atrial septal defect (asd) is a common congenital anomaly that has low surgical mortality and morbidity. we report a very rare case of a low-lying asd, combined with the drainage of the inferior vena cava and the left superior vena cava into the left atrium. this combination was associated with an unroofed coronary sinus. we also describe an iatrogenic surgical diversion of the inferior vena ca...

aim and background: the aim of present study was to compare attachment styles between young adults with visual or auditory defects and normal groups in isfahan city. methods and materials: the present study assessed by ex-post facto method. the statistical society of the study is including of all young adults with visual, auditory defects and normal people.80 young adults with visual defects (4...

background cleft palate (cp) is a common congenital defect. it makes serious difficulties for cleft-affected children. the gold standard of care is autogenous bone grafting which may cause additional problems in donor site along with disappointing results. tissue engineering is a promising solution for a widespread range of defects and disorders. it is reasonable to utilize this novel technolog...

Neonatal administration of monosodium glutamate (MSG) can produce latently expressed defects in drug metabolism and growth hormone secretion as well as stunted growth and obesity. Instead of secreting growth hormone in the masculine episodic profile, plasma hormone levels are generally undetectable in affected adult male rats. Moreover, male-specific isoforms of cytochrome P450 (P450; e.g., CYP...

Legionella pneumophila replicates within a specialized phagosome in cultured cells, a function necessary for its pathogenicity. The replicative phagosome lacks membrane marker proteins, such as the glycoprotein LAMP-1, that are indicators of the normal endocytic pathway. We describe the isolation of several Legionella genes essential for intracellular growth and evasion of the endocytic pathway...

In this study, the TiO2 nanorods were synthesized from P25 TiO2 nanoparticles by hydrothermal method in 10 M NaOH solution. The effects of annealing temperatures on produced nanorods were investigated  by scanning  electron microscopy (SEM) X-ray diffraction (XRD) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Diameter growth...

A large proportion of human tumor-derived cell lines and primary tumor cells show methionine-dependent growth. This phenomenon refers to the ability of cells to grow in media containing methionine and the inability of cells to grow in media supplemented with methionine’s precursor, homocysteine (Hcy). Methionine can be formed by two different pathways, the recycling pathway and the salvage path...