Objective(s): ABC transporters comprise a large family of transmembrane proteins that use the energy provided by ATP hydrolysis to translocate a variety of substrates across biological membranes. All members of the human ABCG subfamily, except for ABCG2, are cholesterol-transporter. The aim of this study was to determine the liver, the small intestine and kidney ABCG5 relative gene expression...

BACKGROUND Warts are common dermatological lesion caused by skin epithelial cells' infection with human Papillomavirus (HPV). OBJECTIVES This study aimed to assess the efficacy of a new method for the treatment of dermal warts. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this clinical trial study, 60 patients (older than 10 years) with dermal warts living in Baneh city, west of Iran, were allocated into the in...

Pistacia atlantica is one of the species of Anacardiaceae that grows in the wild in different regions of Iran. Traditionally, anacardiaceae family has antibacterial, fungicidal and cytotoxic properties. Therefore, the present study was designed to investigate the possible cytotoxic and anti-proliferative properties of Baneh gum. Cytotoxicity of the plant gum was determined using MTT assay on MC...

acorn production plays a fundamental role in the organization and dynamics of oak forest ecosystems. regarding acorn importance, visual survey methods have been used to estimate acorn production of oak species throughout the world. in this study, the mast indices of brant`s oak (quercus brantii lindl.) were determined in a section of northern zagros forests, almost 36 ha area, near baneh, kurdi...

the present article aims to conduct an ethnographic study of the confrontation between the local culture and global commodities in baneh. theoretically, this article suggests that confrontation with the global should be understood in relation to neoliberal market, identityand collective ideologies. thus,while carrying out a participant observation,we interviewed fifteen people in baneh. the res...

Background and objectives: Baneh tree or Pistacia atlantica subsp. kurdica is an endemic plant of Iran which belongs to Anacardiaceae family. It has various traditional uses including astringent and anti-diarrheal as well as improving some of the symptoms of gastrointestinal upsets. In this study we decided to investigate the effects of various fractions of baneh gum ...

in this study, 99 isolates of rhizoctonia were recovered from root and crown samples of pistachio seedlings, and soil samples were collected from major pistachio orchards in kerman province. results revealed that 96 isolates were multinucleate and 3 binucleate. mnr belonged to ­ag-4. results of the pathogenicity tests carried out in the greenhouse, using pistachio isolates, revealed that all mn...