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Assessment of vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) gene polymorphisms and their correlation with multiple sclerosis: a case-control study in a sample of the Syrian population

Vitamin D deficiency is a major health concern as it increases the risk of developing many serious diseases. Recently, the correlation between vitamin D deficiency and multiple sclerosis (MS) is a matter of se...

Authors: Bushra Alhomsi, Ghalia Aboualchamat and Imad Alkadi

Prognostic value of CIP2A gene expression in adult Egyptian acute myeloid leukemia patients

Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) functions as a tumor suppressor in many cancers. Cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A (CIP2A) inhibits PP2A proteolytic degradation of c-Myc and enhances cell growth and tum...

Authors: Roxan E. Shafik, Azza M. Ibrahim, Fadwa Said, Naglaa M. Hassan, Hanan E. Shafik and Hala A. Shokralla

An in silico epitope-based peptide vaccine design against the 2019-nCoV

Authors: Olanrewaju Ayodeji Durojaye, Talifhani Mushiana, Samuel Cosmas, Glory Omini Ibiang and Mercy Omini Ibiang

Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1 (LEF-1): a favorable prognostic factor in adult acute myeloid leukemia in Egyptian patients

Canonical wingless-type (Wnt) signaling is a crucial pathway involved in normal hematopoiesis and the self-renewal process of hematopoietic stem cells. Deregulation of this pathway has been associated with dif...

Authors: Botheina Ahmed Thabet Farweez, Nahela Ahmed Shalaby, Doaa Ahmed Gamal Eissa, Raghda El Sayed Abdel Monem Galal, Nashwa El-khazragy and Shaimaa Abdelmalik Pessar

A case of spastic paraplegia type 11 with a variation in the SPG11 gene

Spastic paraplegia 11 (SPG11) is defined as progressive spasticity and weakness of the lower limbs and also associated with mild intellectual disability with learning difficulties in childhood and/or progressi...

Authors: Muhsin Elmas, Basak Gogus, Banu Değirmenci, Mustafa Solak and J. G. Gleeson

Clinical impact of early minimal residual disease detection at day 15 in precursor B-childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an Egyptian experience

Chromosomal abnormalities in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are well-established prognostic markers and useful tools for minimal residual disease (MRD) assessment. This study aimed to stratify hi...

Authors: Botheina Ahmed Thabet Farweez, Nevine Ahmed Kassim, Mona Fathy Abdelfataah, Naglaa Mostafa Hassan, Doha Elsayed Ahmed Hassnien and Yasmin Nabil El-Sakhawy

SHOX2 gene methylation in Egyptians having lung cancer

Lung cancer tumorigenesis is mainly due to accumulation of genetic and epigenetic events in the respiratory epithelium. Epigenetic alteration is more frequent than somatic mutation in lung cancer. CpG island m...

Authors: Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed Ahmed Rizk, Suzan Mohamed Farouk Helal, Ahmed Youssef Shaaban Gad, Doreen Nazeih Assaad Younan and Salma Abd El Maguid Mohamed Ramadan Moemen

Spinal muscular atrophy in Venezuela: quantitative analysis of SMN1 and SMN2 genes

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is mostly caused by homozygous deletions in the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. SMN2, its paralogous gene, is a genetic modifier of the disease phenotype, and its copy number is...

Authors: Yuri Yépez, Irene Paradisi and Sergio Arias

Double aneuploidy 48,ХХХ,+21 of a Bulgarian newborn with Down phenotype: a case report

Aneuploidy is one of the most important chromosomal aberrations, which involves an abnormal number of the chromosomes. Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) and numerical aberrations of the sex chromosomes have a relativ...

Authors: Mariya Tsvetkova, Mariya Levkova, Snezhinka Tsvetkova, Mari Hachmeriyan, Emil Kovachev and Lyudmila Angelova

Novel mutation in perforin gene causing familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 2 in an Egyptian infant: case report

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a syndrome of pathological immune activation characterized by clinical signs and symptoms of extreme inflammation. It results from the uninhibited proliferation and ...

