Infectious complications continue to be one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of Toll ...

The anti–HER-2/ neu monoclonal antibody trastuzumab has been shown to engage both activatory (fragment C receptor [FcγR]IIIa; FcγRIIa) and inhibitory (FcγRIIb) antibody receptors and FcγR ...

Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with blood low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol modestly affect lipid levels. We tested the ...

Effects of Genetic Polymorphisms on the Pharmacokinetics of Calcineurin Inhibitors Kyle N. Utecht; Jon J. Hiles; Jill Kolesar Disclosures Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63 (23):2340-2348. 0 ...

On the other hand, mimicry has diversified at every taxonomic level; warning color has evolved from cryptic patterns, and there are mimetic polymorphisms within species, multiple color patterns in ...

Malgorzata Kowalczyk, Aleksander Owczarek, Renata Suchanek, Monika Paul-Samojedny, Anna Fila-Danilow, Paulina Borkowska, Krzysztof Kucia, Jan Kowalski, Heat shock protein 70 gene polymorphisms are ...

Background: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in mir-608 (rs4919510) are prognostic in colorectal cancer (CRC) and hepatocellular cancer. SNPs of the let-7 complementary site 6 (LCS-6) ...

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are variations in a genome’s base pair in a DNA sequence, and occur in approximately 1 out of 800 base pairs. These occur when a single nucleotide is ...

Specifically, common polymorphisms in the CYP2C19 gene, seen in approximately 30% of whites, 40% of blacks, and more than 55% of East Asians, 31 significantly diminish both the pharmacokinetic and ...

Background: Chronic periodontitis (CP), defines as destruction of the supporting tissues of the teeth and resorption of the alveolar bone. It is widespread in human populations and represent an ...

Anti-red blood cell (RBC) antibodies are a critical area of study within transfusion medicine, pregnancy, transplants, cancer ...