A recent report based on the results of 2 epidemiological studies, the Etude Cas-Temoin de l'Infarctus Myocarde (ECTIM) and the Glasgow Heart Scan Study, revealed that a G/T polymorphism with an amino acid substitution (Lys-->Asn) at codon 198 in exon 5 of the endothelin-1 gene (ET-1) is associated with blood pressure in overweight people. They suggested that G/T polymorphism of ET-1 strongly i...

Major histocompatibility complex (mhc)-encoded molecules govern immune responses by presenting antigenic peptides to T cells. The extensive polymorphism of genes encoding these molecules is believed to enhance immune defense by broadening the array of antigenic peptides available for T cell recognition, but direct evidence supporting the importance of this mechanism in combating pathogens is li...

results the frequencies of the aa, at, and tt genotypes were 31%, 51%, and 18% in the chronic hbv patient group, and 40%, 45%, and 15% in the healthy control group, respectively. however, a lack of association of the + 874 polymorphism in the ifn-γ gene of those with chronic hbv infection was found. evaluation of hbv association with this polymorphism was significant under the dominant genetic ...

Introduction: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are among the most common of knee and often require reconstruction. The etiology molecular mechanisms rupture anterior is poorly understood, many external internal factors have been associated with it, including genetics. This study aimed to investigate association sequence variants in ELN FMOD candidate genes ACL ruptures based on essenti...

Background and Objective: Studies suggests that matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2-1306 C/T and MMP-1-1607 1G/2G polymorphisms affect the risk of prostate cancer. However, the conclusions remain controversial and no pooled evidence of this topic has been published. Therefore, we aimed to perform a meta-analysis to shed some light on the controversial conclusion pertaining to the associations of M...

Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cause of malignancy death in the world, which also has a high prevalence in Iran. Caspase 3 gene is considered one of the major genes related to gastric cancer. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between rs12108497 polymorphism of Caspase 3 gene. Due to the fundamental role of caspases, we have considered an SNP of Caspase 3 (common ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A growing amount of evidence suggests that infectious and inflammatory processes may be involved in the initiation of arteriosclerosis, but the mechanisms are conceivably multifactorial and complex. Two European groups have recently demonstrated that a C(-260)-->T polymorphism in the promoter of the CD14 lipopolysaccharide receptor may be a risk factor for coronary artery...

Objective
 Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and diabetic
 retinopathy (DR) development is affected by genetic
 factors. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are involved
 in many cellular processes, such as remodeling of
 extracellular matrix proteins angiogenesis. In
 this study, we investigated the relationship between
 MMP9 −1562 C/T (rs3918242) polymorphism the...

Abstract Background Interleukin-4 (IL-4), a pleiotropic anti-inflammatory cytokine, is produced mainly by activated T helper 2 (Th2). Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) typical inflammation-related cancer. Alterations influencing IL-4 expression may disturb immune response and be associated with HCC risk. We aimed to verify role of IL4 gene polymorphism ( IL-4-589C/T (rs2243250 )) in HCV-related he...