Authors: Mohamed Almalky, Safaa H. A. Saleh, Eman Gamal Baz and Ahmed Elsadek Fakhr

Purinergic signalling pathway: therapeutic target in ovarian cancer

The lack of early diagnostic tools and the development of chemoresistance have made ovarian cancer (OC) one of the deadliest gynaecological cancers. The tumour microenvironment is characterised by the extracel...

Authors: Nisha Chandran, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Zothan Siama, Balachandar Vellingiri and Arul Narayanasamy

Role of mesenchymal stem cells and their culture medium in alleviating kidney injury in rats diabetic nephropathy

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is considered as one of the most serious complications resulting from diabetes mellitus and end-stage of renal failure globally. Up to 40% of diabetic patients will develop DN. The in...

Authors: Amal Al-Shahat Ibrahim, Manal Mohammad Morsy, Safwat E. Abouhashem, Omnia Aly, Norhan A. Sabbah and Nermin Raafat

The associations among RARRES2 rs17173608 gene polymorphism, serum chemerin, and non-traditional lipid profile in patients with metabolic syndrome

The adipokine chemerin retinoic acid receptor responder protein 2 (RARRES2) has been associated with insulin resistance, type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM), obesity, and metabolic syndrome (MetS). The impact of RAR...

Authors: Marwa A. Dahpy, Marwa K. Khairallah, Nashwa Mostafa A. Azoz and Ghada M. Ezzat

Angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion (I/D) gene polymorphism in Iraqi type 2 diabetic patients: association with the risk of cardiac autonomic neuropathy

Studies have shown a direct association between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and diabetic neuropathies. As such, ACE gene polymorphisms could be a risk factor for cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in pati...

Authors: Muhanad M. Dhumad, Farqad B. Hamdan and Qasim S. Al-Mayah

Association between genetic polymorphism of XRCC7 (G6721T) and risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

The DNA non-homologous end joining repair gene XRCC7 is one of the most important genes in the DNA double-strand break (DSBs) repair. It is supposed that DNA repair gene malfunction is the main risk factor in var...

Authors: Farnoush Farokhian, Zahra Beyzaei, Mani Ramzi and Bita Geramizadeh

Lack of association between three common genetic variations of XPC and susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration, a preliminary study

Numerous association studies have indicated that genetic alterations in genes involved in DNA repair processes are associated with the risk of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD). There is no published stu...

Authors: Sharareh Kalteh and Mostafa Saadat

Prediction and in silico validation of MYH7 gene missense variants in the Iranian population: a bioinformatics analysis based on Iranome database

Identifying disease-causing genetic variants in a particular population improves the molecular diagnosis of genetic disorders. National genome databases provide valuable information on this matter. This study ...

Authors: Shirin Shahbazi

Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene FokI, BsmI, ApaI, and TaqI polymorphisms and osteoporosis risk: a meta-analysis

Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones in which the density of the bones decreases. The prevalence of this disease greatly varies in different populations of the world. Numerous studies have been investigated ...

Authors: Upendra Yadav, Pradeep Kumar and Vandana Rai

Inflammation-related gene polymorphisms associated with Parkinson’s disease: an updated meta-analysis

Strong evidence supports the involvement of inflammation processes in the development and progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD), where increasingly correlations have been identified between genetic variation...

Authors: Zulvikar Syambani Ulhaq and Cristian Peinado Garcia

A novel mutation in ITGB4 gene in a newborn with epidermolysis bullosa, pyloric atresia, and aplasia cutis congenita

Epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia (EB-PA), also known as Carmi syndrome, is an uncommon, autosomal recessive genodermatosis that typically affects the skin and gastrointestinal tract. EB-PA is caused ...

Authors: Emel Okulu, Ceren D. Durmaz, Gaffari Tunc, Adil Guzel, Nuket Y. Kutlay, Omer Erdeve, Begum Atasay, John A. McGrath, Lu Liu and Saadet Arsan

Update on the genetic and epigenetic etiology of gestational diabetes mellitus: a review

Many studies have been conducted on the genetic and epigenetic etiology of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in the last two decades because of the disease’s increasing prevalence and role in global diabetes...

