Publications by authors named "Oum Kaltoum Ait Boujmia"

Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a rare and severe form of glaucoma and is usually transmitted as an autosomal-recessive disease. However, PCG is more common in certain ethnic and geographic groups where consanguineous relationships are common. The importance of this review is to inspect the mutations in the cytochrome P450 1B1 gene (CYP1B1) and to highlight the interest of the genetic study of CYP1B1 mutations.

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V-domain Ig suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA) is a transmembrane protein that plays a crucial role in the regulation of antitumor immunity. Therapeutic intervention that inhibits the VISTA pathway constitutes a new approach in the treatment of cancer. The aim of the present study was to provide a bibliometric literature review of VISTA research in the field of cancer.

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Unlabelled: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a very complex disease that is linked to environmental, genetic and epigenetic factors. Several Studies have found that aberrations in DNA methylation process play a crucial role in leukemogenesis. The aim of this case control study was to evaluate the association between rs1569686, rs2424913 polymorphisms located in DNMT3B gene and rs7590760 polymorphism located in DNMT3A gene and AML risk in a Moroccan population.

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Unlabelled: The human multidrug resistance MDR1 gene plays a crucial role in the absorption, transport, metabolism and elimination of harmful compounds. An impaired metabolism of these compounds related to genetic polymorphism may cause cancer such as acute myeloid leukemia AML.

Objective: The present study investigated the relationship between C1236T polymorphism and the risk of AML development in a sample of Moroccan population.

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Background: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a disease characterized by heterogeneous clinical presentations as well as complex genetic and molecular abnormalities. In MM, cytogenetic analysis is a challenge because of the low proliferation of malignant plasma cells. Thus, interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), performed on sorted plasma cells detected abnormalities independently of a proliferative and infiltrative index.

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Glioblastoma is the most aggressive malignant type of central nervous system tumors. The literature review revealed that the most common genetic abnormalities in primary and secondary glioblastomas are IDH1 / 2 mutations, p53 mutations, and overexpression of EGFR. To our knowledge, this is the first Moroccan study to provide a global picture of genetic studies performed on Moroccan patients to describe genetic markers and their frequency in our population.

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