Transforming growth factor betas are multifunctional polypeptides in the cytokine superfamily. They have a growth inhibitory role on hemopoietic progenitor cells in semisolid colony assay as well as in long-term bone-marrow culture. TGF - β2 represses stromal cells, stem cell factor gene transcription, and decreases the stability of c-kit transcripts in hemopoietic cells. TGF-β also modulat...

objective: embryonic cerebrospinal fluid (e-csf) has an important role in development of embryonic and adult brain. proteomic analysis suggests that this fluid has many morphogenes and cytokines that alter in time and space throughout embryonic life. the aim of this study was to evaluate the developmental effect of embryonic csf on proliferation and differentiation of neuroprogenitor cells in d...

Scaffolds derived from decellularized tissues provide a natural microenvironment for cell culture. Embryonic cerebrospinal fluid (e-CSF) contains factors which play vital roles in development of the nervous system. This research was aimed to survey the effect of Wistar rat e-CSF on neural differentiation of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) cultured on the human amniotic memb...

the human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulation factor (hgm-csf) gene was cloned in the pet 23a( +) expression vector under the control of strong bacteriophage t7 transcription and translation signals. the hgm-csf gene was transferred into e. coli strainbl21 (de3)plyss andiptg was used for induction of gm-csf gene. production of the target protein was obtained as revealed by elisa and weste...

In this article, dynamics of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was studied, using computational fluid dynamics. Using MRI images of two special cases, a 2-dimensional model of the ventricular system was made. CSF velocity and pressure distribution in ventricular system have high importance since the flow pattern of this liquid has an important effect on intracranial pressure, i.e., ICP, which has a...

studying csf (cerebro spinal fluid) is a simple and fast measure for diagnosing meningitis in children. for this reason, lp [umbar puncture] is used to treat csf.  regarding the side effects of lp, we decided to determine the positive points observed in the patients’ files than total patients confined to bed in our selected population. in this study conducted by descriptive retrospective method...

objective: to evaluate effects ofg-csf on a cancelled art cycle due to thin endometrium. materials and methods: in a nonrandomized clinical trial from january 2011 to january 2013 in two tertiary university based hospitals fifteen patients undergoing embryo transfer and with the history of cycle cancellation due to thin endometrium were studied. intrauterine infusion of g-csf was done on the da...

alzheimer disease (ad) is a neurodegenerative disorder and the most common form of dementia. increasing evidence suggests that alzheimer's disease pathogenesis is not restricted to the neuronal compartment, but includes strong interactions with immunological mechanisms in the brain. in vitro and animal studies have linked neuroinflammation to alzheimer's disease (ad) pathology. studie...

Many diseases are related to cerebrospinal .uid (CSF) hydrodynamics. Therefore, understanding the hydrodynamics of CSF .ow and intracranial pressure is helpful for obtaining deeper knowledge of pathological processes and providing better treatments. Furthermore, engineering a reliable computational method is promising approach for fabricating in vitro models which is essential for inventing gen...

Background and Aims GM-CSF-dependent macrophage polarization has been demonstrated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our aim was to seek diagnostic/prognostic biomarkers for undifferentiated (UA) by analyzing GM-CSF expression source, density joints of patients with UA evolving RA or PsA compared established PsA, respectively. Methods Synovial tissue (ST) from (UA>RA, n=8), (UA>PsA, n...