south american indians

Summary

Summary: Individual members of South American ethnic groups with historic ancestral origins in Asia.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Cytochrome P4501A1 polymorphisms in South American Indians
    K Kvitko
    Departamento de Genetica, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Hum Biol 72:1039-43. 2000
  2. ncbi Human herpesvirus 8 in Brazilian Amerindians: a hyperendemic population with a new subtype
    R J Biggar
    Viral Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA nih gov
    J Infect Dis 181:1562-8. 2000
  3. ncbi [Tuberculosis among Trio-Indians in Surinam]
    R van Crevel
    Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud, afd Interne Geneeskunde, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen
    Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 148:425-9. 2004
  4. ncbi Increasing seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) with age confirms HHV-8 endemicity in Amazon Amerindians from Brazil
    A M G Cunha
    Department of Clinical Pathology and Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences/State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil
    J Gen Virol 86:2433-7. 2005
  5. ncbi Human herpesvirus-8 infection and oral shedding in Amerindian and non-Amerindian populations in the Brazilian Amazon region
    Vanda A U F de Souza
    Laboratory of Virology, São Paulo Institute of Tropical Medicine and Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil
    J Infect Dis 196:844-52. 2007
  6. ncbi Genotypic characterization of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in asymptomatic infected subjects from isolated populations
    Denise Whitby
    Viral Epidemiology Section, AIDS Vaccine Program, SAIC Frederick, NCI Frederick, MD 21701, USA
    J Gen Virol 85:155-63. 2004
  7. ncbi Mitochondrial DNA and Alu insertions in a genetically peculiar population: the Ayoreo Indians of Bolivia and Paraguay
    C L Dornelles
    , , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15053, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Am J Hum Biol 16:479-88. 2004
  8. ncbi Use of medicinal plants and pharmaceuticals by indigenous communities in the Bolivian Andes and Amazon
    Ina Vandebroek
    Research Associate, Ghent University, Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and Ethnobotany, Coupure Links 653, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Bull World Health Organ 82:243-50. 2004
  9. ncbi Cross-sectional study defines difference in malaria morbidity in two Yanomami communities on Amazonian boundary between Brazil and Venezuela
    Teodardo José Marcano
    Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ, Av Brasil 4365, 21045 900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 99:369-76. 2004
  10. ncbi Malaria epidemiology in the Pakaanóva (Wari') Indians, Brazilian Amazon
    D Ribeiro Sá
    Centro de Estudos em Saúde do Indio de Rondônia, Universidade Federal de Rondonia, Av Presidente Dutra 2965, Porto Velho, RO 78900 500, Brazil
    Bull Soc Pathol Exot 98:28-32. 2005

Research Grants

  1. Biliary oxysterols and cholangiocarcinoma
    Rahul Kuver; Fiscal Year: 2009
  2. Biliary oxysterols and cholangiocarcinoma
    RAHUL P KUVER; Fiscal Year: 2010
  3. Biliary oxysterols and cholangiocarcinoma
    Sum Lee; Fiscal Year: 2007
  4. Dental anomalies as an extended phenotype for clefts
    ALEXANDRE VIEIRA; Fiscal Year: 2005
  5. Linkage Disequilibrium: mapping and positional cloning
    Newton Morton; Fiscal Year: 2006
  6. The Human Life Course and the Biodemography of Aging
    Hillard S Kaplan; Fiscal Year: 2010
  7. Genetics of Caries
    ALEXANDRE VIEIRA; Fiscal Year: 2009
  8. Genetics of Caries
    Alexandre Rezende Vieira; Fiscal Year: 2010
  9. Social Influences on Early Adult Stress Biomarkers
    THOMAS MC DADE; Fiscal Year: 2009
  10. Population structure and transmission dynamics of Plasmodium vivax
    Marcelo Ferreira; Fiscal Year: 2009

Detail Information

Publications149 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Cytochrome P4501A1 polymorphisms in South American Indians
    K Kvitko
    Departamento de Genetica, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Hum Biol 72:1039-43. 2000
    ..The most common haplotype in South Amerindians was *val/*m2 (54% to 94%). This prevalence is the highest that has been observed in any world population...
  2. ncbi Human herpesvirus 8 in Brazilian Amerindians: a hyperendemic population with a new subtype
    R J Biggar
    Viral Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA nih gov
    J Infect Dis 181:1562-8. 2000
    ..Transmission is probably oral rather than sexual. The limited genetic pool in isolated groups may permit more frequent transmission of a virus with a low prevalence in heterogeneous populations...
  3. ncbi [Tuberculosis among Trio-Indians in Surinam]
    R van Crevel
    Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud, afd Interne Geneeskunde, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen
    Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 148:425-9. 2004
    ..Evaluation of the extent and possible causes of the increased incidence of tuberculosis among Amazonian Indians in Surinam...
  4. ncbi Increasing seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) with age confirms HHV-8 endemicity in Amazon Amerindians from Brazil
    A M G Cunha
    Department of Clinical Pathology and Internal Medicine, School of Medical Sciences/State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, Brazil
    J Gen Virol 86:2433-7. 2005
    ....
  5. ncbi Human herpesvirus-8 infection and oral shedding in Amerindian and non-Amerindian populations in the Brazilian Amazon region
    Vanda A U F de Souza
    Laboratory of Virology, São Paulo Institute of Tropical Medicine and Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil
    J Infect Dis 196:844-52. 2007
    ..Human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV-8) is hyperendemic in Amerindian populations, but its modes of transmission are unknown...