Authors: Tajudeen O. Yahaya, Titilola Salisu, Yusuf B. Abdulrahman and Abdulrazak K. Umar

Evaluation of CD147 gene expression, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidants in cases of acute coronary syndrome in Egyptian population

The main mechanism of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in the rupture of the vulnerable plaques. MMP secretion is...

Authors: Wafaa A. Emam, Nader M. M. Ali, Aliaa T. A. Kamel, Mohamed I. M. Eladawy and Nermin Raafat

Evaluation of the clinical value of circulating miR-101, miR-187 and miR-21 in neonatal sepsis diagnosis and prognosis

Neonatal sepsis is considered as a complicated syndrome, which requires urgent intervention to avoid the unfavorable outcome. Thus, biomarkers that can either distinguish sepsis early or predict sepsis outcome...

Authors: Rabab F. Salim, Ahmed A. Sobeih and Heba M. Abd El Kareem

Characterization of the major human STAG3 variants using some proteomics and bioinformatics assays

STAG3 is the meiotic component of cohesin and a member of the Cancer Testis Antigen (CTA) family. This gene has been found to be overexpressed in many types of cancer, and recently, its variants have been impl...

Authors: Inam J. Lafta, Bassam K. Kudhair and Noralhuda N. Alabid

Congenital heart diseases: genetics, non-inherited risk factors, and signaling pathways

Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) are the most common congenital anomalies with an estimated prevalence of 8 in 1000 live births. CHDs occur as a result of abnormal embryogenesis of the heart. Congenital heart ...

Authors: Emmanuel Suluba, Liu Shuwei, Qing Xia and Ally Mwanga

What should be the focus of counseling in parental consanguinity: genetic disorders or underlying beliefs

Authors: Zahra Soheilirad

Long non-coding RNA HOTAIR and HOTTIP as potential biomarkers for hepatitis C virus genotype 4-induced hepatocellular carcinoma

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) homeobox (Hox) transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR) and HOXA transcript at the distal tip (HOTTIP) have been suggested to be implicated in liver cancer tumorigenesis and ...

Authors: Fawzy Roshdy, Mohamed M. S. Farag, Eman El-Ahwany, Ola Mahmode, Adel A. Mousa, Mohamed El Talkawy and Faiza Essawy

Molecular and environmental characterization of Noonan syndrome in Morocco reveals a significant association with consanguinity and advanced parental age

Noonan syndrome (NS) is one of the most common RASopathies, with an autosomal dominant inheritance. This disorder is caused by a range of genes belonging to the RAS-MAP kinase (rat sarcoma viral oncogene homol...

Authors: Ihssane El Bouchikhi, Laila Bouguenouch, Fatima Zohra Moufid, Imane Samri, Fatima Abdouss, Moulay Abdelilah Melhouf, Mohammed Iraqui Houssaini, Khadija Belhassan, Samir Atmani and Karim Ouldim

Role of phototherapy, BAX gene expression in hyperbilirubinemia development in full-term neonates

Phototherapy is the main therapeutic interference for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia used to escape an exchange transfusion and to decrease the risk of bilirubin-induced encephalopathy (kernikterus). Phototherapy...

Authors: Mohamed farouk Afifi, Abdel Hakeem Abdel Mohsen, Emad Abdel Naeem and Marwa Ibrahem Abdel razic

Genetic pattern of SMN1, SMN2, and NAIP genes in prognosis of SMA patients

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the most common autosomal recessive disorder in humans after cystic fibrosis. It is classified into five clinical grades based on age of onset and severity of the disease. Alth...

Authors: Heba Amin Hassan, Maha Saad Zaki, Mahmoud Yousry Issa, Nagham Maher El-Bagoury and Mona Lotfi Essawi

Further observation of Hemoglobin Fontainebleau (a21(B2) Ala-Pro) in a Turkish family

Authors: Nejat Akar, Serdar Ceylaner, Yasemin Ardicoglu Akisin and Gokce Su Tastan

TNF-α -308 G>A and IL10 -1082A>G polymorphisms as potential risk factors for lymphoproliferative disorders in autoimmune rheumatic diseases

Chronic inflammation with sustained unregulated immune stimulation in autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD) may be a risk factor for developing lymphoproliferative disorders (LPD). Markers of ARD activity as hig...

