Interethnic admixture and the evolution of Latin American populations

FM Salzano, M Sans - Genetics and molecular biology, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
A general introduction to the origins and history of Latin American populations is followed by
a systematic review of the data from molecular autosomal assessments of the …

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase: From biochemistry and gene structure to clinical implications of NOS3 polymorphisms

GH Oliveira-Paula, R Lacchini, JE Tanus-Santos - Gene, 2016 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important vasodilator with a well-established role in cardiovascular
homeostasis. While mediator is synthesized from L-arginine by neuronal, endothelial, and …

Meta‐analysis of Brazilian genetic admixture and comparison with other Latin America countries

R Rodrigues de Moura, AVC Coelho… - American journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study aims at performing a systematic review and meta‐analysis with the
studies of genetic admixture inference of Brazilian population and to compare these results …

Genetic composition of Brazilian population samples based on a set of twenty‐eight ancestry informative SNPs

TC Lins, RG Vieira, BS Abreu… - American Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ancestry informative SNPs can be useful to estimate individual and population
biogeographical ancestry. Brazilian population is characterized by a genetic background of …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and pharmacogenetic impact of endothelial nitric oxide synthase polymorphisms on cardiovascular diseases

GH Oliveira-Paula, R Lacchini, JE Tanus-Santos - Nitric Oxide, 2017 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) is a vasoactive substance synthesized from l-arginine by neuronal (NOS1),
endothelial (NOS3), and inducible (NOS2) nitric oxide synthases. NOS3 is the most …

Genetic heterogeneity of self-reported ancestry groups in an admixed Brazilian population

TC Lins, RG Vieira, BS Abreu, P Gentil… - Journal of …, 2011 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Population stratification is the main source of spurious results and poor
reproducibility in genetic association findings. Population heterogeneity can be controlled …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammatory biomarkers and telomere length in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

DCC Pedroso, CL Miranda-Furtado, GS Kogure… - Fertility and sterility, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To analyze whether leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is impaired in women with
polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Design Case–control study. Setting Hospital. Patient (s) …

BCORL1, POF1B, and USP9X copy number variation in women with idiopathic diminished ovarian reserve

CLM Furtado, MR Soares, CG Verruma… - Journal of Assisted …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose To analyze the copy number variation (CNV) in the X-linked genes BCORL1,
POF1B, and USP9X in idiopathic diminished ovarian reserve (DOR). Methods This case …

HLA‐G alleles and HLA‐G 14 bp polymorphisms in a Brazilian population

EC Castelli, CT Mendes‐Junior, EA Donadi - Tissue antigens, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Brazilians represent one of the most heterogeneous populations in the world as the result of
five centuries of interethnic crosses. We investigated the polymorphism of the HLA‐G locus …

Haplotypes from the SLC45A2 gene are associated with the presence of freckles and eye, hair and skin pigmentation in Brazil

NC de Aguiar Fracasso, ES de Andrade, CEV Wiezel… - Legal medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Solute Carrier Family 45, Member 2 (SLC45A2) gene encodes the Membrane-
Associated Transporter Protein (MATP), which mediates melanin synthesis by tyrosinase …