background: for the first time we tested an association between the human multidrug resistance gene 1 (mdr1) polymorphisms (snps) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (ipf). several mdr1 polymorphisms are associated with pathologies in which they modify the drug susceptibility and pharmacokinetics. materials and methods: we genotyped three mdr1 polymorphisms of 48 ipf patients and 100 control subj...

conventional methods for fungal identification in the clinical laboratory rely on morphological andphysiological tests. these tests often need several days or weeks to complete and are frequentlyunspecific. molecular identification mostly implies sequencing, which is relatively expensive andtime-consuming, as well as impractical for large numbers of isolates. the rolling circleamplification app...

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atopic dermatitis (ad) is a common chronically relapsing skin disease associated with abnormal cytokine production, and activation of t-helper 2 cells. the aim if this study was to determine whether cytokine gene polymorphisms might influence the development of ad. single nucleotide polymorphisms in the genes for i-l1alpha, il-1beta, il-1r, il-2, il-4, il-6, il-10, il-12, tgf beta, tnf and ifng...

the underlying mechanisms leading to the development of human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (ham/tsp) in htlv-i infected individuals are not fully understood. host genetic factors appear to be involved as risk factors for developing ham/tsp. we investigated the possible contribution of interleukin-10 (il-10) as a risk factor to ham/...

the environmental procarcinogen which are responcible for carcinogenesis, to form the proximate carcinogen, they require metabolic activation by drug metabolizing enzymes. the cyp3a subfamily enzymes play an important role in elimination of drugs. the substrates for cyp3a4 enzyme include drugs, and endogenous substances. therefore, allelic changes in the coding regions of cyp3a4, increases the ...

background: although catalytic properties of different genetic polymorphisms of vkorc1 and cyp2c9 products have been identified, there is limited study available regarding warfarin dose requirement in iranian patient population. this study investigates the impact of these polymorphisms on 115 patients, referred to payvand clinical and specialty laboratory for determining the appropriate dose of...

The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a transmembrane protein that interacts with its ligands, (AGEs). AGEs are elevated in diabetes and diabetic complications, leading to increased oxidative stress activation of pro-inflammatory pathways facilitated by AGE–RAGE signaling. Polymorphisms the RAGE gene can potentially affect interaction downstream signaling, which plays cruci...

introduction genetic background has known to be associated with the outcome of human t cell lymphotropic virus (htlv) type i infection. in the present study we investigate the association between gm-csf gene polymorphisms with the outcome of htlv-i infection. materials and methods we analyzed 3 single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the promter region of granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating fa...

conclusions the at1r a1166c polymorphism appeared not to be associated with the presence of acs in the population studied. background there are very limited data for iranian populations on the predisposing genetic factors for acute coronary syndrome (acs). results there was no statistical difference in the genotype frequency of patients and healthy subjects with regard to age and gender (p > 0....