Search Results - "Gouveia, H"
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Unappreciated subcontinental admixture in Europeans and European Americans and implications for genetic epidemiology studies
Published in Nature communications (07-11-2023)“…European-ancestry populations are recognized as stratified but not as admixed, implying that residual confounding by locus-specific ancestry can affect studies…”
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Editorial: Genomic Ancestry and Biological Traits
Published in Frontiers in genetics (06-09-2021)Get full text
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Genetic differentiation in East African ethnicities and its relationship with endurance running success
Published in PloS one (19-05-2022)“…Since the 1960s, East African athletes, mainly from Kenya and Ethiopia, have dominated long-distance running events in both the male and female categories…”
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Early Changes in Postprandial Gallbladder Emptying in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Correlation with the Occurrence of Biliary Sludge and Gallstones
Published in Obesity surgery (2009)“…Background Gallstones have been frequently diagnosed after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP). Gallbladder stasis associated with duodenal exclusion may play a…”
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Trans-ethnic meta-analysis identifies new loci associated with longitudinal blood pressure traits
Published in Scientific reports (18-02-2021)“…Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of genetic loci associated with cross-sectional blood pressure (BP) traits; however, GWAS…”
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Untargeted metabolomic profiling reveals molecular signatures associated with type 2 diabetes in Nigerians
Published in Genome medicine (05-03-2024)“…Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has reached epidemic proportions globally, including in Africa. However, molecular studies to understand the pathophysiology of T2D…”
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β1 Adrenergic receptor is key to cold- and diet-induced thermogenesis in mice
Published in Journal of endocrinology (01-09-2012)“…Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is predominantly regulated by the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the adrenergic receptor signaling pathway. Knowing that a…”
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Genome-wide analyses of multiple obesity-related cytokines and hormones informs biology of cardiometabolic traits
Published in Genome medicine (07-10-2021)“…A complex set of perturbations occur in cytokines and hormones in the etiopathogenesis of obesity and related cardiometabolic conditions such as type 2…”
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Putative pathogen-selected polymorphisms in the PKLR gene are associated with mycobacterial susceptibility in Brazilian and African populations
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-08-2021)“…Pyruvate kinase (PK), encoded by the PKLR gene, is a key player in glycolysis controlling the integrity of erythrocytes. Due to Plasmodium selection, mutations…”
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Thyroid hormone receptor β-specific agonist GC-1 increases energy expenditure and prevents fat-mass accumulation in rats
Published in Journal of endocrinology (01-04-2007)“…It is well known that thyroid hormone affects body composition; however, the effect of the thyroid hormone receptor β (TRβ)-selective thyromimetic GC-1 on this…”
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Universal genome-wide association studies: Powerful joint ancestry and association testing
Published in HGG advances (12-10-2023)“…The vast majority of human populations and individuals have mixed ancestry. Consequently, adjustment for locus-specific ancestry is essential for genetic…”
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Evaluating the Causal Link Between Malaria Infection and Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma in Northern Uganda: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Published in EBioMedicine (01-11-2017)“…Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria infection is suspected to cause endemic Burkitt Lymphoma (eBL), but the evidence remains unsettled. An inverse relationship…”
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P-196Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Fifteen years of experience in a Portuguese Hospital Centre
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Double disruption of α2A‐ and α2C ‐adrenoceptors results in sympathetic hyperactivity and high‐bone‐mass phenotype
Published in Journal of bone and mineral research (01-03-2011)“…Evidence demonstrates that sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activation causes osteopenia via β2‐adrenoceptor (β2‐AR) signaling. Here we show that female mice…”
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Inactivation of the adrenergic receptor β2 disrupts glucose homeostasis in mice
Published in Journal of endocrinology (01-06-2014)“…Three types of beta adrenergic receptors (ARβ1–3) mediate the sympathetic activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT), the key thermogenic site for mice which is…”
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Marked Disturbance of Calcium Homeostasis in Mice With Targeted Disruption of the Trpv6 Calcium Channel Gene
Published in Journal of bone and mineral research (01-02-2007)“…We report the phenotype of mice with targeted disruption of the Trpv6 (Trpv6 KO) epithelial calcium channel. The mice exhibit disordered Ca2+ homeostasis,…”
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Abnormal Thyroid Hormone Status Differentially Affects Bone Mass Accrual and Bone Strength in C3H/HeJ Mice: A Mouse Model of Type I Deiodinase Deficiency
Published in Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) (15-05-2019)“…C3H/HeJ (C3H) mice are deficient of type I deiodinase (D1), an enzyme that activates thyroid hormone (TH), converting thyroxine (T4) to triiodothyronine (T3)…”
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Deiodinase-mediated thyroid hormone inactivation minimizes thyroid hormone signaling in the early development of fetal skeleton
Published in Bone (New York, N.Y.) (01-11-2008)“…Abstract Thyroid hormone (TH) plays a key role on post-natal bone development and metabolism, while its relevance during fetal bone development is uncertain…”
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Global Disruption of α2A Adrenoceptor Barely Affects Bone Tissue but Minimizes the Detrimental Effects of Thyrotoxicosis on Cortical Bone
Published in Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) (28-08-2018)“…Evidence shows that sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activation inhibits bone formation and activates bone resorption leading to bone loss. Because thyroid…”
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Genetic signatures of gene flow and malaria-driven natural selection in sub-Saharan populations of the "endemic Burkitt Lymphoma belt"
Published in PLoS genetics (08-03-2019)“…Populations in sub-Saharan Africa have historically been exposed to intense selection from chronic infection with falciparum malaria. Interestingly,…”
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