ABSTRACT
alpha 1-Antitrypsin (PI) types were studied in patients with toxoplasmosis (n = 84) and controls (n = 143) using isoelectric focusing. The patients showed a lower frequency of rare types (p less than 0.025) and a higher frequency of individuals with increased PI levels (p less than 0.005) compared to controls.
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Toxoplasmosis/metabolism , alpha 1-Antitrypsin/genetics , Humans , Iran , PhenotypeABSTRACT
The frequency of transferrin Tf C subtypes has been determined by double one-dimensional electrophoresis of plasma samples from Moslems (n = 91), Zoroastrians (n = 97), Jews (n = 88) and Armenians (n = 88) of Iran. The Zoroastrians show the lowest frequency of TfC1 (0.4999) and highest frequencies of TfC2 and TfC3 (.02215, and 0.2783, respectively). The Jews have the highest TfC1- and the lowest TfC2- and TfC3 frequencies (0.8011, 0.1478, and 0.0512, respectively). It could be shown that the differences between Zoroastrians and Jews are highly significant (p less than 0.001). Arbitrary subtyping of transferrin Tf B and TfD phenotypes could be done on samples from three regional groups of Iran: North: n = 282, Central: n = 548, and South: n = 587 into Tf B (Iran 1, 2, 3 and 4) and Tf D (Iran 1, 2 and 3) was performed according to mobilities relative to the transferrin C protein during polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and by relative pI deviations from the Fe2-transferrin C1 protein after isoelectric focussing. The allele frequencies found in the total sample (n = 1417) are: TfB1 = 0.0003, TfB2 = 0.0010, TfB3 = 0.0042, TfB4 = 0.0007; TfD1 = 0.0017, TfD2 = 0.0014, and TfD3 = 0.0010.
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Alleles , Ethnicity , Gene Frequency/genetics , Genetics, Population , Religion and Medicine , Transferrin/genetics , Humans , Iran , PhenotypeABSTRACT
The genetic polymorphisms of nine biochemical genetic markers were investigated in four populations (Turks, Kurds, Tehranis and Kermanis) living in the north-east and south-east regions of Iran. Only one of the nine loci studied (acid phosphatase) showed significant gene frequency differences and for the C3 system the F allele frequencies in these populations were the lowest ever reported from Iran.
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Blood Proteins/genetics , Erythrocytes/enzymology , Gene Frequency , Genetic Markers , Genetic Variation , Humans , Iran , PhenotypeABSTRACT
A total of 2581 serum samples collected from five population groups of Iran was studied for electrophoretic variations of the transferrin (Tf). Besides the common phenotype Tf C the authors could observe 41 individuals with rare Tf types: CB1, CB2, CD1, CDChi, CD2. In addition to these Tf types two individuals with a new Tf B variant were observed. This new variant was found in the Dezfooli sample and was designated as Tf B-Iran. The electrophoretic position of this variant is described, and all the hitherto known Tf variants are reviewed.
