objective(s):organic anion transporter polypeptide 1b1 (oatp1b1) encoded by solute carrier organic transporter 1b1 (slco1b1) gene; a transporter involved in the uptake of drugs and endogenous compounds is present in hepatocyte sinusoidal membrane. aim of this study was to investigate the frequencies of functionally significant snps (388a>g and 521t>c) and their haplotypes in 6 ethnic groups of ...

We survey the optical character recognition (OCR) literature with reference to the Urdu-like cursive scripts. In particular, the Urdu, Pushto, and Sindhi languages are discussed, with the emphasis being on the Nasta'liq and Naskh scripts. Before detaining the OCR works, the peculiarities of the Urdu-like scripts are outlined, which are followed by the presentation of the available text image da...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and C virus (HCV) are major public health concerns in Pakistan. We conducted a baseline analysis of first-time replacement blood donors at the blood bank of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in the year 2000 with the view to developing low-cost sentinel surveillance for these infections. Among 7325 such donors, 264 (3.6%) were positive for anti-HCV and 344 (4.7%) for HB...

Objective(s):Organic anion transporter polypeptide 1B1 (OATP1B1) encoded by solute carrier organic transporter 1B1 (SLCO1B1) gene; a transporter involved in the uptake of drugs and endogenous compounds is present in hepatocyte sinusoidal membrane. Aim of this study was to investigate the frequencies of functionally significant SNPs (388A>G and 521T>C) and their haplotypes in 6 ethnic groups of ...