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1. Genetic insights into resting heart rate and its role in cardiovascular disease.

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van de Vegte, Yordi, Eppinga, Ruben, van der Ende, M, Hagemeijer, Yanick, Mahendran, Yuvaraj, Salfati, Elias, Smith, Albert, Tan, Vanessa, Arking, Dan, Ntalla, Ioanna, Appel, Emil, Schurmann, Claudia, Brody, Jennifer, Rueedi, Rico, Polasek, Ozren, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Lecoeur, Cecile, Ladenvall, Claes, Zhao, Jing, Isaacs, Aaron, Wang, Lihua, Luan, Jianan, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Mononen, Nina, Auro, Kirsi, Jackson, Anne, Bielak, Lawrence, Zeng, Linyao, Shah, Nabi, Nethander, Maria, Campbell, Archie, Rankinen, Tuomo, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Qi, Lu, Zhao, Wei, Rizzi, Federica, Tanaka, Toshiko, Robino, Antonietta, Cocca, Massimiliano, Lange, Leslie, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Roselli, Carolina, Zhang, Weihua, Kleber, Marcus, Guo, Xiuqing, Lin, Henry, Pavani, Francesca, Galesloot, Tessel, Noordam, Raymond, Milaneschi, Yuri, Schraut, Katharina, den Hoed, Marcel, Degenhardt, Frauke, Trompet, Stella, van den Berg, Marten, Pistis, Giorgio, Tham, Yih-Chung, Weiss, Stefan, Sim, Xueling, Li, Hengtong, van der Most, Peter, Nolte, Ilja, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Said, M, Witte, Daniel, Iribarren, Carlos, Launer, Lenore, Ring, Susan, de Vries, Paul, Sever, Peter, Linneberg, Allan, Bottinger, Erwin, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Psaty, Bruce, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Kolcic, Ivana, Arnar, David, Gudbjartsson, Daniel, Holm, Hilma, Balkau, Beverley, Silva, Claudia, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Nikus, Kjell, Salo, Perttu, Mohlke, Karen, Peyser, Patricia, Schunkert, Heribert, Lorentzon, Mattias, Lahti, Jari, Rao, Dabeeru, Cornelis, Marilyn, Faul, Jessica, Smith, Jennifer, Stolarz-Skrzypek, Katarzyna, Bandinelli, Stefania, Concas, Maria, Sinagra, Gianfranco, Meitinger, Thomas, Waldenberger, Melanie, and Sinner, Moritz

Subjects
Humans, Cardiovascular Diseases, Risk Factors, Heart Rate, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Atrial Fibrillation, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Genome-Wide Association Study, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Abstract

Resting heart rate is associated with cardiovascular diseases and mortality in observational and Mendelian randomization studies. The aims of this study are to extend the number of resting heart rate associated genetic variants and to obtain further insights in resting heart rate biology and its clinical consequences. A genome-wide meta-analysis of 100 studies in up to 835,465 individuals reveals 493 independent genetic variants in 352 loci, including 68 genetic variants outside previously identified resting heart rate associated loci. We prioritize 670 genes and in silico annotations point to their enrichment in cardiomyocytes and provide insights in their ECG signature. Two-sample Mendelian randomization analyses indicate that higher genetically predicted resting heart rate increases risk of dilated cardiomyopathy, but decreases risk of developing atrial fibrillation, ischemic stroke, and cardio-embolic stroke. We do not find evidence for a linear or non-linear genetic association between resting heart rate and all-cause mortality in contrast to our previous Mendelian randomization study. Systematic alteration of key differences between the current and previous Mendelian randomization study indicates that the most likely cause of the discrepancy between these studies arises from false positive findings in previous one-sample MR analyses caused by weak-instrument bias at lower P-value thresholds. The results extend our understanding of resting heart rate biology and give additional insights in its role in cardiovascular disease development.

