in view of the fundamental role of genetics in development of obesity, the present study aimed to investigate the single nucleotide polymorphism of some obesity-related genes among a subset of obese women living in tabriz, iran. for this purpose, 70 eligible obese women (aged 18-45 years) were genotyped for the uncoupling protein-1 (ucp-1) -3826a>g, ß3-adrenergic receptor (ß3adr) trp64arg, lept...

Objectives: (i) Describe the prevalence and type of advance care directives (ACDs) other planning (ACP) documentation completed by persons with dementia, healthcare providers others on behalf a person dementia; (ii) identify personal ACP programme characteristics associated having in health record; (iii) self-completed ACD. Methods: A multicentre audit was undertaken Australian hospitals, ge...

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria play a substantial role in plant growth and development under biotic abiotic stress conditions. However, understanding about the functional of rhizobacterial strains for wheat salt remains largely unknown. Here we investigated antagonistic bacterial strain Bacillus aryabhattai PM34 inhabiting ACC deaminase exopolysaccharide producing ability to ameliorate sa...

Numerous patients experience articular cartilage defects (ACDs), which are characterized by progressive degradation and often lead to osteoarthritis (OA). Consequently, 44.7% of OA suffer from dyskinesia or disability. Current clinical drug treatments offer limited effectiveness in fully curing the disease. In this study, we propose a collaborative approach that combines physical biological cue...

many factors including genetic, environmental, and acquired are involved in breast cancer development across various societies. among all of these factors in families with a history of breast cancer throughout several generations, genetics, like predisposing genes to develop this disease, should be considered more. early detection of mutation carriers in these genes, in turn, can play an import...

OBJECTIVE Describe the ocular biometric parameters and their associations in a population of cataract surgery candidates. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 13,012 eyes of 6,506 patients was performed. Biometric parameters of the eyes were measured by optical low-coherence reflectometry. The axial length (AL), mean keratometry (K) and astigmatism, anterior chamber depth (ACD) (epithelium to l...

SP-A is the most prevalent protein component of pulmonary surfactant which is essential to maintain alveolar stability. SP-A can be detected by immunohistochemistry and in such form it has been previously reported as a useful tool to distinguish aspyxial deaths from other hypoxic cases. The present immunohistochemical study shows the SP-A staining distribution among a selected forensic material...

The acyl-CoA dehydrogenases (ACDs) are a family of related enzymes that catalyze the alpha,beta-dehydrogenation of acyl-CoA esters. Two homologues active in branched chain amino acid metabolism have previously been identified. We have used expression in Escherichia coli to produce a previously uncharacterized ACD-like sequence (ACAD8) and define its substrate specificity. Purified recombinant e...