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1. X-chromosome and kidney function: evidence from a multi-trait genetic analysis of 908,697 individuals reveals sex-specific and sex-differential findings in genes regulated by androgen response elements.

Author

Scholz, Markus, Horn, Katrin, Pott, Janne, Wuttke, Matthias, Kühnapfel, Andreas, Nasr, M, Kirsten, Holger, Li, Yong, Hoppmann, Anselm, Gorski, Mathias, Ghasemi, Sahar, Li, Man, Tin, Adrienne, Chai, Jin-Fang, Cocca, Massimiliano, Wang, Judy, Nutile, Teresa, Akiyama, Masato, Åsvold, Bjørn, Bansal, Nisha, Biggs, Mary, Boutin, Thibaud, Brenner, Hermann, Brumpton, Ben, Burkhardt, Ralph, Cai, Jianwen, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Chalmers, John, Chasman, Daniel, Chee, Miao, Chen, Xu, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Cifkova, Renata, Daviglus, Martha, Delgado, Graciela, Dittrich, Katalin, Edwards, Todd, Endlich, Karlhans, Michael Gaziano, J, Giri, Ayush, Giulianini, Franco, Gordon, Scott, Gudbjartsson, Daniel, Hallan, Stein, Hamet, Pavel, Hartman, Catharina, Hayward, Caroline, Heid, Iris, Hellwege, Jacklyn, Holleczek, Bernd, Holm, Hilma, Hutri-Kähönen, Nina, Hveem, Kristian, Isermann, Berend, Jonas, Jost, Joshi, Peter, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanai, Masahiro, Kastarinen, Mika, Khor, Chiea, Kiess, Wieland, Kleber, Marcus, Körner, Antje, Kovacs, Peter, Krajcoviechova, Alena, Kramer, Holly, Krämer, Bernhard, Kuokkanen, Mikko, Kähönen, Mika, Lange, Leslie, Lash, James, Lehtimäki, Terho, Li, Hengtong, Lin, Bridget, Liu, Jianjun, Loeffler, Markus, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Magnusson, Patrik, Martin, Nicholas, Matsuda, Koichi, Milaneschi, Yuri, Mishra, Pashupati, Mononen, Nina, Montgomery, Grant, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis, Mychaleckyj, Josyf, März, Winfried, Nauck, Matthias, Nikus, Kjell, Nolte, Ilja, Noordam, Raymond, Okada, Yukinori, Olafsson, Isleifur, Oldehinkel, Albertine, Penninx, Brenda, Perola, Markus, Pirastu, Nicola, and Polasek, Ozren

Subjects
Humans, Male, Female, Androgens, Genome-Wide Association Study, Kidney, Chromosomes, Human, X, Response Elements, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Tetraspanins
Abstract

X-chromosomal genetic variants are understudied but can yield valuable insights into sexually dimorphic human traits and diseases. We performed a sex-stratified cross-ancestry X-chromosome-wide association meta-analysis of seven kidney-related traits (n = 908,697), identifying 23 loci genome-wide significantly associated with two of the traits: 7 for uric acid and 16 for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), including four novel eGFR loci containing the functionally plausible prioritized genes ACSL4, CLDN2, TSPAN6 and the female-specific DRP2. Further, we identified five novel sex-interactions, comprising male-specific effects at FAM9B and AR/EDA2R, and three sex-differential findings with larger genetic effect sizes in males at DCAF12L1 and MST4 and larger effect sizes in females at HPRT1. All prioritized genes in loci showing significant sex-interactions were located next to androgen response elements (ARE). Five ARE genes showed sex-differential expressions. This study contributes new insights into sex-dimorphisms of kidney traits along with new prioritized gene targets for further molecular research.

Published
2024

3. Meta-analysis uncovers genome-wide significant variants for rapid kidney function decline

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Gorski, Mathias, Jung, Bettina, Li, Yong, Matias-Garcia, Pamela R, Wuttke, Matthias, Coassin, Stefan, Thio, Chris HL, Kleber, Marcus E, Winkler, Thomas W, Wanner, Veronika, Chai, Jin-Fang, Chu, Audrey Y, Cocca, Massimiliano, Feitosa, Mary F, Ghasemi, Sahar, Hoppmann, Anselm, Horn, Katrin, Li, Man, Nutile, Teresa, Scholz, Markus, Sieber, Karsten B, Teumer, Alexander, Tin, Adrienne, Wang, Judy, Tayo, Bamidele O, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Almgren, Peter, Bakker, Stephan JL, Banas, Bernhard, Bansal, Nisha, Biggs, Mary L, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Brenner, Hermann, Carroll, Robert J, Chalmers, John, Chee, Miao-Li, Chee, Miao-Ling, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Coresh, Josef, de Borst, Martin H, Degenhardt, Frauke, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Endlich, Karlhans, Franke, Andre, Freitag-Wolf, Sandra, Gampawar, Piyush, Gansevoort, Ron T, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Gieger, Christian, Hamet, Pavel, Ho, Kevin, Hofer, Edith, Holleczek, Bernd, Foo, Valencia Hui Xian, Hutri-Kähönen, Nina, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ikram, M Arfan, Josyula, Navya Shilpa, Kähönen, Mika, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kramer, Holly, Krämer, Bernhard K, Kühnel, Brigitte, Lange, Leslie A, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lieb, Wolfgang, Loos, Ruth JF, Lukas, Mary Ann, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Melander, Olle, Milaneschi, Yuri, Mishra, Pashupati P, Mononen, Nina, Mychaleckyj, Josyf C, Nadkarni, Girish N, Nauck, Matthias, Nikus, Kjell, Ning, Boting, Nolte, Ilja M, O’Donoghue, Michelle L, Orho-Melander, Marju, Pendergrass, Sarah A, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Preuss, Michael H, Psaty, Bruce M, Raffield, Laura M, Raitakari, Olli T, Rettig, Rainer, Rheinberger, Myriam, Rice, Kenneth M, Rosenkranz, Alexander R, Rossing, Peter, Rotter, Jerome I, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Schmidt, Helena, and Schmidt, Reinhold

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Prevention, Human Genome, Kidney Disease, Rare Diseases, Genetics, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Renal and urogenital, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases, Creatinine, Genome-Wide Association Study, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Humans, Kidney, Protein Disulfide-Isomerases, United Kingdom, acute kidney injury, end-stage kidney disease, genome-wide association study, rapid eGFRcrea decline, Lifelines Cohort Study, Regeneron Genetics Center, Urology & Nephrology, Clinical sciences
Abstract

Rapid decline of glomerular filtration rate estimated from creatinine (eGFRcrea) is associated with severe clinical endpoints. In contrast to cross-sectionally assessed eGFRcrea, the genetic basis for rapid eGFRcrea decline is largely unknown. To help define this, we meta-analyzed 42 genome-wide association studies from the Chronic Kidney Diseases Genetics Consortium and United Kingdom Biobank to identify genetic loci for rapid eGFRcrea decline. Two definitions of eGFRcrea decline were used: 3 mL/min/1.73m2/year or more ("Rapid3"; encompassing 34,874 cases, 107,090 controls) and eGFRcrea decline 25% or more and eGFRcrea under 60 mL/min/1.73m2 at follow-up among those with eGFRcrea 60 mL/min/1.73m2 or more at baseline ("CKDi25"; encompassing 19,901 cases, 175,244 controls). Seven independent variants were identified across six loci for Rapid3 and/or CKDi25: consisting of five variants at four loci with genome-wide significance (near UMOD-PDILT (2), PRKAG2, WDR72, OR2S2) and two variants among 265 known eGFRcrea variants (near GATM, LARP4B). All these loci were novel for Rapid3 and/or CKDi25 and our bioinformatic follow-up prioritized variants and genes underneath these loci. The OR2S2 locus is novel for any eGFRcrea trait including interesting candidates. For the five genome-wide significant lead variants, we found supporting effects for annual change in blood urea nitrogen or cystatin-based eGFR, but not for GATM or LARP4B. Individuals at high compared to those at low genetic risk (8-14 vs. 0-5 adverse alleles) had a 1.20-fold increased risk of acute kidney injury (95% confidence interval 1.08-1.33). Thus, our identified loci for rapid kidney function decline may help prioritize therapeutic targets and identify mechanisms and individuals at risk for sustained deterioration of kidney function.

Published
2021

5. Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure.

