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BACKGROUND Swelling and edema of the hand and forearm may occur in various traumatic and degenerative diseases. So far, no precise measurement protocol exists. The objective of this study was to evaluate an examination protocol with relevant regions of interest (ROIs) measured by a 3-dimensional (3D) scanner to achieve precise, reproducible, and objective measurements for an optimized detection of volumes of the hand and forearm. METHODS A 3D scan protocol was developed using an Artec, 3D scanner EVA to measure discrete hand volumes of healthy volunteers. Five areas were defined as ROIs, representing volumes of the finger, metacarpus, wrist, hand, and distal forearm. Contralateral limbs were used for volume comparisons and calculation of volume differences. RESULTS For this study, 12 individuals (58.3% women, 24 hands and forearms) with a mean age of 27.1 ± 3 years were included. Mean volume values for left and right ROIs correlated with each other, with slightly higher volumes for the right upper extremity. Volume differences showed statistically significant results for the finger region (ROI I; P = .009), the metacarpal region (ROI II; P < .001), hand region (ROI IV; P = .001), and forearm region (ROI V; P = .006), with the exception of the wrist region (ROI III; P = .722). CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that this 3D volumetric approach is a reliable and objective tool for measuring volumes and circumferences in hand and forearm. Based on our determined ROIs, further studies are needed to explore the significance for clinical applications.
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- Lisa Oezel
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
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Núñez Casal A. Race and indigeneity in human microbiome science: microbiomisation and the historiality of otherness. HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES 2024; 46:17. [PMID: 38565750 PMCID: PMC10987353 DOI: 10.1007/s40656-024-00614-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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This article reformulates Stephan Helmreich´s the ¨microbiomisation of race¨ as the historiality of otherness in the foundations of human microbiome science. Through the lens of my ethnographic fieldwork of a transnational community of microbiome scientists that conducted a landmark human microbiome research on indigenous microbes and its affiliated and first personalised microbiome initiative, the American Gut Project, I follow and trace the key actors, experimental systems and onto-epistemic claims in the emergence of human microbiome science a decade ago. In doing so, I show the links between the reinscription of race, comparative research on the microbial genetic variation of human populations and the remining of bioprospected data for personalised medicine. In these unpredictable research movements, the microbiome of non-Western peoples and territories is much more than a side project or a specific approach within the field: it constitutes the nucleus of its experimental system, opening towards subsequent and cumulative research processes and knowledge production in human microbiome science. The article demonstrates that while human microbiome science is articulated upon the microbial 'makeup' of non-wester(nised) communities, societies, and locales, its results and therapeutics are only applicable to medical conditions affecting rich nations (i.e., inflammatory, autoimmune, and metabolic diseases). My reformulation of ¨microbiomisation of race¨ as the condition of possibility of human microbiome science reveals that its individual dimension is sustained by microbial DNA data from human populations through bioprospecting practices and gains meaning through personalised medicine initiatives, informal online networks of pseudoscientific and commodified microbial-related evidence.
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- Andrea Núñez Casal
- Department of Philosophy and Anthropology, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Institute of Philosophy, Spanish National Research Council (IFS-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
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Taday R, Schiffner E, Gehrmann SV, Wilms LM, Kaufmann RA, Windolf J, Latz D. Establishing regions of interest of the lower leg and ankle for perioperative volumetric assessment with a portable 3D scanner in orthopedic and trauma surgery - a pilot study. J Foot Ankle Res 2023; 16:87. [PMID: 38049875 PMCID: PMC10696714 DOI: 10.1186/s13047-023-00684-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Soft tissue swelling assessment benefits from a reproducible and easy to use measurement method. Monitoring of the injured lower extremity is of clinical import during staged soft tissue management. Portable 3D scanners offer a novel and precise option to quantify and contrast the shapes and volumes of the injured and contralateral uninjured limbs. This study determined three regions of interest (ROI) within the lower extremity (lower leg, ankle and foot), that can be used to evaluate 3D volumetric assessment for staged soft tissue management in orthopedic and trauma surgery. METHODS Twelve healthy volunteers (24 legs) were included in this cohort study. Scans of all three ROI were recorded with a portable 3D scanner (Artec, 3D scanner EVA) and compared between the right and left leg using the software Artec Studio (Arctec Group, Luxemburg). RESULTS Mean volume of the right leg was 1926.64 ± 308.84 ml (mean ± SD). ROI: lower leg: 931.86 ± 236.15 ml; ankle: 201.56 ± 27.88 ml; foot: 793.21 ± 112.28 ml. Mean volume of the left leg was 1937.73 ± 329.51 ml. ROI: lower leg: 933.59 ± 251.12 ml; ankle: 201.53 ± 25.54 ml; foot: 802.62 ± 124.83 ml. There was no significant difference of the overall volume between right and left leg (p > 0.05; overall volume: △ difference: 29.5 ± 7.29 ml, p = 0.8; lower leg: △ difference: 21.5 ± 6.39 ml, p = 0.8; ankle: △ difference: 5.3 ± 2.11 ml, p = 0.4; △ difference: 16.33 ± 4.45 ml, p = 0.8. CONCLUSION This pilot study defines three regions of interest of the lower leg and demonstrates no difference between the right and left side. Based on these ROI, further studies are needed to evaluate the clinical applicability of the scanner.
