The effect of endurance training on serum hs-Creative protein as an inflammatory predictor of cardiovascular disease in untrained men by حشمت الله پارسیان, خسرو ابراهیم, حجت اله نیک بخت, فتانه خانعلی

“…Hs-CRP was measured using ELISA kits andimmunoturbidometric assay. Results: Data were analyzed using paired and independent t-test atP<0.05. …”
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Flavopiridol causes cell cycle inhibition and demonstrates anti-cancer activity in anaplastic thyroid cancer models. by Nicole Pinto, Stephenie D Prokopec, Farhad Ghasemi, Jalna Meens, Kara M Ruicci, Imran M Khan, Neil Mundi, Krupal Patel, Myung W Han, John Yoo, Kevin Fung, Danielle MacNeil, Joe S Mymryk, Alessandro Datti, John W Barrett, Paul C Boutros, Laurie Ailles, Anthony C Nichols

“…Flavopiridol also decreased the in vitro ability of ATC cells to form colonies and impeded migration using a transwell migration assay. In vivo, flavopiridol decreased tumor weight and tumor volume over time in a patient-derived xenograft model of ATC. …”
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Alaninaminotransferase and specific viral hepatitis markers in the blood of donors by Zh. K. Burkitbayev, G. A. Yesenbayeva, S. A. Abdrakhmanova, Zh. Zh. Bibekov, Ye. B. Zhiburt

“…Viral hepatitis markers detection rate by immuno-chemiluminescence assay at testing for ALT activity in venous (n=47080) and capillary (n=22530) blood of donors was studied. …”
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The Role of Oleuropein, Derived from Olives, in Human Skin Fibroblast Cells: Investigating the Underlying Molecular Mechanisms of Cytotoxicity and Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory... by Vahid Asghariazar, Fatemeh Vahidian, Arash Karimi, Soheil Abbaspour-Ravasjani, Behzad Mansoori, Elham Safarzadeh

“…Moreover, oleuropein’s possible free radical scavenging properties were studied through several methods, including the 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ABTS tests. The scratch assay was performed for wound-healing features, and qRT-PCR evaluated the expression of apoptosis-associated genes. …”
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The impact of Schistosoma haematobium hybridization on molecular diagnosis of schistosomiasis: A review with emphasis on female genital schistosomiasis. by Ombeni Ally, Bernard N Kanoi, Gideon S Mmbando, Steven Ger Nyanjom, Ladslaus L Mnyone, Jesse Gitaka, Gerald Misinzo, Lucy Ochola

“…In order to overcome challenges with the biopsy and colposcopy approach, some studies have evaluated the potential of PCR-based assays and isothermal amplification of Schistosoma DNA. …”
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Role of Anti-oxidants in the Treatment of Vitiligo by Amit Kumar, Sudha Agrawal, Tapan Kumar Dhali, Shankar Kumr Majhi

“…The activities of Malondialdehyde (MDA), Vitamin C, and Vitamin E in serum and of Catalase (CAT) in erythrocytes of patients at baseline and at end of eight weeks were also assessed by using the spectrophotometric assay. Results: The onset of repigmentation was noted significantly earlier among the anti-oxidant group as compared to the placebo group (p=0.015). …”
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Real time machine learning prediction of next generation sequencing test results in live clinical settings by Grace Y. E. Kim, Matthew Schwede, Conor K. Corbin, Sajjad Fouladvand, Rondeep Brar, David Iberri, William Shomali, Jean S. Oak, Dita Gratzinger, Henning Stehr, Jonathan H. Chen

“…The Heme-STAMP is one such assay that tracks mutations in genes implicated in hematolymphoid neoplasms. …”
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The Seropositivity Rate of Human Cytomegalovirus [Hcmv] Among Hepatitis B Virus [Hbv] Patients, Hepatitis C Virus [Hcv] Patients, and Blood Donors in Diyala Province by Dhaffir Hashim Steer, Muthanna A. Saleh Al-Mahdawi

“…The goal of this research was to assess the incidence of HCMV IgG and HCMV IgM seropositivity in blood donors, HCV patients, and HBV patients in Diyala province using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]. The results revealed that the seropositivity of HCMV IgM was 3.2% in each of the HCV and HBV patients and 0.0% in blood donors. …”
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Advances in high‐throughput mass spectrometry in drug discovery by Maria Emilia Dueñas, Rachel E Peltier‐Heap, Melanie Leveridge, Roland S Annan, Frank H Büttner, Matthias Trost

“…Moreover, these label‐free MS assays are often cheaper, faster, and more physiologically relevant than competing assay technologies. …”
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Evaluation of antioxidant properties and nutritional composition of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) from arid regions by K. Makangali, T. Tultabayeva, G. Tokysheva, A. Shoman, V. Kiyan, S. Abzhanova, D. Aiken, D. Amirkhanova, G. Zamaratskaia

