Search Results - "Fakhfakh, Faiza"
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Interleukin-36–Receptor Antagonist Deficiency and Generalized Pustular Psoriasis
Published in The New England journal of medicine (18-08-2011)“…A study of families from southern Tunisia affected by general pustular psoriasis uncovered the genetic cause of their disease: a mutation affecting the…”
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A large consanguineous family with a homozygous Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 7 (mGlu7) variant and developmental epileptic encephalopathy: Effect on protein structure and ligand affinity
Published in Orphanet journal of rare diseases (17-07-2021)“…Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE) are chronic neurological conditions where epileptic activity contributes to the progressive disruption of…”
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Effect of freezing–thawing process and quercetin on human sperm survival and DNA integrity
Published in Cryobiology (01-12-2012)“…We aimed in the first part of our work to study the effect of cryopreservation on the human sperm DNA integrity and the activation of caspase 3, the main…”
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Mitochondrial disease patients with novel ND4 12058A > C and ND1 m.3911A > G variations: implications for a role in the phenotype following a bioinformatic investigation
Published in Molecular biology reports (01-05-2021)“…Mitochondrial diseases include a wide group of clinically heterogeneous disorders caused by a dysfunction of the mitochondrial respiratory chain and can be…”
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Clinical and genetic investigation of ichthyosis in familial and sporadic cases in south of Tunisia: genotype-phenotype correlation
Published in BMC medical genomics (05-01-2022)“…Ichthyosis is a heterogeneous group of Mendelian cornification disorders that includes syndromic and non-syndromic forms. Autosomal Recessive Congenital…”
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Protective effects of pomegranate peel against hematotoxicity, chromosomal aberrations, and genotoxicity induced by barium chloride in adult rats
Published in Pharmaceutical biology (02-06-2016)“…Context Pomegranate peel (PP) has health benefits including antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimutagenic properties. Objective This study…”
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Thyroid involvement in Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome in adults in the largest series of patients carrying the same founder mutation in ABHD5 gene
Published in Orphanet journal of rare diseases (22-05-2019)“…Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome (CDS) is a rare syndromic disease related to an accumulation of triacylglycerol in most organs. The aim of our study was to…”
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Mutations in GAA Gene in Tunisian Families with Infantile Onset Pompe Disease: Novel Mutation and Structural Modeling Investigations
Published in Journal of molecular neuroscience (01-07-2020)“…Pompe disease, a rare, autosomal, recessive, inherited, lysosomal storage disorder, is caused by mutations in the acid α-glucosidase ( GAA ) gene leading to a…”
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Customized targeted massively parallel sequencing enables the identification of novel pathogenic variants in Tunisian patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
Published in Epilepsia open (01-10-2024)“…Objective To develop a high‐throughput sequencing panel for the diagnosis of developmental and epileptic encephalopathy in Tunisia and to clarify the frequency…”
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Deletion of CDY1b copy of Y chromosome CDY1 gene is a risk factor of male infertility in Tunisian men
Published in Gene (15-09-2014)“…The relationship between male infertility and microdeletions in the Y chromosome that remove multiple genes varies among countries and populations. The aim of…”
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Mutations in aARS genes revealed by targeted next-generation sequencing in patients with mitochondrial diseases
Published in Molecular biology reports (01-05-2020)“…Mitochondrial diseases are a clinically heterogeneous group of multisystemic disorders that arise as a result of various mitochondrial dysfunctions. Autosomal…”
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First report of Tunisian patients with CDKL5‐related encephalopathy
Published in Epilepsia open (01-06-2024)“…Objective Mutations in the cyclin‐dependent kinase‐like 5 gene (CDKL5) are associated with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. Early‐onset epileptic…”
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Sperm DNA fragmentation and oxidation are independent of malondialdheyde
Published in Reproductive biology and endocrinology (14-04-2011)“…There is clinical evidence to show that sperm DNA damage could be a marker of sperm quality and extensive data exist on the relationship between DNA damage and…”
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Genetic analysis of Turner syndrome in Tunisian patients: from diagnosis to management
Published in Journal of the Arab Society for Medical Research (01-01-2023)“…Background/aim Turner syndrome (TS) is a rare sex chromosome abnormality in women, occurring in approximately one in 2500 live births, associated with a wide…”
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Identification of compound heterozygous patients with primary hyperoxaluria type 1: clinical evaluations and in silico investigations
Published in BMC nephrology (02-10-2017)“…Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of glyoxylate metabolism in which excessive oxalates are formed by the liver…”
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The first concurrent detection of mitochondrial DNA m.3243A>G mutation, deletion, and depletion in a family with mitochondrial diabetes
Published in Molecular genetics & genomic medicine (01-07-2020)“…Background Mitochondrial diabetes (MD) is a rare monogenic form of diabetes and divided into type l and type 2. It is characterized by a strong familial…”
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CAPN3 mRNA processing alteration caused by splicing mutation associated with novel genomic rearrangement of Alu elements
Published in Journal of human genetics (01-02-2012)“…Recessive mutations of CAPN3 gene are reported to be responsible for limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (LGMD2A). In all, 15-25% of intronic nucleotide…”
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Identification of a novel missense mutation in NIPAL4 gene: First 3D model construction predicted its pathogenicity
Published in Molecular genetics & genomic medicine (01-03-2020)“…Background The NIPAL4 gene is described to be implicated of Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythroderma (CIE). It encodes a magnesium transporter membrane‐associated…”
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Congenital lamellar ichthyosis in Tunisia is caused by a founder nonsense mutation in the TGM1 gene
Published in Molecular biology reports (01-03-2013)“…Lamellar ichthyosis (LI, MIM# 242300) is a severe autosomal recessive genodermatosis present at birth in the form of collodion membrane covering the neonate…”
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Relevance of GJC2 promoter mutation in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease
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