Genealogies of a line of mammalian epithelial cells (GPK) have been constructed from time-lapse film of monolayer cultures and measurements made of initial (post-divisional) cell size, final (pre-divisional) cell size and interdivision time (IDT). The mean initial cell volume was 2696 +/- 404 (S.D.) micron3, the mean final volume was 5247 +/- 696 micron3 and the mean IDT was 985 +/- 84 min. Cel...

Aim: Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of mortality in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Thrombocyte indices which indicators platelet activation predictors cardiovascular events. We aim to examine change count, mean volume, and volume count ratio one year after initiation dialysis with end-stage renal disease. Materials Methods: This retrospective study included 28 patie...

background: this study evaluated the relation between telomere length in lymph node (ln) and prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (escc).  materials and methods: lns collected from 50 patients were assessed by pathological examination and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qrt-pcr), which was used for detecting telomere length. the relation between clinical...

Background: The purpose of the present study was to examine the role of mean platelet volume (MPV) in comparison with Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), quick SOFA (qSOFA), and Mortality in Severe Sepsis in the Emergency Department (MISSED) scoring systems in predicting hospital mortality among patients with severe sepsis. Methods: This follow-up stud...

BACKGROUND Results of numerous studies show that major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with a chronic low-grade inflammation, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. AIM To compare the results of blood cell analysis of MDD patients with healthy controls, and explore the potential value of it as an indicator of immune-inflammation in MDD, especially the mean platelet volume. ME...

throughout the world, millions of muslims fast daily during the month of ramadan from sunrise (sahar) until sunset (iftar). considering the impacts of environment on physiological functions, we performed this study in order to examine the effects of ramadan fasting on some blood parameters of healthy volunteers and hypertensive patients. according to the results, there were no significant chang...

the human blood basal glucose level is a completely controlled range. information on the relationship between culture glucose concentration and changes in the cell's surface area, volume and surface area to volume (s/v) ratio are lacking. cancerous epithelial-like cell lines sw480, sw742 and t-47d were cultured in mediums nourished with 4.7 mm per liter of glucose as the control group and three...