the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines is responsible for the variety of behavioral, neuro-endocrine and neuro-chemical alterations in psychiatric condition. in this study we evaluate relation between depression and il-6 and il-10 in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct).66 patients in this cross-sectional study from july 2013 until august 2014 for hsct interred ...

the aim of this research was to survey of using soy protein isolates and tragacanth gum as egg substitutes in mayonnaise formulation. the mayonnaise prepared with difierent compositions of soy protein isolate, egg, and tragacanth by applying the optimal mixture design method and effect of this substitution on its stability, heat stability, viscosity, texture, physicochemical and sensory charact...

background: in this study the level of il-23 and il-27 produced by macrophages derived from peri­pheral blood mononuclear cell culture collected from patients with healing or non-healing form of cutane­ous leishmaniasis lesion were compared before and after treatment with live leishmania to explore whether il-23 or il-27 plays any role in healing process of cutaneous lesions induced by l. major...

background: preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific syndrome that may be life-threatening, especially to the fetus. several causes have been reported that may have a possible role in the development of the disorder. interleukin-10 affect maternal intravascular inflammation, as well as endothelial dysfunction. the aim of this study was to investigate the association between il-10 g-1082a polymorphi...

in the human genome, chromosome 11 contains a cluster of matrix metalloproteinase (mmp) genes. single nucleotide polymorphisms in the promoter region of mmp genes are important for mmp expression. a common adenine deletion polymorphism (5a) at position -1171 of the mmp-3 gene promoter (5´-aaaaaaccat-3´ change to 5´-aaaaaccat-3´) facilitates transcriptional factor binding and mmp-3 promoter acti...

background: the dose rate distribution delivered by a low dose rate 137cs pellet source, a spherical source used within the source trains of the selectron gynecological brachytherapy system, was investigated using the mcnp4c monte carlo code. materials and methods: the calculations were performed in both water and plexiglas and the absolute dose rate distribution for a single pellet source and ...

sizing of paperboard has a distinctive position in packaging grade paperboard material. optimization of sizing by alum-rosin at neutral ph in 4 layered paperboard (330 g/m2) wereevaluated in this study to find the optimum ratio of alum- rosin loading in the process. fixed amount of 1% cationic dispersed rosin together with alum as a fixing agent at 5 different levels of 1, 1.5, 2, 3, and 4% (ba...

the biological application of nanoparticles (nps) is a rapidly developing area of nanotechnology that raises new possibilities in the treatment of human cancers. the cytotoxicity was evaluated by mtt and ldh assays. the apoptotic effect of free icd-85 and icd-85 nps on hela cells was assessed using caspase-8 colorimetric assay. the mtt assay showed that icd-85 nps could enhance the in-vitro cyt...

the genus tanacetum is one of the most important medicinal plant that contains 26 species in iran, 12 of them are endemic. this paper reports the essential oil (eo) composition of tanacetum polycephalum subsp. polycephalum growing wild in iran.  flowers and leaves were collected from different location of azerbaijan province (marand, mianeh and tabriz), hydro-distilled to produce the oils and a...