methanolic extract of 15 iranian medicinal plants were prepared and tested for their cytotoxic activities against three cancer cell lines (mcf7, hepg2 , wehi164) and one normal cell line (mdbk). some plants showed cytotoxic activities. the extract of ferula szowitsiana root, which proved to be the most active, was chosen for further phytochemical studies. the major compounds of the most potent ...

by discovering how chemical compounds/xenobiotics cytotoxicity is affected when their metabolic pathways are inhibited or activated, the metabolic pathways that activate versus detoxify chemical compound can be identified. reactive metabolites contributing to cytotoxicity can also be identified. in this lecture, the pretreatment of inhibitors and activators of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes as...

this study discusses the effect of complexes of chitosan grafted polyethylenimine(ch-pei) with plasmid dna on viability of mesenchymal stem cells(mscs) derived from human marrow. ch-pei/pdna nanoparticles were synthesized through the complex coacervation method using pires plasmid containing green fluorescent protein (gfp) gene. to confirm the complexation, samples were run through an agarose g...

background and aims: several drugs are being used in treatment of hsv infection in human but still introducing an effective safe drug is desirable. methods: we investigated the inhibitory effect of morphine on replication of hsv in vitro. results: the results indicated that a concentration of up to 200 ug/ml morphine had a limited effect on vero cell viability. at this concentration the growth ...

background substrates in medical science are hydrophilic polymers undergoing volume expansion when exposed to culture medium that influenced on cell attachment. although crosslinking by chemical agents could reduce water uptake and promote mechanical properties, these networks would release crosslinking agents. in order to overcome this weakness, silicone rubber is used and reinforced by nanocl...

abstract cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. current anticancer drugs involve various toxic side effects; efforts are ongoing to develop new anticancer agents especially from the screening of natural compounds. present study investigated cytotoxic effects and mode of cell death induced by the caspian cobra venom in some human cancer cell lines. cytotoxic effects of snake venom toxin...

Enhancement of multiple effector functions of an antibody may be a promising approach for antibody therapy. We have previously reported that fucose removal from Fc-linked oligosaccharides greatly enhances antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) of therapeutic antibodies. Here, we report a unique approach to enhance complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC), another important effector func...

With the identification of tumorassociated antigens more than 30 y ago and the development of hybridoma technology in 1975, investigators realized that Paul Ehrlich’s vision to effectively target drugs to diseased tissues could be tested. It was shown that monoclonal antibodies could specifically target tumors (1,2), and it was hypothesized that cancer could be treated with naked antibodies by ...

Collective evidence supporting a role of Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity (ADCC) in controlling HIV-1 transmission and disease progression emerged in the last few years. Non-neutralizing antibodies (nnAbs) recognizing conserved CD4-induced epitopes on Env and able to mediate potent ADCC against HIV-1-infected cells exposing Env in its CD4-bound conformation have been shown to be pr...