MicroRNAs (miRNAs) represent a class of small non-coding RNAs that act as efficient gene expression regulators and thus play many important roles in living organisms. Due to their involvement in several known human pathological and pathogenic states, miRNA molecules have become an important issue in medicine and gained the attention of scientists from the pharmaceutical industry. In recent few ...

Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Sport and Exercise Medicine Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Iran Football Medical Assessment and Rehabilitation Center, Tehran, IR Iran Corresponding author: Bahar Hassanmirzaei, Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Ira...

Arthritis is a chronic disease condition and a major cause of disability throughout the world. The pathophysiological phenomenon of arthritis involves dysregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines and pro-inflammatory enzymes which results in elevated levels of prostaglandins, leukotriene and nitric oxide; additionally, there is also expression of an adhesion molecule, matrix metalloproteinase an...