Volume 61 (2015) No. 3

 

Original Article

Preparing Triple-Compound Heterozygous Control Material for Molecular Diagnostics of TPMT Allelic Variants

(thiopurine S-methyltransferase / gene synthesis / reference material / commutability / heterozygosity)

M. BERÁNEK1,3, M. DRASTÍKOVÁ1, J. BUREŠ2, V. PALIČKA1

1Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnostics, 22nd Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, 3Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Pages: 91 - 96 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Martin Beránek, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnostics, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Sokolská 581, 500 05 Hradec Králové. Phone: (+420) 495 833 040; Fax: (+420) 495 832 003; e-mail: beranek@lfhk.cuni.cz


 

Original Article

Anti-Proliferative and Apoptotic Effects of Methanolic Extracts from Different Cladonia Species on Human Breast Cancer Cells

(apoptosis / lichen / MCF-7 human breast cancer cells / proliferation)

Z. M. COSKUN1, M. ERSOZ1, B. ACIKGOZ2, I. KARALTI3, G. COBANOGLU2, C. SESAL2

1Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Istanbul Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey

2Department of Biology, Science and Art Faculty, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

3Clinic Microbiology Laboratory, Medical Faculty, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

Pages: 97 - 103 (PDF)

Corresponding author:  Z. M. Coskun, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Istanbul Bilim University, 34394-Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey. Phone: (+90) 212 213 64 83; Fax: (+90) 212 272 34 61; e-mail: zeynepminecoskun@gmail.com

 


Original Article

Anthocyanin-Rich Diet in Chemically Induced Colitis in Mice

(flavonoids / protein oxidation / inflammatory bowel disease / oxidative stress)

K. JANŠÁKOVÁ1, J. BÁBÍČKOVÁ1,2, B. FILOVÁ3, E. LENGYELOVÁ1, M. HAVRLENTOVÁ4,5, J. KRAIC4,5, P. CELEC1,2,6,7, Ľ. TÓTHOVÁ1,2

1Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

2Center for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

3Institute of Medical Physics, Biophysics, Informatics and Telemedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

4National Agricultural and Food Centre – Research Institute of Plant Production, Piešťany, Slovakia

5Department of Biotechnologies, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava, Slovakia

6Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia 

7Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Pages: 104 - 109 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Katarína Janšáková, Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Comenius University, Sasinkova 4, 811 08 Bratislava, Slovakia. Phone: (+421) 259 357 371; Fax: (+421) 259 357 631; e-mail: jansakova.katarina@gmail.com

 


Original Article

Effect of Asenapine on the Activity of Hypocretin Neurons in Normal and Unpredictable Mild Stress Preconditioned Rats

(asenapine / hypocretin / hypothalamus / stress / rat)

Z. MAJERCIKOVA, A. KISS

Laboratory of Functional Neuromorphology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Pages: 110 - 115 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Alexander Kiss, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vlarska 3, 833 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Phone: (+421) 254772800; Fax: (+421) 254 774 247; e-mail: ueenkiss@savba.sk

 


Original Article

The Effect of Ascorbic Acid on Mancozeb-Induced Toxicity in Rat Thymocytes

(mancozeb / ascorbic acid / thymocytes / toxicity / ROS)

V. PAVLOVIC1, S. CEKIC1, B. KAMENOV2, M. CIRIC1, D. KRTINIC3

1Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty University of Nis, Serbia

2Pediatric Clinic, 3Clinic for Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Clinical Centre, Nis, Serbia

Pages: 116 - 123 (PDF)

Corresponding author: Voja Pavlovic, Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty University of Nis, Bulevar dr Zorana Djindjica 81, 18000 Nis, Serbia. Phone: (+381) 66 276736; e-mail: vojapav@yahoo.com