  6. ncbi Genotypic characterization of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in asymptomatic infected subjects from isolated populations
    Denise Whitby
    Viral Epidemiology Section, AIDS Vaccine Program, SAIC Frederick, NCI Frederick, MD 21701, USA
    J Gen Virol 85:155-63. 2004
    ..The heterogeneity of the KSHV strains found in these subjects from Botswana contrasts with the homogeneity of KSHV strains in Amerindians, reflecting differences in the evolutionary history of these populations...
  7. ncbi Mitochondrial DNA and Alu insertions in a genetically peculiar population: the Ayoreo Indians of Bolivia and Paraguay
    C L Dornelles
    , , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15053, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Am J Hum Biol 16:479-88. 2004
    ..Therefore, they are clearly distinct in relation to their mtDNA only, suggesting a strong founder effect and/or random loss of variability in this system...
  8. ncbi Use of medicinal plants and pharmaceuticals by indigenous communities in the Bolivian Andes and Amazon
    Ina Vandebroek
    Research Associate, Ghent University, Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and Ethnobotany, Coupure Links 653, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Bull World Health Organ 82:243-50. 2004
    ....
  9. ncbi Cross-sectional study defines difference in malaria morbidity in two Yanomami communities on Amazonian boundary between Brazil and Venezuela
    Teodardo José Marcano
    Departamento de Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ, Av Brasil 4365, 21045 900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 99:369-76. 2004
    ....
  10. ncbi Malaria epidemiology in the Pakaanóva (Wari') Indians, Brazilian Amazon
    D Ribeiro Sá
    Centro de Estudos em Saúde do Indio de Rondônia, Universidade Federal de Rondonia, Av Presidente Dutra 2965, Porto Velho, RO 78900 500, Brazil
    Bull Soc Pathol Exot 98:28-32. 2005
    ....
  11. ncbi High diversity of HHV-8 molecular subtypes in the Amazon region of Brazil: evidence of an ancient human infection
    Marluísa de Oliveira Guimarães Ishak
    Virus Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Para, Brazil
    J Med Virol 79:1537-44. 2007
    ....
  12. ncbi A novel HLA-DRB1 allele (DRB1*0417) in South American Indians
    S Zhang
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-8886
    Immunogenetics 38:463. 1993
  13. ncbi Demographic and evolutionary trajectories of the Guarani and Kaingang natives of Brazil
    Andrea R Marrero
    Departamento de Genetica, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501 970 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    Am J Phys Anthropol 132:301-10. 2007
    ..Using these data and those of other Tupian and Jêan tribes, it was possible to make inferences about past migratory movements and the genetic differentiation of these populations...
  14. ncbi HLA class II diversity in seven Amerindian populations. Clues about the origins of the Aché
    L T Tsuneto
    Laboratorio de Genetica Molecular Humana, Departamento de Genetica, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, PR, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringa, PR, Brazil
    Tissue Antigens 62:512-26. 2003
    ..On the basis of genetic distance and the HLA allele/haplotype set, we propose that the Aché are differentiated Tupi-Guarani group, most closely related to the Guarani-M'byá...
  15. ncbi Ethnobotanical knowledge shared widely among Tsimane' Amerindians, Bolivia
    V Reyes-Garcia
    Tropical Conservation and Development Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
    Science 299:1707. 2003
  16. ncbi Snuff synergy: preparation, use and pharmacology of yopo and Banisteriopsis caapi among the Piaroa of southern Venezuela
    Robin Rodd
    Anthropology Department, University of Western Australia, Nedlands
    J Psychoactive Drugs 34:273-9. 2002
    ..caapi by Piaroa shamans is pharmacologically and ethnobotanically significant, and substantiates claims of the use of admixtures in snuff; further ethnographic investigation of the snuff hallucinogen complex is necessary...
  17. ncbi Distribution of CCR5-delta32, CCR2-64I, and SDF1-3'A mutations in populations from the Brazilian Amazon region
    Fernanda Andreza De Pinho Lott Carvalhaes
    Laboratory of Human and Medical Genetics, Department of Pathology, Center for Biological Sciences, Federal University of Para, 66075 900 Belém, Para, Brazil
    Hum Biol 76:643-6. 2004
    ..The results suggest that Amerindians may be genetically more susceptible to HIV-1 infection and disease progression than the other human groups studied...
  18. ncbi Blood feud: a controversy over South American DNA samples held in North American laboratories ripples through anthropology
    David Glenn
    Chron High Educ 52:A14-6, A18. 2006
  19. ncbi Demographic and genetic structures of two partially isolated communities of Santa Catarina Island, southern Brazil
    Ilíada Rainha de Souza
    Labratório de Polimorfismos Genéticos, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genetica, Centro de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Caixa Postal 470, CEP 88040 900, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
    Hum Biol 75:241-53. 2003
    ....
  20. ncbi [Seroepidemiology of hepatitis B and C in Kaingang Indians in the south of Brazil]
    Aline Ferreira
    Universidade Federal do Paran, , , , Curitiba (PR, Brazil
    Rev Panam Salud Publica 20:230-5. 2006
    ..The high prevalence of anti-HB(s) in younger individuals indicates good immunization coverage. In the adult population, immunity against HBV was probably acquired mainly by contact with the virus...
  21. ncbi Nutritional status and anemia in Suruí Indian children, Brazilian Amazon
    Jesem D Y Orellana
    , , Manaus, AM, Brasil
    J Pediatr (Rio J) 82:383-8. 2006
    ..It is therefore necessary that systematic and regular monitoring of indigenous children's growth and development be implemented, focusing mainly on nutritional surveillance...
