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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Chitinase 3-Like 1 gene polymorphisms and the occurrence of preeclampsia in a selected cohort of pregnant women. METHODS: A total of 75 pregnant women participated in the study, 35 of whom were diagnosed with preeclampsia, while 40 served as healthy controls. The preeclamptic group was subdivided based on severity. Real-time polymerase chain reaction was employed to analyze the serum samples for variations in Chitinase 3-Like 1 gene polymorphisms. RESULTS: The rs880633 polymorphism was found to be significantly more frequent in the control group (80%) compared with the overall preeclamptic group (60%) (p<0.05). In the severity-based subgroups, rs880633 appeared in 57.1% of non-severe and 61.9% of severe preeclamptics. Contrarily, the heterozygous form of rs7515776 polymorphism showed a significantly higher prevalence in the preeclamptic cohort (p<0.05), without distinctions in severity subgroups. CONCLUSION: The study suggests that the rs880633 polymorphism may serve a protective role against the development of preeclampsia, whereas the rs7515776 polymorphism may be associated with an elevated risk. Further research is warranted to elucidate the clinical implications of these findings.
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Proteína 1 Semelhante à Quitinase-3 , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Pré-Eclâmpsia , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Humanos , Pré-Eclâmpsia/genética , Feminino , Gravidez , Proteína 1 Semelhante à Quitinase-3/genética , Proteína 1 Semelhante à Quitinase-3/sangue , Adulto , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Adulto Jovem , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Genótipo , Fatores de Risco , Frequência do GeneRESUMO
Background: Epigenetic changes in response to allergen exposure are still not well understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate histone acetylation levels in peripheral blood leukocytes from humans naturally infected by intestinal parasites and perennially exposed to house dust mites (HDM). Methods: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated by gradient centrifugation from 20 infected and 21 non-infected individuals living in a rural/village in Colombia. Histone 3 acetylation (H3Ac) and histone 4 acetylation (H4Ac) levels were measured in six immune genes previously associated with helminth immunity by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-quantitative PCR. Then we analyzed the association between histone acetylation levels with total parasite egg burden and IgE levels. Results: We found an inverse correlation between H4Ac levels in the IL13 gene and egg worm burden that remained significant after adjustment by age [-0.20 (-0.32 to -0.09), p < 0.0001]. Moreover, we found significant associations between H4Ac levels in IL4 [0.32 (0.05-0.60), p = 0.02] and CHI3L1 [0.29 (0.08-0.51), p = 0.008] with the IgE levels to Ascaris lumbricoides. In addition, the levels of specific IgE antibodies to HDM were associated with H4Ac levels in the gene TNFSF13B encoding the B cell activating factor (BAFF) [0.51 (0.26-0.76), p < 0.001]. All values are presented as beta (95% CI). Conclusion: Histone acetylation levels at key type-2 immune genes in humans were modified by nematode infection and HDM allergens and are associated with the intensity of the IgE response.
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Anticorpos Anti-Helmínticos/imunologia , Antígenos de Dermatophagoides/imunologia , Ascaríase/imunologia , Ascaris/imunologia , Fator Ativador de Células B/genética , Proteína 1 Semelhante à Quitinase-3/genética , Histonas/metabolismo , Imunoglobulina E/imunologia , Interleucina-4/genética , Pyroglyphidae/imunologia , Acetilação , Adolescente , Adulto , Animais , Ascaríase/sangue , Ascaríase/epidemiologia , Ascaríase/parasitologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Estudos de Coortes , Colômbia/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto JovemRESUMO
PURPOSE: Patients with recurrent glioblastoma (rGBM) have a poor prognosis, with survival ranging from 25 to 40 weeks. Antiangiogenic agents are widely used, showing a variable response. In this study, we explored the efficacy of carmustine plus bevacizumab (BCNU/Bev) for treating rGBM. METHODS/PATIENTS: In this study, we assessed 59 adult patients with histologically confirmed rGBM who were treated with BCNU/Bev as second-line regimen. The response rate (RR), progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were evaluated according to their molecular expression profile, including CD133 mRNA expression, MGMT methylation (pMGMT), PDGFR amplification, YKL40 mRNA expression, IDH1/2 condition, p53 and EGFRvIII mutation status. RESULTS: Median follow-up was 18.6 months, overall RR to the combination was 56.3%, and median PFS was 9.0 months (95% CI 8.0-9.9). OS from time of diagnosis was 21.0 months (95% CI 13.2-28.7) and from starting BCNU/Bev it was 10.7 months (95% CI 9.5-11.8). IDH1/2 mutations were found in 30.5% of the patients, pMGMT in 55.9% and high CD133 mRNA expression in 57.6%. Factors which positively affected PFS included performance status (p = 0.015), IDH+ (p = 0.05), CD133 mRNA expression (p = 0.009) and pMGMT+ (p = 0.007). OS was positively affected by pMGMT+ (p = 0.05). Meanwhile, YKL40 negatively affected PFS (p = 0.01) and OS (p = 0.0001). Grade ≥ 3 toxicities included hypertension (22%) and fatigue (12%). CONCLUSIONS: BCNU/Bev is a safe and tolerable treatment for rGBM. Patients with MGMT+/IDH+ derive the greatest benefit from the treatment combination in the second-line setting. Nonetheless, high YKL40 expression discourages the use of antiangiogenic therapy.
