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Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that impacts millions of people worldwide, and it is characterized by the occurrence of recurrent seizures. The pathogenesis of epilepsy is complex, involving dysregulation of various genes and signaling pathways. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small non-coding RNAs that play a vital role in the regulation of gene expression. They have been found to be involved in the pathogenesis of epilepsy, acting as key regulators of neuronal excitability and synaptic plasticity. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in exploring the miRNA regulatory network in epilepsy. This review summarizes the current knowledge of the regulatory miRNAs involved in inflammation and apoptosis in epilepsy and discusses its potential as a new avenue for developing targeted therapies for the treatment of epilepsy.
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Epilepsia , MicroRNAs , Humanos , MicroRNAs/genética , Epilepsia/genética , Apoptose/genética , Inflamação/genéticaRESUMO
PURPOSE: Patients with seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (SARC) might seek evaluation and treatment when symptoms appear during the pollen season. It is unclear whether coseasonal-initiated sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) would be effective and safe for SARC. This study aims to identify the feasibility of initiating Artemisia annua SLIT during the pollen season. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty patients with Artemisia-induced SARC were equally recruited into the SLIT and control groups during the pollen season in 2021. The SLIT group was treated with standardized Artemisia annua SLIT drops using a modified dosing schedule combined with pharmacotherapy, while the control group only received pharmacotherapy. Diary cards for clinical symptoms, rescue medication use, and adverse events (AEs) were recorded during the pollen seasons. Objective measures, including average daily combined scores of medication and rhinoconjunctivitis symptoms (CSMRS), total rhinoconjunctivitis symptom score (TRSS), total medication score (TMS), and the score of visual analog scale (VAS) were calculated to evaluate the efficacy of SLIT. Safety was assessed through the occurrence and severity of AEs. RESULTS: In total, 80.0 % (24/30) patients in the SLIT group and 86.67 % (26/30) patients in the control group completed the study. The severity of SARC, which was assessed by objective measures including CSMRS, TRSS, TMS, and VAS of the SLIT group and the control group, was generally at the same level during the 2021 pollen season, except for the medical consumption, which the score of TMS was slightly higher in the SLIT group. After one year of treatment, the scores of CSMRS, TRSS, and VAS in the SLIT group were significantly improved compared with the control group (all P < 0.001), and the difference in the TMS between the two groups disappeared (P > 0.05). Moreover, clinical improvement of the four objective measures was also observed in the SLIT group compared with the baseline value (P < 0.001). Overall, 9/24 patients in the SLIT group experienced mild local AEs, and two patients experienced mild systemic AEs during the SLIT period. CONCLUSIONS: This controlled preliminary study identified that coseasonal-initiated Artemisia annua SLIT treatment for one year was generally safe and effective in improving the symptoms of SARC patients induced by Artemisia annua pollen.
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Artemisia annua , Conjuntivite Alérgica , Rinite Alérgica Sazonal , Imunoterapia Sublingual , Humanos , Imunoterapia Sublingual/efeitos adversos , Rinite Alérgica Sazonal/terapia , Alérgenos , Conjuntivite Alérgica/terapia , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Objective:To explore the distribution of airborne pollen in summer and autumn in Taiyuan, analyze the correlation between pollen characteristics, meteorological factors and allergic sensitization, and provide for the prevention and treatment of allergic diseases in this. Methods:The gravity sedimentation method was used to investigate the types, quantities and dispersion patterns of airborne pollen in Taiyuan City from July 21, 2022 to October 20, 2022. he meteorological and patient information was collected during the same period SPSS 26.0 software. Results:â A total of 17 118 pollen grains were collected, and identified as 14 families, 10 genera, and 4 species. The peak period for pollen dispersal in summer and autumn in Taiyuan City from late August to early September. airborne pollen Artemisiaï¼66.62%ï¼, Cannabis/Humulusï¼17.79%ï¼, Sophora japonicaï¼8.18%ï¼, Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceaeï¼2.83%ï¼, Gramineaeï¼2.11%ï¼. â¡The concentration of airborne pollen in Taiyuan City positively correlated with the average temperatureï¼5-20âï¼ and maximum temperatureï¼11-30âï¼ within a certain rangeï¼r=0.547, 0.315, P<0.05ï¼. â¢The content of airborne pollen in Taiyuan City positively correlated with the number of visits and allergen positive rate of patients with allergic rhinitisï¼ARï¼ in our hospitalï¼r=0.702, 0.747, P<0.05ï¼. Conclusion:The peak period for airborne pollen dispersal during the summer and autumn seasons in Taiyuan City from late August to early September. The dominant pollen is Artemisia, Cannabis/Humulus, Sophora japonica, Chenopodiaceae/Amaranthaceae, Gramineae, and the absolute advantage pollen is Artemisia. Meteorological factors pollen content. Within a certain range, temperature the diffusion and transportation of pollen. The number of pollen grains the number of visits, which can serve as an environmental warning indicator for AR patients to take preventive, thereby reducing the risk of allergies.
