Objective: Inflammation is one of the major components of asthma. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of C. sativus extract on total and differential white blood cells (WBC) count in lung lavage fluid (LLF) of ovalbumin-sensitized rats. Materials and Methods: Forty rats were divided into five groups (n = 8 for each group) as control (C), sensitized with injection and inhalation of ovalbumin (OA...

We aimed to study the MnTnHex-2-PyP effect on some markers of lung antioxidant defence system in mice asthma model.The study was carried out on 28 C57B1/6 mice divided into four treatment groups: group 1 - controls; group 2 - injected and inhaled with ovalbumin; group 3 - treated with MnTnHex-2-PyP and inhaled with phosphate buffered saline; group 4 - injected with ovalbumin and MnTnHex-2-PyP b...

Polyelectrolyte complexes (PEC) consisting of an alginate core entrapping the protein ovalbumin and the chitosan coating were prepared by the self-assembly of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. The PEC were prepared at pH 4.0 and consisted of alginate, ovalbumin and chitosan in a concentration of 0.5, 0.5 and 0.05 mg/ml, respectively, having a particle size of around 300nm, a zeta potential o...

45Ca uptake and histamine release was examined in mast cells from rats sensitized with ovalbumin and Bordetella Bertussis as an adjuvant. The uptake of 45Ca by the mast cells was significantly increased by stimulation with ovalbumin as was the release of histamine from the mast cells. Nifedipine, a calcium antagonist, inhibited the increase in both 45Ca uptake and histamine release stimulated b...

Administration of estrogen (E) to immature chicks triggers the cytodifferentiation of tubular gland cells in the magnum portion of the oviduct epithelium ; these cells synthesize the major egg-white protein, ovalbumin. Electron microscopy and immunoprecipitation of ovalbumin from oviduct explants labeled with radioactive amino acids in tissue culture were used to follow and measure the degree o...

background: this randomized trial was undertaken to investigate the effect of experimentally induced allergy on orthodontic induced root resorption. materials and methods: a total of 30 wistar rats were divided randomly into test and control groups. starting from the first 3 days, the rats in the test group were injected intra-peritoneally by 2 mg ovalbumin as allergen and 0.5 mg alume as adjuv...

of serological precipitates can be obtained by using a number of cells. 3. In this manner individual antigen-antibody complexes have been isolated with 5% or less contamination with the extraneous complex from the reaction of: (a) mixtures of fluorescent ovalbumin and haemoglobin and their mixed antibodies; (b) mixtures of fluorescent ovalbumin and 13I-labelled human serum albumin and their mix...