BACKGROUND Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the life-threatening disorders characterized by persistent albuminuria, raised arterial blood pressure, a lowered glomerular filtration rate, and high risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The vascular genes ACE (Angiotensin-converting enzyme), and PPARG (peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma) are involved in alterations in vas...

OBJECTIVE To systematically investigate the role of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP2) tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and promoter functional polymorphism in the development of nasal polyps in a Chinese population in Taiwan. DESIGN We conducted a case-control study in 136 cases of chronic rhinosinusitis with bilateral nasal polyps and 136 controls. Seventeen SNPs were selected,...

BACKGROUND Progesterone has been suggested to contribute to the regulation of spermatogenesis and to facilitate the production of viable sperm. Investigations have showed that polymorphism of progesterone receptor (PGR) is associated with some diseases. OBJECTIVE To analyze the potential relationship between male infertility and the +331G/A and progins polymorphisms of PGR gene. MATERIALS A...

OBJECTIVES To study the association of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2076185 in chromosome 6p24.1 with the premature coronary artery diseases (PCAD) in Chinese Han population. METHODS A total of 1382 patients were divided into the PCAD group and the control group based on their coronary arteriography (CAG) results. Their SNP rs2076185 were analyzed by the mass-spectrometry. Their all...

This paper summarizes the main areas of research within TA Weinberg, namely an investigation into code review ability and personality; an investigation into code comprehension and personality; and an investigation into the results from an online programming competition and personality. With regard to code review, it was discovered that there is a relationship between code review ability and per...

Population-based genetic association studies have proven to be a powerful tool in identifying genes implicated in many complex human diseases that have a huge impact on public health. An essential quality control step in such studies is to undertake Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) calculations. Deviations from HWE in the control group may reflect important problems including selection bias, po...

Mendelian randomization (MR) permits causal inference between exposures and a disease. It can be compared with randomized controlled trials. Whereas in a randomized controlled trial the randomization occurs at entry into the trial, in MR the randomization occurs during gamete formation and conception. Several factors, including time since conception and sampling variation, are relevant to the i...

We provide evidence that, in certain circumstances, a root-mean-square test of goodness of fit can be significantly more powerful than state-of-the-art tests in detecting deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Unlike Pearson's $\chi ^2$ test, the log-likelihood-ratio test, and Fisher's exact test, which are sensitive to relative discrepancies between genotypic frequencies, the root-mean-sq...

Considering of multiples research genetic in cats, the objective this study was to compare diversity domestic cat population at different spatial and temporal scales. According administrative division city Cali, 8 colonies (localities) were chosen, which together form 5 subpopulations within for sampling. The phenotype from each individual?s coat recognized subsequent calculation allele frequen...