Severe combined immunodeficiency is the most severe form of primary immunodeficiencies. Patients with SCID present with high susceptibility to fatal bacterial, viral and fungal infections in their first year of life. Early ...

In model organisms and animal experiments, it has been shown that hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) in bone marrow have special organizations and they provide this organization through special microenvironment called niche. ...

Apoptosis plays a crucial role in immune homeostasis. The interaction between Fas and FasL, essential molecules in an apoptosis pathway, play an important role in the termination of the immune response, regulation of ...

During puberty in both sexes endogeneous estrogen has a biphasic effect on epiphyses where at low levels it leads to an increase in height and bone mass whereas with higher levels this leads to closure of the epiphyses. ...

The aim of this study is to assess the working conditions of pesticide exterminators and their health complaints which might be related with pesticides and their application. A questionnaire consisting of 50 questions was ...

Hypertension is the single greatest preventable cause of death in humans and one of the most important modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of ...

The objectives of this study were to determine the level of women’s knowledge on family planning, the prevalence of family planning method use and to determine the related factors among married women aged 15 to 49 years ...

Sample surveys are widely used methods to collect data all over the world and they have been widely conducted on the issues of population growth, demography and health since the last century. Within this framework, the ...

The growing multi-cultural social structure in the world has accelerated the language teaching studies at early ages. Studies regarding teaching Turkish at early ages, on the other hand, is unprovided with theoretical ...

Malignant infantile osteopetrosis is an autosomal recessive disorder. The only available treatment is allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The objective of this study was to model hematopoietic niche in ...