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Yang M, Liu Y, Zheng S, Geng P, He T, Lu L, Feng Y, Jiang Q. Associations of PD-1 and PD-L1 gene polymorphisms with cancer risk: a meta-analysis based on 50 studies. Aging (Albany NY) 2024; 16:6068-6097. [PMID: 38546391 PMCID: PMC11042937 DOI: 10.18632/aging.205689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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Programmed death-1 and its ligand-1 (PD-1/PD-L1), immune checkpoints proteins, play a crucial role in anti-tumor responses. A large number of studies have evaluated the relationships of PD-1/PD-L1 polymorphisms with risk of cancer, but evidence for the associations remains inconsistent. Therefore, we performed a meta-analysis to examine the associations between PD-1/PD-L1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and cancer predisposition. Results showed that PD-1.3 and PD-L1 rs17718883 were significantly correlated with overall cancer risk. PD-1.5 was prominently linked with cervical cancer (CC), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), TC (thyroid cancer), brain tumor, AML (acute myelocytic leukemia) and UCC (urothelial cell carcinoma) risk, PD-1.9 with breast cancer (BC), AML, esophageal cancer (EC) and ovarian cancer (OC) risk, and PD-1.3 with colorectal cancer (CRC) and BCC (basal cell carcinoma) risk. PD-1.1 polymorphism slightly elevated BC and OC susceptibility, whereas the rs4143815 variant notably decreased the risk of gastric cancer (GC), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and OC, but increased the risk of BC. PD-1.6 was closely linked with AML risk, PD-L1 rs2890658 with NSCLC, HCC and BC risk, rs17718883 with HCC and GC risk, rs10815225 with GC risk, and rs2297136 with NSCLC and HCC risk. Interestingly, the rs7421861, rs10815225, and rs10815225 markedly reduced cancer susceptibility among Asians. The rs7421861 polymrophism decreased cancer risk among Caucasians, rather than the rs10815225 elevated cancer risk. Our results supported that PD-1 and PD-L1 SNPs were dramatically correlated with cancer risk.
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- Maoquan Yang
- School of Clinical Medicine, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang 261042, Shandong, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Weifang People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Second Medical University, Kuiwen, Weifang 261000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Health, Weifang People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Second Medical University, Kuiwen, Weifang 261000, Shandong, China
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- School of Clinical Medicine, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang 261042, Shandong, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Weifang People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Second Medical University, Kuiwen, Weifang 261000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Weifang People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Second Medical University, Kuiwen, Weifang 261000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Weifang People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Second Medical University, Kuiwen, Weifang 261000, Shandong, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Weifang People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Second Medical University, Kuiwen, Weifang 261000, Shandong, China
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In recent years, immunotherapy has been revolutionized by a new approach that works by blocking receptors called immune checkpoints (IC). These molecules play a key role in maintaining immune homeostasis, mainly by suppressing the immune response and by preventing its overactivation. Since inhibition of the immune response by IC can be used by cancer to avoid recognition and destruction by immune system, blocking them enhances the anti-tumor response. This therapeutic approach has brought spectacular clinical effects. The ICs present heterogeneous expression patterns on immune cells, which may affect the effectiveness of immunotherapy. The inherited genetic variants in regulatory regions of ICs genes can be considered as potential factors responsible for observed inter-individual differences in ICs expression levels on immune cells. Additionally, polymorphism located in exons may introduce changes to ICs amino acid sequences with potential impact on functional properties of these molecules. Since genetic variants may affect both expression and structure of ICs, they are considered as risk factors of cancer development. Inherited genetic markers such as SNPs may also be useful in stratification patients into groups which will benefit from particular immunotherapy. In this review, we have comprehensively summarized the current understanding of the relationship between inherited variations of CTLA-4, PDCD1, PD-L1, BTLA, TIM-3, and LAG-3 genes in order to select SNPs which can be used as predictive biomarkers in personalized evaluation of cancer risk development and outcomes as well as possible response to immunotherapy.