Published
2023

2. Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

Author

Joshi, Peter K., Esko, Tonu, Mattsson, Hannele, Eklund, Niina, Gandin, Ilaria, Nutile, Teresa, Jackson, Anne U., Schurmann, Claudia, Smith, Albert V., Zhang, Weihua, Okada, Yukinori, Stančáková, Alena, Faul, Jessica D., Zhao, Wei, Bartz, Traci M., Concas, Maria Pina, Franceschini, Nora, Enroth, Stefan, Vitart, Veronique, Trompet, Stella, Guo, Xiuqing, Chasman, Daniel I., OʼConnel, Jeffrey R., Corre, Tanguy, Nongmaithem, Suraj S., Chen, Yuning, Mangino, Massimo, Ruggiero, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Kacprowski, Tim, Bjonnes, Andrew, van der Spek, Ashley, Wu, Ying, Giri, Anil K., Yanek, Lisa R., Wang, Lihua, Hofer, Edith, Rietveld, Cornelius A., McLeod, Olga, Cornelis, Marilyn C., Pattaro, Cristian, Verweij, Niek, Baumbach, Clemens, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Warren, Helen R., Vuckovic, Dragana, Mei, Hao, Bouchard, Claude, Perry, John R. B., Cappellani, Stefania, Mirza, Saira S., Benton, Miles C., Broeckel, Ulrich, Medland, Sarah E., Lind, Penelope A., Malerba, Giovanni, Drong, Alexander, Yengo, Loic, Bielak, Lawrence F., Zhi, Degui, van der Most, Peter J., Shriner, Daniel, Mägi, Reedik, Hemani, Gibran, Karaderi, Tugce, Wang, Zhaoming, Liu, Tian, Demuth, Ilja, Zhao, Jing Hua, Meng, Weihua, Lataniotis, Lazaros, van der Laan, Sander W., Bradfield, Jonathan P., Wood, Andrew R., Bonnefond, Amelie, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Hall, Leanne M., Salvi, Erika, Yazar, Seyhan, Carstensen, Lisbeth, de Haan, Hugoline G., Abney, Mark, Afzal, Uzma, Allison, Matthew A., Amin, Najaf, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Bakker, Stephan J. L., Barr, Graham R., Baumeister, Sebastian E., Benjamin, Daniel J., Bergmann, Sven, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Campbell, Archie, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chan, Yingleong, Chanock, Stephen J., Chen, Constance, Chen, Ida Y.-D., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John, Correa, Adolfo, Cupples, Adrienne L., Smith, George Davey, Davies, Gail, Dörr, Marcus, Ehret, Georg, Ellis, Stephen B., Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary F., Ford, Ian, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy M., Friedrich, Nele, Geller, Frank, Scotland, Generation, Gillham-Nasenya, Irina, Gottesman, Omri, Graff, Misa, Grodstein, Francine, Gu, Charles, Haley, Chris, Hammond, Christopher J., Harris, Sarah E., Harris, Tamara B., Hastie, Nicholas D., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heikkilä, Kauko, Hocking, Lynne J., Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huang, Jinyan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Hysi, Pirro G., Ikram, Arfan M., Ingelsson, Erik, Joensuu, Anni, Johansson, Åsa, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, Wouter J., Kähönen, Mika, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kerr, Shona M., Khan, Nazir M., Koellinger, Philipp, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kooner, Manraj K., Kubo, Michiaki, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lahti, Jari, Launer, Lenore J., Lea, Rodney A., Lehne, Benjamin, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liewald, David C.M., Lind, Lars, Loh, Marie, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, London, Stephanie J., Loomis, Stephanie J., Loukola, Anu, Lu, Yingchang, Lumley, Thomas, Lundqvist, Annamari, Männistö, Satu, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Masciullo, Corrado, Matchan, Angela, Mathias, Rasika A., Matsuda, Koichi, Meigs, James B., Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Menni, Cristina, Mentch, Frank D., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montasser, May E., Montgomery, Grant W., Morrison, Alanna, Myers, Richard H., Nadukuru, Rajiv, Navarro, Pau, Nelis, Mari, Nieminen, Markku S., Nolte, Ilja M., OʼConnor, George T., Ogunniyi, Adesola, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter R., Pankow, James S., Patarcic, Inga, Pavani, Francesca, Peyser, Patricia A., Pietilainen, Kirsi, Poulter, Neil, Prokopenko, Inga, Ralhan, Sarju, Redmond, Paul, Rich, Stephen S., Rissanen, Harri, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M., Rose, Richard, Sala, Cinzia, Salako, Babatunde, Salomaa, Veikko, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Saxena, Richa, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Laura J., Scott, William R., Sennblad, Bengt, Seshadri, Sudha, Sever, Peter, Shrestha, Smeeta, Smith, Blair H., Smith, Jennifer A., Soranzo, Nicole, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Southam, Lorraine, Stanton, Alice V., Stathopoulou, Maria G., Strauch, Konstantin, Strawbridge, Rona J., Suderman, Matthew J., Tandon, Nikhil, Tang, Sian-Tsun, Taylor, Kent D., Tayo, Bamidele O., Töglhofer, Anna Maria, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Tšernikova, Natalia, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vaidya, Dhananjay, van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid, van Setten, Jessica, Vasankari, Tuula, Vedantam, Sailaja, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Vozzi, Diego, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Waldenberger, Melanie, Ware, Erin B., Wentworth-Shields, William, Whitfield, John B., Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S., Yao, Jie, Zaza, Gianluigi, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Salem, Rany M., Melbye, Mads, Bisgaard, Hans, Samani, Nilesh J., Cusi, Daniele, Mackey, David A., Cooper, Richard S., Froguel, Philippe, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Grant, Struan F.A., Hakonarson, Hakon, Ferrucci, Luigi, Scott, Robert A., Morris, Andrew D., Palmer, Colin N. A., Dedoussis, George, Deloukas, Panos, Bertram, Lars, Lindenberger, Ulman, Berndt, Sonja I., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Timpson, Nicholas J., Tönjes, Anke, Munroe, Patricia B., Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Rotimi, Charles N., Arnett, Donna K., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Kardia, Sharon L. R., Balkau, Beverley, Gambaro, Giovanni, Morris, Andrew P., Eriksson, Johan G., Wright, Margie J., Martin, Nicholas G., Hunt, Steven C., Starr, John M., Deary, Ian J., Griffiths, Lyn R., Tiemeier, Henning, Pirastu, Nicola, Kaprio, Jaakko, Wareham, Nicholas J., Pérusse, Louis, Wilson, James G., Girotto, Giorgia, Caulfield, Mark J., Raitakari, Olli, Boomsma, Dorret I., Gieger, Christian, van der Harst, Pim, Hicks, Andrew A., Kraft, Peter, Sinisalo, Juha, Knekt, Paul, Johannesson, Magnus, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Hamsten, Anders, Schmidt, Reinhold, Borecki, Ingrid B., Vartiainen, Erkki, Becker, Diane M., Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan, Mohlke, Karen L., Boehnke, Michael, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Sanghera, Dharambir K., Teumer, Alexander, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Metspalu, Andres, Gasparini, Paolo, Ulivi, Sheila, Ober, Carole, Toniolo, Daniela, Rudan, Igor, Porteous, David J., Ciullo, Marina, Spector, Tim D., Hayward, Caroline, Dupuis, Josée, Loos, Ruth J. F., Wright, Alan F., Chandak, Giriraj R., Vollenweider, Peter, Shuldiner, Alan R., Ridker, Paul M., Rotter, Jerome I., Sattar, Naveed, Gyllensten, Ulf, North, Kari E., Pirastu, Mario, Psaty, Bruce M., Weir, David R., Laakso, Markku, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Takahashi, Atsushi, Chambers, John C., Kooner, Jaspal S., Strachan, David P., Campbell, Harry, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Perola, Markus, Polašek, Ozren, and Wilson, James F.

