Clinical and pharmacogenomic implications of genetic variation in a Southern Ethiopian population.
Pharmacogenomics J
; 15(1): 101-108, 2015 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-25069476
ABSTRACT
Africa is home to genetically diverse human populations. We compared the genetic structure of the Wolaita ethnic population from Southern Ethiopia (WETH, n=120) with HapMap populations using genome-wide variants. We investigated allele frequencies of 443 clinically and pharmacogenomically relevant genetic variants in WETH compared with HapMap populations. We found that WETH were genetically most similar to the Kenya Maasai and least similar to the Japanese in HapMap. Variant alleles associated with increased risk of adverse reactions to drugs used for treating tuberculosis (rs1799929 and rs1495741 in NAT2), thromboembolism (rs7294, rs9923231 and rs9934438 in VKORC1), and HIV/AIDS and solid tumors (rs2242046 in SLC28A1) had significantly higher frequencies in WETH compared with African ancestry HapMap populations. Our results illustrate that clinically relevant pharmacogenomic loci display allele frequency differences among African populations. We conclude that drug dosage guidelines for important global health diseases should be validated in genetically diverse African populations.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Farmacogenética
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Variação Genética
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Vigilância da População
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População Negra
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pharmacogenomics J
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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FARMACOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos