Cytotoxici and alpha-diisoeugenol were investigated. The cytotoxicity of curcumin and a-diisoeugenol against human promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-60 cells) and human submandibular cancer cells (HSG cells) was similar (CC50 1-3 microM). However, curcumin induced much more apoptosis, particularly in HL-60 cells compared with HSG cells, as revealed by measurement of the sub-G1/G0 DNA fraction in...

Thirty-two Afshari lambs were used in a completely randomized design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments to evaluate a nutritional supplement designed to provide multiple gluconeogenic precursors during heat stress (HS). Lambs were housed in thermal neutral (TN) conditions and fed ad libitum for 8 d to obtain covariate data (period 1 [P1]) for the subsequent experimental period (pe...

BACKGROUND In the majority of infertile females, cause lies within the fallopian tubes. The causes for tubal obstruction include tuabal endometriosis, chlamydial and tuberculous infections, salpingitis, due to previous tubal approach, previous tubal pregnancy, peritubal adhesions due to previous appendicectomy, ovarian, uterine or adnexal operations. Other less important but easily treatable si...

Multistep targeting systems represent highly selective alternatives to targeting systems using directly radiolabeled antibodies for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. A flexible bispecific antibody (bsMAb) multistep, pretargeting system that potentially can be developed for use with a variety of different imaging or therapeutic agents is described herein. The flexibility of this system is...

Women with infertility are faced with the possibility of undergoing several tests. Among these are those which rule out uterine and tubal factors contributing to infertility. The gold standard for years has been hysteroscopy and laparoscopic chromotubation [1, 2]. These two endoscopic modalities have been the mainstay in confirming pathology of a woman’s genital organs. Benefits include actual ...

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Chlamydia serology as a screening test for tubal infertility and to compare the results with hysterosalpingography (HSG) and laparoscopic findings. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study undertaken on 110 infertile women treated in the IVF Ward, at Emam Khomeini Hospital, Sari, Iran who underwent laparoscopy a...

Liu, Xibao, Eduardo Rojas, and Indu S. Ambudkar. Regulation of KCa current by store-operated Ca21 influx depends on internal Ca21 release in HSG cells. Am. J. Physiol. 275 (Cell Physiol. 44): C571–C580, 1998.—This study examines the Ca21 influx-dependent regulation of the Ca21-activated K1 channel (KCa) in human submandibular gland (HSG) cells. Carbachol (CCh) induced sustained increases in the...

Genital tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of female infertility in the world, especially in developing countries. Majority of infertility cases are due to involvement of the fallopian tubes (92%-100%), endometrial cavity (50%), and ovaries (10%-30%); cervical and vulvovaginal TB are uncommon. Genital TB has characteristic radiological appearances based on the stage of the disease process ...

A new set of exact scattering matrices in 1+1 dimensions is proposed by solving the bootstrap equations. Extending earlier constructions of colour valued scattering matrices this new set has its colour structure associated to non simply-laced Lie algebras. This in particular leads to a coupling of different affine Toda models whose fusing structure has to be matched in a suitable manner. The de...

To promote the practical application of a Japanese traditional medical treatment, such as hot compresses, we developed a plaster-type warming device consisting of a heat- and steam-generating sheet (HSG sheet). First, we tested its effects when applied to the anterior abdominal wall or lumbar region of women complaining of a tendency towards constipation. Application of the sheet to either regi...