Anti-idiotypic antibodies are regulatory antibodies responsible for the shutdown of active immune responses against growing tumor cells. In an attempt to study these antibodies, a technique for isolating specific anti-idiotypic antibodies by immunoaffinity chromatography was devised. Human anti-tumor antibodies were isolated by affinity absorption to fixed autologous tumor cells. These antibodi...

Female genital tract infections are major public health problems, with considerable economic consequences. Drugs like metronidazole and clindamycin unable to control the growth of vaginal infection completely, which requires alternate novel treatment strategies. Some herbal antimicrobial agents reported inhibit infection. Boerhaavia diffusa andAzadirachta indica such herbs antimicrobial, antiox...

background and objectives: otostegia persica (labiatae) is an endemic plant of iran and is used for its anti-inflammatory properties in folk medicine of sistan and baluchestan province. the aim of the present study was to investigate the anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of o. persica different fractions and identification of the natural compounds from the most active fraction. met...

the onset of infections by leishmania parasites mainly caused by amastigote growth inside the macrophages. one of the important properties of lesion-derived amastigote is thought to be the attachment of various host proteins including immunoglobulins on the surface of amastigote. in this study, the presence of immunoglobulins on the surface of lesion-derived amastigotes was detected by western ...

Background and objectives: Centaurea bruguierana subsp. belangeriana (DC.) Bornm. is an annual herb widely distributed in the world. It is used in folk medicine of Iran as an anti-ulcer for gastrointestinal problems. Previous studies have revealed the anti-ulcer effects of the plant extract and in the present study the anti-Helicobacter p...

Considering antimicrobial resistance problem, marine microorganisms with the bioactivity against multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens have attracted many scientific interests. To address this issue, a total of 21 marine actinomycetes isolated from the Caspian Sea have been screened out. Primary screening via cross-streak method revealed that 3 strains: MN2, MN39, and MN40 produce antimicrobial ...

An antibody population which reacts only with human sickle cell hemoglobin (HbS) and not with normal human hemoglobin, has been isolated from goat, sheep, and guinea pig antisera. These antibody populations termed anti-Val (Val), isolated from an individual goat (no. 6) and sheep (no. 26) have been used to elicit anti-idiotypic responses in rabbits. These anti-idiotypic sera were used to study ...

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