introduction: auto – immune disorders have been implicated as a cause for chronic uricaria and/ or angioedema and thyroid autoimmunity has been increasingly introduced to be associated with that. this study explores the association of thyroid autoimmunity with chronic urticaria and / or angioedema in isfahani patients. methods: anti – thyroperoxidase (ani – tpo) and anti – thyroglobulin (anti –...

Considering the different clinical symptoms of leishmaniasis in Iran, and the wide distribution of its agent and the little information in this regard, this study was performed to characterize the responsible variants using monoclonal antibodies. A total of 156 isolates of Leishmania from patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis and one isolate from rat were characterized using the standard monoc...

Validating ethnobotanical data from underexplored traditional plant remedies provides an infinite source of new pharmaceutical chemicals. The purpose this study was to determine the phytochemical composition and several biological activities (antioxidant, anti-lipase, anti-?-amylase, anti-?-glucosidase, antimicrobial) aqueous, ethanol, hexane, acetone Artemisia scoparia leaf extracts. An exhaus...

introduction: recurrent abortion (ra) may be a consequence of aberrant expression of immunological factors during pregnancy. although the relative importance of immunological factors in human reproduction remains controversial, substantial evidence suggests that autoantibodies contribute to reproductive failure. production of such antibodies is under the control of cytokines; and leptin, beside...

introduction: shallot is a plant which belongs to alium and albale family , this is a native plant from iran which is self – grown in high zones. by regard to further use of medicine and plant’s product , use of herbal plants has on important nole in medical treatment and preventi of diseale. the purpose of this study is the photo chemistry properties and anti – bacterial effects of this plant....

abstract background and objective: celiac is an autoimmune disease that is characterized by an immune-system-related damage in the intestinal tissue after consumption of gluten. there is not any general agreement for gold standard. the purpose of this study was the evaluation of specificity and sensitivity of anti-endomysial (ema) and anti-tissue transglutaminase (ttg) serological test compared...

objective(s) aristolochia indica has been widely used in the traditional medicine for the treatment of a variety of diseases. in the present study different extracts of roots of a. indica were evaluated for their anti­inflammatory, antipruritic and mast cell stabilizing activity. materials and methods anti-inflammatory activity was performed by compound 48/80 induced rat paw edema model and ant...

background: artemisia species with common persian name of dermaneh are found all over iran and are used for treatment in infectious diseases such as malaria, hepatitis and other diseases. some artemisia species are used in traditionally as tonic and anti-helmintic in north of iran. objective: the aim of this study was to investigate chemical composition of the essential oil of artemisia hausskn...

objective: neuroimmune factors contribute on the pathogenesis of sickness behaviors. nigella sativa (ns) has anti-inflammatory, anti-anxiety and anti-depressive effects. in the present study, the effect of ns hydro-alcoholic extract on sickness behavior induced by lipopolysaccharide (lps) was investigated. materials and methods: the rats were divided into five groups (n=10 in each): (1) control...