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Comparison of Direct and Indirect Methods of Teaching Breast Self-Examination – Influence on Knowledge and Attitudes of Iranian Nursing and Midwifery Personnel.

Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP

Shahbazi S, Heidari M, Ghafourifard M.
PMID: 28548468
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2017 Apr 01;18(4):1157-1162. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.4.1157.

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Monthly breast self-examination (BSE) has been presented as one of the best screening methods available. The aim of this study was to compare effects of both direct and indirect...

Lactobacilli Modulate Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF)-1 Regulatory Pathway in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cell Line.

Cell journal

Esfandiary A, Taherian-Esfahani Z, Abedin-Do A, Mirfakhraie R, Shirzad M, Ghafouri-Fard S, Motevaseli E.
PMID: 27540529
Cell J. 2016 Jul-Sep;18(2):237-244. doi: 10.22074/cellj.2016.4319. Epub 2016 May 30.

OBJECTIVE: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF)-1 plays an essential role in the body's response to low oxygen concentrations and regulates expression of several genes implicated in homeostasis, vascularization, anaerobic metabolism as well as immunological responses. Increased levels of HIF-1α are associated...

Patients' Dignity and Its Relationship with Contextual Variables: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Journal of caring sciences

Zirak M, Ghafourifard M, Aliafsari Mamaghani E.
PMID: 28299297
J Caring Sci. 2017 Mar 01;6(1):49-51. doi: 10.15171/jcs.2017.006. eCollection 2017 Mar.

No abstract available.

Report of a Case with Trisomy 9 Mosaicism.

Iranian journal of medical sciences

Miryounesi M, Dianatpour M, Shadmani Z, Ghafouri-Fard S.
PMID: 27217611
Iran J Med Sci. 2016 May;41(3):249-52.

Trisomy 9 is a rare chromosome disorder with high neonatal mortality. It is often seen in mosaic form. Most patients who survive are severely mentally retarded. The main features of this syndrome are "bulbous" nose, microphthalmia, dislocated limbs, and...

Alteration of rat hippocampal neurogenesis and neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression upon prenatal exposure to tamoxifen.

Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology

Nobakht M, Gharavi MJ, Mousavizadeh K, Bakhshayesh M, Ghafourifar P.
PMID: 21757325
Pathophysiology. 2011 Sep;18(4):263-72. doi: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2011.01.002. Epub 2011 Jul 14.

The present study delineates the effect of tamoxifen on neuronal density and expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) in hippocampal nerve cells during prenatal and postnatal periods in rats. Pregnant rats were administered with tamoxifen one day prior...

Expression of Testis Specific Genes TSGA10, TEX101 and ODF3 in Breast Cancer.

Iranian Red Crescent medical journal

Dianatpour M, Mehdipour P, Nayernia K, Mobasheri MB, Ghafouri-Fard S, Savad S, Modarressi MH.
PMID: 23396665
Iran Red Crescent Med J. 2012 Nov;14(11):722-6. doi: 10.5812/ircmj.3611. Epub 2012 Nov 15.

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women around the world so finding new biomarkers for early detection and also study on molecular aspects of breast cancer is valuable. Cancer testis genes are a group of genes...

All-optical tunable slow light achievement in photonic crystal coupled-cavity waveguides.

Applied optics

Varmazyari V, Habibiyan H, Ghafoorifard H.
PMID: 24085125
Appl Opt. 2013 Sep 10;52(26):6497-505. doi: 10.1364/AO.52.006497.

In this paper, a tunable low power slow light photonic crystal device with a silicon-on-insulator platform is proposed based on the combination of an asymmetric defects coupled-cavity waveguide and the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) phenomenon. Modulating the refractive index...

The Growth Arrest-Specific Transcript 5 (GAS5) and Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 3 Group C Member 1 (NR3C1): Novel Markers Involved in Multiple Sclerosis.

International journal of molecular and cellular medicine

Gharesouran J, Taheri M, Sayad A, Ghafouri-Fard S, Mazdeh M, Omrani MD.
PMID: 30276165
Int J Mol Cell Med. 2018;7(2):102-110. doi: 10.22088/IJMCM.BUMS.7.2.102. Epub 2018 May 07.

Recent studies have revealed that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are connected with pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Additionally, glucocorticoids have fundamental regulatory roles on the immune system, and act as potent therapeutic compounds for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The long...

Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2E Due to a Novel Large Deletion in SGCB Gene.

Iranian journal of child neurology

Ghafouri-Fard S, Hashemi-Gorji F, Fardaei M, Miryounesi M.
PMID: 28883879
Iran J Child Neurol. 2017;11(3):57-60.

Autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD type 2) are a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous diseases with the main characteristics of weakness and wasting of the pelvic and shoulder girdle muscles. Among them are sarcoglycanopathies caused by mutations...

The effect of natalizumab on disability score and relapse rate of multiple sclerosis patients: a prospective cohort study.

Clinical and translational medicine

Mazdeh M, Hosseini S, Taheri M, Ghafouri-Fard S.
PMID: 30498920
Clin Transl Med. 2018 Nov 30;7(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s40169-018-0216-3.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive immune-related disorder of the central nervous system leading to destruction of myelin sheaths. Natalizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody against the cell adhesion molecule α4-integrin which has been approved for treatment of relapsing...

Upregulation of vitamin D-related genes in schizophrenic patients.

Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

Asadzadeh Manjili F, Kalantar SM, Arsang-Jang S, Ghafouri-Fard S, Taheri M, Sayad A.
PMID: 30349256
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2018 Oct 09;14:2583-2591. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S176301. eCollection 2018.

INTRODUCTION: Low level of vitamin D is a potential risk factor for developing schizophrenia. Through interaction with its receptor (METHODS: In this case-control study, relative expression of RESULTS: Significant upregulations were observed in CONCLUSION: We hypothesized that the observed...

Emerging Role of Non-Coding RNAs in Regulation of T-Lymphocyte Function.

Frontiers in immunology

Taheri M, Barth DA, Kargl J, Rezaei O, Ghafouri-Fard S, Pichler M.
PMID: 34804042
Front Immunol. 2021 Nov 04;12:756042. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.756042. eCollection 2021.

T-lymphocytes (T cells) play a major role in adaptive immunity and current immune checkpoint inhibitor-based cancer treatments. The regulation of their function is complex, and in addition to cytokines, receptors and transcription factors, several non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been...

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