  22. ncbi Cross-sectional study of oral mucosal conditions among a central Amazonian Indian community, Brazil
    Paulo José Benevides dos Santos
    FCECON, Fundação Centro de Controle de Oncologia Cancer Hospital, Manaus, AM, Brazil
    J Oral Pathol Med 33:7-12. 2004
    ..These Indians keep their traditional way of life and are free from habits such as smoking, alcohol drinking, and use of pacifiers...
  23. ncbi Application of an African Ancestry Index as a genomic control approach in a Brazilian population
    V M Zembrzuski
    , , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Ann Hum Genet 70:822-8. 2006
    ..Therefore we have shown that it is possible to control for population stratification by choosing individuals, without the loss of statistical power that occurs with the use of other methods of genomic control...
  24. ncbi Epidemiological aspects of retrovirus (HTLV) infection among Indian populations in the Amazon Region of Brazil
    Ricardo Ishak
    Laboratorio de Virologia, Centro de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, PA, 66040 970, Brasil
    Cad Saude Publica 19:901-14. 2003
    ..HIV, the other human retrovirus, is still not prevalent among indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon, but these groups are also easy targets for the virus...
  25. ncbi Y-chromosome genetic variation in Rio de Janeiro population
    Dayse A Silva
    Laboratório de Diagnósticos por DNA, Departamento de Ensino de Ciências e Biologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 524 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Am J Hum Biol 18:829-37. 2006
    ..These observations can be interpreted as the signature of the strong gender asymmetry of the admixture processes in colonial systems...
  26. ncbi Low levels of STRP variability are not universal in American Indians
    Mara H Hutz
    , , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15053, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Hum Biol 74:791-806. 2002
    ..Previous suggestions of population bottlenecks in the prehistorical colonization of the New World were not confirmed. On the other hand, STRPs again showed to be good markers for the establishment of population relationships...
  27. ncbi [Serological survey of Toxoplasma gondii infection in isolated Amerindians, Mato Grosso]
    Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira
    Departamento de Protozoologia do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av Brasil 4365, Pavilhão Arthur Neiva, saia 1B, 21045 900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 36:671-6. 2003
    ....
  28. ncbi Prevalence of IgG varicella zoster virus antibodies in the Kuikuro and Kaiabi indigenous communities in Xingu National Park, Brazil, before varicella vaccination
    Manuel Mindlin Lafer
    Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 47:139-42. 2005
    ....
  29. ncbi Retrospective study of malaria prevalence and Anopheles genus in the area of influence of the Binational Itaipu Reservoir
    Ana Lucia Falavigna-Guilherme
    Laboratório de Parasitologia Básica, Departamento de Analises Clinicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, 87020 900 Maringa, PR, Brazil
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 47:81-6. 2005
    ..Concomitantly, it is necessary to plan and apply effective surveillance measures in the influence area of the Itaipu Reservoir...
  30. ncbi Variation in the FcgammaR3B gene among distinct Brazilian populations
    D T Covas
    University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
    Tissue Antigens 65:178-82. 2005
    ..In general, these data reveal variability in the frequency of alleles of the FCGR3B gene compared to other populations of the same genetic background in other regions of the world...
  31. ncbi [Hepatitis A virus infection in Amerindian area in the east Brazilian Amazon]
    Heloisa Marceliano Nunes
    Instituto Evandro Chagas da Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde do Ministério da Saúde, Belem, PA
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 37:52-6. 2004
    ..5% with recent infection, characterizing in laboratorial basis, the outbreak of infection for the virus of the hepatitis A and raising the possibility to be associated with the obit happened in the village...
  32. ncbi [Hepatitis B and D virus infection within Amerindians ethnic groups in the Brazilian Amazon: epidemiological aspects]
    Wornei Silva Miranda Braga
    Fundacao de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Manaus, AM
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 37:9-13. 2004
    ..Amerindians population and their genetic memory are a live experiment, which demands a broad investigation, weighting with modern tools, as molecular biology, the influence of historical, genetic, medical and anthropological factors...
  33. ncbi [Physical growth and nutritional profile of the Xavánte indigenous population in Sangradouro-Volta Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil]
    Maurício Soares Leite
    Dept of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Health Sciences Center, Trindade University Campus, Florianopolis, SC 88040 900, Brazil
    Cad Saude Publica 22:265-76. 2006
    ....
  34. ncbi Frequency of CCR5delta32 in Brazilian populations
    A E Vargas
    Departamento de Genetica, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Braz J Med Biol Res 39:321-5. 2006
    ..However, in Brazil as a whole, this allele shows gradients indicating a relatively good correlation with the classification based on skin color and other physical traits, used here to define major Brazilian population groups...
  35. ncbi Geography influences microsatellite polymorphism diversity in Amerindians
    Fabiana B Kohlrausch
    , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    Am J Phys Anthropol 126:463-70. 2005
    ..New evidence from this study supports the hypothesis that the Ache population descends from a Ge group that preceded the Guarani colonization of Paraguay...
  36. ncbi Prevalence and risk factors associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in native populations from Brazilian Western Amazon
    R P Almeida Cunha
    Center for Research in Tropical Medicine, BR 364, km 3, 5 Porto Velho, , CEP 78900-000, Brazil
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 97:382-6. 2003
    ..3 persons/room (SD = 1.8), varying significantly between the 3 communities (P = 0.001). These data provide further evidence supporting direct person-to-person spread of the bacterium...