Author

Shah, Sonia, Henry, Albert, Roselli, Carolina, Lin, Honghuang, Sveinbjörnsson, Garðar, Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Hedman, Åsa K, Wilk, Jemma B, Morley, Michael P, Chaffin, Mark D, Helgadottir, Anna, Verweij, Niek, Dehghan, Abbas, Almgren, Peter, Andersson, Charlotte, Aragam, Krishna G, Ärnlöv, Johan, Backman, Joshua D, Biggs, Mary L, Bloom, Heather L, Brandimarto, Jeffrey, Brown, Michael R, Buckbinder, Leonard, Carey, David J, Chasman, Daniel I, Chen, Xing, Chen, Xu, Chung, Jonathan, Chutkow, William, Cook, James P, Delgado, Graciela E, Denaxas, Spiros, Doney, Alexander S, Dörr, Marcus, Dudley, Samuel C, Dunn, Michael E, Engström, Gunnar, Esko, Tõnu, Felix, Stephan B, Finan, Chris, Ford, Ian, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Ghasemi, Sahar, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Giulianini, Franco, Gottdiener, John S, Gross, Stefan, Guðbjartsson, Daníel F, Gutmann, Rebecca, Haggerty, Christopher M, van der Harst, Pim, Hyde, Craig L, Ingelsson, Erik, Jukema, J Wouter, Kavousi, Maryam, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kleber, Marcus E, Køber, Lars, Koekemoer, Andrea, Langenberg, Claudia, Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M, London, Barry, Lotta, Luca A, Lovering, Ruth C, Luan, Jian'an, Magnusson, Patrik, Mahajan, Anubha, Margulies, Kenneth B, März, Winfried, Melander, Olle, Mordi, Ify R, Morgan, Thomas, Morris, Andrew D, Morris, Andrew P, Morrison, Alanna C, Nagle, Michael W, Nelson, Christopher P, Niessner, Alexander, Niiranen, Teemu, O'Donoghue, Michelle L, Owens, Anjali T, Palmer, Colin NA, Parry, Helen M, Perola, Markus, Portilla-Fernandez, Eliana, Psaty, Bruce M, Regeneron Genetics Center, Rice, Kenneth M, Ridker, Paul M, Romaine, Simon PR, Rotter, Jerome I, Salo, Perttu, Salomaa, Veikko, van Setten, Jessica, Shalaby, Alaa A, Smelser, Diane T, Smith, Nicholas L, Stender, Steen, and Stott, David J

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Regeneron Genetics Center, Humans, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiomyopathies, Microfilament Proteins, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Carrier Proteins, Muscle Proteins, Risk Factors, Case-Control Studies, Ventricular Function, Left, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure, Genome-Wide Association Study, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Ventricular Function, Left
Abstract

Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. A small proportion of HF cases are attributable to monogenic cardiomyopathies and existing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have yielded only limited insights, leaving the observed heritability of HF largely unexplained. We report results from a GWAS meta-analysis of HF comprising 47,309 cases and 930,014 controls. Twelve independent variants at 11 genomic loci are associated with HF, all of which demonstrate one or more associations with coronary artery disease (CAD), atrial fibrillation, or reduced left ventricular function, suggesting shared genetic aetiology. Functional analysis of non-CAD-associated loci implicate genes involved in cardiac development (MYOZ1, SYNPO2L), protein homoeostasis (BAG3), and cellular senescence (CDKN1A). Mendelian randomisation analysis supports causal roles for several HF risk factors, and demonstrates CAD-independent effects for atrial fibrillation, body mass index, and hypertension. These findings extend our knowledge of the pathways underlying HF and may inform new therapeutic strategies.

Published
2020

6. Genome-wide association meta-analyses and fine-mapping elucidate pathways influencing albuminuria.

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Teumer, Alexander, Li, Yong, Ghasemi, Sahar, Prins, Bram P, Wuttke, Matthias, Hermle, Tobias, Giri, Ayush, Sieber, Karsten B, Qiu, Chengxiang, Kirsten, Holger, Tin, Adrienne, Chu, Audrey Y, Bansal, Nisha, Feitosa, Mary F, Wang, Lihua, Chai, Jin-Fang, Cocca, Massimiliano, Fuchsberger, Christian, Gorski, Mathias, Hoppmann, Anselm, Horn, Katrin, Li, Man, Marten, Jonathan, Noce, Damia, Nutile, Teresa, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Tayo, Bamidele O, van der Most, Peter J, Xu, Yizhe, Yu, Zhi, Gerstner, Lea, Ärnlöv, Johan, Bakker, Stephan JL, Baptista, Daniela, Biggs, Mary L, Boerwinkle, Eric, Brenner, Hermann, Burkhardt, Ralph, Carroll, Robert J, Chee, Miao-Li, Chee, Miao-Ling, Chen, Mengmeng, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Cook, James P, Coresh, Josef, Corre, Tanguy, Danesh, John, de Borst, Martin H, De Grandi, Alessandro, de Mutsert, Renée, de Vries, Aiko PJ, Degenhardt, Frauke, Dittrich, Katalin, Divers, Jasmin, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Ehret, Georg, Endlich, Karlhans, Felix, Janine F, Franco, Oscar H, Franke, Andre, Freedman, Barry I, Freitag-Wolf, Sandra, Gansevoort, Ron T, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gögele, Martin, Grundner-Culemann, Franziska, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hamet, Pavel, Harris, Tamara B, Hicks, Andrew A, Holm, Hilma, Foo, Valencia Hui Xian, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ikram, M Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jaddoe, Vincent WV, Jakobsdottir, Johanna, Josyula, Navya Shilpa, Jung, Bettina, Kähönen, Mika, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Kiess, Wieland, Koenig, Wolfgang, Körner, Antje, Kovacs, Peter, Kramer, Holly, Krämer, Bernhard K, Kronenberg, Florian, Lange, Leslie A, Langefeld, Carl D, Lee, Jeannette Jen-Mai, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lieb, Wolfgang, Lim, Su-Chi, Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Liu, Jianjun, and Loeffler, Markus

Subjects
Animals, Humans, Drosophila melanogaster, Albuminuria, Diabetes Mellitus, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Creatinine, Risk Factors, Chromosome Mapping, Gene Expression Regulation, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic Loci, Phenomics
Abstract

Increased levels of the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) are associated with higher risk of kidney disease progression and cardiovascular events, but underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. Here, we conduct trans-ethnic (n = 564,257) and European-ancestry specific meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies of UACR, including ancestry- and diabetes-specific analyses, and identify 68 UACR-associated loci. Genetic correlation analyses and risk score associations in an independent electronic medical records database (n = 192,868) reveal connections with proteinuria, hyperlipidemia, gout, and hypertension. Fine-mapping and trans-Omics analyses with gene expression in 47 tissues and plasma protein levels implicate genes potentially operating through differential expression in kidney (including TGFB1, MUC1, PRKCI, and OAF), and allow coupling of UACR associations to altered plasma OAF concentrations. Knockdown of OAF and PRKCI orthologs in Drosophila nephrocytes reduces albumin endocytosis. Silencing fly PRKCI further impairs slit diaphragm formation. These results generate a priority list of genes and pathways for translational research to reduce albuminuria.

Published
2019

7. Genetic loci and prioritization of genes for kidney function decline derived from a meta-analysis of 62 longitudinal genome-wide association studies

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Gorski, Mathias, Rasheed, Humaira, Teumer, Alexander, Thomas, Laurent F., Graham, Sarah E., Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Winkler, Thomas W., Günther, Felix, Stark, Klaus J., Chai, Jin-Fang, Tayo, Bamidele O., Wuttke, Matthias, Li, Yong, Tin, Adrienne, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Ärnlöv, Johan, Åsvold, Bjørn Olav, Bakker, Stephan J.L., Banas, Bernhard, Bansal, Nisha, Biggs, Mary L., Biino, Ginevra, Böhnke, Michael, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Brenner, Hermann, Brumpton, Ben, Carroll, Robert J., Chaker, Layal, Chalmers, John, Chee, Miao-Li, Chee, Miao-Ling, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Chu, Audrey Y., Ciullo, Marina, Cocca, Massimiliano, Cook, James P., Coresh, Josef, Cusi, Daniele, de Borst, Martin H., Degenhardt, Frauke, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Endlich, Karlhans, Evans, Michele K., Feitosa, Mary F., Franke, Andre, Freitag-Wolf, Sandra, Fuchsberger, Christian, Gampawar, Piyush, Gansevoort, Ron T., Ghanbari, Mohsen, Ghasemi, Sahar, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gieger, Christian, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Hallan, Stein, Hamet, Pavel, Hishida, Asahi, Ho, Kevin, Hofer, Edith, Holleczek, Bernd, Holm, Hilma, Hoppmann, Anselm, Horn, Katrin, Hutri-Kähönen, Nina, Hveem, Kristian, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ikram, M. Arfan, Josyula, Navya Shilpa, Jung, Bettina, Kähönen, Mika, Karabegović, Irma, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kramer, Holly, Krämer, Bernhard K., Kühnel, Brigitte, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lange, Leslie A., Lehtimäki, Terho, Li, Man, Lieb, Wolfgang, Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M., Loos, Ruth J.F., Lukas, Mary Ann, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Mahajan, Anubha, Matias-Garcia, Pamela R., Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Melander, Olle, Milaneschi, Yuri, Mishra, Pashupati P., Mononen, Nina, Morris, Andrew P., Mychaleckyj, Josyf C., Nadkarni, Girish N., Naito, Mariko, Nakatochi, Masahiro, Nalls, Mike A., Nauck, Matthias, Nikus, Kjell, Ning, Boting, Nolte, Ilja M., Nutile, Teresa, O’Donoghue, Michelle L., O'Connell, Jeffrey, Olafsson, Isleifur, Orho-Melander, Marju, Parsa, Afshin, Pendergrass, Sarah A., Penninx, Brenda W.J.H., Pirastu, Mario, Preuss, Michael H., Psaty, Bruce M., Raffield, Laura M., Raitakari, Olli T., Rheinberger, Myriam, Rice, Kenneth M., Rizzi, Federica, Rosenkranz, Alexander R., Rossing, Peter, Rotter, Jerome I., Ruggiero, Daniela, Ryan, Kathleen A., Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Helena, Schmidt, Reinhold, Scholz, Markus, Schöttker, Ben, Schulz, Christina-Alexandra, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Shaffer, Christian M., Sieber, Karsten B., Sim, Xueling, Sims, Mario, Snieder, Harold, Stanzick, Kira J., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stocker, Hannah, Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M., Sulem, Patrick, Szymczak, Silke, Taylor, Kent D., Thio, Chris H.L., Tremblay, Johanne, Vaccargiu, Simona, van der Harst, Pim, van der Most, Peter J., Verweij, Niek, Völker, Uwe, Wakai, Kenji, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wallentin, Lars, Wallner, Stefan, Wang, Judy, Waterworth, Dawn M., White, Harvey D., Willer, Cristen J., Wong, Tien-Yin, Woodward, Mark, Yang, Qiong, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Zimmermann, Martina, Zonderman, Alan B., Bergler, Tobias, Stefansson, Kari, Böger, Carsten A., Pattaro, Cristian, Köttgen, Anna, Kronenberg, Florian, and Heid, Iris M.

