background: hepatitis c is a disease with significant global impact. the distribution of hepatitis c virus (hcv) genotypes in mashhad (the northeast and the biggest city after the capital of iran) is unknown. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of hcv genotypes among hcv seropositive patients, and to study the relationship between types, virologic and demographic features ...

V. Radha* and V. Mohan Department of Molecular Genetics, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, #20, Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women Society, SIPCOT, Siruseri, Chennai 603 103, India Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control and ICMR-Centre for Advanced Research on Diabetes, Chennai 600 086, I...

In previous works from our laboratory (1-3) we reported that 4-diazoimidazole-5 carboxamide (diazo-ICA) and 4-(mono or di-substituted) triazenoimidazole-5-carboxamide (mono or dialkyl-TICA) showed marked inhibitory effects on the growth of tumors and bacterial cells. During examination of their toxicity in mice, behavioral sedation caused by these compounds was also observed (2). These observat...

background: it is now well established that several environmental stress factors cause activation of p38 map kinase and jnk in various cell types to produce chemokines. objective: to investigate the expression of cxc chemokines gro/kc and sdf- 1a in rat's h4 hepatoma cells in response to heat shock, hyperosmolarity and oxidative stress. methods: hepatoma cells were maintained in mem medium...