background and objective: mmp enzymes are a family of membrane proteins that are capable of digesting extracellular matrix compounds (ecm) and basement membrane. matrilysin enzyme is the smallest member of mmp family that is encoded by mmp-7 gene (matrilysin). according to the reports, g allele of -181 a/g single nucleotide polymorphism of mmp-7 gene causes an increase in the expression of this...

background: infestation of the skin by the “itch mite” sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis results in a contagious skin infection in humans called “sca-bies”. by resolving morphology issues, the present study was designed to be acquainted with itch mite by molecular markers. methods: the mite samples were collected from scabies patients by visiting government hospitals of twin city, pakistan. for su...

conclusions detection of drug resistance associated with mutations through real-time pcr by melting analysis technique showed a high differentiating power. this technique had high concordance with the standard proportion test and mas-pcr results. patients and methods in a cross-sectional study carried out in 2014, 90 patients with m. tuberculosis from five border provinces of iran were selected...