163 research outputs found
Maladies et plantes vasculaires du Karité (Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn) au Bénin
La prĂ©sente Ă©tude vise Ă Ă©valuer les maladies et les plantes vasculaires du karitĂ© (Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn) dans les savanes Soudanienne (SS) et Nord guinĂ©enne (SNG) du BĂ©nin. Pour ce faire, quarante sites au total ont Ă©tĂ© prospectĂ©s au cours du mois de juillet 2018. Sur chaque site, lâincidence et la sĂ©vĂ©ritĂ© des symptĂŽmes de maladies, la densitĂ© et la distribution des plantes vasculaires ont Ă©tĂ© Ă©tudiĂ©es. Des Ă©chantillons de feuilles malades, des plantes vasculaires du karitĂ© ont Ă©tĂ© prĂ©levĂ©s pour lÊŒidentification au laboratoire. Lasiodiplodia theobromae, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Pestalotiopsis sp, Xanthomonas sp ont Ă©tĂ© les agents pathogĂšnes identifiĂ©s. Les valeurs dâincidence Ă©taient Ă©levĂ©es dans la SS (59,6% L. theobromae, et de 42,2% Xanthomonas sp) et dans la SNG (67,5% Pestalotiopsis sp et de 55% L. theobromae). Les valeurs de sĂ©vĂ©ritĂ© Ă©taient Ă©levĂ©es dans la SS (39% L. theobromae et de 30,6% Xanthomonas sp) et dans la SNG (54,7% Pestalotiopsis sp et 43% L. theobromae). Les donnĂ©es collectĂ©es sur la densitĂ© des plantes vasculaires ont montrĂ© une Orchidiaceae holo-Ă©piphyte (Calyptrochilum christyanum), une Moraceae hĂ©mi-Ă©piphyte (Ficus thonningii), une Renonculaceae (Alafia barteri) et deux Loranthaceae (Tapinanthus dodoneifolius, Tapinanthus globiferus). T. dodoneifolius et T. globiferus sont plus rĂ©pandus avec des taux dâinfestation moyens respectifs de 68,67% et de 66,58% et des densitĂ©s moyennes par plant respectives de 5,64 touffes et de 2,52 touffes. Ainsi, les efforts dâamĂ©lioration de la production de karitĂ© doivent prendre en compte les stratĂ©gies de lutte contre ces agents pathogĂšnes et plantes vasculaires.
The present study aims to assess diseases and vascular plants of the shea-butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn) in Sudan Savanna (SS) and Northern Guinea Savanna (NGS) of Benin. Thus, forty (40) sites in total were surveyed in July 2018. On each site, incidence and severity of the disease symptoms, and density and distribution of vascular plants of the shea-butter tree were studied. Samples of diseased leaves and vascular plants of the sheabutter tree were collected for laboratory identification. The pathogens Lasiodiplodia theobromae, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Pestalotiopsis sp) and Xanthomonas sp were identified. The incidence values were high in SS (59.6% L. theobromae and 42.2% Xanthomonas sp) and in NGS (67.5% Pestalotiopsis sp and 55% L. theobromae). The severity values were high in SS (39% L. theobromae and 30.6% Xanthomonas sp) and in NGS (54.7% Pestalotiopsis sp and 43% L. theobromae). Data collected on the density of vascular plants of the shea-butter tree showed one holo-epiphytic Orchidiaceae (Calyptrochilum christyanum), one Moraceae (Ficus thonningii), one Renonculaceae (Alafia barteri) and two Loranthaceae (Tapinanthus dodoneifolius, Tapinanthus globiferus). T. dodoneifolius and T. globiferus were more widespread with respectively infestation rate of 68.67% and 66.58%, and respectively average densities per shea plant of 5.64 tufts and 2.52 tufts. Thus, efforts to improve shea-butter production must take into account strategies for disease pathogens and vacular plants control in the sheabutter parklands in Benin
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RPS19 and TYMS SNPs and Prevalent High Risk Human Papilloma Virus Infection in Nigerian Women
High risk HPV (hrHPV) infection is a necessary cause of cervical cancer but the host genetic determinants of infection are poorly understood. We enrolled 267 women who presented to our cervical cancer screening program in Abuja, Nigeria between April 2012 and August 2012. We collected information on demographic characteristics, risk factors of cervical cancer and obtained samples of blood and cervical exfoliated cells from all participants. We used Roche Linear Array HPV Genotyping TestÂź to characterize the prevalent HPV according to manufacturer's instruction; Sequenom Mass Array to test 21 SNPs in genes/regions previously associated with hrHPV and regression models to examine independent factors associated with HPV infection. We considered a p<0.05 as significant because this is a replication study. There were 65 women with and 202 women without hrHPV infection. Under the allelic model, we found significant association between two SNPs, rs2305809 on RPS19 and rs2342700 on TYMS, and prevalent hrHPV infection. Multivariate analysis of hrHPV risk adjusted for age, body mass index, smoking, age of menarche, age at sexual debut, lifetime total number of sexual partners and the total number of pregnancies as covariates, yielded a p-value of 0.071 and 0.010 for rs2305809 and rs2342700, respectively. Our findings in this unique population suggest that a number of genetic risk variants for hrHPV are shared with other population groups. Definitive studies with larger sample sizes and using genome wide approaches are needed to understand the genetic architecture of hrHPV risk in multiple populations
African Ancestry Gradient Is Associated with Lower Systemic F 2
Context. Low levels of systemic F2-isoprostanes (F2-IsoP) increase the risk of diabetes and weight gain and were found in African Americans. Low F2-IsoPs could reflect an unfavorable metabolic characteristic, namely, slow mitochondrial metabolism in individuals with African ancestry. Objective. To examine differences in plasma F2-IsoPs in three groups with a priori different proportion of African ancestry: non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs), US-born African Americans (AAs), and West African immigrants (WAI). Design. Cross-sectional study. Setting. Georgia residents recruited from church communities. Participants. 218 males and females 25â74 years of age, who are self-identified as NHW (n=83), AA (n=56), or WAI (n=79). Main Outcome Measure(s). Plasma F2-IsoPs quantified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Results. After adjustment for age, gender, obesity, and other comorbidities, WAI had lower levels of plasma F2-IsoP than AA (beta-coefficient = â9.8, p<0.001) and AA had lower levels than NHW (beta-coefficient = â30.3, p<0.001). Similarly, among healthy nonobese participants, F2-IsoP levels were lowest among WAI, followed by AA, and the highest levels were among NHW. Conclusion. Plasma F2-IsoPs are inversely associated with African ancestry gradient. Additional studies are required to test whether optimization of systemic F2-IsoP levels can serve as means to improve race-specific lifestyle and pharmacological intervention targeted to obesity prevention and treatment
