Urocortin (UCN), a newly identified, 40-amino-acid, corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) structurally related peptide, has been demonstrated to be expressed in the central nervous system and many peripheral tissues of rats and man. This study aimed to investigate the expression profile of UCN in rat lung and the effect of UCN on lung vascular permeability. The expression of UCN mRNA was detect...

BackgroundSodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors are currently used to treat patients with diabetes. Previous studies have demonstrated that treatment SGLT-2 is accompanied by altered metabolic phenotypes. However, it has not been investigated whether the hypothalamic circuit participates in development of compensatory phenotypes triggered inhibitors. MethodsMice were fed a standard...

conclusions the results of the current study suggested that spinal anesthesia plus intravenous patient-controlled analgesia have the most favorable cardiac effects regarding postoperative levels of pro-bnp. results there was no difference between three groups for basic characteristics and variables and baseline pro-bnp levels; however, postoperative pro-bnp levels in groups a, b, and c were res...

muscle biopsy interpretation has been revolutionized by ihc. immunohistochemistry now has an essential role in the evaluation of the muscle biopsies and in examining proteins localizations. advances in the characterization of sarcolemmal proteins and recognition that defects in the genes encoding such proteins may lie at the heart of the multiple differing forms of muscular dystrophy have been ...

coprological analysis is still commonly employed to diagnose human fasciolosis despite the fact that this method is not utterly reliable. by far serologic methods in this case hold more validity and reliability. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate a 35-mer peptide covering a preliminary epitope of cathepsin l1, a new purified antigen of fasciola hepatica, by igg-elisa method for di...

Microcin J25 (MccJ25) is a small ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptide that is produced by Enterobacteriacea family especially E.coli. The present study focuses on preparation and evaluation of in vitro antimicrobial and biological properties of a new peptide derived from MccJ25. We prepared a MccJ25-derived peptide containing 14 amino acids and a single intra-molecular disulfide bond a...