recent evidences suggest that multiple myeloma phenotypes (mmps) are involved in the infiltration of multiple myeloma-affected marrow foci. in this study, the effects of arsenic trioxide on the invasive and angiogenic phenotypes of multiple myeloma (mm) cell line were assessed on a dose-response and time-course basis. multiple myeloma cell line, karpas 707, was treated with step-wise elevated c...

objectives colloidal drug delivery system, solid lipid nanoparticles (slns), helps to increase the solubility of the drug and its oral bioavailability. methods tamoxifen (tam) as a nonsteroidalantiestrogen drug was formulated in sln and an in vitro study was conducted to determine the cytotoxicity effect of tam-loaded slns on human breast cancer cell lines mcf-7 (estrogen receptor-positive) and...

the effects of different concentrations of the hydroalcoholic extract of dried powdered leaves of cichorium intybus l., on ccl4-induced hepatotoxicity in vivo in rats and ccl4-induced cytotoxicity in isolated rat hepatocytes were investigated. rats received different concentrations of the extract by i.p. injection for 3 consecutive days before the injection of (3ml/kg) ccl4 (i.p.). twenty four ...

abstract: background and aim: resin cements are used widely in restorative dentistry regardless of their biocompatibility. the aim of this study was to compare the cytotoxicity of two categories of dental cements consisting of three chemically set cements (fuji i, fuji plus and harvard) and two dual curing cements (biscem and duo-link) by use of mtt assay. materials and methods: in this experim...

Induction of oxidative stress by drugs and other xenobiotics is an important mechanism of cytotoxicity. However, in vitro studies on the relationship between oxidative stress and cytotoxicity in cultured cells is frequently complicated by the fact that cell culture medium components affect reactive oxygen species (ROS) exposures in ways that vary with the mode of ROS production. The objectives ...

In the rat Walker 256 carcinosarcoma the cytotoxicity of the anticancer drug 5-fluorouracil (FU) is thought to be mediated by the 5-fluoronucleotide (FNuct) FUTP. which interferes with RNA metabolism [ 11. Total FNuct can be detected in vivo, as a composite peak, by "F n.m.r. and we have found in the Walker 256 carcinosarcoma that decreased concentrations of FNuct (mainly FUTP) formed in vivo a...

Human macrophages, derived from peripheral blood monocytes, acquire enhanced cytotoxicity for human target cells after incubation in mediator-rich supernates from antigen-stimulated lymphocytes. Maximum cytotoxicity was observed after 24-h incubation in mediators. In comparison to normal macrophages, mediator-activated macrophages were cytotoxic to five of the six malignant cell lines tested bu...

This work assesses the effect of lyophilization on the cytotoxicity and residual aldehyde concentration of glutaraldehyde-treated and lyophilized bovine pericardium (group A), comparing it to conventional glutaraldehyde-treated bovine pericardium (group B). Cytotoxicity was measured by incubating a pericardium sample from each group in saline and assessing the eluant's influence on cellular gro...

In order to observe the cytotoxicity of Acanthamoeba spp., which were isolated from contact lens containers as ethiological agents for the probable amoebic keratitis in Korea, the crystal violet staining method and LDH release assay were carried out. In the crystal violet staining method, among eight contact lens container isolates, isolate 3 (Acanthamoeba KA/LS5) showed 83.6% and 81.8% of cyto...

Four commonly used spices plants in Iran were evaluated for cytotoxicity effect using Brine Shrimp Lethality (BSL) assay. Essential oils and various extracts of Heracleum persicum, Nigella arvensis, Cinnamomum zeylanicum and Zingiber officinale were assessed by two methods of disk and solution of BSL. Data were processed in probit-analysis program to estimate LC50 values. All of the tested frac...