“…The antioxidant capacity of purslane was assessed using the Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) assay, yielding values of 43.5 ± 1.0 mg GAE g-1 dry weight, and DPPH radical scavenging activity, with a value of 83.8% at a concentration of 200 mcg/ml. …”
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COEXIST: Coordinated single-cell integration of serial multiplexed tissue images. by Robert T Heussner, Cameron F Watson, Christopher Z Eddy, Kunlun Wang, Eric M Cramer, Allison L Creason, Gordon B Mills, Young Hwan Chang

“…Multiplexed tissue imaging (MTI) and other spatial profiling technologies commonly utilize serial tissue sectioning to comprehensively profile samples by imaging each section with unique biomarker panels or assays. The dependence on serial sections is attributed to technological limitations of MTI panel size or incompatible multi-assay protocols. …”
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Anti-hepatoma effect of taccalonolide A through suppression of sonic hedgehog pathway by Hui Tian, Zhenkun He

“…Cell viability was evaluated by cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay. Apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry. …”
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Cytokine dynamics in vitiligo: the roles of interleukin-10 and interleukin-17 by Hanan Mohammed Saied

“…Serum concentrations of IL-10 and IL-17 were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Disease severity and duration were also assessed in relation to cytokine levels. …”
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Gastric mucosal damage due to partial sleep deprivation in rats by KH Sadeghniiat Haghighi, E Noori, GH Hassanzadeh, AR Dehpour

“…We also performed ELISA assay for measurement of their serum melatonin. Results: Mucosal damage was seen to some extent in both groups. …”
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What is the value of testing for tick-borne diseases in cattle in endemic areas? A case study of bovine anaplasmosis. by Valeria Paucar-Quishpe, Dirk Berkvens, Ximena Pérez-Otáñez, Richar Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Darío Cepeda-Bastidas, Cecilia Perez, Yadira Guasumba, Daniela Balseca, Kamilo Villareal, María-Augusta Chávez-Larrea, Sandra Enríquez, Jorge Grijalva, Sophie O Vanwambeke, Claude Saegerman, Lenin Ron-Garrido

“…The true prevalence of bovine anaplasmosis, the percentage of animals with protective antibodies against this TBD, and the diagnostic characteristics of three tests (multiplex polymerase chain reaction (mPCR), competitive-inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA), and blood smear (BS)) were estimated using a Bayesian approach. …”
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Chemical combinations elucidate pathway interactions and regulation relevant to Hepatitis C replication by Christopher M Owens, Christina Mawhinney, Jill M Grenier, Ralf Altmeyer, Margaret S Lee, Alexis A Borisy, Joseph Lehár, Lisa M Johansen

“…Here, we present a combination chemical genetic study to explore how the sterol and protein prenylation pathways work together to affect hepatitis C viral replication in a replicon assay. In addition to finding novel targets affecting viral replication, our data suggest that the viral replication is strongly affected by sterol pathway regulation. …”
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INTESTINAL HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY, ISOLATION AND MOLECULAR DETECTION OF CLOSTERDIUM PERFERNGES, FROM LAYER CHICKEN IN BASRAH GOVERNORATE by J. Y. Mustafa, Y. J. Mohammed, M. A. Abba, N. J. Khalaf

“…From a total of 200 samples, C. perfringens was isolated from 30 samples (25%) of laying hens and confirmed using a PCR assay by amplifying a segment of a gene (16S rDNA gene) from C. perfringens. …”
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Impact of maternal energy drink consumption during gestation and lactation on brain health in neonatal Wistar albino rats by Marwa Moustafa Mohamed, Doaa S. R. Khafaga, Hamed A. Daboun, Heba Ali Abd El-Rahman, Mohamed A. El Desouky

“…In the present study, an energy drink was administrated at doses of 5 ml/Kg or 10 ml/Kg body weight. The comet assay demonstrated a significant elevation in DNA damage, evidenced by increased % DNA in tail and olive tail moment in the energy drink groups. …”
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Circular RNA hsa_Circ_0007552 inhibits lung adenocarcinoma proliferation, migration and invasion via the miR-7974/BAP1 axis by Yanping Lin, Rong Li, Xin Shen, Mingjin Wu, Jiadai Tang, Jiangyan Guo, Caixin Yin, Tingrong Xia, Dongqi Li, Fengdi Hu, Yedan Liao, Rui Li, Lin Xie

“…Cell viability, migration, and invasion capabilities were evaluated using the Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), colony formation assay, wound healing assay, and Transwell migration and invasion assays. …”
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The cytotoxic effects of MgO nanoparticles on human blood mononuclear cells by A Barkhordari, S Barzegar, H Hekmati Moghaddam, A Jebali, H Fallahzadeh

“…Methods: In this laboratory trial study, suspensions of blood mononuclear cells were prepared from 10 young healthy men and then were incubated with different concentrations of the nanoparticles (1, 10, 100, 500, 1000 and 1500 µg/ml) at 37 °c, and finally the percent of dead cells were measured by MTT assay after 6 and 24 hours of incubation. Positive and negative controls were also applied. …”
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