Volume 21 (2024)
Volume 20 (2023)
Volume 19 (2022)
Volume 18 (2021)
Volume 17 (2020)
Volume 16 (2019)
Volume 15 (2018)
Volume 14 (2017)
Volume 13 (2016)
Volume 12 (2015)
Volume 11 (2014)
Volume 10 (2013)
Volume 9 (2012)
Volume 8 (2011)
Volume 7 (2010)
Volume 5 (2008)
Volume 4 (2007)
Volume 3 (2006)
Volume 2 (2005)
Volume 1 (2004)
Original Article
Immunogenicity of a New HIV-1 DNA Construct in a BALB/c Mouse Model

Mehdi Mahdavi; Masoumeh Ebtekar; Fereidoun Mahboudi; Hamidreza Korram Khorshid; Fatemeh Rahbarizadeh; Kayhan Azadmanesh; Haydeh Darabi; Farzaneh Pourasgari; Zuhair Mohammad Hassan

Volume 6, Issue 4 , December 2009, Pages 163-173

Abstract
  Background: Cell mediated immunity, especially cytotoxic T cell responses against HIV-1 infection, plays a critical role in controlling viral replication and disease progres-sion. DNA vaccine is a novel technology which is known to stimulate strong cellular immune responses. Many DNA vaccines have been ...  Read More

Original Article
Heterologous Immunization, a Way out of the Problem of Monoclonal Antibody Production against Carcinoma Antigen 125

Sorour Shojaeian; Amir Hassan Zamani; Mahmood Jeddi-Tehrani; Forouzandeh Fereidooni; Ebrahim Torkabadi; Mohammad Mehdi Akhondi; Akram Sadat Tabatabaei-Panah; Abdolamir Allameh

Volume 6, Issue 4 , December 2009, Pages 174-185

Abstract
  Background: Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are essential tools for many molecular im-munology investigations, epitope mapping and molecular modelling, clinical laboratory di-agnostic tests and immunotherapy. Humoral immune response of immunized animals largely depends on the nature of antigen and the immunization ...  Read More

Original Article
Mesenchymal Stem Cells Do Not Suppress Lymphoblastic Leukemic Cell Line Proliferation

Neda Mousavi Niri; Mansooreh Jaberipour; Mahboobeh Razmkhah; Abbas Ghaderi; Mojtaba Habibagahi

Volume 6, Issue 4 , December 2009, Pages 186-194

Abstract
  Background: Several studies have demonstrated the immunosuppresive effects of mes-enchymal stem cells (MSCs) in allogeneic or mitogenic interactions. Cell-cell contact inhibition and secretion of suppressive soluble factors have been suggested in this re-gard. Objective: To investigate if adipose derived ...  Read More

Original Article
In Vitro Fertilized Embryos do not Secrete Detectable HLA-G on Day Two

Zahra Alinejad; Reza Jafari Shakib; Kambiz Forghan-parast; Ziba Zahiri; Hossein Sadri; Farangis Nagafi; Zahra Roushan

Volume 6, Issue 4 , December 2009, Pages 195-201

Abstract
  Background: Pregnancy is a successful transplantation. The factors evading rejection of the fetus are poorly understood. Recently an interest has grown, in HLA-G molecules as one of these factors. Since these antigens are mainly expressed on the surface of cytotro-phoblasts that are in direct contact ...  Read More

Original Article
Performance of Latex Agglutination Test (KAtex) In Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Iran

Mohammad Amin Ghatei; Gholamreza Hatam; Seyed Mohammad Hossein Hosseini; Bahador Sarkari

Volume 6, Issue 4 , December 2009, Pages 202-207

Abstract
  Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an endemic disease in some parts of Iran. Many techniques have been used for diagnosis of VL, among which the urine based la-tex agglutination test (KAtex) is a promising one. Objective: To compare three diag-nostic tests of VL including KAtex, ELISA and Direct ...  Read More

Original Article
Qualitative and Semi-Quantitative Comparison of an Rk39 Strip Test and Direct Agglutination Test for Detection of Anti-Leishmania Donovani Antibodies in the Sudan

Durria Mansour; Elfadil M. Abass; Abdelhafeiz Mahamoud; Abdallah el Harith

Volume 6, Issue 4 , December 2009, Pages 208-215

Abstract
  Background: Until now, the comparison of the rK39 strip test (RKT) and direct ag-glutination test (DAT) for detection of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is exclusively based on either positive or negative qualification of the reaction outcome. Objective: In this study, we compared the diagnostic performance ...  Read More

Original Article
Tehranolide Could Shift the Immune Response towards Th1 and Modulate the Intra-Tumor Infiltrated T Regulatory Cells

Shokoofe Noori; Mohammad Taghikhani; Zuhair M. Hassan; Abdolamir Allameh; Ali Mostafaei

Volume 6, Issue 4 , December 2009, Pages 216-224

Abstract
  Background: Artemisia diffusa contains a new type of sesquiterpene lactone with an endoperoxide group (Tehranolide). Objective: Due to the existing similarity between the structures of Tehranolide and Artemisinin, it was hypothesized that Tehranolide would have similar effects as Artemisinin. In this ...  Read More