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2015
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3. Low-frequency low-intensity ultrasounds do not influence the survival and immune functions of cultured keratinocytes and dendritic cells

Author

Scarponi, Claudia, Nasorri, Francesca, Pavani, Francesca, Madonna, Stefania, Sestito, Rosanna, Simonacci, Marco, De Pita, Ornella, Cavani, Andrea, and Albanesi, Cristina

Subjects
Research, Properties, Ultrasound -- Research, Dendritic cells -- Properties, Keratinocytes -- Properties, Ultrasonic waves -- Research
Abstract

1. Introduction Skin is a very efficient barrier against external agent penetration. Low permeability is attributed to the stratum corneum, the outermost skin layer, characterized by a robust structure containing [...], Low-frequency ultrasounds (US) are used to enhance drug transdermal transport. Although this phenomenon has been extensively analyzed, information on US effects on the single skin cell components is limited. Here, we investigated the possible effects of low-frequency US on viability and immune functions of cultured human keratinocytes and dendritic cells (DC), skin cells involved in the regulation of many immune-mediated dermatoses. We demonstrated that US, employed at low-frequency (42 KHz) and low-intensity (0.15 W/[cm.sup.2]) values known to enhance drug and water transdermal transport, did not affect extracellular-signal-regulated-kinase (ERK)1/2 activation, cell viability, or expression of adhesion molecules in cultured keratinocytes. Moreover, US at these work frequency and intensity did not influence the keratinocyte expression and release of immunomodulatory molecules. Similarly, cultured DC treated with low-frequency low-intensity US were viable, and did not show an altered membrane phenotype, cytokine profile, nor antigen presentation ability. However, intensity enhancement of low-frequency US to 5 W/[cm.sup.2] determined an increase of the apoptotic rate of both keratinocytes and DC as well as keratinocyte CXCL8 release and ERK1/2 activation, and DC CD40 expression. Our study sustains the employment of low-frequency and low- intensity US for treatment of those immune skin disorders, where keratinocytes and DC have a pathogenetic role. Copyright [C] 2009 Claudia Scarponi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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2009
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4. Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

