adenylyl cyclase is a membrane-bound enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of atp to camp. the inhibition of adenylyl cyclase was carried out by measuring the ability of the macrophage chemotactic protein-1 to inhibit the torskolin-induced enzyme activity. adenylyl cyclase activity in the presenc of macrophage chemotactic protein-1 was decreased compared to that in controls [2.11+/-0.15 (mean +/...

objective(s):brucellosis, especially caused by brucella melitensis, remains one of the most common zoonotic diseases worldwide with more than 500,000 human cases reported annually. the commonly used live attenuated vaccine in ovine brucellosis prophylaxis is b. melitensis rev1. but due to different problems caused by the administration of this vaccine, a protective subunit vaccine against b. me...

background and objective: chlorella vulgaris is a multi-cellular edible algal species with abundant proteins. extraction of high value protein fractions for pharmaceutical and nutritional applications can significantly increase the commercial value of microalga biomasses. there is no known report on the anticancer peptides derived from the chlorella vulgaris abundant protein. materials and meth...

conclusions these results demonstrated that the recombinant lysostaphin produced in this study was able to kill nasal s. aureus in rats. it can be recommended for human clinical trial studies. results recombinant lysostaphin at 100 μg/ml concentration showed a significant decrease of the optical density compared to the control samples. the in vivo study demonstrated that a single dose (200 μg/d...

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background: protein aggregation is one of the important, common and troubling problems in biotechnology, pharmaceutical industries and amyloid-related disorders. methods: in the present study, the inhibitory effects of some carbohydrates (alginate, β-cyclodextrin and trehalose) on the formation of nano-globular aggregates from normal (hsa) and glycated (ghsa) human serum albumin were studied; w...

abstract arterial ischemic stroke defines as a new focal neurologic deficit that lasted 24 hours or longer. stroke is relatively rare in children and incidence of cerebrovascular disease is 1 per 4000 in neonates and 1 per 7000 to 1 per 70000 in older children (1 month to 18 years). protein s deficiency is one of the causes of the stroke in children. major manifestations of protein s deficiency...

background: interleukin-27 is a heterodimeric cytokine belonging to il-12 and il-23 families, secreted  by antigen presenting cells( apcs ) .the il-27 is composed of 2 subunits: epstein-barr virus induced gene 3 (ebi3) and p28. il-27 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine which has an inhibitory effect on th17 population and suppress the il-17 expression. it is suggested that il-27 could be a potent ...

white spot syndrome virus (wssv) is a highly pathogenic and prevalent virus affecting shrimp culture worldwide including iran. in the present study, a pair of primers was designed according to the sequence of vp 28 gene of wssv in the genbank. vp28 gene from an iranian wssv isolate (irvp28) was cloned, sequenced and expressed in escherichia coli bl21(de3) strain in order to produce vp28 protein...