Introduction: Due to the cell labeling potentials of various metal-maltol complexes, the idea of developing a possible cell labeling imaging agent using single photon emission computed chromatography (SPECT) with [In]-maltolate complex has been investigated. Methods: [In] labeled 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyran-4-onate ([In]-maltolate) was prepared using freshly prepared [In]InCl3 and 3-hydroxy-2-m...

The thymus is a site of active T-lymphoid cell proliferation and DNA synthesis. In this study, the capacity of human thymocytes for nucleoside transport was assessed both by cytosine arabinoside influx and by equilibrium binding of nitrobenzylmercaptopurine riboside (NBMPR), a specific ligand for the equilibrative nucleoside transporter of leukocytes. The proportion of freshly isolated thymocyt...

treatment of spinal cord injury by exogenous cells has brought both successful and unsuccessful results. olfactory ensheathing cells and schwann cells have been widely used for transplantation purposes. in this study, we investigated the effects of these cells on contused spinal cord by introducing cells into subarachnoid space. fifty thousand schwann cells or olfactory ensheathing cells or a m...

An automated rare event detection system (Rare Event Imaging System) is described for the recognition of cancer cells that appear at low frequencies (1 in 1 million) in peripheral blood (PB) or bone marrow (BM). The instrumentation includes an automated fluorescence microscope (Nikon Microphot-FXA) with a cooled charge coupled device camera and a 60-MHz Pentium personal computer. Main features ...

in this paper we define a new labeling called skolem odd difference mean labeling and investigate skolem odd difference meanness of some standard graphs. let g = (v,e) be a graph with p vertices and q edges. g is said be skolem odd difference mean if there exists a function f : v (g) → {0, 1, 2, 3, . . . , p + 3q − 3} satisfying f is 1−1 and the induced map f : e(g) → {1, 3, 5, . . . , 2q−1} d...