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1. Weight Loss Directly Influences Intermediate-Term Remission of Diabetes Mellitus After Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Case-Control Study

Author: de La Harpe, R., Rüeger, S., Kutalik, Z., Ballabeni, P., Suter, M., Vionnet, N., Laferrère, B., and Pralong, F.
Published: 2020
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2. New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

Author: Bellenguez, C., Küçükali, F., Jansen, I. E., Kleineidam, L., Moreno-Grau, S., Amin, N., Naj, A. C., Campos-Martin, R., Grenier-Boley, B., Andrade, V., Holmans, P. A., Boland, A., Damotte, V., van der Lee, S. J., Costa, M. R., Kuulasmaa, T., Yang, Q., de Rojas, I., Bis, J. C., Yaqub, A., Prokic, I., Chapuis, J., Ahmad, S., Giedraitis, V., Aarsland, D., Garcia-Gonzalez, P., Abdelnour, C., Alarcón-Martín, E., Alcolea, D., Alegret, M., Alvarez, I., Álvarez, V., Armstrong, N. J., Tsolaki, A., Antúnez, C., Appollonio, I., Arcaro, M., Archetti, S., Pastor, A. A., Arosio, B., Athanasiu, L., Bailly, H., Banaj, N., Baquero, M., Barral, S., Beiser, A., Pastor, A. B., Below, J. E., Benchek, P., Benussi, L., Berr, C., Besse, C., Bessi, V., Binetti, G., Bizarro, A., Blesa, R., Boada, M., Boerwinkle, E., Borroni, B., Boschi, S., Bossù, P., Bråthen, G., Bressler, J., Bresner, C., Brodaty, H., Brookes, K. J., Brusco, L. I., Buiza-Rueda, D., Bûrger, K., Burholt, V., Bush, W. 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Sachdev, Perminder [0000-0002-9595-3220], Mather, Karen [0000-0003-4143-8941], Ikram, M Arfan [0000-0003-0372-8585], Tsolaki, Magda [0000-0002-2072-8010], Pericak-Vance, Margaret A [0000-0001-7283-8804], Amouyel, Philippe [0000-0001-9088-234X], Williams, Julie [0000-0002-4069-0259], Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth [0000-0003-4084-5027], Seshadri, Sudha [0000-0001-6135-2622], Andreassen, Ole A [0000-0002-4461-3568], Sleegers, Kristel [0000-0002-0283-2332], van Duijn, Cornelia M [0000-0002-2374-9204], Sims, Rebecca [0000-0002-3885-1199], van der Flier, Wiesje M [0000-0001-8766-6224], Ramirez, Alfredo [0000-0003-4991-763X], Lambert, Jean-Charles [0000-0003-0829-7817], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Complex Trait Genetics, Clinical sciences, Neuroprotection & Neuromodulation, Pathologic Biochemistry and Physiology, Clinical Biology, Epidemiology, Internal Medicine, Psychiatrie & Neuropsychologie, RS: MHeNs - R1 - Cognitive Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, MUMC+: MA Med Staf Spec Psychiatrie (9), UAM. Departamento de Biología Molecular, University of Helsinki, Department of Neurosciences, HUS Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation, Timo Strandberg / Principal Investigator, Department of Medicine, Clinicum, HUS Neurocenter, Neurologian yksikkö, Centre of Excellence in Complex Disease Genetics, HUS Abdominal Center, Institut Pasteur, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (France), European Commission, LabEx DISTALZ, Pérez-Tur, Jordi, University Children’s Hospital Basel (Suiza), INSERM (Francia), Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine, Government of France (Francia), EADB, GR@ACE, DEGESCO, EADI, GERAD, Demgene, FinnGen, ADGC, CHARGE, Holmans, Peter A. [0000-0003-0870-9412], van der Lee, Sven J. [0000-0003-1606-8643], Costa, Marcos R. [0000-0002-4928-2163], Bis, Joshua C. [0000-0002-3409-1110], Brookes, Keeley J. [0000-0003-2427-2513], Bush, William S. [0000-0002-9729-6519], de Witte, Lot D. [0000-0002-7235-9958], del Ser, Teodoro [0000-0001-9806-7083], Fox, Nick C. [0000-0002-6660-657X], Bullido, María J. [0000-0002-6477-1117], Goate, Alison M. [0000-0002-0576-2472], Herrmann, Martin J. [0000-0001-9970-2122], Jun, Gyungah R. [0000-0002-3230-8697], Kehoe, Patrick G. [0000-0002-7542-1139], Kosmidis, Mary H. [0000-0001-8790-1220], Lunetta, Kathryn L. [0000-0002-9268-810X], MacLeod, Catherine A. [0000-0002-9314-7380], Nöthen, Markus M. [0000-0002-8770-2464], Nordestgaard, Børge G. [0000-0002-1954-7220], Pineda, Juan A. [0000-0002-3751-0296], Real, Luis M. [0000-0003-4932-7429], Reinders, Marcel J. T. [0000-0002-1148-1562], Satizabal, Claudia L. [0000-0002-1115-4430], Schott, Jonathan M. [0000-0003-2059-024X], Shadrin, Alexey A. [0000-0002-7467-250X], Farrer, Lindsay A. [0000-0001-5533-4225], Psaty, Bruce M. [0000-0002-7278-2190], Ikram, M. Arfan [0000-0003-0372-8585], Pericak-Vance, Margaret A. [0000-0001-7283-8804], Andreassen, Ole A. [0000-0002-4461-3568], van Duijn, Cornelia M. [0000-0002-2374-9204], van der Flier, Wiesje M. [0000-0001-8766-6224], and Molecular Neuroscience and Ageing Research (MOLAR)
Subjects: tau Proteins/genetics, Alzheimer`s disease Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 1], Neurologi, MED/03 - GENETICA MEDICA, 45/43, Medizin, Stress-related disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 13], genetics [Alzheimer Disease], Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, tau Proteins, Alzheimer Disease, Cognitive Dysfunction, VARIANTS, pathology [Alzheimer Disease], Tau Proteins, Settore BIO/13 - Biologia Applicata, Cognitive Dysfunction/psychology, 692/699/375/365/1283, IMPUTATION, article, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, Biología y Biomedicina / Biología, AMYLOID-BETA, Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, Neurology, psychology [Cognitive Dysfunction], Medical Genetics, Human, Neuroscience(all), 631/208/205/2138, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, ddc:570, Genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, METAANALYSIS, Medicinsk genetik, MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, Alzheimer Disease/genetics, neurology, tau Protein, NECROSIS-FACTOR-ALPHA, RISK LOCI, genetics [tau Proteins], PREDICTION MODELS, Human medicine, GENERATION, RESPONSES
Abstract: 25 páginas, 6 figuras, 2 tablas, Characterization of the genetic landscape of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias (ADD) provides a unique opportunity for a better understanding of the associated pathophysiological processes. We performed a two-stage genome-wide association study totaling 111,326 clinically diagnosed/'proxy' AD cases and 677,663 controls. We found 75 risk loci, of which 42 were new at the time of analysis. Pathway enrichment analyses confirmed the involvement of amyloid/tau pathways and highlighted microglia implication. Gene prioritization in the new loci identified 31 genes that were suggestive of new genetically associated processes, including the tumor necrosis factor alpha pathway through the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex. We also built a new genetic risk score associated with the risk of future AD/dementia or progression from mild cognitive impairment to AD/dementia. The improvement in prediction led to a 1.6- to 1.9-fold increase in AD risk from the lowest to the highest decile, in addition to effects of age and the APOE ε4 allele., This work was funded by a grant (EADB) from the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research. INSERM UMR1167 is also funded by the INSERM, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine and French government’s LABEX DISTALZ program (development of innovative strategies for a transdisciplinary approach to AD). Full consortium acknowledgements and funding are in the Supplementary Not
Published: 2022
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3. A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