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- Roman Taday
- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40255, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40255, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Katholisches Karl- Leisner Klinikum, Albersallee 5-7, 47533, Kleve, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40255, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40255, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40255, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Dasgupta S, Zaia J. Antiracism in biomolecular research. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023; 415:6611-6613. [PMID: 37728748 PMCID: PMC10840758 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04952-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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- Shoumita Dasgupta
- Department of Medicine, Biomedical Genetics Section, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
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Cho MK, Duque Lasio ML, Amarillo I, Mintz KT, Bennett RL, Brothers KB. Words matter: The language of difference in human genetics. Genet Med 2023; 25:100343. [PMID: 36524987 PMCID: PMC9991958 DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in academia are leading publishers and journals to re-examine their use of terminology for commonly used scientific variables. This reassessment of language is particularly important for human genetics, which is focused on identifying and explaining differences between individuals and populations. Recent guidance on the use of terms and symbols in clinical practice, research, and publications is beginning to acknowledge the ways that language and concepts of difference can be not only inaccurate but also harmful. To stop perpetuating historical wrongs, those of us who conduct and publish genetic research and provide genetic health care must understand the context of the terms we use and why some usages should be discontinued. In this article, we summarize critiques of terminology describing disability, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, and ancestry in research publications, laboratory reports, diagnostic codes, and pedigrees. We also highlight recommendations for alternative language that aims to make genetics more inclusive, rigorous, and ethically sound. Even though norms of acceptable language use are ever changing, it is the responsibility of genetics professionals to uncover biases ingrained in professional practice and training and to continually reassess the words we use to describe human difference because they cause harm to patients.
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- Mildred K Cho
- Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
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- Division of Genetics & Genomic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
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- Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Norton Children's Research Institute Affiliated with the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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Bakkum MJ, Verdonk P, Thomas EG, van Rosse F, Okorie M, Papaioannidou P, Likic R, Sanz EJ, Christiaens T, Costa JN, Dima L, de Ponti F, van Smeden J, van Agtmael MA, Richir MC, Tichelaar J. A Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Teacher's Guide to Race-Based Medicine, Inclusivity, and Diversity. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2023; 113:600-606. [PMID: 36325997 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The relationship between race and biology is complex. In contemporary medical science, race is a social construct that is measured via self-identification of study participants. But even though race has no biological essence, it is often used as variable in medical guidelines (e.g., treatment recommendations specific for Black people with hypertension). Such recommendations are based on clinical trials in which there was a significant correlation between self-identified race and actual, but often unmeasured, health-related factors such as (pharmaco)genetics, diet, sun exposure, etc. Many teachers are insufficiently aware of this complexity. In their classes, they (unintentionally) portray self-reported race as having a biological essence. This may cause students to see people of shared race as biologically or genetically homogeneous, and believe that race-based recommendations are true for all individuals (rather than reflecting the average of a heterogeneous group). This medicalizes race and reinforces already existing healthcare disparities. Moreover, students may fail to learn that the relation between race and health is easily biased by factors such as socioeconomic status, racism, ancestry, and environment and that this limits the generalizability of race-based recommendations. We observed that the clinical case vignettes that we use in our teaching contain many stereotypes and biases, and do not generally reflect the diversity of actual patients. This guide, written by clinical pharmacology and therapeutics teachers, aims to help our colleagues and teachers in other health professions to reflect on and improve our teaching on race-based medical guidelines and to make our clinical case vignettes more inclusive and diverse.
