in this study cellular phosphatase activity, referred to as enzyme developed color (edc) assay, was used for an in vitro assessment of cell proliferation and cytotoxicity. optimum conditions were established and found to be 10 x103 cells / well at 37°c and 60 min incubation (for developing color). under the same conditions a direct correlation between optical density (00) and cell number was ob...

objective(s): in order to grow cells in a three-dimensional (3d) microenvironment, self-assembling peptides, such as puramatrix, have emerged with potential to mimic the extracellular matrix. the aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of the self-assembling peptide on the morphology, survival, proliferation rate, migration potential, and differentiation of human meningioma st...

Abstract Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor and shows poor outcomes as a median survival 12-18 months with current standard-of-care of therapy. GBM exhibits sex differences in incidence overall survival, males experiencing higher worse prognosis compared to females. However, role immune cells outside myeloid remains poorly understood. Using syngeneic mouse model...

ovarian mixed germ cell tumors consisting of endodermal sinus tumor and immature teratoma are very rare and have been reported only in a few case reports. here we report a rare mixed germ cell tumor of ovary which was consisted of endodermal sinus tumor and immature teratoma components with an unusual intraabdominal location. patient was a 21 years old girl with the chief compliant of abdominal...

background: giant cell tumor is a benign but locally aggressive bone neoplasm which uncommonly involves the skull. giant cell tumor (gct) of the sphenoid bone is relatively rare. in this report, we describe a tumor of the greater wing of left sphenoid bone. case presentation: a 31-year-old female was presented with headache, proptosis and diplopia of her left eye. cranial magnetic resonance ima...

systemic amyloidosis and testicular interstitial tumor are rare conditions in birds and this is the first report in iran. a male zebra finch was presented because of white diarrhea, anorexia, loss of weight and lethargy. at necropsy, the small intestine was edematous and congested. the spleen appeared pale. the liver was large, firm and brown. one testis was cystic and neoplastic and the remain...

introduction: granular cell tumors (gcts) are rare and mostly benign soft tissue tumors. though they have been reported in all parts of body, they are generally located in the head and neck region, especially on the tongue. some malign forms exist, but these have been rarely reported. granular cell tumors have a neural origin and, in immunohistochemical evaluations, they express s-100 and neuro...

background colorectal cancer (crc) is the second most common malignancy in the world.  however, its mortality rate can be reduced if diagnosed early. p33 ing1b is a tumor suppressor protein, which plays a role in growth control and apoptosis. suppression of p33 ing1b is associated with the loss of cellular growth control. however, p33 ing1b expression in crc and its correlations with clinicopat...

sertoli cell tumors of the testis are extremely rare tumors with a heterogeneous pathology. three histological variants have been described: sertoli cell tumor not otherwise specified (nos), large cell calcifying sertoli cell tumor and the sclerosing sertoli cell tumor. the sclerosing sertoli cell tumor described herein is associated with prominent stromal sclerosis. they present as painless sc...