patients and methods eighty-three patients with diagnosis of nafld, and 93 healthy subjects were included in the study. tetra arms-pcr was designed to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms. results a significant difference was found between nafld and control group regarding the rs266729 polymorphism (χ2 = 7.35, p = 0.025). the rs266729 polymorphism increased the risk of nafld in codominant (cc...

conclusions the results of the present study showed that tgf-β1 (-509) c/t is strongly associated with quantitative parameters of connective tissue constituents of interdental papilla in cp patients. results the volume density (vʋ) of epithelium, connective tissue, collagenous and non-collagenous matrix and blood vessels had statistically significant differences between the control and chronic ...

background multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (cns). ms is one of the most common cause of neurological impairment at a young age with a complex etiology. the forkhead/winged helix (foxp3) gene encodes a transcription factor that plays an important role in the working and progress of regulatory t cells. loss of the foxp3 function impairs the...

background: the piwi-interacting rna (pirna) pathway has an essential role in transposon silencing, meiosis progression, spermatogenesis, and germline maintenance. hiwi genes are critical for pirna biogenesis and function. therefore, polymorphisms in hiwi genes contribute to spermatogenesis defects and can be considered as risk factors for male infertility. the aim of the present study was to i...

background: spontaneous abortion is considered as the most complex problem during pregnancy. thrombophilia is resumed as a cause of recurrent pregnancy loss (rpl). glycoprotein iiia (gpiiia) gene is involved in thrombosis and abortion. angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) converts angiotensin i to angiotensin ii and is involved in thrombosis. the most common polymorphism in this gene is the inse...

Four mol-ecular salts made from hexa-methyl-ene-tetra-minium and 2-chloro-4-nitro-benzoate have been synthesized and are reported, namely ammonium hexa-methyl-ene-tetra-minium bis-(2-chloro-4-nitro-benzoate), NH4+·C6H13N4+·2C7H3ClNO4-, (I), hexa-methyl-ene-tetra-minium hydrogen bis-(2-chloro-4-nitro-benzoate), 0.5C6H13N4+·C7H3.50ClNO4-, (II), hexa-methyl-ene-tetra-minium 2-chloro-4-nitro-benzoa...

Background: &beta-thalassemia is the most common monogenic disorder in human. The (CT) polymorphism at -158 upstream region of the &gammaG-globin gene and pharmacological factors such as hydroxyurea have been reported to influence &gamma-globin gene expression and the severity of clinical symptoms of &beta-thalassemia. Methods: In the present study, 51 &beta-thalassemia intermediate patients w...