Experimental study was made by keeping human peripheral blood lymphocytes under simulated microgravity in a Rotary Cell Culture System bioreactor to investigate the changes that occur in the number of chromosomes, the expression rate of chromosome fragile site, and the expressions of DNA replication- and repair-related genes. Experimental results indicate simulated microgravity has no effect on...

background: salvia mirzayanii, a native plant to iran, is shown to have immunomodulatory effects on lymphocyte proliferation. objective: to identify the bioactive immunomodulatory compound(s) present in s. mirzayanii. methods: the crude extract was fractionated to five fractions in two steps using different solvents. the fractions were subjected to bioassay-guided fractionation. all the fractio...

background: parasitological methods for the diagnosis of visceral leishmania-sis (vl) require invasive procedures, so serological and molecular approaches have been developed but are not generally applicable in the field. we evaluated a loop mediated isothermal amplification (lamp) assay using blood from vl pa-tients and compared it to nested pcr. methods: forty-seven subjects with clinical fea...

The complement-mediated cytotoxicity assay has been used to demonstrate surface immunoglobulin determinants on human peripheral blood lymphocytes. In two individuals with monoclonal serum IgM components, idiotypic antisera demonstrated similar components on a significant proportion of the peripheral blood lymphocytes.

Background, Despite numerous studies over a decade, it still remains controversial about the biological effects of RF EMF emitted by mobile phone telephony. Objective, Here we investigated the effect of 900 MHz GSM on the induction of oxidative stress and the level of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human mononuclear cells, monocytes and lymphocytes as defence system cells. Metho...

Background: Salvia mirzayanii, a native plant to Iran, is shown to have immunomodulatory effects on lymphocyte proliferation. Objective: To identify the bioactive immunomodulatory compound(s) present in S. mirzayanii. Methods: The crude extract was fractionated to five fractions in two steps using different solvents. The fractions were subjected to bioassay-guided fractionation. All the fractio...