introduction: gap junctions are intercellular membrane channels that provide direct cytoplasmic continuity between adjacent cells. this communication can be affected by changes in expression of gap junctional subunits called connexins (cx). changes in the expression and function of connexins are associated with number of brain neurodegenerative diseases. neuroinflammation is a hallmark of vario...

تسعى هذه الورقة إلى دراسة قضايا الإصلاح في العالم العربي قبيل اندلاع الحرب العالمية الأولى، وذلك من خلال صحيفة العمران التي كانت تصدر المنطقة المدروسة. وتكمن أهميتها تتبعها اليومي أو الأسبوعي للأحداث السياسية والاجتماعية طبعت حياة الأفراد والجماعات المناطق الخاضعة للدولة العثمانية، وهو الأمر الذي جعل عبد المسيح أنطاكي بك-صاحب العمران-يقدم صحيفته نظرة إصلاحية تجمع بين الخصوصية العربية والسيادة ع...

News from online media portals has advantages over traditional in establishing credibility and influencing its readers. This study aims to investigate the structure of Arabic discourse header: أفغانستان تحت حكم طالبان: الأمم المتحدة تجمع مليار دولار للمساعدات الإنسانية on news portal www.bbc.arabic.com. employs a descriptive qualitative method conjunction with Teun A. van Dijk's critical analys...

interest in hydroxy - carboxylic acid 2 (hca2) receptor has been raised since it is the target of antidyslipidemic drug nicotinic acid. the present study aimed to evaluate the presence of mrna of this receptor in different organs of laboratory rat. twenty two different organs of rats including mesenteric fat, epididymis (head, body and tail), testis, ovary, xiphoid process, liver, adrenal gland...

runx3, a member of runt-related transcription factor (runx) proteins with tumor suppressor effect, is a tissue–restricted and cancer related transcription factor that regulate cell proliferation and growth, as well as differentiation. in the present study, exogenous run3 was transiently expressed in ags (human gastric adenocarcinoma), with undetectable runx3 protein and in a549 (human lung carc...

leptin is secreted mainly by fat, which is involved in energy metabolism and reproduction. leptin and itsreceptor (ob-r) have been detected in human spermatozoa and testis, thus it can be concluded leptin involves in male physiology. the goal of this study was determination of the presence of leptin receptor mrna in the ram testis, epididymis and spermatozoa by reverse transcription polymerase ...

introduction: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (nadph) oxidase-2 (nox2) is one of the predominant sources of ros production during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion and can be induced by angiotensin ii. the evidence suggests that pharmacological blockers of renin-angiotensin system can exert direct tissue effects independent of their ability to regulate blood pressure. the mechanism(s)...