Migratory shorebirds are the most threatened avian species due to effects of human activities and climate change. Physiological parameters useful evaluate health status free-living animals. Here we investigated lymphocytes, heterophils, heterophils/lymphocytes, glucose for female male Two-banded Plovers (Charadrius falklandicus Latham, 1790) during nonbreeding (body moult) breeding (incubation)...

to determine the importance of q 10 h 2 as an antioxidant in cancer, we measured the activity of lipoamide dehydrogenase (q 10 h 2 recycling enzyme) in hl-60 and normal lymphocyte. the cultured cells of hl-60 and human normal lymphocytes were assayed in cell lysate of given number of both hl-60 and normal lymphocyte. the activity of lipoamide dehydrogenase and the protein concentration were det...

Background: Plants are an important natural source of compounds used in cancer therapy. Pancratium maritimum contains potential anti-cancer agents such as alkaloids. In this study, we investigated the anti-proliferative effects of P. maritimum extracts on MDA-MB-231 human epithelial adenocarcinoma cell line and on normal lymphocytes in vitro. Methods: Leaves, flowers, roots, and bulbs of P. mar...

Background: Ionizing radiation induces the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which play an important causative role in cell death. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effects of sulfated derivatives of neutral polysaccharides extracted from Auricularia auricular (SNAAP). Materials and Methods: Whole blood samples from healthy donors treated with SNAAP at differen...

We have studied glycosyltransferase activities in human lymphocytes stimulated with the plant mitogens E-phytohemagglutinin or concanavalin A (Con A) and have compared the results with activities found in resting lymphocytes. Compared to resting lymphocytes, Con A-stimulated lymphocytes possess an enhanced capacity to transfer the sugars, sialic acid, galactose, and N-acetyl-glucosamine from th...

UC 729-6, a 6-thioguanine-resistant human lymphoblastoid B-cell line, was fused with normal and malignant human lymphocytes. Parent UC 729-6 cells were diploid with a 21p+ marker chromosome, expressed surface and cytoplasmic IgM kappa, and doubled every 17 hr. The resulting human-human hybridomas were pseudotetraploid containing the 21p+ marker, doubled every 20-30 hr, and secreted 3-9 microgra...