OBJECTIVE In the present study, we evaluated the influence of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and apolipoprotein (apo) E polymorphisms on lipid concentrations of 178 Greek men of similar age with coronary heart disease (CHD), but varying body mass index (BMI). DESIGN Patients were divided according to their BMI (in kg/m²) into three groups: lean (BMI = 20-24.9), overweight (BMI = 25-29.9), and obese...

glutathione s-transferases (gsts) are encoded by a superfamily of genes and play a role in the detoxification of potential carcinogens. the human gsts are divided into four classes: alpha, mu, pi and theta. previous studies indicated that the absence of the glutathione s-transferase m1 (gstm1) protein correlated with an increased risk of developing some types of cancers. association between spe...

background multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (cns). ms is one of the most common cause of neurological impairment at a young age with a complex etiology. the forkhead/winged helix (foxp3) gene encodes a transcription factor that plays an important role in the working and progress of regulatory t cells. loss of the foxp3 function impairs the...

introduction: endometriosis is a prevalent gynecological disorder among women which is diagnosed by the growth of endometrial tissue outside of uterus and is mainly accompanied by severe pelvic pain and infertility. p53 also known as cellular tumor antigen p53 inside codons 11, 72 and 248 are contained with single nucleotide changes in which tends to be nearly rampant.this will probably be incr...

conclusions our meta-analysis, while not ruling out possible publication bias, showed no association between gene polymorphisms of apoc3 and the risk of nafld development in different populations in the world. evidence acquisition we performed a meta-analysis of all relevant studies published in the literature. a total of 115 clinical trials or reports were identified, but only seven trials met...

AIMS To analyze the distribution of uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)1A1 gene polymorphisms in Chinese patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (E-SCLC), and to evaluate correlations between the UGT1A1 gene polymorphisms and toxicity, and efficacy of irinotecan (CPT-11) based regimen in the patients with E-SCLC. METHODS The study analyzed the distribution of UGT1A1...

background: previous studies revealed that selectins play key roles in homing of immune cells to inflamed tissues and lymphatic organs. l-selectins are expressed on immune cells and interact with p and e selectins to homing to the tissues, hence, the polymorphisms within the gene of l-selectins may are associated with alteration in its expression. thus, the current cross-sectional analytical st...

Apolipoprotein E (apoE) polymorphism is associated with onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We found seven polymorphisms in apoE receptor 2 (ApoER2), an apoE-binding receptor, in Japanese sporadic AD patients, but no association of ApoER2 polymorphisms with AD. We consider that the functions of ApoER2 in the brain may be compensated for by those of other apoE-binding receptors such as VLDL recep...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Age-related hearing loss has a genetic component, but there have been limited genetic studies in this field. Both N-acetyltransferase 2 and apolipoprotein E genes have previously been associated. However, these studies have either used small sample sizes, examined a limited number of polymorphisms, or have produced conflicting results. Here we use a haplotype tagging appro...