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  1. Evidence suggests that circulating resistin levels are altered in colorectal cancer (CRC) and breast cancer (BC). Again, polymorphisms in resistin-encoding gene RETN have been evaluated in CRC and BC. However, th...

    Authors: Md. Abdul Aziz, Tahmina Akter, Md. Shahid Sarwar and Mohammad Safiqul Islam
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:27
    Content type: Meta-Analysis Published on:

  2. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is among the highest life-threatening malignancies. On both a molecular and histological level, HCC is a highly heterogeneous malignancy. This study was aimed to study the correl...

    Authors: Moustafa A. Sakr, Mahmood A. Al-Azzawi, Anis Anis, Amal A. Abd El-Aziz, Mohamed E. Ebeid, Mahmoud A. Shokeer and Aysam fayed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:14
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  3. T2DM is a polygenic, metabolic complex and multifactorial disease. Several genes contribute to risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome among different populations.

    Authors: Shaymaa W. El-Far, Heba Sh. Kassem, Amira M. Embaby, Abir A. Saad, Nader Mowafy and Medhat Haroun
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:26
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  4. Occipital horn syndrome is a rare, X-linked recessive, connective tissue disorder caused by abnormal copper transporter proteins coded by the ATP7A gene. 32 cases have been reported worldwide to date. Clinically,...

    Authors: Agata Kaczmarek, Maciej Kasprzyk, Aleksander Koch and Arthur Szymanski
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:25
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  5. Glioblastoma (GBM) is the commonest primary malignant cerebral tumor in adults. Detection of genetic mutations in liquid biopsy is endorsed rapidly throughout several solid neoplasms but still limited in GBM. ...

    Authors: Neemat M. Kassem, Hebatallah A. Kassem, Hanan Selim and Mohamed Hafez
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:23
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  6. SMA is a neuromuscular genetic disorder causing irreversible degeneration of the anterior horn cells of lower motor neurons. According to the age of onset and severity of the condition, it is classified into 5...

    Authors: Noura Raafat Eissa, Heba Amin Hassan, Sameh Mohamed Senousy, Hala Nasr Soliman and Mona Lotfy Essawi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:24
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  7. Methylation of the promoter at CpG islands is a mechanism of silencing tumor suppressor genes and therefore enhances cancer progression. The study aimed to examine promoter methylation frequencies of five tumo...

    Authors: Alaa Tahoon, Doaa El-Khateeb, Asmaa Mosbeh, Ibrahim Tantawy El Sayed and Ashraf Khalil
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:22
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  8. Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is a silent viral infection; however, elevated mortality and morbidity rates are noted in Egypt due to its adverse effects. The augmented incidence of diabetes in patients with viral ...

    Authors: Rehab M. Ateya, Samir A. Afifi, Nagla Abd Al Monem, Amira S. Al-Karamany, Ahmed A. Bessar, Fatma Rageh, Samar S. Ahmed and Dalia Ghareeb
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:21
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  10. Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS VI) or Maroteaux–Lamy syndrome is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder. Clinical manifestations are related to progressive accumulation of dermatan sulfate (DS). Two-...

    Authors: Aly A. Aboulnasr, Khaled R. Gaber, Gamal Abdel Sameea, Amr S. Gouda, Mona M. Ibrahim, Taghreed A. Shalabi and Amr Elnouri
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:20
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  11. Recent research proposed an association between functional defects involving CHEK2 I157T and SULT1A1 R213H variants and increased incidence of several types of cancer. A total of 86 unrelated colorectal cancer pa...

    Authors: Ghada M. Elhady, Mostafa A. Elnaggar and Lubna M. Desouky
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:18
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  12. There is a declining trend of gastric cancer (GC) incidence in the world during recent years that is related to the development of novel diagnostic methods. However, there is still a high ratio of GC mortality...

    Authors: Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan, Majid Mojarrad, Hamid Reza Rahimi and Meysam Moghbeli
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:17
    Content type: Review Published on:

  13. As the new pandemic created by COVID-19 virus created the need of rapid acquisition of a suitable vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 to develop Immunity and to reduce the mortality, the aim of this study was to identi...