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Pólen , Rinite Alérgica , Masculino , Humanos , Estações do Ano , Alérgenos , CidadesRESUMO
@#Abstract: Objective To investigate the nutritional status of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and its effects on conventional anti-tuberculosis treatment, so as to provide a basis for improving the efficacy of conventional treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods The relevant data of 168 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis admitted to Suining Central Hospital from April 2020 to April 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Nutritional status of the patients before treatment was investigated using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) score, and the influencing factors of nutritional status before treatment were analyzed. Therapeutic effects of anti-tuberculosis drugs in the non-nutritional risk group and the nutritional risk group were comparatively analyzed. Results Among the 168 patients, 64 were assessed as having good nutritional status before treatment, 59 had the risk of malnutrition and 45 were malnourished according to the MNA score. Univariate analysis and linear regression analysis showed that age, underlying diseases, and clinical symptoms were factors affecting the MNA score before treatment (t=3.173, 3.718, 2.018, P all<0.05); whereas gender and education level were not factors affecting MNA score before treatment (t=0.065, 0.059, P all>0.05). According to the MNA score before treatment, the patients were dividedinto a non-nutritional risk group (MNA score > 23.5) and a nutritional risk group (MNA score ≤23.5). The negative conversion rate of sputum bacteria, effective rate of focal absorption in the non-nutritional risk group were 92.19% (59/64)and90.63% (58/64) , respectively, which were significantly higher than corresponding 79.85% (82/104)and76.92% (80/104) in the nutritional risk group. The drug resistance rate, adverse reaction rate, and average treatment cost of the no nutritional risk group and nutritional risk group were 7.81% (5/64) and 21.15% (12/104), 15.63% (10/64) and 31.73% (33/104), (0.62±0.13) million yuan and (0.89±0.26) million yuan, respectively, with significant differences (χ2=5.228, 5.071, 7.685, 5.396, 7.728, P all<0.05). Conclusions Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis exhibit poor nutritional status before treatment. The patients’nutritional status is easily affected by age, underlying diseases, and clinical symptoms, thereby affecting the effect of anti-tuberculosis treatment. Therefore, early nutritional intervention for tuberculosis patients should be recommended in order to prevent malnutrition and enhance the effectiveness of anti-tuberculosis treatment.
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence characteristics of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in 29,508 female cases in Jinshan District, Shanghai. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The current research represents a retrospective study that included 29,508 women who received cervical screening in the Jinshan Branch of Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital from 2010 to 2020. The overall prevalence, distribution types, age-specific prevalence and annual trends were analysed. RESULTS: The overall HPV infection rate among the patients was 21.97%. They were primarily high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) infections (20.30%) and single HPV infections (15.91%). A general decline in HPV and HR-HPV prevalence was observed with time from 33.52% to 25.45% in 2011 to 21.47% and 20.18% in 2020. The most common HPV genotypes were HPV52, HPV16, HPV58, HPV51, HPV53 and HPV68. The infection rates of HPV genotypes, including HPV6, HPV11, HPV16, HPV18, HPV31, HPV33, HPV35, HPV39, HPV42, HPV43, HPV66 and HPV68, showed overall declines across different years. The age-specific prevalence of total HPV and HR-HPV infections formed an approximate U-shaped curve with two peaks, one in the ≥55 age group (29.75%, 28.43%) and the other in the <25 age group (22.93%, 20.85%). Both total HPV and HR-HPV infection rates decreased to their lowest in the 25-34-year age groups. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of HPV infections showed a downward tendency with time. Single HPV genotype infections and HR-HPV infections were predominantly detected. The after prevalent characteristics of HPV can help to guide HPV vaccinations and cervical cancer screenings: 1) non-HPV16/HPV18 H R-HPV genotypes were prevalent; 2) non-vaccine-covered HPV53, HPV51 and HPV68 were also prevalent; 3) women above the age of 55 years had the highest HPV and HR-HPV infection rates.