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2022
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8. Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals

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Winkler, Thomas W., Rasheed, Humaira, Teumer, Alexander, Gorski, Mathias, Rowan, Bryce X., Stanzick, Kira J., Thomas, Laurent F., Tin, Adrienne, Hoppmann, Anselm, Chu, Audrey Y., Tayo, Bamidele, Thio, Chris H. L., Cusi, Daniele, Chai, Jin-Fang, Sieber, Karsten B., Horn, Katrin, Li, Man, Scholz, Markus, Cocca, Massimiliano, Wuttke, Matthias, van der Most, Peter J., Yang, Qiong, Ghasemi, Sahar, Nutile, Teresa, Li, Yong, Pontali, Giulia, Günther, Felix, Dehghan, Abbas, Correa, Adolfo, Parsa, Afshin, Feresin, Agnese, de Vries, Aiko P. J., Zonderman, Alan B., Smith, Albert V., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., De Grandi, Alessandro, Rosenkranz, Alexander R., Franke, Andre, Teren, Andrej, Metspalu, Andres, Hicks, Andrew A., Morris, Andrew P., Tönjes, Anke, Morgan, Anna, Podgornaia, Anna I., Peters, Annette, Körner, Antje, Mahajan, Anubha, Campbell, Archie, Freedman, Barry I., Spedicati, Beatrice, Ponte, Belen, Schöttker, Ben, Brumpton, Ben, Banas, Bernhard, Krämer, Bernhard K., Jung, Bettina, Åsvold, Bjørn Olav, Smith, Blair H., Ning, Boting, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Vanderwerff, Brett R., Psaty, Bruce M., Kammerer, Candace M., Langefeld, Carl D., Hayward, Caroline, Spracklen, Cassandra N., Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne, Hartman, Catharina A., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Wang, Chaolong, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Lanzani, Chiara, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Fuchsberger, Christian, Gieger, Christian, Shaffer, Christian M., Schulz, Christina-Alexandra, Willer, Cristen J., Chasman, Daniel I., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Ruggiero, Daniela, Toniolo, Daniela, Czamara, Darina, Porteous, David J., Waterworth, Dawn M., Mascalzoni, Deborah, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Reilly, Dermot F., Daw, E. Warwick, Hofer, Edith, Boerwinkle, Eric, Salvi, Erika, Bottinger, Erwin P., Tai, E-Shyong, Catamo, Eulalia, Rizzi, Federica, Guo, Feng, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Guilianini, Franco, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Ehret, Georg, Waeber, Gerard, Biino, Ginevra, Girotto, Giorgia, Pistis, Giorgio, Nadkarni, Girish N., Delgado, Graciela E., Montgomery, Grant W., Snieder, Harold, Campbell, Harry, White, Harvey D., Gao, He, Stringham, Heather M., Schmidt, Helena, Li, Hengtong, Brenner, Hermann, Holm, Hilma, Kirsten, Holgen, Kramer, Holly, Rudan, Igor, Nolte, Ilja M., Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Olafsson, Isleifur, Martins, Jade, Cook, James P., Wilson, James F., Halbritter, Jan, Felix, Janine F., Divers, Jasmin, Kooner, Jaspal S., Lee, Jeannette Jen-Mai, O’Connell, Jeffrey, Rotter, Jerome I., Liu, Jianjun, Xu, Jie, Thiery, Joachim, Ärnlöv, Johan, Kuusisto, Johanna, Jakobsdottir, Johanna, Tremblay, Johanne, Chambers, John C., Whitfield, John B., Gaziano, John M., Marten, Jonathan, Coresh, Josef, Jonas, Jost B., Mychaleckyj, Josyf C., Christensen, Kaare, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Mohlke, Karen L., Endlich, Karlhans, Dittrich, Katalin, Ryan, Kathleen A., Rice, Kenneth M., Taylor, Kent D., Ho, Kevin, Nikus, Kjell, Matsuda, Koichi, Strauch, Konstantin, Miliku, Kozeta, Hveem, Kristian, Lind, Lars, Wallentin, Lars, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Raffield, Laura M., Phillips, Lawrence S., Launer, Lenore J., Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Lange, Leslie A., Citterio, Lorena, Klaric, Lucija, Ikram, M. Arfan, Ising, Marcus, Kleber, Marcus E., Francescatto, Margherita, Concas, Maria Pina, Ciullo, Marina, Piratsu, Mario, Orho-Melander, Marju, Laakso, Markku, Loeffler, Markus, Perola, Markus, de Borst, Martin H., Gögele, Martin, Bianca, Martina La, Lukas, Mary Ann, Feitosa, Mary F., Biggs, Mary L., Wojczynski, Mary K., Kavousi, Maryam, Kanai, Masahiro, Akiyama, Masato, Yasuda, Masayuki, Nauck, Matthias, Waldenberger, Melanie, Chee, Miao-Li, Chee, Miao-Ling, Boehnke, Michael, Preuss, Michael H., Stumvoll, Michael, Province, Michael A., Evans, Michele K., O’Donoghue, Michelle L., Kubo, Michiaki, Kähönen, Mika, Kastarinen, Mika, Nalls, Mike A., Kuokkanen, Mikko, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Bochud, Murielle, Josyula, Navya Shilpa, Martin, Nicholas G., Tan, Nicholas Y. Q., Palmer, Nicholette D., Pirastu, Nicola, Schupf, Nicole, Verweij, Niek, Hutri-Kähönen, Nina, Mononen, Nina, Bansal, Nisha, Devuyst, Olivier, Melander, Olle, Raitakari, Olli T., Polasek, Ozren, Manunta, Paolo, Gasparini, Paolo, Mishra, Pashupati P., Sulem, Patrick, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Elliott, Paul, Ridker, Paul M., Hamet, Pavel, Svensson, Per O., Joshi, Peter K., Kovacs, Peter, Pramstaller, Peter P., Rossing, Peter, Vollenweider, Peter, van der Harst, Pim, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Sim, Ralene Z. H., Burkhardt, Ralph, Tao, Ran, Noordam, Raymond, Mägi, Reedik, Schmidt, Reinhold, de Mutsert, Renée, Rueedi, Rico, van Dam, Rob M., Carroll, Robert J., Gansevoort, Ron T., Loos, Ruth J. F., Felicita, Sala Cinzia, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Freitag-Wolf, Sandra, Pendergrass, Sarah A., Graham, Sarah E., Gordon, Scott D., Hwang, Shih-Jen, Kerr, Shona M., Vaccargiu, Simona, Patil, Snehal B., Hallan, Stein, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Lim, Su-Chi, Lucae, Susanne, Vogelezang, Suzanne, Bergmann, Sven, Corre, Tanguy, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Lehtimäki, Terho, Boutin, Thibaud S., Meitinger, Thomas, Wong, Tien-Yin, Bergler, Tobias, Rabelink, Ton J., Esko, Tõnu, Haller, Toomas, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Völker, Uwe, Foo, Valencia Hui Xian, Salomaa, Veikko, Vitart, Veronique, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., Huang, Wei, Zhang, Weihua, Wei, Wen Bin, Kiess, Wieland, März, Winfried, Koenig, Wolfgang, Lieb, Wolfgang, Gao, Xin, Sim, Xueling, Wang, Ya Xing, Friedlander, Yechiel, Tham, Yih-Chung, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Okada, Yukinori, Milaneschi, Yuri, Yu, Zhi, Stark, Klaus J., Stefansson, Kari, Böger, Carsten A., Hung, Adriana M., Kronenberg, Florian, Köttgen, Anna, Pattaro, Cristian, and Heid, Iris M.

