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2. Effects of the high-density lipoprotein mimetic agent CER-001 on coronary atherosclerosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a randomized trial

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Tardif, Jean-Claude, Ballantyne, Christie M, Barter, Philip, Dasseux, Jean-Louis, Fayad, Zahi A, Guertin, Marie-Claude, Kastelein, John JP, Keyserling, Constance, Klepp, Heather, Koenig, Wolfgang, L'Allier, Philippe L, Lespérance, Jacques, Lüscher, Thomas F, Paolini, John F, Tawakol, Ahmed, Waters, David D, Pfeffer, M, Brown, V, Rouleau, J, Watkins, P, Wei, LJ, Gosselin, G, Chayer, C, Lanthier, S, Pelletier, GB, Racine, N, Agarwal, H, Brilakis, E, Cannon, L, Carrié, D, Corbelli, J, Coste, P, de Winter, R, Diaz, A, Eisenberg, S, Ennis, B, Fajadet, J, Fam, N, Fortuin, D, Gessler, C, Grines, C, Guerra, D, Gum, H, Haldis, T, Heestermans, T, Herrman, JP, Huynh, T, Kedhi, E, Koren, M, Kouz, S, Krolick, M, Kumkumian, G, Lavi, S, Li, RJ, Masud, ARZ, McAlhany, C, McGrew, FA, O'Shaughnessy, C, Ophuis, AJM Oude, Parr, K, Penny, W, Pesant, Y, Post, H, Robinson, S, Rodes-Cabau, J, Roy, A, Schulman, S, Spence, F, Stouffer, G, Stys, T, Sussex, B, Tahirkheli, N, Tardif, J-C, Grégoire, J, Berg, J ten, van Boven, AJ, von Birgelen, C, and Weinstein, D

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Aging, Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities, Atherosclerosis, Clinical Research, Cardiovascular, Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Disease, 6.1 Pharmaceuticals, Evaluation of treatments and therapeutic interventions, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Apolipoprotein A-I, Cardiovascular Agents, Coronary Angiography, Coronary Artery Disease, Female, Humans, Infusions, Intravenous, Male, Middle Aged, Phospholipids, Prospective Studies, Recombinant Proteins, Treatment Outcome, Ultrasonography, Coronary disease, High-density lipoproteins, Clinical trial, Can HDL Infusions Significantly QUicken Atherosclerosis REgression (CHI-SQUARE) Investigators, Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular System & Hematology
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AimHigh-density lipoproteins (HDLs) have several potentially protective vascular effects. Most clinical studies of therapies targeting HDL have failed to show benefits vs. placebo.ObjectiveTo investigate the effects of an HDL-mimetic agent on atherosclerosis by intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) and quantitative coronary angiography (QCA).Design and settingA prospective, double-blinded, randomized trial was conducted at 51 centres in the USA, the Netherlands, Canada, and France. Intravascular ultrasonography and QCA were performed to assess coronary atherosclerosis at baseline and 3 (2-5) weeks after the last study infusion.PatientsFive hundred and seven patients were randomized; 417 and 461 had paired IVUS and QCA measurements, respectively.InterventionPatients were randomized to receive 6 weekly infusions of placebo, 3 mg/kg, 6 mg/kg, or 12 mg/kg CER-001.Main outcome measuresThe primary efficacy parameter was the nominal change in the total atheroma volume. Nominal changes in per cent atheroma volume on IVUS and coronary scores on QCA were also pre-specified endpoints.ResultsThe nominal change in the total atheroma volume (adjusted means) was -2.71, -3.13, -1.50, and -3.05 mm(3) with placebo, CER-001 3 mg/kg, 6 mg/kg, and 12 mg/kg, respectively (primary analysis of 12 mg/kg vs. placebo: P = 0.81). There was also no difference among groups for the nominal change in per cent atheroma volume (0.02, -0.02, 0.01, and 0.19%; nominal P = 0.53 for 12 mg/kg vs. placebo). Change in the coronary artery score was -0.022, -0.036, -0.022, and -0.015 mm (nominal P = 0.25, 0.99, 0.55), and change in the cumulative coronary stenosis score was -0.51, 2.65, 0.71, and -0.77% (compared with placebo, nominal P = 0.85 for 12 mg/kg and nominal P = 0.01 for 3 mg/kg). The number of patients with major cardiovascular events was 10 (8.3%), 16 (13.3%), 17 (13.7%), and 12 (9.8%) in the four groups.ConclusionCER-001 infusions did not reduce coronary atherosclerosis on IVUS and QCA when compared with placebo. Whether CER-001 administered in other regimens or to other populations could favourably affect atherosclerosis must await further study. Name of the trial registry: Clinicaltrials.gov; Registry's URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01201837?term=cer-001&rank=2;Trial registration numberNCT01201837.

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2014

3. Eicosapentaenoic acid, arachidonic acid, and triglyceride levels mediate most of the benefit of icosapent ethyl in REDUCE-IT

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Szarek, M, primary, Bhatt, D, additional, Miller, M, additional, Steg, P G, additional, Brinton, E A, additional, Jacobson, T A, additional, Tardif, J C, additional, Ballantyne, C M, additional, Ketchum, S B, additional, Pineda, A L, additional, Dunbar, R L, additional, Siri-Tarino, P W, additional, and Mason, R P, additional

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2023
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9. Effects of anacetrapib on plasma lipids in specific patient subgroups in the DEFINE (Determining the Efficacy and Tolerability of CETP INhibition with AnacEtrapib) trial

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Gerstman, M., Howes, L., Kostner, K., Nestel, P., Sullivan, D., Brath, H., Patsch, J., Paulweber, B., Toplak, H., Constance, C.M., Howlett, E., Mymin, D., Pliamm, L., Saunders, K.K., Tardif, J.-C., Tytus, R., Aschner, P., Keinänen-Klukaanniemi, S., Strandberg, T., Taskinen, M.-R., Luc, G., Richter, D., Schlienger, J.L., Zaïr, Y., Appel, K.-F., Baar, M., Luley, C., Overhoff, U., Pomykaj, T., Schaefer, T., Lau, S.T., Lee, K.L.F., Tan, K., Tomlinson, B., Tsang, M.W., Badacsonyi, K., Kalina, Á., Kanakaridisz, N., Márk, L., Péterfai, É., Regos, L., Reiber, I., Takács, J., Vértes, A., Elis, A., Gavish, D., Harats, D., Hussein, O., Hayek, T., Leitersdorf, E., Bin Abdul Ghapar, A.K., Chee, K.H., Ismail, S.B., Ling, K.H., Ramanathan, G.R.L., Sim, K.H., Alvarado, R., Benavides, M., Cardona, G.E., Gonzalez, G., Verdejo, J., Basart, D.C.G., Imholz, B.P.M., Jonker, J.J.C., Nierop, P.R., Posma, J.L., Twickler, Th.B., Barrington-Ward, E., Cutfield, R., Friedlander, D.H., Scott, R.S., Istad, H., Langslet, G., Skjelvan, G.K., Campodónico Hoyos, S.J., Coloma Araniya, R., Gallegos C., A., Pino Morales, C.A., Watanabe, L., Arutyunov, G.P., Blokhin, A.B., Bubnova, M.G., Marcevich, S.Y., Álvarez Sánchez, C., Álvarez-Sala Walther, L.A., Gil Extremera, B., Perez Jimenez, F., de Teresa Parreño, L., Anderberg, C.-P., Hedin, U., Hellberg, A., Höök, P., Kjellström, T., Nilsson, P., Olsson, A.G., Rosenqvist, U., Tolagen, K., Wolff, T., Baskin, A., Bays, H.E., Bernstein, R.I., Bittar, N., Brinton, E.A., Chee, L.H.K., Cottiero, R.A., D'Agostino, R.D., Davidson, M.H., Denker, P.S., Garcia, R.K., Hippert, R.K., Isakov, T., Kaster, S.R., Kerzner, B., Klein, E.J., Koren, M.J., Kutner, M.E., Liljenquist, D., Lorch, D.G., Jr., Lorraine, R., Lubin, B.C., Lunde, N.M., Majchrzak, T.J., McKenney, J.M., Mukherjee, S., Muse, D.D., Otruba, M.S., Pappas, J.E., Patrick, K., Powell, S.J., Riffer, E., Rink, L.D., Rohlf, J.L., Rosen, J.B., Rosenbilt, P.D., Roth, E.M., Rubenstein, C.J., Rubino, J., Rudolph, L.A., Schneider, A., Short, W.G., Silverfield, J.C., Suresh, D.P., Tarshis, G.A., Toth, P.D., Townsend, R.W., Wahl, T.O., Brinton, Eliot A., Kher, Uma, Shah, Sukrut, Cannon, Christopher P., Davidson, Michael, Gotto, Antonio M., Ashraf, Tanya B., McCrary Sisk, Christine, Dansky, Hayes, Mitchel, Yale, and Barter, Philip

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2015
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14. TREATMENT IMPLICATIONS OF THE REDUCE-IT RESULTS TO PEOPLE OF SOUTH ASIAN (SA) DESCENT LIVING IN CANADA WITH KNOWN ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE(THE REDUCE-IT CANADA SA STUDY)

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Krishnaraj, A., primary, Bakbak, E., additional, Teoh, H., additional, Bhatt, D., additional, Quan, A., additional, Puar, P., additional, Lambotharan, B., additional, Kirubaharan, A., additional, Firoz, I., additional, Yanagawa, B., additional, Bari, B., additional, Kirubaharan, R., additional, Vijayaraghavan, R., additional, Demchuk, A., additional, Mancini, G., additional, Tanguay, J., additional, Tardif, J., additional, Voisine, P., additional, Leiter, L., additional, and Verma, S., additional

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2022
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21. A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

