Publications by authors named "N Rafiei"
The plant early recombinosome: a high security complex to break DNA during meiosis.
Plant Reprod
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- Scientists have found that DNA Double Strand Breaks (DSBs) are important for a process called meiotic recombination, which helps chromosomes mix genes properly during cell division.
- They suggest a 'multi-key lock' model to control these risky breaks and a 'one per pair of chromatids' idea to help ensure they happen safely.
- If there are too many or too few DSBs, it can lead to problems, like broken chromosomes or not getting the right number of chromosomes, which can mess up reproduction.
Introduction: Blood cultures have low sensitivity for candidemia. Sensitivity can be improved by the culture-independent system T2 Magnetic Resonance (T2). SeptiCyte RAPID is a host response assay quantifying the risk of infection-related inflammation through a scoring system (SeptiScore).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is debate on the role of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) as a reliable biomarker in multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), and its potential to reflect disease progression. This review aimed to investigate the role of GFAP in MS and NMOSD. A systematic search of electronic databases, including PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Sciences, was conducted up to 20 December 2023 to identify studies that measured GFAP levels in people with MS (PwMS) and people with NMOSD (PwNMOSD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeuropeptide Y (NPY) plays a crucial role in controlling energy homeostasis and feeding behaviour. The role of NPY neurons located in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (Arc) in responding to homeostatic signals has been the focus of much investigation, but most studies have used AgRP promoter-driven models, which do not fully encompass Arc NPY neurons. To directly investigate NPY-expressing versus AgRP-expressing Arc neurons function, we utilised chemogenetic techniques in NPY-Cre and AgRP-Cre animals to activate Arc NPY or AgRP neurons in the presence of food and food-related stimuli.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the application of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) as a treatment method for abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE).
Materials And Methods: The characteristics of the AWE lesions in the patients were obtained using ultrasound (US). The patients received general and local anesthesia, and then, AWE lesions were divided into 1 cm sections visually, and each of these sections underwent US-guided RFA using the moving shot technique.