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1. Genetic loci associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with loci for lung function and pulmonary fibrosis

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Hobbs, Brian D, de Jong, Kim, Lamontagne, Maxime, Bossé, Yohan, Shrine, Nick, Artigas, María Soler, Wain, Louise V, Hall, Ian P, Jackson, Victoria E, Wyss, Annah B, London, Stephanie J, North, Kari E, Franceschini, Nora, Strachan, David P, Beaty, Terri H, Hokanson, John E, Crapo, James D, Castaldi, Peter J, Chase, Robert P, Bartz, Traci M, Heckbert, Susan R, Psaty, Bruce M, Gharib, Sina A, Zanen, Pieter, Lammers, Jan W, Oudkerk, Matthijs, Groen, HJ, Locantore, Nicholas, Tal-Singer, Ruth, Rennard, Stephen I, Vestbo, Jørgen, Timens, Wim, Paré, Peter D, Latourelle, Jeanne C, Dupuis, Josée, O'Connor, George T, Wilk, Jemma B, Kim, Woo Jin, Lee, Mi Kyeong, Oh, Yeon-Mok, Vonk, Judith M, de Koning, Harry J, Leng, Shuguang, Belinsky, Steven A, Tesfaigzi, Yohannes, Manichaikul, Ani, Wang, Xin-Qun, Rich, Stephen S, Barr, R Graham, Sparrow, David, Litonjua, Augusto A, Bakke, Per, Gulsvik, Amund, Lahousse, Lies, Brusselle, Guy G, Stricker, Bruno H, Uitterlinden, André G, Ampleford, Elizabeth J, Bleecker, Eugene R, Woodruff, Prescott G, Meyers, Deborah A, Qiao, Dandi, Lomas, David A, Yim, Jae-Joon, Kim, Deog Kyeom, Hawrylkiewicz, Iwona, Sliwinski, Pawel, Hardin, Megan, Fingerlin, Tasha E, Schwartz, David A, Postma, Dirkje S, MacNee, William, Tobin, Martin D, Silverman, Edwin K, Boezen, H Marike, and Cho, Michael H

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Biological Sciences, Genetics, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Lung, Human Genome, Clinical Research, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Respiratory, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alleles, Asthma, Female, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Risk Factors, Smoking, COPDGene Investigators, ECLIPSE Investigators, LifeLines Investigators, SPIROMICS Research Group, International COPD Genetics Network Investigators, UK BiLEVE Investigators, International COPD Genetics Consortium, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. We performed a genetic association study in 15,256 cases and 47,936 controls, with replication of select top results (P < 5 × 10-6) in 9,498 cases and 9,748 controls. In the combined meta-analysis, we identified 22 loci associated at genome-wide significance, including 13 new associations with COPD. Nine of these 13 loci have been associated with lung function in general population samples, while 4 (EEFSEC, DSP, MTCL1, and SFTPD) are new. We noted two loci shared with pulmonary fibrosis (FAM13A and DSP) but that had opposite risk alleles for COPD. None of our loci overlapped with genome-wide associations for asthma, although one locus has been implicated in joint susceptibility to asthma and obesity. We also identified genetic correlation between COPD and asthma. Our findings highlight new loci associated with COPD, demonstrate the importance of specific loci associated with lung function to COPD, and identify potential regions of genetic overlap between COPD and other respiratory diseases.

Published
2017

2. DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

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Joubert, Bonnie R, Felix, Janine F, Yousefi, Paul, Bakulski, Kelly M, Just, Allan C, Breton, Carrie, Reese, Sarah E, Markunas, Christina A, Richmond, Rebecca C, Xu, Cheng-Jian, Küpers, Leanne K, Oh, Sam S, Hoyo, Cathrine, Gruzieva, Olena, Söderhäll, Cilla, Salas, Lucas A, Baïz, Nour, Zhang, Hongmei, Lepeule, Johanna, Ruiz, Carlos, Ligthart, Symen, Wang, Tianyuan, Taylor, Jack A, Duijts, Liesbeth, Sharp, Gemma C, Jankipersadsing, Soesma A, Nilsen, Roy M, Vaez, Ahmad, Fallin, M Daniele, Hu, Donglei, Litonjua, Augusto A, Fuemmeler, Bernard F, Huen, Karen, Kere, Juha, Kull, Inger, Munthe-Kaas, Monica Cheng, Gehring, Ulrike, Bustamante, Mariona, Saurel-Coubizolles, Marie José, Quraishi, Bilal M, Ren, Jie, Tost, Jörg, Gonzalez, Juan R, Peters, Marjolein J, Håberg, Siri E, Xu, Zongli, van Meurs, Joyce B, Gaunt, Tom R, Kerkhof, Marjan, Corpeleijn, Eva, Feinberg, Andrew P, Eng, Celeste, Baccarelli, Andrea A, Neelon, Sara E Benjamin, Bradman, Asa, Merid, Simon Kebede, Bergström, Anna, Herceg, Zdenko, Hernandez-Vargas, Hector, Brunekreef, Bert, Pinart, Mariona, Heude, Barbara, Ewart, Susan, Yao, Jin, Lemonnier, Nathanaël, Franco, Oscar H, Wu, Michael C, Hofman, Albert, McArdle, Wendy, Van der Vlies, Pieter, Falahi, Fahimeh, Gillman, Matthew W, Barcellos, Lisa F, Kumar, Ashish, Wickman, Magnus, Guerra, Stefano, Charles, Marie-Aline, Holloway, John, Auffray, Charles, Tiemeier, Henning W, Smith, George Davey, Postma, Dirkje, Hivert, Marie-France, Eskenazi, Brenda, Vrijheid, Martine, Arshad, Hasan, Antó, Josep M, Dehghan, Abbas, Karmaus, Wilfried, Annesi-Maesano, Isabella, Sunyer, Jordi, Ghantous, Akram, Pershagen, Göran, Holland, Nina, Murphy, Susan K, DeMeo, Dawn L, Burchard, Esteban G, Ladd-Acosta, Christine, Snieder, Harold, and Nystad, Wenche

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Genetics, Pediatric, Human Genome, Tobacco, Tobacco Smoke and Health, Prevention, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment, Respiratory, Reproductive health and childbirth, Good Health and Well Being, Asthma, Child, Child, Preschool, Chromosome Mapping, Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate, DNA Methylation, Epigenesis, Genetic, Female, Genetic Association Studies, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Pregnancy, Smoking, White People, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics & Heredity
Abstract

Epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, represent a potential mechanism for environmental impacts on human disease. Maternal smoking in pregnancy remains an important public health problem that impacts child health in a myriad of ways and has potential lifelong consequences. The mechanisms are largely unknown, but epigenetics most likely plays a role. We formed the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) consortium and meta-analyzed, across 13 cohorts (n = 6,685), the association between maternal smoking in pregnancy and newborn blood DNA methylation at over 450,000 CpG sites (CpGs) by using the Illumina 450K BeadChip. Over 6,000 CpGs were differentially methylated in relation to maternal smoking at genome-wide statistical significance (false discovery rate, 5%), including 2,965 CpGs corresponding to 2,017 genes not previously related to smoking and methylation in either newborns or adults. Several genes are relevant to diseases that can be caused by maternal smoking (e.g., orofacial clefts and asthma) or adult smoking (e.g., certain cancers). A number of differentially methylated CpGs were associated with gene expression. We observed enrichment in pathways and processes critical to development. In older children (5 cohorts, n = 3,187), 100% of CpGs gave at least nominal levels of significance, far more than expected by chance (p value < 2.2 × 10(-16)). Results were robust to different normalization methods used across studies and cell type adjustment. In this large scale meta-analysis of methylation data, we identified numerous loci involved in response to maternal smoking in pregnancy with persistence into later childhood and provide insights into mechanisms underlying effects of this important exposure.

