abstract   background: the disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (disc1) gene, on the chromosome position 1q42, was initially identified at the breakpoint of a balanced translocation, t(1,11)(q42.1q14.3), which segregated with major mental disorders in a large scottish family.   methods: our samples included 200 unrelated patients diagnosed with schizophrenia on the basis of dsm-iv criteria and 200 norm...

results no significant correlation was seen in rs3743527 and rs129081 polymorphism’s allelic and genotypic frequencies between the patient group and control individuals (p value > 0.05). the average frequencies of rs129081 g and c alleles was 40 (58%) and 29 (42%), respectively. in our sample the average frequencies of rs3743527 c and t alleles, were 41 (61%) and 28 (39%), respectively. the res...

prions are unprecedented infectious pathogens that cause a group of invariably fatal neurodegenerative disease by an entirely novel mechanism. the conformational change in prion proteins results in a change from a predominantly α-helical protein to a β-sheet form, which causes scrapie in sheep and goat. the present study was carried out to identify polymorphisms of the prion protein gene (prp) ...

Genetic association studies usually apply the simple chi-square (χ2)-test for testing between a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and particular phenotype, assuming genotypes phenotypes are independent. So, conventional χ2-test does not consider increased risk of an individual carrying increasing number disease responsible allele (a genotype). But, tests should be performed with consideratio...

Measurements of chromosomal changes provided using the modern single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array technology are accompanied with extensive noise. This makes difficulties in the estimation of genome copy number variations (CNVs) essential for human life. We propose an efficient algorithm for computing the confidence upper and lower boundary limits in order to guarantee an existence of ge...

In the recent past, several publications have appeared in Drug Metabolism and Disposition that described the results of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery projects. The publications were limited to only this aspect of the science and failed to include any studies that extended beyond the discovery phase. No attempt was made to elucidate the possible functional significance of the id...

coronary artery disease (cad) is the leading cause of mortality in many parts of the world. genome-wide association studies (gwas) have identified several genetic variants associated with cad in low-density lipoprotein receptor (ldlr) locus. this study was evaluated the possible association of genetic markers at ldlr locus with cad irrespective to lipid profile and as well as the association of...