  37. ncbi Lack of Arg972 polymorphism in the IRS1 gene in Parakanã Brazilian Indians
    Rosangela M N Bezerra
    Departamento de Clinica Medica, FCM UNICAMP, Campinas, SP Brazil 13081 970
    Hum Biol 76:147-51. 2004
    ....
  38. ncbi Heterogeneity of the Y chromosome in Afro-Brazilian populations
    Kiyoko Abe-Sandes
    Centro de Terapia Celular, , , 2501, , Brazil
    Hum Biol 76:77-86. 2004
    ..The results agree with historical and social data about the formation of the Brazilian population and reveal some of the factors that contribute to its heterogeneity...
  39. ncbi HLA genes in Lamas Peruvian-Amazonian Amerindians
    Juan Moscoso
    Departments of Inmunologia and Medicina Interna, Hospital 12 Octubre, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
    Mol Immunol 43:1881-9. 2006
    ....
  40. ncbi Tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-10 gene promoter polymorphisms in Brazilian population and in Terena Indians
    A G Albuquerque
    Rio de Janeiro State University, Immunogenetic Laboratory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Transplant Proc 36:825-6. 2004
    ..05). The genetic cytokine profile may be required to balance the restricted HLA repertoire for peptide presentation in this native population...
  41. ncbi Allele frequencies data and statistic parameters for 13 STR loci in a population of the Brazilian Amazon Region
    Elzemar Martins Ribeiro Rodrigues
    Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Departamento de Patologia, Universidade Federal do Para, Brazil
    Forensic Sci Int 168:244-7. 2007
    ..999999999992% and 99.9998%, respectively. In conclusion, these 13 markers are suitable for forensic analysis and paternity tests of the Amazonian population...
  42. ncbi Prevalence and genetic diversity of TT virus genotype 21 (YONBAN virus) in Brazil
    H C F Vasconcelos
    Department of Clinical Analyses, Federal University of Santa Catarina, , Brazil
    Arch Virol 148:517-29. 2003
    ..Among non-Indians, a clustering of strains was observed according to their country of origin (Japan or Brazil), with all 17 sequences derived from Brazilian patients located in a unique subgroup...
  43. ncbi TP53 polymorphisms and haplotypes in South Amerindians and neo-Brazilians
    P A Gaspar
    Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Ann Hum Biol 28:184-94. 2001
    ..its occurrence there is probably due to interethnic admixture. The relationships of several world populations obtained using TP53 indicates that this marker is very efficient in clustering populations of the same ethnic group...
  44. ncbi Prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis A virus among the Kuikuro and Kaiabi Indians of Xingu National Park, Brazil
    Manuel Mindlin Lafer
    Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Federal University of Sao Paulo UNIFESP EPM, SP Brazil
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 49:155-7. 2007
    ..They suggest that it is not necessary to introduce vaccination against Hepatitis A in these highly endemic populations...
  45. ncbi Differential antibody recognition of four allelic variants of the merozoite surface protein-2 (MSP-2) of Plasmodium falciparum
    R Tonhosolo
    Department of Parasitology, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, , SP, Brazil
    J Eukaryot Microbiol 48:556-64. 2001
    ..The potential role of naturally acquired variant-specific antibodies in immune evasion, by selecting mutant parasites carrying insertions or deletions of repeat sequences, is briefly discussed...
  46. ncbi Genetic contribution of major histocompatibility complex class II region to type 1 autoimmune hepatitis susceptibility in Venezuela
    María del Pilar Fortes
    Institute of Immunology, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
    Liver Int 27:1409-16. 2007
    ..Type 1 AIH has been associated with DRB1*03, DRB1*04 and DRB3 alleles in European and North American Caucasians, with DRB1*0405 in Japanese, with DRB1*0404 in Mexican, and with DRB1*1301 in Argentinean populations...
  47. ncbi Intestinal protozoa and helminths among Terena Indians in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul: high prevalence of Blastocystis hominis
    José Ivan Albuquerque Aguiar
    Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS
    Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 40:631-4. 2007
    ..Males were more infected by hookworms and Strongyloides stercoralis than females. The precarious sanitary conditions of the Tereré settlement are probably a contributory factor towards the high prevalence of intestinal protozoa...
  48. ncbi [Evaluation of the nutritional status of the Parkatêjê indigenous community in Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Pará, Brazil]
    S Koifman
    Departamento de Enfermagem, , , RJ, 26260-000, Brasil
    Cad Saude Publica 17:433-7. 2001
    ..Overweight prevalence (BMI 25 to 29) was 23.7% among male adults and 50.0% among female adults, and obesity (BMI > 30) was observed in 12.5% of adult females...
  49. ncbi [Seasonality and nutritional status of indigenous peoples: the case of Wari' in Rondônia State, Brazil]
    Maurício Soares Leite
    Centro de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
    Cad Saude Publica 23:2631-42. 2007
    ..Seasonality is an important factor when defining nutritional surveillance protocols and discussing the nutritional status of indigenous peoples...
  50. ncbi [Prevalence of hepatitis B and D serological markers in the Parakanã, Apyterewa Indian Reservation, Pará State, Brazil]
    Heloisa Marceliano Nunes
    Seção de Hepatologia, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Avenida Almirante Barroso 492, Belem, PA, Brazil
    Cad Saude Publica 23:2756-66. 2007
    ....