Author: Yengo, L., Vedantam, S., Marouli, E., Sidorenko, J., Bartell, E., Sakaue, S., Graff, M, Eliasen, A.U., Jiang, Y., Raghavan, S., Miao, J., Arias, J.D., Graham, S.E., Mukamel, R.E., Spracklen, C.N., Yin, X., Chen, Shiou-Shiou, Ferreira, T., Highland, H.H., Ji, Y., Karaderi, T., Lin, K., Lüll, K., Malden, D.E., Medina-Gomez, C., Machado, M., Moore, A., Rüeger, S., Sim, X., Vrieze, S., Ahluwalia, T.S., Akiyama, M., Allison, M.A., Alvarez, M., Andersen, M.K., Ani, A., Appadurai, V., Arbeeva, L., Bhaskar, S., Bielak, L.F., Bollepalli, S., Bonnycastle, L.L., Bork-Jensen, J., Bradfield, J.P., Bradford, Y., Braund, P.S., Brody, J.A., Burgdorf, K.S., Cade, B.E., Cai, H., Cai, Q., Campbell, A., Cañadas-Garre, M., Catamo, E., Chai, J.F., Chai, X., Chang, L.C., Chang, Y.C., Chen, Chen, Chesi, A., Choi, S.H., Chung, R.H., Cocca, M., Concas, M.P., Couture, C., Cuellar-Partida, G., Danning, R., Daw, E.W., Degenhard, F., Delgado, G.E., Delitala, A., Demirkan, A., Deng, X., Devineni, P., Dietl, A., Dimitriou, M., Dimitrov, L., Dorajoo, R., Ekici, A.B., Engmann, J.E., Fairhurst-Hunter, Z., Farmaki, A.E., Faul, J.D., Fernandez-Lopez, J.C., Forer, L., Francescatto, M., Freitag-Wolf, S., Fuchsberger, C., Galesloot, T.E., Gao, Y., Gao, Z., Geller, F., Giannakopoulou, O., Giulianini, F., Gjesing, A.P., Goel, A., Gordon, S.D.S., Gorski, M., Grove, J, Lores-Motta, Laura, Pauper, M., Hollander, A.I. den, Hoyng, C.B., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Visscher, P.M., Hirschhorn, J.N., Yengo, L., Vedantam, S., Marouli, E., Sidorenko, J., Bartell, E., Sakaue, S., Graff, M, Eliasen, A.U., Jiang, Y., Raghavan, S., Miao, J., Arias, J.D., Graham, S.E., Mukamel, R.E., Spracklen, C.N., Yin, X., Chen, Shiou-Shiou, Ferreira, T., Highland, H.H., Ji, Y., Karaderi, T., Lin, K., Lüll, K., Malden, D.E., Medina-Gomez, C., Machado, M., Moore, A., Rüeger, S., Sim, X., Vrieze, S., Ahluwalia, T.S., Akiyama, M., Allison, M.A., Alvarez, M., Andersen, M.K., Ani, A., Appadurai, V., Arbeeva, L., Bhaskar, S., Bielak, L.F., Bollepalli, S., Bonnycastle, L.L., Bork-Jensen, J., Bradfield, J.P., Bradford, Y., Braund, P.S., Brody, J.A., Burgdorf, K.S., Cade, B.E., Cai, H., Cai, Q., Campbell, A., Cañadas-Garre, M., Catamo, E., Chai, J.F., Chai, X., Chang, L.C., Chang, Y.C., Chen, Chen, Chesi, A., Choi, S.H., Chung, R.H., Cocca, M., Concas, M.P., Couture, C., Cuellar-Partida, G., Danning, R., Daw, E.W., Degenhard, F., Delgado, G.E., Delitala, A., Demirkan, A., Deng, X., Devineni, P., Dietl, A., Dimitriou, M., Dimitrov, L., Dorajoo, R., Ekici, A.B., Engmann, J.E., Fairhurst-Hunter, Z., Farmaki, A.E., Faul, J.D., Fernandez-Lopez, J.C., Forer, L., Francescatto, M., Freitag-Wolf, S., Fuchsberger, C., Galesloot, T.E., Gao, Y., Gao, Z., Geller, F., Giannakopoulou, O., Giulianini, F., Gjesing, A.P., Goel, A., Gordon, S.D.S., Gorski, M., Grove, J, Lores-Motta, Laura, Pauper, M., Hollander, A.I. den, Hoyng, C.B., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Visscher, P.M., and Hirschhorn, J.N.
Abstract: Item does not contain fulltext, Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to collectively explain 40-50% of phenotypic variation in human height, but identifying the specific variants and associated regions requires huge sample sizes(1). Here, using data from a genome-wide association study of 5.4 million individuals of diverse ancestries, we show that 12,111 independent SNPs that are significantly associated with height account for nearly all of the common SNP-based heritability. These SNPs are clustered within 7,209 non-overlapping genomic segments with a mean size of around 90 kb, covering about 21% of the genome. The density of independent associations varies across the genome and the regions of increased density are enriched for biologically relevant genes. In out-of-sample estimation and prediction, the 12,111 SNPs (or all SNPs in the HapMap 3 panel(2)) account for 40% (45%) of phenotypic variance in populations of European ancestry but only around 10-20% (14-24%) in populations of other ancestries. Effect sizes, associated regions and gene prioritization are similar across ancestries, indicating that reduced prediction accuracy is likely to be explained by linkage disequilibrium and differences in allele frequency within associated regions. Finally, we show that the relevant biological pathways are detectable with smaller sample sizes than are needed to implicate causal genes and variants. Overall, this study provides a comprehensive map of specific genomic regions that contain the vast majority of common height-associated variants. Although this map is saturated for populations of European ancestry, further research is needed to achieve equivalent saturation in other ancestries.
Published: 2022

4. Impact of common risk factors of fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C

Author: Rüeger, S, Bochud, P-Y, Dufour, J-F, Müllhaupt, B, Semela, D, Heim, M H, Moradpour, D, Cerny, A, Malinverni, R, Booth, D R, Suppiah, V, George, J, Argiro, L, Halfon, P, Bourlière, M, Talal, A H, Jacobson, I M, Patin, E, Nalpas, B, Poynard, T, Pol, S, Abel, L, Kutalik, Z, and Negro, F
Published: 2015
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5. Human genomics of the humoral immune response against polyomaviruses

Author: Hodel, F., Chong, A., Scepanovic, P., Xu, Z., Naret, O., Thorball, C., Rüeger, S., Marques-Vidal, P., Vollenweider, P., Begemann, M., Ehrenreich, H., Brenner, N., Bender, N., Waterboer, T., Mentzer, A., Hill, A., Hammer, C., Fellay, J., and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
Subjects: epstein-barr-virus, bk virus, viruses, 3122 Cancers, nonsense mutation, gastric-cancer, fut2, expression, GWAS, genomics, human, infection, meta-analysis, polyomavirus, AcademicSubjects/MED00860, muc1, 11832 Microbiology and virology, group alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase gene, association, AcademicSubjects/SCI01130, AcademicSubjects/SCI02285, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, Genomics, biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition, Meta-analysis, 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine, Infection, Polyomavirus, Research Article, Human
Abstract: Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press. Human polyomaviruses are widespread in humans and can cause severe disease in immunocompromised individuals. To identify human genetic determinants of the humoral immune response against polyomaviruses, we performed genome-wide association studies and meta-analyses of qualitative and quantitative immunoglobulin G responses against BK polyomavirus (BKPyV), JC polyomavirus (JCPyV), Merkel cellpolyomavirus (MCPyV), WU polyomavirus (WUPyV), and human polyomavirus 6 (HPyV6) in 15,660 individuals of European ancestry from three independent studies. We observed significant associations for all tested viruses: JCPyV, HPyV6, and MCPyV associated with human leukocyte antigen class II variation, BKPyV and JCPyV with variants in FUT2, responsible for secretor status, MCPyV with variants in STING1, involved in interferon induction, and WUPyV with a functional variant in MUC1, previously associated with risk for gastric cancer. These results provide insights into the genetic control of a family of very prevalent human viruses, highlighting genes and pathways that play a modulating role in human humoral immunity.
Published: 2021

6. Human genomics of the humoral immune response against polyomaviruses

Author: Hodel, F, primary, Chong, A Y, additional, Scepanovic, P, additional, Xu, Z M, additional, Naret, O, additional, Thorball, C W, additional, Rüeger, S, additional, Marques-Vidal, P, additional, Vollenweider, P, additional, Begemann, M, additional, Ehrenreich, H, additional, Brenner, N, additional, Bender, N, additional, Waterboer, T, additional, Mentzer, A J, additional, Hill, A V S, additional, Hammer, C, additional, and Fellay, J, additional
Published: 2021
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7. Human genomics of the humoral immune response against polyomaviruses

Author: Hodel, F., primary, Chong, A.Y., additional, Scepanovic, P., additional, Xu, Z.M., additional, Naret, O., additional, Thorball, C.W., additional, Rüeger, S., additional, Marques-Vidal, P., additional, Vollenweider, P., additional, Begemann, M., additional, Ehrenreich, H., additional, Brenner, N., additional, Bender, N., additional, Waterboer, T., additional, Mentzer, A. J., additional, Hill, A.V.S., additional, Hammer, C., additional, and Fellay, J., additional
Published: 2020
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8. Weight Loss Directly Influences Intermediate-Term Remission of Diabetes Mellitus After Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Case-Control Study

Author: de La Harpe, R., primary, Rüeger, S., additional, Kutalik, Z., additional, Ballabeni, P., additional, Suter, M., additional, Vionnet, N., additional, Laferrère, B., additional, and Pralong, F., additional
Published: 2019
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9. Mendelian randomization integrating GWAS and eQTL data reveals genetic determinants of complex and clinical traits

