among abiotic stresses, salinity has been increasing over the time for many reasons like using chemical fertilizers, global warming and rising sea levels. under salinity stress, the loss of water availability, toxicity of na+ and ion imbalance directly reduces carbon fixation and biomass production in plants. k+ is a major agent that can counteract na+ stresses, thus the potential of plants to ...

arterial thrombosis associated with ulcerative colitis usually occurs in the postoperative period with a good response to anticoagulant therapy and embolectomy. our patient was a 14-year-old girl with ulcerative colitis who presented with bilateral pulsless extremities, which did not respond to medical treatment and embolectomy. subsequent colectomy did not save her limbs. the repeated thrombos...

background: metastasis and recurrence of colorectal cancer after treatment is attributed to stem cells. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the expression of stem cell marker cd166 in colorectal cancer by immunohistochemistry and clinicopathologic parameters.methods: from 2006 to 2012, 121 colectomy specimens of patients with colon cancer that were operated in babol ...

In adult age group, the cause of membranous glomerulonephritis (MG) cannot be detected in about 75% of the patients. These cases are defined as idiopathic (primary) MG. MG associated with drugs and other diseases are defined as secondary MG. Penicillamine and gold salts, formerly used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), are responsible for the development of MG. Amyloidosis, analgesi...