The impact of ethnicity on the prevalence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea

K Hnin, S Mukherjee, NA Antic, P Catcheside… - Sleep medicine …, 2018 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder associated with multiple adverse
health consequences and its prevalence is increasing in parallel with rising obesity trends …

The association of the ACTN3 R577X and ACE I/D polymorphisms with athlete status in football: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ABT McAuley, DC Hughes, LG Tsaprouni… - Journal of sports …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this review was to assess the association of ACTN3 R577X and ACE I/D
polymorphisms with athlete status in football and determine which allele and/or genotypes …

Transmission disequilibrium analysis of whole genome data in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus

KM Vazzana, AM Musolf, JE Bailey-Wilson… - Genes & …, 2023 - nature.com
Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) patients are unique, with hallmarks
of Mendelian disorders (early-onset and severe disease) and thus are an ideal population …

A systematic literature review on the European, African and Amerindian genetic ancestry components on Brazilian health outcomes

FSCF Pereira, RM Guimarães, AR Lucidi, DG Brum… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The variables such as race, skin colour and ethnicity have become intensely discussed in
medicine research, as a response to the rising debate over the importance of the ethnic …

[HTML][HTML] TP53 and p21 (CDKN1A) polymorphisms and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus

JMB Macedo, AL Silva, AC Pinto… - Advances in …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Background The p53 and p21 proteins are important regulators of cell cycle and apoptosis
and may contribute to autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) …

[HTML][HTML] Replicative study in performance-related genes of Brazilian elite soccer players highlights genetic differences from African ancestry and similarities between …

T Kanope, CGM Santos, F Marinho, G Monnerat… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Classically, genetic association studies have attempted to assess genetic polymorphisms
related to human physiology and physical performance. However, the heterogeneity of some …

Ancient ancestry informative markers for identifying fine-scale ancient population structure in Eurasians

U Esposito, R Das, S Syed, M Pirooznia, E Elhaik - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
The rapid accumulation of ancient human genomes from various areas and time periods
potentially enables the expansion of studies of biodiversity, biogeography, forensics …

Single-nucleotide-polymorphism-panel population-genetics approach based on the 1000 genomes database and elite soccer players

G Monnerat, AS Maior, M Tannure… - … Journal of Sports …, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: Soccer is one of the most popular sports worldwide, a physical activity of great
physiological demand and complexity. Currently, numerous trials involving physiological …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale selection of highly informative microhaplotypes for ancestry inference and population specific informativeness

ML de Barros Rodrigues, MP Rodrigues… - Forensic Science …, 2025 - Elsevier
Microhaplotypes (MHs) describe physically close genetic markers that are inherited together
and are gaining prominence due to their efficiency in forensic, clinical, and population …

Copy number variation in the susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus

FB Barbosa, M Simioni, CEV Wiezel, FR Torres… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with a strong genetic
component and etiology characterized by chronic inflammation and autoantibody …