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Yengo, L, Vedantam, S, Marouli, E, Sidorenko, J, Bartell, E, Sakaue, S, Graff, M, Eliasen, AU, Jiang, Y, Raghavan, S, Miao, J, Arias, JD, Graham, SE, Mukamel, RE, Spracklen, CN, Yin, X, Chen, S-H, Ferreira, T, Highland, HH, Ji, Y, Karaderi, T, Lin, K, Lull, K, Malden, DE, Medina-Gomez, C, Machado, M, Moore, A, Rueger, S, Sim, X, Vrieze, S, Ahluwalia, TS, Akiyama, M, Allison, MA, Alvarez, M, Andersen, MK, Ani, A, Appadurai, V, Arbeeva, L, Bhaskar, S, Bielak, LF, Bollepalli, S, Bonnycastle, LL, Bork-Jensen, J, Bradfield, JP, Bradford, Y, Braund, PS, Brody, JA, Burgdorf, KS, Cade, BE, Cai, H, Cai, Q, Campbell, A, Canadas-Garre, M, Catamo, E, Chai, J-F, Chai, X, Chang, L-C, Chang, Y-C, Chen, C-H, Chesi, A, Choi, SH, Chung, R-H, Cocca, M, Concas, MP, Couture, C, Cuellar-Partida, G, Danning, R, Daw, EW, Degenhard, F, Delgado, GE, Delitala, A, Demirkan, A, Deng, X, Devineni, P, Dietl, A, Dimitriou, M, Dimitrov, L, Dorajoo, R, Ekici, AB, Engmann, JE, Fairhurst-Hunter, Z, Farmaki, A-E, Faul, JD, Fernandez-Lopez, J-C, Forer, L, Francescatto, M, Freitag-Wolf, S, Fuchsberger, C, Galesloot, TE, Gao, Y, Gao, Z, Geller, F, Giannakopoulou, O, Giulianini, F, Gjesing, AP, Goel, A, Gordon, SD, Gorski, M, Grove, J, Guo, X, Gustafsson, S, Haessler, J, Hansen, TF, Havulinna, AS, Haworth, SJ, He, J, Heard-Costa, N, Hebbar, P, Hindy, G, Ho, Y-LA, Hofer, E, Holliday, E, Horn, K, Hornsby, WE, Hottenga, J-J, Huang, H, Huang, J, Huerta-Chagoya, A, Huffman, JE, Hung, Y-J, Huo, S, Hwang, MY, Iha, H, Ikeda, DD, Isono, M, Jackson, AU, Jager, S, Jansen, IE, Johansson, I, Jonas, JB, Jonsson, A, Jorgensen, T, Kalafati, I-P, Kanai, M, Kanoni, S, Karhus, LL, Kasturiratne, A, Katsuya, T, Kawaguchi, T, Kember, RL, Kentistou, KA, Kim, H-N, Kim, YJ, Kleber, ME, Knol, MJ, Kurbasic, A, Lauzon, M, Le, P, Lea, R, Lee, J-Y, Leonard, HL, Li, SA, Li, X, Liang, J, Lin, H, Lin, S-Y, Liu, J, Liu, X, Lo, KS, Long, J, Lores-Motta, L, Luan, J, Lyssenko, V, Lyytikainen, L-P, Mahajan, A, Mamakou, V, Mangino, M, Manichaikul, A, Marten, J, Mattheisen, M, Mavarani, L, McDaid, AF, Meidtner, K, Melendez, TL, Mercader, JM, Milaneschi, Y, Miller, JE, Millwood, IY, Mishra, PP, Mitchell, RE, Mollehave, LT, Morgan, A, Mucha, S, Munz, M, Nakatochi, M, Nelson, CP, Nethander, M, Nho, CW, Nielsen, AA, Nolte, IM, Nongmaithem, SS, Noordam, R, Ntalla, I, Nutile, T, Pandit, A, Christofidou, P, Parna, K, Pauper, M, Petersen, ERB, Petersen, L, Pitkanen, N, Polasek, O, Poveda, A, Preuss, MH, Pyarajan, S, Raffield, LM, Rakugi, H, Ramirez, J, Rasheed, A, Raven, D, Rayner, NW, Riveros, C, Rohde, R, Ruggiero, D, Ruotsalainen, SE, Ryan, KA, Sabater-Lleal, M, Saxena, R, Scholz, M, Sendamarai, A, Shen, B, Shi, J, Shin, JH, Sidore, C, Sitlani, CM, Slieker, RKC, Smit, RAJ, Smith, A, Smith, JA, Smyth, LJ, Southam, LE, Steinthorsdottir, V, Sun, L, Takeuchi, F, Tallapragada, D, Taylor, KD, Tayo, BO, Tcheandjieu, C, Terzikhan, N, Tesolin, P, Teumer, A, Theusch, E, Thompson, DJ, Thorleifsson, G, Timmers, PRHJ, Trompet, S, Turman, C, Vaccargiu, S, van der Laan, SW, van der Most, PJ, van Klinken, JB, van Setten, J, Verma, SS, Verweij, N, Veturi, Y, Wang, CA, Wang, C, Wang, L, Wang, Z, Warren, HR, Wei, WB, Wickremasinghe, AR, Wielscher, M, Wiggins, KL, Winsvold, BS, Wong, A, Wu, Y, Wuttke, M, Xia, R, Xie, T, Yamamoto, K, Yang, J, Yao, J, Young, H, Yousri, NA, Yu, L, Zeng, L, Zhang, W, Zhang, X, Zhao, J-H, Zhao, W, Zhou, W, Zimmermann, ME, Zoledziewska, M, Adair, LS, Adams, HHH, Aguilar-Salinas, CA, Al-Mulla, F, Arnett, DK, Asselbergs, FW, Asvold, BO, Attia, J, Banas, B, Bandinelli, S, Bennett, DA, Bergler, T, Bharadwaj, D, Biino, G, Bisgaard, H, Boerwinkle, E, Boger, CA, Bonnelykke, K, Boomsma, D, Borglum, AD, Borja, JB, Bouchard, C, Bowden, DW, Brandslund, I, Brumpton, B, Buring, JE, Caulfield, MJ, Chambers, JC, Chandak, GR, Chanock, SJ, Chaturvedi, N, Chen, Y-DI, Chen, Z, Cheng, C-Y, Christophersen, IE, Ciullo, M, Cole, JW, Collins, FS, Cooper, RS, Cruz, M, Cucca, F, Cupples, LA, Cutler, MJ, Damrauer, SM, Dantoft, TM, de Borst, GJ, de Groot, LCPGM, De Jager, PL, de Kleijn, DP, de Silva, HJ, Dedoussis, G, den Hollander, A, Du, S, Easton, DF, Elders, PJM, Eliassen, AH, Ellinor, PT, Elmstahl, S, Erdmann, J, Evans, MK, Fatkin, D, Feenstra, B, Feitosa, MF, Ferrucci, L, Ford, I, Fornage, M, Franke, A, Franks, PW, Freedman, B, Gasparini, P, Gieger, C, Girotto, G, Goddard, ME, Golightly, YM, Gonzalez-Villalpando, C, Gordon-Larsen, P, Grallert, H, Grant, SFA, Grarup, N, Griffiths, L, Gudnason, V, Haiman, C, Hakonarson, H, Hansen, T, Hartman, CA, Hattersley, AT, Hayward, C, Heckbert, SR, Heng, C-K, Hengstenberg, C, Hewitt, AW, Hishigaki, H, Hoyng, CB, Huang, PL, Huang, W, Hunt, SC, Hveem, K, Hypponen, E, Iacono, WG, Ichihara, S, Ikram, MA, Isasi, CR, Jackson, RD, Jarvelin, M-R, Jin, Z-B, Jockel, K-H, Joshi, PK, Jousilahti, P, Jukema, JW, Kahonen, M, Kamatani, Y, Kang, KD, Kaprio, J, Kardia, SLR, Karpe, F, Kato, N, Kee, F, Kessler, T, Khera, A, Khor, CC, Kiemeney, LALM, Kim, B-J, Kim, EK, Kim, H-L, Kirchhof, P, Kivimaki, M, Koh, W-P, Koistinen, HA, Kolovou, GD, Kooner, JS, Kooperberg, C, Kottgen, A, Kovacs, P, Kraaijeveld, A, Kraft, P, Krauss, RM, Kumari, M, Kutalik, Z, Laakso, M, Lange, LA, Langenberg, C, Launer, LJ, Le Marchand, L, Lee, H, Lee, NR, Lehtimaki, T, Li, H, Li, L, Lieb, W, Lin, X, Lind, L, Linneberg, A, Liu, C-T, Loeffler, M, London, B, Lubitz, SA, Lye, SJ, Mackey, DA, Magi, R, Magnusson, PKE, Marcus, GM, Vidal, PM, Martin, NG, Marz, W, Matsuda, F, McGarrah, RW, McGue, M, McKnight, AJ, Medland, SE, Mellstrom, D, Metspalu, A, Mitchell, BD, Mitchell, P, Mook-Kanamori, DO, Morris, AD, Mucci, LA, Munroe, PB, Nalls, MA, Nazarian, S, Nelson, AE, Neville, MJ, Newton-Cheh, C, Nielsen, CS, Nothen, MM, Ohlsson, C, Oldehinkel, AJ, Orozco, L, Pahkala, K, Pajukanta, P, Palmer, CNA, Parra, EJ, Pattaro, C, Pedersen, O, Pennell, CE, Penninx, BWJH, Perusse, L, Peters, A, Peyser, PA, Porteous, DJ, Posthuma, D, Power, C, Pramstaller, PP, Province, MA, Qi, Q, Qu, J, Rader, DJ, Raitakari, OT, Ralhan, S, Rallidis, LS, Rao, DC, Redline, S, Reilly, DF, Reiner, AP, Rhee, SY, Ridker, PM, Rienstra, M, Ripatti, S, Ritchie, MD, Roden, DM, Rosendaal, FR, Rotter, J, Rudan, I, Rutters, F, Sabanayagam, C, Saleheen, D, Salomaa, V, Samani, NJ, Sanghera, DK, Sattar, N, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, H, Schmidt, R, Schulze, MB, Schunkert, H, Scott, LJ, Scott, RJ, Sever, P, Shiroma, EJ, Shoemaker, MB, Shu, X-O, Simonsick, EM, Sims, M, Singh, JR, Singleton, AB, Sinner, MF, Smith, JG, Snieder, H, Spector, TD, Stampfer, MJ, Stark, KJ, Strachan, DP, t' Hart, LM, Tabara, Y, Tang, H, Tardif, J-C, Thanaraj, TA, Timpson, NJ, Tonjes, A, Tremblay, A, Tuomi, T, Tuomilehto, J, Tusie-Luna, M-T, Uitterlinden, AG, van Dam, RM, van der Harst, P, Van der Velde, N, van Duijn, CM, van Schoor, NM, Vitart, V, Volker, U, Vollenweider, P, Volzke, H, Wacher-Rodarte, NH, Walker, M, Wang, YX, Wareham, NJ, Watanabe, RM, Watkins, H, Weir, DR, Werge, TM, Widen, E, Wilkens, LR, Willemsen, G, Willett, WC, Wilson, JF, Wong, T-Y, Woo, J-T, Wright, AF, Wu, J-Y, Xu, H, Yajnik, CS, Yokota, M, Yuan, J-M, Zeggini, E, Zemel, BS, Zheng, W, Zhu, X, Zmuda, JM, Zonderman, AB, Zwart, J-A, Chasman, D, Cho, YS, Heid, IM, McCarthy, M, Ng, MCY, O'Donnell, CJ, Rivadeneira, F, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Sun, Y, Tai, ES, Boehnke, M, Deloukas, P, Justice, AE, Lindgren, CM, Loos, RJF, Mohlke, KL, North, KE, Stefansson, K, Walters, RG, Winkler, TW, Young, KL, Loh, P-R, Esko, T, Assimes, TL, Auton, A, Abecasis, GR, Willer, CJ, Locke, AE, Berndt, S, Lettre, G, Frayling, TM, Okada, Y, Wood, AR, Visscher, PM, Hirschhorn, JN, Yengo, L, Vedantam, S, Marouli, E, Sidorenko, J, Bartell, E, Sakaue, S, Graff, M, Eliasen, AU, Jiang, Y, Raghavan, S, Miao, J, Arias, JD, Graham, SE, Mukamel, RE, Spracklen, CN, Yin, X, Chen, S-H, Ferreira, T, Highland, HH, Ji, Y, Karaderi, T, Lin, K, Lull, K, Malden, DE, Medina-Gomez, C, Machado, M, Moore, A, Rueger, S, Sim, X, Vrieze, S, Ahluwalia, TS, Akiyama, M, Allison, MA, Alvarez, M, Andersen, MK, Ani, A, Appadurai, V, Arbeeva, L, Bhaskar, S, Bielak, LF, Bollepalli, S, Bonnycastle, LL, Bork-Jensen, J, Bradfield, JP, Bradford, Y, Braund, PS, Brody, JA, Burgdorf, KS, Cade, BE, Cai, H, Cai, Q, Campbell, A, Canadas-Garre, M, Catamo, E, Chai, J-F, Chai, X, Chang, L-C, Chang, Y-C, Chen, C-H, Chesi, A, Choi, SH, Chung, R-H, Cocca, M, Concas, MP, Couture, C, Cuellar-Partida, G, Danning, R, Daw, EW, Degenhard, F, Delgado, GE, Delitala, A, Demirkan, A, Deng, X, Devineni, P, Dietl, A, Dimitriou, M, Dimitrov, L, Dorajoo, R, Ekici, AB, Engmann, JE, Fairhurst-Hunter, Z, Farmaki, A-E, Faul, JD, Fernandez-Lopez, J-C, Forer, L, Francescatto, M, Freitag-Wolf, S, Fuchsberger, C, Galesloot, TE, Gao, Y, Gao, Z, Geller, F, Giannakopoulou, O, Giulianini, F, Gjesing, AP, Goel, A, Gordon, SD, Gorski, M, Grove, J, Guo, X, Gustafsson, S, Haessler, J, Hansen, TF, Havulinna, AS, Haworth, SJ, He, J, Heard-Costa, N, Hebbar, P, Hindy, G, Ho, Y-LA, Hofer, E, Holliday, E, Horn, K, Hornsby, WE, Hottenga, J-J, 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Petersen, L, Pitkanen, N, Polasek, O, Poveda, A, Preuss, MH, Pyarajan, S, Raffield, LM, Rakugi, H, Ramirez, J, Rasheed, A, Raven, D, Rayner, NW, Riveros, C, Rohde, R, Ruggiero, D, Ruotsalainen, SE, Ryan, KA, Sabater-Lleal, M, Saxena, R, Scholz, M, Sendamarai, A, Shen, B, Shi, J, Shin, JH, Sidore, C, Sitlani, CM, Slieker, RKC, Smit, RAJ, Smith, A, Smith, JA, Smyth, LJ, Southam, LE, Steinthorsdottir, V, Sun, L, Takeuchi, F, Tallapragada, D, Taylor, KD, Tayo, BO, Tcheandjieu, C, Terzikhan, N, Tesolin, P, Teumer, A, Theusch, E, Thompson, DJ, Thorleifsson, G, Timmers, PRHJ, Trompet, S, Turman, C, Vaccargiu, S, van der Laan, SW, van der Most, PJ, van Klinken, JB, van Setten, J, Verma, SS, Verweij, N, Veturi, Y, Wang, CA, Wang, C, Wang, L, Wang, Z, Warren, HR, Wei, WB, Wickremasinghe, AR, Wielscher, M, Wiggins, KL, Winsvold, BS, Wong, A, Wu, Y, Wuttke, M, Xia, R, Xie, T, Yamamoto, K, Yang, J, Yao, J, Young, H, Yousri, NA, Yu, L, Zeng, L, Zhang, W, Zhang, X, Zhao, J-H, Zhao, W, Zhou, W, 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Abstract

Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to collectively explain 40-50% of phenotypic variation in human height, but identifying the specific variants and associated regions requires huge sample sizes1. Here, using data from a genome-wide association study of 5.4 million individuals of diverse ancestries, we show that 12,111 independent SNPs that are significantly associated with height account for nearly all of the common SNP-based heritability. These SNPs are clustered within 7,209 non-overlapping genomic segments with a mean size of around 90 kb, covering about 21% of the genome. The density of independent associations varies across the genome and the regions of increased density are enriched for biologically relevant genes. In out-of-sample estimation and prediction, the 12,111 SNPs (or all SNPs in the HapMap 3 panel2) account for 40% (45%) of phenotypic variance in populations of European ancestry but only around 10-20% (14-24%) in populations of other ancestries. Effect sizes, associated regions and gene prioritization are similar across ancestries, indicating that reduced prediction accuracy is likely to be explained by linkage disequilibrium and differences in allele frequency within associated regions. Finally, we show that the relevant biological pathways are detectable with smaller sample sizes than are needed to implicate causal genes and variants. Overall, this study provides a comprehensive map of specific genomic regions that contain the vast majority of common height-associated variants. Although this map is saturated for populations of European ancestry, further research is needed to achieve equivalent saturation in other ancestries.

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2022

25. Colchicine in Cardiovascular Disease: In-Depth Review

Author

Deftereos, S.G. Beerkens, F.J. Shah, B. Giannopoulos, G. Vrachatis, D.A. Giotaki, S.G. Siasos, G. Nicolas, J. Arnott, C. Patel, S. Parsons, M. Tardif, J.-C. Kovacic, J.C. Dangas, G.D.

Abstract

Inflammation plays a prominent role in the development of atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases, and anti-inflammatory agents may improve cardiovascular outcomes. For years, colchicine has been used as a safe and well-tolerated agent in diseases such as gout and familial Mediterranean fever. The widely available therapeutic has several anti-inflammatory effects, however, that have proven effective in a broad spectrum of cardiovascular diseases as well. It is considered standard-of-care therapy for pericarditis, and several clinical trials have evaluated its role in postoperative and postablation atrial fibrillation, postpericardiotomy syndrome, coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary interventions, and cerebrovascular disease. We aim to summarize colchicine's pharmacodynamics and the mechanism behind its anti-inflammatory effect, outline thus far accumulated evidence on treatment with colchicine in cardiovascular disease, and present ongoing randomized clinical trials. We also emphasize real-world clinical implications that should be considered on the basis of the merits and limitations of completed trials. Altogether, colchicine's simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness may provide an important addition to other standard cardiovascular therapies. Ongoing studies will address complementary questions pertaining to the use of low-dose colchicine for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

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2022

32. Repurposing colchicine's journey in view of drug-to-drug interactions. A review

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Vrachatis, D.A. Papathanasiou, K.A. Giotaki, S.G. Iliodromitis, K.E. Papaioannou, T.G. Stefanini, G.G. Cleman, M. Siasos, G. Reimers, B. Lansky, A. Tardif, J.-C. Deftereos, S.G. Giannopoulos, G.

