Protein kinase C has been in the spotlight since the discovery two decades ago that it is activated by the lipid second messenger diacylglycerol. Despite protein kinase C's enduring stage presence, the regulation and specific roles of its isozymes in defined cellular processes are still under intense investigation. Elucidation of the structures of protein kinase C's regulatory modules, the disc...

patients with diabetes mellitus (dm), experience significant morbidity and mortality from microvascular retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy. hyperglycemia can induce diabetic complications through multiple pathways. activation of protein kinase c (pkc) by hyperglycemia is one of the pathways which causes diabetic complications. effect of nifedipine (a calcium channel blocker), and polymyxin...

evidence acquisition the fifty two significant articles discussing the stem cell in chronic myeloid leukemia from 1996 to 2012 were selected according to the authors’ experience. results studies have shown that primitive cml cells are less responsive to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (tkis) and are a reservoir for the relapse of multi drug resistant (mdr). conclusions following that, minimal residu...

sepsis as the host responsive syndrome is one of the main concerning issues and costly disease on intensive care unit (icu) in the 21st century. epidemiological studies have showed that mortality rates of sepsis in icu and hospitals among 37 countries were 39.2% and 49.6% respectively [1].  complicated nature of sepsis is still not well understood and this makes it hard to treat and manage. acc...

We have investigated the effect of theophylline on the kinetics of the catalytic subunit of protein kinase and related factors in lung tissue. The results show that the point of highest concentration of the C subunit of protein kinase which is active in casein phosphorylation is at 3h of incubation time, but in the presence of 100 Ilg/ InL and 10µg/mL theophylline, this is shifted to I.S an...

Objective(s): The rotavirus nonstructural protein 4 (NSP4) is responsible for the increase in cytoplasmic calcium concentration through a phospholipase C-dependent and phospholipase C-independent pathways in infected cells. It is shown that increasing of intracellular calcium concentration in rotavirus infected cells is associated with the activation of some members of protein kinases family su...

objective(s): the rotavirus nonstructural protein 4 (nsp4) is responsible for the increase in cytoplasmic calcium concentration through a phospholipase c-dependent and phospholipase c-independent pathways in infected cells. it is shown that increasing of intracellular calcium concentration in rotavirus infected cells is associated with the activation of some members of protein kinases family su...