background: there is a worldwide interest in searching for potential and effective medicinal plant candidates against various diseases or disorders. till now, there are number of anti-inflammatory drugs like nsaids are available which showed various adverse effects in our body. to reduce these adverse effects, some of medicinal plants have been experimentally validated. aim: the aim of our immu...

mycophenolic acid is a secondary extracellular metabolite of penicillium strains with numerous pharmaceutical properties such as antibiotic and immunosuppressive uses. the aim of this work is the survey of the effect of phenylglyoxal and n-ethylmaleimide concentration in culture medium on mycophenolic acid production by penicillium brevi-compactum atcc16024 was investigated. batch submerged fer...

conclusions obesity prevalence before and after liver transplantation was comparable. education of obese patients prior to surgery and recommendation of medical nutrition therapy should be appropriate. similar medical care for the non-obese subjects could prevent increase in obesity prevalence. non-corticosteroid immunosuppressive agents had no significant effect on the development of weight ga...

introduction: the long-term use of immunosuppressive agents for prevention of allograft rejection increases the risk of malignancy approximately 100 times as high as that in the general population and kaposi’s sarcoma (ks) is a relatively common malignancy after kidney transplantation. the aim of present study was to investigate the frequency of ks in patients with kidney transplantation in 20 ...

tricho-dento-osseous syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder. immunosuppressive drugs, though critical to the treatment, have undesirable effects on patient's healing process. this is a case report of a 10-year-old female, suffering from tricho-dento-osseous syndrome who was under treatment with penicillamine. as the dental treatment was sought too late, both central and lateral incisors...

Background and Aim: Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) accounts for 10%-20% of all cases of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. These patients are at risk of developing end-stage renal disease. The aim of this study was to determine the demographic characteristics, renal biopsy findings, response to immunosuppressive treatment, and prognosis in pediatric patients with SRNS.Materials and Met...