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Epigenetics of Human Diseases, Department of Experimental Therapy, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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Salmaninejad A, Khoramshahi V, Azani A, Soltaninejad E, Aslani S, Zamani MR, Zal M, Nesaei A, Hosseini SM. PD-1 and cancer: molecular mechanisms and polymorphisms. Immunogenetics 2017. [PMID: 28642997 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-017-1015-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) is expressed by activated T cells that act as an immunoregulatory molecule, and are responsible for the negative regulation of T cell activation and peripheral tolerance. The PD-1 gene also encodes an inhibitory cell surface receptor involved in the regulation of T cell functions during immune responses/tolerance. Beyond potent inhibitory effects on T cells, PD-1 also has a role in regulating B cell and monocyte responses. An overexpression of PD-1 has been reported to contribute to immune system avoidance in different cancers. In particular, PD-1 over-expression influences tumor-specific T cell immunity in a cancer microenvironment. Blocking the PD-1/PD-1 ligand (PD-L1) pathway could potentially augment endogenous antitumor responses. Along these lines, the use of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors has been applied in clinical trials against diverse forms of cancer. It was believed that antibodies targeting PD-1/PD-L1 might synergize with other treatments that enhance endogenous antitumor immunity by blocking inhibitory receptor-ligand interactions. However, in all cases, the host genetic status (as well as that of the tumor) is likely to have an impact on the expected outcomes. Various investigations have evaluated the association between PD-1 polymorphisms and the risk of various types of cancer. Frequently studied PD-1 polymorphisms, PD-1.1 (rs36084323), PD-1.3 (rs11568821), PD-1.5 (rs2227981), PD-1.9 (rs2227982), and PD-1 rs7421861, and their associations in the risk of susceptibility to different types of cancer are mentioned in this review, as are studies highlighting the significance of conducting genetic association studies in different ethnic populations.
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- Arash Salmaninejad
- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Medical Genetics Research Center, Student Research Committee, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.,Rheumatology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, International Campus of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Rheumatology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Rheumatology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran
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- Human Genetic Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
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BACKGROUND The effects of the programed cell death 1 (PDCD1) gene polymorphisms on cancer risk have been investigated in some studies; however, the results were conflicting and ambiguous. Therefore, we aimed to do a meta-analysis to investigate the association of PDCD1 polymorphisms with cancer risk from all eligible case-control studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS An electronic search of the PubMed, Embase, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang databases was performed. The association between PDCD1 polymorphisms with cancer risk was calculated with odds ratios (ORs) and their corresponding 95% of confidence intervals (CIs). RESULTS A total of 24 case-control studies from 13 articles that investigated the associations of 5 widely studied polymorphisms in PDCD1 gene and cancer risks were included. The results of meta-analysis: the PDCD-1.5 (rs2227981) and PDCD-1.3 (rs11568821) polymorphisms were associated with decreased risk of cancer (rs2227981: OR = 0.75, 95% CI: 0.64-0.86, P < 0.0001 for TT vs TC + CC; rs11568821: OR = 0.79, 95% CI: 0.65-0.96, P = 0.02 for TC vs TT), while no significant associations were found for the other 3 polymorphisms (PDCD-1.9 [rs2227982] polymorphism: OR = 1.03, 95% CI: 0.90-1.18, P = 0.66 for CC + TC vs TT; PDCD1 rs7421861 polymorphism: OR = 1.10, 95% CI: 0.96-1.25, P = 0.16 for CC + TC vs TT; PDCD-1.6 [rs10204525] polymorphism: OR = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.82-1.05, P = 0.24 for GG + GA vs AA). CONCLUSION The meta-analysis suggests that the PDCD-1.5 (rs2227981) and PDCD-1.3 (rs11568821) polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility of cancer. Further studies with larger sample sizes are required to make a better assessment of the above association.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Correspondence: Jiang Huang, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu 610072, Sichuan, China (e-mail: ); Hua Yu, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu 610072, Sichuan, China (e-mail: )
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine
- Correspondence: Jiang Huang, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu 610072, Sichuan, China (e-mail: ); Hua Yu, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu 610072, Sichuan, China (e-mail: )
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Dong W, Gong M, Shi Z, Xiao J, Zhang J, Peng J. Programmed Cell Death-1 Polymorphisms Decrease the Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis Involving Twelve Case-Control Studies. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0152448. [PMID: 27031235 PMCID: PMC4816386 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) plays an important inhibitory role in anti-tumor responses, so it is considered as a powerful candidate gene for individual’s genetic susceptibility to cancer. Recently, some epidemiological studies have evaluated the association between PD-1 polymorphisms and cancer risk. However, the results of the studies are conflicting. Therefore, a meta-analysis was performed. We identified all studies reporting the relationship between PD-1 polymorphisms and cancers by electronically searches. According to the inclusion criteria and the quality assessment of Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS), only high quality studies were included. A total of twelve relevant studies involving 5,206 cases and 5,174 controls were recruited. For PD-1.5 (rs2227981) polymorphism, significantly decreased cancer risks were obtained among overall population, Asians subgroup and population-based subgroup both in TT vs. CC and TT vs. CT+CC genetic models. In addition, a similar result was also found in T vs. C allele for overall population. However, there were no significant associations between either PD-1.9 (rs2227982) or PD-1 rs7421861 polymorphisms and cancer risks in all genetic models and alleles. For PD-1.3 (rs11568821) polymorphism, we found different cancer susceptibilities between GA vs. GG and AA vs. AG+GG genetic models, and no associations between AA vs. GG, AA+AG vs. GG genetic models or A vs. G allele and cancer risks. In general, our results firstly indicated that PD-1.5 (rs2227981) polymorphism is associated a strongly decreased risk of cancers. Additional epidemiological studies are needed to confirm our findings.
