Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a highly heritable condition and the most common form of hair loss in humans. Susceptibility loci have been described on the X chromosome and chromosome 20, but these loci explain a minority of its heritable variance. We conducted a large-scale meta-analysis of seven genome-wide association studies for early-onset AGA in 12,806 individuals of European ancestry. Wh...

Pages with reference to book, From 48 To 49 Saldar Nasim Khan,Nabil Wasif ( Final Year Medical Student, Class of 1998, Department of Surgery, The Aga KHan University Medical University Hospital. Karachi. ) Masood Urnar ( Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery, The Aga KHan University Medical University Hospital. Karachi. ) Mohamrnad Umar ( Professor and Head, Department of Surgery, The Aga ...

Aspartylglucosaminuria (AGU) is a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease that is caused by mutations in the gene encoding for a soluble hydrolase, aspartylglucosaminidase (AGA). In this study, we have used our recently developed mouse model for AGU and analyzed processing, intracellular localization, and endocytosis of recombinant AGA in telencephalic AGU mouse neurons in vitro. The proces...

Glycyrrhetinic acid is an active triterpenoid metabolite of glycyrrhizin abundantly present in licorice roots. Glycyrrhetinic acid exists as α and β stereo-isomeric forms. Both stereo-isomeric forms are known to have anti-inflammatory and anticancer activity. However, the effects and anticancer mechanism of α glycyrrhetinic acid in prostate cancer cells has not yet been evaluated. Therefore, we...

The effects of Acinetobacter glutaminase-asparaginase (AGA) on protein and energy requirements were evaluated in mice bearing Ehrlich ascites tumors. In an initial experiment with normal mice, a zero protein diet resulted in a significant decrease in carcass nitrogen, liver nitrogen, and carcass en ergy relative to the animals on a normal, low, or high protein diet. In a second experiment, mice...

Foi estudado a complexação do ácido guanidoacético (AGA) com alguns íons de interesse biológico, a saber : Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II) e Pb(II). Após o AGA ter sido sintetizado e caracterizado, foram determinadas potenciometricamente as constantes de dissociação deste ligante, assim como a de formação de seus complexos e hidroxicomplexos com os íons supracitados. A maioria do...

In recent years, serum antibodies to gliadin (AGA) have been reported to be useful markers of coeliac disease. IgA AGA have also been found in intestinal secretions and saliva in coeliac disease and may offer a convenient, non-invasive screening test. In order to test this hypothesis, salivary and serum AGA were measured in children with coeliac disease proved by biopsy and compared with severa...

Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is a common dermatological condition affecting both men and women. In the case of men, up to 30% over the age of 30 and more than 50% over the age of 50 are affected. AGA also affects women although clinical signs are usually milder and associated with diffuse thinning of the scalp hair. AGA invariably causes serious psychological problems especially in women. By far...