background: this study compared the effect of adjunctive low dose doxycycline and licorice on gingival crevicular fluid (gcf) matrix metalloproteinase-8 (mmp-8) levels in patients with chronic periodontitis. materials and methods: in this in vivo , experimental study 39 patients with mild to moderate chronic periodontitis were selected. samples of gcf were collected from three deepest pockets a...

Purpose: To investigate the effect of microRNA-16 (miR-16) on glioma cell migration and invasiveness, mechanism involved.Methods: MicroRNA-16 mimic or inhibitor was transfected into human (SHG44) cells. Cell migration, invasiveness morphology were determined using scratch test, Transwell invasion assay, immunohistochemical staining, respectively. Expressions bcl-2, MMP-9 MMP-2, NF-κB1 proteins ...

The minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) is one of the crucial and substantial parameters in the gas injection projects for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). This parameter indicates the minimum pressure at constant temperature and composition conditions for reaching 100 percent of the oil production recovery which leads to a huge economic income. Therefore, an inaccurate prediction of the MMP may lea...

Dry eye disease (DED) is a condition of the ocular surface characterized by tear film abnormalities and symptoms; inflammation principal pathogenesis. Recently, matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) point-of-care immunoassay (InflammaDry) has become widely used as an ancillary diagnostic tool in routine clinical settings. This paper reviews role MMP-9 DED, relationships MMP-9-positivity on Inflamm...

background: oral lichen planus (olp) has been classified as a pre-malignant condition. matrix metalloproteinase-13 (mmp-13) or collagenase-3 may play a key role in cancer development. the aim of this study was to compare serum and saliva mmp-13 between patients with oral lichen planus (olp) and oral squamous cell carcinoma (oscc).   methods : this cross sectional study was performed on 30 patie...

background: spermatozoa cryopreservation is used for the management of infertility and some other medical conditions. the routinely applied cryopreservation technique depends on permeating cryoprotectants, whose toxic effects have raised the attention towards permeating cryoprotectants-free vitrification technique. objective: to compare between the application of slow cryopreservation and vitri...