The pathogenesis of equine grass sickness (EGS) has not fully understood. A better understanding of the exact pathogenesis of diseases can help to make an accurate diagnosis. Previous studies reported some pathological damage of neuronal cells in EGS patients. In this study, primarily cytotoxicity of serum from three clinically EGS-diagnosed horses on PC12 Tet-off (PTO) cells was assessed. Subs...

Breast cancer is the most serious disease affecting women worldwide. Recently, breast cases reached 2.2 million people. The treatment method still developing. In addition, use of herbal medicine as a palliative therapeutic to chemical and/or synthetic drugs increasing. Ocimum sanctum Linn. popular plant in Indonesia and Southeast Asia countries also known an medi...

background and objectives: achillea is an ancient medicinal herb. the genus comprises about 100 species which are mostly distributed in northern hemisphere and some have been investigated for different biological activities. there are also several reports in iranian traditional medicine (itm) texts about its anti-tumor effect. the cytotoxic activity of the methanol extract of achillea vermicula...

Background: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are undifferentiated with the ability of multi-potency, pluripotency, and self-renewal. MSCs show great promise in cancer therapy due to their unique features. MSC secrete various cytokines multifunctional properties, although roles unclear. Methods: We have investigated influence secreted from on KG-1 as a cell model acute myeloid leukemia (AML). For t...

BACKGROUND Epidemiologic studies suggest that diets high in fruits and vegetables reduce cancer risk. Resveratrol, a compound present in grapes, has been shown to inhibit a variety of primary tumors. Pterostilbene, an analogue of resveratrol found in blueberries, has both antioxidant and antiproliferative properties. We hypothesized that pterostilbene would induce apoptosis and inhibit breast c...

Purpose: To investigate the influence of elemene on growth and apoptotic changes in bladder cancer cells, involvement phosphatase tensin homologous protein (PTEN)-serine/threonine kinase (Akt) signal pathway process.
 Methods: Human cell line SV-HUC-1 human T24 were randomly assigned to blank control group groups. Protein expression levels apoptosis-related factors (Bcl-2, Bax, caspase-3] ...

the objective of this study was to observe the apoptosis-inducing effect and mechanism of baicalin on human cervical cancer hela cells. the inhibitory effect of baicalin on the growth of hela cells was measured by mtt assay, and cell proliferation and migration was analyzed by cell scratch assay. morphological changes of apoptotic cells were viewed by the light microscope and electron microscop...