Published
2016

3. Association of Forced Vital Capacity with the Developmental Gene NCOR2

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Minelli, Cosetta, Dean, Charlotte H, Hind, Matthew, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Amaral, André FS, Siroux, Valerie, Huikari, Ville, Soler Artigas, María, Evans, David M, Loth, Daan W, Bossé, Yohan, Postma, Dirkje S, Sin, Don, Thompson, John, Demenais, Florence, Henderson, John, Bouzigon, Emmanuelle, Jarvis, Deborah, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, and Burney, Peter

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Biological Sciences, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Genetics, Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Lung, Clinical Research, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Respiratory, Adult, Aged, Female, Forced Expiratory Volume, Gene Expression Profiling, Genes, Developmental, Genetic Association Studies, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nuclear Receptor Co-Repressor 2, Organogenesis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Young Adult, SpiroMeta consortium, CHARGE consortium, General Science & Technology
Abstract

BackgroundForced Vital Capacity (FVC) is an important predictor of all-cause mortality in the absence of chronic respiratory conditions. Epidemiological evidence highlights the role of early life factors on adult FVC, pointing to environmental exposures and genes affecting lung development as risk factors for low FVC later in life. Although highly heritable, a small number of genes have been found associated with FVC, and we aimed at identifying further genetic variants by focusing on lung development genes.MethodsPer-allele effects of 24,728 SNPs in 403 genes involved in lung development were tested in 7,749 adults from three studies (NFBC1966, ECRHS, EGEA). The most significant SNP for the top 25 genes was followed-up in 46,103 adults (CHARGE and SpiroMeta consortia) and 5,062 children (ALSPAC). Associations were considered replicated if the replication p-value survived Bonferroni correction (p

Published
2016

4. Asthma–COPD Overlap. Clinical Relevance of Genomic Signatures of Type 2 Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Christenson, Stephanie A, Steiling, Katrina, van den Berge, Maarten, Hijazi, Kahkeshan, Hiemstra, Pieter S, Postma, Dirkje S, Lenburg, Marc E, Spira, Avrum, and Woodruff, Prescott G

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Asthma, Lung, Genetics, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Clinical Research, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Respiratory, Cohort Studies, Datasets as Topic, Female, Forced Expiratory Volume, Gene Expression Profiling, Humans, Inflammation, Male, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Transcriptome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, gene expression profiling, biological markers, Medical and Health Sciences, Respiratory System
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RationaleChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease and likely includes a subgroup that is biologically comparable to asthma. Studying asthma-associated gene expression changes in COPD could add insight into COPD pathogenesis and reveal biomarkers that predict a favorable response to corticosteroids.ObjectivesTo determine whether asthma-associated gene signatures are increased in COPD and associated with asthma-related features.MethodsWe compared disease-associated airway epithelial gene expression alterations in an asthma cohort (n = 105) and two COPD cohorts (n = 237, 171). The T helper type 2 (Th2) signature (T2S) score, a gene expression metric induced in Th2-high asthma, was evaluated in these COPD cohorts. The T2S score was correlated with asthma-related features and response to corticosteroids in COPD in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, the Groningen and Leiden Universities study of Corticosteroids in Obstructive Lung Disease (GLUCOLD; n = 89).Measurements and main resultsThe 200 genes most differentially expressed in asthma versus healthy control subjects were enriched among genes associated with more severe airflow obstruction in these COPD cohorts (P < 0.001), suggesting significant gene expression overlap. A higher T2S score was associated with decreased lung function (P < 0.001), but not asthma history, in both COPD cohorts. Higher T2S scores correlated with increased airway wall eosinophil counts (P = 0.003), blood eosinophil percentage (P = 0.03), bronchodilator reversibility (P = 0.01), and improvement in hyperinflation after corticosteroid treatment (P = 0.019) in GLUCOLD.ConclusionsThese data identify airway gene expression alterations that can co-occur in asthma and COPD. The association of the T2S score with increased severity and "asthma-like" features (including a favorable corticosteroid response) in COPD suggests that Th2 inflammation is important in a COPD subset that cannot be identified by clinical history of asthma.

Published
2015

5. Genome-wide association analysis identifies six new loci associated with forced vital capacity

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Loth, Daan W, Artigas, María Soler, Gharib, Sina A, Wain, Louise V, Franceschini, Nora, Koch, Beate, Pottinger, Tess D, Smith, Albert Vernon, Duan, Qing, Oldmeadow, Chris, Lee, Mi Kyeong, Strachan, David P, James, Alan L, Huffman, Jennifer E, Vitart, Veronique, Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Wareham, Nicholas J, Kaprio, Jaakko, Wang, Xin-Qun, Trochet, Holly, Kähönen, Mika, Flexeder, Claudia, Albrecht, Eva, Lopez, Lorna M, de Jong, Kim, Thyagarajan, Bharat, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Enroth, Stefan, Omenaas, Ernst, Joshi, Peter K, Fall, Tove, Viñuela, Ana, Launer, Lenore J, Loehr, Laura R, Fornage, Myriam, Li, Guo, Wilk, Jemma B, Tang, Wenbo, Manichaikul, Ani, Lahousse, Lies, Harris, Tamara B, North, Kari E, Rudnicka, Alicja R, Hui, Jennie, Gu, Xiangjun, Lumley, Thomas, Wright, Alan F, Hastie, Nicholas D, Campbell, Susan, Kumar, Rajesh, Pin, Isabelle, Scott, Robert A, Pietiläinen, Kirsi H, Surakka, Ida, Liu, Yongmei, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Schulz, Holger, Heinrich, Joachim, Davies, Gail, Vonk, Judith M, Wojczynski, Mary, Pouta, Anneli, Johansson, Åsa, Wild, Sarah H, Ingelsson, Erik, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Völzke, Henry, Hysi, Pirro G, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Morrison, Alanna C, Rotter, Jerome I, Gao, Wei, Postma, Dirkje S, White, Wendy B, Rich, Stephen S, Hofman, Albert, Aspelund, Thor, Couper, David, Smith, Lewis J, Psaty, Bruce M, Lohman, Kurt, Burchard, Esteban G, Uitterlinden, André G, Garcia, Melissa, Joubert, Bonnie R, McArdle, Wendy L, Musk, A Bill, Hansel, Nadia, Heckbert, Susan R, Zgaga, Lina, van Meurs, Joyce BJ, Navarro, Pau, Rudan, Igor, Oh, Yeon-Mok, Redline, Susan, Jarvis, Deborah L, Zhao, Jing Hua, Rantanen, Taina, O'Connor, George T, and Ripatti, Samuli

