by Elisavet Kouvidi  , Haralambia Tsarouha  , Christina Katsidi  , Sophia Zachaki  , Nikolaos Nitsos  , Sofia Samourgianidi  , Amelia Pantou  , Lazaros Leandros  , Emmanouel Kanavakis  and Ariadni Mavrou

Received: 21 October 2022;  Published: 08 February 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2301178

Chromosomal abnormalities represent a significant genetic cause of male infertility because they impair spermatogenesis. The objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence and distribution of chromosomal abnormalities in Greek men with infertility. Four hundred eighty-eight infertile men (27 azoospermic, 168 with oligospermia -98 mild, 57 moderate, 13 severe- and 293 with normospermia) undergoing In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) between 2016-2022 were enrolled in the study. Thirty-eight fertile men were [...]

by Bhanuka Maheshwara Sisira Kumara Pahala Ralalage  , Nirmani Kaluarachchi  , Malshani Randunu  , Munshifa Jainulabdeen  , Rohini Nanthakumar  , Sameera Vishwakula  and B. Prasanna Galhena

Received: 01 October 2022;  Published: 06 February 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2301177

Fluorescence In-Situ hybridization (FISH) is a sensitive and highly efficient technique commonly used in routine diagnostics. Most of these tests that use analyte-specific reagents are not approved by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but are developed by individual test laboratories. There is an emerging demand for prenatal diagnosis of aneuploidies by FISH. Since most of these assays are laboratory-developed tests, it is essential to validate them prior to their use in diagnosis. However, validation procedure [...]

by OBM Genetics Editorial Office

Received: 09 January 2023;  Published: 10 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2301176

An Interview with Dr. Yuri Shavrukov

by OBM Genetics Editorial Office

Received: 05 January 2023;  Published: 05 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2301175

The editors of OBM Genetics would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2022. We greatly appreciate the contribution of expert reviewers, which is crucial to the journal's editorial process. We aim to recognize reviewer contributions through several mechanisms, of which the annual publication of reviewer names is one. Reviewers receive a voucher entitling them to a discount on their next LIDSEN publication and can download a certificate of recognition direct [...]

by OBM Genetics Editorial Office

Received: 13 December 2022;  Published: 14 December 2022;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2204174

An Interview with Dr. Masahiro Sato

by Fausto Garmendia-Lorena

Received: 03 August 2022;  Published: 12 December 2022;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2204173

This study aimed to reveal the evolution and characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic in high-altitude areas of Perú. An observational, descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal study based on information from the Peruvian Ministry of Health, COVID-19 Situational Room, warning from the National Epidemiology Center, Prevention and Disease Control, and the Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO) was conducted to analyze the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Perú from the beginning of the pandemic until March 7, [...]

by Anju Khairwa

Received: 14 September 2022;  Published: 22 November 2022;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2204172

Cervical carcinoma is most common in Indian women of which Rural women are predominantly affected. The most common etiological factor is human papillomavirus (HPV ). The present study aims to assess the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and different patterns of cervical Pap smears by comparing histological findings. The index study is a retrospective cross-sectional analytical study. The data was collected at the pathology department from May 2017 to December 2019 according to hospital ethical protoco [...]

by Aleeha Muzaffar  , Usman Arif  , Faheem Akram  , Fatima Batool  , Sameera Hassan  and Bushra Rashid

Received: 29 August 2022;  Published: 09 November 2022;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2204171

Climate change poses a substantial threat to global crop yield. Moreover, crop production is likely to reduce in the near future because of increasing average temperatures, widespread extreme climate events, and the loss of agricultural land. Abiotic stresses are the major factors limiting the growth and development of various crops worldwide. They cause the buildup of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which leads to cellular damage in a variety of subcellular compartments in plants. The metabolic rate of ROS is criti [...]

by Sana Parveen  , Suroor Fatima Rizvi  , Adria Hasan  , Uzma Afaq  and Snober S. Mir

Received: 28 June 2022;  Published: 08 November 2022;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2204170

The autophagy mechanism recycles the damaged and long-standing macromolecular substrates and thus maintains cellular homeostatic and proteostatic conditions. Autophagy can be an unavoidable target in cancer therapy because its deregulation leads to cancer formation and progression. Cancer can be controlled by regulating autophagy at different genetic, epigenetic, and post-translational levels. Epigenetics refers to the heritable phenotypic changes that affect gene activity without changing the sequence. Modern biol [...]

by Elizaveta Baranova  , Vladimir Druzhinin  , Ludmila Matskova  , Pavel Demenkov  , Valentin Volobaev  and Alexey Larionov

Received: 01 August 2022;  Published: 07 November 2022;  doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2204169

Recent findings indicate that the microbiota is involved in the development of lung cancer by inducing inflammatory responses and generating genome damage. This study aimed to compare sputum microbiomes from the mouth and oropharynx in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients. A second goal was to search for bacterial taxonomic units that behave differently in the microbiome of NSCLC patients and healthy subjects. In the study, the taxonomic composition of the sputum and oropharyngeal microbiomes of 23 male p [...]