introduction: postoperative neurological deficit is the most devastating complication after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. despite demonstrated neuroprotective effects of estradiol, its protective efficacy against spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion and underlying mechanisms are not yet elucidated. methods: two groups, each of 10 new zealand white male rabbits, were studied. control grou...

Objective(s):This study was planned to appraise the protective effect of Nigella sativa fixed oil (NSO) against subchronic ethanol induced toxicity in rats. Materials and Methods: Studies were carried out on six groups of six animals each, including control (normal saline, gavage), ethanol (3 g/kg/day, gavage), NSO (0.125, 0.25 and 0.5 ml/Kg/day, IP) plus ethanol and NSO (0.5 ml/Kg/day, IP) gro...

Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is when gastric mucosa gets injured due to the increase of acid and pepsin enzyme. The common risk factors are infection Helicobacter pylori bacteria misused NSAIDs. This review article aims describe role caspase in PUD. Methods used selection articles PubMed. Caspase a protease enzyme that plays an apoptotic inflammatory reaction can be activated dimerized or cleaved...

Apoptosis plays a dual role in cancer development and malignancy. The role of apoptosis-related caspases in cancer remains controversial, particularly in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC). In this study, we examined the protein levels of cleaved caspase-3, caspase-3, caspase-8, and caspase-9 on tissue microarrays consisting of samples from 246 OTSCC patients by immunohistochemistry. W...

Buccal mucosa squamous cell carcinoma (BMSCC) is the most common oral cancer in Southeast Asia. Caspase-3, a key molecule in regulating apoptosis, promotes the malignancy of various cancers. However, its role in BMSCC is unknown. Herein, we evaluated the association of caspase-3 expression with tumorigenesis and prognosis in BMSCC patients. Immunohistochemical staining indicated that the expres...

PURPOSE This study evaluated epithelial cell death ELISAs that measure circulating cytokeratin 18 in mice bearing small-cell lung cancer xenografts treated with a proapoptotic dose of the BH-3 mimetic ABT-737. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN H146 tumor-bearing and non-H146 tumor-bearing severe combined immunodeficient (SCID)/bg mice were treated with ABT-737 or vehicle control. Plasma collected before an...

We evaluated apoptosis and the expression of apoptosis-related proteins in 3 mesothelioma cell lines and 34 paraffin-embedded tissue specimens. Apoptosis was evaluated by the TUNEL method, while expression of the apoptosis-related proteins, bax, bcl-2, survivin, caspase-3 and cleaved caspase-3 was evaluated by immunohistochemical staining. The mean apoptotic index of mesothelioma tissue was 17....

objective(s):this study was planned to appraise the protective effect of nigella sativa fixed oil (nso) against subchronic ethanol induced toxicity in rats. materials and methods: studies were carried out on six groups of six animals each, including control (normal saline, gavage), ethanol (3 g/kg/day, gavage), nso (0.125, 0.25 and 0.5 ml/kg/day, ip) plus ethanol and nso (0.5 ml/kg/day, ip) gro...