Bovine herpesvirus-4 (BoHV-4) and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) infect the uterus of cattle, often resulting in reduced fertility, or abortion of the fetus, respectively. Here, exposure of primary bovine endometrial cells to BoHV-4 or BVDV modulated the production of inflammatory mediators. Viral pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) are detected via pattern-recognition receptors ...

The present study was aimed to facilitate karyotyping of human blastomeres using the metaphase-inducing factors present in unfertilized eggs. A rapid technique for karyotyping would have wide application in the field of preimplantation genetic diagnosis. When cryopreserved in-vitro matured bovine oocytes were fused with human blastomeres, the transferred human nuclei were forced into metaphase ...

Chlamydial organisms are members of an exclusive order, Chlamydiales and family Chlamydiaceae. Chlamydia psittaci is a bacterium that causes psittacosis in humans and ornithosis, pneumonitis, abortion, encephalomyelitis, and enteritis in various animals. The purpose of this study was to determination of abortion rate caused by C. psittaci in Iranian cattle using PCR method. DNA was extracted fr...

Fetal bovine serum (FBS) or other mammal-derived factors are extensively supplemented as growth factor into culture medium. Since mammal-derived factors arouses the concern about the risk of zoonosis, serumand mammal-free culture is strongly required. We focused on sericin hydrolysates, originating from silkworm, and reported that sericin is effective as growth factor to various cells. But it i...

The sine qua non of malignancy is the ability of tumor cells to migrate and invade surrounding tissue. There are many substances that have been described that enhance cell motility and hyaluronic acid is prominent among these. Hyaluronic acid is a high molecular weight alternating disaccharide polymer found in abundance in extracellular matrices whenever rapid cell proliferation or tissue regen...