Authors: Manal Y. Tayel, Aida Nazir, Ibtessam M. Abdelhamid, Myriam A. S. Helmy, Nadia E. Zaki, Nehad S. Elsharkawy and Amira I. Fayad

Association between calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) R990G, CaSR A986S, and CaSR Q1011E gene polymorphisms and the risk of urolithiasis: a meta-analysis

In the last two decades, studies have been widely carried out to assess the association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) gene in exon 7 and the risk of urolithi...

Authors: Besut Daryanto, Basuki Bambang Purnomo, Atma Gunawan, Fredo Tamara, Saga Aditya Hutama, Ema Dianita Mayasari, Arum Gladys Kusumaningrum and Jonny Karunia Fajar

Omphalocele: a review of common genetic etiologies

Omphalocele is one of the most common congenital defects in the anterior abdominal wall. The malformation is associated with various pathologies especially with chromosomal disorders. The developmental defect ...

Authors: Henriette Poaty, Fanny Pelluard, Mama Sy Diallo, Irène Patricia Lucienne Ondima, Gwenaelle André and Jacques François Silou-Massamba

Association between fibrinogen receptor (Glycoprotein IIb) polymorphism and the risk of venous thromboembolism: a systematic review

The fibrinogen receptor is an integrin on the platelet surface and is shaped from two types of glycoprotein (GP) subunits, GPIIb and GPIIIa. Membrane glycoprotein IIb/IIIa plays an important role in platelet f...

Authors: Zahra Rezaei Dezaki, Raihaneh Bagheri and Batoul Pourgheysari

Flavanones from Sorghum bicolor selectively inhibit COX-2: in-silico and in-vivo validation

COX-2-specific inhibitors offer improved advantages over traditional NSAIDs. Plants are known to play critical roles in the discovery and developments of new pharmaceuticals. To the best of our knowledge, noth...

Authors: O. Adeboye Akinloye, D. Samuel Metibemu, D. Ibukun Akinloye, S. Bamidele Onigbinde, I. Abigail Olaosebikan, Ogunnowo Florence, Bashorun Damilola, O. Adeola Bolarinwa and Olaromilorun Olubunmi

Exploring receptor tyrosine kinases-inhibitors in Cancer treatments

Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are signaling enzymes responsible for the transfer of Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) γ-phosphate to the tyrosine residues substrates. RTKs demonstrate essential roles in cellular...

Authors: D. Samuel Metibemu, O. Adeboye Akinloye, A. Jamiu Akamo, D. Ajiboye Ojo, O. Tolulope Okeowo and I. Olaposi Omotuyi

Non-randomness distribution of micro-RNAs on human chromosomes

Micro-RNA (miRNA) is one of the non-coding RNAs that exist in human genome. miRNAs play an important role in the expression of target genes. Several studies have indicated that organization of human genome is ...

Authors: Fariba Boroumand, Iraj Saadat and Mostafa Saadat

D76V, L161R, and C117S are the most pathogenic amino acid substitutions with several dangerous consequences on leptin structure, function, and stability

Leptin is a versatile hormone with a variety of functions, including regulation of food intake by inhibiting hunger. Any deleterious mutation in this protein can lead to serious consequences for the body. This...

Authors: Mohammed Baqur S. Al-Shuhaib

MPL W515 L/K mutations in myeloproliferative neoplasms

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) describe a group of diseases involving the bone marrow (BM). Classical MPNs are classified into chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombo...

Authors: Sohaila Eldeweny, Hosny Ibrahim, Ghada Elsayed and Mohamed Samra

Aberrant p16 methylation as an early diagnostic marker in blood of hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is currently used for serologic screening in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) but with low sensitivity ranging 41–65% with a high rate of false-negative and false-positive results. For th...

