Introduction: Oral Lichen Planus (OLP) is one of the most common mucocutaneous lesion, and its etiologic factors have not been elucidated yet. OLP has two different clinical forms including reticular and erosive. Mast cells function in non-specific immunology is an etiologic factor involved in the formation of lichen planus. This study aimed at determining the pattern of mast cells presence in ...

Acrolein-fixed, polyester wax-embedded tissue sections showed excellent preservation of light microscopic architecture and, when stained with toluidine blue, intense color contrast between DNA, which stained orthochromatically, and RNA, which stained metachromatically. This method has practical value for differentiating DNA from RNA in the same section. The color contrast was impaired by substi...

OBJECTIVE To see the efficiency, adequacy and accuracy of toluidine blue stained smears of FNAC of Breast thyroid and salivary glands swelling with comparison to conventional stained FNAC smears with Papanicolaou. METHODS A total of 114 aspirates from various sites were included in the study. The smears were stained with toluidine blue and conventional Papanicolaou stain and the cytomorpholog...

Lumican belongs to the small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan (SLRP) gene family and has been reported to exist in the cornea, intervertebral disc and tendon. Lumican plays a significant role in the assembly and regulation of collagen fibres. The human temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc is made up of fibrocartilage with an extracellular matrix (ECM) composed of collagen and proteoglycans. The e...

Mast cells are particularly in association with structures, especially the skin, respiratory, and digestive systems proximity to surfaces that interface external environment. This study was carry out demonstrate distribution heterogeneity of mast Angora goat glandula mandibularis by using morphological, histochemical, immunohistochemical methods. A total seven healthy male adult goats' mandibul...

Background: It is showed that methamphetamine has harmful effects on male reproductive system. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of methamphetamine administration on testis weight, sperm count, sperm morphology, and chromatin status as well as sperm apoptotis followed by the cytochemical tests in a mouse model. Materials and Methods: Twenty four NMRI male mice were divided in...

a simple, rapid and sensitive method has been developed for determination of trances of tellurium (vi) (0.096-1.250 mg/ml) based on its catalytic effect on the reduction reaction of toluidine blue by sulfide ion at ph 4. the reaction is monitored spectrophotometrically by measuring the decrease in absorbance of the dyestuff at 628 nm by the fixed time method. the detection limit is 80 ng/ml and...

This study aimed to analyze and sum up the clinical diagnostic method of canine lymphoma. Diagnostic methods applied on 4 cases of lymphoma were summarized and studied. Pathological tissue sections and immunohistochemistry were used as the primary diagnostic tools, while blood biochemical analysis, imaging, toluidine blue staining and IgH gene clonal rearrangement detection were used as adjunct...