background cutaneous leishmaniasis is a health problem in the world. lesions should be treated on cosmetically or functionally important sites, such as the face and hands. cantharidin is a terpenoid compound produced naturally by beetles of meloidae and oedemeridae families. objectives the current study aimed to investigate the effect of cantharidin on cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) lesions and i...

Abstract Introduction There is an association between frailty and arterial stiffness. However, stiffness does not uniformly correlate with the spectrum of states. Both oxidative stress inflammaging contribute to vascular aging. are no human studies exploring links stiffness, stress, frailty. Our objective investigate as predictors Methods An observational longitudinal cohort study will be used ...

introduction: human t cell lymphotropic l.irus type i is responsible for adult t cell leukemia/lymphoma and htlv-i associated myelopathy. the aim of this study was constructing two reporter plasmids to enable us to evaluate the effects of htlv-i tax protein upon intra cellular signalling pathways which recruit creb and nfkb proteins. material and methods: a complete coding region of bacterial b...

objective: annexin a1 (anxa1) is suggested to have anti-inflammatory function. however, the precise function of anxa1 has remained unclear. in this study, we therefore examined the potency of anxa1 in regulating reactive oxygen species (ros) production and suppressing pro-inflammatory responses in pc12 cells induced by 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (mpp+). materials and methods: in this experimen...

introduction: umbilical cord blood (cb) has been identified as a rich source for hematopoietic stem cells (hscs), and has provided an alternative to bone marrow transplantation. the use of ex vivo expanded cells has been suggested as a possible means to accelerate the speed of engraftment in cord blood (cb) transplantation. the main aim of our study is to find the best culture media and conditi...

This study was conducted to evaluate the biocompatibility of titanium-nickel shape memory alloy used as a medical implant material. The authors carried out the following electrochemical corrosion test and in vivo and in vitro biological tests for the alloy and some metal and alloys clinically used previously to compare the intensities concerned with the biological reactions, that is, (1) anodic...

The bioactive aqueous extract of Nigella sativa L. seed waste was formulated into soft gelatin capsules (Su1-Su6) in a dose of 200 mg/kg b. w. using different pharmaceutical excipients: soya lecithin/ span80/ sodium taurocholate, PEG 400, and Meglyol 810. The formulations were evaluated for their immunostimmulant and hepatoprotective activities using biochemical methods and for their release by...

The pathogenesis of dengue virus (DV) infection has not been completely defined and change of redox status mediated by depletion of glutathione (GSH) in host cell is a common result of viral infection. Our previous study has demonstrated that DV serotype 2 (DV2) infection alters host intracellular GSH levels, and exogenous GSH inhibits viral production by modulating the activity of NF-κB in Hep...

BACKGROUND Microglial activation is implicated in delayed tissue damage after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Activation of microglia causes up-regulation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase, with the release of reactive oxygen species and cytotoxicity. Propofol appears to have antiinflammatory actions. The authors evaluated the neuroprotective effects of propofol after...