Abstract

Colchicine's medical evolution is historically bound to the Mediterranean basin, since remarkable researchers from this region underscored its valuable properties. With the passing of years colchicine became an essential pharmaceutical substance for the treatment of rheumatologic and cardiovascular diseases. In light of recent findings, the therapeutic value of colchicine has grown. In clinical practice, colchicine remains underutilized in view of its proven efficacy and safety. Its complex pharmacokinetics and multifaceted anti-inflammatory role remain under investigation. The current review addresses the safe administration of colchicine in view of key drug to drug interactions. Finally, we are briefly presenting colchicine's future potential applications. © 2021

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2021

33. The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids

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(Unnur), Stefansson, K. (Kari), Ho, Y.-L. (Yuk-Lam), Lynch, J. A. (Julie A.), Rader, D. J. (Daniel J.), Tsao, P. S. (Philip S.), Chang, K.-M. (Kyong-Mi), Cho, K. (Kelly), O'Donnell, C. J. (Christopher J.), Gaziano, J. M. (John M.), Wilson, P. (Peter), Rotimi, C. N. (Charles N.), Hazelhurst, S. (Scott), Ramsay, M. (Michele), Trembath, R. C. (Richard C.), van Heel, D. A. (David A.), Tamiya, G. (Gen), Yamamoto, M. (Masayuki), Kim, B.-J. (Bong-Jo), Mohlke, K. L. (Karen L.), Frayling, T. M. (Timothy M.), Hirschhorn, J. N. (Joel N.), Kathiresan, S. (Sekar), Boehnke, M. (Michael), Natarajan, P. (Pradeep), Peloso, G. M. (Gina M.), Brown, C. D. (Christopher D.), Morris, A. P. (Andrew P.), Assimes, T. L. (Themistocles L.), Deloukas, P. (Panos), Sun, Y. V. (Yan, V), and Willer, C. J. (Cristen J.)

Abstract

Increased blood lipid levels are heritable risk factors of cardiovascular disease with varied prevalence worldwide owing to different dietary patterns and medication use1. Despite advances in prevention and treatment, in particular through reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels2, heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide3. Genome-wideassociation studies (GWAS) of blood lipid levels have led to important biological and clinical insights, as well as new drug targets, for cardiovascular disease. However, most previous GWAS4‐23 have been conducted in European ancestry populations and may have missed genetic variants that contribute to lipid-level variation in other ancestry groups. These include differences in allele frequencies, effect sizes and linkage-disequilibrium patterns24. Here we conduct a multi-ancestry, genome-wide genetic discovery meta-analysis of lipid levels in approximately 1.65 million individuals, including 350,000 of non-European ancestries. We quantify the gain in studying non-European ancestries and provide evidence to support the expansion of recruitment of additional ancestries, even with relatively small sample sizes. We find that increasing diversity rather than studying additional individuals of European ancestry results in substantial improvements in fine-mapping functional variants and portability of polygenic prediction (evaluated in approximately 295,000 individuals from 7 ancestry groupings). Modest gains in the number of discovered loci and ancestry-specific variants were also achieved. As GWAS expand emphasis beyond the identification of genes and fundamental biology towards the use of genetic variants for preventive and precision medicine25, we anticipate that increased diversity of participants will lead to more accurate and equitable26 application of polygenic scores in clinical practice.

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2021

40. Publisher Correction: Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity (Nature Genetics, (2018), 50, 1, (26-41), 10.1038/s41588-017-0011-x)