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Infecções por Papillomavirus , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infecções por Papillomavirus/epidemiologia , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/epidemiologia , Detecção Precoce de Câncer , Estudos Retrospectivos , Genótipo , China/epidemiologia , Papillomaviridae/genética , Papillomavirus Humano 16/genéticaRESUMO
BaBiNb5O15 (BBN) based oxide-ion conductors have great potential for application in intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells. In this work, electrical property enhancement is achieved by Sr2+ ion doping and sintering process improvement. The BaBi1-xSrxNb5O15-δ samples are prepared by the traditional solid-state reaction to investigate their electrical properties and oxygen relaxation behavior. Upon increasing the Sr2+ doping amount, the bulk conductivity of BaBi1-xSrxNb5O15-δ compounds increases first and then gradually decreases, and the bulk conductivity of the sample is the best when the doping concentration is 2 mol%. With the increase of Sr2+ doping, the activation energy shows a first decreasing and then increasing trend. Compared with the traditional sintering method, the total conductivity of the BaBi0.98Sr0.02Nb5O15-δ sample prepared by the two-step sintering method is greatly improved. These results have great implications for improving the electrical performances of BBN-based oxide conductors and studying their sintering process.
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Catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are receiving great interest since OER remains the bottleneck of water electrolyzers for hydrogen production. Especially, OER in acidic solutions is crucial since it produces high current densities and avoids precipitation of carbonates. However, even the acid stable iridates undergo severe dissolution during the OER. BaIrO3 has the strongest IrO6 connectivity and stable surface structure, yet it suffers from lattice collapse after OER cycling, making it difficult to improve the OER durability. In the present study, we have successfully developed an OER catalyst with both high intrinsic activity and stability under acidic conditions by preventing the lattice collapse after repeated OER cycling. Specifically, we find that the substitution of Ir-site with Mn for BaIrO3 in combination with OER cycling leads to a remarkable activity enhancement by a factor of 28 and an overall improvement in stability. This dual enhancement of OER performance was accomplished by the novel strategy of slightly increasing the Ir-dissolution and balancing the elemental dissolution in BaIr1-x Mn x O3 to reconstruct a rigid surface with BaIrO3-type structure. More importantly, the mass activity for BaIr0.8Mn0.2O3 reached â¼73 times of that for IrO2, making it a sustainable and promising OER catalyst for energy conversion technologies.
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BACKGROUND: Systemic emphysematous infection caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumo niae) is a rare but severe infection which can be lethal if the diagnosis is delayed. CASE SUMMARY: We report a rare case of systemic emphysematous infection via hematogenous dissemination from a liver abscess caused by K. pneumoniae, complicated by multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, septic shock, bacteremia, emphysematous cystitis, prostate and left seminal vesicle abscesses in a diabetic patient. The patient simultaneously presented with spontaneous pneumoperitoneum secondary to rupture of the emphysematous liver abscess. His condition after admission deteriorated rapidly and he died within a short period. This disease is a great challenge for the clinician as K. pneumoniae can cause multifocal emphysematous infections and fulminant septic shock. Pneumoperitoneum following spontaneous rupture of the liver abscess can result in intra-abdominal sepsis that further increases mortality rate. Moreover, appropriate site-speciï¬c intervention and adequate drainage of numerous emphysematous liver lesions are difficult. CONCLUSION: Early diagnosis followed by efficient antibiotic therapy and surgical management are essential for systemic emphysematous infection.
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Alternative splicing of pre-mRNAs is an important gene regulatory mechanism shaping the transcriptome. AtMC1 is an Arabidopsis thaliana type I metacaspase that positively regulates the hypersensitive response. Here, we found that AtMC1 is involved in the regulation of plant immunity to the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 and is physically associated with Sm-like4 (LSM4), which is involved in pre-mRNA splicing. AtMC1 and LSM4 protein levels both increased with their coexpression as compared with their separate expression in vivo. Like AtMC1, LSM4 negatively regulates plant immunity to P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 infection. By RNA sequencing, AtMC1 was shown to modulate the splicing of many pre-mRNAs, including 4CL3, which is a negative regulator of plant immunity. Thus, AtMC1 plays a regulatory role in pre-mRNA splicing, which might contribute to AtMC1-mediated plant immunity.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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Proteínas de Arabidopsis , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas , Doenças das Plantas , Imunidade Vegetal , Pseudomonas syringae/metabolismo , Precursores de RNARESUMO
Land use/cover change (LUCC) is the most direct manifestation of the interaction between human activities and natural ecosystems. In recent years, due to the increasing human activities, regional environment has been dramatically changed. As one of heavily influenced and fragile and vulnerable ecosystems, the agro-pastoral ecotone in Northern China is a "hot spot" for land use/cover change research. Based on a literature review of LUCC in the agro-pastoral ecotone in Northern China, we first systematically summarized the progress of the boundary definitions of the agro-pastoral ecotone, and then synthesized the current findings, methods, procedures, topics, environmental impacts and adaption of LUCC in the region. Finally, we proposed that few comprehensive, process-based ecosystem simulations and eco-environmental impact studies had been reported in the current LUCC research and called for more multi-disciplinary, multi-methods, and multi-scale researches in the future LULC research in this area.
