Human epithelial mucin, MUC-1, is commonly expressed in adenocarcinoma including 80% of breast cancers. erbB-2 is overexpressed in ;30% of breast cancers. Expression of MUC-1 and erbB-2 may be partially overlapping but discoordinate. Therefore, combined use of antibodies directed against these two antigens might increase the number of patients who benefit from immunotherapy. Monoclonal antibody...

In this research, the effects of Van der Waals forces on structural, elastic, electronic, and optical properties bulk transition metals dichalcogenides (TMDs) were studied using a novel exchange-correlation functional, vdW-DF3. This new functional tries to correct hidden problems which are not reported by previous exchange functionals. Molybdenum dichalcogenide, MoX 2 (X = S, Se, Te) was chosen...

We have previously reported that MUC4 expression is a poor prognostic factor in various carcinomas. Our previous study also showed that MUC1 expression in gastric cancers, including the early and advanced stages is a poor prognostic factor. In the present study, the expression profiles of MUC4 and MUC1 were examined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) using two anti-MUC4 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs),...

We show that first-order logic can be translated into a very simple and weak logic, and thus set theory can be formalized in this weak logic. This weak logical system is equivalent to the equational theory of Boolean algebras with three commuting complemented closure operators, i.e., that of diagonal-free 3-dimensional cylindric algebras (Df3’s). Equivalently, set theory can be formulated in pr...

Objective: To evaluate the alpha-defensin (α-DF) genes polymorphism in women with vulvovaginal candidiasis and recurrence. Methods: This observational study included clinical vaginal secretion samples collected over four years from 88 women, ranging in age from 18 to 65 years, from medical centers of São Paulo and Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil. Thirty-six of these women were asymptomatic (control gro...

purpose: to determine the prevalence and genotype of acanthamoeba keratitis (ak) in patients referred to farabi referral eye center methods: in this study, corneal scraping specimens that obtained from keratitis patients examined for acanthamoeba and its genotype identifications. direct smears, cultivation in non-nutrient agar (nna) followed by pcr were chosen as the basic diagnostic methods. t...

We report a fatal case of disseminated acanthamebiasis caused by Acanthamoeba lenticulata (genotype T5) in a 39-year-old heart transplant recipient. The diagnosis was based on skin histopathologic results and confirmed by isolation of the ameba from involved skin and molecular analysis of a partial 18S rRNA gene sequence (DF3).

Croatian bauxites are long known for their chemical and physical diversity arisen from characteristic origin emplacement within the area of Adriatic–Dinaric carbonate platform (ADCP). They include eight horizons spanning period between Upper Triassic (Carnian) Miocene, formed on subaerially exposed paleoenvironments. The bauxite genesis is recorded in geochemical composition as a unique signatu...

Objective: To determine the frequency and association of dyslipidemia in patients with first episode ischem­ic stroke. Methodology: This observational, descriptive study 126 ischemic stroke was conducted Medicine department Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar from August 2020 to March 2021. After approval by hospital's Ethical Review Board, were enrolled non-probability con­secutive sampling techniq...

Shiga-like toxin (SLT-II) was purified to apparent homogeneity from Escherichia coli K-12 strain NM522 containing the cloned toxin genes on recombinant plasmid pEB1. Purification was accomplished by a series of column chromatography techniques: anion-exchange, chromatofocusing, cation-exchange, and monoclonal antibody affinity chromatography. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electropho...