background: gemcitabine (2′, 2′-difluoro-2′- deoxycytidine, an analogue of deoxycytidine) is a relatively new drug with wide range of anti-cancer activity. in this study, radiosensitizing effects of gemcitabine was investigated on hela and mrc5 human originated cell lines under both chronically hypoxic and normoxic conditions using the micronucleus (mn) assay. materials and methods: for inducti...

Diploid and continuous cell lines are used to propagate viral vaccines. At Human Viral Vaccine Department of Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, MRC5 diploid cell is used for the development of live attenuated measles, mumps, rubella, and three types of poliovirus vaccines.  Additionally, three continuous cell lines (i.e., RK13, HeLa, and Vero) are applied in quality control tests. Accor...

background: cross-contamination between cells is a usual mistake at cell culture laboratories and cell banks worldwide. mrc5 diploid cell and rk-13, vero and hela continuous cell lines are used in different stages of human viral vaccines propagation at razi vaccine and serum research institute of iran. however diploid and continuous cells are propagated at separated cell culture laboratory and ...

Background: Gemcitabine (2′, 2′-difluoro-2′- deoxycytidine, an analogue of deoxycytidine) is a relatively new drug with wide range of anti-cancer activity. In this study, radiosensitizing effects of gemcitabine was investigated on HeLa and MRC5 human originated cell lines under both chronically hypoxic and normoxic conditions using the micronucleus (MN) assay. Materials and Methods: F...

Polo-like kinases play an essential role in the ordered execution of mitotic events and 4 mammalian PLK family members have been identified. Accumulating evidence indicates that PLK1 is an attractive target for anticancer drugs. In this paper, a series of beta-carboline derivatives were synthesized and three compounds, DH281, DH285 and DH287, were identified as potent new PLK inhibitors. We emp...

the aim of this study was to determine the chemical constituents, antimicrobial, cytotoxicity, mutagenic and anti-mutagenic activities of the essential oil of artemisia ciniformis krasch. & popov ex poljakov, against important bacterial pathogens and human cells which were unknown before. in vitro cytotoxicity was measured using a modified mtt assay on normal human lymphocytes and tumor hela ce...

PURPOSE Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is known to increase the invasiveness and migration of cancer cells in vitro and induce angiogenesis. This study examined if inhibition of HGF/SF receptor expression by cancer cells and HGF/SF expression by stromal fibroblasts affects the growth of mammary cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Transgenes encoding ribozymes to specifically target ...

*Corresponding author: Prof. Hossein Mozdarani, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box: 14115-111, Tehran, Iran. Fax: +98 21 88006544 E-mail: [email protected] Background: Gemcitabine (2′, 2′-difluoro-2′deoxycytidine, an analogue of deoxycytidine) is a relatively new drug with wide range of anti-cancer activity. In this study, radi...