background & objective: the current approaches to reduce the risk of colorectal carcinoma are through the detection and removal of the precursor lesion” adenomatous polyps”. the study was conducted to evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of p53 and bcl2 in colorectal adenomas and carcinomas. patients and methods: a total of 86 cases, 33 colorectal adenomas, 33 colorectal adenocarcin...

many studies have shown that cytotoxic t lymphocyte antigen-4 (ctla-4) gene variants are associated with several autoimmune diseases particularly type 1 diabetes. due to the lack of consistent data for this association with type 2 diabetes (t2d), this study explored the possible influence of ctla-4 gene polymorphisms at -1722 (t/c), -318 (c/t), and +49 (g/a) positions for susceptibility to t2d ...

there are emerging data on novel tumor markers such as matrix metalloproteinase-2 (mmp-2 or gelatinase-a), which play a key role in tissue invasion and metastasis. we designed an investigation to assess the usefulness of mmp-2 activity as compared to prostate specific antigen (psa) in cancer staging process. we have analyzed the circulating form of mmp-2 in serum samples of patients suffering f...

toxoplasmosis is a worldwide infection which is commonly asymptomatic but can cause serious medical problems in immunocompromised individuals and fetus. the infection also causes considerable economic loss because of abortion in livestock, mostly in sheep and goats. dna vaccination may be a powerful approach against intracellular parasites such as toxoplasma gondii. the goal of this study was t...

COVID-19, the infectious pandemic disease is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This deadly was unknown before its catastrophic outbreak of infection in Wuhan city China, December 2019. The situation has increased demand rapid enhancement in-vitro diagnostic assays which would enable mass screening and testing. Several molecular serological diagnostics such ...

Resistance to immunotherapy is due in some instances the acquired stealth mechanisms of tumor cells that lose expression MHC class I antigen–presenting molecules or downregulate their antigen–presentation pathways. Most dramatically, biallelic ?2-microglobulin (B2M) loss leads complete and invisibility CD8 + T cells. antigen presentation are potently upregulated by interferon-? (IFN?) a manner ...