apoptosis, or active cell death, is a specific mode of cell death, which is characterized by morphological changes such as chromatin condensation, fragmentation of the nucleus, cytoplasmic retraction and appearance of apoptotic bodies' containing apparently intact organelles. apoptosis occurs in physiological conditions as a regulatory mechanism of tissue growth, where cell proliferation is bal...

  Background and Objective: Esophageal cancer especially squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is one of the most common gastro intestinal malignancies in north part of Iran (Khorasan). The standard treatment for esophageal cancer is surgical resection, but its outcome remains poor. Then, the oncologists try to treat this cancer with sandwich protocols especially neo-adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy. Sever...

this study focused on triple-negative breast cancer (tnbc) that is characterized by the lack of expression of estrogen receptor (er), progesterone receptor (pr), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (her-2). the primary goal of this study was to describe the relation between triple-negative receptor status and survival. this is the first study about triple-negative breast cancer in our ...

Abstract Background Liver transplantation (LT) offers a good survival chance for both the patient in short or long term, but still faces many challenges treatment of LT, such as side effects associated with long‐term immunosuppression, which is one that occurs most patients. However, dynamics cellular immune system composition over time during tolerance to LT after immunosuppressive therapy are...

background: stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (shed) have the capability to differentiate into neural cells. neurotrophins including nerve growth factor (ngf), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf), neurotrophin-3 (nt-3), and neurotrophin-4 (nt-4) have neurogenesis, neurotrophic, or neuroprotective effects and are expressed in developing teeth. the aim of this study was to mea...

BACKGROUND Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression is associated with aggressive clinicopathological parameters and unfavourable prognosis in several human malignancies. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of COX-2 and its association with clinicopathological parameters, response to treatment, and clinical outcome in ovarian cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS COX-2 expressi...

Little progress has been made in the treatment of small-cell lung cancer during the past 2 decades. Patients without distant metastases currently have a 10% to 15% chance of survival at 5 years, and with the optimization of chemotherapy protocols and the introduction of multimodality treatments, prognosis in this subgroup of patients has been improved in recent years. Nevertheless, the prognosi...

Objective Oocyte cryopreservation is an essential part of assisted reproductive technology (ART) which was recently introduced into clinical practice. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of two vitrification systems (Cryotop and Open Pulled Straw, OPS) on mature oocytes gene expressions. MaterialsAndMethods The survival rate of metaphase II (MII) mouse oocytes were assessed after cryoprese...

Objective(s): Genistein, as a phytoestrogen found in legumes, has several biological activities in general and anti-diabetic activity particularly. In this study, we investigated the effect of genistein on proteins involved in β-cell proliferation, survival and apoptosis to further reveal its anti-diabetic potential in the ovariectomized diabetic rat. Materials and Methods: We used three-month-...