The ability of a member of a new class of lipophilic muramyl dipeptide (MDP) derivative, muramyl dipeptide-glyceryldipalmitate (MDP-GDP), to induce alveolar macrophage cytotoxic activity in vitro towards B16 melanoma cells when incorporated into two types of liposome was studied. MDP-GDP incorporated into conventionally prepared liposomes formulated from distearoylphosphatidylcholine and phosph...

OBJECTIVE The shear bond strengths of two hard chairside reline resin materials and an auto-polymerizing denture base resin material to cast Ti and a Co-Cr alloy treated using four conditioning methods were investigated. MATERIAL AND METHODS Disk specimens (diameter 10 mm and thickness 2.5 mm) were cast from pure Ti and Co-Cr alloy. The specimens were wet-ground to a final surface finish of 6...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess the effect of acidic primers on adhesive bonding to prefabricated alumina material designed for fixed restorations. METHODS High-purity alumina disks (Procera AllCeram) were primed with one of the following materials: Acryl Bond, All Bond II Primer B, Alloy Primer, Estenia Opaque Primer, M.L. Primer, MR. Bond, and Super- Bond Liquid. The specimens w...

The effect on respiratory burst of murine splenic cells after in vitro exposure to synthetic muramyl dipeptide (MDP) and 6-O-acyl and quinonyl derivatives was studied at an early phase of interaction by luminol-dependent chemiluminescence (CL) in response to stimulation by zymosan. The MDP molecule enhanced CL, but the degree of CL response varied with the kinds of fatty acids introduced in the...

The aim of the study was to evaluate selected indicators protein metabolism in cows fed with fodder contaminated mycotoxins after application a mycotoxin deactivator product (MDP). Experimental group (Exp.)—10 cows, total mixed ration (TMR) containing: 0.769 mg/kg-deoxynivalenol and 0.032 mg/kg-zearalenone TMR DM. Control (Con.)—10 without mycotoxins. In exp. (MDP) Mycofix Plus used form an add...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the microtensile bond strength (MTBS) of an experimental adhesive system, which was prepared using different concentrations of calcium chloride (CaCl(2)) and synthetic peptides (pA/pB). Specimens were divided into six experimental groups and two control groups. In the experimental groups, self-etching primers used in the adhesive system comprised both P...

A systematic review was performed to compare the human dentin microtensile bond strength of universal adhesives with 10-MDP when used as total-etch and self-etch strategies. Literature search done on October 2019 without limitations language publication, in four databases: PubMed, Web Science, Scopus, EBSCO. Additional manual for grey literature articles: OpenGrey OpenThesis. Studies that evalu...

The present study evaluated the shear bond strength between an indirect composite material and zirconium dioxide (zirconia) ceramics after thermocycling. A total of 80 zirconia (Katana) discs were divided into five groups and primed with one of following agents: All Bond 2 Primer B (ABB), Alloy Primer (ALP), AZ Primer (AZP), Estenia Opaque Primer (EOP), and Porcelain Liner M Liquid A (PLA). An ...