conclusions our study demonstrated that tgf-β1 serum levels is higher in osteoporotic postmenopausal females than non-osteoporotic ones, and probably aberrant increase in tgf-β1 in postmenopausal females can result in uncoupled bone resorption and formation, which leads to osteoporosis. background postmenopausal osteoporosis is a major cause of morbidity in postmenopausal females. transforming ...

recent l y i n a clas sroom d is sect i on we f ounu an anoma l ou s superior thyroid artery in a 60-year -ol d man . the arte ry originated f rom t he common carotid 31 mm p rox imal t o its bifurcation . rega r d i ng t o the s ex , the s i de and p lace o f o r i g i n , this could be a unique case , suggesting a need for more awarene s s o f any unpredictable anomal y whi ch may be s een i ...

lamno3 and lamno3/zsm-5 nano catalysts were synthesized by pechini method and their physical-chemical properties were characterized using xrd, ftir, sem-edx, uv-vis drs, bet surface area and tpr. the correlation between characteristic properties and activity of catalysts were investigated. the catalytic performance of the catalysts was evaluated in combustion of 2-propanol and compared with 1% ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: alzheimer's disease (ad) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease in which endothelial cell (ec) can be affected. in brain, functional changes in ecs contribute to reductions in resting blood flow. furthermore, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ace-i) have beneficial effects on endothelial dysfunction. this is the first study t...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: exposure to some environmental agent such as different nutrition and contact with allergens may have a role in developing multiple sclerosis (ms). the present study was aimed to evaluate the cow’s milk allergy (cma) in ms patients compared to healthy controls. materials and methods: between march 2012 and july 2012, 48 ms patients were s...

in this research, nanoporous silica (sba-15) was physically functionalized using2-(2-nitrobenzylideneamino) guanidine compound. this functionalized sba-15 was utilized as a new sorbentfor separation and preconcentration of some lanthanide ions. inductively coupled plasma optical emissionspectrometry (icp-oes) was used as a detection technique. the preconcentration factor of the method is 100and...

the leukocyte mi gration test (lht) in the prese nce of na t i v e igg, and l l e v amis ole were studi ed in 9 patients su f f e ring from cla s s i c a l r h e umatoid ar.thri t i s be f o r e a nd after treatment with l evamisole . fi f teen heal thy b l o od dono rs we r e s i mi l a r ly l nvestig ated a s cont r o ls . t- l ympho c yte s ub-popu lations (to ta l a nd active) a nd b-c el l...

background: the pathogenesis of gestational trophoblastic disease (gtd) is not clearly known. objective: in this study, immunoexpression of proteins bcl-2 and beclin-1 in trophoblastic lesions and normal trophoblastic tissue was conducted to study the mechanism of apoptotic and autophagic cell death that is expected to complete the study of gtd pathogenesis. materials and methods: bcl-2 and bec...

results at high concentrations (40 and 100 μm), apoptosis was demonstrated and it was clearly more prominent in hepatocytes exposed to celecoxib loaded liposomes. conclusions our results showed that celecoxib loaded liposomes robustly induced apoptosis, an action that can potentially make it more relevant than the usual form for chemopreventive strategies and also may raise concerns about its t...