the immunosuppressive effect of antimacrophage serum (ams) on the primary immune response of mice to sheep red blood cells (srbc) was studied. ams, given before a small dose of antigen, abrogated the immune response. transplantation of normal, galss-adherent macrophages enabled ams-treated animals to respond to srbc, while administration of lymph node lymphocytes did not reveres ams - induced i...

migraine is one of the common varieties of headache. it involves 4 to 6 percent of men and 13 to 16 percent of women under 30 years in more than 80% of cases. some studies have shown that in 50% of patients serum magnesium level decreases during attacks of headache and using magnesium tablets and intravenous magnesium sulfate is more effective for treatment of migraine attack, than placebo. thi...

introduction and objective: zinc as the second trace element of the human body plays an important role in numerous functions. a large number of research studies have showed serum zinc deficiency and excess urinary excretion in patients with major beta thalassemia, but few studies revealed excess urinary zinc excretion in minor beta thalassemia and no study investigated serum zinc levels in this...

objective: the entry of toxoplasma gondii into the bloodstream and other tissues (such as liver, muscle, cardiac muscle, …) of intermediate hosts and its multiplication in nucleated cells may cause changes in plasma levels of various enzymes due to tissue damage. in present study the serum levels of ast, alt, alk/p, cpk, ldh, and acp in rats infected experimentally with toxoplasma gondii have b...

the copper level in the serum of 1280 and liver of 200 goats raised in the mountain areas of khuzestanprovince, iran were determined. copper, molybdenum and iron content of soil and pastures as well as sulfurcontent of the pastures were seasonally estimated. mean serum copper levels of goats in behbahan,ramhormoz, eizeh and masjed-soleyman districts were 8.14 ± 0.21, 1.98 ± 0.12, 7.74 ± 0.11 an...

autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that characterized by abnormal bilateral social interaction, deficiency in verbal and nonverbal communication, restricted interests and repetitive behaviors .autism caused by the inappropriate immune response which released several cytokines. one of the most important and main causes of autism is a defect in, the formation of the neuronal synaptic ...

history and objectives: considering the incremental trend for using the stimulatory drugs for ovulation and the new techniques for the treatment of infertility, therefore there is a higher incidence for the syndrome of polycystic ovaries. in this research study mannitol serum was used as a preventive agent in patients with such a syndrome referred to sarem medical center from 1999 to 2000. mate...

conclusions regular aerobic exercise could increase plasma klotho levels, and this could be an explanation for exercise-related anti-aging effects. background klotho is an anti-aging protein that is predominantly secreted by the kidneys. objectives the aim of the study was to measure and compare the circulating klotho levels in the serum of trained athletes and in healthy, non-athlete controls....

enrichment of cell suspension with germ cells prior to injection into recipient seminiferous tubules is of importance in spermatogonial stem cells (sscs) transplantation. knock-out serum replacement (ksr) has been reported to enhance the proliferation of murine sscs and human embryonic stem cells. the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of ksr versus fetal bovine serum (fbs) ...