In this study, the aim was to assess the in vitro apical microleakage of a resin-based sealer used with two different adhesives. Thirty nine freshly extracted maxillary incisors were used. The teeth were decoronated at the cemento-enamel junction with a water-cooled fissure bur. Chemo-mechanical debridement of the root canals was accomplished with the step-back technique. The smear layer was re...

Production of recombinant antibodies against botulinum neurotoxin is necessary for the development of a post-exposure treatment. CHO-DG44 cells were transfected with a plasmid encoding the light and heavy chains of a chimeric monoclonal antibody (S25) against botulism neurotoxin serotype A. Stable cell lines were obtained by dilution cloning and clones were shown to produce nearly equivalent le...

Objective: This study was designed to determine the correlation between heamatological parameters by Sysmex KX-21N automated hematology analyzer with the manual methods. Method: Sixty (60) subjects were randomly selected from both apparently healthy subjects and those who have different blood disorders from the University of Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria. T...

TRPC (canonical transient receptor potential) channel subunits have been shown to assemble into homo- or hetero-meric channel complexes, including different Ca2+-handling proteins, required for the activation of CCE (capacitative Ca2+ entry) or NCCE (non-CCE) pathways. In the present study we found evidence for the dynamic interaction between endogenously expressed hTRPC6 (human TRPC6) with eit...

Zn(2+)-induced fluorescence enhancement of the TPEN (N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine)-based ligand, N,N-bis(1-isoquinolylmethyl)-N',N'-bis(pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine (N,N-1-isoBQBPEN, 1b), has been investigated. Upon Zn(2+) binding, 1b shows a fluorescence increase (ϕZn = 0.028) at 353 and 475 nm. The fluorescence enhancement at longer wavelengths is due to intramolecular ...

Two bisquinoline derivatives, N,N'-bis(2-quinolylmethyl)ethylenediamine (2-BQME) and N,N'-bis(8-quinolylmethyl)ethylenediamine (8-BQME) have been synthesized, and their ability to bind to duplex DNA was studied. 8-BQME bound to DNA more strongly than 2-BQME, judging from the extent of increase in the melting temperature of duplex DNA, the UV-vis spectral change, and ethidium displacement assay....

Dentifrices containing H(2)O-reactive bioactive glasses alleviate hypersensitivity in teeth via the blockage of open dentinal tubules. Here, the ability of two such products to release Ca(2+) ions into human saliva was investigated, together with their influence on the status of this biofluid's (1)H NMR-detectable biomolecules. Human salivary supernatants were equilibrated with increasing volum...

AIM To detect and isolate rickettsial strains from blood samples of patients with presumptive diagnosis of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) in the coastal region of south Croatia, and to compare the results with routine serology. METHODS A "suicide" polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and a shell vial culture were done on samples of ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) and citrate-anticoagu...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this paper was to report the results of transepithelial corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL) with modified riboflavin and ultraviolet A irradiation in patients affected by keratoconus, each with thinnest pachymetry values of less than 400 μm (with epithelium) and not treatable using standard de-epithelialization techniques. METHODS Sixteen patients affected by progre...

AIM To compare the ability of two Enterococcus faecalis strains to survive exposure to an irrigation solution containing a high concentration of tetracycline in the root canals of bovine teeth. METHODOLOGY The root canals of twelve bovine incisor root sections were chemo-mechanically prepared using commercially available drills, sodium hypochlorite and ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid. The r...