This article describes the first detection of Cytauxzoon felis, using molecular techniques, in a naturally infected domestic cat from Brazil, South America. Coinfection with ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’ was also found. The molecular identification of the piroplasmid species was performed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and sequencing analysis. A 284 pb fragment of the gene encoding t...

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...

Oxidative stress is known to be one of the major factors involved in the development and progression of cancer. Oxidative stress can occur due to an imbalance between concentrations of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant capacities. Catalase (CAT; OMIM 115500) and superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1; OMIM 147450) play important roles in the primary defense against oxidative stress. In the present ...

henoch–schönlein purpura (hsp), a common allergic hemorrhagic disease, occurs frequently in children affecting kidney, joint and skin. while interleukin-8 (il-8) plays an important role in inflammation, the association between il-8 gene +781 c/t polymorphism and hsp remains unclear. interleukin-8, an important chemokine related to the initiation and amplification of acute inflammatory responses...

Abstract Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus are the most important reasons in mortality all over the world. It’s clear that reviewing of relationship between Tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) is necessary; on the other hand it’s found that FTO gene has the positive relationship with metabolic issues. Therefore, it’s necessary pay attention to the above and danger...

background: to evaluate vdr gene variation and its interaction with immune regulatory molecules in osteoporosis. methods: totally 205 pre and postmenopausal women were recruited in the study. after an overnight fast, peripheral blood was taken and centrifuged to sprat serum for measurement of serum parathyroid hormone, 25 hydroxyvitamin d, osteocal­cin and cross laps. the fok i polymorphism in ...

background : colorectal cancer is the second cause of mortality in developed countries. the p53gene and some of it's polymorphisms are among the causes for cancer development.the purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between the p53 codon 72 polymorphism in colorectal adenocarcinoma specimens compared with controls. materials and methods : we performed a case-control study among...

results a number of 7-11 repeats in the spa gene xr region were determined. strains with 10 repeats were65%, therefore they had the highest percentage in isolates. seven repeats strains were 20% and each of the strains with 8, 9 and 11 repeats had the frequency of 5%. s. aureus strains antibiotic resistance was 35%, 5%, 45% and 40% for tetracycline, amoxicillin, gentamicin and erythromycin resp...

the growth hormone gene could be an attractive candidate gene for milk production in goats. single-strand conformation polymorphism was used to identify polymorphism at the goat growth hormone (ggh) gene. for this purpose, genotyping of 90 talli goat breeds was performed. nine conformational patterns were observed in exon 4 of the ggh gene, with frequencies of 27.7% for the homozygous pattern (...

although genetic variants that affect susceptibility to coronary artery disease (cad) have been greatly known, a number of these single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) remain to be analyzed in populations with different ethnicities. cad is influenced by numerous genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors, and is an important reason for mortality around the globe. in this study, a novel snp (...