background and aims. oral lichen planus (olp) is an immunologic disorder. a large number of studies have reported that lipid rafts have a key role in receptor signaling of lymphocytes. here, we explore the potential of lipid rafts as targets for the development of a new class of agents to down-modulate immune responses and treat autoimmune diseases. materials and methods. the present cross-sect...

ramadan fasting during the month of ramadan is a religious obligation, practiced by millions of people around the world. ramadan fasting is essentially a fundamental change in lifestyle for one lunar month. this type of fasting may have significant effects on lipid profile. although there is no scientific consensus about the effects of fasting on cardiovascular risks such as changes in lipid pr...

sporadic alzheimer’s disease (sad) is a multi-factorial disease caused by genetic, epigenetic, environmental and metabolic factors. current understandings of the possible mechanisms of ad such as inflammation and oxidative stresses in the brain have led us to investigation of potential ad therapeutics. currently herbal medicines with fewer side effects comparing to other chemical medicine are i...

it is not clear what factors determine divergent outcomes of infections caused by h. pylori . in the present study, the protein profiles of different strains of h. pylori, isolated from three groups of patients with ulcerative disease, non-ulcerative gastritis and cancer disease, were analyzed using 1dsds-page. the patterns of different h. pylori strains were highly divergent. about 30.76% (7 b...

introduction: during ramadan, type and amount of energy intake dramatically change in muslims and fasting individuals often reduce the duration and intensity of physical activities or avoid exercise during this month. however, one of the major issues of trainers and athletes is lack of training, which could have adverse effects on some cardiovascular parameters. methods: this research was condu...

background the relationship between biomarkers and imaging features is important because imaging findings can predict molecular features. objectives to investigate the relationship between clinicopathologic and radiologic factors and the immunohistochemical (ihc) profiles associated with breast cancer. patients and methods from december 2004 to september 2013, 200 patients (mean age, 56 years; ...

the characteristic texture of turrón, torrone and nougat was examined. they are typical european confections prepared from almonds, honey, sugars and/or chocolate. three different instrumental tests: puncture, cutting, and texture profile analysis (tpa), were used in this study and samples prepared from three countries (spain, italy, and france), and by six manufacturing companies (two companie...

development of sensors to detect the location and depth of hard pans in real time is a major restriction on the application of site specific crop management (sscm). in this study, a soil compaction profile sensor equipped with four horizontal operating penetro-meters for on-the-go sensing and mapping of the location and intensity of hard pans arti-ficially formed in a soil bin was developed and...

people with post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) have been found to be at a higher risk for a number of mental and physical health problems. in addition to these problems, people with ptsd are more likely than those without ptsd to experience problems with pain. the purpose of this study was to determine the psychological profile of veterans with ptsd and chronic pain and its comparison with p...