Background: One of the most important phenotypic modifying factors for thalassemia is the presence of Xmn1 polymorphism. This retrospective study was performed to investigate the overall prevalence of Xmn1 polymorphism among Iranian β-thalassemia patients with homozygote IVSII-1mutation and to assess the relationship between Xmn1 polymorphism with patients’ hemoglobin levels and the response to...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role nephrotic syndrome 2 (NPHS2) gene polymorphism (R229Q) in chronic kidney disease which has unclear etiology. This conducted on 80 CKD patients compared with 40 age and sex matched normal volunteers acting as a control group. All them underwent renal function tests were assessed for presence NPHS2 polymorphism. We noticed that is common variant Egy...

in this report, β-tubulin gene polymorphism was investigated in haemonchus contortus  populations isolated from sheep flocks in different regions of khouzestan province, southwestern iran. the samples were chosen on the basis of regional variation in benzimidazole treatment background of sheep flocks. our objective was to study the relationship between treatment background andβ -tubulin gene po...

Association of rs1800624 Polymorphism in Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products Gene Promoter with the Risk Diabetic Nephropathy

background tuberculosis (tb) is one of the earliest human diseases which still is considered a public health problem. both genetic and environmental factors may contribute the susceptibility to tuberculosis. objectives akt is a serine/threonine kinase that has an important role in several cellular processes such as cell cycle control, cell survival, and cellular immigration. the akt signaling p...

background: this study was designed to investigate the eff ect of clopidogrel-related gene polymorphisms on platelet reactivity and clinical outcome in chinese han patients. materials and methods: th ree hundred and thirty-six percutaneous coronary intervention - treated patients were recruited and followed for 1 year. blood samples were collected from all patients for dna genotyping. th e plat...

introduction: nicotine is the psychoactive substance responsible for establishing and maintaining smoking dependence. cyp2a6 is the primary enzyme that inactivates nicotine to cotinine .genetic variation in cyp2a6 accounts for some of the inter-individual variability in nicotine metabolism and has been indicated to influence smoking behavior and dependence. therefore, the aim of this study was ...

background dermatophytes are a group of keratinophilic fungi worldwide, which can infect the skin, hair and nails of humans and animals. this genus includes several species that present different features of dermatophytosis. although, laboratory diagnosis of dermatophytes is based on direct microscopy, biochemical tests and culture, these manners are expensive, time consuming and need skilled s...

objective(s) deregulation of the immune system through allied factors and cytokine responses are thought to be important contributors to the pathogenesis of asthma. vitamin d3 and its nuclear receptor appear to be factors that maybe involved in regulating immune responses during the progression of asthma. the aim of this study was to investigate the association between polymorphisms in intron 8...