background: cytoadherence of plasmodium falciparum - infected erythrocytes to host cells is an im-portant trait for parasite survival and has a major role in pathology of malaria disease. infections with p. falciparum usually consist of several subpopulations of parasites with different adhesive prop-erties. this study aimed to compare relative sizes of various binding subpopulations of differe...

OBJECTIVE Proatherosclerotic adhesion of leukocytes to the endothelium is attenuated by NO. As AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) regulates endothelial NO synthesis, we investigated the modulation of adhesion to cultured human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs) by AMPK. METHODS AND RESULTS HAECs incubated with the AMPK activator, AICAR, or expressing constitutively active AMPK demonstrated red...

BACKGROUND Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) have been demonstrated to be expressed on pleural mesothelial cells (PMCs), and to mediate leukocyte adhesion and migration; however, little is known about whether adhesion molecule-dependent mechanisms are involved in the regulation of CD4(+) T cells by PMCs in tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE...

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background: this study attempted to determine the effects of long-term use of vitamin c on vascular endothelial function. materials and methods: during a pilot clinical trial study conducted at imam hussein hospital (isfahan) in 2014-2015, a total of 40 diabetic patients were selected and then assigned randomly into two 20-subject groups receiving vitamin c and placebo tablets. the patients wer...

hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (hspcs) which give rise to different blood cell types are present within the bone marrow microenvironment, especially in flat bones such as skull, vertebrae, pelvis and chest. interacting factors such as stromal derived factor-1/cxcr4, very late antigen-4/vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1/ intercellular adhesion molec...