background and objectives this study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of the cultivated satureja khuzestanica essential oil (skeo) on activity and gene expression of hepatic gk in normal and diabetic rats.   methods biochemical parameters such as glucose, insulin, and hba1c plasma levels and oral glucose tolerance test were all analyzed. the cultivated skeo was orally administered at diffe...

the effects of fish weight on salinity tolerance were studied in caspian salmon (salmo trutta caspius) parr. 180 fish (all with 2 years old but with three weights; 5, 15, 25g) were selected and they reared in freshwater (fw) and brackish water (bw; 13ppt salinity) for 10 days. the mrna expression of two α-subunit isoforms of na+, k+-atpase (α1a and α1b) and nkcc co-transporters were studied in ...

introduction: sox9 is a transcriptional activator which is necessary for chondrogenesis. sox6 are closely related to dna-binding proteins that critically enhance its function. therefore, to carry out the growth plate chondrocyte differentiation program, sox9 and sox6 collaborate genomewide. chondrocyte differentiation is also known to be promoted by glucocorticoids through unknown molecular mec...

conclusions these results showed enhanced muscle atrophy processes following peripheral nerve damage and might provide a useful approach to study underlying muscle mechanisms associated with clinical neuropathic pain syndromes. results compared to control animals, l5 ligated animals developed mechanical and heat hypersensitivity during total period of study. soleus muscle weight as well as cdk5...

in order to estimate responses of growth rate and growth hormone of clarias gariepinus to stocking density, fish (initial weight 30.71 ± 0.89 g) were stocked in 120-l tanks at densities of 35, 65, 95, and 125 kg/m3 for 60 days. on day 30 and 60, the fish growth rates were measured, pituitary growth hormone (gh) mrna levels and serum gh concentrations were examined by real-time qpcr and elisa te...

Objective(s):The aim of this study was to evaluate, for the first time, whether the effects of low-dose adropin administration is effective in rats with hyperlipidemia. Materials and Methods: Twenty one Wistar albino female rats were randomly divided into 3 groups and fed with high-fat diet for 4 weeks to establish the hyperlipidemia model. Meanwhile, adropin was administrated intraperitonealy...

This study explored the effects of GnRH agonist (GnRHa) immunity on expression of FSHR mRNA in pituitary and FSHR protein in uteri, and also confirmed its efficacy on uterine development. 42 prepuberty and non cyclic ewes were assigned to 6 experimental groups (EG) during anestrus season. Animals in EG-I, EG-II and EG-III were subcutaneously injected with 200, 300 and 400 μg alarelin antigens (...

conclusions our findings showed that hcv infection could lead to increased expression level of tlr7 mrna in peripheral blood cells of hcv infected samples. the viral load and genotypes of hcv did not affect the mrna expression levels of tlr2 and tlr7. background hepatitis c virus (hcv) is an important human pathogen affecting an estimated 120 – 170 million individuals in the world. toll-like re...