background: hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury (i/ri) is a multifactorial pathophysiologic process which can lead to liver damage and dysfunction. this study examined the protective effect of dexamethasone on the gene expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (enos) and endothelin-1 (et-1) and on the liver tissue damage during warm hepatic i/r. methods: a total of 32 male wistar rats was...

a. N1 = {(i1, i2, . . . , in) : ik ∈ Ik for all k ∈ {1, 2, . . . , n}} and b. N2 = {(x1, x2, . . . , xn) : ∑n k=1 xk = 0}. Proof. To prove (a), it suffices to show, by Proposition 1, that N1 is nonempty and x + ry ∈ N1 for all r ∈ R and all x, y ∈ N1. For the first condition, (0, 0, . . . , 0) ∈ N1 since Ik is a subgroup of R containing the additive identity 0 for all k ∈ {1, 2, . . . , n}. Tha...

a. N1 = {(i1, i2, . . . , in) : ik ∈ Ik for all k ∈ {1, 2, . . . , n}} and b. N2 = {(x1, x2, . . . , xn) : ∑n k=1 xk = 0}. Proof. To prove (a), it suffices to show, by Proposition 1, that N1 is nonempty and x + ry ∈ N1 for all r ∈ R and all x, y ∈ N1. For the first condition, (0, 0, . . . , 0) ∈ N1 since Ik is a subgroup of R containing the additive identity 0 for all k ∈ {1, 2, . . . , n}. Tha...

Sixteen avian influenza (AI) H9N2 viruses were isolated from disease outbreaks in different parts of Iranduring (1998–2001). These AI isolates were used for pathogenicity, haemagglutinin (HA) gene variation andphylogenetic analysis. Results in both pathogenicity tests and HA gene cleavage site sequence detectionrepresented a non-highly pathogenic feature for all Iranian AI isolates studied. The...

P. atlantica subsp. Kurdica, with the local name of Baneh, is a wild medicinal plant which grows in Kurdistan, Iran.  The identification of resistance gene analogs holds great promise for the development of resistant cultivars. A PCR approach with degenerate primers designed according to conserved NBS-LRR (nucleotide binding site-leucine rich repeat) regions of known disease-resistance (R) gene...

The ovine melatonin receptor 1A (MTNR1A) and aromatase (CYP19) genes were structurally characterized and the association between their variants and reproductive and growth traits was studied in Kurdi sheep at Kurdi sheep breeding station located in Shirvan, Iran. The genomic DNA was extracted by guanidine thiocyanate-silica gel method. Polymerase chain reaction was carried out to amplify 824 bp...