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- Wenjing Dong
- Department of Oncology, Zhongshan Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan, Guangdong 528403, China
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- Department of Urology, Zhongshan Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan, Guangdong 528403, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Second People's Hospital of Zhuhai, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519020, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhongshan Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan, Guangdong 528403, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhongshan Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan, Guangdong 528403, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhongshan Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhongshan, Guangdong 528403, China
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do Canto LM, Farias TDJ, Medeiros MD, Coêlho CC, Sereia AFR, de Carlos Back LKF, de Mello FM, Zimmermann AF, Pereira IA, de Souza IR. Association of PDCD1 polymorphism to systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility. Rev Bras Reumatol Engl Ed 2015; 56:483-489. [PMID: 27914594 DOI: 10.1016/j.rbre.2015.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to analyze the relationship of programmed cell death 1 (PDCD1) gene polymorphism (PD1.3G/A - rs11568821) with features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a Southern Brazilian population. METHODS Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was performed in 95 SLE and 87 RA patients and 128 control group individuals from Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) test, and odds ratio (OR) were analyzed, considering CI 95% and p≤0.05. RESULTS The PD1.3A allele frequencies were 0.095 (SLE), 0.115 (RA) and 0.078 (controls). The genotypes of the control group were in HWE, while those of SLE and RA patients were not. However, we found no association between PD1.3 polymorphism and the SLE or RA susceptibility, nor clinical or epidemiological data. CONCLUSION There was no significant association between PD1.3 polymorphism and SLE or RA susceptibility in this Southern Brazilian population.
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- Luisa Matos do Canto
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Serviço de Reumatologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Hospital Universitário, Divisão de Reumatologia, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Hospital Universitário, Divisão de Reumatologia, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
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Canto LMD, Farias TDJ, Medeiros MD, Coêlho CC, Sereia AFR, Back LKFDC, Mello FMD, Zimmermann AF, Pereira IA, Souza IRD. Association of PDCD1 polymorphism to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis susceptibility. Rev Bras Reumatol 2015; 56:S0482-5004(15)00071-6. [PMID: 26298525 DOI: 10.1016/j.rbr.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Revised: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to analyze the relationship of programmed cell death 1 (PDCD1) gene polymorphism (PD1.3G/A - rs11568821) with features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a Southern Brazilian population. METHODS Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was performed in 95 SLE and 87 RA patients and 128 control group individuals from Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. The Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) test, and odds ratio (OR) were analyzed, considering CI 95% and p≤0.05. RESULTS The PD1.3A allele frequencies were 0.095 (SLE), 0.115 (RA) and 0.078 (controls). The genotypes of the control group were in HWE, while those of SLE and RA patients were not. However, we found no association between PD1.3 polymorphism and the SLE or RA susceptibility, nor clinical or epidemiological data. CONCLUSION There was no significant association between PD1.3 polymorphism and SLE or RA susceptibility in this Southern Brazilian population.
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- Luisa Matos do Canto
- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Divisão de Reumatologia, Hospital Universitário, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Divisão de Reumatologia, Hospital Universitário, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular, Embriologia e Genética, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
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