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Joshi, Peter K, Esko, Tonu, Mattsson, Hannele, Eklund, Niina, Gandin, Ilaria, Nutile, Teresa, Jackson, Anne U, Schurmann, Claudia, Smith, Albert V, Zhang, Weihua, Okada, Yukinori, Stančáková, Alena, Faul, Jessica D, Zhao, Wei, Bartz, Traci M, Concas, Maria Pina, Franceschini, Nora, Enroth, Stefan, Vitart, Veronique, Trompet, Stella, Guo, Xiuqing, Chasman, Daniel I, O'Connel, Jeffrey R, Corre, Tanguy, Nongmaithem, Suraj S, Chen, Yuning, Mangino, Massimo, Ruggiero, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Kacprowski, Tim, Bjonnes, Andrew, van der Spek, Ashley, Wu, Ying, Giri, Anil K, Yanek, Lisa R, Wang, Lihua, Hofer, Edith, Rietveld, Cornelius A, McLeod, Olga, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Pattaro, Cristian, Verweij, Niek, Baumbach, Clemens, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Warren, Helen R, Vuckovic, Dragana, Mei, Hao, Bouchard, Claude, Perry, John R B, Cappellani, Stefania, Mirza, Saira S, Benton, Miles C, Broeckel, Ulrich, Medland, Sarah E, Lind, Penelope A, Malerba, Giovanni, Drong, Alexander, Yengo, Loic, Bielak, Lawrence F, Zhi, Degui, van der Most, Peter J, Shriner, Daniel, Mägi, Reedik, Hemani, Gibran, Karaderi, Tugce, Wang, Zhaoming, Liu, Tian, Demuth, Ilja, Zhao, Jing Hua, Meng, Weihua, Lataniotis, Lazaros, van der Laan, Sander W, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Wood, Andrew R, Bonnefond, Amelie, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Hall, Leanne M, Salvi, Erika, Yazar, Seyhan, Carstensen, Lisbeth, de Haan, Hugoline G, Abney, Mark, Afzal, Uzma, Allison, Matthew A, Amin, Najaf, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Bakker, Stephan J L, Barr, R Graham, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Benjamin, Daniel J, Bergmann, Sven, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Campbell, Archie, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chan, Yingleong, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Constance, Chen, Y-D Ida, Collins, Francis S, Connell, John, Correa, Adolfo, Cupples, L Adrienne, Smith, George Davey, Davies, Gail, Dörr, Marcus, Ehret, Georg, Ellis, Stephen B, Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary F, Ford, Ian, Fox, Caroline S, Frayling, Timothy M, Friedrich, Nele, Geller, Frank, Scotland, Generation, Gillham-Nasenya, Irina, Gottesman, Omri, Graff, Misa, Grodstein, Francine, Gu, Charles, Haley, Chris, Hammond, Christopher J, Harris, Sarah E, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas D, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Heikkilä, Kauko, Hocking, Lynne J, Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huang, Jinyan, Huffman, Jennifer E, Hysi, Pirro G, Ikram, M Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Joensuu, Anni, Johansson, Åsa, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, J Wouter, Kähönen, Mika, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kerr, Shona M, Khan, Nazir M, Koellinger, Philipp, Koistinen, Heikki A, Kooner, Manraj K, Kubo, Michiaki, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lahti, Jari, Launer, Lenore J, Lea, Rodney A, Lehne, Benjamin, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liewald, David C M, Lind, Lars, Loh, Marie, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, London, Stephanie J, Loomis, Stephanie J, Loukola, Anu, Lu, Yingchang, Lumley, Thomas, Lundqvist, Annamari, Männistö, Satu, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Masciullo, Corrado, Matchan, Angela, Mathias, Rasika A, Matsuda, Koichi, Meigs, James B, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Menni, Cristina, Mentch, Frank D, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montasser, May E, Montgomery, Grant W, Morrison, Alanna, Myers, Richard H, Nadukuru, Rajiv, Navarro, Pau, Nelis, Mari, Nieminen, Markku S, Nolte, Ilja M, O'Connor, George T, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter R, Pankow, James S, Patarcic, Inga, Pavani, Francesca, Peyser, Patricia A, Pietilainen, Kirsi, Poulter, Neil, Prokopenko, Inga, Ralhan, Sarju, Redmond, Paul, Rich, Stephen S, Rissanen, Harri, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M, Rose, Richard, Sala, Cinzia, Salako, Babatunde, Salomaa, Veikko, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Saxena, Richa, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Laura J, Scott, William R, Sennblad, Bengt, Seshadri, Sudha, Sever, Peter, Shrestha, Smeeta, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Soranzo, Nicole, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Southam, Lorraine, Stanton, Alice V, Stathopoulou, Maria G, Strauch, Konstantin, Strawbridge, Rona J, Suderman, Matthew J, Tandon, Nikhil, Tang, Sian-Tsun, Taylor, Kent D, Tayo, Bamidele O, Töglhofer, Anna Maria, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Tšernikova, Natalia, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Vaidya, Dhananjay, van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid, van Setten, Jessica, Vasankari, Tuula, Vedantam, Sailaja, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Vozzi, Diego, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Waldenberger, Melanie, Ware, Erin B, Wentworth-Shields, William, Whitfield, John B, Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Yao, Jie, Zaza, Gianluigi, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Salem, Rany M, Melbye, Mads, Bisgaard, Hans, Samani, Nilesh J, Cusi, Daniele, Mackey, David A, Cooper, Richard S, Froguel, Philippe, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Grant, Struan F A, Hakonarson, Hakon, Ferrucci, Luigi, Scott, Robert A, Morris, Andrew D, Palmer, Colin N A, Dedoussis, George, Deloukas, Panos, Bertram, Lars, Lindenberger, Ulman, Berndt, Sonja I, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Timpson, Nicholas J, Tönjes, Anke, Munroe, Patricia B, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Rotimi, Charles N, Arnett, Donna K, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Kardia, Sharon L R, Balkau, Beverley, Gambaro, Giovanni, Morris, Andrew P, Eriksson, Johan G, Wright, Margie J, Martin, Nicholas G, Hunt, Steven C, Starr, John M, Deary, Ian J, Griffiths, Lyn R, Tiemeier, Henning, Pirastu, Nicola, Kaprio, Jaakko, Wareham, Nicholas J, Pérusse, Louis, Wilson, James G, Girotto, Giorgia, Caulfield, Mark J, Raitakari, Olli, Boomsma, Dorret I, Gieger, Christian, van der Harst, Pim, Hicks, Andrew A, Kraft, Peter, Sinisalo, Juha, Knekt, Paul, Johannesson, Magnus, Magnusson, Patrik K E, Hamsten, Anders, Schmidt, Reinhold, Borecki, Ingrid B, Vartiainen, Erkki, Becker, Diane M, Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan, Mohlke, Karen L, Boehnke, Michael, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Sanghera, Dharambir K, Teumer, Alexander, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Metspalu, Andres, Gasparini, Paolo, Ulivi, Sheila, Ober, Carole, Toniolo, Daniela, Rudan, Igor, Porteous, David J, Ciullo, Marina, Spector, Tim D, Hayward, Caroline, Dupuis, Josée, Loos, Ruth J F, Wright, Alan F, Chandak, Giriraj R, Vollenweider, Peter, Shuldiner, Alan R, Ridker, Paul M, Rotter, Jerome I, Sattar, Naveed, Gyllensten, Ulf, North, Kari E, Pirastu, Mario, Psaty, Bruce M, Weir, David R, Laakso, Markku, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Takahashi, Atsushi, Chambers, John C, Kooner, Jaspal S, Strachan, David P, Campbell, Harry, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Perola, Markus, Polašek, Ozren, Wilson, James F, Joshi, Peter K, Esko, Tonu, Mattsson, Hannele, Eklund, Niina, Gandin, Ilaria, Nutile, Teresa, Jackson, Anne U, Schurmann, Claudia, Smith, Albert V, Zhang, Weihua, Okada, Yukinori, Stančáková, Alena, Faul, Jessica D, Zhao, Wei, Bartz, Traci M, Concas, Maria Pina, Franceschini, Nora, Enroth, Stefan, Vitart, Veronique, Trompet, Stella, Guo, Xiuqing, Chasman, Daniel I, O'Connel, Jeffrey R, Corre, Tanguy, Nongmaithem, Suraj S, Chen, Yuning, Mangino, Massimo, Ruggiero, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Kacprowski, Tim, Bjonnes, Andrew, van der Spek, Ashley, Wu, Ying, Giri, Anil K, Yanek, Lisa R, Wang, Lihua, Hofer, Edith, Rietveld, Cornelius A, McLeod, Olga, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Pattaro, Cristian, Verweij, Niek, Baumbach, Clemens, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Warren, Helen R, Vuckovic, Dragana, Mei, Hao, Bouchard, Claude, Perry, John R B, Cappellani, Stefania, Mirza, Saira S, Benton, Miles C, Broeckel, Ulrich, Medland, Sarah E, Lind, Penelope A, Malerba, Giovanni, Drong, Alexander, Yengo, Loic, Bielak, Lawrence F, Zhi, Degui, van der Most, Peter J, Shriner, Daniel, Mägi, Reedik, Hemani, Gibran, Karaderi, Tugce, Wang, Zhaoming, Liu, Tian, Demuth, Ilja, Zhao, Jing Hua, Meng, Weihua, Lataniotis, Lazaros, van der Laan, Sander W, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Wood, Andrew R, Bonnefond, Amelie, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Hall, Leanne M, Salvi, Erika, Yazar, Seyhan, Carstensen, Lisbeth, de Haan, Hugoline G, Abney, Mark, Afzal, Uzma, Allison, Matthew A, Amin, Najaf, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Bakker, Stephan J L, Barr, R Graham, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Benjamin, Daniel J, Bergmann, Sven, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Campbell, Archie, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chan, Yingleong, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Constance, Chen, Y-D Ida, Collins, Francis S, Connell, John, Correa, Adolfo, Cupples, L Adrienne, Smith, George Davey, Davies, Gail, Dörr, Marcus, Ehret, Georg, Ellis, Stephen B, Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary F, Ford, Ian, Fox, Caroline S, Frayling, Timothy M, Friedrich, Nele, Geller, Frank, Scotland, Generation, Gillham-Nasenya, Irina, Gottesman, Omri, Graff, Misa, Grodstein, Francine, Gu, Charles, Haley, Chris, Hammond, Christopher J, Harris, Sarah E, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas D, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Heikkilä, Kauko, Hocking, Lynne J, Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huang, Jinyan, Huffman, Jennifer E, Hysi, Pirro G, Ikram, M Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Joensuu, Anni, Johansson, Åsa, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, J Wouter, Kähönen, Mika, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kerr, Shona M, Khan, Nazir M, Koellinger, Philipp, Koistinen, Heikki A, Kooner, Manraj K, Kubo, 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Abstract

