Browsing by Author "Fuentes Guajardo, Macarena"

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    • A GWAS in Latin Americans highlights the convergent evolution of lighter skin pigmentation in Eurasia 
      Adhikari, Kaustubh; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Sohail, Anood; Fuentes Guajardo, Macarena; Lampert, Jodie; Chacón-Duque, Juan Camilo; Hurtado, Malena; Villegas, Valeria; Granja, Vanessa; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Jaramillo, Claudia; Arias, William; Lozano, Rodrigo Barquera; (Nature Publishing Group, 2019)
      We report a genome-wide association scan in >6,000 Latin Americans for pigmentation of skin and eyes. We found eighteen signals of association at twelve genomic regions. These include one novel locus for skin pigmentation ...
    • Amerindian admixture estimation based on serological and molecular methods Estimadores de mezcla Amerindia ... 
      Pulgar Alarcón, Iván; Fuentes Guajardo, Macarena; Llop Romero, Elena; Rothhammer Engel, Francisco (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: Amerindian admixture is an important parameter to consider in epidemiological studies in American countries, to make a proper selection of cases and ...
    • Estimadores de mezcla amerindia basados en métodos serológicos y moleculares 
      Pulgar Alarcón, Iván; Fuentes Guajardo, Macarena; Llop Romero, Elena; Rothhammer Engel, Francisco (Soc Médica Santiago, 2015)
      Background: Amerindian admixture is an important parameter to consider in epidemiological studies in American countries, to make a proper selection of cases and controls. Aim: To compare Amerindian admixture estimates ...
    • Gallstones, body mass index, C-reactive protein, and gallbladder cancer: Mendelian randomization analysis ... 
      Barahona Ponce, Carol Mariom; Scherer, Dominique; Brinster, Regina; Boekstegers, Félix; Marcelain Cubillos, Katherine Jenny; Gárate Calderón, Valentina Constanza; Müller, Bettina; Toro, Gonzalo de; Retamales, Javier; Barajas Barajas, Olga Beatriz; Ahumada Olea, Monica Beatriz; Morales, Erik; Rojas, Armando; Sanhueza, Verónica; Loader, Denisse; Rivera, María Teresa; Gutiérrez, Lorena; Bernal, Giuliano; Ortega, Alejandro; Montalvo, Domingo; Portiño Roa, Sergio Fabián; Bertrán, María Enriqueta; Gabler, Fernando; Spencer, Loreto; Olloquequi, Jordi; Fischer, Christine; Jenab, Mazda; Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Katzke, Verena; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Bonet, Catalina; Moradi, Tahereh; Fischer, Krista; Bossers, Willem; Brenner, Hermann; Hveem, Kristian; Eklund, Niina; Völker, Uwe; Waldenberger, Melanie; Fuentes Guajardo, Macarena; González-Jose, Rolando; Bedoya, Gabriel; Bortolini, María C.; Cenizales Quinteros, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; Ruiz Linares, Andrés; Rothhammer, Francisco; Bermejo, Justo Lorenzo (Wiley, 2021)
      BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a neglected disease with substantial geographical variability: Chile shows the highest incidence worldwide, while GBC is relatively rare in Europe. Here, we investigate ...
    • Perinatal variables from newborns of Aymara mothers suggest a genetic adaptation to high altitude Variables ... 
      Pizarro Ortiz, María; Barra, Rodrigo; Gajardo, Felipe; Fuentes Guajardo, Macarena; Rothhammer Engel, Francisco (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2014)
      Background: Studies performed in Andean populations living in high altitude, indicate that the reduced availability of oxygen could be associated to both a fetal growth retardation and a lower birth weight. These variables ...
    • Variation in dental morphology and inference of continental ancestry in admixed Latin Americans 
      Delgado, Miguel; Ramírez, Luis Miguel; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Fuentes Guajardo, Macarena; Zanolli, Clément; González José, Rolando; Canizales, Samuel; Bortolini, Maria Catira; Poletti, Giovanni; Gallo, Carla; Rothhammer Engel, Francisco; Bedoya, Gabriel; Ruiz Linares, Andrés (Wiley-Liss Inc., 2019)
      © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Objectives: To investigate the variation in dental nonmetric traits and to evaluate the utility of this variation for inferring genetic ancestry proportions in a sample of admixed Latin ...