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- Michiel J Bakkum
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacotherapy, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Research and Expertise Centre in Pharmacotherapy Education, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ethics, Law and Humanities, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics Section, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus Medical Centre, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Hospital Pharmacy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Education, Department of Medical Education, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK
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- European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Education Working Group, Athens, Greece.,Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Education Working Group, Athens, Greece.,Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Zagreb School of Medicine and Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Education Working Group, Athens, Greece.,Universidad de La Laguna, School of Health Sciences, Tenerife, Spain and Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Education Working Group, Athens, Greece.,Section Clinical Pharmacology, Heymans Institute of Pharmacology Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Education Working Group, Athens, Greece.,Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Education Working Group, Athens, Greece.,Department of Fundamental Disciplines and Clinical Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University of Brașov, Brașov, Romania
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Pharmacology Unit, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Education, Centre for Human Drug Research, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacotherapy, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Research and Expertise Centre in Pharmacotherapy Education, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Education Working Group, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacotherapy, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Education Working Group, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section Pharmacotherapy, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Research and Expertise Centre in Pharmacotherapy Education, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Education Working Group, Athens, Greece
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Royal CD. Science, Society, and Dismantling Racism. Health Equity 2023; 7:38-44. [PMID: 36744232 PMCID: PMC9892922 DOI: 10.1089/heq.2022.29023.cro] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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As a foundational pillar of the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation framework, Narrative Change involves reckoning with our historical and current realities regarding "race" and racism, uprooting dominant narratives that normalize injustice and sustain oppression, and advancing narratives that promote equity and collective liberation. Narrative Change is vital to creating communal recognition and appreciation of the interconnectedness and equality of all humans and dismantling the ideology and structures of racial hierarchy. Telling new or more truthful and complete stories must include improving our understanding and messaging about what race is and what it is not as well as the relationship between race and racism. Ideas about the existence of biological human races have long been discredited by scientists and scholars in various fields. Yet, false beliefs about natural and fixed biological differences within the human species persist in some scientific studies, in aspects of health care, and in the political and legal architectures of the United States and other countries, thereby reproducing and maintaining social hierarchies. Efforts to eradicate racism and its pernicious effects are limited in their potential for sustained positive transformation unless simultaneous endeavors are undertaken to reframe people's thinking about the very concept of race. This brief provides an overview of the origins of racial hierarchy, distinguishes between biological concepts of race and socially defined race, reviews perspectives on the meanings and uses of race, and describes ongoing and potential efforts to address prevailing misunderstandings about race and racism.
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- Charmaine D.M. Royal
- Departments of African and African American Studies, Biology, Global Health and Family Medicine and Community Health and Duke Center for Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Gombault C, Grenet G, Segurel L, Duret L, Gueyffier F, Cathébras P, Pontier D, Mainbourg S, Sanchez-Mazas A, Lega JC. Population designations in biomedical research: Limitations and perspectives. HLA 2023; 101:3-15. [PMID: 36258305 PMCID: PMC10099491 DOI: 10.1111/tan.14852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In biomedical research, population differences are of central interest. Variations in the frequency and severity of diseases and in treatment effects among human subpopulation groups are common in many medical conditions. Unfortunately, the practices in terms of subpopulation labeling do not exhibit the level of rigor one would expect in biomedical research, especially when studying multifactorial diseases such as cancer or atherosclerosis. The reporting of population differences in clinical research is characterized by large disparities in practices, and fraught with methodological issues and inconsistencies. The actual designations such as "Black" or "Asian" refer to broad and heterogeneous groups, with a great discrepancy among countries. Moreover, the use of obsolete concepts such as "Caucasian" is unfortunate and imprecise. The use of adequate labeling to reflect the scientific hypothesis needs to be promoted. Furthermore, the use of "race/ethnicity" as a unique cause of human heterogeneity may distract from investigating other factors related to a medical condition, particularly if this label is employed as a proxy for cultural habits, diet, or environmental exposure. In addition, the wide range of opinions among researchers does not facilitate the attempts made for resolving this heterogeneity in labeling. "Race," "ethnicity," "ancestry," "geographical origin," and other similar concepts are saturated with meanings. Even if the feasibility of a global consensus on labeling seems difficult, geneticists, sociologists, anthropologists, and ethicists should help develop policies and practices for the biomedical field.
