BACKGROUND: Toxocara canis is the most prevalent intestinal roundworm of canid species. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to evaluate the effects of Toxocara canis excretory-secretory antigens (TcES Ag) on modulating the immune system in Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis (EAE) model. METHODS: Adult worms of T.canis were collected from dogs to obtain excretory-secretory antigens. Female C57BL/6 ...

background: fasciola hepatica is one of the most important helminthes parasites and triclabendazole (tcbz) is routinely used for treatment of infected people and animals. secreted protease enzymes by the f. hepatica plays a critical role in the inva-sion, migration, nutrition and the survival of parasite and are key targets for novel drugs and vaccines. the aim of study was to determine the pro...

background: the aim of this study was to compare superoxide dismutase (sod) activity in fasciola hepatica and fasciola gigantica parasites. materials: f. gigantica and f. hepatica helminths were collected from abattoir and cultured in buffer media for 4 h at 37 °c. excretory-secretory (es) products were collected, centrifuged and stored at - 20 ◦ c. e-s protein concentration was measured by bra...

The cysteine proteases of Paragonimus westermani metacercariae are involved in metacercarial excystment, host immune modulation, and possibly in tissue penetration. In order to clarify the origin of the enzymes, 28 and 27 kDa cysteine proteases in metacercarial excretory-secretory products were purified through the FPLC system using Mono Q column chromatography. The polyclonal antibodies to the...

PURPOSE We determined the prevalence and predictors of sexual and excretory dysfunction in patients 1 year after pelvic fracture. MATERIALS AND METHODS The multicenter Pennsylvania Trauma Outcomes Study enrolled 1,238 patients and contacted them 1 year after injury. Sexual limitations and excretory dysfunction (bladder/bowel incontinence) were defined based on responses from the Functional Ca...

background: despite demonstration of molecular and biochemical changes induced by heat shock on leishmania , the immunological importance of such changes has not been elucidated.   objective: studying the effect of two excretory factors prepared under heat shock and ambient temperature from leishmania major on balb/c splenocytes function.   methods: the parasites were cultured at 25 ° c and the...

BACKGROUND Indocyanine green (ICG) excretory defect is a dye excretory disorder, and it is characterized by the selective impairment of plasma ICG clearance with normal liver histology. The pathophysiology involves selective loss of active transporters for ICG in the hepatic cell membrane. Several cases of hepatectomy in patients with ICG excretory defect have been reported, but the expression ...

morphological and morphometric characters of two species of superfamily sphaerularioidea, recovered in southwestern iran namely deladenus durus and prothallonema obtusum are given. the recovered specimens of d. durus are characterized by having a valvular chamber in metacorpus and excretory pore posterior to the hemizonid.the iranian population of p. obtusum is characterized by having four line...

UNLABELLED Leishmaniasis infection may involve destruction of nasal tissues resulting in lacrimal drainage system alteration. PURPOSE To evaluate the frequency of lacrimal excretory system sequelae in patients treated for leishmaniasis. METHODS Forty-five leishmaniasis-treated patients (90 nasolacrimal ducts) were submitted to lacrimal excretory system evaluation. All were evaluated by Jone...