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Inibidores da Angiogênese/uso terapêutico , Bevacizumab/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias Encefálicas/tratamento farmacológico , Carmustina/uso terapêutico , Glioblastoma/tratamento farmacológico , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/tratamento farmacológico , Antígeno AC133/genética , Antígeno AC133/metabolismo , Adulto , Idoso , Inibidores da Angiogênese/efeitos adversos , Antineoplásicos/efeitos adversos , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Bevacizumab/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias Encefálicas/irrigação sanguínea , Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Neoplasias Encefálicas/mortalidade , Carmustina/efeitos adversos , Proteína 1 Semelhante à Quitinase-3/genética , Colômbia , Metilases de Modificação do DNA/metabolismo , Enzimas Reparadoras do DNA/metabolismo , Esquema de Medicação , Feminino , Genes erbB-1 , Genes p53 , Glioblastoma/irrigação sanguínea , Glioblastoma/genética , Glioblastoma/mortalidade , Humanos , Isocitrato Desidrogenase/genética , Masculino , Metilação , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mutação , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/irrigação sanguínea , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/genética , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/mortalidade , Intervalo Livre de Progressão , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Receptores do Fator de Crescimento Derivado de Plaquetas/genética , Análise de Sobrevida , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor/metabolismo , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Helminth infections and allergic diseases are associated with IgE hyperresponsiveness but the genetics of this phenotype remain to be defined. Susceptibility to Ascaris lumbricoides infection and antibody levels to this helminth are associated with polymorphisms in locus 13q33-34. We aimed to explore this and other genomic regions to identify genetic variants associated with the IgE responsiveness in humans. Forty-eight subjects from Cartagena, Colombia, with extreme values of specific IgE to Ascaris and ABA-1, a resistance marker of this nematode, were selected for targeted resequencing. Burden analyses were done comparing extreme groups for IgE values. One-hundred one SNPs were genotyped in 1258 individuals of two well-characterized populations from Colombia and Sweden. Two low-frequency coding variants in the gene encoding the Acidic Mammalian Chitinase (CHIA rs79500525, rs139812869, tagged by rs10494133) were found enriched in high IgE responders to ABA-1 and confirmed by genetic association analyses. The SNP rs4950928 in the Chitinase 3 Like 1 gene (CHI3L1) was associated with high IgE to ABA-1 in Colombians and with high IgE to Bet v 1 in the Swedish population. CHIA rs10494133 and ABDH13 rs3783118 were associated with IgE responses to Ascaris. SNPs in the Tumor Necrosis Factor Superfamily Member 13b gene (TNFSF13B) encoding the cytokine B cell activating Factor were associated with high levels of total IgE in both populations. This is the first report on the association between low-frequency and common variants in the chitinases-related genes CHIA and CHI3L1 with the intensity of specific IgE to ABA-1 in a population naturally exposed to Ascaris and with Bet v 1 in a Swedish population. Our results add new information about the genetic influences of human IgE responsiveness; since the genes encode for enzymes involved in the immune response to parasitic infections, they could be helpful for understanding helminth immunity and allergic responses. We also confirmed that TNFSF13B has an important and conserved role in the regulation of total IgE levels, which supports potential evolutionary links between helminth immunity and allergic response.