• Association between Genetic Variants in NOS2 and TNF Genes with Congenital Zika Syndrome and Severe Microcephaly 

      Gomes, Julia do Amaral; Boquett, Juliano André; Silva, Juliana Herrero da; Galera, Marcial Francis; Andrade, Maria Denise Fernandes Carvalho de; Carvalho, Isabella Fernandes; Vianna, Fernanda Sales Luiz; Sgarioni, Eduarda; Trettel, Ana Cláudia Pereira Terças; Ribeiro, Bethânia de Freitas Rodrigues; Oliveira, Thalita Mara de; Faccini, Lavinia Schuler (2021) [Artigo de periódico]
      Zika virus (ZIKV) causes Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) in individuals exposed prenatally. Here, we investigated polymorphisms in VEGFA, PTGS2, NOS3, TNF, and NOS2 genes as risk factors to CZS. Forty children with CZS and ...
    • Functional polymorphisms in the p53 pathway genes on the genetic susceptibility to zika virus teratogenesis 

      Gomes, Julia do Amaral; Sgarioni, Eduarda; Vieira, Igor Araújo; Fraga, Lucas Rosa; Prolla, Patrícia Ashton; Terças, Ana Cláudia Pereira; Silva, Juliana Herrero da; Ribeiro, Bethânia de Freitas Rodrigues; Galera, Marcial Francis; Oliveira, Thalita Mara de; Carvalho, Maria Denise Fernandes; Carvalho, Isabella Fernandes; Faccini, Lavinia Schuler; Vianna, Fernanda Sales Luiz (2021) [Artigo de periódico]
      Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) occurs in up to 42% of individuals exposed to ZIKV prenatally. Deregulation in gene expression and protein levels of components of the p53 signaling pathway, such as p53 and MDM2, due to ZIKV ...