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Biological Sciences, Genetics, Human Genome, Rare Diseases, Lung, Cancer, Lung Cancer, Respiratory, Cohort Studies, Databases, Genetic, Follow-Up Studies, Forced Expiratory Volume, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome, Human, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Lung Diseases, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Prognosis, Quantitative Trait Loci, Respiratory Function Tests, Spirometry, Vital Capacity, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract

Forced vital capacity (FVC), a spirometric measure of pulmonary function, reflects lung volume and is used to diagnose and monitor lung diseases. We performed genome-wide association study meta-analysis of FVC in 52,253 individuals from 26 studies and followed up the top associations in 32,917 additional individuals of European ancestry. We found six new regions associated at genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10(-8)) with FVC in or near EFEMP1, BMP6, MIR129-2-HSD17B12, PRDM11, WWOX and KCNJ2. Two loci previously associated with spirometric measures (GSTCD and PTCH1) were related to FVC. Newly implicated regions were followed up in samples from African-American, Korean, Chinese and Hispanic individuals. We detected transcripts for all six newly implicated genes in human lung tissue. The new loci may inform mechanisms involved in lung development and the pathogenesis of restrictive lung disease.

Published
2014

6. Gene-Age Interactions in Blood Pressure Regulation: A Large-Scale Investigation with the CHARGE, Global BPgen, and ICBP Consortia

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Simino, Jeannette, Shi, Gang, Bis, Joshua C, Chasman, Daniel I, Ehret, Georg B, Gu, Xiangjun, Guo, Xiuqing, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Sijbrands, Eric, Smith, Albert V, Verwoert, Germaine C, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, Cadby, Gemma, Chen, Peng, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Corre, Tanguy, de Boer, Rudolf A, Goel, Anuj, Johnson, Toby, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Study, LifeLines Cohort, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Boezen, H Marike, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Franke, Lude, van der Harst, Pim, Hillege, Hans L, van der Klauw, Melanie M, Navis, Gerjan, Ormel, Johan, Postma, Dirkje S, Rosmalen, Judith GM, Slaets, Joris P, Snieder, Harold, Stolk, Ronald P, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce HR, Wijmenga, Cisca, Lluís-Ganella, Carla, Luan, Jian’an, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Nolte, Ilja M, Sim, Xueling, Sõber, Siim, van der Most, Peter J, Verweij, Niek, Zhao, Jing Hua, Amin, Najaf, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bouchard, Claude, Dehghan, Abbas, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Elosua, Roberto, Franco, Oscar H, Gieger, Christian, Harris, Tamara B, Hercberg, Serge, Hofman, Albert, James, Alan L, Johnson, Andrew D, Kähönen, Mika, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kutalik, Zoltan, Larson, Martin G, Launer, Lenore J, Li, Guo, Liu, Jianjun, Liu, Kiang, Morrison, Alanna C, Ong, Rick Twee-Hee, Papanicolau, George J, Penninx, Brenda W, Psaty, Bruce M, Raffel, Leslie J, Raitakari, Olli T, Rice, Kenneth, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rose, Lynda M, Sanna, Serena, Scott, Robert A, Siscovick, David S, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Vithana, Eranga Nishanthie, Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Watkins, Hugh, Young, Terri L, Aung, Tin, Bochud, Murielle, Farrall, Martin, Hartman, Catharina A, Laan, Maris, Lakatta, Edward G, Lehtimäki, Terho, and Loos, Ruth JF

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Epidemiology, Biological Sciences, Health Sciences, Genetics, Clinical Research, Human Genome, Aging, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Blood Pressure, Cohort Studies, Humans, Middle Aged, Young Adult, LifeLines Cohort Study, Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics & Heredity, Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Health sciences
Abstract

Although age-dependent effects on blood pressure (BP) have been reported, they have not been systematically investigated in large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWASs). We leveraged the infrastructure of three well-established consortia (CHARGE, GBPgen, and ICBP) and a nonstandard approach (age stratification and metaregression) to conduct a genome-wide search of common variants with age-dependent effects on systolic (SBP), diastolic (DBP), mean arterial (MAP), and pulse (PP) pressure. In a two-staged design using 99,241 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 20 genome-wide significant (p ≤ 5 × 10(-8)) loci by using joint tests of the SNP main effect and SNP-age interaction. Nine of the significant loci demonstrated nominal evidence of age-dependent effects on BP by tests of the interactions alone. Index SNPs in the EHBP1L1 (DBP and MAP), CASZ1 (SBP and MAP), and GOSR2 (PP) loci exhibited the largest age interactions, with opposite directions of effect in the young versus the old. The changes in the genetic effects over time were small but nonnegligible (up to 1.58 mm Hg over 60 years). The EHBP1L1 locus was discovered through gene-age interactions only in whites but had DBP main effects replicated (p = 8.3 × 10(-4)) in 8,682 Asians from Singapore, indicating potential interethnic heterogeneity. A secondary analysis revealed 22 loci with evidence of age-specific effects (e.g., only in 20 to 29-year-olds). Age can be used to select samples with larger genetic effect sizes and more homogenous phenotypes, which may increase statistical power. Age-dependent effects identified through novel statistical approaches can provide insight into the biology and temporal regulation underlying BP associations.

Published
2014

7. Genome-Wide Study of Percent Emphysema on Computed Tomography in the General Population. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Lung/SNP Health Association Resource Study

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Manichaikul, Ani, Hoffman, Eric A, Smolonska, Joanna, Gao, Wei, Cho, Michael H, Baumhauer, Heather, Budoff, Matthew, Austin, John HM, Washko, George R, Carr, J Jeffrey, Kaufman, Joel D, Pottinger, Tess, Powell, Charles A, Wijmenga, Cisca, Zanen, Pieter, Groen, Harry JM, Postma, Dirkje S, Wanner, Adam, Rouhani, Farshid N, Brantly, Mark L, Powell, Rhea, Smith, Benjamin M, Rabinowitz, Dan, Raffel, Leslie J, Stukovsky, Karen D Hinckley, Crapo, James D, Beaty, Terri H, Hokanson, John E, Silverman, Edwin K, Dupuis, Josée, O’Connor, George T, Boezen, H Marike, Rich, Stephen S, and Barr, R Graham

