Publications by authors named "Tsochandaridis M"

Predicting pregnancy complications is a major topic for clinicians and biologists for maternal and fetal monitoring. Noninvasive biomarkers in maternal blood such as circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) are promising molecules to predict pregnancy disorders. miRNAs are noncoding short RNAs that regulate mRNA expression by repressing the translation or cleaving the transcript.

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Purpose Of The Study: The aim of this study was to investigate RHD alleles among Tunisian blood donors with D-negative phenotype and positive for C and/or E antigen.

Patients And Methods: A total of 100 D-negative and C/E+ samples were analyzed by RHD genotyping using an initial test for RHD exon 10. In case of a positive reaction, further molecular investigations including real time quantitative PCR, allele specific PCR and nucleotide sequencing were done to elucidate the RHD involved mechanisms.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of RhD fetal genotyping from the plasma of RhD-negative pregnant women.

Methods: We analysed the plasma samples of 65 pregnant women. DNA quantification was done using real time quantitative PCR (RQ-PCR) in multiplex targeting multiple RhD exons 5, 7 and 10, with a standardized pool of plasmid calibrators.

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Background: Most studies of the molecular basis of Rhesus D-negative phenotype have been conducted in Caucasian and African populations. A comprehensive survey of RHD alleles was lacking in people from North Africa (Tunisians, Moroccans and Algerians) which could be very efficient for managing donors and patients carrying an RHD molecular variant. We analyse the molecular background of D-negative population in Tunisia in the present study.

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