objective(s): prostate cancer is the world’s leading cause of cancer and the second cause of cancer-related death in men after lung cancer. differentiation of prostate adenocarcinoma from benign prostate lesions and hyperplasia sometimes cannot be done on the basis of morphologic findings. considering the fact that in the prostate adenocarcinoma there is no basal cell layer, basal cell markers ...

ahaptoglobinemia is a common phenomenon in tropical countries,where it is probably due to malaria-induced haemolysis. previous studies have suggested that ahaptoglobinemia is more useful than the other parasite detection indexes to estimate the endemicity of malaria. the present study shows the relationship between malaria and haptoglobin, as a genetic marker in balouch population of sistan & b...

conclusions this study on a limited number of patients treated with adjutant anthracyclins-based regimens, revealed that her2/neu is not a unique strong predictor for outcome, thus according to combination of her2/neu status and other clinical factors, it is necessary to distinguish patients at high risk of recurrence. results her2/neu amplification was identified in 19 (38%) of 50 patients. no...

context primary liver cancer is one of the most common and deadly malignant neoplasms worldwide. the incidence and mortality rates for hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) are virtually identical, reflecting the poor overall survival of patients with this kind of tumor. effective therapies mostly achieved if the hcc diagnosis is made at early stages of the tumor. surveillance tests include serologic ...

genetic markers are one of the advances which have occured in the genomics era. among genetic markers, molecular markers mainly because of their abundance, are the most widely used them. development of molecular markers has greatly altered genetics and plant breeding. genetic markers indicate the genetic differences between different organs or species. some studies which were conducted during t...

inter simple sequence repeat (issr) markers were used to assess the genetic diversity among 23 outcross and self pollinated populations of fennel collected from different geographical regions of iran and some european countries. the experiment was carried out to determine the effect of self-pollination on morphological traits and genetic diversity in the next generation. fifteen primers produce...

although some vitamins have been shown to prevent glucocorticoids induced osteoporosis in short time, the magnitude of this effect remains to be clarified. the aim of this study was to evaluate protective effect of vitamin d3 on methylprednisolone acetate (mpa) induced osteoporosis in rats. twenty-four male sprague dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups: group a (n = 6), was a base ...

objective(s)  garlic (allium sativum) is known as a potent spice and a medicine with broad therapeutic properties ranging from antibacterial to anticancer, and anticoagulant. one of the major purified garlic protein components is the 47 kda protein. in this study, the effect of 47 kda protein extracted from aged garlic (age) was evaluated on mouse dendritic cell (dc) maturation in vitro. materi...

background: the present study was carried out on the human population of kashmir valley to evaluate the status of the biochemical parameters of infected population. materials and methods: blood samples were collected from 514 individuals, 298 (57.97%) males and 216 (42.02%) females, 187 (36.38%) were found sero-positive for human toxocariasis. results: alkaline phosphatase level was found highe...

the clinical behavior of asthma varies with age at onset. this study was undertaken to identify associated markers of adult-onset allergic asthma (age ≥20 years).this cross-sectional study compared two groups: 58 patients with asthma onset at <20 years and 66 with onset at ≥20 years. they were compared depending on results of clinical history, and body mass index (bmi), aeroallergen sensitizati...