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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology, Clinical Sciences, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Human Genome, Emphysema, Lung, Genetics, Cardiovascular, Atherosclerosis, Clinical Research, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Genetic Markers, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotyping Techniques, Humans, Male, Mannosidases, Middle Aged, N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Pulmonary Emphysema, RNA Helicases, Thiolester Hydrolases, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, United States, alpha-Mannosidase, snRNP Core Proteins, emphysema, computed tomography, multiethnic, cohort study, genetic association, Medical and Health Sciences, Respiratory System, Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, Clinical sciences
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RationalePulmonary emphysema overlaps partially with spirometrically defined chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and is heritable, with moderately high familial clustering.ObjectivesTo complete a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for the percentage of emphysema-like lung on computed tomography in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung/SNP Health Association Resource (SHARe) Study, a large, population-based cohort in the United States.MethodsWe determined percent emphysema and upper-lower lobe ratio in emphysema defined by lung regions less than -950 HU on cardiac scans. Genetic analyses were reported combined across four race/ethnic groups: non-Hispanic white (n = 2,587), African American (n = 2,510), Hispanic (n = 2,113), and Chinese (n = 704) and stratified by race and ethnicity.Measurements and main resultsAmong 7,914 participants, we identified regions at genome-wide significance for percent emphysema in or near SNRPF (rs7957346; P = 2.2 × 10(-8)) and PPT2 (rs10947233; P = 3.2 × 10(-8)), both of which replicated in an additional 6,023 individuals of European ancestry. Both single-nucleotide polymorphisms were previously implicated as genes influencing lung function, and analyses including lung function revealed independent associations for percent emphysema. Among Hispanics, we identified a genetic locus for upper-lower lobe ratio near the α-mannosidase-related gene MAN2B1 (rs10411619; P = 1.1 × 10(-9); minor allele frequency [MAF], 4.4%). Among Chinese, we identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with upper-lower lobe ratio near DHX15 (rs7698250; P = 1.8 × 10(-10); MAF, 2.7%) and MGAT5B (rs7221059; P = 2.7 × 10(-8); MAF, 2.6%), which acts on α-linked mannose. Among African Americans, a locus near a third α-mannosidase-related gene, MAN1C1 (rs12130495; P = 9.9 × 10(-6); MAF, 13.3%) was associated with percent emphysema.ConclusionsOur results suggest that some genes previously identified as influencing lung function are independently associated with emphysema rather than lung function, and that genes related to α-mannosidase may influence risk of emphysema.

Published
2014

9. A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci

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Bradfield, Jonathan P, Taal, H Rob, Timpson, Nicholas J, Scherag, Andre, Lecoeur, Cecile, Warrington, Nicole M, Hypponen, Elina, Holst, Claus, Valcarcel, Beatriz, Thiering, Elisabeth, Salem, Rany M, Schumacher, Fredrick R, Cousminer, Diana L, Sleiman, Patrick MA, Zhao, Jianhua, Berkowitz, Robert I, Vimaleswaran, Karani S, Jarick, Ivonne, Pennell, Craig E, Evans, David M, St Pourcain, Beate, Berry, Diane J, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Hofman, Albert, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Uitterlinden, Andre G, van Duijn, Cornelia M, van der Valk, Ralf JP, de Jongste, Johan C, Postma, Dirkje S, Boomsma, Dorret I, Gauderman, W James, Hassanein, Mohamed T, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Magi, Reedik, Boreham, Colin AG, Neville, Charlotte E, Moreno, Luis A, Elliott, Paul, Pouta, Anneli, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Li, Mingyao, Raitakari, Olli, Lehtimaki, Terho, Eriksson, Johan G, Palotie, Aarno, Dallongeville, Jean, Das, Shikta, Deloukas, Panos, McMahon, George, Ring, Susan M, Kemp, John P, Buxton, Jessica L, Blakemore, Alexandra IF, Bustamante, Mariona, Guxens, Monica, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Gillman, Matthew W, Kreiner-Moller, Eskil, Bisgaard, Hans, Gilliland, Frank D, Heinrich, Joachim, Wheeler, Eleanor, Barroso, Ines, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Meirhaeghe, Aline, Sorensen, Thorkild IA, Power, Chris, Palmer, Lyle J, Hinney, Anke, Widen, Elisabeth, Farooqi, I Sadaf, McCarthy, Mark I, Froguel, Philippe, Meyre, David, Hebebrand, Johannes, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jaddoe, Vincent WV, Smith, George Davey, Hakonarson, Hakon, and Grant, Struan FA

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Biological Sciences, Genetics, Pediatric, Nutrition, Obesity, Human Genome, Metabolic and endocrine, Oral and gastrointestinal, Stroke, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Adolescent, Adult, Body Mass Index, Case-Control Studies, Genetic Loci, Genetic Markers, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Young Adult, Early Growth Genetics Consortium, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract

Multiple genetic variants have been associated with adult obesity and a few with severe obesity in childhood; however, less progress has been made in establishing genetic influences on common early-onset obesity. We performed a North American, Australian and European collaborative meta-analysis of 14 studies consisting of 5,530 cases (≥95th percentile of body mass index (BMI)) and 8,318 controls (

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2012

13. Identifying a nasal gene expression signature associated with hyperinflation and treatment response in severe COPD

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Faiz, Alen, Imkamp, Kai, van der Wiel, Erica, Boudewijn, Ilse M., Koppelman, Gerard H., Brandsma, Corry-Anke, Kerstjens, Huib A. M., Timens, Wim, Vroegop, Sebastiaan, Pasma, Henk R., Boersma, Wim G., Wielders, Pascal, van den Elshout, Frank, Mansour, Khaled, Steiling, Katrina, Spira, Avrum, Lenburg, Marc E., Heijink, Irene H., Postma, Dirkje S., and van den Berge, Maarten

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2020
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15. Understanding the role of the chromosome 15q25.1 in COPD through epigenetics and transcriptomics

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Nedeljkovic, Ivana, Carnero-Montoro, Elena, Lahousse, Lies, van der Plaat, Diana A., de Jong, Kim, Vonk, Judith M., van Diemen, Cleo C., Faiz, Alen, van den Berge, Maarten, Obeidat, Ma’en, Bossé, Yohan, Nickle, David C., Consortium, BIOS, Uitterlinden, Andre G., van Meurs, Joyce J. B., Stricker, Bruno C. H., Brusselle, Guy G., Postma, Dirkje S., Boezen, H. Marike, van Duijn, Cornelia M., and Amin, Najaf

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2018
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22. Integrative Genomics of Emphysema-Associated Genes Reveals Potential Disease Biomarkers

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Obeidat, Maʼen, Nie, Yunlong, Fishbane, Nick, Li, Xuan, Bossé, Yohan, Joubert, Philippe, Nickle, David C., Hao, Ke, Postma, Dirkje S., Timens, Wim, Sze, Marc A., Shannon, Casey P., Hollander, Zsuzsanna, Ng, Raymond T., McManus, Bruce, Miller, Bruce E., Rennard, Stephen, Spira, Avrum, Hackett, Tillie-Louise, Lam, Wan, Lam, Stephen, Faner, Rosa, Agusti, Alvar, Hogg, James C., Sin, Don D., and Paré, Peter D.

