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The SARS-CoV-2 virus infection that has us in the midst of a pandemic that changed the course of humanity, not only affected and consumed the lives of many patients, but also took care of destroying and taking the lives of those responsible for defending it: medical, nursing and health personnel in general. When we trained in medical school, we did so out of conviction and always thinking of protecting the health and lives of others, but we never did so thinking of sacrificing our own lives. This pandemic has shown us that, despite the great advances in medicine, the era of antibiotics, molecular biology, the ability to create life in the laboratory, the billions of dollars spent on medical technology and the immense amount of ink used to publish articles in medical science journals, we are still not prepared to face a new virus that is invisible to the human eye, but which has already k...
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After the publication of the human genome data, different lines of research have been generated in the fields of biology, biotechnology, drug development and even historical implications to understand the mechanisms of evolution and migration of human beings on the planet.
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Peru is a pluricultural and ethnically diverse country located in middle west of South America. It is the fourth largest country (1,285,216 km2) in area in South America, bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the south by Chile, south east by Bolivia, by Brazil in the east and by the Pacific Ocean in the west. Peru has one of the most diverse climates, geographical and ecological in the world, from tropical or subtropical dessert to glacial in highland mountains to Amazon jungle. Peru is divided into 24 geopolitical regions with a central government. According to last national census in 2017, Peruvian populations accounts for 31,237,385 inhabitants (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica [INEI], 2017). Most of Peru's population lives in the Coastal area, with almost one third of the nation's population living in Lima, the largest city with approximately 11 million pe...
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Peruvians currently preserve in their DNA the history of 2.5 million years of human evolution and 150,000 years of migration from Africa to Peru or the Americas. The development of Genetics and Genomics in the clinical and academic field is shown in this review.
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The study of the human genome, when performed only through the DNA sequence information, does not completely explain the high level of inter-individual variation usually observed. It is the control of gene expression by the epigenetics what allows to explain those variations of gene expression, as a reversible and hereditary process in the short term under the influence of the environment during various stages of development and adulthood, without modifying the genetic sequence. Epigenetic alterations are already being studied as valuable candidates in the eventual identification of biomarkers. Furthermore, their reversible nature makes them promising factors in the amelioration of disease symptoms through the use of therapeutic approaches. This article explains the epigenetic mechanisms and its relationship with the environment, diet, and its influence on evolution, the occurrence of di...
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La tuberculosis bovina es una enfermedad infectocontagiosa que afecta una amplia gama de hospederos en los que se encuentra la alpaca. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar las características inmunológicas de la tuberculosis latente, utilizando como herramienta diagnóstica una técnica de inmunoensayo (ELISA) para medición de la citoquina interferón gamma (INF-γ), secretada por los leucocitos sensibilizados durante un periodo de cultivo de 24 horas con antígenos específicos (ESAT-6 y CFP10) al Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Adicionalmente se evaluó la proteína PPD (derivado proteico purificado) que se emplea en la prueba de reacción cutánea, así como también la utilidad de la secuencia de inserción IS6110 del complejo Mycobacterium tuberculosis y una PCR anidado dirigida contra el gen de la proteína MPB70 de Mycobacterium bovis. Se evaluaron un total de 52 alpacas...
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Publicado 2020
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Objective: to develop a microfluidic system (lab-on-a-chip) for detecting circulating breast cancer tumor cells. Materials and methods: the device was designed using 3D technology, and it was manufactures using soft photolithography and a laser cutting machine. The system performance and its magnetic settings were assessed using Jurkat cells and breast cancer cells that show different expression of CD45 and EpCAM surface markers. Antibodies against these markers were bound to magnetic pellets. Additionally, iron nanoparticles were used for assessing their entrapment. Results: nanoparticles were significantly trapped in the area set by magnetic field modeling. Tumor cells labeled with magnetic antibodies became trapped. Conclusions: we were able to manufacture a lab-on-a-chip system that is capable to trap circulating breast cancer tumor cells, which may become an excellent tool for diagn...
