conclusions in cases of pontaneous pneumothorax, chest x ray and computerised tomographic scan have limitations. ct scan in combination with video assisted thoracoscopic surgery improves diagnostic accuracy and facilitates appropriate management of non-resolving spontaneous pneumothorax. objectives a 15 year old boy presented to the referring hospital with a right sided spontaneous pneumothorax...

alterations in the expression of micrornas (mirnas) have been proposed to play a role in the pathogenesis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll). dicer is one of the main regulators of mirna biogenesis, and deregulation of its expression has been indicated as a possible cause of mirna alterations observed in various cancers. our aim was to analyze the expre...

the bulk of our knowledge on immunosuppression in malnutrition comes from the experiments done on cell-mediated immunity. however, malnutrition-induced modifications of humoral immunity have been less understood. the objective of this study was to determine the effects of acute protein-energy malnutrition on serum levels of immunoglobulins and their subclasses in murine models. male and female ...

background: most cancer cells become resistant to anti-cancer agents. in the last few years, a new approach for targeted therapy of human cancer has been developed using immunotoxins which comprise both the cell targeting and the cell killing moieties. methods: in the present study, the recombinant shiga toxin a1 subunit fused to human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (a1-gm-csf...

background: serological assay based on dense granular (gra) proteins of toxoplasma gondii (t. gondii) is actually the most popular laboratory diagnostic tool to detection of toxoplasmosis. we aimed to construct a recombinant gra7-ptz57rt plasmid vectors that it is suitable for sub-cloning and gra7 protein production. m aterials and methods: souris mice were used for maintaining of t. gondii tac...

objective: whey protein is a byproduct of dairy industry, where cheese and casein are manufactured.this is the major protein content which is loss during the formation of yogurt and cheese. methods: if this is added to the diet then that can enhance the nutritioal value for the diet, which will be very usefull. results: in this study we try to find it out that the whey protein has the antibioti...

abstract   background : cancer has not been elucidated in colerectal site. c-reactive protein (crp) is a product synthesized in hepatocytes and has been reported to be up-regulated by such proinflammatory cytokines as interleukin-1 (il-1), interleukin-6 (il-6), and tumor necrosis factor (tnf). the significance of a preoperative serum elevation was evaluated using crp as a predictive indicator f...

Plants are often subjected to several environmental stresses throughout their life cycle. Adaptation of plants to saline conditions may be due to some salt-related changes in the pattern of gene(s) expression. The physiological role of stress induced proteins is not yet clearly understood. However, it is believed that these proteins allow plants to produce biochemical and structural adjustments...

congenital recessive myotonia is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in clcn1, which codes for the main skeletal muscle chloride channel clc-1. more than 120 mutations have been found in this gene. the main feature of this disorder is muscle membrane hyperexcitability. here, we report a 59-year male patient suffering from congenital myotonia. he had transient generalized myotonia, which...