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- Caroline Gombault
- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Lyon, France.,Pole de Santé Publique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service Hospitalo-Universitaire de PharmacoToxicologie, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Lyon, France.,Pôle de Santé Publique, Hospices Civils De Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Lyon, France.,Service de Médecine Interne et Pathologie Vasculaire, Hôpital Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils De Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics and Peopling history, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Lyon, France.,Service de Médecine Interne et Pathologie Vasculaire, Hôpital Lyon Sud, Hospices Civils De Lyon, Lyon, France
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Duong LM, Nono Djotsa ABS, Vahey J, Steele L, Quaden R, Harrington KM, Ahmed ST, Polimanti R, Streja E, Gaziano JM, Concato J, Zhao H, Radhakrishnan K, Hauser ER, Helmer DA, Aslan M, Gifford EJ. Association of Gulf War Illness with Characteristics in Deployed vs. Non-Deployed Gulf War Era Veterans in the Cooperative Studies Program 2006/Million Veteran Program 029 Cohort: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 20:258. [PMID: 36612580 PMCID: PMC9819371 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20010258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Gulf War Illness (GWI), a chronic multisymptom illness with a complex and uncertain etiology and pathophysiology, is highly prevalent among veterans deployed to the 1990-1991 GW. We examined how GWI phenotypes varied by demographic and military characteristics among GW-era veterans. Data were from the VA's Cooperative Studies Program 2006/Million Veteran Program (MVP) 029 cohort, Genomics of GWI. From June 2018 to March 2019, 109,976 MVP enrollees (out of a total of over 676,000) were contacted to participate in the 1990-1991 GW-era Survey. Of 109,976 eligible participants, 45,169 (41.1%) responded to the 2018-2019 survey, 35,902 respondents met study inclusion criteria, 13,107 deployed to the GW theater. GWI phenotypes were derived from Kansas (KS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) GWI definitions: (a) KS Symptoms (KS Sym+), (b) KS GWI (met symptom criteria and without exclusionary health conditions) [KS GWI: Sym+/Dx-], (c) CDC GWI and (d) CDC GWI Severe. The prevalence of each phenotype was 67.1% KS Sym+, 21.5% KS Sym+/Dx-, 81.1% CDC GWI, and 18.6% CDC GWI severe. These findings affirm the persistent presence of GWI among GW veterans providing a foundation for further exploration of biological and environmental underpinnings of this condition.
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- Linh M. Duong
- Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Epidemiology Research Center (CSP-CERC), VA Connecticut Healthcare System 151B, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- VA Cooperative Studies Program Epidemiology Center—Durham, Department of Veterans Affairs, Durham, NC 27705, USA
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Program, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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- Veterans Health Research Program, Yudofsky Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
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- Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Epidemiology Research Center (CSP-CERC), VA Connecticut Healthcare System 151B, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Epidemiology Research Center (CSP-CERC), VA Connecticut Healthcare System 151B, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
- Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA
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- Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Epidemiology Research Center (CSP-CERC), VA Connecticut Healthcare System 151B, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
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- VA Cooperative Studies Program Epidemiology Center—Durham, Department of Veterans Affairs, Durham, NC 27705, USA
- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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- Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Epidemiology Research Center (CSP-CERC), VA Connecticut Healthcare System 151B, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- VA Cooperative Studies Program Epidemiology Center—Durham, Department of Veterans Affairs, Durham, NC 27705, USA
- Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Chan SH, Bylstra Y, Teo JX, Kuan JL, Bertin N, Gonzalez-Porta M, Hebrard M, Tirado-Magallanes R, Tan JHJ, Jeyakani J, Li Z, Chai JF, Chong YS, Davila S, Goh LL, Lee ES, Wong E, Wong TY, Prabhakar S, Liu J, Cheng CY, Eisenhaber B, Karnani N, Leong KP, Sim X, Yeo KK, Chambers JC, Tai ES, Tan P, Jamuar SS, Ngeow J, Lim WK, Gluckman PD, Goh DLM, Jain K, Kam S, Kassam I, Lakshmanan LN, Lee CG, Lee J, Lee SC, Lee YS, Li H, Lim CW, Lim TH, Loh M, Maurer-Stroh S, Mina TH, Mok SQ, Ng HK, Pua CJ, Riboli E, Rim TH, Sabanayagam C, Sim WC, Subramaniam T, Tan ES, Tan EK, Tantoso E, Tay D, Teo YY, Tham YC, Toh LXG, Tsai PK, van Dam RM, Veeravalli L, Khin-lin GW, Wilm A, Yang C, Yap F, Yew YW, Prabhakar S, Liu J, Cheng CY, Eisenhaber B, Karnani N, Leong KP, Sim X, Yeo KK, Chambers JC, Tai ES, Tan P, Jamuar SS, Ngeow J, Lim WK. Analysis of clinically relevant variants from ancestrally diverse Asian genomes. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6694. [PMID: 36335097 PMCID: PMC9637116 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34116-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Asian populations are under-represented in human genomics research. Here, we characterize clinically significant genetic variation in 9051 genomes representing East Asian, South Asian, and severely under-represented Austronesian-speaking Southeast Asian ancestries. We observe disparate genetic risk burden attributable to ancestry-specific recurrent variants and identify individuals with variants specific to ancestries discordant to their self-reported ethnicity, mostly due to cryptic admixture. About 27% of severe recessive disorder genes with appreciable carrier frequencies in Asians are missed by carrier screening panels, and we estimate 0.5% Asian couples at-risk of having an affected child. Prevalence of medically-actionable variant carriers is 3.4% and a further 1.6% harbour variants with potential for pathogenic classification upon additional clinical/experimental evidence. We profile 23 pharmacogenes with high-confidence gene-drug associations and find 22.4% of Asians at-risk of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tier 1 genetic conditions concurrently harbour pharmacogenetic variants with actionable phenotypes, highlighting the benefits of pre-emptive pharmacogenomics. Our findings illuminate the diversity in genetic disease epidemiology and opportunities for precision medicine for a large, diverse Asian population.
