introduction: hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is a major public health problem which influences about 170 million people worldwide. different types of vaccines have been designed using hcv structural proteins to control the viral infection. the core nucleocapsid protein is one of the most conserved proteins and a desirable target for hcv vaccines, especially the protein-based vaccines. in cur...

in this study, in order to facilitate and accelerate the production of eukaryotic protein alpha 1-antitrypsin (aat) with correct post-translational modifications, a protein production system based on the transduction of cho and cos-7 cells using lentiviral vectors was developed. human aat cdna was cloned into a replication-defective lentiviral vector. the transgene aat-jred chimer was transferr...

background: eukaryotic proteins generally have signal peptides, which are not only crucial for their secretion efficiencies but are important for their expression levels. the coagulation factor ix (fix) is a glycoprotein that plays a fundamental role in a blood coagulation pathway. reduced levels or dysfunctional fix are associated with hemophilia b. to improve the hfix secretion efficiency in ...

the green fluorescent protein (gfp) was originally isolated from the jellyfish aequorea victoria that fluoresces green when exposed to blue light. gfp protein is composed of 238 amino acids with the molecular mass of 26.9 kd. the gfp gene is frequently used in cellular and molecular biology as a reporter gene. to date, many bacterial, yeast , fungal, plants, fly and mammalian cells, including h...

Background: PhiC31 integrase system provides a new platform in various felid of research, mainly in gene therapy and creation of transgenic animals. This system enables integration of exogenous DNA into preferred locations in mammalian genomes, which results in robust, long-term expression of the integrated transgene. Objectives: Identification of a novel pseudo attP site. Materials and Methods...

The physiologic function of the immune system is defense against infectious microbes and internal tumour cells, Therefore, need to have precise modulatory mechanisms to maintain the body homeostasis. The mammalian cellular CD200 (OX2)/CD200R interaction is one of such modulatory mechanisms in which myeloid and lymphoid cells are regulated. CD200 and CD200R molecules are membrane proteins that t...

Objective(s): To benefit from reproduction and deal with challenges in the environmental conditions, animals must adapt internal physiology to maximize the reproduction rate. Maladaptive variations in the neurochemical systems and reproductive system can lead to manifestation of several significant mammalian reprocesses, including mammalian ovarian lifespan. RFamide-related peptide (RFRP, Rfrp)...

transforming growth factor betas (tgf?s) are one of the most widespread and versatile cytokines. the three mammalian tgf? isoforms, ?1, ?2, and ?3, and their receptors regulate proliferation of neuronal precursors as well as survival and differentiation in neurons of developing and adult nervous system. functions of tgf?s has a wide spectrum ranging from regulating cell proliferation and differ...

TWIK2 ion channels (K2P6.1, encoded by a gene named Kcnk6) belong to the family of two-pore domain potassium channels. TWIK2 is also considered as a “silent” channel because of its inability to produce measurable currents in heterologous expression systems and its intracellular retention. It is expressed in different mammalian tissues including lymphoid organs and the vascular syste...