    Authors: Arian Karimi Rouzbahani, Farnaz Kheirandish and Seyedeh Zeinab Hosseini
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:16
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  14. Gestational diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic dysfunction that arises during pregnancy. GDM can lead to serious health complications for both the mother during pregnancy and after the delivery of ...

    Authors: Mai M. Madkour, Afaf M. El-Said, Abd El-Aziz A. El-Refaey, Abd El-Aziz F. Abd El-Aziz and Fardous F. El-Senduny
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:15
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  16. Accumulating evidence has shown that radiofrequency radiation (RFR) emitted by mobile phones is a potential factor for DNA damage. Whether RFR affects the gene expression of human genes still requires further res...

    Authors: Ahmad M. Khalil, Khaled M. Al-Qaoud, Israa F. Alemam and Mohammad A. Okour
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:12
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  17. Ovarian cancer (OC) is considered a leading cause of death among women with gynecological malignancies. OC, like breast cancer, shows a familial predisposition to germline mutations in genes BRCA1 or BRCA2, which...

    Authors: Mohamed M. Rizk, Nour M. El-etreby, Lama M. El-Attar, Eman A. Elzyat and Marwa H. Saied
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:11
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  18. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that affects different immune cells. It is also associated with the stimulation of the T and B cells for the production of antibodies. Several genetic po...

    Authors: Shuvo Chandra Das, Md. Anisur Rahman and Shipan Das Gupta
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:10
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  19. Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), the severe form of inherited retinal degenerative disorder, is a prevalent disorder in the first year of life. Recently, genetic studies discovered that different gene mutatio...

    Authors: Mostafa Neissi, Adnan Issa Al-Badran and Javad Mohammadi-Asl
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:9
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  20. Union between second cousins and closer relatives is called consanguineous marriage. Consanguineous marriage is associated with increased risk of autosomal recessive diseases and several multifactorial traits....

    Authors: Mostafa Saadat
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:8
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  21. Blood group has been stated to be one of the risk factors associated with viral diseases like dengue, hepatitis virus, Norwalk virus and even the coronavirus associated with 2003 severe acute respiratory syndr...

    Authors: Birasen Behera, Bidyutprava Rout, RajashreePanigrahy, Subrat Kumar Kar, Debasish Sahoo, Kundan Kumar Sahu and Sarita Otta
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:7
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  22. Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare X-linked dominant disorder affecting the skin and other ectodermal tissues that is caused by a mutation of the IKBKG/NEMO gene.

    Authors: Filiz Başak Cengiz Ergin, Mustafa Tekin, Meltem Güneş, Begüm Güneş, Şahika Baysun and Nejat Akar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:6
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  23. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), known as a disease with a high prevalence rate among Armenian, Turkish, Jewish, and Arab descent populations, occurs as a result of pathogenic variants in mediterranean fever (

    Authors: Reza Alibakhshi, Aboozar Mohammadi, Keyghobad Ghadiri, Sahand Khamooshian, Mohsen Kazeminia and Keivan Moradi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:5
    Content type: Meta-Analysis Published on:

  24. Hypertension is a serious condition that is spread worldwide and may lead to severe complications such as heart attack, stroke, hypertensive retinopathy, and renal failure. Although some genetic and environmen...

    Authors: Zafer Cengiz Er, Ahmet Muderrisoglu, Meral Ekim and Hasan Ekim
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:4
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  25. Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed disease in the world population and current chemotherapy has been used for targeting the cell proliferation and metastasizing ability of tumor cells. Potent chemot...

    Authors: Kuruvalli Gouthami, Vadamalai Veeraraghavan and Prashantha Nagaraja
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:3
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  26. Diabetic nephropathy is known to be a leading complication of diabetes mellitus, characterized by diverse aspects such as high urinary albumin level, elevated blood pressure, and genetic susceptibility leading...

