© 2016, Pasteur Institute of Iran. All rights reserved. Background: Apolipoprotein A2 (APOA2) is the second major apolipoprotein of the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). The study aim was to identify APOA2 gene ...

Material and Methods: 22 nuclear families (78 persons including 12 patients) with papillary and follicular tumors were selected in a period of six months from Milad hospital. Five microsatellite markers (D19S413, D19S391, ...

Background: High temperature and long heating time can be considered the main drawbacks of the conventional digestion methods of urinary iodine determination. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of a microwave ...

Low high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is a known risk factor of coronary artery disease. Apolipoprotein A1 (APOA1) is the most abundant component of HDL-C. This study aimed at identifying sequence variations ...

© 2015, Pasteur Institute of Iran. All rights reserved. Background: The serum concentration of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is one of the important heritable risk factors for cardiovascular disease and is ...

Among the most common lipid abnormalities, a low level of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) is one of the first risk factors identified for coronary heart disease. Lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) has ...

Different variant frequencies may lead to different frequencies of the same variants in individuals with drugs resistance and disease susceptibility at the population level. In this study, the allele frequency of three ...

Iodine deficiency leads to deficiency of thyroid hormones, which causes mental retardation in infant. Laboratory confirmation is important in its diagnosis. The major problems associated with the existing methods for iodine ...

Introduction: Thyroid peroxidase (TPO) gene variations are one cause of thyroid autoimmune diseases. The aim of this study was to examine the association between the T1936C, T2229C and A2257C polymorphisms of the TPO gene ...