  51. ncbi Evolution of HLA-class I compared to HLA-class II polymorphism in Terena, a South-American Indian tribe
    A M Lazaro
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235 8886, USA
    Hum Immunol 60:1138-49. 1999
    ..The observed results including the presence of novel alleles in the class I HLA loci suggest a functionally significant, more rapid evolution of class I compared to class II loci in this South American isolated population...
  52. ncbi Ancestry informative markers in Amerindians from Brazilian Amazon
    Marcelo Rizzatti Luizon
    Departamento de Genetica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, CEP 14049 900, Brazil
    Am J Hum Biol 20:86-90. 2008
    ..Despite genetic drift effects, the mean allelic frequencies herein presented could be used as Amerindian parental frequencies in admixture estimates in urban Brazilian populations...
  53. ncbi Y-STR analysis in Brazilian and South Amerindian populations
    Fabio P N Leite
    Laboratório de Perícias, Instituto Geral de Perícias, 90160 093 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Am J Hum Biol 20:359-63. 2008
    ..No genetic substructuring was observed in the comparisons performed. Multidimensional scaling confirmed the proposed European source of most Y-chromosome Brazilian patrilineages...
  54. ncbi Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among indian people living in Iauareté, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
    Marcio Neves Boia
    Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Medicina Tropical, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 50:17-20. 2008
    ..Demographic concentration and urbanization within low sanitation and poor hygiene backgrounds, as well as unfiltered water consumption, may be related to the high frequency of T. gondii seroprevalence observed in the studied area...
  55. ncbi Hemoglobin variants, hematological parameters and beta-globin gene cluster haplotypes in an isolated Amerindian group from the Orinoco River Delta
    Anabel Arends
    Laboratorio de Investigación de Hemoglobinas Anormales, Servicio de Hematología Dr Tulio Arends Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
    Ann Hum Biol 35:250-5. 2008
    ..Several previous studies reported that the Venezuelan Warao Indians presented unusual genetic characteristics...
  56. ncbi A seroprevalence and descriptive epidemiological study of malaria among Indian tribes of the Amazon basin of Brazil
    M E De Arruda
    Department of Immunology, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhaes, Recife, Brazil
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol 90:135-43. 1996
    ..malarie, and the generally high rates of seropositivity to all three species of Plasmodium indicate that control measures which are adequate and applicable to the region studied need to be developed...
  57. ncbi Human retroviruses (HIV and HTLV) in Brazilian Indians: seroepidemiological study and molecular epidemiology of HTLV type 2 isolates
    Nice Shindo
    Advanced Public Health Laboratory, Gonçalo Moniz Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Salvador, Bahia 40295 001, Brazil
    AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 18:71-7. 2002
    ..We also report for the first time HIV-1 infection among Brazilian Amerindians...
  58. ncbi Trachoma and ethnic diversity in the Upper Rio Negro Basin of Amazonas State, Brazil
    Ana Paula Ximenes Alves
    , , Brazil
    Ophthalmic Epidemiol 9:29-34. 2002
    ..However, the severity of the disease appears to be related to the ethnic origin of the tribes, following the rank of social and cultural values that regulate the complex interactions between the Indian groups of the region...
  59. ncbi Giardia lamblia and other intestinal parasitic infections and their relationships with nutritional status in children in Brazilian Amazon
    Filipe Anibal Carvalho-Costa
    Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias Medicina Tropical, IOC FIOCRUZ, RJ, Brasil
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 49:147-53. 2007
    ..Also, the multivariate model showed that the only variable associated with hemoglobin levels was age. Intestinal parasitism control should increase children's possibilities of full development in the studied area...
  60. ncbi Low prevalence of hepatitis B and C markers in non-amazonian indigenous population
    José Ivan Aguiar
    Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, MS Brazil
    Braz J Infect Dis 6:269-70. 2002
  61. ncbi An anthropological study about epilepsy in native tribes from Central and South America
    Francisco Javier Carod-Artal
    Department of Neurology, Sarah Hospital, The Sarah Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasilia DF, Brazil
    Epilepsia 48:886-93. 2007
    ..The objective of this paper was to study native perception and myths about epilepsy, their magic-religious healing rites and ceremonies, and the natural treatments that archaic cultures used...
  62. ncbi Incidence of cystic fibrosis in five different states of Brazil as determined by screening of p.F508del, mutation at the CFTR gene in newborns and patients
    Salmo Raskin
    Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana, Brazil
    J Cyst Fibros 7:15-22. 2008
    ..3%, respectively. The implications for prevention of CF and other rare Mendelian diseases through such surveys of mutation screening are discussed...
  63. ncbi Polymorphisms of CYP1a1, CYP2e1, GSTM1, GSTT1, and TP53 genes in Amerindians
    Pedro A Gaspar
    Departamento de Genetica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501 970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Am J Phys Anthropol 119:249-56. 2002
    ....
  64. ncbi Amazonian Amerindians exhibit high variability of KIR profiles
    Paloma Daguer Ewerton
    Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Departamento de Patologia, Centro de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para, Caixa Postal 8615, 66075 900 Belém, Para, Brazil
    Immunogenetics 59:625-30. 2007
    ..Such pattern may reflect small effective size and intense genetic drift. However, because of the role of KIR in immune response, selective pressures cannot be entirely ruled out...
  65. ncbi Distribution of CGG repeats and FRAXAC1/DXS548 alleles in South American populations
    Regina Celia Mingroni-Netto
    Centro de Estudos do Genoma Humano, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Am J Med Genet 111:243-52. 2002
    ..This suggests a general trend for higher genetic diversity among Africans; these rarer alleles could be African in origin and would have been lost or possibly were not present in the groups that gave rise to the Europeans...
