AIM To explore the role of complement system in the T cell activation. METHODS OVA(257-264) CTL epitope and C3b(AN42) encoding genes were synthesized and cloned into expression vector pEGFP-N1. COS-7 cells were transfected with the recombinant plasmid pEGFP-N1. The expression of the fusion protein was determined by FACS. Twenty-four hours after transfection, cultural supernatants of the trans...

OBJECTIVE Lentivirus-derived vectors are among the most promising viral vectors for gene therapy which is currently available, but their use in clinical practice is limited due to associated risk of insertional mutagenesis. Gene targeting is an ideal method for gene therapy, but it has low efficiency in comparison to viral vector methods. In this study, we are going to design and construct an i...

objective: verotoxin is a member of shiga toxin family. this family contains ab protein toxins with an enzymatic (a) and a binding (b) compartment. cells that have receptor (gb3) are sensitive to cytotoxic effects of toxin. it has been shown that various tumor cells have gb3 receptor and are selectively sensitive to apoptotic effect of verotoxin. studies on tumor cell lines and laboratory anima...

objective: today, special attention is paid to the use of zirconium dioxide nanoparticle (nano-zro2), a neutral bioceramic metal, particularly for drug and gene delivery in medicine. however, there are some reports implying that use of nano-zro2 is associated with cytotoxic effects like inhibiting the cell proliferation, dna damage and apoptosis. in the present study, we examined whether nano-z...

background: the monoclonal antibody, c595, against breast cancer cell line was conjugated with cyclic anhydride gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepenta-acetic acid (gd-cdtpaa) to produce gd-dtpa-c595 and used as specific breast cancer cell line (mcf-7) contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (mri).  methods: after incubation of breast cancer cell line (mcf-7), with different contrast agents (g...

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase is an enzyme of phagocytes that produces bactericidal superoxide anion (O(2)(-)) via an electrogenic process. Proton efflux compensates for the charge movement across the cell membrane. The proton channel responsible for the H(+) efflux was thought to be contained within the gp91(phox) subunit of NADPH oxidase, but recent data do not s...

OBJECTIVE Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a debilitating disease which is cured only 50% of the time. If diagnosed early, survival rates could reach 80%, but there is currently no practical method for early detection. CD44 comprises a family of isoforms that, in certain tumors, are alternatively spliced and overexpressed in tissues and circulation. Here we examine salivary solu...

Objective: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a debilitating disease which is cured only 50% of the time. If diagnosed early, survival rates could reach 80%, but there is currently no practical method for early detection. CD44 comprises a family of isoforms that, in certain tumors, are alternatively spliced and overexpressed in tissues and circulation. Here we examine salivary sol...

Tissue fibrosis that complicates chronic inflammation can be a cause of serious morbidity. The molecular links between inflammation and fibrosis appear to be a variety of proteins produced by activated chronic inflammatory cells. Collectively, these fibrogenic cytokines promote the growth of fibroblasts and the production of extracellular matrix that are the characteristic features of fibrotic ...

The electro-active third component (BID)-incorporated PM6-B10-based organic solar cell shows a high performance (PCE = 17.2%) and mechanical stretchability (COS avg 11.4%), outperforming the PM6-based device 15.8%, COS 2.0%).