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Turcot, V., Lu, Y., Highland, H. M., Schurmann, C., Justice, A. E., Fine, R. S., Bradfield, J. P., Esko, T., Giri, A., Graff, M., Guo, X., Hendricks, A. E., Karaderi, T., Lempradl, A., Locke, A. E., Mahajan, A., Marouli, E., Sivapalaratnam, S., Young, K. L., Alfred, T., Feitosa, M. F., Masca, N. G. D., Manning, A. K., Medina-Gomez, C., Mudgal, P., M. C. Y., Ng, Reiner, A. P., Vedantam, S., Willems, S. M., Winkler, T. W., Abecasis, G., Aben, K. K., Alam, D. S., Alharthi, S. E., Marchiori, Allison, Amouyel, P., Asselbergs, F. W., Auer, P. L., Balkau, B., Bang, L. E., Barroso, I., Bastarache, L., Benn, M., Bergmann, S., Bielak, L. F., Bluher, M., Boehnke, M., Boeing, H., Boerwinkle, E., Boger, C. A., Bork-Jensen, J., Bots, M. L., Bottinger, E. P., Bowden, D. W., Brandslund, I., Breen, G., Brilliant, M. H., Broer, L., Brumat, M., Burt, A. A., Butterworth, A. S., Campbell, P. T., Cappellani, S., Carey, D. J., Catamo, E., Caulfield, M. J., Chambers, J. C., Chasman, D. I., Chen, Y. -D. I., Chowdhury, R., Christensen, C., Chu, A. Y., Cocca, M., Collins, F. S., Cook, J. P., Corley, J., Galbany, J. C., Cox, A. J., Crosslin, D. S., Cuellar-Partida, G., D'Eustacchio, A., Danesh, J., Davies, G., Bakker, P. I. W., Groot, M. C. H., Mutsert, R., Deary, I. J., Dedoussis, G., Demerath, E. W., Heijer, M., Hollander, A. I., Ruijter, H. M., Dennis, J. G., Denny, J. C., Di Angelantonio, E., Drenos, F., Du, M., Dube, M. -P., Dunning, A. M., Easton, D. F., Edwards, T. L., Ellinghaus, D., Ellinor, P. T., Elliott, P., Evangelou, E., Farmaki, A. -E., Farooqi, I. S., Faul, J. D., Fauser, S., Feng, S., Ferrannini, E., Ferrieres, J., Florez, J. C., Ford, I., Fornage, M., Franco, O. H., Franke, A., Franks, P. W., Friedrich, N., Frikke-Schmidt, R., Galesloot, T. E., Gan, W., Gandin, I., Gasparini, P., Gibson, J., Giedraitis, V., Gjesing, A. P., Gordon-Larsen, P., Gorski, M., Grabe, H. -J., Grant, S. F. A., Grarup, N., Griffiths, H. L., Grove, M. L., Gudnason, V., Gustafsson, S., Haessler, J., Hakonarson, H., Hammerschlag, A. R., Hansen, T., Harris, K. M., Harris, T. B., Hattersley, A. T., Have, C. T., Hayward, C., He, L., Heard-Costa, N. L., Heath, A. C., Heid, I. M., Helgeland, O., Hernesniemi, J., Hewitt, A. W., Holmen, O. L., Hovingh, G. K., Howson, J. M. M., Hu, Y., Huang, P. L., Huffman, J. E., Ikram, M. A., Ingelsson, E., Jackson, A. U., Jansson, J. -H., Jarvik, G. P., Jensen, G. B., Jia, Y., Johansson, S., Jorgensen, M. E., Jorgensen, T., Jukema, J. W., Kahali, B., Kahn, R. S., Kahonen, M., Kamstrup, P. R., Kanoni, S., Kaprio, J., Karaleftheri, M., Kardia, S. L. R., Karpe, F., Kathiresan, S., Kee, F., Kiemeney, L. A., Kim, E., Kitajima, H., Komulainen, P., Kooner, J. S., Kooperberg, C., Korhonen, T., Kovacs, P., Kuivaniemi, H., Kutalik, Z., Kuulasmaa, K., Kuusisto, J., Laakso, M., Lakka, T. A., Lamparter, D., Lange, E. M., Lange, L. A., Langenberg, C., Larson, E. B., Lee, N. R., Lehtimaki, T., Lewis, C. E., Li, H., Li, J., Li-Gao, R., Lin, H., Lin, K. -H., Lin, L. -A., Lin, X., Lind, L., Lindstrom, J., Linneberg, A., Liu, C. -T., Liu, D. J., Liu, Y., K. S., Lo, Lophatananon, A., Lotery, A. J., Loukola, A., Luan, J., Lubitz, S. A., Lyytikainen, L. -P., Mannisto, S., Marenne, G., Mazul, A. L., Mccarthy, M. I., McKean-Cowdin, R., Medland, S. E., Meidtner, K., Milani, L., Mistry, V., Mitchell, P., Mohlke, K. L., Moilanen, L., Moitry, M., Montgomery, G. W., Mook-Kanamori, D. O., Moore, C., Mori, T. A., Morris, A. D., Morris, A. P., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Munroe, P. B., Nalls, M. A., Narisu, N., Nelson, C. P., Neville, M., Nielsen, S. F., Nikus, K., Njolstad, P. R., Nordestgaard, B. G., Nyholt, D. R., O'Connel, J. R., O'Donoghue, M. L., Loohuis, L. M. O., Ophoff, R. A., Owen, K. R., Packard, C. J., Padmanabhan, S., Palmer, C. N. A., Palmer, N. D., Pasterkamp, G., Patel, A. P., Pattie, A., Pedersen, O., Peissig, P. L., Peloso, G. M., Pennell, C. E., Perola, M., Perry, J. A., Perry, J. R. B., Pers, T. H., Person, T. N., Peters, A., Petersen, E. R. B., Peyser, P. A., Pirie, A., Polasek, O., Polderman, T. J., Puolijoki, H., Raitakari, O. T., Rasheed, A., Rauramaa, R., Reilly, D. F., Renstrom, F., Rheinberger, M., Ridker, P. M., Rioux, J. D., Rivas, M. A., Roberts, D. J., Robertson, N. R., Robino, A., Rolandsson, O., Rudan, I., Ruth, K. S., Saleheen, D., Salomaa, V., Samani, N. J., Sapkota, Y., Sattar, N., Schoen, R. E., Schreiner, P. J., Schulze, M. B., Scott, R. A., Segura-Lepe, M. P., Shah, S. H., Sheu, W. H. -H., Sim, X., Slater, A. J., Small, K. S., Smith, A. V., Southam, L., Spector, T. D., Speliotes, E. K., Starr, J. M., Stefansson, K., Steinthorsdottir, V., Stirrups, K. E., Strauch, K., Stringham, H. M., Stumvoll, M., Sun, L., Surendran, P., Swift, A. J., Tada, H., Tansey, K. E., Tardif, J. -C., Taylor, K. D., Teumer, A., Thompson, D. J., Thorleifsson, G., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Thuesen, B. H., Tonjes, A., Tromp, G., Trompet, S., Tsafantakis, E., Tuomilehto, J., Tybjaerg-Hansen, A., Tyrer, J. P., Uher, R., Uitterlinden, A. G., Uusitupa, M., Laan, S. W., Duijn, C. M., Leeuwen, N., van Setten, J., Vanhala, M., Varbo, A., Varga, T. V., Varma, R., Edwards, D. R. V., Vermeulen, S. H., Veronesi, G., Vestergaard, H., Vitart, V., Vogt, T. F., Volker, U., Vuckovic, D., Wagenknecht, L. E., Walker, M., Wallentin, L., Wang, F., Wang, C. A., Wang, S., Wang, Y., Ware, E. B., Wareham, N. J., Warren, H. R., Waterworth, D. M., Wessel, J., White, H. D., Willer, C. J., Wilson, J. G., Witte, D. R., Wood, A. R., Wu, Y., Yaghootkar, H., Yao, J., Yao, P., Yerges-Armstrong, L. M., Young, R., Zeggini, E., Zhan, X., Zhang, W., Zhao, J. H., Zhao, W., Zhou, W., Zondervan, K. T., Rotter, J. I., Pospisilik, J. A., Rivadeneira, F., Borecki, I. B., Deloukas, P., Frayling, T. M., Lettre, G., North, K. E., Lindgren, C. M., Hirschhorn, J. N., Loos, R. J. F., Turcot, V., Lu, Y., Highland, H. M., Schurmann, C., Justice, A. E., Fine, R. S., Bradfield, J. P., Esko, T., Giri, A., Graff, M., Guo, X., Hendricks, A. E., Karaderi, T., Lempradl, A., Locke, A. E., Mahajan, A., Marouli, E., Sivapalaratnam, S., Young, K. L., Alfred, T., Feitosa, M. F., Masca, N. G. D., Manning, A. K., Medina-Gomez, C., Mudgal, P., Ng, M. C. Y., Reiner, A. P., Vedantam, S., Willems, S. M., Winkler, T. W., Abecasis, G., Aben, K. K., Alam, D. S., Alharthi, S. E., Marchiori, Allison, Amouyel, P., Asselbergs, F. W., Auer, P. L., Balkau, B., Bang, L. E., Barroso, I., Bastarache, L., Benn, M., Bergmann, S., Bielak, L. F., Bluher, M., Boehnke, M., Boeing, H., Boerwinkle, E., Boger, C. A., Bork-Jensen, J., Bots, M. L., Bottinger, E. P., Bowden, D. W., Brandslund, I., Breen, G., Brilliant, M. H., Broer, L., Brumat, M., Burt, A. A., Butterworth, A. S., Campbell, P. T., Cappellani, S., Carey, D. J., Catamo, E., Caulfield, M. J., Chambers, J. C., Chasman, D. I., Chen, Y. -D. I., Chowdhury, R., Christensen, C., Chu, A. Y., Cocca, M., Collins, F. S., Cook, J. P., Corley, J., Galbany, J. C., Cox, A. J., Crosslin, D. S., Cuellar-Partida, G., D'Eustacchio, A., Danesh, J., Davies, G., Bakker, P. I. W., Groot, M. C. H., Mutsert, R., Deary, I. J., Dedoussis, G., Demerath, E. W., Heijer, M., Hollander, A. I., Ruijter, H. M., Dennis, J. G., Denny, J. C., Di Angelantonio, E., Drenos, F., Du, M., Dube, M. -P., Dunning, A. M., Easton, D. F., Edwards, T. L., Ellinghaus, D., Ellinor, P. T., Elliott, P., Evangelou, E., Farmaki, A. -E., Farooqi, I. S., Faul, J. D., Fauser, S., Feng, S., Ferrannini, E., Ferrieres, J., Florez, J. C., Ford, I., Fornage, M., Franco, O. H., Franke, A., Franks, P. W., Friedrich, N., Frikke-Schmidt, R., Galesloot, T. E., Gan, W., Gandin, I., Gasparini, P., Gibson, J., Giedraitis, V., Gjesing, A. P., Gordon-Larsen, P., Gorski, M., Grabe, H. -J., Grant, S. F. A., Grarup, N., Griffiths, H. L., Grove, M. L., Gudnason, V., Gustafsson, S., Haessler, J., Hakonarson, H., Hammerschlag, A. R., Hansen, T., Harris, K. M., Harris, T. B., Hattersley, A. T., Have, C. T., Hayward, C., He, L., Heard-Costa, N. L., Heath, A. C., Heid, I. M., Helgeland, O., Hernesniemi, J., Hewitt, A. W., Holmen, O. L., Hovingh, G. K., Howson, J. M. M., Hu, Y., Huang, P. L., Huffman, J. E., Ikram, M. A., Ingelsson, E., Jackson, A. U., Jansson, J. -H., Jarvik, G. P., Jensen, G. B., Jia, Y., Johansson, S., Jorgensen, M. E., Jorgensen, T., Jukema, J. W., Kahali, B., Kahn, R. S., Kahonen, M., Kamstrup, P. R., Kanoni, S., Kaprio, J., Karaleftheri, M., Kardia, S. L. R., Karpe, F., Kathiresan, S., Kee, F., Kiemeney, L. A., Kim, E., Kitajima, H., Komulainen, P., Kooner, J. S., Kooperberg, C., Korhonen, T., Kovacs, P., Kuivaniemi, H., Kutalik, Z., Kuulasmaa, K., Kuusisto, J., Laakso, M., Lakka, T. A., Lamparter, D., Lange, E. M., Lange, L. A., Langenberg, C., Larson, E. B., Lee, N. R., Lehtimaki, T., Lewis, C. E., Li, H., Li, J., Li-Gao, R., Lin, H., Lin, K. -H., Lin, L. -A., Lin, X., Lind, L., Lindstrom, J., Linneberg, A., Liu, C. -T., Liu, D. J., Liu, Y., Lo, K. S., Lophatananon, A., Lotery, A. J., Loukola, A., Luan, J., Lubitz, S. A., Lyytikainen, L. -P., Mannisto, S., Marenne, G., Mazul, A. L., Mccarthy, M. I., McKean-Cowdin, R., Medland, S. E., Meidtner, K., Milani, L., Mistry, V., Mitchell, P., Mohlke, K. L., Moilanen, L., Moitry, M., Montgomery, G. W., Mook-Kanamori, D. O., Moore, C., Mori, T. A., Morris, A. D., Morris, A. P., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Munroe, P. B., Nalls, M. A., Narisu, N., Nelson, C. P., Neville, M., Nielsen, S. F., Nikus, K., Njolstad, P. R., Nordestgaard, B. G., Nyholt, D. R., O'Connel, J. R., O'Donoghue, M. L., Loohuis, L. M. O., Ophoff, R. A., Owen, K. R., Packard, C. J., Padmanabhan, S., Palmer, C. N. A., Palmer, N. D., Pasterkamp, G., Patel, A. P., Pattie, A., Pedersen, O., Peissig, P. L., Peloso, G. M., Pennell, C. E., Perola, M., Perry, J. A., Perry, J. R. B., Pers, T. H., Person, T. N., Peters, A., Petersen, E. R. B., Peyser, P. A., Pirie, A., Polasek, O., Polderman, T. J., Puolijoki, H., Raitakari, O. T., Rasheed, A., Rauramaa, R., Reilly, D. F., Renstrom, F., Rheinberger, M., Ridker, P. M., Rioux, J. D., Rivas, M. A., Roberts, D. J., Robertson, N. R., Robino, A., Rolandsson, O., Rudan, I., Ruth, K. S., Saleheen, D., Salomaa, V., Samani, N. J., Sapkota, Y., Sattar, N., Schoen, R. E., Schreiner, P. J., Schulze, M. B., Scott, R. A., Segura-Lepe, M. P., Shah, S. H., Sheu, W. H. -H., Sim, X., Slater, A. J., Small, K. S., Smith, A. V., Southam, L., Spector, T. D., Speliotes, E. K., Starr, J. M., Stefansson, K., Steinthorsdottir, V., Stirrups, K. E., Strauch, K., Stringham, H. M., Stumvoll, M., Sun, L., Surendran, P., Swift, A. J., Tada, H., Tansey, K. E., Tardif, J. -C., Taylor, K. D., Teumer, A., Thompson, D. J., Thorleifsson, G., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Thuesen, B. H., Tonjes, A., Tromp, G., Trompet, S., Tsafantakis, E., Tuomilehto, J., Tybjaerg-Hansen, A., Tyrer, J. P., Uher, R., Uitterlinden, A. G., Uusitupa, M., Laan, S. W., Duijn, C. M., Leeuwen, N., van Setten, J., Vanhala, M., Varbo, A., Varga, T. V., Varma, R., Edwards, D. R. V., Vermeulen, S. H., Veronesi, G., Vestergaard, H., Vitart, V., Vogt, T. F., Volker, U., Vuckovic, D., Wagenknecht, L. E., Walker, M., Wallentin, L., Wang, F., Wang, C. A., Wang, S., Wang, Y., Ware, E. B., Wareham, N. J., Warren, H. R., Waterworth, D. M., Wessel, J., White, H. D., Willer, C. J., Wilson, J. G., Witte, D. R., Wood, A. R., Wu, Y., Yaghootkar, H., Yao, J., Yao, P., Yerges-Armstrong, L. M., Young, R., Zeggini, E., Zhan, X., Zhang, W., Zhao, J. H., Zhao, W., Zhou, W., Zondervan, K. T., Rotter, J. I., Pospisilik, J. A., Rivadeneira, F., Borecki, I. B., Deloukas, P., Frayling, T. M., Lettre, G., North, K. E., Lindgren, C. M., Hirschhorn, J. N., and Loos, R. J. F.

