background and objective: since there are very few studies on the immunodeficiency state of the iranian survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all), we conducted this study to determine the prevalence of humoral defects in children with all at least one year after completion of chemotherapy. methods: in this study, antibody titers for mumps, rubeola, rubella, tetanus and diphtheri...

an experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of zinc (zn) supplementation and different concentrations of calcium (ca) and phosphorus (p) in wheat-based diets on the performance, immune responses and bone parameters of broiler chickens. a randomized complete block design with factorial arrangement was used (three concentrations of zn supplementation×two concentrations of dietary ca-p),...

propolis, a resinous substance collected by apis mellifera bees from various plant sources is transformed in the presence of bee enzymes. short- and long-term effects of diet supplementation with ethanol extract of iranian propolis (eeip) was investigated on growth and immunity in juvenile rainbow trout. the fish (mean body weight 30 ± 3.2 g) were fed a commercial diet supplemented with 0 (cont...

in this experiment, the influence of prebiotic and probiotic supplementation in the broiler breeder diets on body weight, mortality, feed intake, egg production, hatchability and humoral immunity response was investigated. a total number of 13140 female and 1260 male breeders (cobb 500) with 26 wks of age were allocated to three treatments with six replicates (800 birds each replicate). breeder...

background rubella is a viral disease with a worldwide distribution. mass vaccination campaigns have increased the vaccine coverage in the world with substantial impact on reduction of rubella infections. in iran, the national measles-rubella campaign, targeting individuals 5-25 years old, was initiated in 2003 and mass childhood vaccination against measles, rubella and mumps has continued ever...

Summary In order to determine the immunity state against Rubella in 10-19 year old women in urban and rural area of Chahar -Mahal Bakhtiari province of IRAN in act 1992. We have done a cross sectional seroepidemiologic study in 1347 women. This study showed a high rate of immunity against Rubella in this province. About 90.5% of studied population had protective antibody titer against Rubella...

background: it has been suggested that malfunction of immune system may cause testicular cancer. recently, our understanding of innate immune system has been expanded, by discovery of “toll- like receptors” (tlrs). some studies have shown that polymorphisms of tlr2 and 4 can effect on the risk of cancer. also, the role of tlrs 3and 9 have been shown in apoptosis of cancer cells and metastasis i...

background: triple-course vaccination against hepatitis b might sometimes fail to increase antibody titers or maintain it at sufficient levels. the aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of seroprotection in dental students after receiving recombinant hepatitis b vaccine.     methods: anti-hbs levels of 124 dental students who had received triple-course hepatitis b vaccines (scheduled at mo...

objective(s):sub-health has been described as a chronic condition of unexplained deteriorated physiological function, which falls between health and illness. in the present study, we evaluated the effects of lycium barbarum polysaccharide (lbp), a polysaccharide fraction purified from lycium barbarum (l. barbarum) on the sub-health mice. materials and methods:the sub-health model mice were buil...

objective(s): sugar cane molasses is a commonly used ingredient in several food products. contrasting reports suggest that molasses may have potential adverse or beneficial effects on human health. however, little evidence exists that examines the effects of molasses on the different physiological systems. this study investigated the effects of sugar cane molasses on various physiological syste...