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- Sock Hoai Chan
- grid.410724.40000 0004 0620 9745Cancer Genetics Service, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, 169610 Singapore ,grid.428397.30000 0004 0385 0924Oncology Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 169857 Singapore ,grid.59025.3b0000 0001 2224 0361Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 308232 Singapore
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine, Singapore, 169609 Singapore
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine, Singapore, 169609 Singapore
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine, Singapore, 169609 Singapore
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- grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XGenome Research Informatics & Data Science Platform, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore
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- grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XGenome Research Informatics & Data Science Platform, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore
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- grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XGenome Research Informatics & Data Science Platform, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore
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- grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XGenome Research Informatics & Data Science Platform, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore
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- grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XGenome Research Informatics & Data Science Platform, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore
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- grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XGenome Research Informatics & Data Science Platform, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore
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- grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XGenome Research Informatics & Data Science Platform, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117549 Singapore
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119228 Singapore ,grid.452264.30000 0004 0530 269XSingapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore, 117609 Singapore
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine, Singapore, 169609 Singapore ,grid.428397.30000 0004 0385 0924Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 169857 Singapore ,grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431SingHealth Duke-NUS Genomic Medicine Centre, Singapore, 168582 Singapore
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- grid.240988.f0000 0001 0298 8161Personalized Medicine Service, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, 308433 Singapore
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- grid.59025.3b0000 0001 2224 0361Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 308232 Singapore ,grid.466910.c0000 0004 0451 6215National Healthcare Group Polyclinics, Singapore, 138543 Singapore
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- grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XGenome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore
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- grid.419272.b0000 0000 9960 1711Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, 168751 Singapore
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- grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XLaboratory of Systems Biology and Data Analytics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore
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- grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XHuman Genomics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore ,grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119228 Singapore
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- grid.419272.b0000 0000 9960 1711Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, 168751 Singapore ,grid.428397.30000 0004 0385 0924Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program (Eye ACP), Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 169857 Singapore
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- grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XGenome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore ,grid.418325.90000 0000 9351 8132Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138671 Singapore
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- grid.452264.30000 0004 0530 269XHuman Development, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore, 117609 Singapore ,grid.418325.90000 0000 9351 8132Clinical Data Engagement, Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138671 Singapore ,grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117596 Singapore
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- grid.240988.f0000 0001 0298 8161Personalized Medicine Service, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, 308433 Singapore ,grid.240988.f0000 0001 0298 8161Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, 308433 Singapore
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117549 Singapore
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine, Singapore, 169609 Singapore ,grid.419385.20000 0004 0620 9905Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, 169609 Singapore ,grid.428397.30000 0004 0385 0924Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 169857 Singapore
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- grid.59025.3b0000 0001 2224 0361Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 308232 Singapore ,Precision Health Research Singapore (PRECISE), Singapore, 139234 Singapore ,grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG UK
