Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica 2011; tom 49, nr 3

The influence of pregnancy on bone tissue metabolism is not completely understood. Caffeine also has a potentially negative influence on bones. The aim of this study was the evaluation of changes in the bones of pregnant rats under the influence of caffeine...

This study was undertaken to determine how human pancreatic cancer (HPC-4) cells transduced with the TNF-GFP fusion gene (TLG) alter the antitumor response of human monocytes in vitro and whether they could act as an antitumor vaccine. In our model, HPC-4 cells were transduced with retroviral vector harboring TLG gene and designated as HPC-4TLG. The TLG protein expression was confirmed by Western blot and flow cytometry analysis...

The precise role of estrogen in the pathogenesis of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is still unclear, while the results concerning the effect of selective estrogen receptor modulators on pelvic organ prolapse are contradictory. Our aim was to test whether alteration in the expression of estrogen receptors in the pelvic floor of preand post-menopausal women is related to genital prolapse status...

MAP kinases of the ERK family play important roles in oocyte maturation, fertilization, and early embryo development. The role of the signaling pathway involving ERK5 MAP kinase during meiotic and mitotic M-phase of the cell cycle is not well known...