background: interfering with cell proliferation and survival is a critical role for antineoplastic drugs leading to cell death through induction of apoptosis. alternative treatments with herbal extracts offer insights into acute myeloid leukemia (aml) therapy. parthenolide (ptl), an extract from feverfew, induces apoptosis in primary human leukemia stem cells (lscs) and bulk leukemic cell popul...

the objective of the study was to evaluate thecytotoxic effects of aqueous fruit extract of cucumis melo in human prostate cancer cell line (pc-3) using mttand neutral red assays. the crude aqueous extract of c.melo was prepared by cold maceration method, filtered,concentrated and tested on pc-3 cell line. dose-dependent cytotoxic activitieswere exhibited by human prostate carcinoma pc-3 cell l...

apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is an essential physiological process that plays a critical role in development and tissue homeostasis. caspases, a family of cysteine-dependent aspartate-directed proteases, play a critical role in the initiation and execution of apoptosis. in this study, cytotoxicity and apoptogenic effect of 2-phenyl 4-carboxamide derivatives were evaluated in sknmc (huma...

objective: nucleostemin (ns) is a recently identified gene that is expressed mainly in the nucleoli of neuronal, embryonic and mesenchymal stem cells which plays a role in their self renewal. over expression of this gene has been reported in several cancer cell lines tumoral tissues including gastric, hepatic and prostate cancer. in this study, we investigated the effects of suppression of this...

background : the development of chemoresistance represents a major obstacle in the successful treatment of cancers such as non-hodgkin’s lymphoma (nhl). with the recognition of important roles for both p53 and its more recently described paralog p73 in mediating the activity of anti-cancer drugs, there has been increasing recognition that cellular resistance to anthracyclines could and does a...

background and objective: pneumocystis pneumonia (pcp) has been historically the most prevalent opportunisticinfection in patients infected with the human immunodeficiencyvirus. culture of the organism has not been faced with suitable success in artificial media, while various results have been reported for cell culture media. the aim of this study was proliferation of pneumocystis carinii on t...