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2022
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10. Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of carotid intima-media thickness

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Portilla-Fernández, Eliana, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Wilson, Rory, Maddock, Jane, Hill, W. David, Teumer, Alexander, Mishra, Pashupati P., Brody, Jennifer A., Joehanes, Roby, Ligthart, Symen, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Kavousi, Maryam, Roks, Anton J. M., Danser, A. H. Jan, Levy, Daniel, Peters, Annette, Ghasemi, Sahar, Schminke, Ulf, Dörr, Marcus, Grabe, Hans J., Lehtimäki, Terho, Kähönen, Mika, Hurme, Mikko A., Bartz, Traci M., Sotoodehnia, Nona, Bis, Joshua C., Thiery, Joachim, Koenig, Wolfgang, Ong, Ken K., Bell, Jordana T., Meisinger, Christine, Wardlaw, Joanna M., Starr, John M., Seissler, Jochen, Then, Cornelia, Rathmann, Wolfgang, Ikram, M. Arfan, Psaty, Bruce M., Raitakari, Olli T., Völzke, Henry, Deary, Ian J., Wong, Andrew, Waldenberger, Melanie, O’Donnell, Christopher J., and Dehghan, Abbas

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2021
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11. Meta-analysis uncovers genome-wide significant variants for rapid kidney function decline

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Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Boezen, H. Marike, Franke, Lude, van der Harst, Pim, Navis, Gerjan, Rots, Marianne, Snieder, Harold, Swertz, Morris, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H.R., Wijmenga, Cisca, Abecasis, Goncalo, Baras, Aris, Cantor, Michael, Coppola, Giovanni, Economides, Aris, Lotta, Luca A., Overton, John D., Reid, Jeffrey G., Shuldiner, Alan, Beechert, Christina, Forsythe, Caitlin, Fuller, Erin D., Gu, Zhenhua, Lattari, Michael, Lopez, Alexander, Schleicher, Thomas D., Padilla, Maria Sotiropoulos, Toledo, Karina, Widom, Louis, Wolf, Sarah E., Pradhan, Manasi, Manoochehri, Kia, Ulloa, Ricardo H., Bai, Xiaodong, Balasubramanian, Suganthi, Barnard, Leland, Blumenfeld, Andrew, Eom, Gisu, Habegger, Lukas, Hawes, Alicia, Khalid, Shareef, Maxwell, Evan K., Salerno, William, Staples, Jeffrey C., Jones, Marcus B., Mitnaul, Lyndon J., Gorski, Mathias, Jung, Bettina, Li, Yong, Matias-Garcia, Pamela R., Wuttke, Matthias, Coassin, Stefan, Thio, Chris H.L., Kleber, Marcus E., Winkler, Thomas W., Wanner, Veronika, Chai, Jin-Fang, Chu, Audrey Y., Cocca, Massimiliano, Feitosa, Mary F., Ghasemi, Sahar, Hoppmann, Anselm, Horn, Katrin, Li, Man, Nutile, Teresa, Scholz, Markus, Sieber, Karsten B., Teumer, Alexander, Tin, Adrienne, Wang, Judy, Tayo, Bamidele O., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Almgren, Peter, Bakker, Stephan J.L., Banas, Bernhard, Bansal, Nisha, Biggs, Mary L., Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Brenner, Hermann, Carroll, Robert J., Chalmers, John, Chee, Miao-Li, Chee, Miao-Ling, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Coresh, Josef, de Borst, Martin H., Degenhardt, Frauke, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Endlich, Karlhans, Franke, Andre, Freitag-Wolf, Sandra, Gampawar, Piyush, Gansevoort, Ron T., Ghanbari, Mohsen, Gieger, Christian, Hamet, Pavel, Ho, Kevin, Hofer, Edith, Holleczek, Bernd, Xian Foo, Valencia Hui, Hutri-Kähönen, Nina, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ikram, M. Arfan, Josyula, Navya Shilpa, Kähönen, Mika, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kramer, Holly, Krämer, Bernhard K., Kühnel, Brigitte, Lange, Leslie A., Lehtimäki, Terho, Lieb, Wolfgang, Loos, Ruth J.F., Lukas, Mary Ann, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Melander, Olle, Milaneschi, Yuri, Mishra, Pashupati P., Mononen, Nina, Mychaleckyj, Josyf C., Nadkarni, Girish N., Nauck, Matthias, Nikus, Kjell, Ning, Boting, Nolte, Ilja M., O’Donoghue, Michelle L., Orho-Melander, Marju, Pendergrass, Sarah A., Penninx, Brenda W.J.H., Preuss, Michael H., Psaty, Bruce M., Raffield, Laura M., Raitakari, Olli T., Rettig, Rainer, Rheinberger, Myriam, Rice, Kenneth M., Rosenkranz, Alexander R., Rossing, Peter, Rotter, Jerome I., Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Schmidt, Helena, Schmidt, Reinhold, Schöttker, Ben, Schulz, Christina-Alexandra, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Shaffer, Christian M., Strauch, Konstantin, Szymczak, Silke, Taylor, Kent D., Tremblay, Johanne, Chaker, Layal, van der Most, Peter J., Verweij, Niek, Völker, Uwe, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wallentin, Lars, Waterworth, Dawn M., White, Harvey D., Wilson, James G., Wong, Tien-Yin, Woodward, Mark, Yang, Qiong, Yasuda, Masayuki, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Zhang, Yan, Wanner, Christoph, Böger, Carsten A., Köttgen, Anna, Kronenberg, Florian, Pattaro, Cristian, and Heid, Iris M.

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2021
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14. Meta-analyses identify DNA methylation associated with kidney function and damage

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Schlosser, Pascal, Tin, Adrienne, Matias-Garcia, Pamela R., Thio, Chris H. L., Joehanes, Roby, Liu, Hongbo, Weihs, Antoine, Yu, Zhi, Hoppmann, Anselm, Grundner-Culemann, Franziska, Min, Josine L., Adeyemo, Adebowale A., Agyemang, Charles, Ärnlöv, Johan, Aziz, Nasir A., Baccarelli, Andrea, Bochud, Murielle, Brenner, Hermann, Breteler, Monique M. B., Carmeli, Cristian, Chaker, Layal, Chambers, John C., Cole, Shelley A., Coresh, Josef, Corre, Tanguy, Correa, Adolfo, Cox, Simon R., de Klein, Niek, Delgado, Graciela E., Domingo-Relloso, Arce, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Ekici, Arif B., Endlich, Karlhans, Evans, Kathryn L., Floyd, James S., Fornage, Myriam, Franke, Lude, Fraszczyk, Eliza, Gao, Xu, Gào, Xīn, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Ghasemi, Sahar, Gieger, Christian, Greenland, Philip, Grove, Megan L., Harris, Sarah E., Hemani, Gibran, Henneman, Peter, Herder, Christian, Horvath, Steve, Hou, Lifang, Hurme, Mikko A., Hwang, Shih-Jen, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kasela, Silva, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Wolfgang, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kramer, Holly, Kronenberg, Florian, Kühnel, Brigitte, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Dan, Liu, Yongmei, Lloyd-Jones, Donald M., Lohman, Kurt, Lorkowski, Stefan, Lu, Ake T., Marioni, Riccardo E., März, Winfried, McCartney, Daniel L., Meeks, Karlijn A. C., Milani, Lili, Mishra, Pashupati P., Nauck, Matthias, Navas-Acien, Ana, Nowak, Christoph, Peters, Annette, Prokisch, Holger, Psaty, Bruce M., Raitakari, Olli T., Ratliff, Scott M., Reiner, Alex P., Rosas, Sylvia E., Schöttker, Ben, Schwartz, Joel, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Smith, Jennifer A., Sotoodehnia, Nona, Stocker, Hannah R., Stringhini, Silvia, Sundström, Johan, Swenson, Brenton R., Tellez-Plaza, Maria, van Meurs, Joyce B. J., van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Venema, Andrea, Verweij, Niek, Walker, Rosie M., Wielscher, Matthias, Winkelmann, Juliane, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Zhao, Wei, Zheng, Yinan, Loh, Marie, Snieder, Harold, Levy, Daniel, Waldenberger, Melanie, Susztak, Katalin, Köttgen, Anna, and Teumer, Alexander

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2021
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15. Epigenome-wide association study of serum urate reveals insights into urate co-regulation and the SLC2A9 locus

