background: determination of the impact of angiogenesis on tumor development and progression is essential. this study aimed to determine the serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) and interleukin 6 (il-6) in breast carcinoma, and to correlate them with tumor size, lymph node involvement, and cancer stage. methods: under aseptic precautions 5 ml of venous blood was collected f...

objective(s):one of the major challenges in the field of vaccine design is choosing immunogenic antigens which can induce a proper immune response against complex targets like malignant cells or recondite diseases caused by protozoan parasites such as leishmaniasis. the aim of this study was to find a way to construct artificial liposome-based cells containing fragments of target’s cell membran...

there is a disagreement among scholars over the meaning of abraham’s leadership mentioned in the quran, 2, 124. in this connection, allamatabatabaee presents an innovative opinion and interprets leadership as guidance by the command (al-hidaya bi’l amr) since imam is qualified by guidance by the command as if the qualification is to describe the meaning of leadership (imamat). in allama’s opini...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: steroids are commonly used in the treatment of cervical radiculopathy (cr), but there is limited information in this regard. we evaluated the efficacy of oral prednisone in the treatment of cr. materials and methods: this randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial was conducted on adult patients with neck/shoulder pain for at l...

in order to increase the productivity of human interleukin-2 (il-2) as a model protein in the recombinant e.colibl21 (de3), the effect of magnesium acetate and manganese acetate was studied based on full factorial design experiments magnesium acetate and manganese acetate and their interaction exhibited an increasing effect on il-2 expression level upto 25.24%, 16.80% and 23.30%, respectively, ...

this research was conducted to study the effects of styrene and methyl methacrylate cell lumen monomers on the mechanical properties and decay resistance of beech wood. mechanical and decay resistance test samples were prepared according to astm d143-94 and din en113 standards and impregnated with five concentration monomer solution 0, 40, 60, 80 and 100 percent using bethell method. treated sa...

the goal of this article is mapping urban management science. the main question of the research is “what are the subject areas of urban management science and how is the relation between these subject areas?” the map of urban management science can help to recognize urban management and its subject areas and can help policy makers to get familiar with the priorities in this subject area. for th...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa carotid body tumor (cbt) is paraganglioma and mainly found in the carotid bifurcation. the manifestations of the tumor are variable; in most cases, it presents as a non-symptomatic slow-growing mass, rarely compression of carotid body induces bradycardia and hypotension and repeated syncope, prolonged syncope can cause convulsion. convulsive syncope...

background: mammography is the primary imaging technique for detection and diagnosis of breast cancer; however, the contrast of a mammogram image is often poor, especially for dense and glandular tissues. in these cases the radiologist may miss some diagnostically important microcalcifications. in order to improve diagnosis of cancer correctly, image enhancement technology is often used to enha...

parkinson’s disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders.  there are many documents about the effects of oxidative stress in parkinson’s disease etiology. angiotensin ii activates nadph dependent oxidases and causes superoxides formation.  peganum harmala l. extract, which has angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitory effect, is considered to evaluate oxidative stress inhi...