Prosaposin in the rat oviductal epithelial cells.

Prosaposin (PSAP) has two forms: a precursor and a secreted form. The secreted form has neurotrophic, myelinotrophic, and myotrophic properties. The precursor form is a precursor protein of saposins A-D.

Nature of Host Immunity during Hepatitis B Virus Infection and designing Immune Therapy.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections represent one of the major public health problems in global context. More than 2 billion people in the world have been infected with this virus at some point of time in their life and millions are chronically infected, indicating that chronic HBV-infected subjects remain as a living source of HBV transmission. The public health impact of this is tremendous.

Effect of central injection of tumor-necrosis factor-like cytokine 1A and interferons on food intake in chicks.

In mammals, anorexia accompanying infection is thought to be mediated via cytokines including interleukins, interferons (IFNs), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF). However, there is a lack of related knowledge on birds. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to determine if cytokines are associated with reduced food intake in chicks (Gallus gallus).

Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus in a Tea Garden of Bangladesh.

Introduction: The overall health status of workers of tea garden of Bangladesh is below the national standard. Also, almost nothing has been reported about status of hepatitis virus infection among these population and there is also a lack of consensus.

Materials And Methods: Several health-related facts, especially those of liver diseases, were collected from 130 workers of tea garden via questionnaire.

Feeding response following central administration of mesotocin and arginine-vasotocin receptor agonists in chicks (Gallus gallus).

Mesotocin (MT) and arginine-vasotocin (AVT) are posterior pituitary derived hormones in birds and are homologous to mammalian oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (VP), respectively. We previously reported that intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of both MT and AVT inhibit feeding and induce wing-flapping in chicks (Gallus gallus). Because both peptides cause similar effects suggests that they might act via common receptors.

Early termination of immune tolerance state of hepatitis B virus infection explains liver damage.

Aim: To assess an early termination of immune tolerance state of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Bangladesh and its clinical significance.

Methods: From a series of 167 treatment-naive chronic hepatitis B patients aged between 12 to 20 years (mean ± SD; 17.5 ± 2.

Combination therapy with antiviral drugs and hepatitis B vaccine in incidentally-detected and asymptomatic chronic hepatitis virus B carriers at Bangladesh.

Abstract Asymptomatic chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers are at risk of developing complications of liver disease, but these patients are not recommended for treatment with antiviral drugs. In fact, antiviral drugs are ineffective in these patients in the immune tolerance phase, when they have inadequate levels of host immunity. We postulated that combination therapy of an immune modulator and antiviral drugs may have potential to help these patients.

Feeding and drinking response following central administrations of bombesin-like peptides in chicks.

Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and neuromedin B (NMB) have been isolated as homologues of bombesin. Central administration of bombesin inhibits feeding behavior in chicks (Gallus gallus) while the effects of GRP and NMB have not been reported. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of GRP, NMB and neuromedin C (NMC, the C-terminus decapeptide of GRP) affected feeding and drinking behavior in chicks.