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117549 Singapore ,grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 119228 Singapore ,grid.428397.30000 0004 0385 0924Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 169857 Singapore ,Precision Health Research Singapore (PRECISE), Singapore, 139234 Singapore
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine, Singapore, 169609 Singapore ,grid.418377.e0000 0004 0620 715XGenome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138672 Singapore ,Precision Health Research Singapore (PRECISE), Singapore, 139234 Singapore ,grid.428397.30000 0004 0385 0924Cancer & Stem Cell Biology Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 169857 Singapore ,grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117599 Singapore
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine, Singapore, 169609 Singapore ,grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431SingHealth Duke-NUS Genomic Medicine Centre, Singapore, 168582 Singapore ,grid.414963.d0000 0000 8958 3388Genetics Service, Department of Paediatrics, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, 229899 Singapore ,grid.428397.30000 0004 0385 0924Paediatric Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 169857 Singapore
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- grid.410724.40000 0004 0620 9745Cancer Genetics Service, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, 169610 Singapore ,grid.428397.30000 0004 0385 0924Oncology Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 169857 Singapore ,grid.59025.3b0000 0001 2224 0361Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 308232 Singapore ,grid.185448.40000 0004 0637 0221Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, 138673 Singapore
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- grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Precision Medicine, Singapore, 169609 Singapore ,grid.4280.e0000 0001 2180 6431SingHealth Duke-NUS Genomic Medicine Centre, Singapore, 168582 Singapore ,grid.428397.30000 0004 0385 0924Cancer & Stem Cell Biology Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 169857 Singapore
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Peng G, Pakstis AJ, Gandotra N, Cowan TM, Zhao H, Kidd KK, Scharfe C. Metabolic diversity in human populations and correlation with genetic and ancestral geographic distances. Mol Genet Metab 2022; 137:292-300. [PMID: 36252453 PMCID: PMC10131177 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2022.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 09/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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DNA polymorphic markers and self-defined ethnicity groupings are used to group individuals with shared ancient geographic ancestry. Here we studied whether ancestral relationships between individuals could be identified from metabolic screening data reported by the California newborn screening (NBS) program. NBS data includes 41 blood metabolites measured by tandem mass spectrometry from singleton babies in 17 parent-reported ethnicity groupings. Ethnicity-associated differences identified for 71% of NBS metabolites (29 of 41, Cohen's d > 0.5) showed larger differences in blood levels of acylcarnitines than of amino acids (P < 1e-4). A metabolic distance measure, developed to compare ethnic groupings based on metabolic differences, showed low positive correlation with genetic and ancient geographic distances between the groups' ancestral world populations. Several outlier group pairs were identified with larger genetic and smaller metabolic distances (Black versus White) or with smaller genetic and larger metabolic distances (Chinese versus Japanese) indicating the influence of genetic and of environmental factors on metabolism. Using machine learning, comparison of metabolic profiles between all pairs of ethnic groupings distinguished individuals with larger genetic distance (Black versus Chinese, AUC = 0.96), while genetically more similar individuals could not be separated metabolically (Hispanic versus Native American, AUC = 0.51). Additionally, we identified metabolites informative for inferring metabolic ancestry in individuals from genetically similar populations, which included biomarkers for inborn metabolic disorders (C10:1, C12:1, C3, C5OH, Leucine-Isoleucine). This work sheds new light on metabolic differences in healthy newborns in diverse populations, which could have implications for improving genetic disease screening.
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- Gang Peng
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Ten simple rules in biomedical engineering to improve healthcare equity. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1010525. [PMID: 36227840 PMCID: PMC9560067 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Edinur HA, Mat-Ghani SNA, Chambers GK. Ethnicity-based classifications and medical genetics: One Health approaches from a Western Pacific perspective. Front Genet 2022; 13:970549. [PMID: 36147511 PMCID: PMC9485872 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.970549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
A new era presently dawns for medical genetics featuring individualised whole genome sequencing and promising personalised medical genetics. Accordingly, we direct readers attention to the continuing value of allele frequency data from Genome-Wide Association Surveys (GWAS) and single gene surveys in well-defined ethnic populations as a guide for best practice in diagnosis, therapy, and prescription. Supporting evidence is drawn from our experiences working with Austronesian volunteer subjects across the Western Pacific. In general, these studies show that their gene pool has been shaped by natural selection and become highly diverged from those of Europeans and Asians. These uniquely evolved patterns of genetic variation underlie contrasting schedules of disease incidence and drug response. Thus, recognition of historical bonds of kinship among Austronesian population groups across the Asia Pacific has distinct public health advantages from a One Health perspective. Other than diseases that are common among them like gout and diabetes, Austronesian populations face a wide range of climate-dependent infectious diseases including vector-borne pathogens as they are now scattered across the Pacific and Indian Oceans. However, we caution that the value of genetic survey data in Austronesians (and other groups too) is critically dependent on the accuracy of attached descriptive information in associated metadata, including ethnicity and admixture.