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Tin, Adrienne, Schlosser, Pascal, Matias-Garcia, Pamela R., Thio, Chris H. L., Joehanes, Roby, Liu, Hongbo, Yu, Zhi, Weihs, Antoine, Hoppmann, Anselm, Grundner-Culemann, Franziska, Min, Josine L., Kuhns, Victoria L. Halperin, Adeyemo, Adebowale A., Agyemang, Charles, Ärnlöv, Johan, Aziz, Nasir A., Baccarelli, Andrea, Bochud, Murielle, Brenner, Hermann, Bressler, Jan, Breteler, Monique M. B., Carmeli, Cristian, Chaker, Layal, Coresh, Josef, Corre, Tanguy, Correa, Adolfo, Cox, Simon R., Delgado, Graciela E., Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Ekici, Arif B., Endlich, Karlhans, Floyd, James S., Fraszczyk, Eliza, Gao, Xu, Gào, Xīn, Gelber, Allan C., Ghanbari, Mohsen, Ghasemi, Sahar, Gieger, Christian, Greenland, Philip, Grove, Megan L., Harris, Sarah E., Hemani, Gibran, Henneman, Peter, Herder, Christian, Horvath, Steve, Hou, Lifang, Hurme, Mikko A., Hwang, Shih-Jen, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kasela, Silva, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Wolfgang, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kronenberg, Florian, Kühnel, Brigitte, Ladd-Acosta, Christine, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lind, Lars, Liu, Dan, Lloyd-Jones, Donald M., Lorkowski, Stefan, Lu, Ake T., Marioni, Riccardo E., März, Winfried, McCartney, Daniel L., Meeks, Karlijn A. C., Milani, Lili, Mishra, Pashupati P., Nauck, Matthias, Nowak, Christoph, Peters, Annette, Prokisch, Holger, Psaty, Bruce M., Raitakari, Olli T., Ratliff, Scott M., Reiner, Alex P., Schöttker, Ben, Schwartz, Joel, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Smith, Jennifer A., Sotoodehnia, Nona, Stocker, Hannah R., Stringhini, Silvia, Sundström, Johan, Swenson, Brenton R., van Meurs, Joyce B. J., van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Venema, Andrea, Völker, Uwe, Winkelmann, Juliane, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Zhao, Wei, Zheng, Yinan, Loh, Marie, Snieder, Harold, Waldenberger, Melanie, Levy, Daniel, Akilesh, Shreeram, Woodward, Owen M., Susztak, Katalin, Teumer, Alexander, and Köttgen, Anna

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2021
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16. Genome-wide meta-analysis of muscle weakness identifies 15 susceptibility loci in older men and women

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Jones, Garan, Trajanoska, Katerina, Santanasto, Adam J., Stringa, Najada, Kuo, Chia-Ling, Atkins, Janice L., Lewis, Joshua R., Duong, ThuyVy, Hong, Shengjun, Biggs, Mary L., Luan, Jian’an, Sarnowski, Chloe, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Tanaka, Toshiko, Wojczynski, Mary K., Cvejkus, Ryan, Nethander, Maria, Ghasemi, Sahar, Yang, Jingyun, Zillikens, M. Carola, Walter, Stefan, Sicinski, Kamil, Kague, Erika, Ackert-Bicknell, Cheryl L., Arking, Dan E., Windham, B. Gwen, Boerwinkle, Eric, Grove, Megan L., Graff, Misa, Spira, Dominik, Demuth, Ilja, van der Velde, Nathalie, de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M., Psaty, Bruce M., Odden, Michelle C., Fohner, Alison E., Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nicholas J., Bandinelli, Stefania, van Schoor, Natasja M., Huisman, Martijn, Tan, Qihua, Zmuda, Joseph, Mellström, Dan, Karlsson, Magnus, Bennett, David A., Buchman, Aron S., De Jager, Philip L., Uitterlinden, Andre G., Völker, Uwe, Kocher, Thomas, Teumer, Alexander, Rodriguéz-Mañas, Leocadio, García, Francisco J., Carnicero, José A., Herd, Pamela, Bertram, Lars, Ohlsson, Claes, Murabito, Joanne M., Melzer, David, Kuchel, George A., Ferrucci, Luigi, Karasik, David, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Kiel, Douglas P., and Pilling, Luke C.

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2021
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19. Exercise induced myelin protein zero improvement in neuropathic pain rats: Swimming exercise preserves myelin protein zero in a rat's neuropathic pain model.

Author

Ghanbari, Ali, Ghasemi, Sahar, and Zarbakhsh, Sam

Subjects
*SCIATIC nerve injuries, *MYELIN proteins, *NEURALGIA, *LABORATORY rats, *SWIMMING, *WESTERN immunoblotting
Abstract

Aerobic exercise including swimming plays a suitable role in improving somatosensory injuries. Neuropathic pain is a debilitating condition that occurs following injury or diseases of somatosensory system. In the present study, we tried to investigate the effect of exercise on myelin protein zero of sciatic nerve injured rats. Forty male rats (180–220 g) were divided into five groups (intact, sham, sham + exercise, neuropathy, and neuropathy + exercise). Right Sciatic nerve of anesthetized rats was exposed and loosely ligated (four ligations with 1 mm apart) using catgut chromic sutures to induce neuropathy. After 3 days of recovery, swimming exercise began (20 min/day/5 days a week/4 weeks). Mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia were detected using Von Frey filaments and plantar test, respectively. Sciatic nerve at the place of injury was dissected out to measure the myelin protein zero by western blot analysis. In the intact and sham groups, sciatic nerve removed at the place similar to injured group. We found that neuropathy significantly (p < 0.05) reduced paw withdrawal mechanical and thermal thresholds and swimming exercise significantly (p < 0.05) increased paw withdrawal mechanical and thermal thresholds compared to the neuropathy group. Moreover, we found that MPZ level significantly (p < 0.01) decreased in neuropathy group against that in sham group, and exercise prominently (p < 0.05) reversed MPZ level towards control level. Swimming exercise improves myelin protein zero level in neuropathic rats along with attenuating neuropathic pain. This is a promising approach in improving neuropathological disorders including Charcot-Marie-Tooth and Dejerine–Sottas disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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25. Large-scale whole-exome sequencing association studies identify rare functional variants influencing serum urate levels

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Tin, Adrienne, Li, Yong, Brody, Jennifer A., Nutile, Teresa, Chu, Audrey Y., Huffman, Jennifer E., Yang, Qiong, Chen, Ming-Huei, Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne, Macé, Aurélien, Liu, Jun, Demirkan, Ayşe, Sorice, Rossella, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Swen, Melody, Yu, Bing, Ghasemi, Sahar, Teumer, Alexanda, Vollenweider, Peter, Ciullo, Marina, Li, Meng, Uitterlinden, André G., Kraaij, Robert, Amin, Najaf, van Rooij, Jeroen, Kutalik, Zoltán, Dehghan, Abbas, McKnight, Barbara, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Morrison, Alanna, Psaty, Bruce M., Boerwinkle, Eric, Fox, Caroline S., Woodward, Owen M., and Köttgen, Anna

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2018
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27. Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals

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Winkler, Thomas W; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0292-5421, Rasheed, Humaira; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3331-5864, Teumer, Alexander; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8309-094X, Gorski, Mathias, Rowan, Bryce X, Stanzick, Kira J, Thomas, Laurent F, Tin, Adrienne; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4207-5866, Hoppmann, Anselm, Chu, Audrey Y, Tayo, Bamidele, Thio, Chris H L, Cusi, Daniele, Chai, Jin-Fang, Sieber, Karsten B, Horn, Katrin, Li, Man, Scholz, Markus, Cocca, Massimiliano; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1127-7596, Wuttke, Matthias, van der Most, Peter J; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8450-3518, Yang, Qiong; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3658-1375, Ghasemi, Sahar, Nutile, Teresa, Li, Yong; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2651-8791, Pontali, Giulia; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4521-8981, Günther, Felix, Dehghan, Abbas; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6403-016X, Correa, Adolfo, Parsa, Afshin, et al, Winkler, Thomas W; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0292-5421, Rasheed, Humaira; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3331-5864, Teumer, Alexander; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8309-094X, Gorski, Mathias, Rowan, Bryce X, Stanzick, Kira J, Thomas, Laurent F, Tin, Adrienne; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4207-5866, Hoppmann, Anselm, Chu, Audrey Y, Tayo, Bamidele, Thio, Chris H L, Cusi, Daniele, Chai, Jin-Fang, Sieber, Karsten B, Horn, Katrin, Li, Man, Scholz, Markus, Cocca, Massimiliano; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1127-7596, Wuttke, Matthias, van der Most, Peter J; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8450-3518, Yang, Qiong; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3658-1375, Ghasemi, Sahar, Nutile, Teresa, Li, Yong; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2651-8791, Pontali, Giulia; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4521-8981, Günther, Felix, Dehghan, Abbas; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6403-016X, Correa, Adolfo, Parsa, Afshin, and et al

Abstract

Reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) can progress to kidney failure. Risk factors include genetics and diabetes mellitus (DM), but little is known about their interaction. We conducted genome-wide association meta-analyses for estimated GFR based on serum creatinine (eGFR), separately for individuals with or without DM (n$_{DM}$ = 178,691, n$_{noDM}$ = 1,296,113). Our genome-wide searches identified (i) seven eGFR loci with significant DM/noDM-difference, (ii) four additional novel loci with suggestive difference and (iii) 28 further novel loci (including CUBN) by allowing for potential difference. GWAS on eGFR among DM individuals identified 2 known and 27 potentially responsible loci for diabetic kidney disease. Gene prioritization highlighted 18 genes that may inform reno-protective drug development. We highlight the existence of DM-only and noDM-only effects, which can inform about the target group, if respective genes are advanced as drug targets. Largely shared effects suggest that most drug interventions to alter eGFR should be effective in DM and noDM.

