The discovery of isocitrate dehydrogenase isoform 1 (IDH1) mutation as a key molecular marker has resulted in change glial tumour classification [1]. IDH1 mutations are commonly gliomas, particularly low-grade gliomas and secondary glioblastoma [2]. p.R132H (c.395G>A) accounted for more than 90% the IDH1/2 had significant association with clinical outcomes. cause gain-of-function resulting f...

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to understand reality. The aim of this study was to determine the relation between FOLH1 and DISC1 genes polymorphism in patients with schizophrenia in Iran. In this study, 50 patients with schizophrenia and 50 healthy controls were evaluated. PCR-RFLP was used for FOLH1 gene and Tetra-ARMS for the DIS...

Background: Non-coding RNAs apply regulations on expression or function of a gene. A class of non-coding RNAs, natural antisense transcripts, might overlap with their flanking genes and emerge a new complexity upon regulation. WRAP53, is a natural antisense transcript overlapped in a head-to-head manner on the opposite strand of TP53. It has 3 transcripts of which WRAP53β produ...

Introduction: Estrogen, a crucial hormone during pregnancy, acts through two types of receptors. The estrogen receptor alpha and beta (ESR-α and ESR-β) are more abundant and exists in all human reproductive systems. Association of ESR-α and ESR-β genes polymorphisms has been reported in some reproductive problems such as spontaneous abortion, endometriosis-related infertility, and in vitro fert...

PURPOSE Asthma is the most prevalent disease in India according to the national survey conducted by NFHS 2 in 1998-1999. Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), a collagenase encoded by the MMP-2 gene, degrades the type IV collagen and is responsible for inflammatory responses. This is a pilot study evaluating the role of MMP-2 -1306C/T promoter single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in asthma pathog...