objective: an association between diabetes mellitus and alterations in the oral cavity has been noted. in this study, we evaluated differences between salivary iga, glucose and flow rate in diabetic patients compared with healthy controls. materials and methods: forty patients with type 1 diabetes, 40 patients with type 2 diabetes and 40 healthy controls were selected. whole unstimulated saliva...

multiple sclerosis (ms) and allergy are believed to up regulate t helper cell type 1 (th1) and t helper cell type 2 (th2) responses, respectively. it has been shown that disequilibrium in the  ratio  of  th1/th2  activities may increase frequency of  one  disease and  decrease the frequency of the other. the aim of this study was to investigate the relation of ms with allergy and atopy in new d...

background: it seems that the success of vaccination for cancer immunotherapy such as dendritic cell (dc) based cancer vaccine is hindered through a powerful network of immune system suppressive elements in which regulatory t cell is the common factor. foxp3 transcription factor is the most specific marker of regulatory t cells. in different studies, targeting an immune response against regulat...

background: cholera, an infectious disease caused by vibrio cholerae , is primarily transmitted by ingestion of contaminated food or water. in severe cases, cholera may lead to severe dehydration, metabolic acidosis, and ultimately, hypovolemic shock and death.   methods: in this study v.cholerae non-o1 was cultured in suitable media. lps was extracted from the surface of  bacteria by hot pheno...

kimura's disease (kd) is a rare idiopathic condition of unknown etiology. the disease is characterized by swelling and lesions in the head and neck region, with involvement of the subcutaneous soft tissue, major salivary glands and lymph nodes. patients almost always have eosinophilia and elevated serum immunoglobulin e levels. the diagnosis is established by biopsy. kd is usually self limiting...

background this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig) and combination of ivig and methylprednisolone for childhood idiopathic (autoimmune) thrombocytopenia (itp) treatment; in addition investigate the related factors to develop chronic form of under 15 years itp. materials and methods this retrospective study conducted on 88 itp patients that treated wit...

to investigate the igg content and its variations in uterine fluid (uf) during the estrous cycle of the cow and to compare them with those of the blood serum (s), six pairs of serum and uf samples for each phase of the cycle selected out of 240 bovine genital tracts and blood samples were collected from urmia abattoir. the uf samples were collected by gentle scraping of the endometrium using a ...