2012
Association study between functional polymorphisms in the TNF-alpha gene and obsessive-compulsive disorder
Cappi C, Muniz R, Sampaio A, Cordeiro Q, Brentani H, Palácios S, Marques A, Vallada H, Miguel E, Guilherme L, Hounie A. Association study between functional polymorphisms in the TNF-alpha gene and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria 2012, 70: 87-90. PMID: 22311210, PMCID: PMC4479271, DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2012000200003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderImmune systemTumor necrosis factor alpha genePrevalent psychiatric disordersInflammatory cytokine genesNecrosis factor alpha geneTNF-alpha geneRs361525 polymorphismUnknown etiologyHealthy controlsPsychiatric disordersCytokine genesA alleleFunctional polymorphismsOCD patientsOCD subjectsDisordersPathogenesisPLINK softwarePresent studyPolymorphismAdditional evidenceAssociation studiesPatientsEtiology
2006
Association of polymorphisms within the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor-α with clinical outcomes of rheumatic fever
Ramasawmy R, Faé K, Spina G, Victora G, Tanaka A, Palácios S, Hounie A, Miguel E, Oshiro S, Goldberg A, Kalil J, Guilherme L. Association of polymorphisms within the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor-α with clinical outcomes of rheumatic fever. Molecular Immunology 2006, 44: 1873-1878. PMID: 17079017, DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.10.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAortic DiseasesAutoimmune DiseasesChildChoreaCohort StudiesFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMaleMyocarditisPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePredictive Value of TestsQuantitative Trait LociRheumatic Heart DiseaseStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pyogenesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsRheumatic feverRF patientsClinical outcomesHealthy controlsTNFA geneMinor alleleRF/RHDAortic valve lesionsRecognition of autoantigensStratification of patientsTumor necrosis factorAssociation of polymorphismsMild carditisValve lesionsAdaptive armsSydenham's choreaAutoimmune diseasesHeart diseaseInflammatory diseasesNecrosis factorBorderline associationG-308APatientsImmune systemClinical phenotype