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2022

29. Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals

Author

Winkler, Thomas W, Rasheed, Humaira, Teumer, Alexander, Gorski, Mathias, Rowan, Bryce X, Stanzick, Kira J, Thomas, Laurent F, Tin, Adrienne, Hoppmann, Anselm, Chu, Audrey Y, Tayo, Bamidele, Thio, Chris H L, Cusi, Daniele, Chai, Jin-Fang, Sieber, Karsten B, Horn, Katrin, Li, Man, Scholz, Markus, Cocca, Massimiliano, Wuttke, Matthias, van der Most, Peter J, Yang, Qiong, Ghasemi, Sahar, Nutile, Teresa, Li, Yong, Pontali, Giulia, Günther, Felix, Dehghan, Abbas, Correa, Adolfo, Parsa, Afshin, et al, University of Zurich, and Winkler, Thomas W

Subjects
1300 General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 570 Life sciences, biology, 610 Medicine & health, 2701 Medicine (miscellaneous), 1100 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10052 Institute of Physiology
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2022
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30. final conference file.pdf

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Sargolzaie, Ali and Ghasemi, Sahar

Abstract

The growing threat of global warming and climate change has been a major concern since the 1990s. Since greenhouse gas emissions are mainly due to the combustion of fossil fuels, energy production and consumption are at the heart of the climate change debate. In addition, the fossil fuels used to produce goods are a source of environmental degradation and endanger human health. Today's societies are turning to renewable energy sources that do not pollute the air and are freely available in nature. In this paper, considering the importance of renewable energy sources and its effect on CO2 emissions, the long-term relationship between renewable and non?renewable energy consumption on CO2 emissions in Asian countries in the period 1965-2019 has been discussed. The results show that the consumption of non-renewable energy increases carbon dioxide emissions and the consumption of renewable energy leads to a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. The Kuznets hypothesis was also confirmed, and economic growth leads to an increase in carbon dioxide emissions and the square of economic growth leads to a decrease. Also, the rate of urbanization causes the emission of carbon dioxide emissions and foreign direct investment leads to its reduction.

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2022
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31. A Predictive Model for Progression of CKD to Kidney Failure Based on Routine Laboratory Tests

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Zacharias, Helena U., primary, Altenbuchinger, Michael, additional, Schultheiss, Ulla T., additional, Raffler, Johannes, additional, Kotsis, Fruzsina, additional, Ghasemi, Sahar, additional, Ali, Ibrahim, additional, Kollerits, Barbara, additional, Metzger, Marie, additional, Steinbrenner, Inga, additional, Sekula, Peggy, additional, Massy, Ziad A., additional, Combe, Christian, additional, Kalra, Philip A., additional, Kronenberg, Florian, additional, Stengel, Bénédicte, additional, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, additional, Köttgen, Anna, additional, Schmid, Matthias, additional, Gronwald, Wolfram, additional, and Oefner, Peter J., additional

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2022
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33. The prediction of adverse cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease patients with Group LASSO Cox proportional hazard regression

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Ghasemi, Sahar, Altenbuchinger, Michael, Raffler, Johannes, Kotsis, Fruzsina, Steinbrenner, Inga, Sekula, Peggy, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Schmid, Matthias, Grabe, Hans, Köttgen, Anna, Gronwald, Wolfram, Oefner, Peter, Schultheiß, Ulla, and Zacharias, Helena

Subjects
ddc: 610, cardiovascular disease, 610 Medical sciences, Medicine, chronic kidney disease, risk equation
Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients are at high risk of experiencing major adverse events, including progression to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), cardiovascular (CV) events, and death. Timely identification of CKD patients at risk of experiencing future adverse events is a prerequisite for the [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL], 65th Annual Meeting of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS), Meeting of the Central European Network (CEN: German Region, Austro-Swiss Region and Polish Region) of the International Biometric Society (IBS)

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2021

34. A multivariable model for improved prediction of kidney failure requiring kidney replacement therapy based on routine laboratory parameters

Author

Zacharias, Helena, Altenbuchinger, Michael, Schultheiß, Ulla, Raffler, Johannes, Kotsis, Fruzsina, Ghasemi, Sahar, Ali, Ibrahim, Metzger, Marie, Steinbrenner, Inga, Sekula, Peggy, Massy, Ziad, Combe, Christian, Kalra, Philip, Kronenberg, Florian, Stengel, Bénédicte, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Köttgen, Anna, Schmid, Matthias, Gronwald, Wolfram, and Oefner, Peter

Subjects
ddc: 610, urogenital system, 610 Medical sciences, Medicine
Abstract

Identification of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, who are at risk of progressing to kidney failure requiring kidney replacement therapy (KRT), frequently also designated as end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), is important for clinical decision-making and clinical trial design and enrollment. [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL], 65th Annual Meeting of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS), Meeting of the Central European Network (CEN: German Region, Austro-Swiss Region and Polish Region) of the International Biometric Society (IBS)

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2021
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38. Genome-wide meta-analysis of muscle weakness identifies 15 susceptibility loci in older men and women

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Jones, Garan, primary, Trajanoska, Katerina, additional, Santanasto, Adam J, additional, Stringa, Najada, additional, Kuo, Chia-Ling, additional, Atkins, Janice L, additional, Lewis, Joshua R, additional, Duong, ThuyVy, additional, Hong, Shengjun, additional, Biggs, Mary L, additional, Luan, Jian'an, additional, Sarnowski, Chloe, additional, Lunetta, Kathryn L, additional, Tanaka, Toshiko, additional, Wojczynski, Mary K, additional, Cvejkus, Ryan, additional, Nethander, Maria, additional, Ghasemi, Sahar, additional, Yang, Jingyun, additional, Zillikens, M. Carola, additional, Walter, Stefan, additional, Sicinski, Kamil, additional, Kague, Erika, additional, Ackert-Bicknell, Cheryl L, additional, Arking, Dan E, additional, Windham, B Gwen, additional, Boerwinkle, Eric, additional, Grove, Megan L, additional, Graff, Misa, additional, Spira, Dominik, additional, Demuth, Ilja, additional, van der Velde, Nathalie, additional, de Groot, Lisette C P G M, additional, Psaty, Bruce M, additional, Odden, Michelle C, additional, Fohner, Alison E, additional, Langenberg, Claudia, additional, Wareham, Nicholas J, additional, Bandinelli, Stefania, additional, van Schoor, Natasja M, additional, Huisman, Martijn, additional, Tan, Qihua, additional, Zmuda, Joseph, additional, Mellstrom, Dan, additional, Karlsson, Magnus, additional, Bennett, David A, additional, Buchman, Aron S, additional, De Jager, Philip L, additional, Uitterlinden, Andre G, additional, Volker, Uwe, additional, Kocher, Thomas, additional, Teumer, Alexander, additional, Rodriguez-Manas, Leocadio, additional, Garcia Garcia, Francisco J, additional, Carnicero, Jose A, additional, Herd, Pamela, additional, Bertram, Lars, additional, Ohlsson, Claes, additional, Murabito, Joanne M, additional, Kuchel, George A, additional, Ferrucci, Luigi, additional, Melzer, David, additional, Karasik, David, additional, Rivadeneira, Fernando, additional, Kiel, Douglas P, additional, and Pilling, Luke C, additional

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2020
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39. A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals

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Wuttke, Matthias, Li, Yong, Li, Man, Sieber, Karsten B, Feitosa, Mary F, Gorski, Mathias, Tin, Adrienne, Wang, Lihua, Chu, Audrey Y, Hoppmann, Anselm, Kirsten, Holger, Giri, Ayush, Chai, Jin-Fang, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Tayo, Bamidele O, Nutile, Teresa, Fuchsberger, Christian, Marten, Jonathan, Cocca, Massimiliano, Ghasemi, Sahar, Xu, Yizhe, Horn, Katrin, Noce, Damia, van der Most, Peter J, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Yu, Zhi, Akiyama, Masato, Afaq, Saima, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Devuyst, Olivier, et al, and University of Zurich

Subjects
1311 Genetics, Genetics, 570 Life sciences, biology, 610 Medicine & health, 10052 Institute of Physiology
Published
2019

40. Temperature and pH-responsive nano-hydrogel drug delivery system based on lysine-modified poly (vinylcaprolactam)

Author

Farjadian, Fatemeh, Rezaeifard, Somayeh, Naeimi, Mahsa, Ghasemi, Sahar, Mohammadi-Samani, Soliman, Welland, Mark E, Tayebi, Lobat, Farjadian, Fatemeh [0000-0002-2093-0454], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Polymers, Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, education, Phase Transition, PVCL, Drug Delivery Systems, International Journal of Nanomedicine, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, Toxicity Tests, cancer, Caprolactam, Humans, DOX, Drug Carriers, lysine, Cell Death, Temperature, Hydrogels, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Molecular Weight, Drug Liberation, Doxorubicin, drug delivery, MCF-7 Cells, Nanoparticles, RAFT
Abstract

