Background: Toll-like receptor -2 (TLR-2)play important roles in tumor biology; by activation and promotion of tumor cell proliferation, resistance to apoptosis andalso, enhancement of tumor cell invasion and metastasis by regulating metalloproteinase and integrin’s.As toll-like receptors are widely expressed on tumor cells and participatein the initiation and progression of cancer, they may thus serve an important target and have an effective perspective on breast cancer treatment.
Objectives:The aims of the present study was to determine the levels of TLR-2 in the sera of healthy people and patients with benign and malignant breast tumors and also to investigate the validity of using TLR-2 as specific diagnostic markers of breast cancer. It`sdetection at early stage of disease could identify those patients with a high risk of progression to aggressive cancers.
Patients and methods:Thirty breast cancer femaleswith age range from 27-76 years were included in this study and they were among patients who attending the National Center For Early Detection Of Cancer - medical city complex / Ministry of Health,during the period from October 2011 to February 2012.Thirty clinically diagnosed patients with benign fibro adenoma and twenty apparently healthy women were chosen as a case control and healthy control groups respectively. For all these study groups, serum level of TLR-2 using sandwich ELISA technique was carried out.
Results:There was a statically significant difference in the serum level of TLR-2in blood of breast cancer patients and case control group in comparison to healthy controls (p >0.001),however there was no significant differences in such a level between the first two groups (p=0.44); therefore we were dealing with breast tumor cases in general regarding serum TLR-2.By using Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) area, in order to study the validity value of serum Toll like receptor-2 in differentiated breast tumor patients from healthy controls, serum TLR-2has the highest area under the curve (0.930) with cut off value associated with highest (perfect) sensitivity (100%) was equal to or above 0.14ng/ml.
Conclusion:The current study showed that serum levels of TLR-2were significantly higher in patients with benign and malignant breast tumors which may confirm a possible role of this marker in the pathogenesis of the disease, furthermore the best sensitivity and highest accuracy obtained from serum toll-like receptor-2 was by using a cut off values equal to or above 0.14ng/ml; Therefore, TLR-2 may be promising new diagnostic tools especially at early stages and among patients at high risk.
In this paper, we introduced some fact in 2-Banach space. Also, we define asymptotically non-expansive mappings in the setting of 2-normed spaces analogous to asymptotically non-expansive mappings in usual normed spaces. And then prove the existence of fixed points for this type of mappings in 2-Banach spaces.
Background: Dental implant is one of the most important options for teeth replacement. In two stage implant surgery, a few options could be used for uncovering implants, scalpel and laser are both considered as effective methods for this purpose. The Aim of the study: To compare soft tissue laser and scalpel for exposing implant in 2nd stage surgery in terms of the need for anesthesia, duration of procedure and pain level assessment at day 1 and day 7 post operatively using visual analogue scale . Materials and methods: Ten patients who received bilateral implants participated after healing period completed, gingival depth over each implant was recorded and then implant(s) were exposed by either scalpel or laser with determination for th
... Show MoreA hydrophilic interaction chromatography has been investigated to separate 2-deoxycytidine chosen for nucleoside. A small molecule with specific features for human serum samples was 2-deoxycytidine tested. 2-deoxycytidine has been applied to self-made stationary hydrophilic phases (ZIC1 and ZIC5). The deoxycytidine (dCD) retention was investigated with varying concentrations of sodium acetate buffer, acetonitrile%, and pH. The results confirmed the hydrophilicity of 2-deoxycytidine. The exchanger retention mechanism was studied taking into account 2-deoxycytidine used for describing the interaction of hydrophilic and cation. For both ZIC1 and ZIC5 exchangers, we described and discussed the influence of chromatographic conditions (co
... Show MoreBackground: Adults with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) have the lowest survival rate of all leukemias. Complete remission (CR) rate after induction therapy is about 55-85%, however 30% of patients fail to achieve remission and they remain alive only for about a year. Consolidation chemotherapy results in 5-year overall survival (OS) of about 30%.
Objectives: To study characteristics of adult patients with AML who attended Baghdad Teaching Hospital, their response to induction therapy and then to consolidation therapy, and their 5-year (OS) and disease free survival (DFS).
Results: Eleven patients who received attenuated induction therapy had a median survival of 6-8 mon
... Show MoreThis study describes preparation a new series of tetra-dentate N2O2 dinuclear complexes Cr(III), Co(II)and Cu(II) of the Schiff base 2-[5-(2-hydroxy-phenyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-ylimino]-methyl-naphthalen-1-ol], (LH2) derived from 1-hydroxy-naphthalene-2-carbaldehyde with 2-amino-5-(2-hydroxy-phenyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole. These ligands were characterized by FT-IR, UV-Vis, Mass spectra, elemental analysis, and 1H-NMR. All prepared complexes have been characterized by conductance measurement, magnetic susceptibility, electronic spectra, infrared spectrum, thermal Analysis (TGA), and metal analysis by atomic absorption. The stoichiometry of metal to ligand, magnetic susceptibility, and electronic spectra measurements show an octahedral geom
... Show Moreلقد حضر في هذا البحث عدد من المعقدات الجديدة لبعض ايونات العناصر الانتقالية وهي كل من Fe(II) , Fe(III) , Co(II) , Ni(II) , Cu(II) و Zn(II) مع الكاشف العضوي -4 ( -2 بريديل آزو ) ريزورسينول المعروف ب (PAR) . حيث تم التحضير بعد تثبيت الظروف المثلى من دالة حامضية وتركيز مولاري بوساطة أطياف الاشعة فوق البنفسجية – المرئية لمحاليل مزج الايونات الفلزية مع محاليل الكاشف العضوي اعلاه ولمدى واسع من الدالة الحامضية والتركيز المولارية الخاضعة لقانو
... Show MoreVaccination against novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) become highly recommended. In Iraq, three vaccines are available. They are Pfizer-Biontech, Oxford-AstraZenica, and Sino harm vaccines. A cross-sectional retrospective study was performed to a total of 2399 individual who are vaccinated with one of the available vaccines. People who are infected with Covid-19 before and/or after vaccination of either studied SARS-CoV-2 vaccines were also involved in this study (1175 case). Signs and symptoms have been reported for each of confirmed positive cases of Coronavirus disease. Statistical data analyses were applied to reveal the effect of different SARS-CoV-2 vaccines on the incidence of novel coronavirus disease among Iraqi population. Also, the
... Show MoreIn this work 2- mercaptobenzothiazole ( 2-MBT ) and some of its derivatives(1, 14 ,27) were prepared by using home made Auto clave .The synthesis involve treatment of 2- MBT or some of its derivatives with chloro acetyl chloride to give 1- chloro acetyl -2- MBT or the corresponding derivatives (2,15,28) . the product was treated with phenyl hydrazine to give the phenyl hydrazide derivatives (3,16,29) . The new derivatives(4-13, 17-26,30-39) were synthesized by reaction of the phenyl hydrazide derivatives with different aromatic aldehydes in the presence of Acetic Acid . Structure of all the prepared compounds confirmation were proved using FTIR , elemental analysis (C .H .N .S ) in addition to melting points.