The pineal hormone melatonin has attracted great scientific interest since its discovery in
1958. Despite the enormous number of basic and clinical studies the exact role of melatonin …

The importance of zinc (Zn) for cardiovascular health continuously gains recognition. As
shown earlier, compromised Zn homeostasis and prolonged inflammation are common …

Polycystic ovary syndrome is characterized by reproductive and metabolic disturbances
throughout the female lifespan. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether genome …

Background Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) is a complex clinical disorder with both
environmental and genetic factors contributing to EMS phenotypes. Estimates of heritability …

To understand the genetic architecture and make inferences about transmissible
resemblance of systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP) traits in relatives, the …

Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS), defined as a cluster of metabolic risk
factors including dyslipidemia, insulin-resistance, and elevated blood pressure, has been …

Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a heterogenic disease with increasing
incidence. The SLC30A8 gene encodes an islet zinc transporter (ZnT8), and its variants …

Overweight/obesity, dyslipidemias, hypertension and hyperglycemia are strongly related to
non-communicable diseases (NCD) in which genetic and environmental factors interact with …

Several studies have attempted to explain the high overall prevalence of polycystic ovary
syndrome among women worldwide (about 4–10%) despite its link to subfertile phenotypes …

Background & aims The risk allele (G) of rs10830963 in the melatonin receptor 1 B
(MTNR1B) gene presents an association with biochemical parameters and obesity. We …