QUANTIFYING PODOCYTE NUMBER IN A SMALL SAMPLE SIZE OF GLOMERULI WITH CUBIC TO EVALUATE PODOCYTE DEPLETION OF DB/DB MICE

Quantifying Podocyte Number in a Small Sample Size of Glomeruli with CUBIC to Evaluate Podocyte Depletion of db/db Mice

The loss of podocyte is crucial for diagnosis and prognosis of diabetic kidney disease, whereas commonly two-dimensional methods for quantifying podocyte number existed with issues of low fidelity and accuracy.In this study, clear, unobstructed brain imaging cocktails and computational analysis (CUBIC), one of three-dimensional optical clearing app

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A Household Study on the Prevalence of Substance Misuse in Tehran: The need for other methods to estimate the prevalence

Objective: Substance misuse is a major public health threat in Iran.The total number of addicts in Iran is estimated to be between 700,000 and 4,000,000.A few limited household studies on the prevalence of substance misuse have been performed in Iran.Method: The residents of the sixth district of the municipality of Tehran who were over the age of

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