21 Result(s)

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Production and Evaluation of Ag85B:HspX:hFcγ1 Immunogenicity as an Fc Fusion Recombinant Multi-Stage Vaccine Candidate Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

An urgent need is to introduce an effective vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection. In the present study, a multi-stage M.tb immunodominant Fcγ1 fusion protein (Ag85B:HspX:hFcγ1) was designed...

Mohsen Karbalaei, Arman Mosavat, Saman Soleimanpour, Hadi Farsiani… in Current Microbiology (2024)

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Hydrogen-Rich Water Using as a Modulator of Gut Microbiota and Managing the Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Molecular hydrogen (H₂) is well known as a colorless gas, and water enriched with H₂ (HRW) is an innovative, beneficial beverage for human health that improves gut microbiota management and the viability of the i...

Atieh Yaghoubi, Saman Soleimanpour… in Molecular Hydrogen in Health and Disease (2024)

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Detection of Isoniazid and Rifampin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates from Sputum Samples by High-Resolution Melting Analysis

The effective management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and the need for rapid and accurate screening of rifampin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH)-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) isolates are th...

Shadi Parsa, Atieh Yaghoubi, Nafiseh Izadi, Faezeh Sabet… in Current Microbiology (2022)

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Bacterial Peptide and Bacteriocins in Treating Gynecological Cancers

After breast cancer, gynecological cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer in female population. The most frequently diagnosed types of gynecological cancers are cervical and ovarian cancer. Since the conv...

Atieh Yaghoubi, Majid Khazaei… in International Journal of Peptide Research … (2022)

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Green synthesis of selenium nanoparticles using Rosmarinus officinalis and investigated their antimicrobial activity

The interest of many has been attracted by plant-mediated synthesizing procedures for nanoparticles since they provide certain qualities including being cost-effective, quick, and compatible with the environme...

Fatemeh Adibian, Roya Saddat Ghaderi, Zahra Sabouri, Javid Davoodi… in BioMetals (2022)

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Inconsistency of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test and Tuberculin Skin Test Results in the Evaluation of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Health Care Workers

Problem considered: Working in hospital wards, especially the infectious and pulmonary diseases wards, increases the likelihood of the risk of the health care staff with a variety of infectious factors, including...

Zahra Bagheri, Atieh Yaghoubi, Faezeh Sabet… in Molecular Genetics, Microbiology and Virol… (2021)

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Anticancer activity of Helicobacter pylori ribosomal protein (HPRP) with iRGD in treatment of colon cancer

As the conventional therapeutic approaches were not completely successful in the treatment of colon cancer, there is still a need for finding the most efficient therapeutic agents. Here we investigated the ant...

Atieh Yaghoubi, Fereshteh Asgharzadeh… in Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical On… (2021)

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Green synthesis of colloidal selenium nanoparticles in starch solutions and investigation of their photocatalytic, antimicrobial, and cytotoxicity effects

In this research, we have offered a green and new synthesizing procedure for selenium nanoparticles (Se-NPs) through the utilization of Na₂SeO₃, in which starch has a role of stabilizer and cap** agent, as the ...

Monireh Kazemi, Alireza Akbari, Zahra Sabouri… in Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering (2021)

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Peptides with Dual Antimicrobial-Anticancer Activity Derived from the N-terminal Region of H. pylori Ribosomal Protein L1 (RpL1)

Whereas the traditional approaches of cancer therapy including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy have failed to properly treat cancer due to the condition of the space inside the tumor with the hyp...

Atieh Yaghoubi, Majid Khazaei… in International Journal of Peptide Research … (2021)

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The Potential Impact of Statins in the Treatment of Patients with COVID-19 Infection

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SARS-CoV-2 Liability: The Hidden Mystery Behind Its Presentation in Children

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now of global concern because of its rapid dissemination across the globe. It is unclear whether COVID-19 is as hazardous as previous coronavirus outbreaks, though there ...

Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Mohammad Hassan Aelami… in Coronavirus Therapeutics – Volume II (2021)

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Multicenter Cryptococcal Antigen Screening of HIV-Infected Patients in Iran

Early diagnosis and targeted preemptive antifungal treatment are crucial in reducing cryptococcal meningitis (CM)-related mortality in individuals living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The present st...

Zainab Bandalizadeh, Tahereh Shokohi, Mahmood Moosazadeh… in Current Microbiology (2020)

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Evaluation of Antifungal and Photocatalytic Activities of Gelatin-Stabilized Selenium Oxide Nanoparticles

Here in, a novel method for manufacturing selenium oxide nanoparticles (SeO₂-NPs) was presented, which includes the use of sodium selenite (Na₂SeO₃), gelatin, and ascorbic acid as selenium precursor, stabilizing ...

Monireh Kazemi, Alireza Akbari… in Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Po… (2020)

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The bacterial instrument as a promising therapy for colon cancer

Colon cancer is a great health concern worldwide, as it is the second leading cause of cancer-related death. Conventional treatment of cancer such as surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy are faced with limi...

Atieh Yaghoubi, Majid Khazaei, Amir Avan… in International Journal of Colorectal Disease (2020)

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Seed Priming with Cold Plasma and Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes Modified Growth, Tissue Differentiation, Anatomy, and Yield in Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia)

This study was conducted to explore the capability of seed priming with the cold plasma and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), in order to improve growth and yield in Momordica charantia. The soaked seeds wer...

Fereshteh Sadat Seddighinia, Alireza Iranbakhsh… in Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (2020)

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The Role of Green Reducing Agents in Gelatin-Based Synthesis of Colloidal Selenium Nanoparticles and Investigation of Their Antimycobacterial and Photocatalytic Properties

Herein, we have presented a new approach for the fabrication of selenium nanoparticles (Se-NPs), which involves the utilization of sodium selenite (Na₂SeO₃) as the selenium source and gelatin in the role a cappin...

Monireh Kazemi, Alireza Akbari, Saman Soleimanpour… in Journal of Cluster Science (2019)

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HspX protein as a candidate vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an overview

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). This disease with two million deaths per year has the highest mortality rate among bacterial infections. The only a...

Arshid Yousefi-Avarvand, Mohsen Tafaghodi, Saman Soleimanpour… in Frontiers in Biology (2018)

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Construction and immunogenicity of a new Fc-based subunit vaccine candidate against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

As an ancient disease, tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health threat. Therefore, there is an urgent need for an effective and safe anti-TB vaccine. In the current study, a delivery system of Fc domain of m...

Abdollah Kebriaei, Mohammad Derakhshan, Zahra Meshkat… in Molecular Biology Reports (2016)

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APC targeting enhances immunogenicity of a novel multistage Fc-fusion tuberculosis vaccine in mice

Numerous studies have demonstrated that targeting immunogens to FcγR on antigen-presenting cells (APCs) can selectively uptake and increase cellular immunity in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, the present study was...

Saman Soleimanpour, Hadi Farsiani, Arman Mosavat… in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2015)