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Interaction of selected anthocyanidins with farnesoid X receptor
Jeřábková, Jana ; Pávek, Petr (advisor) ; Martin, Jan (referee)
Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology Student: Jana Jeřábková Supervisor: Doc. PharmDr. Petr Pávek, Ph.D. Title of diploma thesis: Interaction of selected anthocyanidins with farnesoid X receptor Human farnesoid X receptor (FXR) is a member of nuclear receptor superfamily that act as ligand-activated transcription factors. FXR binds to specific regulatory DNA regions and induces expression of many target genes. These regulated genes are involved in bile acid metabolism and transport, maintaining blood lipids, liporoteins and glucose homeostasis and also contribute to maintain intestinal bacterial balance, hepatoprotection and liver regeneration. The interest of recent studies is to test the range of FXR ligands for treatment and prevention of many diseases such as cholestais, cholesterol gallstone disease, steato-hepatitis, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, liver cancer and other forms of cancer such as breast cancer. In this experimental diploma thesis we are focused on testing of potencial ligands of human farnesoid X receptor from the group of natural plant pigments anthocyanidins (cyanidin, delphinidin, malvidin, pelargonidin, peonidin and petunidin) using the human hepatoma cell line...
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Vztah mezi genetickými polymorfismy DNA reparačních genů a jejich expresí u zdravé populace (s výhledem na stanovení u onkologických pacientů).
Hánová, Monika ; Vodička, Pavel (advisor) ; Bencko, Vladimír (referee) ; Černá, Marie (referee)
DNA damage response is a complex system responsible for protection of a cell against internal and external DNA damaging agents and in maintaining genome integrity. Many of genes participating in DNA damage response pathways are polymorphic. Genetic polymorphisms in coding and regulatory regions may have impact on the function of proteins encoded by the genes. Phenotypic effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is subject of investigation in connection with the ability of a cell to manage genotoxic stress and subsequently, in relation to cancer susceptibility. The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the association between SNPs in DNA repair genes (hOGG1, XRCC1, XPC) and cell cycle genes (TP53, p21CDKN1A , BCL2 and BAX) and their mRNA expression in peripheral blood lymphocytes from individuals occupationally exposed to styrene and control individuals. The aim was extended to analyses of relationships between mRNA expression levels of the above-mentioned genes and markers of exposure to styrene (concentration of styrene in blood and in air), markers of DNA damage (single strand breaks - SSBs, and endonuclease III specific sites - Endo III sites) and the base excision repair (BER) capacity, by means of γ-irradiation specific DNA repair rates and oxidative repair. Study on the group of healthy...
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The possibilities of genetic testing for mutation and polymorphisms in connection with cardiovascular diseases.
ČALOUNOVÁ, Lucie
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) belong to the most current issues nowadays and they are the most frequent death reasons in the developed countries. Atherosclerosis and thrombosis, which might be genetically determined rank among the main causes of the inception. Knowledge of genetic predispositions might be helpful for patients to minimize the risk of CVD. Other prevention such as healthy lifestyle and restriction or better to say complete elimination of high risk factors, e.g. smoking is very important though. The goal of this bachelor work is practical mastery of reverse hybridization on strips to detect the mutations and polymorphisms, which are related to cardiovascular diseases and prepare the research into this issue. In the theoretical part, I apply with a description of mutations and polymorphisms closely related to cardiovascular diseases, which might be identified with the help of kit CVD Strip Assay within one experiment. Afterwards I pay attention to the description of alternative analytic methods recognizing above mentioned selective mutations and polymorphisms. I deal with my own results obtained in the genetic laboratory GENLABS ltd. These are the FV Leiden, FV R2 haplotype, prothrombin, FXIII, -fibrinogen, PAI-1, HPA-1, MTHFR 677, MTHFR 1298, ACE, Apo B, Apo E. I used the method of reverse hybridization on strips to identify the mutations and polymorphs. The patients' samples from the GENLABS laboratory were used to this research.
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Clinical significance of cytokine gene polymorphism
Kolesár, Libor ; Stříž, Ilja (advisor) ; Holáň, Vladimír (referee) ; Mrázek, František (referee)
Univerzita Karlova v Praze Přírodovědecká fakulta Studijní program: Doktorský studijní program v biomedicíně Studijní obor: Imunologie Mgr. Libor Kolesár Klinický význam polymorfismu cytokinových genů Clinical significance of cytokine gene polymorphism Disertační práce Vedoucí závěrečné práce/Školitel: Prof. MUDr. Ilja Stříž, CSc Praha 2012 Abstract The human genome is full of different sequence variants. They are different mainly in size but also in their influence on phenotype. The smallest unit of genetic polymorphism is single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). SNPs represent a single nucleotide change between two alleles and might affect the gene expression. We have studied SNPs in three distinct fields as: (1) marker of risky patients after the organ transplantation, (2) diagnostic marker of patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) or (3) with uterine fibroid (UF). We have come to the following results. Ethnicity or even nationality plays a role in the distribution of genetic polymorphism. This must be absolutely taken into account when one would like to transfer findings of a clinical study from a certain nation or ethnic and applied them to his studied group for the comparative purposes. Our first clinical gene-association study has found that even gene polymorphism of the IL-18 gene may...
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Study of luteinizing hormone's and its receptor's polymorphisms in relation to development of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
Chrudimská, Jana ; Macek, Milan (advisor) ; Schierová, Michaela (referee)
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is an iatrogenic complication in an assisted reproduction (ART), which can threaten the life of the patient. It is caused by an increased sensitivity of ovarian receptors to exogenous gonadotrophins during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) that is necessary for induction more than one oocyte. Treatment for this syndrome is symptomatic hence the emphasis is primarily on the prevention. The purpose of current reproduction genetics is to find risk markers, by which it could be possible to assess the sensitiveness of a hormonal receptor for luteinizing hormone (LH-R) and a receptor for follicle stimulating hormone (FSH-R) just before the start of the therapy. Individualization of the COH would decrease the risk of both, the OHSS, and the risk of canceling the COH through a poor ovarian response. Temporary, only FSH-R genotypes are studied in relation to an increased risk of OHSS and its severity. The aim of further studies is an ascertaining the possible impact of LH-R's and the luteinizing hormone's (LH) genotype on the final ovarian response during COH and other types of hormonal treatment. This bachelor's work summarizes the present knowledge of the possible connection of LH's and LH-R's polymorphisms to OHSS in continuum to findings gained about FSH-R.
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