... levels of serotonin were estimated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Genotyping was performed using appropriate primers followed by polymerase chain reaction and a restriction fragment length polymorphism. Results: Mean age was 32.59 ± 12.58 for cases and 33.64 ± 9.78 for controls. The risk...

... conducted an association study using HLA loci (A, B, and DRB1) and 9 polymorphic microsatellite markers spanning the HLA region in pSS patients as compared to healthy individuals. Subjects and Methods: Forty-four patients fitting the European criteria of pSS and 123 healthy controls were analyzed...

...Ahmad Al-Serri; Suzanne A. Al-Bustan; Maisa Kamkar; Daisy Thomas; Osama Alsmadi; Rabeah Al-Temaimi; Olusegun A. Mojiminiyi; Nabila A. Abdella Objective: To investigate the effect of the common fat mass and obesity-associated ( FTO ) gene polymorphism rs9939609 on body mass index (BMI) in one...

...Ece Onur; Adnan Taner Kurdal; Berrin Tugrul; Ihsan Iskesen; Pınar Dundar; Fatma Taneli; Cevval Ulman; Ahmet Var Objective: To determine the risk of an association with some genetic polymorphisms involved in venous thromboembolism (VTE) gene variations (FVL, FV H1299R, FII G20210A, MTHFR C677T...

...So Yeon Kim; Hyun Hee Kim; Chung Mo Nam; Hyeon Chang Kim; Il Suh; Byung Yong Kang Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between two genetic polymorphisms ( Pvu II and Xba I restriction fragment length polymorphisms, RFLPs) of the estrogen receptor-α (ER1) gene...

... training program for 12 weeks were genotyped for the angiotensinogen M235T polymorphism, angiotensin II type 1 receptor A1166C polymorphism, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) T-3892C polymorphism, and angiotensin II type 2 receptor C3123A polymorphism. The following clinical parameters were measured...

... polymorphisms of the Apo(a) gene. Methods: The study subjects consisted of 74 essential hypertensives and 211 normotensive individuals. For polymorphism analysis, DNA was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In the case of the Met/Thr polymorphism, amplified PCR products were digested...

...WassimY. Almawi; GhadaS. Hassan; M.Zouhair Habbal Objective: The gene for apolipoprotein (apo) E, which modulates serum lipoprotein metabolism and concentration, is polymorphic with three major alleles, E2, E3, and E4, and a corresponding six apo E genotypes, E2/E2, E3/E2, E3/E3, E4/E2, E4/E3...