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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleThe Relationship between Serum Cotinine Levels and Periodontal StatusFouad Hussain AL-Bayaty, Noor Adinar Baharuddin, Mahmood Ameen AbdullaProblem statement: Smoking plays a significant role in the development of periodontal disease. Quantitative relation between smoking and increased severity of periodontal disease, by means of biochemical marker has not been described in Malaysian population. The present study was designed to apply serum cotinine measurement as a quantitative method to evaluate smoking levels in Malaysian patients and to correlate these … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 24 Mar 2010 · 8,004 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleC-Reactive Protein and Serum Procalcitonin Levels as Markers of Bacterial Upper Respiratory Tract InfectionsDiamantis P. Kofteridis, George Samonis, Alexander D. Karatzanis et al.Problem statement: Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs) are the most frequent of the community with major social and financial impact. Hence, early and proper diagnosis is of utmost importance. Biomarkers such as the circulating levels of Procalcitonin (PCT) have been shown to be elevated in systemic bacterial infections, but remain relatively low in viral infections and inflammatory diseases and have … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,140 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleSerum Levels of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I, Thyroid Hormones and Skeletal Muscle Fiber Size in Castrated Lambs with and Without Androgen TreatmentBani Z. Ismail, O. M. AL-Ababneh, M. B. AL-ZghoulTwelve, intact male lambs, 1-2- weeks old, were divided into 3 groups, Group W (4 lambs) were castrated at age less than 1 month, group WT (4 lambs) were castrated at the same age and treated with testosterone and group R (4 lambs) were left intact and served as control. Testosterone Propionate replacement was administered intramuscularly at a dose of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2009 · 7,129 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEffect of Exposure to Various Durations of Light on Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in Prepubertal Holstein HeifersL.J. Spicer, B.A. Buchanan, L.T. Chapin, H.A. TuckerOur objective was to determine if prolonged exposure to various durations of light (i.e., photoperiod) would affect serum IGF-I concentrations in heifers. Thus, 16 Holstein heifers, 2 to 4 mo of age, were exposed during a 5-wk pretreatment period to 12 h of cool-white fluorescent light (L) at an intensity of 1200 lux and 12 h of dark (D). At … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 30 Dec 2007 · 6,673 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleStudy the Effects of Ramadan Fasting on the Serum Glucose and Lipid Profile among Healthy Jordanian StudentsKama Mohmoud Saleh MansiRamadan is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar and Muslims fast during this month. We designed this study to evaluate the effect of Ramadan fasting on plasma lipids profile and serum glucose among healthy Jordanian students. Ramadan fasting entails major changes in sleep pattern, physical activity and eating habits, which may cause changes in metabolism both in health and … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2007 · 8,466 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEvidences of Hepatitis C Virus Replication in Hepatocytes and Peripheral Blood Monocuclear Cells from Patients Negative for Viral RNA in SerumViviana Falcón, Nelson Acosta-Rivero, Mineko Shibayama et al.In this study, we examined the expression of hepatitis C virus (HCV) components in hepatocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients positive for anti-HCV antibodies and negative for serum HCV-RNA. The samples obtained from 25 randomly selected patients (13 of 25 patients showed no histological evidences of chronic hepatitis and had normal serum ALAT and GGTP levels) were … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 7,173 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleDevelopment of a Short-Term Canine Full-Thickness Skin Organ Culture Method under Serum-Free ConditionsFrancesca Abramo, Andrea Pirone, Carla Lenzi et al.Full-thickness canine skin organ culture models could provide an entirely new opportunity for studying wound healing, keratinization disorders and allergic skin diseases, all of which have high prevalence and severe impact on canine quality of life. Here we present a canine organ culture method for the short-term maintenance of full-thickness, adult, canine skin in serum-free medium and investigate the possibility … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 13 Jun 2016 · 7,383 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleThe Effect of two Different Culture Media on the Proliferation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells: Bovine Fetal Serum and Platelet LysateGiuseppe Cicero, Veena Nanda, Irene MartiniMesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) have been isolated from a variety of fetal and adult tissues and are considered an ideal source for cell-based therapy due to their unique properties such as multipotency and immunomodulatory functions. The aim of this work is to observe, analyze and investigate the morphology and proliferation of human dental pulp stem cells cultured in two different … …Current Research in Dentistry, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 17 Sep 2015 · 7,464 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEffect of Chromium(VI) on Serum Iron and Removal of its Toxicity by Combining Deferasirox and Deferiprone Chelators in RatsS. Jamil A. Fatemi, Marzieh Iranmanesh, Faezeh Dahooee BaloochThe present research is aimed to characterize the potential efficiency of two chelators after chromium(VI) administration for 60 days following two doses of 15 and 30 mg kg-1 chromium(VI) per body weight daily to male rats. However, the hypothesis that the two chelators might be more efficient as combined therapy than as single therapy in removing chromium(VI) from bood serum … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 30 Oct 2013 · 7,156 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEffect of Fetal Serum and Follicular Liquor Supplementation on the In Vitro Production of Bovine EmbryosClara Larocca, Yael Filipiak, William Perez, Juan CalvoTo optimize In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) results in bovines by lowering costs, comparing the efficiency of Fetal Calf Serum (FCS) (high cost) with respect to bovine Follicular Fluid (bFF) (low cost) and by quantifying embryo production. Cumulus-Oocyte-Complexes (COC) obtained from a slaughter house, transported at 37°C in saline solution, were classified according to their quality in A, B, C and … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 9 Aug 2012 · 7,842 accessesView PDFCite