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Cardoso-Dos-Santos AC, Mariath LM, Trapp F, Facchin ACB, Leistner S, Kubaski F, Giugliani R, Schuler-Faccini L, Ribeiro EM. The importance of geographic and sociodemographic aspects in the characterization of mucopolysaccharidoses: a case series from Ceará state (Northeast Brazil). J Community Genet 2024:10.1007/s12687-024-00718-7. [PMID: 39158768 DOI: 10.1007/s12687-024-00718-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024] Open
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Geographic and sociodemographic aspects may influence the natural history and epidemiology of mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS). The main objective in this work was to evaluate the clinical, molecular, and geographic profile of MPS in a population from Ceará (Northeast Brazil). For this, we have performed a descriptive cross-sectional study based on clinical evaluation, interviews with patients and/or family members, and review of medical records of 76 MPS patients. MPS II was the most common type, with the most affected individuals presenting missense pathogenic variants. Patients with MPS I proved to be the most severe clinical phenotype, presenting the first symptoms (mean: 7.1 months; SD = 4.5) and being diagnosed earlier (2.2 years; SD = 2.1) in comparison with the other types. In addition, we have shown that 13 individuals with MPS VI were born of consanguineous marriages in small, nearby cities, in a place where geographical isolation, consanguinity, and clusters of genetic diseases were previously reported. Ten of these individuals (at least, seven different families) presented a rare pathogenic variant in the ARSB gene, c.1143-8T > G in homozygosity, previously reported only among Iberian and South American patients. The results presented here provide a comprehensive picture of MPS in an important state of the Brazilian Northeast, a region that concentrates many risk factors for rare genetic diseases, such as endogamy, inbreeding, and reproductive isolation. We discuss the possible evolutionary processes and biosocial dynamics that can help to explain this finding in terms of population medical genetics and public health.
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- Augusto César Cardoso-Dos-Santos
- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Genética Médica Populacional (INaGeMP), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Genética Médica Populacional (INaGeMP), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- MPS Brazil Network, Medical Genetics Service, HCPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- MPS Brazil Network, Medical Genetics Service, HCPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- MPS Brazil Network, Medical Genetics Service, HCPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Greenwood Genetic Center, Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Greenwood, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Genética Médica Populacional (INaGeMP), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- MPS Brazil Network, Medical Genetics Service, HCPA, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Genética Médica Populacional (INaGeMP), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
- Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
- Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves, Campus do Vale, Porto Alegre, RS, 95000, CEP: 91501-970, Brazil.
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- Medical Genetics Service, Hospital Infantil Albert Sabin, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
- Faculdade de Medicina, Centro Universitário Christus (Unichristus), Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
- Curso de Medicina, Centro Universitário Christus (UNICHRISTUS), Rua João Adolfo Gurgel, 133, Fortaleza, CE, CEP: 60192-345, Brazil.
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Cardoso-dos-Santos AC, Reales G, Schuler-Faccini L. Clusters of rare disorders and congenital anomalies in South America. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2023; 47:e98. [PMID: 37363626 PMCID: PMC10289474 DOI: 10.26633/rpsp.2023.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Objective To map geographic clusters of rare disorders and congenital anomalies reported in South America. Methods Qualitative systematic review conducted in Medline/PubMed, Lilacs, and Scielo electronic databases to identify studies meeting eligibility criteria. The strategy resulted in 1 672 unique articles, from which 164 were selected for full reading by a pair of reviewers. Results Fifty-five articles reported at least one cluster of genetic disorders or congenital anomalies in South American territory. From these papers, 122 clusters were identified, of which half (61) were related to autosomal recessive disorders. Sixty-five (53.3%) of the clusters were located in Brazil. Conclusions The results of the review reinforce that rare diseases and congenital anomalies can occur in a non-random way in space, which is discussed in the perspective of the complex history of formation, social organization, and genetic structure of the South American population. Mapping clusters in population medical genetics can be an important public health tool, given that such places concentrate cases of rare diseases that frequently require multiprofessional, specialized care. Therefore, these results can support important agendas in public health related to rare diseases and congenital anomalies, such as health promotion and surveillance.
