Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder with symptoms such as hallucination, delusion and mental disorder. It is a complex disorder, in which genetic components play a crucial role in its pathogenesis. Among candidate genes for schizophrenia, Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) gene is the most important gene,  association of which with the illness has been confirmed in several studies. Single nucl...

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Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has been and will be increasingly utilized in various genetic disciplines, particularly in studying genetic determinants of complex diseases. Such studies will be facilitated by rapid, simple, low cost and high throughput methodologies for SNP genotyping. One such method is reported here, named tetra-primer ARMS-PCR, which employs two primer pa...

background: in the visceral leishmaniasis (vl), parasites reside in reticuluendothelial system, mainly in macrophages. endothelial selectin (e-selectin) might play an important role in leukocyte-endothelium interactions and inflammatory cell recruitment. the aim of this study was determining e-selectin level and its polymorphism in three groups, patients, seroposi­tive and healthy individuals. ...