Author: Porcu, E. (Eleonora), Rüeger, S. (Sina), Lepik, K. (Kaido), Agbessi, M. (Mawussé), Ahsan, H. (Habibul), Alves, I. (Isabel), Andiappan, A.K. (Anand Kumar), Arindrarto, W. (Wibowo), Awadalla, P. (Philip), Battle, A. (Alexis), Beutner, F. (Frank), Jan Bonder, M. (Marc), Boomsma, D. (Dorret), Christiansen, M. (Mark), Claringbould, A. (Annique), Deelen, P. (Patrick), Esko, T. (Tõnu), Favé, M.-J. (Marie-Julie), Franke, L. (Lude), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy), Gharib, S.A. (Sina), Gibson, G. (Gregory), Heijmans, B.T. (Bastiaan T.), Hemani, G. (Gibran), Jansen, R. (Rick), Kähönen, M. (Mika), Kalnapenkis, A. (Anette), Kasela, S. (Silva), Kettunen, J. (Johannes), Kim, Y. (Yungil), Kirsten, H. (Holger), Kovacs, P. (Peter), Krohn, K. (Knut), Kronberg-Guzman, J. (Jaanika), Kukushkina, V. (Viktorija), Lee, B. (Bernett), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Loeffler, M. (Markus), Marigorta, U.M. (Urko), Mei, H. (Hailang), Milani, L. (Lili), Montgomery, G.W. (Grant), Müller-Nurasyid, M. (Martina), Nauck, M. (Matthias), Nivard, M. (Michel), Penninx, B.W.J.H. (Brenda), Perola, M. (Markus), Pervjakova, N. (Natalia), Pierce, A. (Andrew), Powell, J. (Joseph), Prokisch, H. (Holger), Psaty, B.M. (Bruce), Raitakari, O. (Olli), Ripatti, S. (Samuli), Rotzschke, O. (Olaf), Saha, A. (Ashis), Scholz, M. (Markus), Schramm, K. (Katharina), Seppälä, I. (Ilkka), Slagboom, P.E. (Eline), Stehouwer, C.D. (Coen), Stumvoll, M. (Michael), Sullivan, P.F. (Patrick), ‘t Hoen, P.A.C. (Peter A. C.), Teumer, A. (Alexander), Thiery, J. (Joachim), Tong, L. (Lin), Tönjes, A. (Anke), van Dongen, J. (Jenny), Iterson, M. (Maarten) van, Meurs, J. (J.) van, Veldink, J.H. (Jan), Verlouw, J.A.M. (Joost), Visscher, P.M. (Peter M.), Völker, U. (Uwe), Võsa, U. (Urmo), Westra, H.-J. (Harm-Jan), Wijmenga, C. (Cisca), Yaghootkar, H. (Hanieh), Yang, J. (Jian), Zeng, B. (Biao), Zhang, F. (Futao), Beekman, M. (Marian), Boomsma, D.I. (Dorret), Bot, J.J. (Jan), Deelen, J. (Joris), Hofman, B.A. (Bert A.), Hottenga, J.J. (Jouke Jan), Isaacs, A.J. (Aaron), Bonder, M.J. (Marc), Jhamai, P.M. (Mila), Kielbasa, S.M. (Szymon M.), Lakenberg, N. (Nico), Luijk, R. (René), Mei, H. (Hailiang), Moed, H. (Heleen), Nooren, I. (Irene), Pool, R. (Reńe), Schalkwijk, C.G. (Casper), Stehouwer, C.D.A. (Coen D. A.), Suchiman, H.E.D. (H. Eka D.), Swertz, M.A. (Morris A.), Tigchelaar, E.F. (Ettje F.), Uitterlinden, A.G. (André), Berg, L.H. (Leonard) van den, Breggen, R. (Ruud) van der, Kallen, C.J. van der, Dijk, F. (Freerk) van, Dongen, J. (Jenny) van, Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Van Galen, M. (Michiel), van Greevenbroek, M.M.J. (Marleen M. J.), Heemst, D. (Diana) van, Meurs, J.B.J. (Joyce) van, van Rooij, J. (Jeroen), van’t Hof, P. (Peter), Zwet, E.W. (Erik) van, Vermaat, M. (Martijn), Verbiest, M.M.P.J. (Michael), Verkerk, M. (Marijn), Zhernakova, D.V. (Dasha V.), Zhernakova, S. (Sasha), Santoni, F.A. (Federico A.), Reymond, A. (Alexandre), Kutalik, Z. (Zoltán), Porcu, E. (Eleonora), Rüeger, S. (Sina), Lepik, K. (Kaido), Agbessi, M. (Mawussé), Ahsan, H. (Habibul), Alves, I. (Isabel), Andiappan, A.K. (Anand Kumar), Arindrarto, W. (Wibowo), Awadalla, P. (Philip), Battle, A. (Alexis), Beutner, F. (Frank), Jan Bonder, M. (Marc), Boomsma, D. (Dorret), Christiansen, M. (Mark), Claringbould, A. (Annique), Deelen, P. (Patrick), Esko, T. (Tõnu), Favé, M.-J. (Marie-Julie), Franke, L. (Lude), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy), Gharib, S.A. (Sina), Gibson, G. (Gregory), Heijmans, B.T. (Bastiaan T.), Hemani, G. (Gibran), Jansen, R. (Rick), Kähönen, M. (Mika), Kalnapenkis, A. (Anette), Kasela, S. (Silva), Kettunen, J. (Johannes), Kim, Y. (Yungil), Kirsten, H. (Holger), Kovacs, P. (Peter), Krohn, K. (Knut), Kronberg-Guzman, J. (Jaanika), Kukushkina, V. (Viktorija), Lee, B. (Bernett), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Loeffler, M. (Markus), Marigorta, U.M. (Urko), Mei, H. (Hailang), Milani, L. (Lili), Montgomery, G.W. (Grant), Müller-Nurasyid, M. (Martina), Nauck, M. (Matthias), Nivard, M. (Michel), Penninx, B.W.J.H. (Brenda), Perola, M. (Markus), Pervjakova, N. (Natalia), Pierce, A. (Andrew), Powell, J. (Joseph), Prokisch, H. (Holger), Psaty, B.M. (Bruce), Raitakari, O. (Olli), Ripatti, S. (Samuli), Rotzschke, O. (Olaf), Saha, A. (Ashis), Scholz, M. (Markus), Schramm, K. (Katharina), Seppälä, I. (Ilkka), Slagboom, P.E. (Eline), Stehouwer, C.D. (Coen), Stumvoll, M. (Michael), Sullivan, P.F. (Patrick), ‘t Hoen, P.A.C. (Peter A. C.), Teumer, A. (Alexander), Thiery, J. (Joachim), Tong, L. (Lin), Tönjes, A. (Anke), van Dongen, J. (Jenny), Iterson, M. (Maarten) van, Meurs, J. (J.) van, Veldink, J.H. (Jan), Verlouw, J.A.M. (Joost), Visscher, P.M. (Peter M.), Völker, U. (Uwe), Võsa, U. (Urmo), Westra, H.-J. (Harm-Jan), Wijmenga, C. (Cisca), Yaghootkar, H. (Hanieh), Yang, J. (Jian), Zeng, B. (Biao), Zhang, F. (Futao), Beekman, M. (Marian), Boomsma, D.I. (Dorret), Bot, J.J. (Jan), Deelen, J. (Joris), Hofman, B.A. (Bert A.), Hottenga, J.J. (Jouke Jan), Isaacs, A.J. (Aaron), Bonder, M.J. (Marc), Jhamai, P.M. (Mila), Kielbasa, S.M. (Szymon M.), Lakenberg, N. (Nico), Luijk, R. (René), Mei, H. (Hailiang), Moed, H. (Heleen), Nooren, I. (Irene), Pool, R. (Reńe), Schalkwijk, C.G. (Casper), Stehouwer, C.D.A. (Coen D. A.), Suchiman, H.E.D. (H. Eka D.), Swertz, M.A. (Morris A.), Tigchelaar, E.F. (Ettje F.), Uitterlinden, A.G. (André), Berg, L.H. (Leonard) van den, Breggen, R. (Ruud) van der, Kallen, C.J. van der, Dijk, F. (Freerk) van, Dongen, J. (Jenny) van, Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Van Galen, M. (Michiel), van Greevenbroek, M.M.J. (Marleen M. J.), Heemst, D. (Diana) van, Meurs, J.B.J. (Joyce) van, van Rooij, J. (Jeroen), van’t Hof, P. (Peter), Zwet, E.W. (Erik) van, Vermaat, M. (Martijn), Verbiest, M.M.P.J. (Michael), Verkerk, M. (Marijn), Zhernakova, D.V. (Dasha V.), Zhernakova, S. (Sasha), Santoni, F.A. (Federico A.), Reymond, A. (Alexandre), and Kutalik, Z. (Zoltán)
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of variants associated with complex traits, but their biological interpretation often remains unclear. Most of these variants overlap with expression QTLs, indicating their potential involvement in regulation of gene expression. Here, we propose a transcriptome-wide summary statistics-based Mendelian Randomization approach (TWMR) that uses multiple SNPs as instruments and multiple gene expression traits as exposures, simultaneously. Applied to 43 human phenotypes, it uncovers 3,913 putatively causal gene–trait associations, 36% of which have no genome-wide significant SNP nearby in previous GWAS. Using independent association summary statistics, we find that the majo
Published: 2019
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10. PTX3 Polymorphisms and Invasive Mold Infections After Solid Organ Transplant

