FARMACOGENÉTICA NA AMÉRICA LATINA

Autores

  • Mariana Meira Scudeler Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
  • Fernanda Rodrigues-Soares Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18554/acbiobras.v3i2.8748

Palavras-chave:

ancestralidade, miscigenação, medicina personalizada

Resumo

A farmacogenética é uma especialidade que estuda a relação entre os polimorfismos genéticos e a variabilidade interindividual na resposta a fármacos. Esta área é parte da chamada ''medicina personalizada'', baseando-se no perfil genético de cada paciente para uma prescrição farmacológica individualizada e, portanto, mais precisa. Levando em conta que a frequência das variantes genéticas pode ser associada com ancestralidade, é possível que esta seja também associada com a resposta a fármacos. Na América Latina, as populações são originárias de um processo de miscigenação entre nativo-americanos, africanos e europeus; desse modo, as raízes étnicas populacionais são heterogêneas e se distribuem em diferentes proporções ao se comparar países e até mesmo diferentes regiões de um mesmo país. A partir da heterogeneidade dessas populações, a implementação clínica da farmacogenética se torna mais complexa, pois se trata de indivíduos sub-representados nos estudos farmacogenéticos. Iniciativas como a Rede Iberoamericana de Farmacogenética e Farmacogenômica e a Rede Nacional de Farmacogenética têm surgido com o propósito de mudar este cenário ao promover a inclusão de populações latinas nas pesquisas farmacogenéticas, além de atuarem no desenvolvimento de simpósios e cursos educativos. Apesar disso, existem desafios a serem ainda transpassados. Através de esforços colaborativos, seria possível que a farmacogenética cumprisse seu propósito ao impactar positivamente a saúde pública mundialmente, possibilitando tratamentos mais eficazes e seguros em um contexto individual e específico.

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FARMACOGENÉTICA NA AMÉRICA LATINA. Acta Biologica Brasiliensia, [S. l.], v. 3, n. 2, p. 85–10, 2025. DOI: 10.18554/acbiobras.v3i2.8748. Disponível em: https://seer.uftm.edu.br/revistaeletronica/index.php/acbioabras/article/view/8748. Acesso em: 5 dez. 2025.