Publications by authors named "Rahil Nahid-Samiei"
Expression pattern analysis of the long non-coding RNAs (TINCR, RP11-573D15.8, RP11-156E8.1), and their target genes (AKT1, FOXO1 and MAPK3) in patients with HIV infection, and elite controllers.
Heliyon
May 2024
Elite controllers (ECs) defined as a small subclass of subjects with HIV capable of controlling human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication in the lack of antiretroviral treatment. One class of RNA molecules that serve as vital components in the network of HIV-related transcriptional regulation, are long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). The critical part that they take is in transcriptional regulation of HIV through monitoring various cellular signaling pathways.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and potential association between the infection with some members of the polyomaviridae family of viruses and development of the brain tumors.
Methods: A systematic literature search was performed by finding relevant cross-sectional and case-control studies from a large online database. Heterogeneity, OR, and corresponding 95% CI were applied to all studies by meta-analysis and forest plots.
Introduction: Hemodialysis (HD) patients are a high-risk population for acquiring blood-borne viruses such as HHV-6. HHV-6 can remain latent in the host cells after primary infection; the reactivation of virus may result complications such as seizure, respiratory failure, hepatitis, and encephalitis. There is a limited report concerning HHV-6 infection in HD patients in Iran.
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- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a common infection worldwide, often harmless in healthy individuals but a potential threat to those with weakened immune systems, such as hemodialysis patients and transplant recipients.
- A study involving 84 hemodialysis patients found a very high prevalence of anti-EBV (VCA) IgG antibodies (96.42%), indicating that most patients had been exposed to the virus, but only 8.33% tested positive for EBV DNA.
- The findings suggest a risk of EBV reactivation during organ transplantation and recommend monitoring for EBV latency in hemodialysis patients to help manage this risk.
Background and Objective: The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can persist lifelong as a latent infection and may result in a series of disorders. Associations with both Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin´s lymphomas have been reported. Expression of the unique long (UL)138 gene of HCMV is linked with the viral latency phase while that of the immediate-early (IE)1 gene is typical of the viral replication phase in patients.
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