OBJECTIVE Different studies have shown an association of TLR4 polymorphisms with susceptibility/resistance to malaria disease. In the current immunogenetic study, we assessed the TLR4 genotypes formed by the two common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (Asp299Gly and Thr399Ile) in the co-segregate state in Baluchi Plasmodium falciparum infected and healthy populations from malaria hypoende...

this paper aims to investigate the presence of quantifier phrase and classifier phrase in the dp of sarhadi dialect of the baluchi language. to reach this goal, pseudo partitive constructions and their characteristics in different languages are introduced and then it is shown that determiner phrases containing a classifier in baluchi are examples of juxtaposed pseudo partitive constructions in ...

BACKGROUND Abdominal obesity is an increasing public health problem and is associated with a number of cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of abdominal obesity and associated risk factors in patients of various ethnic groups presenting with acute coronary syndrome. METHODS A total of 477 patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome to the Nati...

OBJECTIVE In this study, the immediate and extended effects of the Lidcombe Program were investigated for the first time in Iran. Treatment in the Lidcombe Program is carried out by the child's parent (or carer) in the child's everyday environment. The program has been shown to be effective with preschool children who stutter (i.e. younger than 6 years) and to a lesser extent with older childre...

BACKGROUND Genetic polymorphisms in the cytochrome P450 2B6 (CYP2B6) gene could influence therapeutic outcomes of CYP2B6-metabolized drugs such as artemisinin, nevirapine (NVP), and efavirenz (EFV). The main objective of the present study was to analyze the frequency of the most common allele of CYP2B6*1 to *7 and *9 in Iranian Baluchi population and also to compare the frequencies of these pol...

The present study was performed to study the effect of inbreeding on the pre-weaning growth traits including the birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), average daily gain (ADG), Kleiber ratio (KR) and lamb survival from birth to weaning (SUR) in Baluchi, Iran-Black and Zandi sheep. Significant positive inbreeding trends were found only for Baluchi and Iran-Black breeds as 0.038 and 0.278, resp...

Background: Seminal plasma of mammals is a complex fluid, which serves as a carrier for the spermatozoa on their journey from the male testes to their target, the oocyte. Seminal plasma contains a variety of biochemical components, some of which are relatively specific for the regulation of sperm function. The objective of this study was to investigate enzyme activities aspartate-amino-transfer...

Myogenin gene (MYoG) affects the synthesis of muscle myofibrillar growth and increase of meat production. The myostatin (MSTN) gene is identified as a specific negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth. Reduction of the expression level of MSTN throughmutation in the sequence of this gene leads to an increase of myogenesis and regeneration of muscle cells during the postnatal growing period ...

Background: With the increasing concern for health and nutrition, dietary fat has attracted considerable attention. The composition of fatty acids in the diet is important because they are associated with major diseases including cancers, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The fatty acid synthase (FASN) and stearoyl-CoA desaturase (delta-9-desaturase) (SCD) genes affect fatty acid compositio...