Author: Wójtowicz, A., Lecompte, T.D., Bibert, S., Manuel, O., Rüeger, S., Berger, C., Boggian, K., Cusini, A., Garzoni, C., Hirsch, H., Khanna, N., Mueller, N.J., Meylan, P.R., Pascual, M., van Delden, C., Bochud, P.Y., University of Zurich, Bochud, Pierre-Yves, Swiss Transplant Cohort Study, Achermann, R., Aubert, JD., Baumann, P., Beldi, G., Benden, C., Berger, C., Binet, I., Bochud, PY., Boely, E., Bucher, H., Bühler, L., Carell, T., Catana, E., Chalandon, Y., de Geest, S., de Rougemont, O., Dickenmann, M., Duchosal, M., Fehr, T., Ferrari-Lacraz, S., Garzoni, C., Gasche, Y., Soccal, PG., Giostra, E., Golshayan, D., Good, D., Hadaya, K., Hess, C., Hillinger, S., Hirsch, HH., Hofbauer, G., Huynh-Do, U., Immer, F., Klaghofer, R., Koller, M., Kuntzen, T., Laesser, B., Lehmann, R., Lovis, C., Manuel, O., Marti, HP., Martin, PY., Meylan, P., Mohacsi, P., Morard, I., Morel, P., Mueller, U., Mueller, NJ., Mueller-McKenna, H., Müller, T., Müllhaupt, B., Nadal, D., Nair, G., Pascual, M., Passweg, J., Ziegler, CP., Rick, J., Roosnek, E., Rosselet, A., Rothlin, S., Ruschitzka, F., Schanz, U., Schaub, S., Seiler, C., Semmo, N., Stampf, S., Steiger, J., Toso, C., Tsinalis, D., Van Delden, C., Venetz, JP., Villard, J., Wick, M., Wilhelm, M., and Yerly, P.
Subjects: 10234 Clinic for Infectious Diseases, ddc:616, 10219 Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 10036 Medical Clinic, 10209 Clinic for Cardiology, C-Reactive Protein/genetics, Female, Fungi/isolation & purification, Humans, Immunocompromised Host, Male, Mycoses/genetics, Mycoses/immunology, Organ Transplantation/adverse effects, Polymorphism, Genetic, Prospective Studies, Serum Amyloid P-Component/genetics, 610 Medicine & health, 2725 Infectious Diseases, 2726 Microbiology (medical)
Abstract: Donor PTX3 polymorphisms were shown to influence the risk of invasive aspergillosis among hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Here, we show that PTX3 polymorphisms are independent risk factors for invasive mold infections among 1101 solid organ transplant recipients, thereby strengthening their role in mold infection pathogenesis and patients' risk stratification.
Published: 2015
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11. Novel Approach Identifies SNPs in SLC2A10 and KCNK9 with Evidence for Parent-of-Origin Effect on Body Mass Index

Author: Hoggart, C, Venturini, G, Mangino, M, Gomez, F, Ascari, G, Zhao, J, Teumer, A, Winkler, T, Tšernikova, N, Luan, J, Mihailov, E, Ehret, G, Zhang, W, Lamparter, D, Esko, T, Macé, A, Rüeger, S, Bochud, P, Barcella, M, Dauvilliers, Y, Benyamin, B, Evans, D, Hayward, C, Lopez, M, Franke, L, Russo, A, Heid, I, Salvi, E, Vendantam, S, Arking, D, Boerwinkle, E, Chambers, J, Fiorito, G, Grallert, H, Guarrera, S, Homuth, G, Huffman, J, Porteous, D, Berg, J, Blackwood, D, Campbell, H, Cavanagh, J, Connell, J, Connor, M, Cunningham Burley, S, Deary, I, Dominiczak, A, Ellis, P, Fitzpatrick, B, Ford, I, Gertz, R, Grau, A, Haddow, G, Jackson, C, Kerr, S, Lindsay, R, Mcgilchrist, M, Mcintyre, D, Morris, A, Morton, R, Muir, W, Murray, G, Palmer, C, Pell, J, Philp, A, Porteous, M, Procter, R, Ralston, S, Reid, D, Sinnott, R, Smith, B, St Clair, D, Sullivan, F, Sweetland, M, Ure, J, Watt, G, Wolf, R, Wright, A, de Bakker, P, Bültmann, U, Geleijnse, M, Harst, P, Koppelman, G, Rosmalen, J, van 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Abstract: The phenotypic effect of some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) depends on their parental origin. We present a novel approach to detect parent-of-origin effects (POEs) in genome-wide genotype data of unrelated individuals. The method exploits increased phenotypic variance in the heterozygous genotype group relative to the homozygous groups. We applied the method to >56,000 unrelated individuals to search for POEs influencing body mass index (BMI). Six lead SNPs were carried forward for replication in five family-based studies (of ∼4,000 trios). Two SNPs replicated: the paternal rs2471083-C allele (located near the imprinted KCNK9 gene) and the paternal rs3091869-T allele (located near the SLC2A10 gene) increased BMI equally (beta = 0.11 (SD), P, Author Summary Large genetic association studies have revealed many genetic factors influencing common traits, such as body mass index (BMI). These studies assume that the effect of genetic variants is the same regardless of whether they are inherited from the mother or the father. In our study, we have developed a new approach that allows us to investigate variants whose impact depends on their parental origin (parent-of-origin effects), in unrelated samples when the parental origin cannot be inferred. This is feasible because at genetic markers at which such effects occur there is increased variability of the trait among individuals who inherited different genetic codes from their mother and their father compared to individuals who inherited the same genetic code from both parents. We applied this methodology to discover genetic markers with parent-of-origin effects (POEs) on BMI. This resulted in six candidate markers showing strong POE association. We then attempted to replicate the POE effects of these markers in family studies (where one can infer the parental origin of the inherited variants). Two of our candidates showed significant association in the family studies, the paternal and maternal effects of these markers were in the opposite direction.
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12. Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

