Rat stomach carcinomas induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) are widely used as a model for differentiated-type human stomach carcinomas. Here, we analyzed expression profiles in five MNNG-induced rat stomach carcinomas by the high-density oligonucleotide microarray containing approximately 8000 probe sets. 244 and 208 genes were up- and down-regulated, respectively, by 3-fold ...

objective: helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) is the most common pathogenic bacteria in the stomach. the aim of the current study was to explore the effect of oral garlic administration on bacterial urease activity inside the stomach and its contribution to the treatment of h. pylori infection.   materials and methods: in this clinical trial, 15 patients were studied quantitatively with urease bre...

studies undertaken during the last 5 years in the babol research station of the institute of public health research, teheran university, with the collaboration of the international agency for research on cancer in the caspian littoral and ardabil area in the north of iran has indicated the presence of cancer in 48 different sites. the five more prevalent types of cancer found in that area in or...

Cartilaginous fish species have ecological importance. Besides, the ecotoxicological studies on these are pretty insufficient. In this study, Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, As, Pb, Cd, and Sr levels were determined in muscle, liver, gill, kidney, spleen, stomach, gonad tissues of Alopias superciliosus (Female, 240 cm TL) caught from Mersin Bay. Tissue metal analysis was by Inductively Coupled Plasma M...