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Ecossistema , Agricultura , China , Conservação dos Recursos Naturais , Monitoramento Ambiental , HumanosRESUMO
Bacillus cereus AR156 (AR156) is a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium capable of inducing systemic resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato in Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we show that, when applied to Arabidopsis leaves, AR156 acted similarly to flg22, a typical pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP), in initiating PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI). AR156-elicited PTI responses included phosphorylation of MPK3 and MPK6, induction of the expression of defense-related genes PR1, FRK1, WRKY22, and WRKY29, production of reactive oxygen species, and callose deposition. Pretreatment with AR156 still significantly reduced P. syringae pv. tomato multiplication and disease severity in NahG transgenic plants and mutants sid2-2, jar1, etr1, ein2, npr1, and fls2. This suggests that AR156-induced PTI responses require neither salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, and ethylene signaling nor flagella receptor kinase FLS2, the receptor of flg22. On the other hand, AR156 and flg22 acted in concert to differentially regulate a number of AGO1-bound microRNAs that function to mediate PTI. A full-genome transcriptional profiling analysis indicated that AR156 and flg22 activated similar transcriptional programs, coregulating the expression of 117 genes; their concerted regulation of 16 genes was confirmed by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis. These results suggest that AR156 activates basal defense responses to P. syringae pv. tomato in Arabidopsis, similarly to flg22.
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Arabidopsis/imunologia , Arabidopsis/microbiologia , Bacillus cereus/fisiologia , Flagelina/farmacologia , Pseudomonas syringae/fisiologia , Arabidopsis/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Bacillus cereus/efeitos dos fármacos , Ciclopentanos/metabolismo , Resistência à Doença/efeitos dos fármacos , Etilenos/metabolismo , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas/efeitos dos fármacos , MicroRNAs/genética , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Oxilipinas/metabolismo , Imunidade Vegetal/efeitos dos fármacos , Pseudomonas syringae/efeitos dos fármacos , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Ácido Salicílico/metabolismo , Transcrição Gênica/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
Genomic DNA was extracted from 1 038 peripheral blood samples from HIV-infected individuals in Henan Province. One-step single-tube nested PCR was performed to amplify the 529 bp repeating sequences of Toxoplasma gondii. Of the 1 038 samples ï¼762 from males and 276 from femalesï¼, 66 showed positive PCR results, with a positive rate of 6.4%. The PCR positive rate in males and females was 6.3% ï¼48/762ï¼ and 6.5% ï¼18/276ï¼ respectively. The PCR positive rate in the married HIV individuals was 4.9%ï¼25/508ï¼, and that in unmarried, divorced and widowed HIV individuals was 7.7% ï¼41/530ï¼ï¼χ2 = 3.451, P> 0.05ï¼. The PCR positive rate in HIV individuals with a high-school educational level or above was 6.9%ï¼34/489ï¼, and that in those below the high-school level was 5.8% ï¼32/549ï¼ï¼χ2 = 0.545, P> 0.05ï¼. The highest infection rate was in the age group of 20-40 yearsï¼7.6%, 31/410ï¼. In addition, the Toxoplasma infection rate in those with and without a history of venereal diseases, and those with an unknown history was 8.0%ï¼9/113ï¼, 6.5%ï¼50/773ï¼ and 4.6%ï¼7/152ï¼ respectively ï¼χ2 = 0.355, P> 0.05ï¼.
