Viral cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in plasma has been widely evaluated for detecting cancer and monitoring disease virus-associated tumors. We investigated whether the amount of cfDNA human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) correlates with state adult leukemia-lymphoma (ATL). HTLV-1 aggressive ATL was significantly higher than that indolent asymptomatic carriers. Notably, patients lymphoma represe...

HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells undergo myeloid differentiation and G1/0 specific growth arrest in response to an activity produced by pokeweed mitogen stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Elaboration of this myeloid differentiation inducing activity does not require lymphocytic proliferation or pokeweed mitogen induced B-lymphocyte differentiation. The activity is a product ...

Background: Ionizing radiation induces the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which play an important causative role in cell death. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effects of sulfated derivatives of neutral polysaccharides extracted from Auricularia auricular (SNAAP). Materials and Methods: Whole blood samples from healthy donors treated with SNAAP at differen...

Background: Boron and gadolinium are among the nuclides that hold a unique property of being a neutron capture therapy agent. Neutron beams have often a considerable portion of gamma rays with fast neutrons. Gamma rays, as beam contaminants, can cause considerable damage to normal tissues even if such tissues do contain high boron concentrations. Materials and Methods: The modification of radio...

Kombucha is a refreshing beverage obtained by the fermentation of sweetened black tea with a „tea fungus“ (symbiotic culture of acetic acid bacteria and yeasts). It is consumed due to its potential beneficial effects on human health. The aim of this study was to investigate activity of Kombucha on human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro. We analyzed Kombucha made from different substrates: ...