Abstract Abstract Background, Breast cancer (BC) is one of the leading causes of cancer
related deaths in Iran. This high ratio of mortality had a rising trend during the recent years …

Occupational factors such as shiftwork and especially night work that involves disruption of
the circadian rhythm may contribute to increased breast cancer risk. Circadian disruption …

Purpose: Previous meta-analyses didn't suggest any significant association between TERT
rs2736098 polymorphism and overall cancer risk, and the existing evidence lacks statistical …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an inflammatory problematic issue with higher mortality
among different ethnic populations. The telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene has …

Abnormal telomerase activity plays a key role in the development of carcinogenesis. The
variants rs2736100 and rs2736098 of the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene …

Breast Cancer (BC) is considered as one of the most important causes of death worldwide.
Previous studies showed that apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing catalytic polypeptide-like 3 …

Introduction: Autophagy is a mechanism that is involved in the regulation of cellular life,
apoptosis, and stemness while its intervening genes play important functions in various …

Aim: MicroRNAs (mlRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that function as oncogene or tumor
suppressors. The single nucleotide polymorphisms in rniRNAs potentially can alter miRNA …

Background: Despite a reduction in the number of deaths from cancers made possible by
the development of early detection tests, improvements in treatment, changes in the age …

Purpose Keratoconus (KC) is thinning of the central cornea. Its etiology is unknown, but it
may result from degrading of collagen type IV. The major protein in the cornea is collagen …