background: phytoestrogens are some plant compounds with estrogenic biological effects which are found in many nutritional sources as soybean, flaxseed and sesame. vitex agnus-castus, also called vitex, owns phytoestrogenic properties. studies have showed that phytoestrogens have different impacts on the gestation process and reproduction indices. the present study is aimed at investigating the...

Aberrant expression of microRNAs plays vital roles in tumor development and progression. As transcription factors (TFs) are the critical components of signaling cascades, specific targeting effects of microRNAs to specific TFs may determine the role of microRNAs in different cancers. In this study, we identified Nuclear Factor I/B (NFIB) as one of the targets of miR-365 which was previously ver...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Embolic protection devices and improved stent technology have advanced the endovascular treatment of carotid artery disease. A combined analysis was performed of the MAVErIC (Medtronic AVE Self-expanding CaRotid Stent System with distal protection) I and II trials to evaluate the safety and feasibility of this system among patients at high risk for surgical endarterectomy...

I den här artikeln argumenterar jag för att stadsplaneringen domineras av ojämlikhetsrealism – ett ideologiskt ramverk och en styrform som normaliserar ojämlikhet prioriterar åtgärder leder till segregationen fördjupas, trots politiken kan ha satt upp andra mål. fokus analysen står Göteborgs stads satsning på minska segregation med stadsplanering redskapen. Genom analysera kedjan från politiska...

background: toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that infects human and animals. toxoplasma parasites are isolated from different parts of ani-mals even from semen but there are little information about the effect of toxo-plasmosis on fertility in animals and humans. in present study, the effect of chronic toxoplasmosis on serum levels of testosterone in men was studied. met...

INTRODUCTION............................................................. 365 ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION................................... 365 CHEMISTRY OF GLYCOLIPIDS................................... 366 Glycosyl Diglycerides................................... 366 Acylated Sugar Derivatives................................................... 369 BIOSYNTHESIS.....................................

This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of three different conditions of osmotic pressure (325, 365 and 385 mOsm kg-1) in combination with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and NaCl or glucose on spermatozoa DNA damage, rate and duration of motility. Sperm was collected from eight healthy mature Mesopotamian catfish, evaluated microscopically and pooled at 25 °C. The pooled sperm samples...

The Authors have studied the capacity to photoreact with native DNA and r-RNA using six coumarins and four 4',5'-dihydro-furo-coumarins. Six of these substances have shown a definite photoreactivity both with DNA and r-RNA, even if in a very much lower extent in respect to that of skin-photosensitizing furocoumarins. The low capacity to photoreact with nucleic acids of these substances is discu...