Background: Genetic polymorphisms of β3-adrenergic receptor (AR) Trp64Arg and β2-AR Gln27Glu may result in significant change in the functions of these receptors...
Keywords: 2-adrenergic receptor, 3-adrenergic receptor, genetic polymorphism, haplotype, obesity
04/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Given the lack of information about Y haplotypes for Campania (southern Italy), we analyzed eight Y short tandem repeats in a sample of males from this region with the aim of establishing a Y-haplotype database that can be used for forensic purposes...
Keywords: capillary electrophoresis, haplotype, short tandem repeats, Y chromosome
04/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the
BAT1-NFKBIL1-LTA region on the short arm of chromosome 6 have been found to be associated with susceptibility to myocardial infarction in a recent case-control study including individuals from Japan...
Keywords: haplotype, lymphotoxin-?, myocardial infarction, Polymorphism, TaqMan
04/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Background: The T-box21 (TBX21) gene encodes the transcription factor T-bet (T-box expressed in T-cells), which influences naive T-lymphocyte development and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many diseases.
Methods: We selected 208 hepatitis B patients and 213 healthy volunteers to examine whether polymorphisms or haplotypes of the TBX21 gene promoter were associated with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the Chinese population...
Keywords: genetic susceptibility, haplotype, hepatitis B virus (HBV), promoter, TBX21 (T-box21) gene
03/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Background: Previous studies suggest that a variable number of tandem repeats polymorphism in the second intron of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene and two single nucleotide polymorphisms at positions ?511 and +3954 of the interleukin-1? (IL-1B) gene are associated with an increased risk of autoimmune diseases...
Keywords: haplotype, interleukin-1?, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, rheumatoid arthritis
08/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter