A m i t r a z, a n i ns e c t i c i d e /a ca ri c i de of the f o r m a m i d i n e p e st i c i d e s group, is a ? 2 a d r e n e r g i c ag on i st a nd of t he a m i d i ne c h e m i ca l f a m il y generally us e d to c o n t r ol animal e c top a r a s i t e s. Poisoning due to am i t r a z i s r a r e and character...

the leukocyte mi gration test (lht) in the prese nce of na t i v e igg, and l l e v amis ole were studi ed in 9 patients su f f e ring from cla s s i c a l r h e umatoid ar.thri t i s be f o r e a nd after treatment with l evamisole . fi f teen heal thy b l o od dono rs we r e s i mi l a r ly l nvestig ated a s cont r o ls . t- l ympho c yte s ub-popu lations (to ta l a nd active) a nd b-c el l...

psa is a 33-kda serine protease that is produced predominantly by prostate epithelium. however, it has been shown that about 30-40% of female breast tumors produce psa and its production is associated with the presence of estrogen and progesterone receptors. we have now developed a new tissue culture system to study psa production in breast cancer and its association with prognostic factors suc...

introduction: ischemia leads to loss of neurons by apoptosis in specific brain regions, especially in the hippocampus. the purpose of this study was investigating the effects of exercise preconditioning on expression of bax, bcl-2, and caspase-3 proteins in hippocampal ca1 neurons after induction of cerebral ischemia. methods: male rats weighing 260-300 g were randomly allocated into three grou...

objective(s): despite treatment with antibiotics and vaccination with bcg, tuberculosis (tb) is still considered as one of the most important public health problems in the world. therefore, designing and producing a more effective vaccine against tb seems urgently. in this study, immunogenicity of a fusion protein which consisting or comprising cfp-10 from mycobacterium tuberculosis and the fc-...

objective: perovskia abrotanoides karel, belongs to the family lamiaceae and grows wild alongside the mountainous roads inarid and cold climate of northern iran. the anti-tumor activity of p. abrotanoides root extract has been shown previously. this study was designed to examine in vitro anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of flower extract of p. abrotanoides on mcf-7 and hela cell lin...