Hypertension is one of the most important issues in public health care, and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, mainly through its secondary consequences. This study aims to assess ...

As a result of X chromosome inactivation, females are mosaic for cell lineages in which either the paternal or the maternal X chromosome is active, and, if inactivation were random, each lineage ...

Alcohol-use disorders have a significant genetic component to their development. New findings show that heavy drinkers with the G allele of the A118G polymorphism of the mu-opioid receptor gene have ...

Background: The enzyme MTHFR catalyses the irreversible conversion of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, which serves as a methyl donor in the reaction converting homocysteine ...

CYP2A6 is a polymorphic enzyme, and CYP2A6 genotype has been shown to be associated with smoking habits and lung cancer. We investigated CYP2A6 polymorphism in Japanese from four different geographic ...