated for the package and shelf life of the flat bread when stored at different temperatures and relative humilities with different percentages of nanoparticles. nanoclay concentrations of 2% and 6% were used for the nanocomposite and pure polyethylene wa...

a solid – liquid – gas, multiphase reactor, called inverse fluidized bed bioreactor (ifbbr) was used in this study for the treatment of starch industry wastewater of high organic content and acidic nature. mixed culture obtained from the sludge, taken from starch industry effluent treatment plant, was used as microorganisms. experiments were carried out in an inverse fluidized bed bioreacto...

background different clinical and epidemiological studies using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry have shown an increased prevalence of low bone mineral density in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.the aim of this study was to assess the correlation between bone density and the disease activity in patients with ulcerative colitis. methods in this cross-sectional study, 52 patients with u...

antioxidant consumption has been reported to be inversely associated with the incidence of coronary artery disease. to clarify the possible role of vitamin e and volatile oils in the prevention of atherosclerosis, the effects of these compounds on the susceptibility of low-density lipoprotein (ldl) to oxidative modification were investigated. in this study, vitamin e and seven volatile oils “an...

the invention of polymerase chain reaction (pcr) has been a milestone in the history of biological and medical sciences. the applications of pcr have not only completely revolutionised the research in the field of molecular genetics as well as animal and plant biotechnology, but the technique has also proved its relevance and ingenious utility in other fields of forensic sciences, molecular sys...

Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is commonly defined as pain persisting for at least 3 months after acute herpes zoster (AHZ) rash presentation. About one-tenth of all acute herpes zoster patients develop PHN. Circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) are promising biomarkers for infectious diseases; however, there has been no relationship established between circulating miRNAs and PHN to date; the aim of the...