among the 30 strains of moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from the salty effluents of textile industries around qom city in central iran, a gram-negative rod shape bacterium designated as strain ip8 showed a remarkable ability in decolorizing of azo dyes over wide ranges of ph (7-11) and temperature (25-45 ºc), in presence of nacl and na2so4 (0.5-1.5 m) under anaerobic and aerobic conditi...

Repeat renal biopsy in lupus nephritis – unnecessary harm and risk of complications or important diagnostic tool with clinical consequences? Despite many years of experience and numerous studies, lupus nephritis (LN) management still remains a challenge for clinicians. The choice of diagnostic procedures and subsequent optimal therapy in the population of patients with LN is crucial to achieve ...

Background: Due to the current trends towards replacing axillary dissection with radiotherapy, the need for more precise definition for different nodal stations becomes a must to ensure safe and adequate dose coverage. So, our study aimed to evaluate the coverage of axillary nodal volumes based on Project on Cancer of the Breast (PROCAB) guidelines, for cases previously treated with our standar...

The first weeks of life are characterized by immune tolerance and increased susceptibility to intracellular pathogens. The neonatal adaptive response to HSV is attenuated compared with adult control models in humans and mice. T Regulatory cells (Tregs) control autoimmunity and excessive immune responses to infection. We therefore compared Treg responses in the draining lymph nodes (LN) of HSV-i...

Lupus nephritis (LN) is an increasing and prevalent complication of patients with lupus disease, occurring in up to 45% this population. Significant gradual podocyte loss nephron accompanied each episode acute flare. Early diagnosis treatment initiation paramount preserving kidney function LN. In patient advanced combined class IV V lupus, management often tortuous produces a poor outcome. Pati...

Abstract Background and Aims Lupus nephritis is a frequent potentially serious complication of SLE. The present study aimed to evaluate the usefulness urinary IL-6 as non-invasive diagnostic & prognostic biomarkers disease activity in LN. Method was done IMS Sum hospital, Bhubaneswar, India from January, 2018 July 2022. included 20 healthy controls 32 patients SLE diagnosed based Systemic I...

BACKGROUND Ectopic lymphoid neogenesis (LN) occurs in rheumatoid synovium, where it is thought to drive local antigen-dependent B cell development and autoantibody production. This process involves the expression of specific homing chemokines and the development of high endothelial venules (HEV). OBJECTIVE To investigate whether these mechanisms occur in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) synovium, wh...