Association of Arg194Trp, Arg280His and Arg399Gln polymorphisms in X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1 gene and risk of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in Iran.

Background: X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1) gene is a DNA repair gene and its non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) may influence DNA repair capacity which has been considered as a modifying risk factor for cancer development.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted to investigate impact of three frequently studied polymorphisms (Arg194Trp, Arg280His and Arg399Gln) on developing differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC).

Results: Increased risks for DTC were shown in homozygous (odds ratio [OR]: 3.

An increased risk of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in Iran with the 677C→T homozygous polymorphism in the MTHFR Gene.

Background: Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) involves in folic acid metabolism which influences DNA methylation. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) called 677C→T in MTHFR gene causes producing a thermolabile enzyme with reducing function and eventually defects DNA methylation. To determine association between germ-line polymorphism in MTHFR gene with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC), this preliminary study was designed.

Removing peroxide impurities from ether improves the quality of globin chains for biosynthetic studies.

The diagnosis of the different forms of thalassemia is one of the important applications of analysis of globin chains. These analyses are done by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a MONO-S cation exchange column and ether is used for washing the globin powder in the final step. The presence of peroxide impurities in ether could change the structure of the globin chains.