Dopamine as a potential diagnostic biomarker in women's sexual dysfunction.

Dopamine and prolactin are the key mediators involved in sexual function in both males and females, but the role of dopamine in female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is still unclear. The aim was to investigate the possible role of dopamine and their relationship with sex steroid hormones (estrogen, progesterone and dehydroepiandrosterone; DHEA) and prolactin levels in Egyptian women suffering from sexual dysfunction. This study included 84 women having sexual dysfunction (FSD group) and 84 normal sexual function (control group).

Sera miR-34a, miR-29b and miR-181c as potential novel diagnostic biomarker panel for Alzheimers in the Egyptian population.

Background: Till date, there is an obvious obscurity of specific and early diagnostic biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The promising diagnostic potential of serum miRNAs is increasingly emerging; however, rare miRNAs data originates from middle and low-income countries to provide proper validation in these highly affected populations. This study evaluated the diagnostic value of serum miR-34a, miR-29b and miR-181c in Egyptian AD patients.

Review of the Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC), National Research Center of Egypt, 2003-2011.

Background: Globally, ethical issues in research are becoming of major importance, being well established in developed countries with little information about research ethics committees (RECs) in Africa to assess whether these committees are actually improving the protection of human research participants.

Objective/aim: To describe the establishment, structure, function, operations and outcome of the Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC) of the National Research Center (NRC) of Egypt from 2003 to 2011.

Methods: The committee established its regulatory rules for human and animal research ethics based on the Declaration of Helsinki 2000-2008 and WHO regulations 2000-2011.

Pharmacophoric model building for antitubercular activity of the individual Schiff bases of small combinatorial library.

Synthesis and evaluation of anti-TB activity of individual compounds of Schiff bases combinatorial library were done against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H(37)Rv at a single concentration of 6.25mug/mL according to the protocol of TAACF. Compounds 2C and 3D produced 99% inhibitory activity on the investigated organism, while the other tested compounds showed lower activity ranging from 35 to 84%.

The CYP2D6 extensive metabolizer genotype is associated with increased risk for bladder cancer.

Inheritance of certain polymorphic metabolizing genes is associated with the development of a number of environmental cancers and may also influence the clinicopathological tumor outcome. We have investigated the association between the inheritance of the polymorphic cytochrome P-450 2D6 (CYP2D6) gene and the development of transitional and squamous cell carcinomas (TCC and SCC) of the bladder in 37 Egyptian cancer patients and 27 matched controls. Genotypic analysis using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assays revealed that the CYP2D6 extensive metabolizer genotype (CYP2D6*1A) is over represented in bladder cancer patients compared to controls (79 versus 44%, respectively) and is significantly associated with increased risk for bladder cancer (odds ratio (OR) = 4.