Frontiers in Digital Health (Jun 2024)

Building national patient registries in Mexico: insights from the MexOMICS Consortium

  • Paula Reyes-Pérez,
  • Ana Laura Hernández-Ledesma,
  • Talía V. Román-López,
  • Brisa García-Vilchis,
  • Diego Ramírez-González,
  • Alejandra Lázaro-Figueroa,
  • Domingo Martinez,
  • Domingo Martinez,
  • Domingo Martinez,
  • Victor Flores-Ocampo,
  • Ian M. Espinosa-Méndez,
  • Lizbet Tinajero-Nieto,
  • Angélica Peña-Ayala,
  • Angélica Peña-Ayala,
  • Eugenia Morelos-Figaredo,
  • Carlos M. Guerra-Galicia,
  • Estefania Torres-Valdez,
  • María Vanessa Gordillo-Huerta,
  • Nadia A Gandarilla-Martínez,
  • Karla Salinas-Barboza,
  • Guillermo Félix-Rodríguez,
  • Gabriel Frontana-Vázquez,
  • Yamil Matuk-Pérez,
  • Ingrid Estrada-Bellmann,
  • Deshiré Alpizar-Rodríguez,
  • Mayela Rodríguez-Violante,
  • Miguel E. Rentería,
  • Miguel E. Rentería,
  • Alejandra E. Ruíz-Contreras,
  • Sarael Alcauter,
  • Alejandra Medina-Rivera

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2024.1344103
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6

Abstract

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ObjectiveTo introduce MexOMICS, a Mexican Consortium focused on establishing electronic databases to collect, cross-reference, and share health-related and omics data on the Mexican population.MethodsSince 2019, the MexOMICS Consortium has established three electronic-based registries: the Mexican Twin Registry (TwinsMX), Mexican Lupus Registry (LupusRGMX), and the Mexican Parkinson's Research Network (MEX-PD), designed and implemented using the Research Electronic Data Capture web-based application. Participants were enrolled through voluntary participation and on-site engagement with medical specialists. We also acquired DNA samples and Magnetic Resonance Imaging scans in subsets of participants.ResultsThe registries have successfully enrolled a large number of participants from a variety of regions within Mexico: TwinsMX (n = 2,915), LupusRGMX (n = 1,761) and MEX-PD (n = 750). In addition to sociodemographic, psychosocial, and clinical data, MexOMICS has collected DNA samples to study the genetic biomarkers across the three registries. Cognitive function has been assessed with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in a subset of 376 MEX-PD participants. Furthermore, a subset of 267 twins have participated in cognitive evaluations with the Creyos platform and in MRI sessions acquiring structural, functional, and spectroscopy brain imaging; comparable evaluations are planned for LupusRGMX and MEX-PD.ConclusionsThe MexOMICS registries offer a valuable repository of information concerning the potential interplay of genetic and environmental factors in health conditions among the Mexican population.

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