Background: Elevated level of plasma homocysteine has been related to various diseases. Patients with hyperhomocysteinemia can develop hepatic steatosis and fibrosis. We hypothesized that oxidative stress induced by homocysteine might play an important role in pathogenesis of liver injury. Also, the cellular response designed to combat oxidative stress is primarily controlled by the transcripti...

background: elevated level of plasma homocysteine has been related to various diseases. patients with hyperhomocysteinemia can develop hepatic steatosis and fibrosis. we hypothesized that oxidative stress induced by homocysteine might play an important role in pathogenesis of liver injury. also, the cellular response designed to combat oxidative stress is primarily controlled by the transcripti...

Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is the causative agent of Gumboro disease, an infectious disease of global economic importance in poultry. The expression of heterologous proteins in P.pastoris is fast, simple and inexpensive. In this study, VP2 encoding gene of classical D78 IBDV was amplified using reverse transcription (RT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and cloned into pPICZαA vector...

infectious bursal disease virus (ibdv) is the causative agent of gumboro disease, an infectious disease of global economic importance in poultry. the expression of heterologous proteins in p.pastoris is fast, simple and inexpensive. in this study, vp2 encoding gene of classical d78 ibdv was amplified using reverse transcription (rt) polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and cloned into ppiczαa vector...

Histological Analysis and Immunohistochemistry Renal sections (3 μm thick) were stained with periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) and examined under light microscopy. Glomerulosclerosis index was semiquantitatively graded as 0 to 4+; vascular injury score as 0 to 3+; and tubulointerstitial injury score as 0 to 5+, according to the criteria reported previously. Ultrastructure of glomerular podocytes was a...

Objective(s): The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of curcumin on the osteogenic differentiation of human periodontal ligament stem cells (hPDLSCs) and its underlying potential mechanism.Materials and Methods: The tissue explant adherence method was used to isolate hPDLSCs. Flowcytometry, Alizarin Red staining and Oil Red ...

SKG or BALB/c T cells (3.0 £ 10) were stimulated for 72 h with plate-bound anti-CD3 mAb (2C11) in the presence or absence of plate-bound anti-CD28 mAb in RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum and 50 mM 2-mercaptoethanol. Cells were also stimulated with TPA (1.4 ng ml) and ionomycin (0.14 mM). KJ1.26þ T cells from DO or DO.SKG mice were stimulated with ovalbumin (323–339) pepti...

Background and Aims: DNA constructs containing HCV antigens have become one of the vaccine candidates for induction of anti-HCV cellular and humoral immunity. In this study, we constructed a novel expressing vector harboring a fusion sequence derived from an overlapping fragment in the middle of NS3 and a truncated core fragment to avoid troubles reported to be associated with full gene express...