background: the present study describes the susceptibility of prepubertal testis of mice to prooxidant induced oxidative impairments both under in vitro and in vivo exposure conditions. materials and methods: following in vitro exposure to iron (5,10 and 25 m), oxidative response measured in terms of lipid peroxidation and hydroperoxide levels in testis of pre pubertal mice (4 wk) was more robu...

Background: Realgar, an arsenic tetrasulfide compound, is a highly recognized traditional Chinese medicinal prescription that has been widely used to treat various diseases such as inflammatory diseases. However, there are still some problems in the clinical treatment of Realgar, such as large oral dose and high potential toxicity. Objective: To evaluate effect...

experimental  allergic encephalomyelitis (eae) is considered  as the murine model of multiple sclerosis. daidzein a phytostrogenic compound of soy is known to impose immunomodulatory and antioxidative effects. we conducted this study to assess the potential protective and therapeutic effects of daidzein on allergic encephalomyelitis. c57bl/6 mice  were induced  with  allergic encephalomyelitis ...

To study the anti-diabetic effects of the crude leaves extract and fractions of Thymus schimperi Ronniger in normal and steptozotocin induced diabetic mice. The crude extract and the fractions were screened for antidiabetic activities in streptozotocin induced diabetic mice. A normoglycemic mice model and oral glucose tolerance test were also undertaken to assess the hypoglycemic and antihyperg...

objective(s): in the present study, c57bl/6 female mice (n=56) were used to explore the neuroprotective effects of riboflavin in motor disability of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (eae) as a model of multiple sclerosis. materials and methods: the animals were assigned into 7 groups: sham-operated 1 (so1), healthy mice receiving pbs (phosphate buffer saline); sham-operated 2 (so2), he...

introduction: helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) is a gastric pathogen of primates and causes active chronic gastritis as well as peptic ulcers. a wide range of studies is in effect to prevent or cure helicobacter infection and thus its associated disorders. in order to test various drug regimens as well as potential vaccines against h. pylori infection, a suitable animal model is required which s...

previous studies have demonstrated the potential of monotherapy with either mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) or estrogen in autoimmune and cuprizone models of multiple sclerosis (ms). the aim of this study was to examine the effects of co-administration of 17β-estradiol (e2) and adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (adscs) on remyelination of corpus callosum axons in a cuprizone model of ms. for...

background : malaria remains a serious public health problem with significant morbidity and mortal-ity. this study was conducted to identify whether ficolin-a could play an active role of against mala-ria infection. methods : the function of ficolin-a was analyzed in mouse model. the open reading frame of fico-lin-a was cloned from the liver of new born c57bl/6 mice by rt-pcr and then inserted ...