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    Frequencies of 23 functionally significant variant alleles related with metabolism of antineoplastic drugs in the chilean population: Comparison with caucasian and asian populations
    (Frontiers Media S.A., 2012-11) Roco, A.; Quiñones, L.; Agúndez, J.; García-Martín, E.; Squicciarini, V.; Miranda, C.; Garay, J.; Farfán, N.; Saavedra, I.; Cáceres, D.; Ibarra, C.; Varela, N.
    Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. The cancer incidence rate in Chile is 133.7/100,000 inhabitants and it is the second cause of death, after cardiovascular diseases. Most of the antineoplastic drugs are metabolized to be detoxified, and some of them to be activated. Genetic polymorphisms of drug-metabolizing enzymes can induce deep changes in enzyme activity, leading to individual variability in drug efficacy and/or toxic-ity. The present research describes the presence of genetic polymorphisms in the Chilean population, which might be useful in public health programs for personalized treatment of cancer, and compares these frequencies with those reported for Asian and Caucasian populations, as a contribution to the evaluation of ethnic differences in the response to chemotherapy. We analyzed 23 polymorphisms in a group of 253 unrelated Chilean volunteers from the general population. The results showed that CYP2A6*2, CYP2A6*3, CYP2D6*3, CYP2C19*3, and CYP3A4* 17 variant alleles are virtually absent in Chileans. CYP1A1*2A allele frequency (0.37) is similar to that of Caucasians and higher than that reported for Japanese people. Allele frequencies for CYP3A5* 3(0.76) and CYP2C9* 3(0.04) are similar to those observed in Japanese people. CYP1A1*2C(O.32), CYP1A2* 1F(0.77), CYP3A4* 1B(0.06), CYP2D6*2(0.4V, and MTHFRT(0.52) allele frequencies are higher than the observed either in Caucasian or in Japanese populations. Conversely, CYP2C19* 2 allelic frequency (0.12), and genotype frequencies for GSTT1 null (0.11) and GSTM1 null (0.36) are lower than those observed in both populations. Finally, allele frequencies for CYP2A6* 4(0.04), CYP2C8*3(0.06), CYP2C9* 2(0.06), CYP2D6*4(0.12), CYP2EV5B(0.14), CYP2E1* 6(0.19), and UGT2B7* 2(0.40) are intermediate in relation to those described in Caucasian and in Japanese populations, as expected according to the ethnic origin of the Chilean population. In conclusion, our findings support the idea that ethnic variability must be considered in the pharmacogenomic assessment of cancer pharmacotherapy, especially in mixed populations and for drugs with a narrow safety range. © 2012 Roco, Quiñones, Agúndez, García-Martín, Squicciarini, Miranda, Garay, Farfán, Saavedra, Cáceres, Ibarra and Varela. © 2012 Roco, Quiñones, Agúndez, García-Martín, Squicciarini, Miranda, Garay, Farfán, Saavedra, Cáceres, Ibarra and Varela.
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    The monstrosity ofthe beauty ofthe apparent, the bodies and communities ofthe possible:freaks and the shape ofwater, enclaves ofbiopolitical analysis on the global social crisis
    (Universidad de Los Lagos, 2023-12-16) Garay, J.; Hermosilla, D.
    The following essay makes a critical analysis of the discourses/practices of modernity from the perspective of biopolitics around abnormality, science (as technoscience) and the possibilities of community that exist in the relationships of the marginalized. Taking as referents the films Freaks and The Shape ofWater. Showing how cinema plays and proposes critical elements of these practices/discourses of modernity. Within this abnormality, we will consider monstrosity as metaphor and corporeal reality, and women as borderline and marginal bodies of the cast (in Ranciere's terms). An analysis that plays with the contingency of the social crisis we are going through worldwide, as well as the social and corporal fragments, but which, nevertheless, in their entrails make possible other forms of relationships, other fabrics and possibilities of community.