BACKGROUND Genetic diversity has provided Plasmodium falciparum with the potential capacity of avoiding the immune response, and possibly supported the natural selection of drug or vaccine-resistant parasites. Merozoite surface protein-3 (MSP-3) has been used to develop vaccines and investigate the genetic diversity regarding P. falciparum malaria in Iran. OBJECTIVES The main goal of this stu...

Samira Sheibani Nia, Parisa Azadfar, Leila Akbari, Farhad Assarzadegan1, Behnam Kamalidehghan2, Hamid Reza Maroof3, Massoud Houshmand3,4 Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, 1Department of Neurology, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 2Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, K...

The genus Epilobium has about 200 species in which taxonomic subdivisions are difficult but possible. Species E. minutiflorum due to its fluffy white inflorescence and small miniature flowers beaked seeds, it is one of the most prominent region. We have no data on population genetic structure this Iran. Therefore a morphological investigation was performed through light variability taxa. used S...

ornamental geophytes (ornamental flower bulbs) are international and national heritage considering their contribution to people's life quality around the world. iranian habitats support about 8000 species of flowering plants (belonging to 167 families and 100 genera) of which almost 1700 are endemic. iran is a rich country in terms of distribution of bulbous plants. more than 200 species of bul...

background hereditary hemochromatosis (hh) is a very rare disease in iran and reported cases are all negative for hfe mutation. we report a family affected by severe juvenile hemochromatosis (jh) with a detailed molecular study of the family members. methods we studied a pedigree with siblings affected by juvenile hh and followed them for 3 years. microsatellite and gene sequencing analysis was...

how to cite this article: houshmand m, tonekaboni sh, karimzadeh p, aryani o, ashrafimr, salehpour sh, badv sh, shakiba m, alaee mr, farshid sh. lysosomal storage disease iniran. (report of molecular study). iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6:4 (suppl. 1): 22.   pls see pdf.

BACKGROUND Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is one of the most common genetic deficiencies, which approximately 400 million people in the world suffer from. According to authors' initial search, numerous studies have been carried out in Iran regarding molecular variants of this enzyme. Thus, this meta-analysis presented a reliable estimation about prevalence of different types of molecular mut...

BACKGROUND Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is a polymorphic disease that may show various clinical manifestations. Although it is suggested that the genetic variability of the parasite is one of the factors influencing clinical manifestations of leishmaniasis, no data exists regarding genetic polymorphism of Leishmania major (L.major). This study investigates the determination of genetic...