Purpose: To investigate the effect of FOXO4 on cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (CIR) injury and underlying mechanism.Methods: An in vitro (IR) model was achieved using oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R). Expression RNA protein determined quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) western blotting, respectively. Cell viability apoptosis were MTT assay flow cytometry, ...

This study examined the isoenzymatic pattern of LDH in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as well as the ratio between the five fractions of LDH among patients with various brain tumours, carcinomatous meningitis and control groups. LDH 1/LDH 2 less than 1 was found significant for carcinomatous meningitis (p less than 0.001) and brain metastases (p less than 0.001). LDH 1/LDH 2 ratio was found to b...

THE DETERMINATION of serum lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes holds out numerous possibilities in the clinical laboratory aside from the obvious applications in myocardial immfarction and liver disease. An excellent review on different patterims obtained in various diseases can be found in an article by Wr#{243}blewski (1). Richterich et at. (2) describe the patterns found in humami tissues. Neve...

By W. H. STARKWEATHER, H. H. SPENCER AND H. K. ScriocH M AMMALIAN LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ( LDH ) can be separated into five active fractions.’4 The production of electrophoretic extremes, LDH-1 (H4 ) and LDH-5 ( M4 ), is controlled by the action of two genes.5’#{176}The intermediate fractions ( LDH-2, LDH-3, LDH-4 ) are considered hybrid forms of LDH-1 and LDH-5.5’” Assuming that the hybrids are...

BACKGROUND Posterior capsular opacification (PCO) is a common complication of cataract surgery. Transforming growth factor-β2 (TGF-β2) plays important roles in the development of PCO. The existing pharmacological treatments are not satisfactory and can have toxic side effects. METHODOLOGIES/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We evaluated the effect of pirfenidone on proliferation, migration and epithlial-mes...

PURPOSE The main aim of this research was to evaluate the anticancer and apoptotic effects of germanicol - a natural triterpene - in HCT-116 and HT29 human colon cancer cells and deciphering its mode of action by studying its effect on the cell cycle and cell migration. METHODS Cell cytotoxicity was evaluated by MTT assay, while cell death was assessed by LDH assay. Fluorescence microscopy, u...

BACKGROUND Vascular endothelial apoptosis is significantly associated with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, for which oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) is a major risk factor. Allicin, the primary active ingredient of garlic, has been found to have cardiovascular protective effect by changing the fatty-acid composition, but its effect on ox-LDL-induced vascular endothelial i...

Ranolazine (Rn) is an antianginal agent used for the treatment of chronic angina pectoris when angina is not adequately controlled by other drugs. Rn also acts in the central nervous system and it has been proposed for the treatment of pain and epileptic disorders. Under the hypothesis that ranolazine could act as a neuroprotective drug, we studied its effects on astrocytes and neurons in prima...