Homozygosity has long been associated with rare, often devastating, Mendelian disorders, and Darwin was one of the first to recognize that inbreeding reduces evolutionary fitness. However, the effect of the more distant parental relatedness that is common in modern human populations is less well understood. Genomic data now allow us to investigate the effects of homozygosity on traits of public health importance by observing contiguous homozygous segments (runs of homozygosity), which are inferred to be homozygous along their complete length. Given the low levels of genome-wide homozygosity prevalent in most human populations, information is required on very large numbers of people to provide sufficient power. Here we use runs of homozygosity to study 16 health-related quantitative traits in 354,224 individuals from 102 cohorts, and find statistically significant associations between summed runs of homozygosity and four complex traits: height, forced expiratory lung volume in one second, general cognitive ability and educational attainment (P < 1 × 10(-300), 2.1 × 10(-6), 2.5 × 10(-10) and 1.8 × 10(-10), respectively). In each case, increased homozygosity was associated with decreased trait value, equivalent to the offspring of first cousins being 1.2 cm shorter and having 10 months' less education. Similar effect sizes were found across four continental groups and populations with different degrees of genome-wide homozygosity, providing evidence that homozygosity, rather than confounding, directly contributes to phenotypic variance. Contrary to earlier reports in substantially smaller samples, no evidence was seen of an influence of genome-wide homozygosity on blood pressure and low density lipoprotein cholesterol, or ten other cardio-metabolic traits. Since directional dominance is predicted for traits under directional evolutionary selection, this study provides evidence that increased stature and cognitive function have been positively selected in human evolu

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2015
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