Genotyping, sequencing and analysis of 140,000 adults from Mexico City

A Ziyatdinov, J Torres, J Alegre-Díaz, J Backman… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Mexico City Prospective Study is a prospective cohort of more than 150,000
adults recruited two decades ago from the urban districts of Coyoacán and Iztapalapa in …

Genetic epidemiology of breast cancer in Latin America

VA Zavala, SJ Serrano-Gomez, J Dutil, L Fejerman - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The last 10 years witnessed an acceleration of our understanding of what genetic factors
underpin the risk of breast cancer. Rare high-and moderate-penetrance variants such as …

Genetic diversity in populations across Latin America: implications for population and medical genetic studies

GM Belbin, MA Nieves-Colón, EE Kenny… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hispanic/Latino (H/L) populations, although linked by culture and aspects of shared history,
reflect the complexity of history and migration influencing the Americas. The original …

Exome sequencing reveals a high prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 founder variants in a diverse population-based biobank

NS Abul-Husn, ER Soper, JA Odgis, S Cullina… - Genome medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) lead to increased risk of
breast, ovarian, and other cancers, but most variant-positive individuals in the general …

Prevalence of specific and recurrent/founder pathogenic variants in BRCA genes in breast and ovarian cancer in North Africa

O ElBiad, A Laraqui, F El Boukhrissi, C Mounjid… - BMC cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background Elucidation of specific and recurrent/founder pathogenic variants (PVs) in
BRCA (BRCA1 and BRCA2) genes can make the genetic testing, for breast cancer (BC) …

Understanding the Genetic Landscape of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma to Support Personalized Medicine: A Systematic Review

A Pantaleo, G Forte, C Fasano, M Lepore Signorile… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive cancer with
high mortality. Most patients present with an advanced stage of the disease, highlighting the …

Novel and recurrent BRCA1/BRCA2 germline mutations in patients with breast/ovarian cancer: a series from the south of Tunisia

D Ben Ayed-Guerfali, W Ben Kridis-Rejab… - Journal of Translational …, 2021 - Springer
Background The incidence of breast cancer (BC) and/or ovarian cancer (OC) is increasing in
Tunisia especially in young women and mostly those with family history. However, the …

Association of germline variation in driver genes with breast cancer risk in Chilean population

S Morales-Pison, JC Tapia… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a genomic disease, with driver mutations contributing to tumorigenesis. These
potentially heritable variants influence risk and underlie familial breast cancer (BC). This …

Haplotype analysis of the internationally distributed BRCA1 c.3331_3334delCAAG founder mutation reveals a common ancestral origin in Iberia

AMDA Tuazon, P Lott, M Bohórquez, J Benavides… - Breast cancer …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The BRCA1 c. 3331_3334delCAAG founder mutation has been
reported in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer families from multiple Hispanic groups. We …

Genotyping, sequencing and analysis of 140,000 adults from the Mexico City Prospective Study

A Ziyatdinov, J Torres, J Alegre-Díaz, J Backman… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Abstract The Mexico City Prospective Study (MCPS) is a prospective cohort of over 150,000
adults recruited two decades ago from the urban districts of Coyoacán and Iztapalapa in …