An inflammatory process has been involved in numerous neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, stroke and Alzheimer's disease (AD). In AD, the inflammatory response is mainly located in the vicinity of amyloid plaques. Cytokines, such as interleukin-8 (IL-8) and interleukin-1α (IL-1α), have been clearly involved in this inflammatory process. Polymorphisms of several interleukin ...

Combinations of multiple predisposing polymorphisms and their interactions with modifiable factors may result in synergistic effects on early ischemic stroke risk. We evaluated the potential interaction of apolipoprotein (apo) E and angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphisms and hypertension on early ischemic stroke risk in Serbian population. We analyzed 65 stroke patients (mean ...

BACKGROUND The present report was designed to investigate the origins of elevated oxidative stress measured in cancer patients in our previous work related to a case-control study (17 cases, 43 controls) on oesophageal cancers. The aim was to characterize the relationship between the levels of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG), antioxidant vitamins and genetic susceptibility. METH...

BACKGROUND Red blood group genes are highly polymorphic and the distribution of alleles varies among different populations and ethnic groups. AIM To evaluate allele polymorphisms of the Rh, Kell, Duffy and Kidd blood group systems in a population of the State of Paraná METHODS Rh, Kell, Duffy and Kidd blood group polymorphisms were evaluated in 400 unrelated blood or bone marrow donors from...

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis regulates the response to stressful events and is expected to be involved in the pathogenesis of depression. The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) regulates the activity of the HPA-axis. Both GR gene polymorphisms and childhood adversity are known to be associated with increased risk for depression. In the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, a large popu...

materials and methods in this case-control study, using the polymerase chain reaction (pcr), adrs266729 and rs2241766 gene polymorphisms were genotyped in b-type ultrasonography-proven nafld patients, with (n = 246) or without (n = 247) cad and in healthy controls (n = 304). serum lipid profiles were determined using biochemical methods. statistical analyses were performed using spss 17.0 stati...

objectives: genetic polymorphism interactions are among the important factors in affliction with complex diseases like alzheimer’s disease. the important goal of genetic association studies is to identify a combination of polymorphisms and measure their importance in increasing the risk of occurrence of such diseases. in this study, feature selection approach of logic regression was used to ide...

introduction: hepatitis b is a potentially life-threatening infection that causes acute infection and chronic hepatitis with progression to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). interleukin-12 (il12) is responsible for activation of th1 immune responses, leading to possible clearance of hbv infection from the host’s body. the host’s immune-genetic background plays an important role in t...

AIM The present study evaluated the association between G241R and K469E polymorphisms of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 gene and inflammatory bowel disease in Iranian population. BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, is a chronic idiopathic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract. There are two single base polymorphisms of interc...

allele frequencies of single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) are variable among different populations; therefore the study of snps in ethnic groups is important for establishing the clinical significance of the screening of these polymorphisms. the main goal of the research is to study the polymorphisms of cyp2c9 , cyp2c19 , vkorc1 , and slco1b1 in yakuts. genomic dna from 229 yakut subjects we...