OBJECTIVES This study sought to assess the role of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury using TNF-alpha knockout (KO) mice. BACKGROUND Tumor necrosis factor-alpha is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of myocardial I/R injury by promoting leukocyte infiltration of the myocardium. However, the precise role of TNF-alpha in I/R injury is...

Background: Diets rich in simple carbohydrates can induce obesity and metabolic syndrome. Objectives: In this study we investigated the effect of aqueous extract of Inocutis levis on the levels of serum lipids and liver tissue in high sucrose fed (HSF) rats. Methods: Thirty two male wistar rats were divided into 4 groups: 1- control, 2- a group that were fed with high sucrose solution for 12...

Endoscopists describe lung cancer lesions using varying terminology. This study aimed to assess the probability of neoplastic disease in terms of endoscopic findings expressed in an original classification system. The endoscopic lesions were classified as infiltrations (superficial lesions without a clear border with normal mucosa) or masses (exophytic lesions easily distinguished from the bron...

In his seminal paper on the solution of infiltration equation, Philip (1969), https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-4831-9936-8.50010-6 proposed a gravity time, tgrav, to estimate practical convergence time and domain validity infinite series expansion, TSE, for describing transient state. The parameter tgrav refers point in where is dominated equally by capillarity as derived from first two (dominant...

INTRODUCTION Achieving profound pulpal anesthesia can be difficult in patients with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis. This study provides a systematic review and meta-analysis to address the population, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) question: in adults with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis who are undergoing endodontic treatment, what is the comparative efficacy of articaine compar...

BACKGROUND An important aspect in glomerular nephritic processes is the enhanced influx of leukocytes into the glomerulus. METHODS To investigate the mechanisms of intraglomerular leukocyte infiltration in IgA nephropathy (IgA-N) and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I (MPGN-I), we immunohistochemically examined the intraglomerular expression of leukocyte function-associated antig...

flood spreading stations were constructed in iran with different objectives such as groundwater recharge and vegetation recovery. accumulation of sediment can be a major problem in flood spreading stations. according to generally accepted theories, floods and salt pollution can reduce gradually the infiltration rate. in order to investigate this issue, 13 flood spreading stations were selected ...

lymphocytic infiltration of jessner-kanof is a chronic, benign t cell infiltration disorder of exposed skin with unknown etiology. in some instances, these lesions are induced or aggravated by light exposure. in this case report, we are going to describe an interesting occupationally related skin disease, jessner's disease, after several years working with computer. on the basis of literature r...