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Song J, Navarro-Garcia JA, Wu J, Saljic A, Abu-Taha I, Li L, Lahiri SK, Keefe JA, Aguilar-Sanchez Y, Moore OM, Yuan Y, Wang X, Kamler M, Mitch WE, Ruiz-Hurtado G, Hu Z, Thomas SS, Dobrev D, Wehrens XH, Li N. Chronic kidney disease promotes atrial fibrillation via inflammasome pathway activation. J Clin Invest 2023; 133:e167517. [PMID: 37581942 PMCID: PMC10541185 DOI: 10.1172/jci167517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a higher risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). The mechanistic link between CKD and AF remains elusive. IL-1β, a main effector of NLR family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation, is a key modulator of conditions associated with inflammation, such as AF and CKD. Circulating IL-1β levels were elevated in patients with CKD who had AF (versus patients with CKD in sinus rhythm). Moreover, NLRP3 activity was enhanced in atria of patients with CKD. To elucidate the role of NLRP3/IL-1β signaling in the pathogenesis of CKD-induced AF, Nlrp3-/- and WT mice were subjected to a 2-stage subtotal nephrectomy protocol to induce CKD. Four weeks after surgery, IL-1β levels in serum and atrial tissue were increased in WT CKD (WT-CKD) mice versus sham-operated WT (WT-sham) mice. The increased susceptibility to pacing-induced AF and the longer AF duration in WT-CKD mice were associated with an abbreviated atrial effective refractory period, enlarged atria, and atrial fibrosis. Genetic inhibition of NLRP3 in Nlrp3-/- mice or neutralizing anti-IL-1β antibodies effectively reduced IL-1β levels, normalized left atrial dimensions, and reduced fibrosis and the incidence of AF. These data suggest that CKD creates a substrate for AF development by activating the NLRP3 inflammasome in atria, which is associated with structural and electrical remodeling. Neutralizing IL-1β antibodies may be beneficial in preventing CKD-induced AF.
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- Jia Song
- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Research)
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Institute of Pharmacology, University Duisburg–Essen, Essen, Germany
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Pharmacology, University Duisburg–Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Research)
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute
- Department of Integrative Physiology, and
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute
- Department of Integrative Physiology, and
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute
- Department of Integrative Physiology, and
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Research)
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Research)
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Duisburg–Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Cardiorenal Translational Laboratory, Institute of Research Imas12, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
- CIBER-CV, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Department of Medicine (Nephrology Division), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology, and
- Institute of Pharmacology, University Duisburg–Essen, Essen, Germany
- Department of Medicine and Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute
- Department of Integrative Physiology, and
- Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
- Department of Neuroscience
- Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
- Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Research)
- Cardiovascular Research Institute
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Wassertheil-Smoller S, Qi Q, Dave T, Mitchell BD, Jackson RD, Liu S, Park K, Salinas J, Dunn EC, Leira EC, Xu H, Ryan K, Smoller JW. Polygenic Risk for Depression Increases Risk of Ischemic Stroke: From the Stroke Genetics Network Study. Stroke 2018; 49:543-548. [PMID: 29438084 PMCID: PMC5909718 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.117.018857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Revised: 12/11/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although depression is a risk factor for stroke in large prospective studies, it is unknown whether these conditions have a shared genetic basis. METHODS We applied a polygenic risk score (PRS) for major depressive disorder derived from European ancestry analyses by the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium to a genome-wide association study of ischemic stroke in the Stroke Genetics Network of National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Included in separate analyses were 12 577 stroke cases and 25 643 controls of European ancestry and 1353 cases and 2383 controls of African ancestry. We examined the association between depression PRS and ischemic stroke overall and with pathogenic subtypes using logistic regression analyses. RESULTS The depression PRS was associated with higher risk of ischemic stroke overall in both European (P=0.025) and African ancestry (P=0.011) samples from the Stroke Genetics Network. Ischemic stroke risk increased by 3.0% (odds ratio, 1.03; 95% confidence interval, 1.00-1.05) for every 1 SD increase in PRS for those of European ancestry and by 8% (odds ratio, 1.08; 95% confidence interval, 1.04-1.13) for those of African ancestry. Among stroke subtypes, elevated risk of small artery occlusion was observed in both European and African ancestry samples. Depression PRS was also associated with higher risk of cardioembolic stroke in European ancestry and large artery atherosclerosis in African ancestry persons. CONCLUSIONS Higher polygenic risk for major depressive disorder is associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke overall and with small artery occlusion. Additional associations with ischemic stroke subtypes differed by ancestry.
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- Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller
- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City.
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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- From the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (S.W.-S., Q.Q.); University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (T.D., B.D.M., H.X., K.R.); Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus (R.D.J.); Department of Epidemiology (S.L.) and Department of Medicine (S.L.), Brown School of Public Health and Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI; Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (K.P.); Department of Neurology (J.S.) and Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine (E.C.D., J.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine (E.C.L.) and Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health (E.C.L.), University of Iowa, Iowa City
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Durães C, Moreira CS, Alvelos I, Mendes A, Santos LR, Machado JC, Melo M, Esteves C, Neves C, Sobrinho-Simões M, Soares P. Polymorphisms in the TNFA and IL6 genes represent risk factors for autoimmune thyroid disease. PLoS One 2014; 9:e105492. [PMID: 25127106 PMCID: PMC4134306 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) comprises diseases including Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease, both characterized by reactivity to autoantigens causing, respectively, inflammatory destruction and autoimmune stimulation of the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor. AITD is the most common thyroid disease and the leading form of autoimmune disease in women. Cytokines are key regulators of the immune and inflammatory responses; therefore, genetic variants at cytokine-encoding genes are potential risk factors for AITD. METHODS Polymorphisms in the IL6-174 G/C (rs1800795), TNFA-308 G/A (rs1800629), IL1B-511 C/T (rs16944), and IFNGR1-56 T/C (rs2234711) genes were assessed in a case-control study comprising 420 Hashimoto's thyroiditis patients, 111 Graves' disease patients and 735 unrelated controls from Portugal. Genetic variants were discriminated by real-time PCR using TaqMan SNP genotyping assays. RESULTS A significant association was found between the allele A in TNFA-308 G/A and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, both in the dominant (OR = 1.82, CI = 1.37-2.43, p-value = 4.4×10(-5)) and log-additive (OR = 1.64, CI = 1.28-2.10, p-value = 8.2×10(-5)) models. The allele C in IL6-174 G/C is also associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, however, only retained significance after multiple testing correction in the log-additive model (OR = 1.28, CI = 1.06-1.54, p-value = 8.9×10(-3)). The group with Graves' disease also registered a higher frequency of the allele A in TNFA-308 G/A compared with controls both in the dominant (OR = 1.85, CI = 1.19-2.87, p-value = 7.0×10(-3)) and log-additive (OR = 1.69, CI = 1.17-2.44, p-value = 6.6×10(-3)) models. The risk for Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease increases with the number of risk alleles (OR for two risk alleles is, respectively, 2.27 and 2.59). CONCLUSIONS This study reports significant associations of genetic variants in TNFA and IL6 with the risk for AITD, highlighting the relevance of polymorphisms in inflammation-related genes in the etiopathogenesis of AITD.
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- Cecília Durães
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University and Hospital Center of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Unit of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Endocrinology, Hospital of S. João, Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Endocrinology, Hospital of S. João, Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Pathology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Pathology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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