  66. ncbi Social inequality and child malnutrition in four Andean countries
    Carlos Larrea
    Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Sede Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, and Harvard Center for Society and Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Rev Panam Salud Publica 11:356-64. 2002
    ..To analyze the effects of socioeconomic, regional, and ethnic conditions on chronic malnutrition in four Andean countries of South America: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru...
  67. ncbi [Prevalence of epilepsy in Bakairi indians from Mato Grosso State, Brazil]
    Moacir Alves Borges
    Serviço de Neurofisiologia Clínica, Faculdade de Medicina Rio Preto, Brasil
    Arq Neuropsiquiatr 60:80-5. 2002
    ..4 per mil, and inactive was 6.2 per mil. This prevalence of the epilepsy was considered high probably due to some familial risk factor (p=0.04) among those Indians, while other factors were not important...
  68. ncbi [Tuberculosis among the indian population in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil]
    Antônio Levino
    Centro de Pesquisa Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Manaus, Brasil
    Cad Saude Publica 23:1728-32. 2007
    ..The situation can be explained mainly by inequalities in access to health services, which paradoxically appear to show lower case-resolving capacity in urban areas of the county...
  69. ncbi [Low prevalence of dyschromatopsia using the fourth edition of HRR (Hardy, Rand and Rittler) pseudoisochromatic plate test among the Indian population of Lalima village, Terena]
    Marcos Rogério Mistro Piccinin
    Universidade de Brasilia, Brasil
    Arq Bras Oftalmol 70:259-69. 2007
    ..to evaluate the frequency of dyschromatopsias among the 10 to 45-year-old male Indian population of Lalima village, Terena ethnicity, in Miranda-MS, using the fourth edition of the pseudoisochromatic HRR test (Hardy, Rand and Rittler)...
  70. ncbi High frequency of mixed TT virus infections in healthy adults and children detected by a simplified heteroduplex mobility assay
    Felipe L Saback
    Department of Virology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Av. Brasil 4365, 21045-900, RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    J Virol Methods 101:117-25. 2002
    ....
  71. ncbi Novel HLA-B35 subtypes: putative gene conversion events with donor sequences from alleles common in native Americans (HLA-B*4002 or B*4801)
    C Y Marcos
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
    Hum Immunol 53:148-55. 1997
    In a study of 523 normal subjects of differing ethnic groups, including 189 South American Indians, we have described novel hybridization pattern corresponding to 22 potentially new HLA-B locus alleles...
  72. ncbi Comparative performances of an HTLV-I/II EIA and other serologic and PCR assays on samples from persons at risk for HTLV-II infection
    B J Poiesz
    Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Health Science Center, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
    Transfusion 40:924-30. 2000
    ..The performance of this ELISA was compared to that of several HTLV-I-based serologic assays and an HTLV-II PCR assay in cohorts of South American Indians and New York City IV drug users (IVDUs) in whom HTLV-II is endemic.
  73. ncbi MICA polymorphism in South American Indians
    Yanzheng Zhang
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390 8886, USA
    Immunogenetics 53:900-6. 2002
    ..Of 55 previously known alleles, nine were observed in South American Indians, compared with 16 that were found in North American Caucasians, suggesting a more restricted allelic ..
  74. ncbi On simple repetitive DNA sequences and complex diseases
    C Epplen
    Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
    Electrophoresis 18:1577-85. 1997
    ..of these simple repeats in distant human populations is covered including Caucasians, Bushmen and South American Indians. Furthermore, implications of simple repeat neighboring genes are discussed for the multifactorial ..
  75. ncbi Longitudinal study of tuberculosis outcomes among immunologically naive Aché natives of Paraguay
    A Magdalena Hurtado
    Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 1086, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 121:134-50. 2003
    This study documents the course of a tuberculosis epidemic in an immunologically naive group of South American Indians within fewer than 20 years after first sustained contact with outsiders...
  76. ncbi Structure of the HLA-A*0204 antigen, found in South American Indians. Spatial clustering of HLA-A2 subtype polymorphism
    A R Castaño
    Department of Immunology, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
    Immunogenetics 34:281-5. 1991
    ....
  77. ncbi Antimalarials and the fight against malaria in Brazil
    Luiz Ma Carmargo
    ICBV USP, Monte Negro, Rondonia, Brasil
    Ther Clin Risk Manag 5:311-7. 2009
    ..b>South American Indians in the seventeenth century already used an extract of the bark of chinchona tree, commonly named "Jesuits' ..
  78. ncbi Signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders in Ecuadorian Indians
    R G Jagger
    Dental School, University of Wales College of Medicine, Department of Adult Dental Health, Cardiff, UK
    J Oral Rehabil 31:293-7. 2004
    ..was to determine the prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in indigenous South American Indians. A total of 140 consecutive indigenous Indians (69 Quechua and 71 Colorado) attending a mobile dental ..
  79. ncbi Lipoperoxidation and cyclooxygenases 1 and 2 inhibitory compounds from Iryanthera juruensis
    Dulce H S Silva
    Sao Paulo State University, C P 355, CEP 14800 900, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
    J Agric Food Chem 55:2569-74. 2007
    Plants from Iryanthera genus have been traditionally used as food supplements by South American Indians. The MeOH extract of leaves of Iryanthera juruensis, one of the plants endemic to the Amazon region and consumed in Brazil, and the ..
