Synergistic effects have previously been observed for a natural compound, tetrandrine (TET), with fluconazole (FLC) in vitro and in the treatment of Candida albicans-infected mice. To investigate the mechanisms of these synergistic effects, 16 strains of C. albicans from the same parent but with different FLC sensitivities were examined using flow cytometry and fluorescent spectrophotometry. Rh...

OBJECTIVES To analyse the sequence diversity of the tetracycline resistance gene tet(M) and its location on mobile elements in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis from humans, pigs and poultry in Denmark. METHODS A total of 76 isolates were screened for Tn916/Tn1545-like and Tn5397-like transposons using PCR. tet(M) was sequenced in 15 of the isolates and compared with tet(M) seque...

The tetracycline (TET) promoter has been used in several systems as an inducible regulator of gene expression. In control analyses, the standard Candida albicans laboratory strain SC5314 was found to have altered susceptibility to a variety of antifungal drugs in the presence of relatively high concentrations (50-200 microg ml(-1)) of TET. Altered susceptibility was most notable with exposure t...

هدف: ناباروری یک بحران زندگی است که بیماران را در سراسر جهان تحت تاثیر قرار می دهد، به عنوان عدم موفقیت بارداری پس از 12 ماه فعالیت جنسی تعریف شود 15 تا 17 درصد زوج ها تأثیر دهد و حدود 50 آنها عوامل زنان مربوط شود. فعال کردن روند تقسیم میوز اووسیت بلوغ آن اهداف مهم درمانی محققین علوم بوده است. امروزه القا رشد تکامل خارج بدن یکی روش هایی فنّاوری کمکی تولیدمثل کار گرفته مغز استخوان اندام پیچیده ای...

Tigecycline, the latest member of the tetracycline family to enter clinics, is reported to be poorly recognized by the most prevalent Gram-negative tetracycline-specific efflux mechanisms, namely, the Tet(A) and Tet(B) efflux pumps (1). These structurally related tetracycline-specific efflux pumps are encoded by genes on plasmids and transposons in a wide variety of bacteria and are proton-driv...

Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) bacteria frequently cause watery diarrhoea in newborn and weaned pigs. Plasmids carrying genes of different enterotoxins and fimbrial adhesins, as well as plasmids conferring antimicrobial resistance are of prime importance in the epidemiology and pathogenesis of ETEC. Recent studies have revealed the significance of the porcine ETEC plasmid pTC, carrying tetracyc...

We characterized the bacterial populations in surface water receiving effluent from an oxytetracycline (OTC) production plant. Additional sampling sites included the receiving river water 5 km upstream and 20 km downstream from the discharge point. High levels of OTC were found in the wastewater (WW), and the antibiotic was still detectable in river water downstream (RWD), with undetectable lev...

Tetrandrine (C38H42O8N2, molecular weight: 622, Tet), an alkaloid isolated from the Chinese medicinal herb Stephania tetrandra, has been shown to elicit anti-inflammatory activity in pulmonary diseases and anti-fibrotic effects in various cell types. In this study, we investigated the in vitro and in vivo effects of Tet on hepatic fibrosis. A cell line of rat hepatic stellate cells (HSC-T6) was...

Paclitaxel (Ptx), one of the most widely used anticancer agents, has demonstrated extraordinary activities against a variety of solid tumors. However, the therapeutic response of Ptx is often associated with severe side effects caused by its nonspecific cytotoxic effects and special solvents (Cremophor EL(®)). The current study reports the stable controlled release of Ptx/tetrandrine (Tet)-colo...