• Application of an African Ancestry Index as a genomic control approach in a brazilian population 

      Zembrzuski, Verônica Marques; Callegari-Jacques, Sidia Maria; Hutz, Mara Helena (2006) [Artigo de periódico]
      Ten ancestry informative markers were investigated in 101 coronary artery disease patients and 102 healthy controls from a Southern Brazilian population, in order to determine if stratification occurs in this population. ...
    • Association of apolipopetein E polymorphism with plasma lipids and Alzheimer's disease in a southern brazilian population 

      Andrade, Fabiana Michelsen de; Larrandaburu, Mariela; Callegari-Jacques, Sidia Maria; Gastaldo, Gledson; Hutz, Mara Helena (2000) [Artigo de periódico]
      Apolipoprotein E (protein: apo E; gene: APOE) plays an important role in the multifactorial etiology of both Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and lipid level concentrations. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to investigate ...
    • Blood groups in Native Americans : a look beyond ABO and Rh 

      Rodrigues, Mirelen Moura de Oliveira; Höher, Gabriela; Waskow, Gabriela; Hutz, Mara Helena; Lindenau, Juliana Dal-Ri; Petzl-Erler, Maria Luiza; Callegari-Jacques, Sidia Maria; Almeida, Silvana de; Fiegenbaum, Marilu (2021) [Artigo de periódico]
      The study presents comparisons between blood group frequencies beyond ABO and Rh blood systems in Native American populations and previously published data from Brazilian blood donors. The frequencies of Diego (c.2561C>T, ...
    • IL1B , IL4R , IL12RB1 and TNF gene polymorphisms are associated with Plasmodium vivax malaria in Brazil 

      Sortica, Vinicius de Albuquerque; Cunha, Maristela G.; Ohnishi, Maria Deise de Oliveira; Souza, Jose Maria de; Ribeiro-dos-Santos, Ândrea Kely Campos; Santos, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos; Callegari-Jacques, Sidia Maria; Santos, Sidney Emanuel Batista dos; Hutz, Mara Helena (2012) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: Malaria is among the most prevalent parasitic diseases worldwide. In Brazil, malaria is concentrated in the northern region, where Plasmodium vivax accounts for 85% disease incidence. The role of genetic factors ...
    • Prevalence of common α-thalassemia determinants in south Brazil : importance for the diagnosis of microcytic anemia 

      Wagner, Sandrine Comparsi; Castro, Simone Martins de; Gonzalez, Tatiana Pereira; Santin, Ana Paula; Filippon, Letícia; Zaleski, Carina da Fontoura; Azevedo, Laura Alencastro de; Amorin, Bruna; Callegari-Jacques, Sidia Maria; Hutz, Mara Helena (2010) [Artigo de periódico]
      Alpha thalassemia has not been systematically investigated in Brazil. In this study, 493 unrelated individuals from the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul were screened for deletional forms of -thalassemia. ...
    • The lactase persistence genotype is a protective factor for the metabolic syndrome 

      Friedrich, Denise Barbosa de Castro; Andrade, Fabiana Michelsen de; Fiegenbaum, Marilu; Almeida, Silvana de; Mattevi, Vanessa Sune; Callegari-Jacques, Sidia Maria; Hutz, Mara Helena (2014) [Artigo de periódico]
      The Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is defined as a pattern of metabolic disturbances, which include central obesity, insulin resistance and hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. Milk has been promoted as a healthy ...