  80. ncbi Hispano-Indian admixture in Paraguay studied by analysis of HLA-DRB1 polymorphism
    O Benitez
    Laboratoire d Histocompatibilite, Hopital Saint Louis, 1, avenue Claude Vellefeaux, 75475 Paris, France
    Pathol Biol (Paris) 50:25-9. 2002
    The genetic polymorphism of the Paraguayan population results from the admixture between South American Indians named Guaranis and Spaniards...
  81. ncbi Cocaine and metabolite concentrations in the hair of South American coca chewers
    G L Henderson
    Department of Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis 95616
    J Anal Toxicol 16:199-201. 1992
    Hair samples obtained from South American Indians who were identified as daily chewers of coca leaves were analyzed by a sensitive gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) method for cocaine, benzoylecognine (BE), and ecognine methyl ..
  82. ncbi Hydration of sickle erythrocytes using a herbal extract (Pfaffia paniculata) in vitro
    S K Ballas
    Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
    Br J Haematol 111:359-62. 2000
    ..Its root powder has been used by South American Indians for a variety of ailments and has been reported to have a salutary effect on sickle cell disease in Brazil...
  83. ncbi Study of MICA alleles in 201 African Americans by multiplexed single nucleotide extension (MSNE) typing
    Yanzheng Zhang
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 8886, USA
    Hum Immunol 64:130-6. 2003
    ..were observed in African-Americans, compared to 16 that were found in North American Caucasians and 9 in South American Indians, suggesting a more diversified allelic distribution in African-Americans...
  84. ncbi Coding versus intron variability: extremely polymorphic HLA-DRB1 exons are flanked by specific composite microsatellites, even in distant populations
    C Epplen
    Molecular Human Genetics, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
    Hum Genet 99:399-406. 1997
    ..Comparing Caucasians, Bushmen and South American Indians, the microsatellite variation in identical DRB1 alleles (e.g...
  85. ncbi Genetic, geographic, and linguistic variation among South American Indians: possible sex influence
    Nelson J R Fagundes
    Departamento de Genetica, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501 970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Am J Phys Anthropol 117:68-78. 2002
    ..The AMOVA results suggest that populations whose members speak the same language are genetically homogeneous and may be viewed as the ultimate evolutionary unit at this level of analysis...
  86. ncbi Novel HLA-A and HLA-B alleles in South American Indians
    C Y Marcos
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235 8886, USA
    Tissue Antigens 53:476-85. 1999
    ..The new alleles B*35092 and B*3518 have been described by us in a previous paper. The possible mechanisms that may have produced these alleles over evolutionary time are discussed...
  87. ncbi An HLA class-II allele frequent in Eskimos and Amerindians is found in the Tyrolean Ice Man
    G F Fischer
    Department of Blood Group Serology, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria
    Ann Hum Genet 65:363-9. 2001
    ..The HLA-DRB1*1402 allele is extremely rare in Europe, but is common in Inuits and South American Indians and has previously only once been identified in the laboratory.
  88. ncbi Group-specific component (GC) in Curiaú and Pacoval, two African-derived Brazilian populations
    S F De Oliveira
    Laboratorio de Genetica, Departamento de Genetica e Morfologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
    Am J Hum Biol 13:718-20. 2001
    ..of African contribution to their formation, but there is a clear difference between them and Europeans and South American Indians. It is suggested that the GC system is a useful marker for studying relationships between single ..
  89. ncbi The Brazilian Xavante Indians revisited: new protein genetic studies
    F M Salzano
    Departamento de Genetica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
    Am J Phys Anthropol 104:23-34. 1997
    ..b>South American Indians, at least with this set of markers, do not seem to be clearly classified into defined subgroups.
  90. ncbi Helicobacter pylori prevalence among indigenous peoples of South America
    Lisa Gaye E Robinson
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    J Infect Dis 186:1131-7. 2002
    ..Seroprevalence did not correlate with the length of contact with the outside world. These results suggest that H. pylori was indigenous to the South American Indians and was not introduced by contact with outsiders.
  91. ncbi Trophy heads from Nawinpukio, Perú: physical and chemical analysis of Huarpa-era modified human remains
    Brian Clifton Finucane
    Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
    Am J Phys Anthropol 135:75-84. 2008
    ..Drawing on the formal properties of the specimens as well as ethnographic and archaeological analogies, it is suggested that the cranial basin served as a vessel for liquid...
  92. ncbi Self-reported skin color, genomic ancestry and the distribution of GST polymorphisms
    Guilherme Suarez-Kurtz
    Pharmacology Division, Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Pharmacogenet Genomics 17:765-71. 2007
    ..We compared the effectiveness of color-based and marker-based biogeographical ancestry classifications in typing polymorphisms in GSTM1, GSTM3 and GSTT1 in the heterogeneous Brazilian population...
  93. ncbi Genetic marker variation in coastal populations of Chile
    E Llop

    Homo 53:170-7. 2002
    ..Genetic distances and dendrograms were obtained for these populations and another four Chilean Indian populations. Results agree with expectations, taking geographic isolation and non-aboriginal admixture into account...
  94. ncbi Growth in indigenous and nonindigenous Chilean schoolchildren from 3 poverty strata
    P Bustos
    Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chile
    Am J Public Health 91:1645-9. 2001
    ....
  95. ncbi Changes in food processing and occlusal dental wear during the early agricultural period in northwest Mexico
    James T Watson
    Department of Anthropology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 135:92-9. 2008
    ....