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(Michiel), Bottinger, E.P. (Erwin), Bowden, D.W. (Donald), Brandslund, I. (Ivan), Breen, G. (Gerome), Brilliant, M.H. (Murray H.), Broer, L. (Linda), Burt, A.D. (Alastair), Butterworth, A.S. (Adam), Carey, D.J. (David J.), Caulfield, M. (Mark), Chambers, J.C. (John), Chasman, D.I. (Daniel), Chen, Y.-D.I. (Yii-Der Ida), Chowdhury, R. (Rajiv), Christensen, C. (Cramer), Chu, A.Y. (Audrey), Cocca, M. (Massimiliano), Collins, F.S. (Francis), Cook, J.P. (James P.), Corley, J. (Janie), Galbany, J.C. (Jordi Corominas), Cox, A.J. (Amanda J.), Cuellar-Partida, G. (Gabriel), Danesh, J. (John), Davies, G. (Gail), Bakker, P.I.W. (Paul) de, Borst, G.J. (Gert) de, De Denus, S. (Simon), De Groot, M.C.H. (Mark C.H.), Mutsert, R. (Reneé) de, Deary, I.J. (Ian), Dedoussis, G.V. (George), Demerath, E.W. (Ellen), Hollander, A.I. (Anneke), Dennis, J. (Joe), Angelantonio, E. (Emanuele) di, Drenos, F. (Fotios), Du, M. (Mengmeng), Dunning, A.M. (Alison M.), Easton, D.F. (Douglas), Ebeling, T. (Tapani), Edwards, T.L. (Todd L.), Ellinor, P.T. (Patrick), Elliott, P. (Paul), Evangelou, E. (Evangelos), Farmaki, A.-E. (Aliki-Eleni), Faul, J.D. (Jessica D.), Feitosa, M.F. (Mary Furlan), Feng, S. (Shuang), Ferrannini, E. (Ele), Ferrario, M.M. (Marco M.), Ferrieres, J. (Jean), Florez, J.C. (Jose), Ford, I., Fornage, M. (Myriam), Franks, P.W. (Paul), Frikke-Schmidt, R. (Ruth), Galesloot, T.E. (Tessel), Gan, W. (Wei), Gandin, I. (Ilaria), Gasparini, P. (Paolo), Giedraitis, V. (Vilmantas), Giri, A. (Ayush), Girotto, S., Gordon, S.D. (Scott D.), Gordon-Larsen, P. (Penny), Gorski, M. (Mathias), Grarup, N. (Niels), Grove, M.L. (Megan), Gudnason, V. (Vilmundur), Gustafsson, S. (Stefan), Hansen, T. (T.), Harris, K.M. (Kathleen Mullan), Harris, T.B. (Tamara), Hattersley, A.T. (Andrew), Hayward, C. (Caroline), He, L. (Liang), Heid, I.M. (Iris), Heikkilä, K. (Kauko), Helgeland, Ø. (Øyvind), Hernesniemi, J. (Jussi), Hewit, A.W. (Alex), Hocking, L.J. (Lynne), Hollensted, M. (Mette), Holmen, O.L. (Oddgeir), Hovingh, G.K. (Kees), Howson, J.M.M. (Joanna M.M.), Hoyng, C.B. (Carel), Huang, P.L. (Paul L.), Hveem, K. (Kristian), Ikram, M.K. (Kamran), Ingelsson, E. (Erik), Jackson, A.U. (Anne), Jansson, J.-H. (Jan-Håkan), Jarvik, G.P. (Gail), Jensen, G.B. (Gorm B.), Jhun, M.A. (Min A.), Jia, Y. (Yucheng), Jiang, X. (Xuejuan), Johansson, S. (Stefan), Jørgensen, M.E. (Marit E.), Jorgensen, T. (Torben), Jousilahti, P. (Pekka), Jukema, J.W. (Jan Wouter), Kahali, B. (Bratati), Kahn, R. (René), Kähönen, M. (Mika), Kamstrup, P.R. (Pia R.), Kanoni, S. (Stavroula), Kaprio, J. (Jaakko), Karaleftheri, M. (Maria), Kardia, S.L.R. (Sharon L.R.), Karpe, F. (Fredrik), Kee, F. (Frank), Keeman, J.N., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M. (Bart), Kitajima, H. (Hidetoshi), Kluivers, K.B. (Kirsten B.), Kocher, T., Komulainen, P. (Pirjo), Kontto, J. (Jukka), Kooner, J.S. (Jaspal S.), Kooperberg, C. (Charles), Kovacs, P. (Peter), Kriebel, J. (Jennifer), Kuivaniemi, H. (Helena), Küry, S. (Sébastien), Kuusisto, J. (Johanna), La Bianca, M. (Martina), Laakso, M. (Markku), Lakka, T.A. (Timo), Lange, E.M. (Ethan), Lange, L.A. (Leslie), Langefeld, C.D. (Carl), Langenberg, C. (Claudia), Larson, E.B. (Eric B.), Lee, I.-T. (I-Te), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Lewis, C.E. (Cora E.), Li, H. (Huaixing), Li, J. (Jin), Li-Gao, R. (Ruifang), Lin, H. (Honghuang), Lin, L.-A. (Li-An), Lin, X. (Xu), Kao, W.H.L. (Wen), Lindström, J. (Jaana), Linneberg, A. (Allan), Liu, Y. (Yeheng), Liu, Y. (YongMei), Lophatananon, A. (Artitaya), Luan, J. (Jian'An), Lubitz, S.A. (Steven), Lyytikäinen, L.-P. (Leo-Pekka), Mackey, D.A. (David A.), Madden, P.A. (Pamela), Manning, A.K. (Alisa), Männistö, S. (Satu), Marenne, G. (Gaëlle), Marten, J. (Jonathan), Martin, N.G. (Nicholas), Mazul, A.L. (Angela L.), Meidtner, K. (Karina), Metspalu, A. (Andres), Mitchell, P. (Paul), Mohlke, K.L. (Karen), Mook-Kanamori, D.O. (Dennis), Morgan, A. (Anna), Morris, A.D. (Andrew D.), Morris, A.P. (Andrew), Müller-Nurasyid, M. (Martina), Munroe, P. (Patricia), Nalls, M.A. (Michael), Nauck, M. (Matthias), Nelson, C.P. (Christopher P.), Neville, M.J. (Matthew), Nielsen, S.F. (Sune), Nikus, K. (Kjell), Njolstad, P. (Pal), Nordestgaard, B.G. (Børge), Ntalla, I. (Ioanna), O'Connel, J.R. (Jeffrey R.), Oksa, H. (Heikki), Loohuis, L.M.O. (Loes M. Olde), Ophoff, R.A. (Roel), Owen, K.R. (Katharine R.), Packard, C.J. (Chris J.), Padmanabhan, S. (Sandosh), Palmer, C.N.A. (Colin), Pasterkamp, G. (Gerard), Patel, A.P. (Aniruddh), Pattie, A. (Alison), Pedersen, O. (Oluf), Peissig, P.L. (Peggy L.), Peloso, G.M. (Gina), Pennell, C.E. (Craig), Perola, M. (Markus), Perry, J.A. (James A.), Perry, J.R.B. (John R.B.), Person, A.D. (Anthony), Pirie, A. (Ailith), Polasek, O. (Ozren), Posthuma, D. (Danielle), Raitakari, O.T. (Olli T.), Rasheed, A. (Asif), Rauramaa, R. (Rainer), Reilly, D.F. (Dermot F.), Reiner, A. (Alexander), Renström, F. (Frida), Ridker, P.M. (Paul), Rioux, J.D. (John), Robertson, N.R. (Neil), Robino, A. (Antonietta), Rolandsson, O. (Olov), Rudan, I. (Igor), Ruth, K.S. (Katherine S.), Saleheen, D. (Danish), Salomaa, V. (Veikko), Samani, N.J. (Nilesh), Sandow, K. (Kevin), Sapkota, Y. (Yadav), Sattar, N. (Naveed), Schmidt, M.K. (Marjanka), Schreiner, P.J. (Pamela), Schulze, M.B. (Matthias B), Scott, R.A. (Robert), Segura-Lepe, M.P. (Marcelo P.), Shah, S.H. (Svati), Sim, X. (Xueling), Sivapalaratnam, S. (Suthesh), Small, K.S. (Kerrin), Smith, A.V. (Albert Vernon), Smith, J.A. (Jennifer A), Southam, L. (Lorraine), Spector, T.D. (Timothy), Speliotes, E.K. (Elizabeth K.), Starr, J.M. (John), Steinthorsdottir, V. (Valgerdur), Stringham, H.M. (Heather), Stumvoll, M. (Michael), Surendran, P. (Praveen), Hart't, L.M. (Leen M.), Tansey, K.E. (Katherine E.), Tardif, J.-C. (Jean-Claude), Taylor, K.D. (Kent), Teumer, A. (Alexander), Thompson, D. (Deborah), Thorsteinsdottir, U. (Unnur), Thuesen, B.H. (Betina H.), Tönjes, A. (Anke), Tromp, G. (Gerard), Trompet, S. (Stella), Tsafantakis, E. (Emmanouil), Tuomilehto, J. (Jaakko), Tybjaerg-Hansen, A. (Anne), Tyrer, J.P. (Jonathan), Uher, R., Uitterlinden, A.G. (André), Ulivi, S. (Sheila), Van Der Laan, S.W. (Sander W.), Van Der Leij, A.R. (Andries R.), Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Schoor, N.M. (Natasja) van, Setten, J. (Jessica) van, Varbo, A. (Anette), Varga, T.V. (Tibor V.), Varma, R. (Rohit), Velez Edwards, D.R. (Digna R.), Vermeulen, S.H.H.M. (Sita), Vestergaard, H. (Henrik), Vitart, V. (Veronique), Vogt, T.F. (Thomas F.), Vozzi, D. (Diego), Walker, M. (Mark), Wang, F. (Feijie), Wang, C.A. (Carol A.), Wang, S. (Shuai), Wang, Y. (Yiqin), Wareham, N.J. (Nicholas J.), Warren, H. (Helen), Wessel, J. (Jennifer), Willems, S.M. (Sara), Wilson, J.F. (James), Witte, D.R. (Deniel), Woods, M.O. (Michael), Wu, Y. (Ying), Yaghootkar, H. (Hanieh), Yao, J. (Jiefen), Yao, P. (Pang), Yerges-Armstrong, L.M. (Laura), Young, R. (Robin), Zeggini, E. (Eleftheria), Zhan, X. (Xiaowei), Zhang, W. (Weihua), Zhao, J.H. (Jing Hua), Zhao, W. (Wei), Zheng, H. (He), Zhou, W. (Wei), Rotter, J.I. (Jerome I.), Boehnke, M. (Michael), Kathiresan, S. (Sekar), McCarthy, M.I. (Mark I.), Willer, C.J. (Cristen), Zwart, J-A. (John-Anker), Borecki, I.B. (Ingrid), Liu, D. (Dajiang), North, K.E. (Kari), Heard-Costa, N.L. (Nancy), Pers, T.H. (Tune), Lindgren, C.M. (Cecilia M.), Oxvig, C. (Claus), Kutalik, Z. (Zoltán), Rivadeneira Ramirez, F. (Fernando), Loos, R.J.F. (Ruth), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy), Hirschhorn, J.N. (Joel), Deloukas, P. (Panos), and Lettre, G. (Guillaume)
Abstract: Height is a highly heritable, classic polygenic trait with approximately 700 common associated variants identified through genome-wide association studies so far. Here, we report 83 height-associated coding variants with lower minor-allele frequencies (in the range of 0.1-4.8%) and effects of up to 2 centimetres per allele (such as those in IHH, STC2, AR and CRISPLD2), greater than ten times the average effect of common variants. In functional follow-up studies, rare height-increasing alleles of STC2 (giving an increase of 1-2 centimetres per allele) compromised proteolytic inhibition of PAPP-A and increased cleavage of I
Published: 2017
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13. CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits

