the date palm fruit stalk borer is one of the most important pests of date palm in the world. biochemical properties of digestive proteases in oryctes elegans prell larvae were investigated in this research and optimal total proteolytic and trypsin activities were obtained at ph 9.0 and 11.0, respectively. activity staining of protease on sds-page showed one isoform. also, zymogram pattern of t...

the cross-border symposium on hepatitis c, entitled “why treating now?” was held on 15th may 2013 during the 5th international tehran hepatitis congress. the present report summarizing communicated insights during this symposium is intended to help health care providers to make well-informed decisions when treating patients with chronic hepatitis c (chc). since today’s evolving science of hepat...

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitors comprise an important class of drugs used in HIV treatments. However, mutations of protease genes accelerated by low fidelity of reverse transcriptase yield drug resistant mutants of reduced affinities for the inhibitors. This problem is considered to be a serious barrier against HIV treatment for the foreseeable future. In this st...

human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) protease inhibitors comprise an important class of drugs used in hiv treatments. however, mutations of protease genes accelerated by low fidelity of reverse transcriptase yield drug resistant mutants of reduced affinities for the inhibitors. this problem is considered to be a serious barrier against hiv treatment for the foreseeable future. in this st...

dyslipidemia has become a common problem in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) disease, especially in patients on combination antiretroviral therapy. we investigated the prevalence of and factors associated with dyslipidemia in hiv-infected patients in iran. in this cross-sectional study, 190 hiv positive patients who referring to behavioral disease consulting centers (shemiranat, varamin) and ...

Several nonpeptide small molecules were designed as potential inhibitors of HIV protease and their structures were constructed by computer-aided molecular modeling and docked iwo the active site of HIV protease. Models of the complexes of inhibitors and the HIV protease were refined using nonbonded and H-bonding terms. The refined energy of selected complexes showed that the designed inhib...

human alpha 1-antitrypsin (aat) cdna was obtained from hepg2 cell lines. after pcr and construction of expression vector ppiczα-aat, human aat was expressed in the yeast pichia pastoris (p.pastoris) in a secretary manner and under the control of inducible alcohol oxidase 1 (aox1) promoter. the amount of aat protein in medium was measured as 60 mg/l 72 hr after induction with methanol. results i...

several nonpeptide small molecules were designed as potential inhibitors of hiv protease and their structures were constructed by computer-aided molecular modeling and docked iwo the active site of hiv protease. models of the complexes of inhibitors and the hiv protease were refined using nonbonded and h-bonding terms. the refined energy of selected complexes showed that the designed inhibitors...

During programmed cell death (PCD) apoptosis is controlled by many factors such as proteases. With no specific protease (s) known during PCD in the developing nervous system so far, we sought to determine if any specific protease (s) is involved in this process and therefore used different protease inhibitors during PCD (from embryonic day 6 to 10) in chick embryos. Among the inhibitors commerc...