background: endometrial remodeling occurs during each menstrual cycle in women. reports have shown that, in a variety of cell types, processes such as proliferation, signaling complex formation and extra cellular matrix remodeling require a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase, focal adhesion kinase (fak). the present study has focused on the expression pattern of fak in human endometrium during the men...

the effects of steroid hormones, glucagon and insulin on rat liver phosphatidate phosphohydrolase (pap) activity were studied both in vitro and in vivo. incubation of rat hepatocytes with each hormone showed that dehydroepiandrosterone (dhea), progesterone and testosterone increase pap activity by 44.6, 37 and 36.9%, respectively. estradiol, however, decreased enzyme activity by 13.6% under the...

asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood. inhaled corticosteroids (ics) are the recommended controller drug for asthma treatment. the aim of our study was to determine concerns and fears of parents of children with asthma towards the use of ics. one hundred parents of asthmatic children were interviewed using structural questionnaire. airway inflammation was reported by on...

Background: So far seven types of the genus malassezia have been known. Except for one kind, the rest are normal flora of human skin, which under certain circumstances, cause or trigger eleven diseases. One of the side effects of topical and systemic steroid is steroid acne. Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the association of pityrosporum ovale (Malassezia) and steroid acne...

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While the conflict between basic science evidence for estrogen neuroprotection and the lack of effectiveness in clinical trials is only now being resolved, it is clear that strategies for estrogen neuroprotection that avoid activation of ERs have the potential for clinical application. Herein we review the evidence from both in vitro and in vivo studies that describe high potency neuroprotectio...