Assessment of modulatory activity of Uncaria tomentosa extract against fipronil immunotoxicity in male rats.

This study has investigated the effect of using the Uncaria tomentosa (UT) extract against immunotoxicity that induced by fipronil (FP) in male Wistar rats. Twenty-eight, male Wistar rats were assigned randomly into four groups (7 rats each). Control group received distilled water.

Cardioprotective effect of green tea extract and vitamin E on Cisplatin-induced cardiotoxicity in mice: Toxicological, histological and immunohistochemical studies.

Background: Cisplatin (CP) has been used in wide range for cancer treatment. Although nephrotoxicity of CP was the main complication, cardiotoxicity has been reported.

Objectives: This study investigates the protective role of green tea extract (GTE) and vitamin E (Vit-E) against CP-induced cardiotoxicity, and assesses their impact on CP antitumor efficacy.

Lycopene: Hepatoprotective and Antioxidant Effects toward Bisphenol A-Induced Toxicity in Female Wistar Rats.

Bisphenol A (BPA)-an endocrine disruptor xenoestrogen-is widely spread in the environment. Lycopene (LYC) is an antioxidant phytochemical carotenoid. The hereby study was designed to verify the deleterious effect of BPA on cyclic female rats' hepatic tissue as well as evaluation of the effect of LYC toward BPA hepatic perturbation.

GSK-3β heterozygous knockout is cardioprotective in a knockin mouse model of familial dilated cardiomyopathy.

Glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) plays a central role in both cardiac physiology and pathology. Herein we want to clarify the role of GSK-3β in familial dilated cardiomyopathy. We generated a mouse model carrying a heterozygous knockout mutation of GSK-3β (GSK-3β(+/-) KO), together with a ΔK210 knockin mutation in cardiac troponin T (ΔK210 cTnT KI), which was proved to be one of the genetic causes of familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).