AIM To investigate whether an AFF1 polymorphism was associated with susceptibility and clinical features of SLE in Iranian patients. METHODS A total of 320 patients with SLE and 330 age, sex and ethnically matched healthy control subjects were enrolled in the present study. Both cases and healthy controls were genotyped for rs340630 polymorphism located inside the AFF1using Amplification Refr...

The objectives of this work were to evaluate in vitro response of Iranian alfalfa cultivars and select high regenerative genotypes. Somatic embryogenesis response of leaf and petiole explants from five alfalfa cultivars and landraces was studied using six regeneration protocols. Cultivars and landraces exhibited protocol, and explant-specific response and somatic embryo formation occurred only ...

alfalfa is the best known fodder crop with high ability of biological nitrogen fixation and drought tolerance in dry, pannonian region of east austria. different morphological and physiological characteristics of 18 alfalfa genotypes from different geographical origins, 8 iranian ecotypes and 10 european cultivars were evaluated under irrigated and rainfed conditions during 2006-08 cropping sea...

OBJECTIVES Candidiasis infection caused by Candida albicans has been known as a major problem in patients with immune disorders. The objective of this study was to genotype the C. albicans isolates obtained from oral cavity of patients with positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV(+)) with or/and without oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 100 C. albicans isola...

steoporosis is a common disease in which the bones become prone to fracture as a result of loss of bone mineral density (BMD). The estrogen receptor (ER) gene is a candidate gene for osteoporosis. This study assesses the relation between estrogen receptor-α gene polymorphism and osteoporosis in a population of Iranian women. Materials & Methods: In the present study, we investigated 200 preand/...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has different genotypes throughout the world. Since the determination of which antiviral treatment to be applied is related to HCV genotypes, identification of an individual's HCV genotypes prior to antiviral therapy is critical. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the distribution of HCV genotypes in a large population of Iranian HCV inf...

■ 2. Section 180. 628 is amended as follows: ■ i. Add alphabetically tolerances for beet, sugar, molasses; berry large shrub/ tree, subgroup 13–07C; berry, low growing, subgroup at 13–07G; onion, bulb, subgroup 3–07A; tea, dried; Ti, leaves; Ti, root; vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2; vegetable, root and tuber, group 1; to the table in paragraph (a); ■ ii. Revise the tolerances for ...

Leptin, a peptide hormone secreted by adipose tissue cells, has been implicated in regulation of feed intake, energy balance, fertility, immune functions, and the neuroendocrine axis in rodents, humans and large domestic animals. The objective of present study was to determine the polymorphic patterns of leptin gene in Iranian native cattle using the PCR-RFLP technique. Bull semen specimens wer...