tumor cells are dependent on angiogenesis to obtain oxygen and nutrients and also development of their new vascular network. vegf as an important stimulator of angiogenesis and endostatin as an inhibitor play a fundamental role in this process. this study was designed to investigate the effect of six weeks of resistance training on tumor tissue vegf andendostatin in mice with breast cancer. for...

Research on the populations of rice grain bug Paraeuscosmetus pallicomis Dallas (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in paddy field ecosystems was performed with the aim to determine the populations of rice grain bug in weed-free paddy field, weedy paddy field, and paddy dykes. Experiment was carried out in the village of Paccellekang in the district of Patallasang of Gowa Regency in South Sulawesi, Indonesi...

We tested whether loss of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K) activity in macrophages suppresses development of atherosclerosis by transplanting bone marrow from mice with mutant eEF2K into ldlr(-/-) mice. Sixteen weeks after high-fat diet feeding, mutant eEF2K hematopoietic chimeras had a dramatically reduced level of atherosclerotic plaque formation. M1-skewed macrophages from eEF2K...

BACKGROUND Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) express the tyrosine kinase receptor c-kit, which is required for their development and spontaneous pacemaker activity in the bowel. From murine models it has been proposed that ICCs do not develop until after birth, but more recent findings indicate that c-kit is expressed early in the embryonic period. The temporal development of ICCs in the human...

Loss of either lgl or brat gene activity in Drosophila larvae causes neoplastic brain tumors. Fragments of tumorous brains from either mutant transplanted into adult hosts over-proliferate, and kill their hosts within 2 weeks. We developed an in vivo assay for the metastatic potential of tumor cells by quantifying micrometastasis formation within the ovarioles of adult hosts after transplantati...

Parachute transplanting method of rice as compared to line transplanting and farmer’s method of random transplanting was studied at 10 different locations viz., Kamonki, Wazirabad, Daska, Pasroor, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Lahore, Hafizabad and Sheikhupura during 2003 and 2004. Super Basmati was used as test variety. Yield and yield components of three transplanting techniques, averaged across 10 lo...

Significant declines in seagrass coverage have occurred in many parts of the world. In recent decades, transplanting projects for seagrass restoration at die-off areas have been attempted, but most current seagrass transplanting techniques are cost and labor intensive. We have developed a new seagrass transplanting method in which oyster shells are used as an anchoring device, and does not requ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of method of conception on adverse pregnancy outcome after the 11-13 weeks scan. METHODS Prospective screening study for adverse obstetric outcomes in women with singleton pregnancies and live fetus with no obvious defects at 11(+0)-13(+6) weeks. The method of conception was recorded as spontaneous, in vitro fertilization (IVF) and assisted by ovulation inducti...

Didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) is used in many types of biocidal products including tableware, carpets, humidifiers, and swimming pools, etc. In spite of increased chances of DDAC exposure through inhalation, studies on the inhalation toxicity of DDAC are not common even though the toxicity of DDAC might be significantly higher if it were to be administered through routes other than th...

BACKGROUND Knee injuries with interior cruciate ligament rupture or strain are one of more common and more complicate ones for diagnosis, operation and multistage rehabilitation. The purpose of this study was assessment of force - velocity parameters of knee flexors and extensors in patients 13 weeks after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. MATERIAL AND METHODS 13 men, aged 18- 34 yea...