Connective tissue diseases are associated with granulocyte-specific autoantibodies and autoimmune neutropaenia. Reduced levels of circulating neutrophils may predispose to recurrent infections, particularly of the respiratory tract, although severe and opportunistic infections have also been reported. There is only one previous description of the use of granulocyte colony stimulating factor (GC...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES During past decades Hansenula polymorpha has attracted global attention for the expression of recombinant proteins due to its high growth rate, minimal nutritional porequirements and use of methanol as a low cost inducer. MATERIALS AND METHODS The corresponding nucleotide sequences for the expression of heterologous genes in Hansenula poylmorpha were extracted and as...

The cytokine granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) is of great clinical importance, with primary application to rapidly elevate the peripheral neutrophil levels of chemotherapy patients through accelerated granulopoiesis. However, these mature bloodstream neutrophils express the GCSF receptor (GCSFR), presenting a significant and specific clearance mechanism of circulating GCSF that incr...

BACKGROUND The protein hormone granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) stimulates the production of white blood cells and plays an important role in medical treatment of cancer patients. METHODS An efficient process was developed for heterologous expression of the human GCSF in E. coli BL21 (DE3). The feeding rate was adjusted to achieve the maximum attainable specific growth rate under ...

Abstract Background This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical effect of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (GCSF) on prognosis of neonatal sepsis. Materials and Methods Present study is a double- blinded randomized clinical trial, conducted on 46 preterm infants with neutropenia (Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≤ 5000 / μL) and clinical sepsis. Infants were randomly allocated ...

Ovarian torsion is an important reproductive gynecological emergency in daily life and physiology. Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) a glycoprotein capable of hematopoietic development successfully used the treatment congenital granulocytopenia. In our study, we aimed to investigate protective effects G-CSF on ovarian ischemia reperfusion (IR) immunohistochemically. Four groups were...

OBJECTIVE In the early phase after transmural myocardial infarction (MI), the infarcted myocardium undergoes replacement by scar tissue, which is essential for preserving the structural integrity of the infarcted tissue. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1, which is known as a fibrotic cytokine, plays a pivotal role in the reparative fibrosis after MI. It is reported that granulocyte colony-...

BACKGROUND Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) has been used in some animal models and humans with well-established cardiovascular diseases. However, its effects in the initial stage of progressive non-ischemic heart failure are unknown. METHODS Wistar rats (260-300 g) were divided into three groups: control (without any intervention), ISO (150 mg/kg isoproterenol hydrochloride sc, ...