Author: Mace, A. (Aurelien), Tuke, M.A. (Marcus A.), Deelen, P. (Patrick), Kristiansson, K. (Kati), Mattsson, H. (Hannele), Nõukas, M. (Margit), Sapkota, Y. (Yadav), Schick, U.M. (Ursula), Porcu, E. (Eleonora), Rüeger, S. (Sina), McDaid, A.F. (Aaron F.), Porteous, D.J. (David J.), Winkler, T.W. (Thomas W.), Salvi, E. (Erika), Shrine, N.R.G. (Nick), Liu, X. (Xueping), Ang, W.Q. (Wei), Zhang, W. (Weihua), Feitosa, M.F., Venturini, C. (Cristina), Most, P.J. (Peter) van der, Rosengren, A. (Anders), Wood, A.R. (Andrew), Beaumont, R.N. (Robin N.), Jones, S.E. (Samuel E.), Ruth, K.S. (Katherine S.), Yaghootkar, H. (Hanieh), Tyrrell, A.W.R., Havulinna, A.S. (Aki), Boers, H. (Harmen), Mägi, R. (Reedik), Kriebel, J. (Jennifer), Müller-Nurasyid, M. (Martina), Perola, M. (Markus), Nieminen, M.S. (Markku), Lokki, M.L., Kähönen, M. (Mika), Viikari, J. (Jorma), Geller, F. (Frank), Lahti, J., Palotie, A. (Aarno), Koponen, P. (Päivikki), Lundqvist, A. (Annamari), Rissanen, H. (Harri), Bottinger, E.P. (Erwin), Afaq, S. (Saima), Wojczynski, M.K. (Mary ), Lenzini, P. (Petra), Nolte, I.M. (Ilja), Sparsø, T. (Thomas), Schupf, N. (Nicole), Christensen, K. (Kaare), Perls, T.T. (Thomas T.), Newman, A.B. (Anne B.), Werge, T.M. (Thomas), Snieder, H. (Harold), Spector, T.D. (Timothy), Chambers, J.C. (John C.), Koskinen, S. (Seppo), Melbye, M. (Mads), Raitakari, O.T. (Olli T.), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Tobin, M.D. (Martin), Wain, L.V. (Louise V.), Sinisalo, J. (Juha), Peters, A. (Annette), Meitinger, T. (Thomas), Martin, N.G. (Nicholas), Wray, N.R. (Naomi), Montgomery, G.W. (Grant W.), Medland, S.E. (Sarah), Swertz, M.A. (Morris A.), Vartiainen, E. (Erkki), Borodulin, K. (Katja), Männistö, S. (Satu), Murray, A. (Anna), Bochud, M. (Murielle), Jacquemont, S. (Sébastien), Rivadeneira, F. (Fernando), Hansen, T. (Thomas), Oldehinkel, A.J. (Albertine), Mangino, M. (Massimo), Province, M.A. (Mike), Deloukas, P. (Panos), Kooner, J.S. (Jaspal S.), Freathy, R.M. (Rachel), Pennell, C.E. (Craig), Feenstra, B. (Bjarke), Strachan, D.P. (David), Lettre, G. (Guillaume), Hirschhorn, J.N. (Joel), Cusi, D. (Daniele), Heid, I.M. (Iris), Hayward, C. (Caroline), Männik, K. (Katrin), Beckmann, J.S. (Jacques), Loos, R.J.F. (Ruth), Nyholt, D.R. (Dale), Metspalu, A. (Andres), Hagen, K. (Knut), Weedon, M.N. (Michael), Salomaa, V. (Veikko), Franke, L. (Lude), Reymond, A. (Alexandre), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy M.), Kutalik, Z. (Zoltán), Mace, A. (Aurelien), Tuke, M.A. (Marcus A.), Deelen, P. (Patrick), Kristiansson, K. (Kati), Mattsson, H. (Hannele), Nõukas, M. (Margit), Sapkota, Y. (Yadav), Schick, U.M. (Ursula), Porcu, E. (Eleonora), Rüeger, S. (Sina), McDaid, A.F. (Aaron F.), Porteous, D.J. (David J.), Winkler, T.W. (Thomas W.), Salvi, E. (Erika), Shrine, N.R.G. (Nick), Liu, X. (Xueping), Ang, W.Q. (Wei), Zhang, W. (Weihua), Feitosa, M.F., Venturini, C. (Cristina), Most, P.J. (Peter) van der, Rosengren, A. (Anders), Wood, A.R. (Andrew), Beaumont, R.N. (Robin N.), Jones, S.E. (Samuel E.), Ruth, K.S. (Katherine S.), Yaghootkar, H. (Hanieh), Tyrrell, A.W.R., Havulinna, A.S. (Aki), Boers, H. (Harmen), Mägi, R. (Reedik), Kriebel, J. (Jennifer), Müller-Nurasyid, M. (Martina), Perola, M. (Markus), Nieminen, M.S. (Markku), Lokki, M.L., Kähönen, M. (Mika), Viikari, J. (Jorma), Geller, F. (Frank), Lahti, J., Palotie, A. (Aarno), Koponen, P. (Päivikki), Lundqvist, A. (Annamari), Rissanen, H. (Harri), Bottinger, E.P. (Erwin), Afaq, S. (Saima), Wojczynski, M.K. (Mary ), Lenzini, P. (Petra), Nolte, I.M. (Ilja), Sparsø, T. (Thomas), Schupf, N. (Nicole), Christensen, K. (Kaare), Perls, T.T. (Thomas T.), Newman, A.B. (Anne B.), Werge, T.M. (Thomas), Snieder, H. (Harold), Spector, T.D. (Timothy), Chambers, J.C. (John C.), Koskinen, S. (Seppo), Melbye, M. (Mads), Raitakari, O.T. (Olli T.), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Tobin, M.D. (Martin), Wain, L.V. (Louise V.), Sinisalo, J. (Juha), Peters, A. (Annette), Meitinger, T. (Thomas), Martin, N.G. (Nicholas), Wray, N.R. (Naomi), Montgomery, G.W. (Grant W.), Medland, S.E. (Sarah), Swertz, M.A. (Morris A.), Vartiainen, E. (Erkki), Borodulin, K. (Katja), Männistö, S. (Satu), Murray, A. (Anna), Bochud, M. (Murielle), Jacquemont, S. (Sébastien), Rivadeneira, F. (Fernando), Hansen, T. (Thomas), Oldehinkel, A.J. (Albertine), Mangino, M. (Massimo), Province, M.A. (Mike), Deloukas, P. (Panos), Kooner, J.S. (Jaspal S.), Freathy, R.M. (Rachel), Pennell, C.E. (Craig), Feenstra, B. (Bjarke), Strachan, D.P. (David), Lettre, G. (Guillaume), Hirschhorn, J.N. (Joel), Cusi, D. (Daniele), Heid, I.M. (Iris), Hayward, C. (Caroline), Männik, K. (Katrin), Beckmann, J.S. (Jacques), Loos, R.J.F. (Ruth), Nyholt, D.R. (Dale), Metspalu, A. (Andres), Hagen, K. (Knut), Weedon, M.N. (Michael), Salomaa, V. (Veikko), Franke, L. (Lude), Reymond, A. (Alexandre), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy M.), and Kutalik, Z. (Zoltán)
Abstract: There are few examples of robust associations between rare copy number variants (CNVs) and complex continuous human traits. Here we present a large-scale CNV association meta-analysis on anthropometric traits in up to 191,161 adult samples from 26 cohorts. The study reveals five CNV associations at 1q21.1, 3q29, 7q11.23, 11p14.2, and 18q21.32 and confirms two known loci at 16p11.2 and 22q11.21, implicating at least one anthropometric trait. The discovered CNVs are recurrent and rare (0.01-0.2%), with large effects on height (>2.4 cm), weight (>5 kg), and body mass index (BMI) (>3.5 kg/m2). Burden analysis shows a 0.41 cm decrease in height, a 0.003 increase in waist-to-hip ratio and increa
Published: 2017
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14. PTX3 Polymorphisms and Invasive Mold Infections after Solid Organ Transplantation

Author: Wójtowicz, A, Lecompte, T Doco, Bibert, S, Manuel, O, Rüeger, S, Berger, C, Boggian, K, Cusini, Alexia, Garzoni, Christian, Hirsch, H, Khanna, N, Mueller, N J, Meylan, P R, Pascual, M, van Delden, C, Semmo, Nasser, Beldi, Guido, Bochud, P-Y, and Swiss Transplant, Cohort Study
Subjects: 610 Medicine & health
Abstract: Donor PTX3 polymorphisms were shown to influence the risk of invasive aspergillosis among hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Here, we show that PTX3 polymorphisms are independent risk factors for invasive mold infection among 1101 solid organ transplant recipients, thereby strengthening their role in mold infection pathogenesis and patient's risk stratification.
Published: 2015
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15. IL1B and DEFB1 Polymorphisms Increase Susceptibility to Invasive Mold Infection After Solid Organ Transplantation

Author: Wójtowicz, A, Gresnigt, M S, Lecompte, T, Bibert, S, Manuel, O, Joosten, L A B, Rüeger, S, Berger, C, Boggian, K, Cusini, Alexia, Garzoni, Christian, Hirsch, H H, Weisser, M, Mueller, N J, Meylan, P R, Steiger, Jürg, Kutalik, Z, Pascual, M, van Delden, C, van de Veerdonk, F L, and Bochud, P-Y
Subjects: 610 Medicine & health
Abstract: BACKGROUND Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in immune genes have been associated with susceptibility to invasive mold infection (IMI) among hematopoietic stem cell (HSCT) but not solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. METHODS 24 SNPs from systematically selected genes were genotyped among 1101 SOT recipients (715 kidneys, 190 liver, 102 lungs, 79 hearts, 15 other) from the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study. Association between SNPs and the endpoint were assessed by log-rank test and Cox regression models. Cytokine production upon Aspergillus stimulation was measured by ELISA in PBMCs from healthy volunteers and correlated with relevant genotypes. RESULTS Mold colonization (N=45) and proven/probable IMI (N=26) were associated with polymorphisms in interleukin-1 beta (IL1B, rs16944; log-rank test, recessive mode, colonization P=0.001 and IMI P=0.00005), interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN, rs419598; P=0.01 and P=0.02) and β-defensin-1 (DEFB1, rs1800972; P=0.001 and P=0.0002, respectively). The associations with IL1B and DEFB1 remained significant in a multivariate regression model (IL1B rs16944 P=0.002; DEFB1 rs1800972 P=0.01). Presence of two copies of the rare allele of rs16944 or rs419598 was associated with reduced Aspergillus-induced IL-1β and TNFα secretion by PBMCs. CONCLUSIONS Functional polymorphisms in IL1B and DEFB1 influence susceptibility to mold infection in SOT recipients. This observation may contribute to individual risk stratification.
Published: 2015
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16. The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

