Members of the CCN (for CTGF, cyr61/cef10, nov) gene family encode cysteine-rich
secreted proteins with roles in cell growth and differentiation 1. Cell-specific and tissue-specific …

Objective Monogenic autoinflammatory diseases are disorders of Mendelian inheritance that
are characterized by mutations in genes that regulate innate immunity and whose typical …

Results: Out of the 58 alleles of the 29 probands, only 31 mutations were identified and
M694V and V726A are the most common. The mutation E148Q was the most common among …

Objective This study is conducted to detect quantitatively zinc in the nuclei and cytoplasm of
epithelial cells of the prostate from normal, acute prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia …

Active Toxoplasma gondii infection in cancer patients undergoing anticancer chemotherapy
was evaluated using both enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and polymerase …

… Jamil Al-Alami … Jamil Al-Alami who sadly passed away during the work on this project.
Jamil was highly regarded as a physician, colleague, friend, and overall a great person. …

Progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia is an autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia with
radiographic changes in the spine similar to Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda and …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a novel approach to cancer treatment, relies fundamentally on
two key elements: a light source and a photosensitizing agent. A primary challenge in PDT …

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to investigate the relationship between the
incidence of coronary heart diseases in premenopausal women and plasma level of total and …

Objective Juvenile megaloblastic anemia is a rare and often hereditary disorder of
cobalamin absorption, transport or intracellular metabolism. Several syndromes present with …