Leukemia is a blood disease which is caused by the inhibition of differentiation and an increased proliferation rate. Nature has been known as a rich source of medically useful substances. High diversity of bioactive molecules extracted from marine invertebrates, makes them ideal candidates for cancer researches. The study has been done to investigate cytotoxic effects of dichloromethane brittl...

Background: Externalization of PS (EPS) is considered as a sign of early apoptosis. In addition, EPS also occurs during capacitation and the acrosome reaction. During this study we aimed to evaluate the relationship between EPS and fertilization, embryo quality and pregnancy outcomes in couples who were candidates for ICSI. Materials and Methods: Semen samples (n = 43) were collected from infer...

When the cell membrane is disturbed, phospholipid phosphatidylserine (PS) is translocated from the inner to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane. This is one of the earliest signs of apoptosis and can be monitored by the calcium-dependent binding of annexin V. Therefore, annexin V-binding, in conjunction with flow cytometry, was used to evaluate the integrity of the sperm plasma membrane af...

BACKGROUND Methods widely used to detect apoptosis do not allow us to easily distinguish between nuclei from viable or necrotic cells. Even if apoptosis and necrosis seem to occur as alternatives at the single cell level, they could be present simultaneously in a cell population much more frequently than expected. For this reason, attention was focused on attempting to recognize, by multiparame...

the cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells is usually tested by radioactive assay csi cr release assay), which detects the release of cytoplasmic contents after plasma membrane disintegration of dying cells. in contrast to this indirect evaluation of cytotoxicity, the assessment of cell damage by flow cytometry aims to provide a more exact characterization of the death pathway via detection...

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) Renal mesangial cells (RMC) Wild type (WT) Adenovirus (Ad) Tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) Endothelin-1 (ET-1) Interleukin 1β (IL-1β) Prostaglandin E2 and prostaglandin I2 (PGE2 and PGI2) Annexin V (AV) Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) Propidium iodide (PI) Viable (V), early membrane intact apoptotic (EA) and necrotic (N) Hanks Buffered Saline Solution (HBBS) Phosphate...

METHOD. Murine lens epithelial TN4-1 cells were treated with IFN. Apoptosis was measured using annexin V-FITC and propidium iodide (PI) staining, and DNA fragmentation. IFN–inducible mRNA and protein expressions were measured by RT-PCR and Western blot analysis. Caspase activities were measured using colorimetric substrates and poly (ADP ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage. The effect of proteas...

22β-hydroxytingenone (22-HTG) is a quinonemethide triterpene isolated from Salacia impressifolia (Miers) A. C. Smith (family Celastraceae), which has been used in traditional medicine to treat variety of diseases, including dengue, renal infections, rheumatism and cancer. However, the anticancer effects 22-HTG underlying molecular mechanisms melanoma cells have not yet elucidated. The present s...

Synthetic polymers, like methacrylate (MA) compounds, have been clinically introduced as inert coatings to locally deliver drugs that inhibit restenosis after stent. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of MA coating alone on vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) growth in vitro. Stainless steel stents were coated with MA at the following doses: 0.3, 1.5, and 3 ml. Uncoated/bar...