Vitamin D3 and erythropoietin protect against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury via heat shock protein 70 and microRNA-21 expression.

Kidney ischemia reperfusion (IR) contributes to the development of acute kidney injury. The hypoxic conditions in ischemic damage lead to oxidative stress and apoptotic cell death. We investigated the effects of vitamin D3 (Vit D) and erythropoietin (EPO) on microRNA-21(miR-21) expression in renal IR.

Renoprotective effects of the methanolic extract of against carbon tetrachloride-induced renal injury in rats.

Objective: Studies have demonstrated that carbon tetrachloride (CCl) increases the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in many tissues including the kidney, heart, lung, brain, and liver. The major aim of the present study was to evaluate the protective activity of extract (TPE) in renal tissues of CCl-intoxicated rats.

Materials And Methods: Animals were divided into seven groups of six rats.

Extra-hepatic fascioliasis with peritoneal malignancy tumor feature.

Fascioliasis is a zoonose parasitic disease caused by Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica and is widespread in most regions of the world. Ectopic fascioliasis usually caused by juvenile Fasciola spp., but in recent years a few cases of tissue-embedded ova have been reported from different endemic areas.