Diagnosis of infectious diseases remains an important issue in medical science. Identification of biomarkers can be used to predict early infections. Recently, heat shock proteins (HSPs) have been known as the conserved compounds expressed under stress conditions in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. These proteins act as molecular chaperones. Several studies showed the increased levels o...

Oxidative stress accompanies a wide spectrum of clinically important cardiac disorders, including ischemia/reperfusion, diabetes mellitus, and hypertensive heart disease. Although reactive oxygen species (ROS) can activate signaling pathways that contribute to ischemic preconditioning and cardioprotection, high levels of ROS induce structural modifications of the sarcomere that impact on pump f...

Introduction post-translational modifications [12] of a-crystallins we refer to other recent reviews. a-Crystallins owe their name to the fact that they are major eye lens proteins in vertebrates. They are abun­ dantly present in the lens and have a prominent role in maintaining the transparency and retractile properties of the lens (reviewed in [1-3]). There are two types of related subunits, ...

Cell stress proteins (CSPS) are a large and heterogeneous family of proteins, sharing two main characteristics: their levels and/or location are modified under stress and most of them can exert a chaperon function inside the cells. Nonetheless, they are also involved in the modulation of several mechanisms, both at the intracellular and the extracellular compartments. There are more than 100 pr...

Although a wide range of physical and chemical agents disrupt gametogenesis and embryogenesis in animals and humans, much less is known about the mechanisms leading up to these disruptions and the factors that determine whether a particular animal or human will be sensitive to a potential toxicant. Recent research has identified a number of different stress protein families, also known as heat ...

to find out the effect of sodium nitroprusside (snp) in reducing oxidative damage induced by salinity stress in barley seedlings, a crd based factorial experiment with three replications was conducted in agronomy laboratory of the faculty of agricultural sciences, university of guilan, in 2012. the experimental design consisted of two snp levels (0.1 and 0.2 mm snp; as nitric oxide (no) donor) ...

An imbalance between the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reaction antioxidant proteins is referred to as oxidative stress [...]

Varieties of proteins are induced in livestock when exposed to environmental stress, among them heat shock (HSPs). HSPs that provide antioxidant protection cells as well thermotolerance. They function chaperones, helping fold, unfold, and refold stress-denatured proteins. Further, represent one the most important physiological parameters for thermotolerance livestock. This review aims highlight...