The present research aimed to determine acute toxicity and evaluate the effect of sub-lethal concentrations of diazinon on some haematological and immunological parameters of Barbus sharpeyi by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development methods. Juvenile B. sharpeyi were exposed to 0, 5%, 10% and 25% 96h LC50 concentrations of diazinon for 21 days. Blood samples were taken after ...

Through the use of absorbed idiotypic antisera prepared against single isolated monoclonal IgM anti-gamma-globulins, partial cross-idiotypic specificity was demonstrated with other IgM anti-gamma-globulins. Such antisera classified these proteins into at least three groups. The major group which included 60% of the anti-gamma-globulins was particularly homogeneous. The anti-gamma-globulin speci...

Agarose-gel electrophoresis of serum of a 72-year-old woman with liver cirrhosis showed virtually no beta-globulins two weeks before the patient's death. There was marked decrease in the concentrations of transferrin, beta-lipoproteins, hemopexin, complement component C3, beta-glycoprotein I, and cholesterol in serum. Absence of a beta-globulin band appears to signify an ominous prognosis.

OBJECTIVES We describe our experiences with, and compare the outcomes of, 2 groups of renal transplant patients treated with thymoglobulin or antithymocyte globulin-Fresenius as induction therapy at transplant to reduce the incidence of acute rejection and prevent delayed allograft function. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-four recipients of deceased-donor or living-donor kidney transplants rece...

The significance of altered serum proteins in disease has long been recognized, but most of the current modes of analysis are either too complicated for routine use or yield unreliable data which are difficult to interpret. In a study of serum proteins for diagnostic purposes, it is essential to have a simple, inexpensive, but accurate procedure for complete protein analysis that will require o...

Lindane, the y-isomer of 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane, is a widely used organochlorine pesticide. The application of lindane in soil, foliar, and seed treatment for a large variety of fruit and vegetable crops, its application on livestock, pets, and on agricultural premises, in pharmaceutical prepa itions, as well as in public health pest control, could lead to the exposure of humans to l...

The weakening of the Clq binding may be explained by the increase in ionic strength (which is known to decrease Clq binding,2 caused by the addition of edetic acid and subsequent neutralisation of the buffer. The relatively high concentration of C3 in serum and the cascade nature of the classical complement activation pathway may explain the C3-binding observed in this experiment. In any event,...

cryptococcosis has become the fourth leading life-threatening opportunistic infection in patients with aids, but also occurs in non-aids patients. in view of the increasing numbers of infection during last decade in iran, use of rapid, sensitive and specific test for diagnosis of cryptococcal disease has become important than ever. we aimed to produce the reagents for latex cryptococcal antigen...

OBJECTIVES Acute limb ischaemia is a common and often lethal clinical event. Reperfusion of an ischaemic limb has been shown to induce a remote gut injury associated with transmigration of endotoxin into the portal and systemic circulation, which in turn has been implicated in the conversion of the sterile inflammatory response to a sepsis syndrome, after lower torso ischaemia-reperfusion injur...

Starch gel electrophoresis has demonstrated that graded concentrations of sodium sulphate do not precipitate the serum globulins in any reasonable degree of purity. The use of this form of electrophoresis has shown that caeruloplasmin is associated with a globulin in the Fa(2) position.This technique can be employed as a screening test for patients suspected of suffering from hepatolenticular d...