Heart failure and endothelial nitric oxide synthase G894T gene polymorphism frequency variations within ancestries.

The G894T polymorphism in endothelial nitric oxide synthase enzyme gene plays an important role in heart failure (HF) and its frequency varies among populations. We investigated this association in highly admixed samples in terms of ancestry. The cohort included 210 HF patients and 106 healthy individuals.

Comparison of archaeal and bacterial communities in two sponge species and seawater from an Indonesian coral reef environment.

Most existing coral reef studies have focused on a single biotope and a single domain (Archaea or Bacteria). Few coral reef studies have explored the archaeal and bacterial community simultaneously. In this study, we compare the diversity and composition of archaeal and bacterial communities in seawater and two closely related sponge species (Stylissa carteri and Stylissa massa) in the Berau reef system, Indonesia.

Jellyfish-associated bacterial communities and bacterioplankton in Indonesian Marine lakes.

In the present study, we compared communities of bacteria in two jellyfish species (the 'golden' jellyfish Mastigias cf.papua and the box jellyfish Tripedalia cf.cystophora) and water in three marine lakes located in the Berau region of northeastern Borneo, Indonesia.

APOE and LDLR Gene Polymorphisms and Dyslipidemia Tracking. Rio de Janeiro Study.

Background: Studies show an association between changes in apolipoprotein E (ApoE) and LDLR receptor with the occurrence of dyslipidemia.

Objectives: To investigate the association between polymorphisms of the APOE (ε2, ε3, ε4) and LDLR (A370T) genes with the persistence of abnormal serum lipid levels in young individuals followed up for 17 years in the Rio de Janeiro Study.

Methods: The study included 56 individuals (35 males) who underwent three assessments at different ages: A1 (mean age 13.

Composition and Predictive Functional Analysis of Bacterial Communities in Seawater, Sediment and Sponges in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia.

In this study, we used a 16S rRNA gene barcoded pyrosequencing approach to sample bacterial communities from six biotopes, namely, seawater, sediment and four sponge species (Stylissa carteri, Stylissa massa, Xestospongia testudinaria and Hyrtios erectus) inhabiting coral reefs of the Spermonde Archipelago, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Samples were collected along a pronounced onshore to offshore environmental gradient. Our goals were to (1) compare higher taxon abundance among biotopes, (2) test to what extent variation in bacterial composition can be explained by the biotope versus environment, (3) identify dominant (>300 sequences) bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs) and their closest known relatives and (4) assign putative functions to the sponge bacterial communities using a recently developed predictive metagenomic approach.

Ser49Gly polymorphism in the β-adrenergic receptor 1 gene in a population sample from Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, stratified by self-identified skin color and genetic ancestry.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have the highest worldwide mortality rate of any type of disease. In recent years, genetic research regarding CVD has been conducted using association studies, in which the presence of a genetic polymorphism associated with a specific cell signaling pathway in a lower or in a higher frequency among patients may be interpreted as a possible causal factor. Genetic polymorphisms that occur in the β-adrenergic receptor 1 (β-ADR1) can result in significant changes in its function that may result in physiopathologies.

Composition and predicted functional ecology of mussel-associated bacteria in Indonesian marine lakes.

In the present study, we sampled bacterial communities associated with mussels inhabiting two distinct coastal marine ecosystems in Kalimantan, Indonesia, namely, marine lakes and coastal mangroves. We used 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing and predicted metagenomic analysis to compare microbial composition and function. Marine lakes are small landlocked bodies of seawater isolated to varying degrees from the open sea environment.

The putative functional ecology and distribution of archaeal communities in sponges, sediment and seawater in a coral reef environment.

Archaea play crucial roles in a number of key ecological processes including nitrification and methanogenesis. Although several studies have been conducted on these organisms, the roles and dynamics of coral reef archaeal communities are still poorly understood, particularly in host and nonhost biotopes and in high (HMA) and low microbial abundance (LMA) sponges. Here, archaeal communities detected in six distinct biotopes, namely, sediment, seawater and four different sponge species Stylissa carteri, Stylissa massa, Xestospongia testudinaria and Hyrtios erectus from the Spermonde Archipelago, SW Sulawesi, Indonesia were investigated using 454-pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes (OTU cut-off 97%).