Discovery of old diseases: the molecular approach.
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Abstract Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most-common form of inherited motor and sensory neuropathy. The autosomal dominant axonal form of the disease (CMT2) is currently subdivided into seven types based…
Abstract DNazymes is a group of catalytic nucleic acids that can be designed to cleave target mRNA molecules in a base-specific way. Twist is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that…
Abstract Variation in the lengths of restriction fragments (RFLPs) of the whole chloroplast DNA molecule was studied in 174 populations of Quercus ilex L. sampled over the entire distribution of…
Abstract Deletions of specific regions on the Y chromosome cause male infertility. Recent advances in infertility treatment allow Y chromosome deletions to be transmitted to male offspring with the assumption…
Abstract Autosomal-dominant medullary cystic kidney disease (ADMCKD), a hereditary chronic interstitial nephropathy, recently attracted attention because of the cloning or mapping of certain gene loci, namely NPHP1, NPHP2 and NPHP3…
Abstract Breast cancer still represents a serious health problem and is currently the most frequent malignancy in the female population in developed countries. In Cyprus, there are 300 new cases…
Abstract Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease of high prevalence within Mediterranean countries and particularly common in four ethnic populations: Arabs, non-Ashkenazi Jews, Armenians, and Turks. The…
Abstract Myopathy is a rare clinical manifestation in primary systemic amyloidosis. The clinical phenotype and muscle histology are well described but the pathophysiological mechanisms remain poorly understood. We report a…
Abstract An intraspecific study on Phlebotomus sergenti, the main and only proven vector of Leishmania tropica among the members of the subgenus Paraphlebotomus was performed. The internal transcribed spacer 2…