    Authors: Sindhu Varghese and Subbaraj Gowtham Kumar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:2
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  27. The SARS-CoV-2 has infected many people globally with the ravaging COVID-19; a disease, which has become challenging for every aspect of modern healthcare. The saliva and oral mucosa are sites of high risk for...

    Authors: Glory Omini Ibiang, Joseph Malachi, Mercy Omini Ibiang, Daniel Kenechi Chukwudi and Olanrewaju Ayodeji Durojaye
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2022 23:1
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  29. As individuals live longer, elderly populations can be expected to face issues. This pattern urges researchers to investigate the aging concept further to produce successful anti-aging agents. In the current s...

    Authors: Elham Amjad, Babak Sokouti and Solmaz Asnaashari
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:90
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  30. Transcriptional regulation of the SHOX gene is highly complex. Much of our understanding has come from the study of copy number changes of conserved non-coding sequences both upstream and downstream of the gene. ...

    Authors: David J. Bunyan, Evelien Gevers, James I. Hobbs, Philippa J. Duncan-Flavell, Rachel J. Howarth, Muriel Holder-Espinasse, Philippe Klee, Roxane Van-Heurk, Laure Lemmens, Maria Teresa Carminho-Rodrigues, Zainaba Mohamed, Aruna Goturu, Claire R. Hughes, Michal Ajzensztejn and N. Simon Thomas
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:89
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  31. Successful implantation of blastocysts is indeed an important path in mammalian reproduction that is governed by a complicated web of cytokines interactions. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and interleukin-11...

    Authors: Zahraa Alzaidi, Şule Menziletoğlu Yildiz, Çetin Saatçi, Hilal Ünlü Akalin, Iptisam Ipek Muderris, Buşra Aynekin, Izem Olcay Şahin and Munis Dündar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:85
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  32. Infections in communities and hospitals are mostly caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of five genes (SEA, SEB, SEC, SED and SEE) encoding staphylococcal enteroto...

    Authors: Ahmed A. Baz, Elsayed K. Bakhiet, Usama Abdul-Raouf and Ahmed Abdelkhalek
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:84
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  33. To determine the relationship between the genotypes of the TaqI polymorphism of VDR gene and the clinical forms of COVID-19 in Cuban patients.

    Authors: Estela Morales Peralta, Yaíma Zúñiga Rosales, Teresa Collazo Mesa, Elvia Nelmi Santos González, Yadira Hernández Pérez, María de los Ángeles González Torres, Hilda Roblejo Balbuena and Beatriz Marcheco Teruel
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:83
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  34. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder marked by the death of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in response to the compounding effects of oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfu...

    Authors: Suchita Ganesan and Venkatachalam Deepa Parvathi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:86
    Content type: Review Published on:

  35. A cross-sectional observational study was conducted on 213 patients with COVID-19 who did not have a clinical history of diabetes at hospital admission. One week after hospitalization, they were stratified by ...

    Authors: Ali H. Ad’hiah, Noor T. Al-Bayatee and Aeshah A. Ahmed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:82
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  36. Pompe disease (PD) is a serious genetic disorder caused by deficiency of acid α-glucosidase (GAA) and subsequent glycogen accumulation inside lysosomes. This study included a cohort of 5 Egyptian infants (1–8 ...

    Authors: Mona Essawi, Nagham ElBagoury, Engy Ashaat, Wessam Sharaf-Eldin and Ekram Fateen
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:87
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  37. Autism spectrum disorder is a condition related to brain development that affects a person’s perception and socialization, resulting in problems in social interaction and communication. It has no single known ...

    Authors: Amany H. Abdelrahman, Ola M. Eid, Mona H. Ibrahim, Safa N. Abd El-Fattah, Maha M. Eid and Nagwa A. Meguid
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:81
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  38. Mitochondria dysfunction is one of the clinical features of diabetes mellitus (DM), which is a hallmark of insulin resistance (IR). This study investigates the therapeutic effect of Momordica charantia nanopartic...

    Authors: Olusola Olalekan Elekofehinti, Olusola Christianah Ayodele and Opeyemi Iwaloye
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:80
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  39. Spontaneous apoptosis and expression of MCL1, BCL2, and BCL-XL may be useful prognostic markers in acute leukemia patients. The purpose of this study is to examine the prognosis in adult leukemia patients based o...

