The bioassay of U.S.P.-grade tetrachloroethylene for possible carcinogenicity was conducted using Osborne-Mendel rats and B6C3F1 mice. Tetrachloroethylene in corn oil was administered by gavage at either of two dosages to groups of 50 male and 50 female animals of each species, 5 days a week, over a period of 78 weeks followed by an observation period of 32 weeks for rats and 12 weeks for mice....

BACKGROUND Tissues undergoing a chronic inflammatory process, such as the synovium in rheumatoid arthritis, are characterized by the infiltration of lymphocytes of different subsets and activation of monocyte/macrophages. Interleukin-1 (IL-1), a monocyte/ macrophage product that stimulates synovial fibroblasts to produce matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), prostaglandins, and other cytokines, als...

In view of morphological indications that the effect of neonatal sex steroid exposure on mammary gland devel opment and tumorigenesis in mice may be a consequence of sustained prolactin secretion, homologous radioimmunoassay was used to measure plasma prolactin levels in variously treated mice at several ages. Female BALB/cfC3H/Crgl and BALB/cCrgl mice received daily s.c. injec tions of 5 /,g d...

Background: Cherries are an important source of phyto- chemicals, especially anthocyanin. They have many potent biological Properties such as antioxidant activity. Oxidative stress is mainly insert their effect through decreasing of cell proliferation and viability. Infertility problem affect more than 15% of young couples in different societies. Oocyte expansion plays an important role in fert...

Periodontal disease affects a large percentage of the human population. Resorption of the alveolar bone of the jaw is a pivotal sequela of periodontal disease, because this bone is the attachment site for the periodontal ligaments that anchor the teeth. Using a murine model in which alveolar bone loss is induced by oral infection with Porphyromonas gingivalis, a gram-negative bacterium associat...

The human pneumovirus respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common pathogen causing lower respiratory tract disease in young children worldwide. A hallmark of severe human RSV infection is the strong neutrophil recruitment to the airways and lungs. Massive neutrophil activation has been proven detrimental in numerous diseases, yet in RSV the contribution of neutrophils to disease severi...

A bioassay for possible carcinogenicity of technical-grade allyl chloride (3-chloropropene) was conducted using Osborne-Mendel rats and B6C3F1 mice. At initiation of the study the rats were approximately 6 weeks old and the mice approximately 5 weeks old. Allyl chloride in corn oil was administered by gavage to two groups of each species for 5 days a week for 78 weeks, followed by observation p...

It has been suggested that nigrostriatal dopaminergic transmission is modulated by nitric oxide (NO). Since there is evidence that gonadal hormones can affect extrapyramidal motor behavior in mammals, we investigated the effects of isosorbide dinitrate (ISD), linsidomine (SIN-1) and S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP), three pharmacologically different NO donors, on neuroleptic-induced catal...

Effects of dietary protein levels on the resistance against a bacterial infection and on the nutritional status were studied in mice to obtain basic data for the estimation of an optimal protein intake. Female DDY strain weanling mice were fed 5, 7, 10, 20, 30, or 40% casein diet. At 2 or 4 weeks on the diets, the mice were injected intraperitoneally with 5 x 10(3) or 5 x 10(4) group B streptoc...