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Zaki H, Gasmelseed N, Abdalla B, Yip S. Association of toll-like receptor 2 polymorphisms with susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis in Sudanese. Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmhg.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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McCormack VA, Menya D, Munishi MO, Dzamalala C, Gasmelseed N, Leon Roux M, Assefa M, Osano O, Watts M, Mwasamwaja AO, Mmbaga BT, Murphy G, Abnet CC, Dawsey SM, Schüz J. Informing etiologic research priorities for squamous cell esophageal cancer in Africa: A review of setting-specific exposures to known and putative risk factors. Int J Cancer 2017; 140:259-271. [PMID: 27466161 PMCID: PMC5763498 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most common cancers in most Eastern and Southern African countries, but its etiology has been understudied to date. To inform its research agenda, we undertook a review to identify, of the ESCC risk factors which have been established or strongly suggested worldwide, those with a high prevalence or high exposure levels in any ESCC-affected African setting and the sources thereof. We found that for almost all ESCC risk factors known to date, including tobacco, alcohol, hot beverage consumption, nitrosamines and both inhaled and ingested PAHs, there is evidence of population groups with raised exposures, the sources of which vary greatly between cultures across the ESCC corridor. Research encompassing these risk factors is warranted and is likely to identify primary prevention strategies.
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- V A McCormack
- Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- School of Public Health, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
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- Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Tanzania
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- College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi
- Malawi Cancer Registry, Malawi
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- National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Sudan
- Faculty of Science, University of Hafr Al Batin, Saudi Arabia
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- Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Radiotherapy Center, Addis-Ababa-University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- School of Environmental Studies, University of Eldoret, Kenya
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- Inorganic Chemistry, Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Tanzania
- Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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- Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Tanzania
- Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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Panzner U, Pak G, Meyer C, Ali M, Baker S, Clemens J, Fung Deerin J, Gasmelseed N, Im J, Keddy K, Gassama Sow A, Tall A, Park J, Wierzba T, Marks F. Typhoid fever surveillance in africa program (TSAP): Constructing a geospatial sampling frame for random sampling of households. Int J Infect Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Zaki HY, Leung KH, Yiu WC, Gasmelseed N, Elwali NEM, Yip SP. Common polymorphisms in TLR4 gene associated with susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis in the Sudanese. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2012; 16:934-40. [PMID: 22525209 DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
SETTING Host genetic risk factors influence susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB). There is ample evidence supporting the involvement of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in mycobacterial infection. OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between the TLR4 gene and TB susceptibility in the Sudanese population. DESIGN A case-control study was conducted among 207 patients with pulmonary TB and 395 healthy controls. Ten tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the TLR4 gene were genotyped using restriction digestion or hybridisation assays, and analysed. RESULTS The genotypes were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. After controlling for sex using the Mantel-Haenszel test, four SNPs showed significant differences between cases and controls, even after correction of multiple comparisons by Bonferroni procedure. The Mantel-Haenszel estimates of allelic odds ratios for the high-risk alleles were 1.67 for rs1927911 (P = 0.0001), 1.85 for rs5030725 (P = 0.0008), 2.14 for rs7869402 (P = 1.87e-07) and 2.31 for rs1927906 (P = 1.23e-10). Haplotype analysis showed that rs1927911 and rs5030725 were in one haplotype block, and rs7869402 and rs1927906 were in another haplotype block. Conditional haplotype analysis suggested the presence of one causal variant downstream of a recombination hot spot at the 3' region of the TLR4 gene. CONCLUSION This is the first study to show that common TLR4 polymorphisms are associated with TB susceptibility in the Sudanese population.
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- H Y Zaki
- Department of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan
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Elmadani A, Gasmelseed N, Abuidris D, Hamdoun A. Pattern of thyroid diseases in central Sudan: Nuclear medicine perspective. Sud Jnl Med Sci 2010. [DOI: 10.4314/sjms.v4i4.50999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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