cryopreservation is the method of choice for long term storage of human pbmcs. this study was designed to compare the different combinations of variables affecting the cryopreservation of pbmcs samples. the viability of pbmcs separated from 2×5 ml peripheral blood samples obtained from 16 healthy adult volunteers, were measured using trypan blue dye exclusion method just before freezing with di...

The investigations on sources and viability of stem cells are important as stem cell transplantation has shown promising results in diseases like leukemias and lymphomas. Umbilical cord blood samples were collected in a closed aseptic system. The samples were diluted with phosphate buffered saline, treated with ficol and centrifuged at 15,000 rpm for the recovery of progenitor stem cells.The st...

OBJECTIVE Experiments were conducted to find the differences between post-thaw viability and chromosome aberrations in eight-cell mouse embryos at presence of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and 1, 2-propanediol (PROH) as croprotectants in different storage durations. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this case-control study, a total number of 720 mouse embryos from about 250 NMRI mice were vitrified with 3...

BACKGROUND Staphylococcus aureus is a gram positive bacterium that causes a number of diseases such as abscesses, infective endocarditis, septic arthritis, etc. It is acquiring resistance against many antibiotics like methicillin; therefore its control is becoming increasingly difficult. Peripheral blood phagocytes particularly polymorphonuclear leucocytes play an important role in the protecti...

BACKGROUND Asthma is very common in children and its diagnosis is based on clinical manifestations, which can be misdiagnosed as other respiratory diseases with similar signs and symptoms. OBJECTIVE To analyze the expression of ST2L and CD203c in the diagnosis of pediatric asthma. METHODS Basophils were purified from whole blood samples of patients and healthy controls using Ficol-Paque gra...

background: asthma is very common in children and its diagnosis is based on clinical manifestations, which can be misdiagnosed as other respiratory diseases with similar signs and symptoms. objective: to analyze the expression of st2l and cd203c in the diagnosis of pediatric asthma. methods: basophils were purified from whole blood samples of patients and healthy controls using ficol-paque grad...

Background: Asthma is very common in children and its diagnosis is based on clinical manifestations, which can be misdiagnosed as other respiratory diseases with similar signs and symptoms. Objective: To analyze the expression of ST2L and CD203c in the diagnosis of pediatric asthma. Methods: Basophils were purified from whole blood samples of patients and healthy controls using Ficol-Paque grad...

In two of three patients with peripheral vascular disease, systemic infusion of PGEl inhibited chemotactic factor induced secretion of glucosaminidase from neutrophils. Abundant experimental evidence now supports a view that prostaglandins of the E series can help regulate inflammatory responses. Although PGs appear to be local mediators of inflammation, (reviewed, 1) systemic administration of...

Recent studies support the concept that NK cells play an important role in the success or failure of embryo implantation. Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) is the most common complication of pregnancy. Some couples suffer from infertility of unknown cause. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is one of the useful treatment methods used for treatment of this type for infertility with variable outcome...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of using open and closed carriers on count of inner cell mass in vitrified mouse blastocyst after warming. METHODS The experimental study was conducted at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran, from April to September 2010. Forty female NMRI (Naval Medical Research Institute, USA) mice were injected with pregnant mare's serum gonadotropi...