partially fed (4 -5 days) h .a. anatolicum (iranian isolate) female adult ticks were used for preparation of antigens of midgut which are, the gut supernate antigen (gs), gut membrane antigen (gm), triton extracted gut membrane antigen ( tx-gm ) and sodium dodecyl sulphate treated triton extracted gut membrane antigen (sds-tx-gm). the new zealand white rabbits were immunized with gs, gm, tx- gm...

in leishmania (l.) major-infected balb/c mice th2-type cells results in disease progression, whereas c57bl/6-infected mice mount a th1-type response, which leads to control of the infection. th2 response correlates with igg1 whereas, th1 response supports switching to igg2a subclasses. since igg isotype-dominated response depends on different cd4 + t cell subsets, we studied the antigenic profi...

umbelliprenin is a prenylated compound, which belongs to the class of sesquiterpene coumarins. it is extracted from dried roots of ferula szwitsiana collected from the mountains of golestan forest (golestan province, north of iran). induction of apoptosis in jurkat t-cll cells has been previously shown. in this study, effect of umbelliprenin on proapoptotic caspases (caspase-8 and -9) and antia...

The foundation of most intellectual discourse is Western-centric to the exclusion of other views. This includes ideal patterns of social interaction, preference for aesthetic, accepted norms and values, and the concepts of dignity, respectability, morality and ethics. Such a position is culturally myopic. Western cultural influence colors all of them including moral precepts. The assumption is ...

citrus tristeza virus (ctv) is among the most destructive pathogens of citrus and causes substantial economic losses in citrus-growing industry worldwide. considering recent distribution of this pathogen and its capability of transmission by existing aphid vectors in iran, detection of this virus is enforceable for controlling the damage caused by this pathogen in iran, as one of the major citr...

throughout prehistory, the cultures of iran and western asia differed in important respects. many of these differencescan be attributed to the different geographic and environmental conditions in the two regions. western iran is largely aheavily divided mountainous region with difficult access whereas mesopotamia is relatively flat and open to travel andtrade. the early holocene environment of ...

cystic echinococcosis (ce) is one of the most important parasitic zoonosis worldwide. due to the high recurrence rate of the disease after surgery, follow up of the patient is necessary. the aim of current research was to assess the performance of western blotting (wb), using sheep hydatid fluid, for serological diagnosis and post-treatment monitoring of human ce.serum samples obtained from 50 ...