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Publicado 2020
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Objective: to develop a microfluidic system (lab-on-a-chip) for detecting circulating breast cancer tumor cells. Materials and methods: the device was designed using 3D technology, and it was manufactures using soft photolithography and a laser cutting machine. The system performance and its magnetic settings were assessed using Jurkat cells and breast cancer cells that show different expression of CD45 and EpCAM surface markers. Antibodies against these markers were bound to magnetic pellets. Additionally, iron nanoparticles were used for assessing their entrapment. Results: nanoparticles were significantly trapped in the area set by magnetic field modeling. Tumor cells labeled with magnetic antibodies became trapped. Conclusions: we were able to manufacture a lab-on-a-chip system that is capable to trap circulating breast cancer tumor cells, which may become an excellent tool for diagn...
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Publicado 2023
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The IGRA (Interferon Gamma Release Assays) test is currently the standard specific test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection status. However, a positive test cannot distinguish between active tuberculosis disease (ATBD) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Developing a test with this characteristic is needed. We conducted longitudinal studies to identify a combination of antigen peptides and cytokines to discriminate between ATBD and LTBI. We studied 54 patients with ATBD disease and 51 with LTBI infection. Cell culture supernatant from cells stimulated with overlapping Mycobacterium tuberculosis novel peptides and 40 cytokines/chemokines were analyzed using the Luminex technology. To summarize longitudinal measurements of analyte levels, we calculated the area under the curve (AUC). Our results indicate that in vitro cell stimulation with a novel combination of peptides (Rv0849...
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Publicado 2023
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“The IGRA (Interferon Gamma Release Assays) test is currently the standard specific test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection status. However, a positive test cannot distinguish between active tuberculosis disease (ATBD) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Developing a test with this characteristic is needed. We conducted longitudinal studies to identify a combination of antigen peptides and cytokines to discriminate between ATBD and LTBI. We studied 54 patients with ATBD disease and 51 with LTBI infection. Cell culture supernatant from cells stimulated with overlapping Mycobacterium tuberculosis novel peptides and 40 cytokines/chemokines were analyzed using the Luminex technology. To summarize longitudinal measurements of analyte levels, we calculated the area under the curve (AUC). Our results indicate that in vitro cell stimulation with a novel combination of peptides (Rv0...
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Publicado 2019
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Background: Guillain–Barre Syndrome (GBS) is considered a complex disorder with significant environmental effect and genetic susceptibility. Genetic polymorphisms in CD1E, CD1A, IL-17, and/or ICAM1 had been proposed as susceptibility genetic variants for GBS mainly in Caucasian population. This study explores the association between selected polymorphisms in these genes and GBS susceptibility in confirmed GBS cases reported in mestizo population from northern Peru during the most recent GBS outbreak of May 2018. Methods: A total of nine nonrelated cases and 11 controls were sequenced for the polymorphic regions of CD1A, CD1E, IL-17, and ICAM1. Results: We found a significant protective association between heterozygous GA genotype in ICAM1 (241Gly/Arg) and GBS (p '.047). IL-17 was monomorphic in both controls and patients. No significant differences were found in the frequency of SNPs ...
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En Perú se ha estado trabajando en genética y genómica a pesar de la ausencia de inversión nacional. Proveedores multidisciplinarios en el cuidado de la salud han contribuido en el área de la genética en Perú. Se destaca varios ejemplos de logros en áreas clínicas y de investigación. El número de profesionales bien entrenados está aumentando, contribuyendo con colaboraciones nacionales e internacionales, investigación y experiencia clínica, que se incrementa en calidad y extensión. En estos tiempos donde mucha tecnología externa y estandarizada está emergiendo, la colaboración es muy importante para la investigación y se traduce en la implementación de medicina precisa para el sistema de salud pública.
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Publicado 2020
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Western South America was one of the worldwide cradles of civilization. The well-known Inca Empire was the tip of the iceberg of an evolutionary process that started 11,000 to 14,000 years ago. Genetic data from 18 Peruvian populations reveal the following: 1) The between-population homogenization of the central southern Andes and its differentiation with respect to Amazonian populations of similar latitudes do not extend northward. Instead, longitudinal gene flow between the northern coast of Peru, Andes, and Amazonia accompanied cultural and socioeconomic interactions revealed by archeology. This pattern recapitulates the environmental and cultural differentiation between the fertile north, where altitudes are lower, and the arid south, where the Andes are higher, acting as a genetic barrier between the sharply different environments of the Andes and Amazonia. 2) The genetic homogeniza...