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- Augusto César Cardoso-dos-Santos
- Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Genética Médica Populacional (INaGeMP)Porto Alegre, RSBrazilInstituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Genética Médica Populacional (INaGeMP), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulPorto Alegre, RSBrazilUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulPorto Alegre, RSBrazilUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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de Bitencourt FH, Schwartz IVD, Vianna FSL. Infant mortality in Brazil attributable to inborn errors of metabolism associated with sudden death: a time-series study (2002-2014). BMC Pediatr 2019; 19:52. [PMID: 30736757 PMCID: PMC6367785 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-019-1421-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background The literature suggests that 0.9 to 6% of infants who die unexpectedly may have had a metabolic disorder. At least 43 different inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) have been associated with sudden death (SUDI). To date, the frequency of IEM-associated SUDI has not been studied in Brazil. The present study sought to characterize infant mortality related to IEMs known to cause SUDI disaggregated by each of the regions of Brazil. Methods This was a descriptive, cross-sectional, population-based study of data obtained from the Brazilian Ministry of Health Mortality Information System (SIM). Death records were obtained for all infants (age < 1 year) who died in Brazil in 2002–2014 in whom the underlying cause of death was listed as ICD-10 codes E70 (Disorders of aromatic amino-acid metabolism), E71 (Disorders of branched-chain amino-acid metabolism and fatty-acid metabolism), E72 (Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism), or E74 (Other disorders of carbohydrate metabolism), which are known to be associated with SUDI. Results From 2002 to 2014, 199 deaths of infants aged < 1 year were recorded in the SIM with an underlying cause corresponding to one of the IEMs of interest. The prevalence of IEM-related deaths was 0.67 per 10,000 live births (0.58–0.77). Of these 199 deaths, 18 (9.0%) occurred in the North of Brazil, 43 (21.6%) in the Northeast, 80 (40.2%) in the Southeast, 46 (23.1%) in the South, and 12 (6.0%) in the Center-West region. Across all regions of the country, ICD10-E74 was predominant. Conclusions This 13-year time-series study provides the first analysis of the number of infant deaths in Brazil attributable to IEMs known to be associated with sudden death. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12887-019-1421-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- F H de Bitencourt
- Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. .,Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-003, Brazil.
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- Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.,Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, Porto Alegre, RS, 90035-003, Brazil.,Laboratório de Medicina Genômica/Laboratório de Laboratório de Pesquisa em Bioética e Ética na Ciência (LAPEBEC), Experimental Research Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Evolutionary genomic dynamics of Peruvians before, during, and after the Inca Empire. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E6526-E6535. [PMID: 29946025 PMCID: PMC6048481 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1720798115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Through the Peruvian Genome Project we generate and analyze the genomes of 280 individuals where the majority have >90% Native American ancestry and explore questions at the interface of evolutionary genetics, history, anthropology, and medicine. This is the most extensive sampling of high-coverage Native American and mestizo whole genomes to date. We estimate an initial peopling of Peru was rapid and began by 12,000 y ago. In addition, the mestizo populations exhibit admixture between Native American groups prior to their Spanish admixture and was likely influenced by the Inca Empire and Spanish conquest. Our results address important Native American population history questions and establish a dataset beneficial to address the underrepresentation of Native American ancestry in sequencing studies. Native Americans from the Amazon, Andes, and coastal geographic regions of South America have a rich cultural heritage but are genetically understudied, therefore leading to gaps in our knowledge of their genomic architecture and demographic history. In this study, we sequence 150 genomes to high coverage combined with an additional 130 genotype array samples from Native American and mestizo populations in Peru. The majority of our samples possess greater than 90% Native American ancestry, which makes this the most extensive Native American sequencing project to date. Demographic modeling reveals that the peopling of Peru began ∼12,000 y ago, consistent with the hypothesis of the rapid peopling of the Americas and Peruvian archeological data. We find that the Native American populations possess distinct ancestral divisions, whereas the mestizo groups were admixtures of multiple Native American communities that occurred before and during the Inca Empire and Spanish rule. In addition, the mestizo communities also show Spanish introgression largely following Peruvian Independence, nearly 300 y after Spain conquered Peru. Further, we estimate migration events between Peruvian populations from all three geographic regions with the majority of between-region migration moving from the high Andes to the low-altitude Amazon and coast. As such, we present a detailed model of the evolutionary dynamics which impacted the genomes of modern-day Peruvians and a Native American ancestry dataset that will serve as a beneficial resource to addressing the underrepresentation of Native American ancestry in sequencing studies.