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<i>HLA</i> and autoantibodies define scleroderma subtypes and risk in African and European Americans and suggest a role for molecular mimicry
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a clinically heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by mutually exclusive autoantibodies directed against distinct nuclear antigens. We examined HLA associations in SSc and its autoantibody subsets in a large, newly recruited African American (AA) cohort and among European Americans (EA). In the AA population, the African ancestry-predominant HLA-DRB1*08:04 and HLA-DRB1*11:02 alleles were associated with overall SSc risk, and the HLA-DRB1*08:04 allele was strongly associated with the severe antifibrillarin (AFA) antibody subset of SSc (odds ratio = 7.4). These African ancestry-predominant alleles may help explain the increased frequency and severity of SSc among the AA population. In the EA population, the HLA-DPB1*13:01 and HLA-DRB1*07:01 alleles were more strongly associated with antitopoisomerase (ATA) and anticentromere antibody-positive subsets of SSc, respectively, than with overall SSc risk, emphasizing the importance of HLA in defining autoantibody subtypes. The association of the HLA-DPB1*13:01 allele with the ATA+ subset of SSc in both AA and EA patients demonstrated a transancestry effect. A direct correlation between SSc prevalence and HLA-DPB1*13:01 allele frequency in multiple populations was observed (r = 0.98, P = 3 Ă 10â6). Conditional analysis in the autoantibody subsets of SSc revealed several associated amino acid residues, mostly in the peptide-binding groove of the class II HLA molecules. Using HLA α / β allelic heterodimers, we bioinformatically predicted immunodominant peptides of topoisomerase 1, fibrillarin, and centromere protein A and discovered that they are homologous to viral protein sequences from the Mimiviridae and Phycodnaviridae families. Taken together, these data suggest a possible link between HLA alleles, autoantibodies, and environmental triggers in the pathogenesis of SSc
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ZRANB3 is an African-specific type 2 diabetes locus associated with beta-cell mass and insulin response.
Genome analysis of diverse human populations has contributed to the identification of novel genomic loci for diseases of major clinical and public health impact. Here, we report a genome-wide analysis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in sub-Saharan Africans, an understudied ancestral group. We analyze ~18 million autosomal SNPs in 5,231 individuals from Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. We identify a previously-unreported genome-wide significant locus: ZRANB3 (Zinc Finger RANBP2-Type Containing 3, lead SNP pâ=â2.831âĂâ10-9). Knockdown or genomic knockout of the zebrafish ortholog results in reduction in pancreatic ÎČ-cell number which we demonstrate to be due to increased apoptosis in islets. siRNA transfection of murine Zranb3 in MIN6 ÎČ-cells results in impaired insulin secretion in response to high glucose, implicating Zranb3 in ÎČ-cell functional response to high glucose conditions. We also show transferability in our study of 32 established T2D loci. Our findings advance understanding of the genetics of T2D in non-European ancestry populations
Refining the impact of TCF7L2 gene variants on type 2 diabetes and adaptive evolution
To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links fieldWe recently described an association between risk of type 2diabetes and variants in the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene (TCF7L2; formerly TCF4), with a population attributable risk (PAR) of 17%-28% in three populations of European ancestry. Here, we refine the definition of the TCF7L2 type 2diabetes risk variant, HapB(T2D), to the ancestral T allele of a SNP, rs7903146, through replication in West African and Danish type 2 diabetes case-control studies and an expanded Icelandic study. We also identify another variant of the same gene, HapA, that shows evidence of positive selection in East Asian, European and West African populations. Notably, HapA shows a suggestive association with body mass index and altered concentrations of the hunger-satiety hormones ghrelin and leptin in males, indicating that the selective advantage of HapA may have been mediated through effects on energy metabolism
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ZRANB3 is an African-specific type 2 diabetes locus associated with beta-cell mass and insulin response
Abstract: Genome analysis of diverse human populations has contributed to the identification of novel genomic loci for diseases of major clinical and public health impact. Here, we report a genome-wide analysis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in sub-Saharan Africans, an understudied ancestral group. We analyze ~18 million autosomal SNPs in 5,231 individuals from Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. We identify a previously-unreported genome-wide significant locus: ZRANB3 (Zinc Finger RANBP2-Type Containing 3, lead SNP p = 2.831 Ă 10â9). Knockdown or genomic knockout of the zebrafish ortholog results in reduction in pancreatic ÎČ-cell number which we demonstrate to be due to increased apoptosis in islets. siRNA transfection of murine Zranb3 in MIN6 ÎČ-cells results in impaired insulin secretion in response to high glucose, implicating Zranb3 in ÎČ-cell functional response to high glucose conditions. We also show transferability in our study of 32 established T2D loci. Our findings advance understanding of the genetics of T2D in non-European ancestry populations
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