Journal of
Medical Genetics and Genomics

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Genet. Genomics
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2278
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMGG
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 48

Table of Content: February 2011; 3(2)

February 2011

Role of belimumab in systemic lupus erythomatosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, life-threatening autoimmune disease in which the immune system is unbalanced, causing inflammation and tissue damage to virtually any organ in the body. There is no safe and reliable therapy for most serious autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythomatosus. Severe cases require treatment with corticosteroids or cytotoxic drugs or both, which frequently provide...

Author(s): Jyotsna Anandrao Saonere (Suryawanshi), S. V. Kalikar and Sharda L. Deore

February 2011

Studies on in-vitro antioxidant and free radical scavenging potential and phytochemical screening of leaves of Ziziphus mauritiana L. and Ziziphus spina-christi L. compared with Ascorbic acid

In order to determine the in vitro antioxidant and free radical scavenging potential and phytochemical properties of leaves of Ziziphus mauritiana L. and Ziziphus spina-christi L. in comparism with Ascorbic Acid. The present study was undertaken using in vitro antioxidant methods like hydroxyl radical, DPPH radical, lipid peroxidation and superoxide radical standardization methods. The...

Author(s): Abalaka, M. E. , Mann, A.  and Adeyemo S. O.

February 2011

HLA-DQA1 genotyping of Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis patients

To study HLA-DQA1 genotyping in Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis patients. This study was carried out in College of Medicine, University of Basrah. HLA-DQA1 genotyping was done in College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada during the period from 17th of April 2009 to 15th of July 2010. A total of 100 patients (41 males and 59 females and a total of 30 controls (18 males and 12...

Author(s): Nibras S. Al-Ammar, Ihsan E. Al-Saimary, Saad Sh. Hamadi , Ma Luo, Trevor Peterson and Chris Czarnecki