background: the kiss peptins and its receptor g protein coupled receptor (gpr54) or kiss1 receptor system are being described as key signaling molecules for reproductive function in animal models and humans. they play essential roles in regulation of the hypothalamic- pituitary- gonadal (hpg) axis and the onset of puberty and fertility. objective: this study was performed to delineate the assoc...

the aim of this study was to analyze the polymorphisms existing in the 5´ flanking region, exonic, and some parts of the intronic regions as well as methylation analysis of the ednrb gene in cattle and goat. these regions were sequenced in three different breeds of cattle including sistani, golpayegani, and holstein and were compared with that of marghoz goat. the results identified that this g...

background the x-linked cyclin-dependent kinase like 5 (cdkl5/stk9) gene has been shown to be responsible for a severe encephalopathy condition characterized by early onset of epilepsy and severe developmental delay. cdkl5 mutations have been shown to be more frequent among female patients. results here we report a 6- month male patient, second child of a healthy non consanguineous in the irani...

objective(s):phenylketonuria (pku) is a genetic inborn error of phenylalanine (phe) metabolism resulting from insufficiency in the hepatic enzyme, phenylalanine hydroxylase (pah), which leads to elevated levels of phe in the blood. the present study was carried out for mutation analysis of the pah gene in west azerbaijan province of iran. materials and methods:a total of 218 alleles from 40 pku...

Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome (AGS) is an inflammatory genetic disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Common features of this disease are encephalopathy, splenomegaly and hepatomegaly, muscle stiffness, irritability, unstoppable crying, seizures and dilation in growth. According to previous studies, primary genes responsible for this Syndromes are as followed: TREX 1, RNASEH2A, RNASEH...

a:4:{s:10:"Background";s:363:"The largest percentage of failed in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles are due to lack of implantation. As hereditary thrombophilia can cause in placentation failure, it may have a role in recurrent IVF failure. The aim of this case-control study was to determine whether or not hereditary thrombophilia is more prevalent in women with recurrent IVF failures.";s:19:"Ma...

The nature and pace of genome mutation is largely unknown. Standard methods to investigate DNA-mutation rely on arraying or sequencing DNA from a population of cells, hence the genetic composition of individual cells is lost and de novo mutation in cell(s) is concealed within the bulk signal. We developed methods based on (SNP-) arraying and next-generation sequencing of single-cell whole-genom...

objective: jaundice with indirect hyperbilirubinemia is one of the most common neonatal problems that occur in 60% of term and 80% of preterm neonates but the causes are mostly unknown. it is suggested that race plays an important role in the prevalence of hyperbilirubinemia. it is a common problem in iran that worries both parents and pediatricians. it has been found that a mutation in the ugt...