The study described Pneumocystis jirovecii (P. jirovecii) multilocus typing in seven AIDS patients living in French Guiana (Cayenne Hospital) and seven immunosuppressed patients living in Brest, metropolitan France (Brest Hospital). Archival P. jirovecii specimens were examined at the dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) locus using a PCR-RFLP technique, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) 1 and I...

P. Cambon, Centre Octanologique de Bretagne, CNEXO, B. P. 337, 29273 Brest cedex, France J. L. Joron, Institut de Physique du Globe, 4, place Jussieu, 75230 Paris cedex 05, and Laboratoire P. Sue, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires, B. P. no 2, 91 190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France H. Bougault, Centre Ocdanologique de Bretagne, CNEXO, B. P. 337, 29273 Brest cedex, France M. Treuil, Institut de Physique du Glob...

a Department of Geosciences, Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany b Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA c UMR 6538 Domaines Océaniques, European Institute for Marine Studies, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, 29280 Plouzané, France d Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta...

background: breast cancer is the most common type of cancer and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women. however, if detected in early stages, the disease is controllable. in view of the important role of women's beliefs and the necessity of performing screening behaviors in early detection of breast cancer, this study was carried out to determine the psycho-cognitive factors affe...

objective: recent evidences suggest that tumors arise from a small subpopulation of cells, the cancer stem cells (cscs) or tumor initiating cells. cscs are able to resist the conventional methods of cancer therapy due to existence of abc transporters on their surface. this leads to csc resistance and maintenance resulting in post-treatment relapse and metastasis. therefore, precise identificati...

background: the 4t1 cells tumor growth and metastatic pattern in balb/c mice very closely mimic human breast cancer. these herbal remedies used in traditional folk medicine have been the source of many medically beneficial drugs. the aim of the current study was to evaluate the anti-proliferative activity of the asafoetida, ginseng and fennel ethanolic extracts on mouse breast cancer 4t1 cell-l...

background: lactoferrin (lf) is a glycoprotein, a member of the transferrin family.from ten known mechanisms of anti-cancer chemoperotecive compounds, lf alone, has six of these functions and inhibits cancer. in this study, the effect of lactoferrin purified from bovine colostrum was studied as an anti-cancer agent on esophageal cancer cell line. materials and methods: bovine colostrum were col...

background: the metabolically active tumor cells may be characterized by a pronounced adenosine release that regulates the growth and development of the tumor. consequently, the expression pattern of defined receptor subtypes will be an important determinant for specific effects of adenosine on the control of tumor cell growth. in recent studies, the expression profile, signal transduction, mol...

objective(s): development of molecules that specifically recognize cancer cells is one of the major areas in cancer research. human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (her2) is specifically expressed on the surface of breast cancer cells. her2 is associated with an aggressive phenotype and poor prognosis. in this study we aimed to isolate rna aptamers that specifically bind to her2 overexpressi...