Central nervous system (CNS) infiltration in a case of promyelocytic leukemia Sir, CNS infiltration is occasionally seen in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML); it is usually associated with those cases that present a monocytic component. Some investigators propose cranial irradiation for all AML patients not undergoing bone marrow transplantation, in order to prevent recurrence of the initial dis...

Fitness costs of resistance are among the most widely discussed explanations for the evolution of induced resistance, but studies on induced resistance to pathogens are scarce and contradictory. In the present study the influence of nitrogen supply, length of the growing period and competition on the seed production of Arabidopsis in response to treatment with the chemical resistance elicitor B...

Background: The antioxidant defense in the pancreas is low because they are exposed to toxic substances daily. This study aimed to evaluate the ameliorating effect of Viola odorata flowers Extract (VOE) on the pancreas histology and function in Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Methods: Forty male rats were divided into five groups, consisting of controls; STZ; and STZ plus various d...

Objectives:The expression levels of heat shock proteins (HSPs) are elevated in many cancers, and this overexpression is often associated with both a poor survival and a therapeutic outcome. Curcumin is an anti-cancer agent that also induces a heat shock response. HSPs confer resistance to curcumin-induced apoptosis in cancerous cells. The aim of the current study was to analyze variations in th...

omentin-1 is a novel adipokine that is predominantly secreted by visceral adipose tissue. circulating levels of omentin-1 is inversely related to obesity. there is limited information about the effect of exercise training on serum omentin-1 concentration. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of four weeks of progressive resistance training on serum omentin-1 levels. 16 male wiste...

fire blight, caused by the bacterium erwinia amylovora, is one of the most destructive diseases of plants in the rosaceae subfamily pomoideae. the objective of this study was to determine the level of resistance of 30 pear cultivars and describe the biochemical changes induced in some resistant and susceptible cultivars. the level of resistance was determined by the length of the fire blight le...

conclusions our results showed the rate of effects of different risk factors on imipenem resistance. regarding the studied risk factors, appropriate programs must be set in place to control and prevent imipenem resistance in gram-negative bacteria. results of the 374 isolated, 134 were imipenem resistant, and 240 were sensitive to imipenem. the resistance rate was more common in males and in pa...