BACKGROUND Viral hepatitis is a major health problem worldwide. Change in transmission patterns of hepatitis B makes it necessary to re-evaluate its prevalence and risk factors. OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine the prevalence of HBV infection and its related risk factors in Amol city, Northern Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS As a population based study, a cluster sampling approach was used and 6...

Saeed Baghery was born in Amol/Mazandaran (Iran) in 1985. He completed his B.Sc. in Pure chemistry in 2009 from Islamic Azad University of Amol, Mazandaran, Iran. He was graduated from M.Sc. degree under the supervision of Dr. Seyed Mohammad Vahdat in Organic Chemistry from Islamic Azad University of Amol, Mazandaran, Iran. He is currently Organic Chemistry Ph.D student under the supervision of...

A new type of IMAC material, with ATP as the chelating ligand, was synthesized and applied to capture phosphopeptides. For the first time, the approach for phosphopeptide enrichment could provide selectivity under 5000-fold dilution by nonphosphopeptides, and sensitivity of on-target enrichment at 3 amol.

Ruth Curtain Department of Mathematics, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands. E-mail:[email protected], Kalle Mikkola Helsinki University of Technology, Institute of Mathematics, Box 1100, 02015 HUT, Finland. E-mail:[email protected], Amol Sasane Department of Mathematics, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom....

To study the effect of nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs) on uncoupling protein-2 (UCP-2) and uncoupling protein-3 (UCP-3) gene expression, a triglyceride emulsion was infused for 5 h in 14 healthy volunteers. A euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp was administered concomitantly in 7 of the 14 subjects. The mRNA levels of UCP-2 and of the short (UCP-3S) and long (UCP-3L) isoforms of UCP-3 were quan...

Saeed Baghery was born in Amol/Mazandaran (Iran) in 1985. He completed his B.Sc. in Pure chemistry in 2009 from Islamic Azad University of Amol, Mazandaran, Iran. He was graduated from M.Sc. degree under the supervision of Dr. Seyed Mohammad Vahdat in Organic Chemistry from Islamic Azad University of Amol, Mazandaran, Iran. He is currently Organic Chemistry Ph.D student under the supervision of...

Detection of cellular microRNA biomarkers is an emerging powerful tool in cancer diagnostics. Currently, it requires multistep tedious protocols based on molecular amplification the RNA target, e.g. RT-qPCR. Here, we developed a one-step enzyme-free method for detection extracts light-harvesting nanoparticle (nanoantenna) biosensors. They amplify fluorescence signal by effective Förster resonan...

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring is a common, relevant posttranslational modification of eukaryotic surface proteins. Here, we developed a fast, simple, and highly sensitive (high attomole-low femtomole range) method that uses liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS(n)) for the first large-scale analysis of GPI-anchored molecules (i.e., the GPIome) of a eukaryote, Tryp...

Background: One of the important and influential contexts on quality life is gender. The aim this study was to compare elderly men women.