AIM The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of prior splenectomy on oxidative stress and neuronal loss following spinal cord ischemia and reperfusion injury. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-one Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups as sham laparatomy (n=7), spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion (SCIR) injury (n=7) and splenectomy+spinal cord ischem...

Phenotypes of transcobalamin II (TC2) were determined in 95 maternal-cord serum pairs in order to identify the origin of TC2 in human cord blood. Unsaturated (apo) TC2 in serum was labeled with radioactive (57Co) cobalamin (CbI) and separated into isoproteins by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. Discordancy between the maternal and the cord serum type was observed in 45% o...

Environmental exposures in-utero may alter the epigenome, thus impacting chromosomal stability and gene expression. We hypothesized that in utero exposures to maternal smoking and perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) are associated with global DNA hypomethylation in umbilical cord serum. Our objective was to determine if global DNA methylation could be used as a biomarker of in utero exposures to ma...

Background : Some studies have shown that the serum concentration of 25- hydroxy vitamin D which is represent the status of body vitamin D, has a diverse relationship with obesity status, and the risk of obesity decreases in people with high level of 25- hydroxy vitamin D. The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between the serum level of 25- hydroxy vitamin D and anthropometric...

background: during the procedure of kermanshahi oil production, some changes occur, which might affect the lipid profile of oil. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of kermanshahi animal oil on the lipid profile in healthy men. methods: twenty five healthy men participated in this clinical trial study. after ten days, wash out period that subjects did not consume kermanshahi ani...

objective: the effect of herbal medicine is more useful than synthetic medicines. the present research paper aims to show the effects of leaves extracts of zizyphus spina christi (zsc) on lipid profile, lipid peroxidation and activities of aminotransferase enzymes in streptozocin induced diabetic adult male rats. materials and methods: fifty six male rats weighing 150-200 gm were included in th...