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2019

42. Meta-analysis of up to 622,409 individuals identifies 40 novel smoking behaviour associated genetic loci

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Erzurumluoglu, AM, Liu, M, Jackson, VE, Barnes, DR, Datta, G, Melbourne, CA, Young, R, Batini, C, Surendran, P, Jiang, T, Adnan, SD, Afaq, S, Agrawal, A, Altmaier, E, Antoniou, AC, Asselbergs, FW, Baumbach, C, Beirut, L, Bertelsen, S, Boehnke, M, Bots, ML, Brazel, DM, Chambers, JC, Chang-Claude, J, Chen, C, Corley, J, Chou, Y-L, David, SP, de Boer, RA, de Leeuw, CA, Dennis, JG, Dominiczak, AF, Dunning, AM, Easton, DF, Eaton, C, Elliott, P, Evangelou, E, Faul, JD, Foroud, T, Goate, A, Gong, J, Grabe, HJ, Haessler, J, Haiman, C, Hallmans, G, Hammerschlag, AR, Harris, SE, Hattersley, A, Heath, A, Hsu, C, Iacono, WG, Kanoni, S, Kapoor, M, Kaprio, J, Kardia, SL, Karpe, F, Kontto, J, Kooner, JS, Kooperberg, C, Kuulasmaa, K, Laakso, M, Lai, D, Langenberg, C, Le, N, Lettre, G, Loukola, A, Luan, J, Madden, PAF, Mangino, M, Marioni, RE, Marouli, E, Marten, J, Martin, NG, McGue, M, Michailidou, K, Mihailov, E, Moayyeri, A, Moitry, M, Müller-Nurasyid, M, Naheed, A, Nauck, M, Neville, MJ, Nielsen, SF, North, K, Perola, M, Pharoah, PDP, Pistis, G, Polderman, TJ, Posthuma, D, Poulter, N, Qaiser, B, Rasheed, A, Reiner, A, Renström, F, Rice, J, Rohde, R, Rolandsson, O, Samani, NJ, Samuel, M, Schlessinger, D, Scholte, SH, Scott, RA, Sever, P, Shao, Y, Shrine, N, Smith, JA, Starr, JM, Stirrups, K, Stram, D, Stringham, HM, Tachmazidou, I, Tardif, J-C, Thompson, DJ, Tindle, HA, Tragante, V, Trompet, S, Turcot, V, Tyrrell, J, Vaartjes, I, van der Leij, AR, van der Meer, P, Varga, TV, Verweij, N, Völzke, H, Wareham, NJ, Warren, HR, Weir, DR, Weiss, S, Wetherill, L, Yaghootkar, H, Yavas, E, Jiang, Y, Chen, F, Zhan, X, Zhang, W, Zhao, W, Zhou, K, Amouyel, P, Blankenberg, S, Caulfield, MJ, Chowdhury, R, Cucca, F, Deary, IJ, Deloukas, P, Di Angelantonio, E, Ferrario, M, Ferrières, J, Franks, PW, Frayling, TM, Frossard, P, Hall, IP, Hayward, C, Jansson, J-H, Jukema, JW, Kee, F, Männistö, S, Metspalu, A, Munroe, PB, Nordestgaard, BG, Palmer, CNA, Salomaa, V, Sattar, N, Spector, T, Strachan, DP, Understanding Society Scientific Group, EPIC-CVD, GSCAN, Consortium for Genetics of Smoking Behaviour, CHD Exome+ Consortium, van der Harst, P, Zeggini, E, Saleheen, D, Butterworth, AS, Wain, LV, Abecasis, GR, Danesh, J, Tobin, MD, Vrieze, S, Liu, DJ, and Howson, JMM

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Smoking is a major heritable and modifiable risk factor for many diseases, including cancer, common respiratory disorders and cardiovascular diseases. Fourteen genetic loci have previously been associated with smoking behaviour-related traits. We tested up to 235,116 single nucleotide variants (SNVs) on the exome-array for association with smoking initiation, cigarettes per day, pack-years, and smoking cessation in a fixed effects meta-analysis of up to 61 studies (up to 346,813 participants). In a subset of 112,811 participants, a further one million SNVs were also genotyped and tested for association with the four smoking behaviour traits. SNV-trait associations with P

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2020

44. Climate and atmospheric circulation related to frost-ring formation in Picea mariana trees from the Boreal Plains, Central Canada

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Hadad, Martín Ariel, Tardif, J., Conciatori, F., Waito, Justin, and Westwood, Alana

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black spruce, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 [https], climate changes, central Canada, boreal coniferous species, early (false) spring, stem analysis
Abstract

Earlier spring and earlier onset of growth, as a consequence of climate change, may expose trees and crops to increased risk of exposure to frost damage. In this study, we compare the frequency of frost rings in three regions [Porcupine Provincial Forest (PPF; north-latitude); Duck Mountain Provincial Forest (DMPF; mid-latitude) and Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP, south-latitude)] located in the Boreal Plains of interior North America. In each of PPF and DMPF, twenty upland black spruce [Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP] trees were sampled using stem analysis and others were sampled at breast height or below. In RMNP, multiple coniferous tree species were sampled at breast height or below to allow comparison among species. Results from stem analysis indicated that frost rings were more frequent in DMPF than PPF (north of DMPF). Frost rings identified up to a height of 16m and were formed predominantly in the early cambial age zone. As a general pattern, frost rings recorded in PPF occurred more abundantly in years with warm April temperatures and this association was less prevalent in DMPF. Frost rings were formed following extreme frost events in late May - early June and frost-ring years corresponded to years with cooler June temperatures. A significant positive association was found between frost-ring frequency and the El Niño Southern Oscillation. In the absence of an early spring, black spruce trees were less affected by frost damages. Stem analysis provided a better record of spring frosts than solely sampling at breast height or below. The multi-species approach used in RMNP revealed many years with synchronous frost rings among species. The development of a large network of frost-ring chronologies from tree species of various age classes and/or from stem analysis will help with assessing the impact of late spring frosts on forest dynamics and to document large-scale climate anomalies in areas with low climate data coverage and/or prior to instrumental records. Fil: Hadad, Martín Ariel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera; Argentina Fil: Tardif, J.. University Of Winnipeg; Canadá Fil: Conciatori, F.. University Of Winnipeg; Canadá Fil: Waito, Justin. University Of Winnipeg; Canadá Fil: Westwood, Alana. University Of Winnipeg; Canadá

