The tetrazolium salt (MTT) method involving conversion of MTT to coloured formazan by
cells serving as indirect measurements of cell growth/cell kill has been reported by several …

Cytokines play a critical role in modulating the innate and adaptive immune systems. Here,
we have identified from the human genomic sequence a family of three cytokines …

Type III interferons (IFNs)(interleukin-28/29 or lambda interferon [IFN-λ]) are cytokines with
IFN-like activities. Here we show that several classes of viruses induce expression of IFN-λ1 …

The mechanisms by which reactive species (RS) participate in the development of
atherosclerosis remain incompletely understood. The present study was designed to test the …

Retinal pigment epithelial cell dysfunction mediated by reactive oxygen intermediates has
been suggested as a possible cause of age-related macular degeneration. To test the …

The application of a modified colorimetric bioassay for the evaluation of the biological effects
of mycotoxins is reported. Using three different monolayer cell lines (swine kidney, Madin …

Hydroxyapatite crystalline nanoparticles were created by a precipitation hydrothermal
technique and the majority of crystal particles were in the size range of 40–60nm and …

The interest in food toxicology is evident by the dependency of humankind on nutrition by
virtue of their heterotrophic metabolism. By means of modern biochemistry, molecular and …

Background Cerebral hypoxia/ischemia (H/I) is an important stress factor involved in the
disruption of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) following stroke injury, yet the cellular and …

The results of our previous work indicated that cell-mediated immune response, of
importance in protection against Treponema pallidum, is distinctly inhibited at certain …