FAK alleviates radiation-induced rectal injury by decreasing apoptosis.

Radiation-induced rectal injury is closely related with radiotherapy efficiency. Here, we investigated the effect of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in radiation-induced rectal injury. Peripheral blood samples of patients with rectal cancer were collected prior to radiotherapy.

[Acute infection of Toxoplasma gondii affects the level of oxygen free radicals in serum and testes of mice].

Objective: To observe the impact of Toxoplasma gondii infection on the level of oxygen free radicals and antioxidant enzyme in serum and testes of mice.

Methods: 40 BALB/c male mice were randomly divided into four groups. Five mice from each group were injected intraperitoneally with 2.