375 A 1-year-old castrated male domestic shorthaired cat was presented for evaluation of a 10-day history of lethargy, anorexia, decreased water consumption, and apparent discomfort. A complete blood count and serum chemistry profile revealed hypoalbuminemia, leukocytosis, and neutrophilia. The results of a combined ELISA test for feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus were neg...

a completely randomized design (crd) with three replications was conducted at greenhouse of urmia university in 2013 to study the effect of different methyl jasmonate concentrations (0, 0.1 and 0.5 mm) on the activity of enzymes polyphenol oxidase, phenylalanine ammonia lyase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, guaiacol peroxidase and total protein content in basil. activity of the enzymes and tot...

rheumatoid factors (rf) are autoantibodies with specificity for the fc portion of human igg. production of rf is a characteristic feature of rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and is detectable in high titer in about 90% of these patients. in this study, we measured total igm, iga, igmrf and igarf in serum and synovial fluid of 45 ra patients by elisa and the results were compared with those obtained by...

Introduction: To assess the salivary composition of proteins and minerals in smokers compared with non-smokers.   Materials and Methods: In this study we compared the total protein and Ca, Na, K, Mg, Pb of whole saliva in two groups of men (28 smokers and 31nonsmokers) aged between 29-41years.   Results: Fifty-nine participants were evaluated. The mean age was 33.14±5.32 years among smo...

Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-1) is the most important known for cartilage repair in horses. It promotes mitosis of chondrocytes, collagen II expression, and extra cellular matrix production. Osteoarthritis (OA) common musculoskeletal condition that causes lameness poor performance sport A total 11 lame horses were clinically radiographically evaluated, all confirmed to suffer a front metac...

Apolipoprotein M (apoM) is a 188 amino acid, 25 kDa protein belonging to the lipocalin protein superfamily. Although predominantly associated with high density lipoprotein, apoM is found in all major lipoprotein classes. To facilitate clinical studies of apoM, we have developed a sandwich ELISA for the measurement of apoM in human plasma. This method has been used to investigate normal apoM var...

The sunlight has an important role in metabolism of calcium ( Ca) and phosphorus ( P). The sunlight has different effects in different places. Therefore  the pattern of metabolic disease depends upon geographical place. In this investigation two groups of workers( one group working in shadow and the other under the sunshine) were chosen as control and experimental groups respectively.these two ...

Background: Bcl-2 oncoprotein has an important role in cell development, maturation and acts as an anti-apoptotic factor in various neoplastic processes. Aims: With the hypothesis that an increased expression of Bcl-2 oncoprotein in smooth muscle cells of uterine leiomyoma relative to that of normal myometrium may be one of the molecular bases for the enhanced growth of the neoplasm, its levels...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to demonstrate the protective effect of doxycycline, an exogenous inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9), in the acute lung injury induced by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). METHODS A total of 30 healthy mongrel dogs were randomly divided into three groups: Group A (CPB control group, no treatment of doxycycline), Group B (low-dose group, treated with doxycyc...