Fatemeh Farjadian,1 Somayeh Rezaeifard,2 Mahsa Naeimi,1 Sahar Ghasemi,1 Soliman Mohammadi-Samani,1,3 Mark E Welland,4 Lobat Tayebi51Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 2Institute for Cancer Research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 3Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 4The Nanoscience Centre, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 5Marquette University, School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI, USACorrespondence: Fatemeh FarjadianPharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.C. 71348-14336,Shiraz, IranTel +987132424127(302)Fax +9871132424126Email farjadian_f@sums.ac.irLobat TayebiMarquette University, School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USATel +1 414 288 8383Fax +2708971179Email lobat.tayebi@marquette.eduWebsitetayebigroup.mu.eduBackground: Smart materials capable of responding to external stimuli are noteworthy candidates in designing drug delivery systems. In many of the recent research, temperature and pH have been recognized as the main stimulating factors in designing systems for anti-cancer drugs delivery systems.Purpose: In this study, thermo and pH-responsive character of a nano-carrier drug delivery platform based on lysine modified poly (vinylcaprolactam) hydrogel conjugated with doxorubicin was assessed.Methods: Poly (vinylcaprolactam) cross-linked with poly (ethyleneglycol) diacrylate was prepared via RAFT polymerization, and the prepared structure was linked with lysine through ring-opening. The anti-cancer drug doxorubicin, was linked to lysine moiety of the prepared structure via Schiff-base reaction. The prepared platform was characterized by 1,HNMR and FT-IR, while molecular weight characterization was performed by size exclusion chromatography. The temperature-responsive activity was evaluated using differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic light scattering. In vitro release pattern in simulated physiologic pH at 37°C was compared with acidic pH attributed to tumor site and elevated temperature. The anticancer efficiency of the drug-conjugated structure was evaluated in breast cancer cell line MCF-7 in 24 and 48 h, and cell uptake assay was performed on the same cell line.Conclusion: According to the results, well-structure defined smart pH and temperature responsive nano-hydrogel was prepared. The enhanced release rates are observed at acidic pH and elevated temperature. We have concluded that the doxorubicin-conjugated nanoparticle results in higher cellular uptakes and more cytotoxicity.Keywords: drug delivery, DOX, RAFT, PVCL, lysine, cancer

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2019

41. Target genes, variants, tissues and transcriptional pathways influencing human serum urate levels

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Tin, Adrienne, Marten, Jonathan, Kuhns, Victoria L. Halperin, Li, Yong, Wuttke, Matthias, Kirsten, Holger, Sieber, Karsten B., Qiu, Chengxiang, Gorski, Mathias, Yu, Zhi, Giri, Ayush, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Li, Man, Chu, Audrey Y., Hoppmann, Anselm, O'Connor, Luke J., Prins, Bram, Nutile, Teresa, Noce, Damia, Akiyama, Masato, Cocca, Massimiliano, Ghasemi, Sahar, van Der Most, Peter J., Horn, Katrin, Xu, Yizhe, Fuchsberger, Christian, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Afaq, Saima, Amin, Najaf, Arnlov, Johan, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Bansal, Nisha, Baptista, Daniela, Bergmann, Sven, Biggs, Mary L., Biino, Ginevra, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Boutin, Thibaud S., Brumat, Marco, Burkhardt, Ralph, Campana, Eric, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Carroll, Robert J., Catamo, Eulalia, Chambers, John C., Ciullo, Marina, Concas, Maria Pina, Coresh, Josef, Corre, Tanguy, Cusi, Daniele, Felicita, Sala Cinzia, de Borst, Martin H., De Grandi, Alessandro, de Mutsert, Rene, de Vries, Aiko P. J., Delgado, Graciela, Demirkan, Ayse, Devuyst, Olivier, Dittrich, Katalin, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Ehret, Georg, Endlich, Karlhans, Evans, Michele K., Gansevoort, Ron T., Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gieger, Christian, Girotto, Giorgia, Ggele, Martin, Gordon, Scott D., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haller, Toomas, Hamet, Pavel, Harris, Tamara B., Hayward, Caroline, Hicks, Andrew A., Hofer, Edith, Holm, Hilma, Huang, Wei, Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ikram, M. Arfan, Lewis, Raychel M., Ingelsson, Erik, Jakobsdottir, Johanna, Jonsdottir, Ingileif, Jonsson, Helgi, Joshi, Peter K., Josyula, Navya Shilpa, Jung, Bettina, Kahonen, Mika, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanai, Masahiro, Kerr, Shona M., Kiess, Wieland, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Wolfgang, Kooner, Jaspal S., Korner, Antje, Kovacs, Peter, Kramer, Bernhard K., Kronenberg, Florian, Kubo, Michiaki, Kuhnel, Brigitte, La Bianca, Martina, Lange, Leslie A., Lehne, Benjamin, Lehtimaki, Terho, Liu, Jun, Loeffler, Markus, Loos, Ruth J. F., Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Magi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Martin, Nicholas G., Marz, Winfried, Mascalzoni, Deborah, Matsuda, Koichi, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Milaneschi, Yuri, ODonnell, Christopher J., Wilson, Otis D., Gaziano, J. Michael, Mishra, Pashupati P., Mohlke, Karen L., Mononen, Nina, Montgomery, Grant W., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nadkarni, Girish N., Nalls, Mike A., Nauck, Matthias, Nikus, Kjell, Ning, Boting, Nolte, Ilja M., Noordam, Raymond, O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Olafsson, Isleifur, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Perls, Thomas, Peters, Annette, Pirastu, Mario, Pirastu, Nicola, Pistis, Giorgio, Polasek, Ozren, Ponte, Belen, Porteous, David J., Poulain, Tanja, Preuss, Michael H., Rabelink, Ton J., Raffield, Laura M., Raitakari, Olli T., Rettig, Rainer, Rheinberger, Myriam, Rice, Kenneth M., Rizzi, Federica, Robino, Antonietta, Rudan, Igor, Krajcoviechova, Alena, Cifkova, Renata, Rueedi, Rico, Ruggiero, Daniela, Ryan, Kathleen A., Saba, Yasaman, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Helena, Schmidt, Reinhold, Shaffer, Christian M., Smith, Albert, V, Smith, Blair H., Spracklen, Cassandra N., Strauch, Konstantin, Stumvoll, Michael, Sulem, Patrick, Tajuddin, Salman M., Teren, Andrej, Thiery, Joachim, Thio, Chris H. L., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Toniolo, Daniela, Tonjes, Anke, Tremblay, Johanne, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vaccargiu, Simona, van der Harst, Pim, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Verweij, Niek, Voelker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Whitfield, John B., Wild, Sarah H., Wilson, James F., Yang, Qiong, Zhang, Weihua, Zonderman, Alan B., Bochud, Murielle, Wilson, James G., Pendergrass, Sarah A., Ho, Kevin, Parsa, Afshin, Pramstaller, Peter P., Psaty, Bruce M., Boeger, Carsten A., Snieder, Harold, Butterworth, Adam S., Okada, Yukinori, Edwards, Todd L., Stefansson, Kari, Susztak, Katalin, Scholz, Markus, Heid, Iris M., Hung, Adriana M., Teumer, Alexander, Pattaro, Cristian, Woodward, Owen M., Vitart, Veronique, Koettgen, Anna, Tin, Adrienne, Marten, Jonathan, Kuhns, Victoria L. Halperin, Li, Yong, Wuttke, Matthias, Kirsten, Holger, Sieber, Karsten B., Qiu, Chengxiang, Gorski, Mathias, Yu, Zhi, Giri, Ayush, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Li, Man, Chu, Audrey Y., Hoppmann, Anselm, O'Connor, Luke J., Prins, Bram, Nutile, Teresa, Noce, Damia, Akiyama, Masato, Cocca, Massimiliano, Ghasemi, Sahar, van Der Most, Peter J., Horn, Katrin, Xu, Yizhe, Fuchsberger, Christian, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Afaq, Saima, Amin, Najaf, Arnlov, Johan, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Bansal, Nisha, Baptista, Daniela, Bergmann, Sven, Biggs, Mary L., Biino, Ginevra, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Boutin, Thibaud S., Brumat, Marco, Burkhardt, Ralph, Campana, Eric, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Carroll, Robert J., Catamo, Eulalia, Chambers, John C., Ciullo, Marina, Concas, Maria Pina, Coresh, Josef, Corre, Tanguy, Cusi, Daniele, Felicita, Sala Cinzia, de Borst, Martin H., De Grandi, Alessandro, de Mutsert, Rene, de Vries, Aiko P. J., Delgado, Graciela, Demirkan, Ayse, Devuyst, Olivier, Dittrich, Katalin, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Ehret, Georg, Endlich, Karlhans, Evans, Michele K., Gansevoort, Ron T., Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gieger, Christian, Girotto, Giorgia, Ggele, Martin, Gordon, Scott D., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haller, Toomas, Hamet, Pavel, Harris, Tamara B., Hayward, Caroline, Hicks, Andrew A., Hofer, Edith, Holm, Hilma, Huang, Wei, Hutri-Kahonen, Nina, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ikram, M. Arfan, Lewis, Raychel M., Ingelsson, Erik, Jakobsdottir, Johanna, Jonsdottir, Ingileif, Jonsson, Helgi, Joshi, Peter K., Josyula, Navya Shilpa, Jung, Bettina, Kahonen, Mika, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanai, Masahiro, Kerr, Shona M., Kiess, Wieland, Kleber, Marcus E., Koenig, Wolfgang, Kooner, Jaspal S., Korner, Antje, Kovacs, Peter, Kramer, Bernhard K., Kronenberg, Florian, Kubo, Michiaki, Kuhnel, Brigitte, La Bianca, Martina, Lange, Leslie A., Lehne, Benjamin, Lehtimaki, Terho, Liu, Jun, Loeffler, Markus, Loos, Ruth J. F., Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Magi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Martin, Nicholas G., Marz, Winfried, Mascalzoni, Deborah, Matsuda, Koichi, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Milaneschi, Yuri, ODonnell, Christopher J., Wilson, Otis D., Gaziano, J. Michael, Mishra, Pashupati P., Mohlke, Karen L., Mononen, Nina, Montgomery, Grant W., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nadkarni, Girish N., Nalls, Mike A., Nauck, Matthias, Nikus, Kjell, Ning, Boting, Nolte, Ilja M., Noordam, Raymond, O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Olafsson, Isleifur, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Perls, Thomas, Peters, Annette, Pirastu, Mario, Pirastu, Nicola, Pistis, Giorgio, Polasek, Ozren, Ponte, Belen, Porteous, David J., Poulain, Tanja, Preuss, Michael H., Rabelink, Ton J., Raffield, Laura M., Raitakari, Olli T., Rettig, Rainer, Rheinberger, Myriam, Rice, Kenneth M., Rizzi, Federica, Robino, Antonietta, Rudan, Igor, Krajcoviechova, Alena, Cifkova, Renata, Rueedi, Rico, Ruggiero, Daniela, Ryan, Kathleen A., Saba, Yasaman, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Helena, Schmidt, Reinhold, Shaffer, Christian M., Smith, Albert, V, Smith, Blair H., Spracklen, Cassandra N., Strauch, Konstantin, Stumvoll, Michael, Sulem, Patrick, Tajuddin, Salman M., Teren, Andrej, Thiery, Joachim, Thio, Chris H. L., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Toniolo, Daniela, Tonjes, Anke, Tremblay, Johanne, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vaccargiu, Simona, van der Harst, Pim, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Verweij, Niek, Voelker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Whitfield, John B., Wild, Sarah H., Wilson, James F., Yang, Qiong, Zhang, Weihua, Zonderman, Alan B., Bochud, Murielle, Wilson, James G., Pendergrass, Sarah A., Ho, Kevin, Parsa, Afshin, Pramstaller, Peter P., Psaty, Bruce M., Boeger, Carsten A., Snieder, Harold, Butterworth, Adam S., Okada, Yukinori, Edwards, Todd L., Stefansson, Kari, Susztak, Katalin, Scholz, Markus, Heid, Iris M., Hung, Adriana M., Teumer, Alexander, Pattaro, Cristian, Woodward, Owen M., Vitart, Veronique, and Koettgen, Anna