Published
2020

45. The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases

Author

Vuckovic, D. (Dragana), Bao, E.L. (Erik L.), Akbari, P. (Parsa), Lareau, C.A. (Caleb A.), Mousas, A. (Abdou), Jiang, T. (Tao), Chen, M.-H. (Ming-Huei), Raffield, L.M. (Laura M.), Tardaguila, M. (Manuel), Huffman, J.E. (Jennifer E.), Ritchie, S.C. (Scott C.), Megy, K. (Karyn), Ponstingl, H. (Hannes), Penkett, C.J. (Christopher J.), Albers, P.K. (Patrick K.), Wigdor, E.M. (Emilie M.), Sakaue, S. (Saori), Moscati, A. (Arden), Manansala, R. (Regina), Lo, K.S., Qian, H. (Huijun), Akiyama, M. (Masato), Bartz, T.M. (Traci M.), Ben-Shlomo, Y. (Yoav), Beswick, A. (Andrew), Bork-Jensen, J. (Jette), Bottinger, E.P. (Erwin), Brody, J.A. (Jennifer A.), Rooij, F.J.A. (Frank) van, Chitrala, K.N. (Kumaraswamy N.), Wilson, P.W.F. (Peter W.F.), Choquet, H. (Hélène), Danesh, J. (John), Angelantonio, E. (Emanuele) di, Dimou, N. (Niki), Ding, J. (Jingzhong), Elliott, P. (Paul), Esko, T. (Tõnu), Evans, M.K. (Michele), Felix, S.B. (Stephan Burkhard), Floyd, J.S. (James S.), Broer, L. (Linda), Grarup, N. (Niels), Guo, M.H. (Michael H.), Guo, Q. (Qi), Greinacher, A. (Andreas), Haessler, J. (Jeff), Hansen, T. (Torben), Howson, J.M.M. (Joanna M.M.), Huang, W. (Wei), Jorgenson, E. (Eric), Kacprowski, T. (Tim), Kähönen, M. (Mika), Kamatani, Y. (Yoichiro), Kanai, M. (Masahiro), Karthikeyan, S. (Savita), Koskeridis, F. (Fotios), Lange, L.A. (Leslie A.), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Linneberg, A. (Allan), Liu, Y. (YongMei), Lyytikäinen, L.-P. (Leo-Pekka), Manichaikul, A. (Ani), Matsuda, K. (Koichi), Mohlke, K.L. (Karen L.), Mononen, N. (Nina), Murakami, Y. (Yoshinori), Nadkarni, G. (Girish), Nikus, K. (Kjell), Pankratz, V.S. (Shane), Pedersen, O. (Oluf), Preuss, M. (Michael), Psaty, B.M. (Bruce), Raitakari, O. (Olli), Rich, S.S. (Stephen), Rodriguez, B.A.T. (Benjamin A.T.), Rosen, J.D. (Jonathan D.), Rotter, J.I. (Jerome I.), Schubert, P. (Petra), Spracklen, C.N. (Cassandra N.), Surendran, P. (Praveen), Tang, H. (Hua), Tardif, J.-C. (Jean-Claude), Ghanbari, M. (Mohsen), Völker, U. (Uwe), Völzke, H. (Henry), Watkins, N.A. (Nicholas A.), Weiss, S. (Stefan), Cai, N. (Na), Kundu, K. (Kousik), Watt, S.B. (Stephen B.), Walter, K. (Klaudia), Zonderman, A.B. (Alan B.), Cho, K. (Kelly), Li, Y. (Yun), Loos, R.J.F. (Ruth), Knight, J.C. (Julian), Georges, M. (Michel), Stegle, O. (Oliver), Evangelou, E. (Evangelos), Okada, Y. (Yukinori), Roberts, D.J. (David J.), Inouye, M. (Michael), Johnson, A.D. (Andrew), Auer, P.L. (Paul L.), Astle, W.J. (William J.), Reiner, A.P. (Alexander P.), Butterworth, A.S. (Adam S.), Ouwehand, W.H. (Willem), Lettre, G. (Guillaume), Sankaran, V.G. (Vijay G.), Soranzo, N. (Nicole), Vuckovic, D. (Dragana), Bao, E.L. (Erik L.), Akbari, P. (Parsa), Lareau, C.A. (Caleb A.), Mousas, A. (Abdou), Jiang, T. (Tao), Chen, M.-H. (Ming-Huei), Raffield, L.M. (Laura M.), Tardaguila, M. (Manuel), Huffman, J.E. (Jennifer E.), Ritchie, S.C. (Scott C.), Megy, K. (Karyn), Ponstingl, H. (Hannes), Penkett, C.J. (Christopher J.), Albers, P.K. (Patrick K.), Wigdor, E.M. (Emilie M.), Sakaue, S. (Saori), Moscati, A. (Arden), Manansala, R. (Regina), Lo, K.S., Qian, H. (Huijun), Akiyama, M. (Masato), Bartz, T.M. (Traci M.), Ben-Shlomo, Y. (Yoav), Beswick, A. (Andrew), Bork-Jensen, J. (Jette), Bottinger, E.P. (Erwin), Brody, J.A. (Jennifer A.), Rooij, F.J.A. (Frank) van, Chitrala, K.N. (Kumaraswamy N.), Wilson, P.W.F. (Peter W.F.), Choquet, H. (Hélène), Danesh, J. (John), Angelantonio, E. (Emanuele) di, Dimou, N. (Niki), Ding, J. (Jingzhong), Elliott, P. (Paul), Esko, T. (Tõnu), Evans, M.K. (Michele), Felix, S.B. (Stephan Burkhard), Floyd, J.S. (James S.), Broer, L. (Linda), Grarup, N. (Niels), Guo, M.H. (Michael H.), Guo, Q. (Qi), Greinacher, A. (Andreas), Haessler, J. (Jeff), Hansen, T. (Torben), Howson, J.M.M. (Joanna M.M.), Huang, W. (Wei), Jorgenson, E. (Eric), Kacprowski, T. (Tim), Kähönen, M. (Mika), Kamatani, Y. (Yoichiro), Kanai, M. (Masahiro), Karthikeyan, S. (Savita), Koskeridis, F. (Fotios), Lange, L.A. (Leslie A.), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Linneberg, A. (Allan), Liu, Y. (YongMei), Lyytikäinen, L.-P. (Leo-Pekka), Manichaikul, A. (Ani), Matsuda, K. (Koichi), Mohlke, K.L. (Karen L.), Mononen, N. (Nina), Murakami, Y. (Yoshinori), Nadkarni, G. (Girish), Nikus, K. (Kjell), Pankratz, V.S. (Shane), Pedersen, O. (Oluf), Preuss, M. (Michael), Psaty, B.M. (Bruce), Raitakari, O. (Olli), Rich, S.S. (Stephen), Rodriguez, B.A.T. (Benjamin A.T.), Rosen, J.D. (Jonathan D.), Rotter, J.I. (Jerome I.), Schubert, P. (Petra), Spracklen, C.N. (Cassandra N.), Surendran, P. (Praveen), Tang, H. (Hua), Tardif, J.-C. (Jean-Claude), Ghanbari, M. (Mohsen), Völker, U. (Uwe), Völzke, H. (Henry), Watkins, N.A. (Nicholas A.), Weiss, S. (Stefan), Cai, N. (Na), Kundu, K. (Kousik), Watt, S.B. (Stephen B.), Walter, K. (Klaudia), Zonderman, A.B. (Alan B.), Cho, K. (Kelly), Li, Y. (Yun), Loos, R.J.F. (Ruth), Knight, J.C. (Julian), Georges, M. (Michel), Stegle, O. (Oliver), Evangelou, E. (Evangelos), Okada, Y. (Yukinori), Roberts, D.J. (David J.), Inouye, M. (Michael), Johnson, A.D. (Andrew), Auer, P.L. (Paul L.), Astle, W.J. (William J.), Reiner, A.P. (Alexander P.), Butterworth, A.S. (Adam S.), Ouwehand, W.H. (Willem), Lettre, G. (Guillaume), Sankaran, V.G. (Vijay G.), and Soranzo, N. (Nicole)

Abstract

Blood cells play essential roles in human health, underpinning physiological processes such as immunity, oxygen transport, and clotting, which when perturbed cause a significant global health burden. Here we integrate data from UK Biobank and a large-scale international collaborative effort, including data for 563,085 European ancestry participants, and discover 5,106 new genetic variants independently associated with 29 blood cell phenotypes covering a range of variation impacting hematopoiesis. We holistically characterize the genetic architecture of hematopoiesis, assess the relevance of the omnigenic model to blood cell phenotypes, delineate relevant hematopoietic cell states influenced by regulatory genetic variants and gene networks, identify novel splice-altering variants mediating the associations, and assess the polygenic prediction potential for blood traits and clinical disorders at the interface of complex and Mendelian genetics. These results show the power of large-scale blood cell trait GWAS to interrogate clinically meaningful variants across a wide allelic spectrum of human variation. Analysis of blood cell traits in the UK Biobank and other cohorts illuminates the full genetic architecture of hematopoietic phenotypes, with evidence supporting the omnigenic model for complex traits and linking polygenic burden with monogenic blood diseases.

Published
2020
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Author

Vuckovic, D, Bao, EL, Akbari, P, Lareau, CA, Mousas, A, Jiang, T, Chen, M-H, Raffield, LM, Tardaguila, M, Huffman, JE, Ritchie, SC, Megy, K, Ponstingl, H, Penkett, CJ, Albers, PK, Wigdor, EM, Sakaue, S, Moscati, A, Manansala, R, Lo, KS, Qian, H, Akiyama, M, Bartz, TM, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Beswick, A, Bork-Jensen, J, Bottinger, EP, Brody, JA, van Rooij, FJA, Chitrala, KN, Wilson, PWF, Choquet, H, Danesh, J, Di Angelantonio, E, Dimou, N, Ding, J, Elliott, P, Esko, T, Evans, MK, Felix, SB, Floyd, JS, Broer, L, Grarup, N, Guo, MH, Guo, Q, Greinacher, A, Haessler, J, Hansen, T, Howson, JMM, Huang, W, Jorgenson, E, Kacprowski, T, Kahonen, M, Kamatani, Y, Kanai, M, Karthikeyan, S, Koskeridis, F, Lange, LA, Lehtimaki, T, Linneberg, A, Liu, Y, Lyytikainen, L-P, Manichaikul, A, Matsuda, K, Mohlke, KL, Mononen, N, Murakami, Y, Nadkarni, GN, Nikus, K, Pankratz, N, Pedersen, O, Preuss, M, Psaty, BM, Raitakari, OT, Rich, SS, Rodriguez, BAT, Rosen, JD, Rotter, JI, Schubert, P, Spracklen, CN, Surendran, P, Tang, H, Tardif, J-C, Ghanbari, M, Volker, U, Volzke, H, Watkins, NA, Weiss, S, Cai, N, Kundu, K, Watt, SB, Walter, K, Zonderman, AB, Cho, K, Li, Y, Loos, RJF, Knight, JC, Georges, M, Stegle, O, Evangelou, E, Okada, Y, Roberts, DJ, Inouye, M, Johnson, AD, Auer, PL, Astle, WJ, Reiner, AP, Butterworth, AS, Ouwehand, WH, Lettre, G, Sankaran, VG, Soranzo, N, Vuckovic, D, Bao, EL, Akbari, P, Lareau, CA, Mousas, A, Jiang, T, Chen, M-H, Raffield, LM, Tardaguila, M, Huffman, JE, Ritchie, SC, Megy, K, Ponstingl, H, Penkett, CJ, Albers, PK, Wigdor, EM, Sakaue, S, Moscati, A, Manansala, R, Lo, KS, Qian, H, Akiyama, M, Bartz, TM, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Beswick, A, Bork-Jensen, J, Bottinger, EP, Brody, JA, van Rooij, FJA, Chitrala, KN, Wilson, PWF, Choquet, H, Danesh, J, Di Angelantonio, E, Dimou, N, Ding, J, Elliott, P, Esko, T, Evans, MK, Felix, SB, Floyd, JS, Broer, L, Grarup, N, Guo, MH, Guo, Q, Greinacher, A, Haessler, J, Hansen, T, Howson, JMM, Huang, W, Jorgenson, E, Kacprowski, T, Kahonen, M, Kamatani, Y, Kanai, M, Karthikeyan, S, Koskeridis, F, Lange, LA, Lehtimaki, T, Linneberg, A, Liu, Y, Lyytikainen, L-P, Manichaikul, A, Matsuda, K, Mohlke, KL, Mononen, N, Murakami, Y, Nadkarni, GN, Nikus, K, Pankratz, N, Pedersen, O, Preuss, M, Psaty, BM, Raitakari, OT, Rich, SS, Rodriguez, BAT, Rosen, JD, Rotter, JI, Schubert, P, Spracklen, CN, Surendran, P, Tang, H, Tardif, J-C, Ghanbari, M, Volker, U, Volzke, H, Watkins, NA, Weiss, S, Cai, N, Kundu, K, Watt, SB, Walter, K, Zonderman, AB, Cho, K, Li, Y, Loos, RJF, Knight, JC, Georges, M, Stegle, O, Evangelou, E, Okada, Y, Roberts, DJ, Inouye, M, Johnson, AD, Auer, PL, Astle, WJ, Reiner, AP, Butterworth, AS, Ouwehand, WH, Lettre, G, Sankaran, VG, and Soranzo, N

Abstract

Blood cells play essential roles in human health, underpinning physiological processes such as immunity, oxygen transport, and clotting, which when perturbed cause a significant global health burden. Here we integrate data from UK Biobank and a large-scale international collaborative effort, including data for 563,085 European ancestry participants, and discover 5,106 new genetic variants independently associated with 29 blood cell phenotypes covering a range of variation impacting hematopoiesis. We holistically characterize the genetic architecture of hematopoiesis, assess the relevance of the omnigenic model to blood cell phenotypes, delineate relevant hematopoietic cell states influenced by regulatory genetic variants and gene networks, identify novel splice-altering variants mediating the associations, and assess the polygenic prediction potential for blood traits and clinical disorders at the interface of complex and Mendelian genetics. These results show the power of large-scale blood cell trait GWAS to interrogate clinically meaningful variants across a wide allelic spectrum of human variation.

