BACKGROUND Structural chromosomal rearrangements that lead to expressed fusion genes are a hallmark of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In this study, we performed transcriptome sequencing of 134 primary ALL patient samples to comprehensively detect fusion transcripts. METHODS We combined fusion gene detection with genome-wide DNA methylation analysis, gene expression profiling, and target...

Background: Dense granule antigens (GRA antigens) of Toxoplasma gondii induce strong antibody response in humans and are considered as useful diagnostic antigens. Previous studies reported expression of amino terminal GRA8 protein in fusion with large tags such as glutathione-S-transferase. The present study aimed to produce soluble full length immunogenic GRA8 in bacteria. Methods: GRA8 comple...

background: the immunogenic brucella abortus ribosomal protein l7/l12 is a promising candidate antigen for the development of subunit vaccines against brucellosis. objective: this study was aimed to evaluate the protection of recombinant human serum albumin (has)-l7/l12 fusion protein in balb/c mice. methods: the amplified l7/l12 gene was cloned in pyhsa5 vector, pyhsa5-l7/l12 construct was tra...

       Cholera toxin B subunit (CtxB) is a homopantameric, nontoxic subunit of cholera toxin that is responsible for its binding to the cell and has been known as a mucosal adjuvant for vaccines that could increase homoral and mocusal immunity response. In this work, the CtxB gene was fused to the StxB gene from Shigella dysenteriae type I a vaccine antigen candidate against t...

Introduction: Long term complications of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection include fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma and although the disease is treatable with the newly introduced direct acting antivirals, but factors such as drug resistance, viral genotype and adverse effects can limit the effectiveness of therapy. Therefore, development of effective, safe and affordable proph...

Background: Enterocin-P of Enterococcus faecium P13 (EntP) is of great interest as a food preservative and medicine due to its non-toxicity and broad antimicrobial spectrum in various pH, as well as its excellent thermal stability. However, recombinant production of EntP is still in laboratory because of low productivity and complex purification process. Objectives: In this study, we aimed to ...

cholera toxin b subunit (ctxb) is a homopantameric, nontoxic subunit of cholera toxin that is responsible for its binding to the cell and has been known as a mucosal adjuvant for vaccines that could increase homoral and mocusal immunity response. in this work, the ctxb gene was fused to the stxb gene from shigella dysenteriae type i a vaccine antigen candidate against this pathogen, by a nonfur...

BACKGROUND A novel fusion gene of echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (EML4) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) has been recently identified in non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs). Patients with the EML4-ALK fusion gene demonstrate unique clinicopathological and physiological characteristics. Here we present a meta-analysis of large-scale studies to evaluate the clinicopathologi...

Background: Conventional anti-cancer treatments, such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, etc., are linked to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and have negative effects on healthy tissues. Objectives: The flow cytometry technique was used in this study to evaluate the effectiveness of a modified anti-cancer peptide in treating the AGS gastric cancer cell line. Methods: This study used ...

BACKGROUND The frequencies of EML4-ALK fusion gene in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with different clinicopathologic features described by previous studies are inconsistent. The key demographic and pathologic features associated with EML4-ALK fusion gene have not been definitively established. This meta-analysis was conducted to compare the frequency of the EML4-ALK fusion gene in patients...