Publications by authors named "Hossein Ghorbani"

Background: Breast cancer management depends on molecular subtypes. The aim was to compare disease-free survival (DFS) among the different subgroups. Overall survival (OS) is a secondary endpoint.

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  • Researchers are exploring new ways to predict vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) due to the drawbacks of traditional radiological exams.
  • This study tested the effectiveness of measuring neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) levels in serum and urine to identify VUR in children with febrile urinary tract infections (UTIs).
  • Results showed that urinary NGAL, with a cut-off value of 15 ng/mL, effectively indicates VUR with 82.6% sensitivity and 58.8% specificity, while serum NGAL levels did not correlate with VUR.
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Background: Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) produces an inflammatory process and plays a critical role against infection and in the control of viral infection. The present study was conducted to determine the status of serum TNF-α in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19).

Methods: In this cross-sectional study the serum TNF-α level, sex, and age, were determined in patients with COVID-19.

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Background: Having a weakened immune system can make patients easily get nosocomial infection (NI) with multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria and put them in a dangerous situation. It causes long hospital stays, disability, economic burden, and even death. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of NI in patients suffering from COVID-19.

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Background: Colorectal cancer could be developed from adenomatous polyp. The study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic significance of stromal and epithelial CD10 (Neprilysin) expression in patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma and adenomatous polyps.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 141 patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma and adenomatous polyps referred to Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital from March 2020 to March 2021.

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  • - This study focused on analyzing the presence and condition of the HPV-16 virus in various cervical lesions, including non-cancerous, precancerous, and cancerous tissues.
  • - Researchers used quantitative real-time PCR to measure the viral loads of two HPV-16 genes (E2 and E6) in 132 cervical samples, finding significant differences in these loads across the lesion types.
  • - The results indicated that the E2 gene viral load is a strong biomarker for differentiating lesion types, with E2 and E6 showing high specificity and sensitivity in identifying cancerous samples.
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Background: The spectrum of the clinical features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spans from asymptomatic or mild disease to severe respiratory failure, while different factors are related to its mortality rate. This research aimed to determine the clinical and laboratory characteristics and the associated factors of mortality in patients with COVID-19.

Materials And Methods: Data were collected from hospitalized patients (May to June 2020), and COVID-19 was confirmed in patients by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

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Background: The aim of the present study was to compare the epidemiological patterns of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) infections, hospitalizations, deaths, and duration of hospitalization during the fourth, fifth and sixth epidemic waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Iran.

Methods: A multicenter retrospective observational study was conducted on hospitalized patients in four hospitals in the Babol district of northern Iran. The study periods were during the fourth, fifth, and sixth waves of the epidemic in Iran, (March 2021 to March 2022).

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  • The study investigated the use of immunohistochemical markers (CK19, HBME-1, galectin-3) to improve the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), which is increasing in incidence and is often inadequately diagnosed through routine histology alone.
  • Conducted at Babol University of Medical Sciences, the research analyzed tissue samples from 100 cases of PTC, using various statistical methods to determine the effectiveness of these markers.
  • The results showed that CK19 was present in all non-neoplastic tissues while HBME-1 and galectin-3 were less prevalent; the combination of all three markers provided the highest sensitivity and specificity, suggesting their usefulness for diagnosing PTC.
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with neuronal loss in the hippocampus. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of Iranian thyme honey (single dose: 2 gr/kg) vs rivastigmine (0.3 mg/kg) in vivo on spatial memory and in vitro on important parameters of oxidative stress as well as quantitative and qualitative studies of hippocampal neurons of AD rat models with this design that 30 days after oral administration of 17 mg/kg AlCl, 20 AD rats were received that underwent a 6-weeks therapeutic period and another 20 rats underwent a 6-weeks preventive period and also 20 rats were as controls.

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Introduction: COVID-19 virus pandemic has begun since 2020 and became one of the most important causes of mortalities. Accordingly, vaccination has found a vital role in control of COVID-19 virus. Despite many advantages of vaccines in controlling the virus spread and reducing the mortal rate, these benefits came at the expense of side effects which have not been fully explored nor should be ignored.

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We performed an age matched case-control study of incident epileptic patients to assess the relationship between Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and epilepsy. Cases were 94 newly diagnosed patients (mean age, 36.7 ± 15.

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Background: Patient symptoms and primary investigational methods may be misleading at some points in patient management and can consume a lot of time. Sarcomas are rare malignancies and contribute 1% of all cancers of adult.

Case Presentation: A rare case of primary cardiac angiosarcoma is presented, who was first treated because of lung tuberculosis and then with only slight improvement in symptoms, further investigations were done showing right ventricular enlargement and pericardial effusion.

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Background: Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is a relatively uncommon histological subtype of breast cancer that is a cystic form of papillary mucinous carcinoma.  It is regularly negative for estrogen and progesterone receptors and it is most often diagnosed in older than 55-60 years old. The incidence of breast mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is about 1-6% of primary breast cancers.

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Background: Stem cell differentiation therapy is a promising strategy in cancer treatment. we show that protein cocktail prepared from serum starved fibroblasts has therapeutic potential based on this strategy.

Methods: The condition medium was prepared from foreskin isolated fibroblasts and analyzed by Liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS).

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Purpose: Biochemical and histopathological properties of renal tissues were reported to be affected by both radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) and ionizing radiation. The radiation-induced changes in the kidney, including the serum levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Cr), could lead to adverse health outcomes such as chronic kidney disease. These complications signify the importance of the research in this field.

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The most common mesenchymal tumours of the uterine corpus originate from smooth muscle cells. Leiomyomas are commonly found in women of child bearing age; however, leiomyosarcomas occur later in life (50-55 years of age). Most uterine leiomyosarcomas occur de novo, but rare cases of leiomyosarcomas that arise from leiomyomas have been reported.

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Background: Compared to past decades, humans are exposed to rapidly increasing levels of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiations (RF-EMF). Despite numerous studies, the biological effects of human exposure to different levels of RF-EMF are not fully understood yet. This study aimed to evaluate the bioeffects of exposure to "900/1800 MHz" and "2.

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Background: The present study aimed to investigate and compare the effect of starved fibroblast culture supernatant (SFS), DMEM and normal saline alone or along with LA7 on dexamethasone-treated immunosuppressed Wistar rats.

Methods: After the isolation of fibroblasts from the fresh foreskin of children, it was cultured in serum-free DMEM, and the supernatant collected after 16 hours (16h-SFS). This solution and the other treatments were injected subcutaneously into the rats from each group once daily for 14 days.

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Background: In December 2019, China has experienced an outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Coronavirus has now spread to all of the continents. We aimed to consider clinical characteristics, laboratory data of COVID-19 that provided more information for the research of this novel virus.

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Background: Paraoxonase 1 (PON1), a multifactorial antioxidant enzyme, has a defensive role against oxidative stress, which is believed to contribute to cancer development. This study aimed to investigate the association of PON1-L55M functional polymorphism with breast cancer risk.

Material And Methods: In the experimental study, blood samples were collected from 150 healthy women controls and 150 breast cancer subjects.

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Background: Visfatin, also known as nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, has been suggested as a pro-inflammatory and immunomodulating marker for periodontitis. The aim of this study was an immunohistochemical analysis of visfatin in gingival tissues of patients with chronic periodontitis and aggressive periodontitis.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study based on clinical evaluation and inclusion and exclusion criteria.

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