in many acute leukemias, normal differentiation does not occur. however, in many cell lines derived from hematologic malignancies, differentiation or programmed cell death (apoptosis) can be induced by variety of agents including: vitamin analogs, demethylating agents, cyclic amp analogs and anti-proliferative agents. to the best of our knowledge there has been not any study specifically to ana...

rambutan tree (nepheliumlappaceum l.) is an important but a lesser known fruit tree in ghana and has several nutritional and medicinal uses. efforts to establish plantation of rambutan in ghana to ensure its sustainable use is challenged with unavailable planting materials because the seeds are recalcitrant in nature, loses viability easily when exposed to dryness. seeds are therefore sown dire...

recent reports have indicated different effects of immunostimulatory sequences containing cpg-oligodeoxynucleotides (odn) on various immune cells. however, the exact role of cpg-odn in the human gut is unclear. in the present study, we assessed potential effects of cpg-odn on non lymphoid cell (intestinal epithelial cell line ht-29) on a dose-response and time-course basis. intestinal epithelia...

curly top disease is one of the important diseases of sugar beet. spatial pattern and population variation of leafhoppers circulifer haematoceps, and c. tenellus, vectors of sugar beet curly top virus, were studied in hamadan province, iran for three years (2007- 2009). sampling was carried out at the early stage of the plant growth, in accordance with planting date for 9 weeks, in 7- 10 day in...

a new kinetic spectrophotometic method for the determination of trace amount manganese(ii) in tea real samples has been described based on it s the catalytic effect on the oxidations of 1 - (2 – pyridyl azo) - 2 - naphthol, (pan), by potassium bromated in sulfuric acid. the reaction is followed spectrophotometrically by measuring the decrease in the absorbance at 547.5 nm. under the optimum con...

Modern imaging techniques enable researchers to observe drug actions and consequences as they occur and persist in the brains of abusing and addicted individuals. This article presents the five most commonly used techniques, explains how each produces images, and describes how researchers interpret them. The authors give examples of key findings illustrating how each technique has extended and ...

objectives in this study, we reported the identification of a cdna sequence encoding cysteine-free antimicrobial peptides isolated from venomous glands of this species. materials and methods total rna was extracted from the iranian mesobuthus eupeus venom glands, and cdna was synthesized by using the modified oligo (dt). the cdna was used as the template for applying semi-nested rt- pcr techniq...

this qualitative study was conducted to identify the factors and barriers of entrepreneurship development from the perspective of iranian entrepreneurs. in terms of purpose, this study is applied- developmental and it is performed via descriptive phenomenological method. qualitative content analysis was used to collect the data. the study population comprised of recorded interviews with the ent...

neuropeptides, possessing specific and functional receptors on various cells of the immune system, have the potential to regulate immune responses; and the macrophages as important components of defense against various agents, are at their influence. in this study the effect of neuropeptides substance p (sp) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (cgrp) on il-1 beta production by herpes sim¬plex t...