Author: Winkler, TW, Justice, AE, Graff, M, Barata, L, Feitosa, MF, Chu, S, Czajkowski, J, Esko, T, Fall, T, Kilpeläinen, TO, Lu, Y, Mägi, R, Mihailov, E, Pers, TH, Rüeger, S, Teumer, A, Ehret, GB, Ferreira, T, Heard-Costa, NL, Karjalainen, J, Lagou, V, Mahajan, A, Neinast, MD, Prokopenko, I, Simino, J, Teslovich, TM, Jansen, R, Westra, HJ, White, CC, Absher, D, Ahluwalia, TS, Ahmad, S, Albrecht, E, Alves, AC, Bragg-Gresham, JL, de Craen, AJM, Bis, JC, Bonnefond, A, Boucher, G, Cadby, G, Cheng, YC, Chiang, CWK, Delgado, G, Demirkan, A, Dueker, N, Eklund, N, Eiriksdottir, G, Eriksson, J, Feenstra, B, Fischer, K, Frau, F, Galesloot, TE, Geller, F, Goel, A, Gorski, M, Grammer, TB, Gustafsson, S, Haitjema, S, Hottenga, JJ, Huffman, JE, Jackson, AU, Jacobs, KB, Johansson, Å, Kaakinen, M, and Kleber, ME
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 100 genetic variants contributing to BMI, a measure of body size, or waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), a measure of body shape. Body size and shape change as people grow older and these changes differ substantially between men and women. To systematically screen for age- and/or sex-specific effects of genetic variants on BMI and WHRadjBMI, we performed meta-analyses of 114 studies (up to 320,485 individuals of European descent) with genome-wide chip and/or Metabochip data by the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium. Each study tested the association of up to ~2.8M SNPs with BMI and WHRadjBMI in four strata (men ≤50y, men >50y, women ≤50y, women >50y) and summary statistics were combined in stratum-specific meta-analyses. We then screened for variants that showed age-specific effects (G x AGE), sex-specific effects (G x SEX) or age-specific effects that differed between men and women (G x AGE x SEX). For BMI, we identified 15 loci (11 previously established for main effects, four novel) that showed significant (FDR
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17. Correction: The influence of age and sex on genetic associations with adult body size and shape : a large-scale genome-wide interaction study.

Author: Winkler, T.W., Justice, A.E., Graff, M., Barata, L., Feitosa, M.F., Chu, S., Czajkowski, J., Esko, T., Fall, T., Kilpeläinen, T.O., Lu, Y., Mägi, R., Mihailov, E., Pers, T.H., Rüeger, S., Teumer, A., Ehret, G.B., Ferreira, T., Heard-Costa, N.L., Karjalainen, J., Lagou, V., Mahajan, A., Neinast, M.D., Prokopenko, I., Simino, J., Teslovich, T.M., Jansen, R., Westra, H.J., White, C.C., Absher, D., Ahluwalia, T.S., Ahmad, S., Albrecht, E., Alves, A.C., Bragg-Gresham, J.L., de Craen, A.J., Bis, J.C., Bonnefond, A., Boucher, G., Cadby, G., Cheng, Y.C., Chiang, C.W., Delgado, G., Demirkan, A., Dueker, N., Eklund, N., Eiriksdottir, G., Eriksson, J., Feenstra, B., Fischer, K., Frau, F., Galesloot, T.E., Geller, F., Goel, A., Gorski, M., Grammer, T.B., Gustafsson, S., Haitjema, S., Hottenga, J.J., Huffman, J.E., Jackson, A.U., Jacobs, K.B., Johansson, Å., Kaakinen, M., Kleber, M.E., Lahti, J., Mateo Leach, I., Lehne, B., Liu, Y., Lo, K.S., Lorentzon, M., Luan, J., Madden, P.A., 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Abstract: This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005378.
Published: 2016

18. The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

Author: Winkler, T.W. (Thomas W.), Justice, A.E. (Anne), Graff, M.J. (Maud J.L.), Barata, L. (Llilda), Feitosa, M.F. (Mary Furlan), Chu, S. (Su), Czajkowski, J. (Jacek), Esko, T. (Tõnu), Fall, M. (Magnus), Kilpeläinen, T.O. (Tuomas), Lu, Y. (Yingchang), Mägi, R. (Reedik), Mihailov, E. (Evelin), Pers, T.H. (Tune), Rüeger, S. (Sina), Teumer, A. (Alexander), Ehret, G.B. (Georg), Ferreira, T. (Teresa), Heard-Costa, N.L. (Nancy), Karjalainen, J. (Juha), Lagou, V. (Vasiliki), Mahajan, A. (Anubha), Neinast, M.D. (Michael D.), Prokopenko, I. (Inga), Simino, J. (Jeannette), Teslovich, T.M. (Tanya M.), Jansen, R., Westra, H.J. (Harm-Jan), White, C.C. (Charles), Absher, D. (Devin), Ahluwalia, T.S. (Tarunveer Singh), Ahmad, S. (Shafqat), Albrecht, E. (Eva), Alves, A.C. (Alexessander Couto), Bragg-Gresham, J.L. (Jennifer L.), Craen, A.J. (Anton) de, Bis, J.C. (Joshua), Bonnefond, A. (Amélie), Boucher, G. (Gabrielle), Cadby, G. (Gemma), Cheng, Y.-C. (Yu-Ching), Chiang, C.W. (Charleston W K), Delgado, G., Demirkan, A. (Ayşe), Dueker, N. (Nicole), Eklund, N. (Niina), Eiriksdottir, G. (Gudny), Eriksson, J. (Joel), Feenstra, B. (Bjarke), Fischer, K. (Krista), Frau, F. (Francesca), Galesloot, T.E. (Tessel), Geller, F. (Frank), Goel, A. (Anuj), Gorski, M. (Mathias), Grammer, T.B. (Tanja), Gustafsson, S. (Stefan), Haitjema, S. (Saskia), Hottenga, J.J. (Jouke Jan), Huffman, J.E. (Jennifer), Jackson, A.U. (Anne), Jacobs, K.B. (Kevin), Johansson, A. (Åsa), Kaakinen, M. (Marika), Kleber, M.E. (Marcus), Lahti, J. (Jari), Leach, I.M. (Irene Mateo), Lehne, B. (Benjamin), Liu, Y. (Youfang), Lo, K.S., Lorentzon, M. (Mattias), Luan, J. (Jian'An), Madden, P.A. (Pamela), Mangino, M. (Massimo), McKnight, B. (Barbara), Medina-Gomez, C. (Carolina), Monda, K.L. (Keri), Montasser, M.E. (May E.), Müller, G. (Gabriele), Müller-Nurasyid, M. (Martina), Nolte, I.M. (Ilja), Panoutsopoulou, K. (Kalliope), Pascoe, L. (Laura), Paternoster, L. (Lavinia), Rayner, N.W. 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(Eric), Boomsma, D.I. (Dorret), Bornstein, S.R. (Stefan), Bottinger, E.P. (Erwin), Bouchard, C. (Claude), Chambers, J.C. (John), Chanock, S.J. (Stephen), Chasman, D.I. (Daniel), Cucca, F. (Francesco), Cusi, D. (Daniele), Dedoussis, G.V. (George), Erdmann, J. (Jeanette), Hagen, K. (Knut), Evans, D., Faire, U. (Ulf) de, Farrall, M. (Martin), Ferrucci, L. (Luigi), Ford, I. (Ian), Franke, L. (Lude), Franks, P.W. (Paul), Froguel, P. (Philippe), Gansevoort, R.T. (Ron), Gieger, C. (Christian), Grönberg, H. (Henrik), Gudnason, V. (Vilmundur), Gyllensten, U. (Ulf), Hall, P. (Per), Hamsten, A. (Anders), Harst, P. (Pim) van der, Hayward, C. (Caroline), Heliovaara, M. (Markku), Hengstenberg, C. (Christian), Hicks, A.A. (Andrew), Hingorani, A. (Aroon), Hofman, A. (Albert), Hu, F. (Frank), Huikuri, H.V. (Heikki), Hveem, K. (Kristian), James, A. (Alan), Jordan, J.M. (Joanne M.), Jula, A. (Antti), Kähönen, M. (Mika), Kajantie, E. (Eero), Kathiresan, S. (Sekar), Kiemeney, L.A.L.M. (Bart), Kivimaki, M. (Mika), Knekt, P., Koistinen, H. (Heikki), Kooner, J.S. (Jaspal S.), Koskinen, S. (Seppo), Kuusisto, J. (Johanna), Maerz, W. (Winfried), Martin, N.G. (Nicholas), Laakso, M. (Markku), Lakka, T.A. (Timo), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Lettre, G. (Guillaume), Levinson, D.F. (Douglas), Kao, W.H.L. (Wen), Lokki, M.L., Mäntyselkä, P. (Pekka), Melbye, M. (Mads), Metspalu, A. (Andres), Mitchell, B.D. (Braxton), Moll, F.L. (Frans), Murray, J.C. (Jeffrey), Musk, A.W. (Arthur), Nieminen, M.S. (Markku), Njølstad, I. (Inger), Ohlsson, C. (Claes), Oldehinkel, A.J. (Albertine), Oostra, B.A. (Ben), Palmer, C. (Cameron), Pankow, J.S. (James), Pasterkamp, G. (Gerard), Pedersen, N.L. (Nancy), Pedersen, O. (Oluf), Penninx, B.W.J.H. (Brenda), Perola, M. (Markus), Peters, A. (Annette), Polasek, O. (Ozren), Pramstaller, P.P. (Peter Paul), Psaty, B.M. (Bruce M.), Qi, L. (Lu), Quertermous, T. (Thomas), Raitakari, O.T. (Olli T.), Rankinen, T. (Tuomo), Rauramaa, R. (Rainer), Ridker, P.M. (Paul), Rioux, J.D. (John), Rivadeneira Ramirez, F. (Fernando), Rotter, J.I. (Jerome I.), Rudan, I. (Igor), Ruijter, H.M. (Hester ) den, Saltevo, J. (Juha), Sattar, N. (Naveed), Schunkert, H. (Heribert), Schwarz, P.E.H. (Peter), Shuldiner, A.R. (Alan), Sinisalo, J. (Juha), Snieder, H. (Harold), Sørensen, T.I.A. (Thorkild), Spector, T.D. (Timothy), Staessen, J.A. (Jan A.), Stefania, B. (Bandinelli), Thorsteinsdottir, U. (Unnur), Stumvoll, M. (Michael), Tardif, J.-C. (Jean-Claude), Tremoli, E. (Elena), Tuomilehto, J. (Jaakko), Uitterlinden, A.G. (André), Uusitupa, M. (Matti), Verbeek, A.L.M., Vermeulen, S.H.H.M. (Sita), Viikari, J. (Jorma), Vitart, V. (Veronique), Völzke, H. (Henry), Vollenweider, P. (Peter), Waeber, G. (Gérard), Walker, M. (Mark), Wallaschofski, H. (Henri), Wareham, N.J. (Nick), Watkins, H. (Hugh), Zeggini, E. (Eleftheria), Chakravarti, A. (Aravinda), Clegg, D.J. (Deborah J.), Cupples, L.A. (Adrienne), Gordon-Larsen, P. (Penny), Jaquish, C.E. (Cashell), Rao, D.C. (Dabeeru C.), Abecasis, G.R. (Goncalo R.), Assimes, T.L. (Themistocles), Barroso, I.E. (Inês), Berndt, S.I. (Sonja), Boehnke, M. (Michael), Deloukas, P. (Panagiotis), Fox, C.S. (Caroline), Groop, L. (Leif), Hunter, D. (David), Ingelsson, E. (Erik), Kaplan, R.C. (Robert), McCarthy, M.I. (Mark I.), Mohlke, K.L. (Karen), O´Connell, J.R., Schlessinger, D. (David), Strachan, D.P. (David), Zwart, J-A. (John-Anker), Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Hirschhorn, J.N. (Joel), Lindgren, C.M. (Cecilia M.), Heid, I.M. (Iris), North, K.E. (Kari), Borecki, I.B. (Ingrid), Kutalik, Z. (Zoltán), and Loos, R.J.F. (Ruth)
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 100 genetic variants contributing to BMI, a measure of body size, or waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), a measure of body shape. Body size and shape change as people grow older and these changes differ substantially between men and women. To systematically screen for age- and/or sex-specific effects of genetic variants on BMI and WHRadjBMI, we performed meta-analyses of 114 studies (up to 320,485 individuals of European descent) with genome-wide chip and/or Metabochip data by the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium. Each study tested the association of up to ~2.8M SNPs with BMI and WHRadjBMI in four strata (men ≤50y, men >50y, women ≤50y, women >50y) and summary statistics were combined in stratum-specific meta-analyses. We then screened for variants that showed age-specific effects (G x AGE), sex-specific effects (G x SEX) or age-specific effects that differed between men and women (G x AGE x SEX). For BMI, we identified 15 loci (11 previously established for main effects, four novel) that showed significant (FDR<5%) age-specific effects, of which 11 had larger effects in younger (<50y) than in older adults (≥50y). No sex-dependent effects were identified for B
Published: 2015
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19. Novel Approach Identifies SNPs in SLC2A10 and KCNK9 with Evidence for Parent-of-Origin Effect on Body Mass Index.