    Authors: Huda F. Ebian, Lobna A. El-korashi, Ahmed Embaby, Marwa H. Hussien and Alshymaa A. Ahmed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:91
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  40. During the interpretation of genome sequencing data, some types of secondary findings are identified that are located in genes that do not appear to be related to the causes of the primary disease. Although th...

    Authors: Mana Zakeri, Mohammad Sadegh Safaiee, Forough Taheri, Eskandar Taghizadeh, Gordon A. Ferns, Majid Ghayour Mobarhan and Alireza Pasdar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:79
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  41. Anorectal malformations (ARM) represent a wide spectrum of defects. Caudal and genitourinary malformations can associate with anorectal malformations. Genetic factors may play role in the development of anorec...

    Authors: Ayca Kocaaga, Sevgi Yimenicioglu and Cigdem Arslan Alıcı
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:88
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  42. One of the crucial functions of the immune system is to prevent tumorigenesis, yet cancer occurs when malignant cells manage to evade immune surveillance via multiple strategies. Accordingly, this study aimed ...

    Authors: Sara M. Radwan, Nooran S. Elleboudy, Nermeen A. Nabih, Amal El-kholy and Amany M. Kamal
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:78
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  43. Disorders in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) mutations are the common cause of colon cancer. Detection of these mutations is the first step in colon cancer diagnosis. Differentiation among normal and cancerous col...

    Authors: Safaa M. Naeem, Mai S. Mabrouk, Mohamed A. Eldosoky and Ahmed Y. Sayed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:77
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  44. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in lung tumorigenesis. Among different lncRNAs, overexpression of the lncRNA actin filament‐associated protein 1‐antisense RNA 1 (AFAP1-AS1) in lung tumors has ...

    Authors: Sajjad Ghalib Ibrahim Alnajar, Ali Rajabi, Melika Maydanchi, Samaneh Tayefeh Gholami, Ali Saber and Reza Safaralizadeh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:76
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  45. Methylmalonic acidemia with homocystinuria is caused by a rare inborn error of vitamin B12 (cobalamin) metabolism. There are four complementation classes of cobalamin defects cblC, cblD, cblF, and cblJ that ar...

    Authors: Nadia Waheed, Zafar Fayyaz and Ahmad Imran
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:75
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  46. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, with a shifting trend towards the younger population. Paraoxonase1 (PON1) is a glycoprotein enzyme associated with high-density lipo...

    Authors: Rohit Kumar, Vandana Saini, Charanjeet Kaur, H. S. Isser, Nitin Tyagi and Subhra Sahoo
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:74
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  47. The pathophysiology underlying Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), especially in older individuals, remains unclear, with a genetic predisposition being reported as the single best predictor of the di...

    Authors: Ker Hsin Ng, Visvaraja Subrayan, Vasudevan Ramachandran and Fazliana Ismail
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:73
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  48. Bladder cancer (BCa) and prostate cancer (PCa) are frequent urothelial and genital malignancies with a high ratio of morbidity and mortality which are more common among males. Since BCa and PCa cases are mainl...

    Authors: Malihe Zangoue, Amir Sadra Zangouei, Majid Mojarrad and Meysam Moghbeli
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:72
    Content type: Review Published on:

  49. Nocturnal enuresis (NE) is a common voiding problem in pediatric populations. Relatively, few studies have investigated the 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and NE associations in children, which may open up a new research...

    Authors: Farida M. El-Baz, Marian G. R. Abdelsayed, Aziza S. Abdel-Hafeez and Reham I. Abdelmageed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:71
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  50. Chanarin–Dorfman syndrome (CDS; OMIM # 275630) is a rare neutral lipid storage disorder caused by mutation in ABHD5 (a/b hydrolase domain containing 5″) a cofactor for adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) resulting...

    Authors: Nadia Waheed, Sadaqat Ijaz and Zafar Fayyaz
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2021 22:69
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