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2017
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23. The Influence of Meteorological Factors and Atmospheric Pollutants on the Risk of Preterm Birth

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Giorgis-Allemand, Lise, Pedersen, Marie, Bernard, Claire, Aguilera, Inmaculada, Beelen, Rob M. J., Chatzi, Leda, Cirach, Marta, Danileviciute, Asta, Dedele, Audrius, van Eijsden, Manon, Estarlich, Marisa, Fernández-Somoano, Ana, Fernández, Mariana F., Forastiere, Francesco, Gehring, Ulrike, Grazuleviciene, Regina, Gruzieva, Olena, Heude, Barbara, Hoek, Gerard, de Hoogh, Kees, van den Hooven, Edith H., Håberg, Siri E., Iñiguez, Carmen, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., Korek, Michal, Lertxundi, Aitana, Lepeule, Johanna, Nafstad, Per, Nystad, Wenche, Patelarou, Evridiki, Porta, Daniela, Postma, Dirkje, Raaschou-Nielsen, Ole, Rudnai, Peter, Siroux, Valérie, Sunyer, Jordi, Stephanou, Euripides, Sørensen, Mette, Eriksen, Kirsten Thorup, Tuffnell, Derek, Varró, Mihály J., Vrijkotte, Tanja G. M., Wijga, Alet, Wright, John, Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J., Pershagen, Göran, Brunekreef, Bert, Kogevinas, Manolis, and Slama, Rémy

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2017
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27. Individualized prediction of lung-function decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Zafari, Zafar, Sin, Don D., Postma, Dirkje S., Lofdahl, Claes-Goran, Vonk, Judith, Bryan, Stirling, Lam, Stephen, Tammemagi, C. Martin, Khakban, Rahman, Man, Paul, Tashkin, Donald, Wise, Robert A., Connett, John E., McManus, Bruce, Ng, Raymond, Hollander, Zsuszanna, and Sadatsafavi, Mohsen

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Medical research -- Usage -- Analysis -- Models, Medicine, Experimental -- Usage -- Analysis -- Models, Smokers -- Usage -- Analysis -- Models, Lung diseases, Obstructive -- Usage -- Analysis -- Models, Lung cancer -- Usage -- Analysis -- Models, Health, University of British Columbia
Abstract

Background: The rate of lung-function decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) varies substantially among individuals. We sought to develop and validate an individualized prediction model for forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV,) in current smokers with mild-to-moderate COPD. Methods: Using data from a large long-term clinical trial (the Lung Health Study), we derived mixed-effects regression models to predict future FEV, values over 11 years according to clinical traits. We modelled heterogeneity by allowing regression coefficients to vary across individuals. Two independent cohorts with COPD were used for validating the equations. Results: We used data from 5594 patients (mean age 48.4 yr, 63% men, mean baseline FEV, 2.75 L) to create the individualized prediction equations. There was significant between individual variability in the rate of FEV, decline, with the interval for the annual rate of decline that contained 95% of individuals being -124 to -15 mL/yr for smokers and -83 to 15 mL/yr for sustained quitters. Clinical variables in the final model explained 88% of variation around follow-up FEV1. The C statistic for predicting severity grades was 0.90. Prediction equations performed robustly in the 2 external data sets. Interpretation: A substantial part of individual variation in FEV1 decline can be explained by easily measured clinical variables. The model developed in this work can be used for prediction of future lung health in patients with mild-to-moderate COPD. Trial registration: Lung Health Study--ClinicalTrials.gov, no. NCT00000568; Pan-Canadian Early Detection of Lung Cancer Study--ClinicalTrials.gov, no. NCT00751660, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health burden that affects 300 million people worldwide (1) resulting in more than 3 million deaths annually. (1,2) Although COPD is defined [...]

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2016
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30. Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index

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Felix, Janine F., Bradfield, Jonathan P., Monnereau, Claire, van der Valk, Ralf J.P., Stergiakouli, Evie, Chesi, Alessandra, Gaillard, Romy, Feenstra, Bjarke, Thiering, Elisabeth, Kreiner-Møller, Eskil, Mahajan, Anubha, Pitkänen, Niina, Joro, Raimo, Cavadino, Alana, Huikari, Ville, Franks, Steve, Groen-Blokhuis, Maria M., Cousminer, Diana L., Marsh, Julie A., Lehtimäki, Terho, Curtin, John A., Vioque, Jesus, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Myhre, Ronny, Price, Thomas S., Vilor-Tejedor, Natalia, Yengo, Loïc, Grarup, Niels, Ntalla, Ioanna, Ang, Wei, Atalay, Mustafa, Bisgaard, Hans, Blakemore, Alexandra I., Bonnefond, Amelie, Carstensen, Lisbeth, Eriksson, Johan, Flexeder, Claudia, Franke, Lude, Geller, Frank, Geserick, Mandy, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Haworth, Claire M.A., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hofman, Albert, Holm, Jens-Christian, Horikoshi, Momoko, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Huang, Jinyan, Kadarmideen, Haja N., Kähönen, Mika, Kiess, Wieland, Lakka, Hanna-Maaria, Lakka, Timo A., Lewin, Alexandra M., Liang, Liming, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Ma, Baoshan, Magnus, Per, McCormack, Shana E., McMahon, George, Mentch, Frank D., Middeldorp, Christel M., Murray, Clare S., Pahkala, Katja, Pers, Tune H., Pfäffle, Roland, Postma, Dirkje S., Power, Christine, Simpson, Angela, Sengpiel, Verena, Tiesler, Carla M. T., Torrent, Maties, Uitterlinden, André G., van Meurs, Joyce B., Vinding, Rebecca, Waage, Johannes, Wardle, Jane, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Zemel, Babette S., Dedoussis, George V., Pedersen, Oluf, Froguel, Philippe, Sunyer, Jordi, Plomin, Robert, Jacobsson, Bo, Hansen, Torben, Gonzalez, Juan R., Custovic, Adnan, Raitakari, Olli T., Pennell, Craig E., Widén, Elisabeth, Boomsma, Dorret I., Koppelman, Gerard H., Sebert, Sylvain, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Hyppönen, Elina, McCarthy, Mark I., Lindi, Virpi, Harri, Niinikoski, Körner, Antje, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Heinrich, Joachim, Melbye, Mads, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Hakonarson, Hakon, Ring, Susan M., Smith, George Davey, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Timpson, Nicholas J., Grant, Struan F.A., Jaddoe, Vincent W.V., Kalkwarf, Heidi J., Lappe, Joan M., Gilsanz, Vicente, Oberfield, Sharon E., Shepherd, John A., Kelly, Andrea, and Zemel, Babette S.

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2016
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32. Genome-Wide Association Study Identification of Novel Loci Associated with Airway Responsiveness in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Hansel, Nadia N., Paré, Peter D., Rafaels, Nicholas, Sin, Don D., Sandford, Andrew, Daley, Denise, Vergara, Candelaria, Huang, Lili, Elliott, Mark W., Pascoe, Chris D., Arsenault, Bryna A., Postma, Dirkje S., Boezen, Marike H., Bossé, Yohan, van den Berge, Maarten, Hiemstra, Pieter S., Cho, Michael H., Litonjua, Augusto A., Sparrow, David, Ober, Carole, Wise, Robert A., Connett, John, Neptune, Enid R., Beaty, Terri H., Ruczinski, Ingo, Mathias, Rasika A., and Barnes, Kathleen C.

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2015
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34. Novel Genes for Airway Wall Thickness Identified with Combined Genome-Wide Association and Expression Analyses

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Dijkstra, Akkelies E., Postma, Dirkje S., van Ginneken, Bram, Wielpütz, Mark O., Schmidt, Michael, Becker, Nikolaus, Owsijewitsch, Michael, Kauczor, Hans-Ulrich, de Koning, Harry J., Lammers, Jan W., Oudkerk, Matthijs, Brandsma, Corry-Anke, Bossé, Yohan, Nickle, David C., Sin, Don D., Hiemstra, Pieter S., Wijmenga, Ciska, Smolonska, Joanna, Zanen, Pieter, Vonk, Judith M., van den Berge, Maarten, Boezen, Marike H., and Groen, Harry J. M.