Abstract

Elevated serum urate levels cause gout and correlate with cardiometabolic diseases via poorly understood mechanisms. We performed a trans-ancestry genome-wide association study of serum urate in 457,690 individuals, identifying 183 loci (147 previously unknown) that improve the prediction of gout in an independent cohort of 334,880 individuals. Serum urate showed significant genetic correlations with many cardiometabolic traits, with genetic causality analyses supporting a substantial role for pleiotropy. Enrichment analysis, fine-mapping of urate-associated loci and colocalization with gene expression in 47 tissues implicated the kidney and liver as the main target organs and prioritized potentially causal genes and variants, including the transcriptional master regulators in the liver and kidney, HNF1A and HNF4A. Experimental validation showed that HNF4A transactivated the promoter of ABCG2, encoding a major urate transporter, in kidney cells, and that HNF4A p.Thr139Ile is a functional variant. Transcriptional coregulation within and across organs may be a general mechanism underlying the observed pleiotropy between urate and cardiometabolic traits.

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2019
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42. Temperature and pH-responsive nano-hydrogel drug delivery system based on lysine-modified poly (vinylcaprolactam)

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Farjadian,Fatemeh, Rezaeifard,Somayeh, Naeimi,Mahsa, Ghasemi,Sahar, Mohammadi-Samani,Soliman, Welland,Mark E., Tayebi,Lobat, Farjadian,Fatemeh, Rezaeifard,Somayeh, Naeimi,Mahsa, Ghasemi,Sahar, Mohammadi-Samani,Soliman, Welland,Mark E., and Tayebi,Lobat

Abstract

Fatemeh Farjadian,1 Somayeh Rezaeifard,2 Mahsa Naeimi,1 Sahar Ghasemi,1 Soliman Mohammadi-Samani,1,3 Mark E Welland,4 Lobat Tayebi51Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 2Institute for Cancer Research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 3Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 4The Nanoscience Centre, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; 5Marquette University, School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI, USACorrespondence: Fatemeh FarjadianPharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.C. 71348-14336, Shiraz, IranTel +987132424127(302)Fax +9871132424126Email farjadian_f@sums.ac.irLobat TayebiMarquette University, School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USATel +1 414 288 8383Fax +2708971179Email lobat.tayebi@marquette.eduWebsitetayebigroup.mu.eduBackground: Smart materials capable of responding to external stimuli are noteworthy candidates in designing drug delivery systems. In many of the recent research, temperature and pH have been recognized as the main stimulating factors in designing systems for anti-cancer drugs delivery systems.Purpose: In this study, thermo and pH-responsive character of a nano-carrier drug delivery platform based on lysine modified poly (vinylcaprolactam) hydrogel conjugated with doxorubicin was assessed.Methods: Poly (vinylcaprolactam) cross-linked with poly (ethyleneglycol) diacrylate was prepared via RAFT polymerization, and the prepared structure was linked with lysine through ring-opening. The anti-cancer drug doxorubicin, was linked to lysine moiety of the prepared structure via Schiff-base reaction. The prepared platform was characterized by 1,HNMR and FT-IR, while molecular weight characterization was performed by size exclusion chromatography. The temperature-responsive activity was evaluated using differential scanning

Published
2019

43. Chemopreventive effect of spirulina microalgae on an animal model of glioblastoma via down‐regulation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR and up‐regulation of miR‐34a/miR‐125B expression.

Author

Arab, Samaneh, Ghasemi, Sahar, Ghanbari, Ali, Bahraminasab, Marjan, Satari, Atefeh, Mousavi, Mahboubeh, Dehcheshme, Hesamodin Ghasemi, and Asgharzade, Samira

Abstract

Recent studies suggest that Spirulina may have great therapeutic benefits due to its antioxidant and anti‐inflammatory properties. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the chemopreventive properties of the Spirulina microalgae (Spi) on the regression and survival of tumor, histopathological features of glioblastoma, and detection of the molecular mechanism of Spi. Tumor viability versus Spi was determined using the MTT assay. In vivo antitumor activity of Spi was studied using the glioblastoma model. After tumor induction, the animals were euthanized, and their brains were removed. Histological evaluation was performed for tumor size and manifestation. The mechanisms of the anticancer effects of Spi were investigated by evaluating the microRNAs and their targets. The results demonstrated that Spi inhibited C6 and U87 cell proliferation and induced cell death. Histopathologic results showed that the administration of Spi could delay the development of tumors and prolonged the survival of tumor‐bearing animals. Furthermore, Spi significantly upregulated miR‐34a and miR‐125b that have a key role in the progression of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. This is the first in vivo report on the chemo‐preventive effect of Spi against glioblastoma, suggesting its potential use in the chemoprevention of this cancer and the antiglioma molecular mechanism of Spi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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45. Accelerated testing of super lightweight UHPC waffle deck under heavy vehicle simulator.

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Ghasemi, Sahar, Mirmiran, Amir, Xiao, Yulin, and Mackie, Kevin

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ACCELERATED life testing, HIGH strength steel, PUNCHING (Metalwork), PANCAKES, waffles, etc., BRIDGE floors, CONCRETE slabs, FINITE element method
Abstract

A super lightweight deck can enhance load rating and functionality of a bridge, especially those identified as structurally deficient. This study was aimed to develop and experimentally validate a novel bridge deck as an ultra-lightweight low-profile waffle slab of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) with either carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) or high strength steel (HSS) reinforcement. The proposed system lends itself to accelerated bridge construction, rapid deck replacement in bridges with load restrictions, and bridge widening applications without the need to replace girders. Performance and failure modes of the proposed deck were initially assessed through extensive lab experiments and finite element analysis, which together confirmed that the proposed deck panel meets the AASHTO LRFD requirements. The proposed deck system is not susceptible to punching shear of its thin slab and fails in a rather ductile manner. To evaluate its long-term performance, the system was further tested under the dynamic impact of wheel load at the Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT) facility of the Florida Department of Transportation using a Heavy Vehicle Simulator (HVS). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020
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