an efficient, one-pot, four-component procedure for the synthesis of a small library of new chiral spiro- oxindolopyrrolidines with high regio-, diastereo- (>99:1 dr), and enantioselectivity (up to 80% ee) is described. in this process, the regio- and stereochemical 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides, which were generated insitu by the reaction of isatin derivatives and sarcosin,wit...

background: child ho od cancer, as o n e of the life thre at ening and most serio u s health pro b lems, co n si d er a bly i n fl u en ce s the cogniti v e and soci a l functions of children with c ancer and the i r families; ho w e ver, sur p risin gl y e n ough, t h ese chil d ren are q u ite co mpatible w ith their pe ers and even fu n ction bet t er emotio n ally compa r ed with norm a l c...

background: a successful malaria elimination program calls for enough attention to parasite carri­ers, especially asymptomatic malaria, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of clinical cases. asymptomatic malaria is an infection that patients do not show any symptom; thus, these patients play critical role in the concept of an elimination program. the current investigation was con­ducted to e...

myeloperoxidase (mpo) and paraoxonase-1 (pon1) are inflammatory and anti-inflammatory enzymes, respectively that have been involved in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease (cad). in this study we sought to evaluate the relations of mpo and pon1 with high density lipoprotein (hdl) mean size in patients with acute coronary syndrome (acs). collectively, 50 control subjects and 50 patients w...

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: acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a lymphoid malignancy, resulting from autonomous proliferation of monoclonal abnormal stem cell. the aim of this study was to evaluate the response rate and prognostic factor of adult patients suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who were treated with chemotherapy in south east of iran and demographic methods were used for this study.   method...

we have previously shown that the proliferative response of t cells to antigenic or mitogenic stimulus decreased with age and that caloric resection (cr) attenuated the age-related decline in proliferation and il-2 expression. because activation-induced apoptosis is known to regulate cell proliferation and eliminate the high number of activated cells during an immune response, it was of interes...

objective(s) pde3 has a functional role in insulin secretion and action. we investigated the metabolic effects of new synthetic pde3 inhibitors (mc1, mc2, mc5 and mc6), on mice and hyperglycemic rat. materials and methods the test compound or solvent was injected subcutaneously to mice, for 7 days. on day 8, blood and liver samples were obtained. in hyperglycemic rat, 0.5 g/kg glucose with or w...

due to the anti-diabetic and antioxidant activity of green tea epigallocatechin-gallate (egcg), this research study was conducted to evaluate, for the first time, the efficacy of chronic treatment of egcg on alleviation of hyperalgesia in streptozotocin-diabetic (stz-diabetic) rats. male wistar rats were divided into control, diabetic, egcg-treated-control and diabetic and sodium salicylate (ss...