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2015
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35. A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood

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van der Valk, Ralf J.P., Kreiner-Møller, Eskil, Kooijman, Marjolein N., Guxens, Mònica, Stergiakouli, Evangelia, Sääf, Annika, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Geller, Frank, Hayes, M. Geoffrey, Cousminer, Diana L., Körner, Antje, Thiering, Elisabeth, Curtin, John A., Myhre, Ronny, Huikari, Ville, Joro, Raimo, Kerkhof, Marjan, Warrington, Nicole M., Pitkänen, Niina, Ntalla, Ioanna, Horikoshi, Momoko, Veijola, Riitta, Freathy, Rachel M., Teo, Yik-Ying, Barton, Sheila J., Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., St Pourcain, Beate, Ring, Susan M., Davey Smith, George, Bergström, Anna, Kull, Inger, Hakonarson, Hakon, Mentch, Frank D., Bisgaard, Hans, Chawes, Bo, Stokholm, Jakob, Waage, Johannes, Eriksen, Patrick, Sevelsted, Astrid, Melbye, Mads, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Hofman, Albert, de Jongste, Johan C., Taal, H. Rob, Uitterlinden, André G., Armstrong, Loren L., Eriksson, Johan, Palotie, Aarno, Bustamante, Mariona, Estivill, Xavier, Gonzalez, Juan R., Llop, Sabrina, Kiess, Wieland, Mahajan, Anubha, Flexeder, Claudia, Tiesler, Carla M.T., Murray, Clare S., Simpson, Angela, Magnus, Per, Sengpiel, Verena, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka, Lewin, Alexandra, Da Silva Couto Alves, Alexessander, Blakemore, Alexandra I., Buxton, Jessica L., Kaakinen, Marika, Rodriguez, Alina, Sebert, Sylvain, Vaarasmaki, Marja, Lakka, Timo, Lindi, Virpi, Gehring, Ulrike, Postma, Dirkje S., Ang, Wei, Newnham, John P., Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Pahkala, Katja, Raitakari, Olli T., Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Boomsma, Dorret I., Groen-Blokhuis, Maria, Ilonen, Jorma, Franke, Lude, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Pers, Tune H., Liang, Liming, Huang, Jinyan, Hocher, Berthold, Knip, Mikael, Saw, Seang-Mei, Holloway, John W., Melén, Erik, Grant, Struan F.A., Feenstra, Bjarke, Lowe, William L., Widén, Elisabeth, Sergeyev, Elena, Grallert, Harald, Custovic, Adnan, Jacobsson, Bo, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Atalay, Mustafa, Koppelman, Gerard H., Pennell, Craig E., Niinikoski, Harri, Dedoussis, George V., Mccarthy, Mark I., Frayling, Timothy M., Sunyer, Jordi, Timpson, Nicholas J., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Bønnelykke, Klaus, and Jaddoe, Vincent W.V.

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2015
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36. Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

