Tadalafil attenuates graft arteriosclerosis of aortic transplant in a rat model.

abstract：Objectives:Ferula ovina is an Iranian medicinal plant. Tschimgine and stylosin are two of its major monoterpene derivatives. In this study, we proceeded to investigate some fungal endophytes from F. ovina that can produce plant secondary metabolites. Materials and Methods:The isolated endophytic fungi were fermented i...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Tazik Z,Rahnama K,White JF,Soltanloo H,Hasanpour M,Iranshahi M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Acquisition of TNF-α resistance plays role in the onset and growth of malignant tumors. Previous studies have demonstrated that MCF-7 cell line and its doxorubicin resistant variant MCF-7/Adr are resistant against the cytotoxic effects of TNF-α. In this study, we investigated the role of Akt activation in re...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Ghandadi M,Mohammadi A,Behravan J,Abnous K,Haj-Ali N,Gharaee ME,Mosaffa F

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:The present study evaluates the protective effects of myricitrin and its solid lipid nanoparticle (SLN) on diabetic nephropathy (DN) induced by streptozotocin-nicotinamide (STZ-NA) in mice. Materials and Methods:In this experimental study, 108 adult male NMRI mice were divided into 9 groups: control, vehicl...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Ahangarpour A,Oroojan AA,Khorsandi L,Kouchak M,Badavi M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) is a thrombotic-occlusive as well as an inflammatory peripheral vascular disease with unknown etiology. Recent evidence has supported the immunopathogenesis of the disease, however, the factors contributing to the altered immune function and vascular tissue inflammation are still uncle...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Shapouri-Moghaddam A,Saeed Modaghegh MH,Rahimi HR,Ehteshamfar SM,Tavakol Afshari J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE(S):Staphylococcus aureus is both a successful human commensal and a major pathogen. In this study we investigated the genetic diversity of 26 S. aureus isolates recovered from human skin and urinary tract infections. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Typing procedure for the studied S. aureus isolates was performed base...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Talebi-Satlou R,Ahmadi M,Ghavam F,Saei HD

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Association of adolescent emotional stress (ES) with the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) at older age was investigated. Materials and Methods:21 female rats were divided into three groups of 7 each; ES, foot-shock, and control. Chronic ES was induced by exposing the rats to witness foot-shock of t...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Mousavi MS,Imani A,Meknatkhah S,Riazi G

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Fumonisins are a group of toxic and carcinogenic mycotoxins, which contaminate the grains and their products. The aim of this study was to examine the apoptotic and proliferative activity of mouse gastric mucosa following administration of fumonisin B1 (FB1). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-nine female mice di...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Alizadeh AM,Mohammadghasemi F,Zendehdel K,Kamyabi-Moghaddam Z,Tavassoli A,Amini-Najafi F,Khosravi A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pharmacological studies showed that the extracts of Jin Yin Hua and its active constituents have lipid lowering, antipyretic, hepatoprotective, cytoprotective, antimicrobial, antibiotic, antioxidative, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory effects. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the protectiv...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Wang C,Wang G,Liu H,Hou YL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the leading cause of dementia worldwide. Epidemiological studies support the important role of diet in prevention and improvement of AD. In Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM), there is multiple dietary guidelines to prevent and alleviate dementia and memory i...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Iranshahy M,Javadi B

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chemoresistance remains the main causes of treatment failure and mortality in cancer patients. There is an urgent need to investigate novel approaches to improve current therapeutic modalities and increase cancer patients' survival. Induction of drug efflux due to overexpression of P-glycoproteins is conside...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Mohseni M,Samadi N,Ghanbari P,Yousefi B,Tabasinezhad M,Sharifi S,Nazemiyeh H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:One strategy for the treatment of diabetes is inhibition of pancreatic α- amylase. Plants contains different chemical constituents with potential for inhibition of α-amylase and hence maybe used as therapeutic. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Urtica dioica and Juglans regia Linn were tested for α-amylase inhibition. ...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Rahimzadeh M,Jahanshahi S,Moein S,Moein MR

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Several lines of evidence showed that minocycline possesses antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This study aimed to demonstrate the effects of minocycline in rats subjected to chronic constriction injury (CCI). Materials and Methods:In this study four groups (n = 6-8) of rats were used as follows:...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Abbaszadeh A,Darabi S,Hasanvand A,Amini-Khoei H,Abbasnezhad A,Choghakhori R,Aaliehpour A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:We investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the protective effects of remote ischemic per-conditioning (rIPerC) on renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in male rats. Materials and Methods:I/R treatment consisted of 45 min bilateral renal artery ischemia and 24 hr reperfusion interval. rIPerC was per...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Gholampour F,Khangah L,Vatanparast J,Karbalaei-Heidari HR,Owji SM,Bahaoddini A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:In addition to genetic factors, environmental phenomena during postnatal age highly affect development and, in turn, function of the brain. The present work evaluates if morphine consumption during lactation period influences the spatial performances and synaptic plasticity in rats at neonatal period of age....

