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Fibrosis was quantified by Masson's trichrome staining and the expression of pro-fibrotic genes\n                    <jats:italic>COL1A1<\/jats:italic>\n                    (type 1 collagen),\n                    <jats:italic>FN1<\/jats:italic>\n                    (fibronectin 1) and\n                    <jats:italic>VCAN<\/jats:italic>\n                    (versican) was assessed by qPCR. The genetic ancestry was determined by typing DNA for a panel of 40 validated ancestry-informative biallelic short insertion\/ deletion DNA polymorphisms. The three groups presented homogeneous clinical and demographic data. The proportion of fibrotic tissue in the ULM histological sections was similar in the three groups. The mRNA levels of type 1 collagen were lower in Black than in Brown group (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.05) while fibronectin and versican expression did not change according to self-reported color. There was no correlation between fibrosis or pro-fibrotic gene expression and the proportion of European, African or Amerindian genomic ancestry of the participants. 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