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Haematologica ; 96(1): 96-101, 2011 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20823129

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BACKGROUND: Thrombocytopenia is a common finding in several diseases but almost nothing is known about the prevalence of thrombocytopenia in the general population. We examined the prevalence of thrombocytopenia and determinants of platelet count in a healthy population with a wide age range. DESIGN AND METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study on 12,517 inhabitants of ten villages (80% of residents) in a secluded area of Sardinia (Ogliastra). Participants underwent a complete blood count evaluation and a structured questionnaire, used to collect epidemiological data. RESULTS: We observed a platelet count lower than 150 × 109/L in 3.2% (2.8%-3.6%) of females and 4.8% (4.3%-5.4%) of males, with a value of 3.9% (3.6%-4.3%) in the entire population. Thrombocytopenia was mild (platelet count: 100 × 109/L-150 × 109/L), asymptomatic and not associated with other cytopenias or overt disorders in most cases. Its standardized prevalence was quite different in different villages, with values ranging from 1.5% to 6.8%, and was negatively correlated with the prevalence of a mild form of thrombocytosis, which ranged from 0.9% to 4.5%. Analysis of platelet counts across classes of age revealed that platelet number decreased progressively with aging. As a consequence, thrombocytopenia was nearly absent in young people and its prevalence increased regularly during lifetime. The opposite occurred for thrombocytosis. CONCLUSIONS: Given the high genetic differentiation among Ogliastra villages with "high" and "low" platelet counts and the substantial heritability of this quantitative trait (54%), we concluded that the propensity to present mild and transient thrombocytosis in youth and to acquire mild thrombocytopenia during aging are new genetic traits.


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Predisposição Genética para Doença , Trombocitopenia/genética , Trombocitose/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Contagem de Plaquetas , Prevalência , Prognóstico , Fatores de Risco , Trombocitopenia/epidemiologia , Trombocitose/epidemiologia , Adulto Jovem
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BMC Med Genet ; 10: 81, 2009 Aug 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19715579

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BACKGROUND: A multiplicity of study designs such as gene candidate analysis, genome wide search (GWS) and, recently, whole genome association studies have been employed for the identification of the genetic components of essential hypertension (EH). Several genome-wide linkage studies of EH and blood pressure-related phenotypes demonstrate that there is no single locus with a major effect while several genomic regions likely to contain EH-susceptibility loci were validated by multiple studies. METHODS: We carried out the clinical assessment of the entire adult population in a Sardinian village (Talana) and we analyzed 16 selected families with 62 hypertensive subjects out of 267 individuals. We carried out a double GWS using a set of 902 uniformly spaced microsatellites and a high-density SNPs map on the same group of families. RESULTS: Three loci were identified by both microsatellites and SNP scans and the obtained linkage results showed a remarkable degree of similarity. These loci were identified on chromosome 2q24, 11q23.1-25 and 13q14.11-21.33. Further support to these findings is their broad description present in literature associated to EH or related phenotypes. Bioinformatic investigation of these loci shows several potential EH candidate genes, several of whom already associated to blood pressure regulation pathways. CONCLUSION: Our search for major susceptibility EH genetic factors evidences that EH in the genetic isolate of Talana is due to the contribution of several genes contained in loci identified and replicated by earlier findings in different human populations.


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Hipertensão/genética , Escore Lod , Repetições de Microssatélites/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Humanos , Itália , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Linhagem
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BMC Bioinformatics ; 6 Suppl 4: S17, 2005 Dec 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16351743

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BACKGROUND: In our studies of genetically isolated populations in a remote mountain area in the center of Sardinia (Italy), we found that 80-85% of the inhabitants of each village belong to a single huge pedigree with families strictly connected to each other through hundreds of loops. Moreover, intermarriages between villages join pedigrees of different villages through links that make family trees even more complicated. Unfortunately, none of the commonly used pedigree drawing tools are able to draw the complete pedigree, whereas it is commonly accepted that the visual representation of families is very important as it helps researchers in identifying clusters of inherited traits and genotypes. We had a representation issue that compels researchers to work with subsets extracted from the overall genealogy, causing a serious loss of information on familiar relationships. To visually explore such complex pedigrees, we developed PedNavigator, a browser for genealogical databases properly suited for genetic studies. RESULTS: The PedNavigator is useful for genealogical research due to its capacity to represent family relations between persons and to make a visual verification of the links during family history reconstruction. As for genetic studies, it is helpful to follow propagation of a specific set of genetic markers (haplotype), or to select people for linkage analysis, showing relations between various branch of a family tree of affected subjects. AVAILABILITY: PedNavigator is an application integrated into a Framework designed to handle data for human genetic studies based on the Oracle platform. To allow the use of PedNavigator also to people not owning the same required informatics infrastructure or systems, we developed PedNavigator Lite with mainly the same features of the integrated one, based on MySQL database server. This version is free for academic users, and it is available for download from our site http://www.shardna.com.


Assuntos
Biologia Computacional/métodos , Genética Populacional/métodos , Algoritmos , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Gráficos por Computador , Sistemas de Gerenciamento de Base de Dados , Bases de Dados Genéticas , Feminino , Ligação Genética , Marcadores Genéticos , Humanos , Armazenamento e Recuperação da Informação , Internet , Itália , Desequilíbrio de Ligação , Masculino , Modelos Genéticos , Linhagem , População , Grupos Populacionais , Linguagens de Programação , Software , Interface Usuário-Computador
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