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Aghighi F,Mohammadifar M,Banafsheh H,Salami M,Talaei SA

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Due to unsatisfactory response or intolerable side effects of current drugs, treatment of essential tremor remains inadequate. Thus, we aimed to investigate the protective and therapeutic effects of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of Crocus sativus (saffron), and its active consistent, safranal, on the harmal...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Amin B,Malekzadeh M,Heidari MR,Hosseinzadeh H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:The present study investigated the prevalence of genes encoding for exotoxins, adhesion and biofilm factors in Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from samples in a referral burn hospital in Tehran, Iran. Materials and Methods:S. aureus isolates obtained from patients, personnel and surfaces in the ward...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Mir Z,Nodeh Farahani N,Abbasian S,Alinejad F,Sattarzadeh M,Pouriran R,Dahmardehei M,Mirzaii M,Khoramrooz SS,Darban-Sarokhalil D

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:During the last years with increasing resistant bacteria to the most antibiotics bacteriophages are suggested as appropriate treatment option. To investigate lytic activity of bacteriophages there are indirect microbial procedures and direct methods. The present study to complement microbial procedures and i...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Rahimzadeh G,Gill P,Rezai MS

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:We investigated the role of various biomaterials on cell viability and in healing of an experimentally induced femoral bone hole model in rats. Materials and Methods:Cell viability and cytotoxicity of gelatin (Gel; 50 µg/µl), chitosan (Chi; 20 µg/µl), hydroxyapatite (HA; 50 µg/µl), nanohydroxyapatite (nHA; ...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Moshiri A,Tekyieh Maroof N,Mohammad Sharifi A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Inflammation is involved in various forms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Although the pathophysiology of PAH remains uncertain, NF-κB and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) has been reported to be associated with many inflammatory mediators of PAH. This study aimed to evaluate the eff...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Gao L,Liu J,Hao Y,Zhao Z,Tan H,Zhang J,Meng N,Zheng Q,Wang Z,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-factorial autoimmune disease which may be characterized by T lymphocytes dysfunctions. Th17 cells have been identified as new effector cells, which play an important role in the pathogenesis. In recent years, immunomodulatory effect of vitamin D3 has been noticed...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Faraji F,Rastin M,Arab FL,Kalantari MR,Rabe SZ,Tabasi N,Mahmoudi M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Similar characteristics of molecular pathways between cellular reprogramming events and tumorigenesis have been accentuated in recent years. Reprogramming-related transcription factors, also known as Yamanaka factors (OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and c-MYC), are also well-known oncogenes promoting cancer initiation, pr...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Sahebi R,Malakootian M,Balalaee B,Shahryari A,Khoshnia M,Abbaszadegan MR,Moradi A,Javad Mowla S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE(S):Spermatogonial Stem Cells (SSCs) maintain spermatogenesis throughout the life of the male. Because of the small number of SSCs in adult, enriching and culturing them is a crucial step prior to differentiation or transplantation. Maintenance of SSCs and transplantation or induction of in vitro spermio-genes...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Rastegar T,Minaee MB,Habibi Roudkenar M,Raghardi Kashani I,Amidi F,Abolhasani F,Barbarestani M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:This study aimed to investigate the glucose and lipid metabolism improving effect of the total flavonoids from Selaginella tamariscina (Beauv.) Spring (TFST) on db/db mice, and to study its mechanism of action. Materials and Methods:The db/db mice were divided into 5 groups: the normal group (NC), the diabe...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Wang X,Feng A,Yuan P,Fu Y,Bai Z,Zhou N,Zheng X

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increasing evidence in both experimental and clinical studies suggests that oxidative stress plays a major role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. The aim of the present work is to investigate the protective effects of erythropoietin against cuprizone-induced oxidative stress. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Kashani IR,Chavoshi H,Pasbakhsh P,Hassani M,Omidi A,Mahmoudi R,Beyer C,Zendedel A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Solid dispersion formulation is the most promising strategy to improve oral bioavailability of poorly water soluble drugs. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone K30 (PVP) and poloxamer-188 (PLX) as carrier in solid dispersion formulations of celecoxib (CLX). MATERIALS AND M...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Homayouni A,Sadeghi F,Nokhodchi A,Varshosaz J,Garekani HA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In the present study, we evaluated immunological and immunomodulatory properties of royal jelly (RJ) in 2,4,6 trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eighteen adult female Wistar albino rats were divided into three groups of six animals each: a control group that ...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Karaca T,Uz YH,Demirtas S,Karaboga I,Can G

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE(S):The ongoing increasing antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest challenges faced by global public health. The perennial need for new antimicrobials against a background of increasing antibiotic resistance in pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms obliges the scientific community to constantly devel...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Chauhan R,Abraham J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Both caloric restriction (CR) and resveratrol (RSV) have been shown to improve learning and memory, but their potential effects in juvenile animals were unknown. Here, we evaluated the effects of RSV and CR on learning and memory function in juvenile mice and investigated potential molecular mechanisms. MET...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Xu BL,Wang R,Ma LN,Dong W,Zhao ZW,Zhang JS,Wang YL,Zhang X

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary objective of this study was to determine whether local and imported cigarette brands used in , have elevated levels of metals or not. The produced data of cigarette brands are compared both with each other and with the existing brands in different countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In present stud...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Pourkhabbaz A,Pourkhabbaz H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Bacteriophages are infectious replicating entities that are under consideration as antimicrobial bioagents to control bacterial infections. As an alternative or supplement to antibiotics, bacteriophages can be used to circumvent the resistance to existing antibiotics. The aim of this study was to assess the ...

journal_title：Iranian journal of basic medical sciences

authors： Moradpour Z,Yousefi N,Sadeghi D,Ghasemian A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00