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Clusters of genetic diseases in Brazil. J Community Genet 2018; 10:121-128. [PMID: 29860645 DOI: 10.1007/s12687-018-0369-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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The aim of this paper is to present a database of isolated communities (CENISO) with high prevalence of genetic disorders or congenital anomalies in Brazil. We used two strategies to identify such communities: (1) a systematic literature review and (2) a "rumor strategy" based on anecdotal accounts. All rumors and reports were validated in a stepwise process. The bibliographical search identified 34 rumors and 245 rumors through the rumor strategy, and 144 were confirmed. A database like this one presented here represents an important tool for the planning of health priorities for rare diseases in low- and middle-income countries with large populations.
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Saldarriaga W, Forero-Forero JV, González-Teshima LY, Fandiño-Losada A, Isaza C, Tovar-Cuevas JR, Silva M, Choudhary NS, Tang HT, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Hagerman RJ, Tassone F. Genetic cluster of fragile X syndrome in a Colombian district. J Hum Genet 2018; 63:509-516. [PMID: 29379191 DOI: 10.1038/s10038-017-0407-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Revised: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common cause of inherited intellectual disabilities and autism. The reported prevalence of the full mutation (FM) gene FMR1 in the general population is 0.2-0.4 per 1000 males and 0.125-0.4 per 1000 females. Population screening for FMR1 expanded alleles has been performed in newborns and in an adult population. However, it has never been carried out in an entire town. Ricaurte is a Colombian district with 1186 habitants, with a high prevalence of FXS, which was first described by cytogenetic techniques in 1999. METHODS Using a PCR-based approach, screening for FXS was performed on blood spot samples obtained from 926 (502 males and 424 females) inhabitants from Ricaurte, accounting for 78% of total population. RESULTS A high prevalence of carriers of the expanded allele was observed in all FXS mutation categories. Using the Bayesian methods the carrier frequency of FM was 48.2 (95% Credibility Region CR: 36.3-61.5) per 1000 males and 20.5 (95% CR:13.5-28.6) per 1000 females; the frequency of premutation carrier was 14.1 (95% RC: 8.0-21.7) per 1000 males (95% RC: 8.0-21.7 per 1000 males) and 35.9 (95% RC: 26.5-46.2) per 1000 for females (95% RC: 26.5-46.2 per 1000 females), and gray zone carrier was 13.4 (95% RC: 7.4-20.7) per 1000 males (95% RC: 7.4-20.7 per 1000 males) and 42.2 (95% RC: 32.2-53.8) per 1000 for females (95% RC: 32.2-53.8 per 1000 females). Differences in carrier frequencies were observed for premutation and FM alleles between natives and non-natives. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that in Ricaurte the carrier frequencies of FMR1 expanded alleles (premutations and FMs) are higher than those reported in the literature, suggesting that Ricaurte constitutes a genetic cluster of FXS.
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- Wilmar Saldarriaga
- School of Basics Sciences, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. .,School of Medicine, Universidad del Valle, Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia. .,Research Group in Congenital & Perinatal Malformations, Dysmorphology and Clinical Genetics (MACOS), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
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- School of Medicine, Universidad del Valle, Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia.,Research Group in Congenital & Perinatal Malformations, Dysmorphology and Clinical Genetics (MACOS), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- School of Medicine, Universidad del Valle, Hospital Universitario del Valle, Cali, Colombia.,Research Group in Congenital & Perinatal Malformations, Dysmorphology and Clinical Genetics (MACOS), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Research Group in Congenital & Perinatal Malformations, Dysmorphology and Clinical Genetics (MACOS), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.,School of Public Health, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- School of Basics Sciences, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.,Research Group in Congenital & Perinatal Malformations, Dysmorphology and Clinical Genetics (MACOS), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA. .,Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA.
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Bronberg R, Gili J, Gimenez L, Dipierri J, Lopez Camelo J. Biosocial correlates and spatial distribution of consanguinity in South America. Am J Hum Biol 2015; 28:405-11. [DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2015] [Revised: 09/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Ruben Bronberg
- Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC) at Area de Genética Médica y Poblacional, Sección Neonatología, Hospital General de Agudos “José María Ramos Mejía,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC) at Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC); Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC) at Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC); Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología de la Altura; San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina
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- Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC) at Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC) (CONICET); Buenos Aires Argentina
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Kozuki CG, Steiner CE. Consanguinity and Geographic Origin of Patients With Autosomal Recessive Metabolic Disorders Evaluated in a Reference Service in Campinas, Brazil. JOURNAL OF INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM AND SCREENING 2015. [DOI: 10.1177/2326409814568564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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