The expression of 4 thyroid tissue-specific genes [Na+/I- symporter (NIS), thyroid peroxidase (TPO), thyroglobulin (Tg), TSH receptor (TSH-R)] as well as of the glucose transporter type 1 (Glut1) gene was analyzed in 90 human thyroid tissues Messenger ribonucleic acids were extracted from 43 thyroid carcinomas (38 papillary and 5 follicular), 24 cold adenomas, 5 Graves' thyroid tissues, 8 toxic...

In this paper, a new class of generalized separation axioms (briefly, g-Tg-separation axioms) whose elements are called g-Tg,K, g-Tg,F, g-Tg,H, g-Tg,R, g-Tg,N-axioms is defined in terms sets g-Tg-sets) topological spaces Tg-spaces) and the properties characterizations Tg-space endowed with each such discussed. The study shows that g-Tg,F-axiom implies g-Tg,K-axiom, g-Tg,H-axiom g-Tg,F-axiom, g-...

Background: HDR brachytherapy is one of the commonest methods of nasopharyngeal cancer treatment. In this method, depending on how advanced one tumor is, 2 to 6 Gy dose as intracavitary brachytherapy is prescribed. Due to high dose rate and tumor location, accuracy evaluation of treatment planning system (TPS) is particularly important. Common methods used in TPS dosimetry are based on computat...

BACKGROUND Thyroglobulin (Tg) measurements are complicated by interference from Tg autoantibodies (TgAbs) or heterophilic antibodies (HAMAs). We used a new automated immunochemiluminometric assay (ICMA) with Tg recovery (TgR) on the Nichols Advantage platform to reassess the clinical utility of recovery testing in detecting interference in serum Tg measurement in patients with differentiated th...

type 1 diabetes mellitus is frequently associated with autoimmune thyroid disease (atd).genetic susceptibility for autoantibody formation in association with atd and type 1 diabetes mellitus has been described with varying frequencies, but there is still debate about its prevailing situation in iran.  we have therefore investigated the prevalence of anti-thyroid peroxidase (anti-tpo) and anti t...

To determine the in vivo functional significance of troponin I (TnI) protein kinase C (PKC) phosphorylation sites, we created a transgenic mouse expressing mutant TnI, in which PKC phosphorylation sites at serines-43 and -45 were replaced by alanine. When we used high-perfusate calcium as a PKC activator, developed pressures in transgenic (TG) perfused hearts were similar to wild-type (WT) hear...

OBJECTIVES Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) with (111)In-octreotide has been suggested as a potential tool for the detection of recurrent or metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer when no radioiodine uptake can be demonstrated in tumour sites. However, there is no consensus concerning the performance and clinical impact of this examination in such instances. DESIGN AND METHODS A pro...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Subarachnoid hemolysate (SAH) has been associated with oxidative brain injury, cell death, and apoptosis. We hypothesized that over-expression of CuZn-superoxide dismutase (CuZn-SOD) would protect against injury after SAH, whereas reduction of its expression would exacerbate injury. METHODS Saline (n=16) or hemolysate (n=50) was injected into transgenic mice overexpress...

BACKGROUND Random errors in the measurement of risk factors lead to bias in the exposure-disease association. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to examine the extent of underestimation in the association of total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglyceride (TG) with cardiovascular disease (CVDs) in the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study. PATIENTS AND METHODS Of 632...

Aim: We conducted a retrospective study with the aim of determining prevalence lipoprotein lipase (LPL) mutation in patients severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) and to differences characteristic features HTG induced acute pancreatitis (AP). Materials Methods: Seventy adults serum triglyceride (TG) level ≥500 mg/dL were included study. Baseline characteristics, LPL risk factors between those witho...