myeloperoxidase (mpo) and paraoxonase-1 (pon1) are inflammatory and anti-inflammatory enzymes, respectively that have been involved in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease (cad). in this study we sought to evaluate the relations of mpo and pon1 with high density lipoprotein (hdl) mean size in patients with acute coronary syndrome (acs). collectively, 50 control subjects and 50 patients w...

platelet aggregation beta amyloid main causes inflammation of neurons in alzheimer’s disease. in fact, creating this inflammation due to inappropriate actions in blood brain barrier (bbb) and astrocyte and microglia during the last century that studies conducted in this case nothing has been found. the only thing that can be done to prevent and reduce pro-inflammatory factors such as cytokines ...

objective(s):bacopa monnieri (bm),a traditional ayurvedic medicine,is a well-known memory enhancer. we have explored the role of bm against decabrominated diphenyl ether (pbde-209)-induced alterations in neonate and young female mice. materials and methods: mice were orally administered with b. monnieri at the doses of 40, 80 or 120 mg/kg body weight along with pbde-209 (20 mg/kg body weight) f...

new blood forming vessels are produced by differentiation of mesodermal precursor cells to angioblasts that become endothelial cells (ecs) which in turn give rise to primitive capillary network. human cord blood (hcb) contains large subsets of mononuclear cells (mncs) that can be differentiated into endothelial-like cells in vitro. human mononuclear progenitor cells were purified from fresh umb...

to compare the efficacy of acupressure wrist bands, ondansetron, metoclopramide and placebo in the prevention of vomiting and nausea after strabismus surgery. two hundred patients, asa physical status i or ii, aged between 10 and 60 years, undergoing strabismus surgery in farabi hospital in 2007-2008 years, were included in this randomized, prospective, double-blind and placebo-controlled study...

the fao penman - monteith (f-p-m) method is now broadly accepted as the standard for estimating the reference evapotranspiration (et0). the method is also now used for evaluating the temperature-based [blaney-criddle (b-c) and hargreaves-samani (h-s)] and radiation-based [jensen-haise (j-h) and turc (tc)] methods. the objective was to compare the et0 estimated by the b-c, h-s, j-h, tc methods w...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: migraine is common worldwide. in recent years, vitamin d deficiency has been determined as a global health problem. a few studies have shown inverse relationship between serum vitamin d levels and headache. thus, in this study, we assessed relationship between serum vitamin d levels with migraine. materials and methods: the present study...

background klebsiella pneumoniae is a family member of enterobacteriaceae. isolates of k. pneumoniae produce enzymes that cause decomposition of third generation cephalosporins. these enzymes are known as extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (esbl). resistance of k. pneumoniae to beta-lactamase antibiotics is commonly mediated by beta-lactamase genes. objectives the aim of this study was to identif...