traumatic central nervous system injuries lead to a severe and permanent neurological deficit. oligodendrocytes (olcs) are vulnerable to damage in a variety of neurologic diseases. although no effective therapeutic option is currently available, recent other studies have shown that cell therapeutic strategies hold promise to enhance functional recovery after injury. the aim of this study is to ...

immunophenotyping of lymphocytes is very essential for evaluation of immune system. due  to  the  effect  of  environmental  factors  and  ethnical diversity on  immune  system, establishment of an internal normal range of lymphocyte subsets is a necessity for each population.  the  aim  of  this  study  was  to  determine  the  normal  range  of  t  and  b lymphocytes, and nk cells in normal i...

background:   myasthenia  gravis (mg) is an  autoimmune disorder   characterized   by  weakness   and   fatigability  of skeletal muscles. the aim of this study was to determine if pathological characteristics in non-thymomatous patients of mg would correlate with prognosis in a three year follow up. methods:   patients  who  had  had  their  thymectomy   at least  three  years prior to  the  s...

The aim of this study was to identify the cell surface cluster of differentiation (CD) markers of the cell lines infected by Theileria annulata schizont. The CD molecules are very useful for the characterization of cells and different subpopulations of leukocytes. They are usually recognized by specific antibodies using flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry. In the current stud...

BACKGROUND/AIMS C-reactive protein (CRP) is a serologic activity marker in Crohn's disease (CD), but it may be less useful in evaluating CD activity in ileal CD patients. We aimed to investigate the usefulness of CRP as a disease activity marker in CD according to disease location. METHODS Korean CD patients in a single hospital were evaluated. Factors associated with elevated CRP concentrati...

Cathepsin D (CD) is an aspartyl protease implicated in cancer metastasis. In this study of 331 patients, we show that patients with primary breast carcinomas containing high concentrations of CD have a significantly shorter disease-free interval (chi-square = 4.28, P < 0.05) and overall survival (chi-square = 7.7, P < 0.01) than patients with low concentrations. CD as a prognostic marker for ov...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Studies concerning red cell distribution width (RDW) for use in the assessment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) activity are limited. We investigated whether RDW is a marker of active disease in patients with IBD. METHODS In total, 61 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 56 patients with Crohn's disease (CD) were enrolled in the study group, and 44 age- and-sex-matched...

BACKGROUND Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by weakness and fatigability of skeletal muscles. The aim of this study was to determine if pathological characteristics in non-thymomatous patients of MG would correlate with prognosis in a three year follow up. METHODS Patients who had had their thymectomy at least three years prior to the study were selected from thr...

The association of celiac disease and type I diabetes mellitus has been known for some time. This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in diabetic children and adolescents. Eighty-seven patients (44 females, 43 males) aged 2- 18 years, with type I diabetes participated in this study. A group of 87 healthy unrelated girls and boys matched for age and gend...