The adverse effects of high environmental temperature exposure on animal reproductive functions have been concerned for many decades. However, the molecular basis of heat stress (HS)-induced decrease of sperm motility has not been entirely elucidated. We hypothesized that the deteriorate effects of HS may be mediated by damage of mitochondrial function and ATP synthesis. To test this hypothesis...

Abstract Heat-stressed livestock exhibit systemic inflammation, which likely contributes to poor growth and metabolism even when nutritional effects are controlled by pair feeding. Thus, heat stress-induced deficits in growth, metabolism, well-being may be improved moderating heightened inflammation. Our objective was determine whether targeting inflammation administering anti-inflammatory dexa...

Background and Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the level of plasma high sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in preeclampsia and to compare hs-CRP levels between normal pregnant women, mild preeclamptic, and severe preeclamptic women. Materials and Methods: Serum hs-CRP levels were inv...

A heat-sensitive (hs, arrested at 39.5°C, multiplying at 33°C) and a cold-sensitive (cs, arrested at 33°C, multiplying at 39.5°C) cell cycle variant were isolated from an undifferentiated P-815 murine mastocytoma line. At the respective nonpermissive temperature, both the hs and the cs variant cells were reversibly arrested with a DNA content, typical of GI phase. The cells of two cs variant su...

Wheat is highly prone to terminal heat stress (HS) under late-sown conditions. Delayed- sowing is one of the preferred methods to screen the genotypes for thermotolerance under open field conditions. We investigated the effect of terminal HS on the thermotolerance of four popular genotypes of wheat i.e. WR544, HD2967, HD2932, and HD2285 under field condition. We observed significant variations ...

Background: High concentrations of serum inflammatory and oxidative stress markers and lipid abnormities are important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in hemodialysis patients. This study aims to investigate the effects of Nigella sativa oil on serum levels inflammation and oxidative stress markers and lipid profile in hemodialysis patients. Methods: Fifty hemodialysis patients partici...

The effect of Helminthosporium sacchari (HS) toxin isomers and related, pathogen-produced compounds on dark CO(2) fixation in HS-susceptible sugar cane leaf slices was investigated. HS toxin consists of a mixture of three isomeric bis-5-O-(beta-galactofuranosyl)-beta-galactofuranosides (A, B, and C) differing in the position of one double bond in the sesquiterpene aglycone. Maximum inhibition o...

PURPOSE To evaluate histopathologic alterations of the peritoneum exposed to heat shock. METHODS Sixty rats were randomly distributed into 6 groups: Heat Shock (HS), High Temperature (HT), Body Temperature (BT), Temperature 0oC (TZ), Sham (SH) and Control (CG) with 10 animals each. The peritoneal cavity of animals from groups HS, HT, BT and TZ was irrigated with NaCl solution 0.9% at temperat...