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Locke, Adam E., Kahali, Bratati, Berndt, Sonja I., Justice, Anne E., Pers, Tune H., Day, Felix R., Powell, Corey, Vedantam, Sailaja, Buchkovich, Martin L., Yang, Jian, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gustafsson, Stefan, Kutalik, Zoltán, Luan, Jianʼan, Mägi, Reedik, Randall, Joshua C., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Faul, Jessica D., Smith, Jennifer A., Hua Zhao, Jing, Zhao, Wei, Chen, Jin, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Hedman, Åsa K., Karjalainen, Juha, Schmidt, Ellen M., Absher, Devin, Amin, Najaf, Anderson, Denise, Beekman, Marian, Bolton, Jennifer L., Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Buyske, Steven, Demirkan, Ayse, Deng, Guohong, Ehret, Georg B., Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary F., Fischer, Krista, Goel, Anuj, Gong, Jian, Jackson, Anne U., Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E., Kristiansson, Kati, Lim, Unhee, Lotay, Vaneet, Mangino, Massimo, Mateo Leach, Irene, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Medland, Sarah E., Nalls, Michael A., Palmer, Cameron D., Pasko, Dorota, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Peters, Marjolein J., Prokopenko, Inga, Shungin, Dmitry, Stančáková, Alena, Strawbridge, Rona J., Ju Sung, Yun, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Trompet, Stella, van der Laan, Sander W., van Setten, Jessica, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Wang, Zhaoming, Yengo, Loïc, Zhang, Weihua, Isaacs, Aaron, Albrecht, Eva, Ärnlöv, Johan, Arscott, Gillian M., Attwood, Antony P., Bandinelli, Stefania, Barrett, Amy, Bas, Isabelita N., Bellis, Claire, Bennett, Amanda J., Berne, Christian, Blagieva, Roza, Blüher, Matthias, Böhringer, Stefan, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Böttcher, Yvonne, Boyd, Heather A., Bruinenberg, Marcel, Caspersen, Ida H., Ida Chen, Yii-Der, Clarke, Robert, Warwick Daw, E., de Craen, Anton J. M., Delgado, Graciela, Dimitriou, Maria, Doney, Alex S. F., Eklund, Niina, Estrada, Karol, Eury, Elodie, Folkersen, Lasse, Fraser, Ross M., Garcia, Melissa E., Geller, Frank, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gigante, Bruna, Go, Alan S., Golay, Alain, Goodall, Alison H., Gordon, Scott D., Gorski, Mathias, Grabe, Hans-Jörgen, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B., Gräler, Jürgen, Grönberg, Henrik, Groves, Christopher J., Gusto, Gaëlle, Haessler, Jeffrey, Hall, Per, Haller, Toomas, Hallmans, Goran, Hartman, Catharina A., Hassinen, Maija, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Helmer, Quinta, Hengstenberg, Christian, Holmen, Oddgeir, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, James, Alan L., Jeff, Janina M., Johansson, Åsa, Jolley, Jennifer, Juliusdottir, Thorhildur, Kinnunen, Leena, Koenig, Wolfgang, Koskenvuo, Markku, Kratzer, Wolfgang, Laitinen, Jaana, Lamina, Claudia, Leander, Karin, Lee, Nanette R., Lichtner, Peter, Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Sin Lo, Ken, Lobbens, Stéphane, Lorbeer, Roberto, Lu, Yingchang, Mach, François, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Mahajan, Anubha, McArdle, Wendy L., McLachlan, Stela, Menni, Cristina, Merger, Sigrun, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Moayyeri, Alireza, Monda, Keri L., Morken, Mario A., Mulas, Antonella, Müller, Gabriele, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Musk, Arthur W., Nagaraja, Ramaiah, Nöthen, Markus M., Nolte, Ilja M., Pilz, Stefan, Rayner, Nigel W., Renstrom, Frida, Rettig, Rainer, Ried, Janina S., Ripke, Stephan, Robertson, Neil R., Rose, Lynda M., Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Scholtens, Salome, Schumacher, Fredrick R., Scott, William R., Seufferlein, Thomas, Shi, Jianxin, Vernon Smith, Albert, Smolonska, Joanna, Stanton, Alice V., Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stringham, Heather M., Sundström, Johan, Swertz, Morris A., Swift, Amy J., Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Tayo, Bamidele O., Thorand, Barbara, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Uh, Hae-Won, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Verhulst, Frank C., Vermeulen, Sita H., Verweij, Niek, Vonk, Judith M., Waite, Lindsay L., Warren, Helen R., Waterworth, Dawn, Weedon, Michael N., Wilkens, Lynne R., Willenborg, Christina, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wojczynski, Mary K., Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F., Zhang, Qunyuan, Brennan, Eoin P., Choi, Murim, Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W., Eriksson, Per, Franco-Cereceda, Anders, Gådin, Jesper R., Gharavi, Ali G., Goddard, Michael E., Handsaker, Robert E., Huang, Jinyan, Karpe, Fredrik, Kathiresan, Sekar, Keildson, Sarah, Kiryluk, Krzysztof, Kubo, Michiaki, Lee, Jong-Young, Liang, Liming, Lifton, Richard P., Ma, Baoshan, McCarroll, Steven A., McKnight, Amy J., Min, Josine L., Moffatt, Miriam F., Montgomery, Grant W., Murabito, Joanne M., Nicholson, George, Nyholt, Dale R., Okada, Yukinori, Perry, John R. B., Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Reinmaa, Eva, Salem, Rany M., Sandholm, Niina, Scott, Robert A., Stolk, Lisette, Takahashi, Atsushi, Tanaka, Toshihiro, vanʼt Hooft, Ferdinand M., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Westra, Harm-Jan, Zheng, Wei, Zondervan, Krina T., Heath, Andrew C., Arveiler, Dominique, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N., Blangero, John, Bovet, Pascal, Campbell, Harry, Caulfield, Mark J., Cesana, Giancarlo, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chasman, Daniel I., Chines, Peter S., Collins, Francis S., Crawford, Dana C., Adrienne Cupples, L., Cusi, Daniele, Danesh, John, de Faire, Ulf, den Ruijter, Hester M., Dominiczak, Anna F., Erbel, Raimund, Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G., Farrall, Martin, Felix, Stephan B., Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrières, Jean, Ford, Ian, Forouhi, Nita G., Forrester, Terrence, Franco, Oscar H., Gansevoort, Ron T., Gejman, Pablo V., Gieger, Christian, Gottesman, Omri, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hall, Alistair S., Harris, Tamara B., Hattersley, Andrew T., Hicks, Andrew A., Hindorff, Lucia A., Hingorani, Aroon D., Hofman, Albert, Homuth, Georg, Kees Hovingh, G., Humphries, Steve E., Hunt, Steven C., Hyppönen, Elina, Illig, Thomas, Jacobs, Kevin B., Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Johansen, Berit, Jousilahti, Pekka, Wouter Jukema, J., Jula, Antti M., Kaprio, Jaakko, Kastelein, John J. P., Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Knekt, Paul, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kooperberg, Charles, Kovacs, Peter, Kraja, Aldi T., Kumari, Meena, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lakka, Timo A., Langenberg, Claudia, Le Marchand, Loic, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, Satu, Marette, André, Matise, Tara C., McKenzie, Colin A., McKnight, Barbara, Moll, Frans L., Morris, Andrew D., Morris, Andrew P., Murray, Jeffrey C., Nelis, Mari, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ong, Ken K., Madden, Pamela A. F., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Peden, John F., Peters, Annette, Postma, Dirkje S., Pramstaller, Peter P., Price, Jackie F., Qi, Lu, Raitakari, Olli T., Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, D. C., Rice, Treva K., Ridker, Paul M., Rioux, John D., Ritchie, Marylyn D., Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Saramies, Jouko, Sarzynski, Mark A., Schunkert, Heribert, Schwarz, Peter E. H., Sever, Peter, Shuldiner, Alan R., Sinisalo, Juha, Stolk, Ronald P., Strauch, Konstantin, Tönjes, Anke, Trégouët, David-Alexandre, Tremblay, Angelo, Tremoli, Elena, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völker, Uwe, Waeber, Gérard, Willemsen, Gonneke, Witteman, Jacqueline C., Carola Zillikens, M., Adair, Linda S., Amouyel, Philippe, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Assimes, Themistocles L., Bochud, Murielle, Boehm, Bernhard O., Boerwinkle, Eric, Bornstein, Stefan R., Bottinger, Erwin P., Bouchard, Claude, Cauchi, Stéphane, Chambers, John C., Chanock, Stephen J., Cooper, Richard S., de Bakker, Paul I. W., Dedoussis, George, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W., Froguel, Philippe, Groop, Leif C., Haiman, Christopher A., Hamsten, Anders, Hui, Jennie, Hunter, David J., Hveem, Kristian, Kaplan, Robert C., Kivimaki, Mika, Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Liu, Yongmei, Martin, Nicholas G., März, Winfried, Melbye, Mads, Metspalu, Andres, Moebus, Susanne, Munroe, Patricia B., Njølstad, Inger, Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Colin N. A., Pedersen, Nancy L., Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Peters, Ulrike, Power, Chris, Quertermous, Thomas, Rauramaa, Rainer, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Saaristo, Timo E., Saleheen, Danish, Sattar, Naveed, Schadt, Eric E., Schlessinger, David, Eline Slagboom, P., Snieder, Harold, Spector, Tim D., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stumvoll, Michael, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G., Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Walker, Mark, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wareham, Nicholas J., Watkins, Hugh, Weir, David R., Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F., Zanen, Pieter, Borecki, Ingrid B., Deloukas, Panos, Fox, Caroline S., Heid, Iris M., OʼConnell, Jeffrey R., Strachan, David P., Stefansson, Kari, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Abecasis, Gonçalo R., Franke, Lude, Frayling, Timothy M., McCarthy, Mark I., Visscher, Peter M., Scherag, André, Willer, Cristen J., Boehnke, Michael, Mohlke, Karen L., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Beckmann, Jacques S., Barroso, Inês, North, Kari E., Ingelsson, Erik, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Loos, Ruth J. F., and Speliotes, Elizabeth K.

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2015
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37. Genome-wide study identifies two loci associated with lung function decline in mild to moderate COPD

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Hansel, Nadia N., Ruczinski, Ingo, Rafaels, Nicholas, Sin, Don D., Daley, Denise, Malinina, Alla, Huang, Lili, Sandford, Andrew, Murray, Tanda, Kim, Yoonhee, Vergara, Candelaria, Heckbert, Susan R., Psaty, Bruce M., Li, Guo, Elliott, W. Mark, Aminuddin, Farzian, Dupuis, Josée, O’Connor, George T., Doheny, Kimberly, Scott, Alan F., Boezen, H. Marike, Postma, Dirkje S., Smolonska, Joanna, Zanen, Pieter, Mohamed Hoesein, Firdaus A., de Koning, Harry J., Crystal, Ronald G., Tanaka, Toshiko, Ferrucci, Luigi, Silverman, Edwin, Wan, Emily, Vestbo, Jorgen, Lomas, David A., Connett, John, Wise, Robert A., Neptune, Enid R., Mathias, Rasika A., Paré, Peter D., Beaty, Terri H., and Barnes, Kathleen C.

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2013
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38. Intestinal lactobacilli and the DC-SIGN gene for their recognition by dendritic cells play a role in the aetiology of allergic manifestations

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Penders, John, Thijs, Carel, Mommers, Monique, Stobberingh, Ellen E., Dompeling, Edward, Reijmerink, Naomi E., van den Brandt, Piet A., Kerkhof, Marjan, Koppelman, Gerard H., and Postma, Dirkje S.