Authors: Arig Aly Seif, Heba Hassan Aly, Doaa Mostafa Elzoghby, Ashraf Mohammed Elbreedy and Mohamed Lotfy

Telomerase reverse transcriptase gene amplification in hematological malignancies

Telomere is a complex DNA–protein structure located at the end of all eukaryotic chromosomes. The major role of human telomerase is to catalyze the addition of telomeric repeat sequences TTAGGG onto chromosome...

Authors: Amany H. Abdelrahman, Maha M. Eid, Mirhane Hassan, Ola M. Eid, Rania M. A. AbdelKader, Nevin M. AlAzhary, Rasha Y. Shahin and Mohamed T. Sallam

Detection of some metabolic disorders in suspected neonates admitted at Assiut University Children Hospital

Inborn errors of metabolism are genetically inherited diseases which can lead to accumulation of toxic metabolites in the body. Inborn errors of metabolism have a high morbidity and mortality in neonates. Many...

Authors: Shaimaa Mohamed Khalaf, Mohamed Mahrous El-Tellawy, Nafisa Hassan Refat and Amal Mohammed Abd El-Aal

Detection of high level aminoglycoside resistance genes among clinical isolates of Enterococcus species

Enterococci are intrinsically resistant to clinically achievable concentrations of aminoglycosides. However, high-level resistance to aminoglycosides (HLAR) is primarily due to the acquisition of genes encodin...

Authors: Manal Diab, Dalia Salem, Ahmed El-Shenawy, Amira El-Far, Aya Abdelghany, Alaa Reda Awad, Inas El Defrawy and Mohamed Shemis

Characterization of plasmid-mediated qnrA and qnrB genes among Enterobacteriaceae strains: quinolone resistance and ESBL production in Ismailia, Egypt

Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes (PMQR) are mainly associated with clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae and complicate treatment of infections caused by these isolates worldwide. Extended-spectru...

Authors: Samaa A. Taha, Hanan Hassan Omar and wafaa Hassan Hassan

Hyperandrogenism in polycystic ovarian syndrome and role of CYP gene variants: a review

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a multifactorial endocrine disorder characterized by anovulation, hyperandrogenism, and polycystic ovarian morphology. The pathophysiology of PCOS is not clear; however, dis...

Authors: Sairish Ashraf, Mudasar Nabi, Shayaq ul Abeer Rasool, Fouzia Rashid and Shajrul Amin

Aberrant methylation of yes-associated protein (YAP1) as a potential biomarker in breast cancer

Breast cancer (BC) represents the most prevalent malignancy among women, and it is characterized by high mortality especially in late stages. BC tumorigenesis was linked to epigenetic alterations namely methyl...

Authors: Ragaa Abdelkader Ramadan, Ahmed Elkarmouty and Mostafa Elnaggar

Clinicopathological features of Egyptian colorectal cancer patients regarding somatic genetic mutations especially in KRAS gene and microsatellite instability status: a pilot study

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths which contributes to a significant public health problem worldwide with 1.8 million new cases and almost 861,000 deaths in 2018 a...

Authors: Neemat M. Kassem, Gamal Emera, Hebatallah A. Kassem, Nashwa Medhat, Basant Nagdy, Mustafa Tareq, Rabab Abdel Moneim, Mohammed Abdulla and Wafaa H. El Metenawy

Gene-environment and gene-gene interactions between CHRNA3 rs1051730, XRCC1 rs25487, and ERCC1 rs735482 variants highly elevate the risk of lung cancer

Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions play an important role in cancer susceptibility. In this work, we studied the association of XRCC1 rs25487, ERCC1 rs735482, and CHRNA3 rs1051730 variants with lung canc...

Authors: Nada Ezzeldin, Dalia El-Lebedy and Asmaa Mohammed

Determinants of p14/ARF methylation in healthy females: association with reproductive and non-reproductive risk factors of breast cancer

DNA methylation is associated with the risk factors of breast cancer. However, the impact of the reproductive and non-reproductive risk factors of breast cancer on p14/ARF methylation is not well known. Therefore...

Authors: Ghada M. Ezzat and Mahmoud H. El-Shoeiby