Published
2020

49. Abstract

Author

Chhina, Tejinder S., Lapierre, Harry, Jackson, Zane S., Leong-Poi, Howard M., Teitel, Jerome M., Latter, David A., Strauss, Bradley H., Gross, Peter L., Mazer, C. David, Brull, Richard, McCartney, Colin J. L., Abbas, Sherif, Nova, Hugo, Rawson, Regan, Chan, Vincent W. S., Katz, Joel, Graham, Brent, Anastakis, Dimitri, von Schroeder, Herbert, Lallo, Alexandre, Drolet, Pierre, Lacroix, Mélanie, You-Ten, Kong E., Caraiscos, Valerie B., Elliot, Erin M., Cheng, Victor Y., MacDonald, John F., Orser, Beverley A., Lau, Bertrand, Tsui, Ban C. H., Mollison, Heather L., McKay, William P. S., Patel, Rajesh, Chow, Vance, Negraeff, October, Karam, Rana, Yang, H., Raymer, K., Butler, R., Parlow, J., Roberts, R., Campbell, David C., Breen, Terrance W., Halpern, Stephen, Muir, Holly, Nunn, Robert, Katznelson, Rita, Karkouti, Keyvan, Ghannam, Mohammed, Abdelnaem, Esam, Carroll, Jo, McCluskey, Stuart, Yau, Terrence M., Karski, Jacek, Hare, Gregory M. T., Li, Xiamao, Qu, Rong, Cheung, May S. M., Coackley, Carla, Baker, Andrew J., Ronayne, Michael, Song, Dajun, Chung, Frances, Ward, Barnaby, Yogendran, Suntheralingam, Sibbick, Carolyn, Silcox, Lisa C., Ashbury, Ted L., Milne, Brian, VanDen Kerkhof, Elizabeth G., Morgan, Pamela J., Cleave-Hogg, Doreen, DeSousa, Susan, Wang, Louie, Lujic, Jelka, Donnelly, Niamh I., Torok-Both, Clint J., Finegan, Barry, Jacka, Michael J., Finegan, Barry A., Chawla, Rajiv, Agrawal, Ravi K., Kumar, Mahendra, Goldstein, David H., Paul, James E., Sawhney, Monakshi, Beattie, W. Scott, McLean, Richard F., Parlow, Joel L., Tod, Deborah A., Souzdalnitski, Dmitri, Sourovtseva, Elena, Livingstone, Donald, Faclier, Gil, Sawyer, Jason, Kay, Joseph, Avila, Arsenio, Balki, Mrinalini, Manninen, Pirjo H., Lukitto, Karolinah, Lukins, Michael B., Quader, Keya, Agarwal, Munisha, Kawatra, Rakhi, Dali, J. S., Mak, Peter H., Jose, Geraldine, Hall, Sean R., Wang, Louie, Hong, Murray, Rapchuk, Ivan L., Loo, Karen, Deschamps, Alain, Suzuki, Asaha, Kanai, Akifumi, Hoka, Sumio, Ho, Anthony M. -H., Karmakar, Manoj K., Lee, Anna, Samy, Winnie, Yi, Jie, Lai, Paul B. S., Cho, Amy, Stockton, E., Gowrie-Mohan, S., Ramanayake, P. U., Jothilingam, S., Mirmansouri, Ali, Wagner, Alese M., Cunningham, Kirsten, Perry, Shirley, Desai, Sunil, Torok-Both, Clint, DeKoven, Kathryn, Deschamps, Alain, Brousseau, Paul, Hung, Orlando, Law, Adam, Levangie, Derek, Cheverie, Ronald, Caputo, Karen M., Byrick, Robert, Chapman, Martin, Vicente, Kim, Atlas, Glen, Léveillé, Josiane, Côté, Dany, Soucy, Julie, Bussières, Jean S., Wijeysundera, Duminda N., Djaiani, George, Rao, Vivek, Borger, Michael A., Cusimano, Robert J., Moghadam, Anoush D., Heydarzadeh, Abtin, Fayad, Ashraf A., Yang, Homer, Ling, Elizabeth, Tenenbein, Paul K., Maguire, Doug, Debrouwere, Roland, Duke, Peter C., Kowalski, Stephen E., Chakravarty, Devashish, Dupuis, Jean-Yves, Nathan, Howard, Rubens, Fraser, Masters, Roy, Hendry, Paul, Mesana, Thierry, Jung, Hyun Ju, Chamchad, Dmitri, Arkoosh, Valerie, Wijeysundera, Duminda, Chan, Chris, Datillo, Kathleen, Ivano, Joan, Clark, Cantwell, Quinn, Reed D., Braxton, John H., Taenzer, Andreas H., Sullivan, Kristen M., Al-Abdulhadi, Osama A., Biehl, Diane R., Ong, Bill Y., Boker, Abdulaziz, Stewart, Kristine I., Shaw, Susan A., Hong, Jeong-Yeon, Morgan, Pamela J., Palmer, Susan K., Kung, Rose, Halpern, Stephen H., Yee, Jennifer A., Goldszmidt, Eric, Chettle, Crystal, Kern, Ralph, Downey, Kristi, Devito, Isabella, Macarthur, Alison, Purdie, Niall L., Angle, Pamela J., Kurtz-Landy, Christine, Streiner, David, Charles, Cathy, Kung, Rose, MacDonnell, Jo Watson, Lam, Desmond, Lie, Lie Ming, Kronberg, Jean E., Thompson, Dorothy E., Dong, Haiheng, Hyder, Ayman, Wang, Qinghua, Lu, Wei-Yang, Imasogie, Ngozi N., Chung, Frances, Prahbu, Atul, Curti, Bruna, Potyomkina, Zoya, Belmont, Matthew R., Tjan, Joseph, Lien, Cynthia A., Patel, Sanjay, Imarengiaye, Charles, Peirovy, Javad, Edward, Reginald, Chung, Frances F., Kayumov, Leonid, Sinclair, David R., Moller, Henry J., Shapiro, Colin M., Michaud, Guillaume, Trager, Guillaume, Deschamps, Stephane, Hemmerling, Thomas M., Hsu, Janet, Cheng, Patrick, Granton, John T., Baxter, Alan D., Kanji, Salmaan, Oxner, Adam D., Buth, Karen J., Hirsch, Gregory M., DiQuinzio, Claudio, Hirsch, Kristine A., Denault, A., Couture, P., Carrier, M., Fortier, A., Babin, D., Tardif, J. C., Olivier, Jean-François, Basile, Fadi, Prieto, Ignatio, Lê, Nhiên, Hirasaki, Yuji, Murphy, Patricia, McRae, Karen, Waddell, Thomas, Keshavjee, Shaf, Slinger, Peter, Van Rensburg, Adriaan, Yau, Terry M., Yeo, Eric, Sutton, David, Borger, Michael, Blaise, Gilbert, Gangal, Marius D., Gao, Lan, McCluskey, Stuart A., Cheung, Wing, Metha, Bobby, Poonwala, Humara, Fedorko, Ludwik, Symon, Johnson R., Peterson, Mark D., Leipoldt, Carl C. P., Clunie, Michelle, Mckay, William P. S., Miller, Grant, Guay, Joanne, Lortie, Louise, Son, Soochang, Kim, Yunhee, Arai, Toshimi, Yamashita, Masao, Rohan, Denise, Barlow, Ross, Barbour, Sean J., Ansermino, J. Mark, Vandebeek, Christine A., Raman, Rangamani K., Nakatsuka, Nao, Montgomery, Carolyne J., Skarsgard, Erik D., Court, Colleen A., Galton, James S., Crawford, Mark W., Naser, Basem, Carter, Clifford, Liu, Richard, Usher, Andrew G., Cave, Dominic A., Tang, Cathy, Hayes, Jason A., and Tan, Juliana M.

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2004
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50. A method for matching the refractive index and kinematic viscosity of a blood analog for flow visualization in hydraulic cardiovascular models

Author

Nguyen, T.T., Biadillah, Y., Mongrain, R., Brunette, J., Tardif, J.-C., and Bertrand, O.F.

Subjects
Fiber optics -- Equipment and supplies, Engineering and manufacturing industries, Science and technology
Abstract

In this work, we propose a simple method to simultaneously match the refractive index and kinematic viscosity of a circulating blood analog in hydraulic models for optical flow measurement techniques (PIE, PMFV, LDA, and LIF). The method is based on the determination of the volumetric proportions and temperature at which two transparent miscible liquids should be mixed to reproduce the targeted fluid characteristics. The temperature dependence models are a linear relation for the refractive index and an Arrhenius relation for the dynamic viscosity of each liquid. Then the dynamic viscosity of the mixture is represented with a Grunberg-Nissan model of type 1. Experimental tests for acrylic and blood viscosity were found to be in very good agreement with the targeted values (measured refractive index of 1.486 and kinematic viscosity of 3.454 milli-[m.sup.2]/s with targeted values of 1.47 and 3.300 milli-[m.sup.2]/s).

Published
2004

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