objective: leishmaniasis is caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus leishmania which in the infected host is obligate intracellular parasite. lack gene is conserved among related leishmania species. lack is the immuno-dominant antigen of l.major which is considered as the most promising molecule for a recombinant or dna vaccine against leishmaniasis. materials and methods: in this study the ...

PURPOSE The cornea has an important role in vision, is highly innervated and many neurotransmitter receptors are present, e.g., muscarine, melatonin, and dopamine receptors. γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the most important inhibitory neurotransmitter in the retina and central nervous system, but it is unknown whether GABA receptors are present in cornea. The aim of this study was to determine i...

to obtain drugs which are more selective at benzodiazepine (bzd) receptors, design and synthesis of functionally selective ligands for bzd receptors is the current strategy of our pharmaceutical chemistry department. the affinity of newly synthesized ligands is assessed by radioligand receptor binding assays. based on our previous studies, 2-phenyl-5-oxo-7-methyl-1,3,4-oxadiazolo[a,2,3]-pyrimid...

Erythrocytes, bone marrow-derived lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes were shown to have a receptor activity for C4. Theis C4 receptor activity was studied in relation to the previously identified C3b and C3d receptors. By assay for inhibition of rosette formation by fluid-phase complement (C), only two different lymphocyte C receptors were demonstrated. The immune adherence receptor, the ...

In vertebrates, the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) is a steroid-activated nuclear (NR) that plays essential roles in water-electrolyte balance and blood pressure homeostasis. It belongs to group of oxo-steroidian NRs, together with glucocorticoid (GR), progesterone (PR), androgen (AR) receptors. Classically, these NRs homodimerize bind specific genomic sequences activate gene expression. are m...

To obtain drugs which are more selective at benzodiazepine (BZD) receptors, design and synthesis of functionally selective ligands for BZD receptors is the current strategy of our pharmaceutical chemistry department. The affinity of newly synthesized ligands is assessed by radioligand receptor binding assays. Based on our previous studies, 2-phenyl-5-oxo-7-methyl-1,3,4-oxadiazolo[a,2,3]-pyrimid...

6,and b2-adrenergic receptors, pharmacologically distinct proteins, have been reported to be structurally dissimilar. In the present study three techniques were employed to compare the nature of mammalian &and Bz-adrenergic receptors. Antibodies against each of the receptor subtypes were raised separately. Polyclonal antisera against &-receptors f rat fat cells were raised in mice, and antisera...