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Allergic reaction -- Risk factors, Allergic reaction -- Genetic aspects, Allergic reaction -- Research, Allergy -- Risk factors, Allergy -- Genetic aspects, Allergy -- Research, Dendritic cells -- Genetic aspects, Dendritic cells -- Research, Genes -- Physiological aspects, Genes -- Research, Lactobacillus -- Genetic aspects, Lactobacillus -- Health aspects, Lactobacillus -- Research, Biological sciences
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Diminished exposure to harmless micro-organisms, such as lactobacilli, has been suggested to play a role in the increased prevalence of allergic disorders in Westernized communities. The development of allergies depends on both environmental factors and genetic variations, including polymorphisms in genes encoding pattern recognition receptors. The present study examines the effects of both colonization with specific Lactobacillus species and genetic variations in DC-SIGN, a pattern recognition receptor on dendritic cells that recognizes lactobacilli, on the development of atopic dermatitis (AD) and sensitization in infancy. Within the KOALA Birth Cohort Study, faecal samples of 681 one-month-old infants were collected and quantitatively screened for five Lactobacillus species: L. casei, L. paracasei, L. rhamnosus, L. acidophilus and L. reuteri. Eleven haplotype-tagging polymorphisms in the DC-SIGN gene were genotyped in these children. Allergic outcomes were a clinical diagnosis of AD and sensitization (specific IgE) at age 2 years. L. rhamnosus (31.5 %), L. paracasei (31.3 %) and L. acidophilus (14.4 %) were frequently detected in the faecal samples of one-month-old infants, whereas L. casei (2.5 %) and L. reuteri (< 1%) were rare. Colonization with L. paracasei decreased the risk of AD significantly (odds ratio 0.57, 95 % confidence interval 0.320.99), whereas effects of L. acidophilus were of borderline statistical significance (0.46, 0.20-1.04). Two DC-SIGN polymorphisms, rs11465413 and rs8112555, were statistically significantly associated with atopic sensitization. The present study supports the 'old friends' hypothesis suggesting that certain health-beneficial micro-organisms protect us from developing allergies and that these protective effects are species-dependent. Firm conclusions on the potential interaction between lactobacillus colonization and genetic variations in DC-SIGN in association with the development of allergic disorders cannot be drawn, given the limited power of our study. Therefore, incorporation of consecutive faecal sampling in newly started (birth) cohort studies would be a first requisite to further increase our understanding of host-microbial interactions in health and disease. DOI 10.1099/mic.0.042069-0

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2010

40. Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

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Perry, John R. B., Day, Felix, Elks, Cathy E., Sulem, Patrick, Thompson, Deborah J., Ferreira, Teresa, He, Chunyan, Chasman, Daniel I., Esko, Tõnu, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Albrecht, Eva, Ang, Wei Q., Corre, Tanguy, Cousminer, Diana L., Feenstra, Bjarke, Franceschini, Nora, Ganna, Andrea, Johnson, Andrew D., Kjellqvist, Sanela, Lunetta, Kathryn L., McMahon, George, Nolte, Ilja M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Porcu, Eleonora, Smith, Albert V., Stolk, Lisette, Teumer, Alexander, Tšernikova, Natalia, Tikkanen, Emmi, Ulivi, Sheila, Wagner, Erin K., Amin, Najaf, Bierut, Laura J., Byrne, Enda M., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Koller, Daniel L., Mangino, Massimo, Pers, Tune H., Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Zhao, Jing Hua, Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Atsma, Femke, Bandinelli, Stefania, Beckmann, Matthias W., Benitez, Javier, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E., Bolla, Manjeet K., Bonanni, Bernardo, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Buring, Julie E., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen, Chen, Jinhui, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Collée, Margriet J., Couch, Fergus J., Couper, David, Coviello, Andrea D., Cox, Angela, Czene, Kamila, D’adamo, Adamo Pio, Smith, George Davey, De Vivo, Immaculata, Demerath, Ellen W., Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dieffenbach, Aida K., Dunning, Alison M., Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Johan G., Fasching, Peter A., Ferrucci, Luigi, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Foroud, Tatiana, Franke, Lude, Garcia, Melissa E., García-Closas, Montserrat, Geller, Frank, de Geus, Eco E. J., Giles, Graham G., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Guénel, Pascal, Guo, Suiqun, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Haring, Robin, Hartman, Catharina A., Heath, Andrew C., Hofman, Albert, Hooning, Maartje J., Hopper, John L., Hu, Frank B., Hunter, David J., Karasik, David, Kiel, Douglas P., Knight, Julia A., Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kutalik, Zoltan, Lai, Sandra, Lambrechts, Diether, Lindblom, Annika, Mägi, Reedik, Magnusson, Patrik K., Mannermaa, Arto, Martin, Nicholas G., Masson, Gisli, McArdle, Patrick F., McArdle, Wendy L., Melbye, Mads, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Milne, Roger L., Nevanlinna, Heli, Neven, Patrick, Nohr, Ellen A., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Oostra, Ben A., Palotie, Aarno, Peacock, Munro, Pedersen, Nancy L., Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Pharoah, Paul D. P., Postma, Dirkje S., Pouta, Anneli, Pylkäs, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Ring, Susan, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M., Rudolph, Anja, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanna, Serena, Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Marjanka K., Southey, Mellissa C., Sovio, Ulla, Stampfer, Meir J., Stöckl, Doris, Storniolo, Anna M., Timpson, Nicholas J., Tyrer, Jonathan, Visser, Jenny A., Vollenweider, Peter, Völzke, Henry, Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wang, Qin, Willemsen, Gonneke, Winqvist, Robert, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Wright, Margaret J., Boomsma, Dorret I., Econs, Michael J., Khaw, Kay-Tee, Loos, Ruth J. F., McCarthy, Mark I., Montgomery, Grant W., Rice, John P., Streeten, Elizabeth A., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Bergmann, Sven, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boyd, Heather A., Crisponi, Laura, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Harris, Tamara B., Ingelsson, Erik, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Kraft, Peter, Lawlor, Debbie, Metspalu, Andres, Pennell, Craig E., Ridker, Paul M., Snieder, Harold, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Strachan, David P., Uitterlinden, André G., Wareham, Nicholas J., Widen, Elisabeth, Zygmunt, Marek, Murray, Anna, Easton, Douglas F., Stefansson, Kari, Murabito, Joanne M., and Ong, Ken K.

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2014
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49. Fine mapping and positional candidate studies identify HLA-G as an asthma susceptibility gene on chromosome 6p21

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Nicolae, Dan, Cox, Nancy J., Lester, Lucille A., Schneider, Daniel, Tan, Zheng, Billstrand, Christine, Kuldanek, Susan, Donfack, Joseph, Kogut, Paul, Patel, Nina M., Goodenbour, Jeffrey, Howard, Timothy, Wolf, Raoul, Koppelman, Gerard H., White, Steven R., Parry, Rodney, Postma, Dirkje S., Meyers, Deborah, Bleecker, Eugene R., Hunt, Joan S., Solway, Julian, and Ober, Carole

Subjects
Human genome -- Research, Asthma -- Care and treatment, Asthma -- Research, Biological sciences
Published
2005

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