mesenchymal stem cells (mscs),as the major stem cells for cell therapy, have been studied from different aspects in pre-clinical and clinical settings for more than a decade. these cells modulate the immune system (humoral and cellular immune responses) in vitro by producing soluble factors (anti-inflammatory molecules) and/or making cell-cell contacts. hence they could be used in regenerative ...

Deflector lofts consist of a 'pinwheel' arrangement of four stationary deflector panels attached to the sides of a cube-shaped cage. These panels are made of wood and Plexiglas and rotate incoming winds in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. When released at a distant site, homing pigeons (Columbia livia) raised in deflector lofts exhibit a shift in orientation relative to control...

Because of the aggressive behavior of non-human primates, experimentation on unanes-thetized monkeys requires the use of a restraint system. This paper reports the development of a primate restraining system that maximizes short-term fixation and standardization of head position; this system also provides moderate limitation of body movement. The device consists of a primate chair, which was mo...

The peculiarities of light beam expansion in plasma upon irradiation condensed targets with a powerful UV laser pulse are studied the help mathematical modeling. Experiments were carried out at Lebedev Physical Institute Russian Academy Sciences use GARPUN installation: KrF that irradiated two-layer consisting aluminum foil and plexiglass layer. Channels stretched along direction incidence foun...

introduction: cardiac glycosides such as digoxin or digitoxin are the natural products that are traditionally used to increase cardiac contractile force in patients with heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias. it has been shown that digoxin can directly inhibit the cell proliferation and lead to cell apoptosis. present study was conducted to analyze the effect of digoxin in the cohorts of mesenc...

conclusions the findings of this study are consistent with the hypothesis that local, systemic, or tumor-induced immunosuppression may allow the mcpyv to initiate skin aggressive cancer. it is necessary to maintain regular check over patients taking immunosuppressive medications for mcpyv infection. since there is not any information about detection and molecular biology analysis of mcpyv among...

epilepsy as one of the most common neurological disorders affects more than 50 million people worldwide with a higher prevalence rate in low-income countries. excessive electrical discharges in neurons following neural cell damage or loss cause recurrent seizures. one of the most common and difficult to treat types of epilepsy is temporal lobe epilepsy (tle) which results from hippocampal scler...