  96. ncbi Relationships between homocysteine, folate and vitamin B12 levels with the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism, in Indians from Western Venezuela
    G Vizcaino
    Thromb Haemost 85:186-7. 2001
  97. ncbi Ethnic-difference markers for use in mapping by admixture linkage disequilibrium
    Heather E Collins-Schramm
    Rowe Program in Human Genetics, Department of Biological Chemistry and Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616-8669, USA
    Am J Hum Genet 70:737-50. 2002
    ..Taken together, these data suggest that EDMs with large interpopulation and small intrapopulation differences can be readily identified for MALD studies in both AA and MA populations...
  98. ncbi The phylogeography of African Brazilians
    Vanessa F Goncalves
    Departamento de Bioquimica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
    Hum Hered 65:23-32. 2008
    ..We have previously shown that while most White Brazilians carry Y chromosomes of European origin, they display high proportions of African and Amerindian mtDNA lineages, because of sex-biased genetic admixture...
  99. ncbi Cystic fibrosis gene variability in two southern Brazilian Amerindian populations: analysis of the deltaF508 mutation and the KM19 and XV2C haplotypes
    S Raskin
    Departamento de Genetica, Setor de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
    Hum Biol 79:79-91. 2007
    ....
  100. ncbi [Ways of life and ways to drink of young indigenous in a transformation context]
    Maximiliano Loiola Ponte de Souza
    Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Manaus, AM, 69057 070
    Cien Saude Colet 15:709-16. 2010
    ....
  101. ncbi Occurrence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in Brazilian Indians from Umutina Reservation, Mato Grosso, Brazil
    Evanice Menezes Marçal Vieira
    Department of Pathology and Propedeutics, Araçatuba Dental School, Sao Paulo State University, Aracatuba, SP, Brazil
    J Appl Oral Sci 17:440-5. 2009
    ..Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is associated with periodontal disease, especially localized aggressive periodontitis, produces a potent leukotoxin and its distribution is influenced by ethnic characteristics of the population...

Research Grants38

  1. Biliary oxysterols and cholangiocarcinoma
    Rahul Kuver; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..involves racial groups where the prevalence of biliary stones are high - such as Native Americans, South American Indians, andAsians...
  2. Biliary oxysterols and cholangiocarcinoma
    RAHUL P KUVER; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..involves racial groups where the prevalence of biliary stones are high - such as Native Americans, South American Indians, andAsians...
  3. Biliary oxysterols and cholangiocarcinoma
    Sum Lee; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..involves racial groups where the prevalence of biliary stones are high - such as Native Americans, South American Indians, andAsians...
  4. Dental anomalies as an extended phenotype for clefts
    ALEXANDRE VIEIRA; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..Dental exams could be applied as screening tool for modifying population risks for cleft lip and palate. ..
  5. Linkage Disequilibrium: mapping and positional cloning
    Newton Morton; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..abstract_text> ..
  6. The Human Life Course and the Biodemography of Aging
    Hillard S Kaplan; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The results, combined with measures of aging and disease in other populations such as the U.S., Mexico and Indonesia, may help to explain the historical increases in life expectancy over the past several centuries. ..
  7. Genetics of Caries
    ALEXANDRE VIEIRA; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..This new knowledge could provide the basis for suggesting genes to be used as new prevention strategies for caries. ..
  8. Genetics of Caries
    Alexandre Rezende Vieira; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..This new knowledge could provide the basis for suggesting genes to be used as new prevention strategies for caries. ..
  9. Social Influences on Early Adult Stress Biomarkers
    THOMAS MC DADE; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..abstract_text> ..
  10. Population structure and transmission dynamics of Plasmodium vivax
    Marcelo Ferreira; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....
  11. Population structure and transmission dynamics of Plasmodium vivax
    Marcelo Urbano Ferreira; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  12. Social Influences on Early Adult Stress Biomarkers
    THOMAS W MC DADE; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..abstract_text> ..
  13. Admixture Mapping Development and Testing in AA SLE
    Michael Seldin; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..abstract_text> ..
  14. Health and economic productivity in rural Paraguay
    A Hurtado; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..abstract_text> ..
  15. Severe Asthma and the Glucocorticoid Receptor Complex
    Gregory Hawkins; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..This will also lay the ground work for future functional studies using coding sequence variants identified in the GR complex proteins. ..
  16. Altitude-induced hypoxia,IUGR and placental function
    Stacy Zamudio; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..Such work will aid substantially in elucidating the pathologies that involve placenta hypoxia, e.g., preeclampsia, diabetes and IUGR. ..
  17. Role of Apoptosis in Pemphigus
    Ning Li; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..This study may open a novel avenue for therapeutic intervention. The work is likely to lead to a more comprehensive R01 project investigating the apoptotic pathways involved in pemphigus and its pathogenic role in pemphigus. ..
  18. Genetics of Lipoproteins in Afro-Caribbean Families
    Iva Miljkovic Gacic; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Our long-term goal is to dissect the genetic architecture of traditional and nuclear magnetic spectroscopy (NMR) measured lipoprotein phenotypes in extended, multi-generational families of African heritage. ..
  19. MA Admixture Mapping Development & Application to NIDDM
    Michael Seldin; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Finally, the three strongest signals will be further investigated utilizing a dense set of SNPs in the putative susceptibility regions. ..
  20. Social Influences on Early Adult Stress Biomarkers
    THOMAS MC DADE; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  21. Role of Glycosylation of Dsg1 in Pemphigus acantholysis
    Ning Li; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Additionally, the data generated and broad knowledge gained will support the candidate to develop an independent career. ..