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Houshmand M, Sanati MH, Babrzadeh F, Ardalan A, Teimori M, Vakilian M, Akuchekian M, Farhud D, Lotfi J. Population screening for association of mitochondrial haplogroups BM, J, K and M with multiple sclerosis: interrelation between haplogroup J and MS in Persian patients. Mult Scler 2016; 11:728-30. [PMID: 16320736 DOI: 10.1191/1352458505ms1228sr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immunological inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) which is chronically observed in young adults. On the basis of earlier studies, potential relatedness between MS and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations was postulated. Materials and methods: 246 individuals were screened using the PCR-RFLP method, including 70 MS patients examined for mitochondrial haplogroups BM, J, K and M and 176, 149 and 70 normal controls examined for haplogroups BM and M, J and K, respectively. Results and discussion: Our analysis revealed a relatively high proportion of haplogroup BM in MS patients (∼26%) compared to normal controls (∼13%). In addition, a slightly significant increase of MS patients of haplogroup J (20% in MS patients versus 9.39% in normal controls at P-0.049), while haplogroups M and K did not show contribution to MS contingency (2.85 and 2.27%, respectively at P-1.000 in haplogroup M and 12.85 and 7.14% respectively at P-0.399 in haplogroup K).
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Affiliation(s)
- M Houshmand
- Department of Medical Genetics, National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran.
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Farzianpour F, Eshraghian MR, Emami AH, Hosseini S, Hosseini SM, Farhud D. An Estimate of Happiness among Students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences: A Means for Policy Making In Management of Health System. Iran Red Crescent Med J 2011; 13:841-3. [PMID: 22737427 PMCID: PMC3371896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2011] [Accepted: 05/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- F Farzianpour
- Department of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Correspondence: Fereshteh Farzianpour, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Management and Economy, School of Public Health,Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tel.: +98-21-44648943, Fax: +98-21-88989129, E-mail: ,
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- Department of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Amir Kabir School of Electronic and Power, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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