Publications by authors named "Yuliya E Pushkareva"
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- Iron is crucial for oxygen transport in the body and may enhance athletic performance; the study focused on the HFE H63D polymorphism and its link to elite endurance athletes in Japanese and Russian populations.
- The research involved 315 endurance athletes and 809 controls, revealing a higher prevalence of the iron-increasing CG/GG genotypes among athletes, indicating a potential genetic advantage.
- Results showed that the HFE G allele correlated with improved aerobic capacity in male athletes and confirmed its significant association with elite performance across different ethnic groups.
Skeletal muscle strength and mass, major contributors to sprint/power athletic performance, are influenced by genetics. However, to date, only a handful of genetic variants have been associated with sprint/power performance. The ACVR1B A allele (rs rs2854464) has previously been associated with increased muscle-strength in non-athletic cohort.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Genetic variants may predispose humans to elevated risk of common metabolic morbidities such as obesity and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Some of these variants have also been shown to influence elite athletic performance and the response to exercise training. We compared the genotype distribution of five genetic Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) known to be associated with obesity and obesity co-morbidities (IGF2BP2 rs4402960, LPL rs320, LPL rs328, KCJN rs5219, and MTHFR rs1801133) between athletes (all male, n = 461; endurance athletes n = 254, sprint/power athletes n = 207), and controls (all male, n = 544) in Polish and Russian samples.
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