Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a heterogeneous group of inherited retinal degeneration. This group of disorders essentially leads to blindness due to mutations in different genes. The genetic basis affected by sporadic and inherited autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive or X-linked mutations is complex. In humans, RP is in most cases associated with missense mutations in the rhodopsin gene (RHO...

BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies in the world, ranking fifth in the Netherlands as a cause of cancer death. Surgery is the only curative treatment for advanced cases, but results of gastrectomy largely depend on the stage of the disease. A better understanding of the mechanisms of progression from a preneoplastic condition through intraepithelial neoplasia to i...

The classical cytogenetic assay relies on the scoring of chromosomal damage in cells at metaphase. According to the standard protocol the analysis is confined to cells at the 1st post-irradiation mitosis collected at one, early sampling time. For sparsely ionizing radiation this protocol allows a reasonable estimate of chromosomal damage, because in all commonly used cell system no or only a sl...

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is increasingly becoming the treatment of choice for severe male subfertility. Cytogenetic evaluation of men with andrological subfertility reveals an increased incidence of chromosomal abnormalities when compared with the normal population. We performed chromosomal analysis on the male partners of 32 couples referred for andrological subfertility. In two...

RADIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF GINSENG EXTRACT IN GAMMARAYS INDUCED CHROMOSOMAL DAMAGES OF HUMAN LYMPHOCYTE. Ginsan, a polysaccharide extracted from Panax ginseng and subsequently referred as ginseng, posses various biological properties as an anticancer and antioxidant agent. Ginseng also approved effective against radiation effects through its immunomodulating actions in whole body irradiated mou...

Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside that has been reported to inhibit growth of multiple tumor cell types in vitro. The present study was assessing the cytogenetic effects of this drug on Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells. All experiments were performed in triplicate. The IC50 was 22.5 ± 0.8 µg/ml. To investigate the clastogenic effects of drug, chromosomal aberration in metaphase cells were analyze...