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- Hisham A. Edinur
- School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Peng G, Zhang Y, Zhao H, Scharfe C. dbRUSP: An Interactive Database to Investigate Inborn Metabolic Differences for Improved Genetic Disease Screening. Int J Neonatal Screen 2022; 8:ijns8030048. [PMID: 36135348 PMCID: PMC9504335 DOI: 10.3390/ijns8030048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP) contains more than forty metabolic disorders recommended for inclusion in universal newborn screening (NBS). Tandem-mass-spectrometry-based screening of metabolic analytes in dried blood spot samples identifies most affected newborns, along with a number of false positive results. Due to their influence on blood metabolite levels, continuous and categorical covariates such as gestational age, birth weight, age at blood collection, sex, parent-reported ethnicity, and parenteral nutrition status have been shown to reduce the accuracy of screening. Here, we developed a database and web-based tools (dbRUSP) for the analysis of 41 NBS metabolites and six variables for a cohort of 500,539 screen-negative newborns reported by the California NBS program. The interactive database, built using the R shiny package, contains separate modules to study the influence of single variables and joint effects of multiple variables on metabolite levels. Users can input an individual's variables to obtain metabolite level reference ranges and utilize dbRUSP to select new candidate markers for the detection of metabolic conditions. The open-source format facilitates the development of data mining algorithms that incorporate the influence of covariates on metabolism to increase accuracy in genetic disease screening.
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- Gang Peng
- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
- Correspondence:
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Khan AT, Gogarten SM, McHugh CP, Stilp AM, Sofer T, Bowers ML, Wong Q, Cupples LA, Hidalgo B, Johnson AD, McDonald MLN, McGarvey ST, Taylor MR, Fullerton SM, Conomos MP, Nelson SC. Recommendations on the use and reporting of race, ethnicity, and ancestry in genetic research: Experiences from the NHLBI TOPMed program. CELL GENOMICS 2022; 2:100155. [PMID: 36119389 PMCID: PMC9481067 DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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How race, ethnicity, and ancestry are used in genomic research has wide-ranging implications for how research is translated into clinical care and incorporated into public understanding. Correlation between race and genetic ancestry contributes to unresolved complexity for the scientific community, as illustrated by heterogeneous definitions and applications of these variables. Here, we offer commentary and recommendations on the use of race, ethnicity, and ancestry across the arc of genetic research, including data harmonization, analysis, and reporting. While informed by our experiences as researchers affiliated with the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program, these recommendations are applicable to basic and translational genomic research in diverse populations with genome-wide data. Moving forward, considerable collaborative effort will be required to ensure that race, ethnicity, and ancestry are described and used appropriately to generate scientific knowledge that yields broad and equitable benefit.
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- Alyna T. Khan
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Institute for Public Health Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Framingham, MA, USA
- The Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
- Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and International Health Institute, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
- Department of Anthropology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Adult Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Institute for Public Health Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Jobling MA. Forensic genetics through the lens of Lewontin: population structure, ancestry and race. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2022; 377:20200422. [PMID: 35430883 PMCID: PMC9014189 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
In his famous 1972 paper, Richard Lewontin used 'classical' protein-based markers to show that greater than 85% of human genetic diversity was contained within, rather than between, populations. At that time, these same markers also formed the basis of forensic technology aiming to identify individuals. This review describes the evolution of forensic genetic methods into DNA profiling, and how the field has accounted for the apportionment of genetic diversity in considering the weight of forensic evidence. When investigative databases fail to provide a match to a crime-scene profile, specific markers can be used to seek intelligence about a suspect: these include inferences on population of origin (biogeographic ancestry) and externally visible characteristics, chiefly pigmentation of skin, hair and eyes. In this endeavour, ancestry and phenotypic variation are closely entangled. The markers used show patterns of inter- and intrapopulation diversity that are very atypical compared to the genome as a whole, and reinforce an apparent link between ancestry and racial divergence that is not systematically present otherwise. Despite the legacy of Lewontin's result, therefore, in a major area in which genetics coincides with issues of public interest, methods tend to exaggerate human differences and could thereby contribute to the reification of biological race. This article is part of the theme issue 'Celebrating 50 years since Lewontin's apportionment of human diversity'.
