Background: Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) seroprevalence is a significant health problem, especially among pregnant women in lower socioeconomic societies. This study aims to explore the prevalence of HCMV infections Iraq. Methods: A systematic review was designed collect and summarize articles concerning relationship between infection abortion We identified titles abstracts publications from 20...

Breast cancers of postmenopausal patients at high risk for recurrence participating in an adjuvant therapy protocol were independently assayed for estrogen receptor by conventional dextran-coated charcoal steroid binding assays and by ¡mmunocytochemistry (ER-ICA) to compare the two assays and to assess the prognostic usefulness of ER-ICA. The ER ICA was based on a monoclonal antibody to the es...

conclusions data reported here indicated that there is no specific genetic combination beyond the quantity of biofilm biomass in s. epidermidis. biofilm biomass seemed to be controlled by rnaiii expression level. further interest should be directed to biofilm dispersal since it seems that the key difference in biofilm biomass ability of s. epidermidis strains relates to factors regulating this ...

This study was performed to determine the feasibility of using whole serum to detect antibodies to canine parvovirus (CPV) under nonlaboratory conditions and to evaluate the performance characteristics of an immunochromatography assay kit. Precise detection of levels of antibody against CPV in puppies can be used to determine a vaccination schedule, because maternal antibodies frequently result...

Background Nowadays, cartilage tissue engineering is the best candidate for regeneration of cartilage defects. This study evaluates the function of herbal extracts icariin (ICA), the major pharmacological constituent of herba Epimedium, compared with transforming growth factor β3 (TGFβ3) to prove its potential effect for cartilage tissue engineering. Materials and Methods ICA, TGFβ3, and TGFβ...

Objective: To investigate the status miR-155 and its targeting eNOS under the stimulation of glucose and ageBSA and to explore the effect of icariside II (ICA II) on the diabetic endothelial dysfunction of human cavernous endothelial cells (HCECs) by using the miR-155 pathway. Methods: Purified HCECs were divided into three groups: normal group + BSA (NC group), Glucose + Age-BSA group (DM grou...

Objective: To investigate the status miR-155 and its targeting eNOS under the stimulation of glucose and ageBSA and to explore the effect of icariside II (ICA II) on the diabetic endothelial dysfunction of human cavernous endothelial cells (HCECs) by using the miR-155 pathway. Methods: Purified HCECs were divided into three groups: normal group + BSA (NC group), Glucose + Age-BSA group (DM grou...

BACKGROUND Rapid identification of mycobacteria is important for timely treatment and the implementation of public health measures. The MGIT system ensures rapid detection of mycobacteria, but identification is usually delayed by days to weeks due to further subculture on solid medium. Matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was demonstrated to effective...

A lateral-flow immunochromatography (IC) assay for the detection of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has been developed by using two mouse monoclonal antibodies to the nucleocapsid protein of hMPV. The purpose of this study was to compare the virus detection rate in nasopharyngeal secretions by the IC assay with that by real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). We collected nasopharyngeal swab ...