Host genetics and the profile of COVID-19 in indigenous people from the Brazilian Amazon : A pilot study with variants of the ACE1, ACE2 and TMPRSS2 genes

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This pilot study aimed to investigate genetic factors that may have contributed to the milder clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in Brazilian indigenous populations. 263 Indigenous from the Araweté, Kararaô, Parakanã, Xikrin do Bacajá, Kayapó and Munduruku peoples were analyzed, 55.2% women, ages ranging from 10 to 95 years (average 49.5 ± 20.7). Variants in genes involved in the entry of SARS-CoV-2 into the host cell (ACE1 rs1799752 I/D, ACE2 rs2285666 C/T, ACE2 rs73635825 A/G and TMPRSS2 rs123297605 C/T), were genotyped in indigenous peoples from the Brazilian Amazon, treated during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic between 2020 and 2021. The distribution of genotypes did not show any association with the presence or absence of IgG antibodies. Additionally, the influence of genetic variations on the severity of the disease was not examined extensively because a significant number of indigenous individuals experienced the disease with either mild symptoms or no symptoms. It is worth noting that the frequencies of risk alleles were found to be lower in Indigenous populations compared to both continental populations and Brazilians. Indigenous Brazilian Amazon people exhibited an ethnic-specific genetic profile that may be associated with a milder disease, which could explain the unexpected response they demonstrated to COVID-19, being less impacted than Brazilians.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:118

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Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 118(2024) vom: 02. Feb., Seite 105564

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Putira Sacuena, Eliene Rodrigues [VerfasserIn]
Lima, Carlos Neandro Cordeiro [VerfasserIn]
Abreu, Isabella Nogueira [VerfasserIn]
da Silva, Lucas Matheus Cavalcante [VerfasserIn]
Belleza, Lilian Karen Goes [VerfasserIn]
Lemes, Renan Barbosa [VerfasserIn]
de Araújo, Gilderlânio Santana [VerfasserIn]
da Silva, Hilton Pereira [VerfasserIn]
Vallinoto, Antônio Carlos Rosário [VerfasserIn]
Guerreiro, João Farias [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ACE protein, human
ACE1
ACE2
ACE2 protein, human
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
COVID-19
EC 3.4.15.1
EC 3.4.17.23
EC 3.4.21.-
Indigenous peoples
Journal Article
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
SARS-CoV-2
Serine Endopeptidases
TMPRSS2
TMPRSS2 protein, human

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Date Completed 26.02.2024

Date Revised 27.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.meegid.2024.105564

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367967790