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- Mark A. Jobling
- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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Rosselli M, Uribe IV, Ahne E, Shihadeh L. Culture, Ethnicity, and Level of Education in Alzheimer's Disease. Neurotherapeutics 2022; 19:26-54. [PMID: 35347644 PMCID: PMC8960082 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-022-01193-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent cause of dementia, where the abnormal accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) and tau lead to neurodegeneration as well as loss of cognitive, behavioral, and functional abilities. The present review analyzes AD from a cross-cultural neuropsychological perspective, looking at differences in culture-associated variables, neuropsychological test performance and biomarkers across ethnic and racial groups. Studies have found significant effects of culture, preferred language, country of origin, race, and ethnicity on cognitive test performance, although the definition of those grouping terms varies across studies. Together, with the substantial underrepresentation of minority groups in research, the inconsistent classification might conduce to an inaccuratte diagnosis that often results from biases in testing procedures that favor the group to which test developers belong. These biases persist even after adjusting for variables related to disadvantageous societal conditions, such as low level of education, unfavorable socioeconomic status, health care access, or psychological stressors. All too frequently, educational level is confounded with culture. Minorities often have lower educational attainment and lower quality of education, causing differences in test results that are then attributed to culture. Higher levels of education are also associated with increased cognitive reserve, a protective factor against cognitive decline in the presence of neurodegeneration. Biomarker research suggests there might be significant differences in specific biomarker profiles for each ethnicity/race in need of accurate cultural definitions to adequately predict risk and disease progression across ethnic/racial groups. Overall, this review highlights the need for diversity in all domains of AD research that lack inclusion and the collection of relevant information from these groups.
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- Mónica Rosselli
- Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science 3200 College Av, Davie, FL, 33314, USA.
- 1Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science 3200 College Av, Davie, FL, 33314, USA
- 1Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science 3200 College Av, Davie, FL, 33314, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science 3200 College Av, Davie, FL, 33314, USA
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Byeon YJJ, Islamaj R, Yeganova L, Wilbur WJ, Lu Z, Brody LC, Bonham VL. Evolving use of ancestry, ethnicity, and race in genetics research-A survey spanning seven decades. Am J Hum Genet 2021; 108:2215-2223. [PMID: 34861173 PMCID: PMC8715140 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
To inform continuous and rigorous reflection about the description of human populations in genomics research, this study investigates the historical and contemporary use of the terms "ancestry," "ethnicity," "race," and other population labels in The American Journal of Human Genetics from 1949 to 2018. We characterize these terms' frequency of use and assess their odds of co-occurrence with a set of social and genetic topical terms. Throughout The Journal's 70-year history, "ancestry" and "ethnicity" have increased in use, appearing in 33% and 26% of articles in 2009-2018, while the use of "race" has decreased, occurring in 4% of articles in 2009-2018. Although its overall use has declined, the odds of "race" appearing in the presence of "ethnicity" has increased relative to the odds of occurring in its absence. Forms of population descriptors "Caucasian" and "Negro" have largely disappeared from The Journal (<1% of articles in 2009-2018). Conversely, the continental labels "African," "Asian," and "European" have increased in use and appear in 18%, 14%, and 42% of articles from 2009-2018, respectively. Decreasing uses of the terms "race," "Caucasian," and "Negro" are indicative of a transition away from the field's history of explicitly biological race science; at the same time, the increasing use of "ancestry," "ethnicity," and continental labels should serve to motivate ongoing reflection as the terminology used to describe genetic variation continues to evolve.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yen Ji Julia Byeon
- Department of Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- Division of Genomics and Society, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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- Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Pinzon Cortes JA, El-Osta A. Distinguishable DNA methylation defines disease susceptibility influenced by race and ethnicity. Clin Epigenetics 2021; 13:189. [PMID: 34635160 PMCID: PMC8507373 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-021-01180-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Jairo A Pinzon Cortes
- Epigenetics in Human Health and Disease Laboratory, Department of Diabetes, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
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- Epigenetics in Human Health and Disease Laboratory, Department of Diabetes, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.
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