spinal cord injury (sci) is a debilitating disease which leads to progressive functional damages. because of limited axonal regeneration in the central nervous system, there is no or little recovery expected in the patients. different cellular and molecular approaches were investigated in sci animal models. cellular transplantation of stem cells can potentially replace damaged tissue and provid...

low-intensity laser therapy (lilt) is defined to supply direct biostimulative light energy to the cells. while several studies have demonstrated that lilt has stimulating effects on bone cells and can accelerate the repair process of the bone, others reported delayed fracture healing or no effects after lilt. the aim of this article was to review the studies evaluating the biomodulation effects...

atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects the arterial wall. oxidized low- density lipoprotein (ox-ldl) seems to have an important role in atherosclerotic plaque formation. this study was performed to investigate the effects of ox-ldl as well as pha on proliferation and gene expression of  peripheral blood  mononuclear  cells (pbmcs) in patients with atherosclerosis compa...

dendritic cells (dcs) play an important role in induction of cellular immune responses. it seems that dcs that reside in different organs may be distinct in their ability to  induce immune responses. this study was done to address the differences between spleen and liver dcs in induction of immune response and/or tolerance. cd11c+  dcs were separated from the liver and spleen of c57bl/6 mice an...

coronary  atherosclerotic  disease  is  one  of  the  most  endangering  health  disorder worldwide. this study was designed to investigate the correlation between hla-drβ1 alleles and circulating th1/th2 type cytokines in coronary atherosclerosis. by elisa, th1/th2 type cytokines were determined in serum samples of 31 subjects with unstable angina, 27 subjects with chronic stable angina and 24...

chronic myeloid leukemia (cml) is a myeloproliferative disease of the hematopoietic stem cells, characterized by the presence of the philadelphia (ph) chromosome. although imatinib inhibits the bcr-abl kinase activity, clinical experiences confirm that imatinib may not target cml stem cells in vivo. the identification of signaling pathways responsible for the self-renewal properties of leukemic...

helicobacter pylori was the main cause of gastric cancer (gc) in all over the world that results in intestinal- and diffuse-type carcinoma. infection by this bacterium remains chronic for a long time. in vitro studies have highlighted the role of stem cells in gc. h. pylori infection results in tissue injury and the adult/tissue stem cells subsequently start to replace the dead cells. the genet...

background:   objective: this study presents an economical and simple co-culture system for pluripotent stem cells generation from neonatal mouse testis   materials and methods: isolated testicular cells were cultured in dmem/f12. characteristics of the isolated cells and obtained es-like cell were immune-cytochemically confirmed by examining the presence of plzf, vimentin, oct4 and nanog prote...

conclusions these outcomes support our theory that rapamycin increases oxidative stress in mcf-7 and mda mb-231 cells but also shows high levels of antioxidant effects, which probably limit the effects of the rapamycin on the same issue in the clinic. methods the mcf-7 and mda mb-231 cell lines were cultivated and treated with rapamycin for 72 hours. the viability of the cells was determined us...

there are reports from different countries that some types of glaucoma are associated with blood groups. this cross-sectional study was performed on 400 glaucomatous patients [100 patients in each group of primary open angle glaucoma (poag), chronic angle closure glaucoma (cacg), pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (pexg) and primary congenital glaucoma (pcg)] and 400 blood donors as control group to as...