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Infecções por HIV , Toxoplasmose , Animais , Coinfecção , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , ToxoplasmaRESUMO
Evapotranspiration (ET) is an important component of water cycle, but its measurement in high altitude mountainous region is quite difficult, resulting in the poor understanding of the temporal and spatial variations of actual ET in high altitude mountainous region. In this paper, a weighing lysimeter was used to measure the hourly ET in a grassland in the Pailugou basin in the upper reach of the Heihe River, Northwest China. Based on the measured data, diurnal variations of grassland ET over different periods were analyzed. Results indicated that snow and ice sublimation appeared during the freezing period, with a very different diurnal variation pattern compared with other three periods. During the period without sunshine, the amount of snow and ice sublimation was nearly constant. When the highest global radiation and lowest relative humidity appeared in the same period, the amount of snow and ice sublimation increased a little. The early growth period was a period when snow and ice started to melt, during which snowmelt evaporation and soil evaporation occurred at the same time. The growth period had the highest ET rate. Due to continuous rainfall events, maximum and minimum ET values appeared at the same hour. ET in the late growth period mainly came from soil evaporation, producing 3 peaks in diurnal variation, which was different from only one peak in both the early growth period and the growth period.
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Pradaria , Periodicidade , Transpiração Vegetal , China , Gelo , Rios , Estações do Ano , Neve , Solo , ÁguaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between cysteine-rich protein 61 (Cyr61) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signal pathway on cell proliferation and apoptotic in human ovarian carcinoma cells. METHODS: Recombinant human Cyr61 (rhCyr61) was pretreated with ovarian carcinoma cells. The expression of Cyr61 protein was detected by confocal spectral microscopy. Then treated the ovarian carcinoma cells with PI3K transduction inhibitors (LY294002) for 24 hours. Cell apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry (FCM). Cell viability was determined by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) method. The mRNA expressions of Cyr61, the protein levels of protein kinase B (PKB), phospho-PKB and Cyr61 were assayed by real time-PCR and western blot analysis, respectively. RESULTS: The Cyr61 and phospho-PKB protein expression in two ovarian carcinoma cells (OV2008 and OVCAR-3) were increased in rhCyr61 pretreated group. The decreasing of cell apoptosis [(1.4 ± 0.9)%, (2.1 ± 1.0)%] and increasing of cell proliferation [(124.0 ± 1.8)%, (133.0 ± 2.2)%] was detected in the same time, compared with negative control group, there were significant difference (P < 0.05). After exposed to LY294002 for 24 hours, the apoptosis rate of OV2008 and OVCAR-3 in pretreated with rhCyr61 group exposed to LY294002 were (21.1 ± 1.6)% and (26.4 ± 1.5)%, respectively. Cells viability [(59.0 ± 2.3)%, (51.0 ± 2.0)%] was also significantly decreased in OV2008 and OVCAR-3 pretreated with rhCyr61 cells. Meanwhile, the mRNA expressions of Cyr61 (3.2 ± 0.8, 6.2 ± 1.1) and the protein levels of phospho-PKB and Cyr61 were greatly decreased. Compared with negative control group, there were significant difference in OV2008 and OVCAR-3 cells (all P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The activation of PI3K intracellular signaling pathways may lead to up-regulation of Cyr61 expression. Block PI3K signal pathway could significantly inhibit the expression of Cyr61, and may promote the apoptotic effects and inhibit the cell growth of ovarian carcinoma cells.
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Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Cromonas/farmacologia , Proteína Rica em Cisteína 61/metabolismo , Morfolinas/farmacologia , Neoplasias Ovarianas/metabolismo , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteína Rica em Cisteína 61/genética , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Feminino , Citometria de Fluxo , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Neoplasias Ovarianas/patologia , Inibidores de Fosfoinositídeo-3 Quinase , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/metabolismo , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
Associations between alcohol use disorders and polymorphisms of genes influencing ethanol metabolism have been widely reported, but gene-gene and gene-sex interaction studies have rarely been examined. Using a set of samples collected during an epidemiological study of alcohol use disorders AUDs in a Tibetan population in China, we performed a case-control study to investigate the relationship between the functional polymorphisms of genes influencing ethanol metabolism and AUDs. The sample included 383 individuals with an AUDIT score >or=10 and 350 control subjects with the AUDIT score Assuntos
Álcool Desidrogenase/genética
, Alcoolismo/genética
, Aldeído Desidrogenase/genética
, Citocromo P-450 CYP2E1/genética
, Etanol/metabolismo
, Alcoolismo/epidemiologia
, Aldeído-Desidrogenase Mitocondrial
, Alelos
, Feminino
, Predisposição Genética para Doença
, Homozigoto
, Humanos
, Masculino
, Modelos Genéticos
, Polimorfismo Genético
, Fatores Sexuais
, Tibet