This study was aimed to evaluate the immunogenicity of recombinant plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), pBud-H5-green fluorescent protein (GFP)-interferon-regulatory factor (IRF)3 following delivery using polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer and transactivator of transcription (TAT)-conjugated PAMAM dendrimer as well as the effect of IRF3 as the genetic adjuvant. BALB/c mice were vaccinated transde...

Although many association studies of polymorphisms in candidate genes with the clinical outcomes of breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant tamoxifen therapy have been reported, genetic factors determining individual response to tamoxifen are not fully understood. To identify genetic polymorphisms associated with clinical outcomes of patients with tamoxifen treatment, we conducted a genome-wi...

PURPOSE The purpose of this exploratory candidate gene association study was to examine relationships between polymorphisms in oxidative stress and DNA repair genes and pre-adjuvant therapy cognitive function (CF) in postmenopausal women diagnosed with early stage-breast cancer. METHODS Using a neuropsychological test battery, CF was assessed in 138 women diagnosed with breast cancer prior to...

objective the goal of this study was to prepare and characterize alginate microspheres as an antigen delivery system and adjuvant for immunization against leishmaniasis. materials and methods microspheres were prepared by an emulsification technique and characterized for size, encapsulation efficiency, and release profile of encapsulates. selection of appropriate parameters (viscosity of algina...

conclusions results showed that hcvcp + bcg induced a moderate ctl and mixed th1/th2 immune responses with higher levels of cell proliferation and ifn-γ secretion, indicating that bcg may have a better outcome when formulated in hcvcp-based subunit vaccines. results expression and purification of core protein around the expected size (21 kda) was confirmed by western blotting. the hcvcp + bcg v...

methods mycobacterium tuberculosis standard strain crbip7.11 was cultured at 37°c in loewenstein johnson (lj) media for 3-4 weeks. to confirm the species, standard microbiological and biochemical tests were performed. after preparation of membrane vesicles, the amount of protein in membrane vesicles was measured by sds-page and nanodrop. to analyze the integrity and morphology of extracellular ...

an oil adjuvant vaccine (oav) was prepared from a local strain of pasteurella multocida. strain 6:b was cultured and inactivated by formalin. bacterial pellet was prepared by centrifugation and subsequently adjuvanted by montannide oil isa-70. a dose of prepared vaccine containing 3ml (2mg dry weight/ml) was injected into five calves by im route. animals were bled before and at 24, 90, 150, and...

introduction: long term complications of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection include fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma and although the disease is treatable with the newly introduced direct acting antivirals, but factors such as drug resistance, viral genotype and adverse effects can limit the effectiveness of therapy. therefore, development of effective, safe and affordable proph...

Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most frequent malignant brain tumor in children. Treatment of MB based on histopathological and molecular stratification, includes surgical intervention, often with craniospinal irradiation adjuvant chemotherapy. Unfortunately, however, this treatment leads to a high morbidity rate, it does not cure all patients either, around 30% succumbing their disease. With impro...

Soft tissue sarcomas are a group of rare malignant tumors with high recurrence and mortality rate. Little progress has been made in the treatment this pathology over past decades. Surgery or without adjuvant/neoadjuvant radiotherapy is still first-line therapy for localized soft sarcomas, chemotherapy an additional option high-risk patients. However, not all patients advanced metastatic benefit...