Author: Generation Scotland Consortium, LifeLines Cohort study, GIANT Consortium, Hoggart, C.J., Venturini, G., Mangino, M., Gomez, F., Ascari, G., Zhao, J.H., Teumer, A., Winkler, T.W., Ternikova, N., Luan, J., Mihailov, E., Ehret, G.B., Zhang, W., Lamparter, D., Esko, T., Macé, A., Rüeger, S., Bochud, P.Y., Barcella, M., Dauvilliers, Y., Benyamin, B., Evans, D.M., Hayward, C., Lopez, M.F., Franke, L., Russo, A., Heid, I.M., Salvi, E., Vendantam, S., Arking, D.E., Boerwinkle, E., Chambers, J.C., Fiorito, G., Grallert, H., Guarrera, S., Homuth, G., Huffman, J.E., Porteous, D., Moradpour, D., Iranzo, A., Hebebrand, J., Kemp, J.P., Lammers, G.J., Aubert, V., Heim, M.H., Martin, N.G., Montgomery, G.W., Peraita-Adrados, R., Santamaria, J., Negro, F., Schmidt, C.O., Scott, R.A., Spector, T.D., Strauch, K., Völzke, H., Wareham, N.J., Yuan, W., Bell, J.T., Chakravarti, A., Kooner, J.S., Peters, A., Matullo, G., Wallaschofski, H., Whitfield, J.B., Paccaud, F., Vollenweider, P., Bergmann, S., Beckmann, J.S., Tafti, M., Hastie, N.D., Cusi, D., Bochud, M., Frayling, T.M., Metspalu, A., Jarvelin, M.R., Scherag, A., Smith, G.D., Borecki, I.B., Rousson, V., Hirschhorn, J.N., Rivolta, C., Loos, R.J., Kutalik, Z., Generation Scotland Consortium, LifeLines Cohort study, GIANT Consortium, Hoggart, C.J., Venturini, G., Mangino, M., Gomez, F., Ascari, G., Zhao, J.H., Teumer, A., Winkler, T.W., Ternikova, N., Luan, J., Mihailov, E., Ehret, G.B., Zhang, W., Lamparter, D., Esko, T., Macé, A., Rüeger, S., Bochud, P.Y., Barcella, M., Dauvilliers, Y., Benyamin, B., Evans, D.M., Hayward, C., Lopez, M.F., Franke, L., Russo, A., Heid, I.M., Salvi, E., Vendantam, S., Arking, D.E., Boerwinkle, E., Chambers, J.C., Fiorito, G., Grallert, H., Guarrera, S., Homuth, G., Huffman, J.E., Porteous, D., Moradpour, D., Iranzo, A., Hebebrand, J., Kemp, J.P., Lammers, G.J., Aubert, V., Heim, M.H., Martin, N.G., Montgomery, G.W., Peraita-Adrados, R., Santamaria, J., Negro, F., Schmidt, C.O., Scott, R.A., Spector, T.D., Strauch, K., Völzke, H., Wareham, N.J., Yuan, W., Bell, J.T., Chakravarti, A., Kooner, J.S., Peters, A., Matullo, G., Wallaschofski, H., Whitfield, J.B., Paccaud, F., Vollenweider, P., Bergmann, S., Beckmann, J.S., Tafti, M., Hastie, N.D., Cusi, D., Bochud, M., Frayling, T.M., Metspalu, A., Jarvelin, M.R., Scherag, A., Smith, G.D., Borecki, I.B., Rousson, V., Hirschhorn, J.N., Rivolta, C., Loos, R.J., and Kutalik, Z.
Abstract: The phenotypic effect of some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) depends on their parental origin. We present a novel approach to detect parent-of-origin effects (POEs) in genome-wide genotype data of unrelated individuals. The method exploits increased phenotypic variance in the heterozygous genotype group relative to the homozygous groups. We applied the method to >56,000 unrelated individuals to search for POEs influencing body mass index (BMI). Six lead SNPs were carried forward for replication in five family-based studies (of ∼4,000 trios). Two SNPs replicated: the paternal rs2471083-C allele (located near the imprinted KCNK9 gene) and the paternal rs3091869-T allele (located near the SLC2A10 gene) increased BMI equally (beta = 0.11 (SD), P<0.0027) compared to the respective maternal alleles. Real-time PCR experiments of lymphoblastoid cell lines from the CEPH families showed that expression of both genes was dependent on parental origin of the SNPs alleles (P<0.01). Our scheme opens new opportunities to exploit GWAS data of unrelated individuals to identify POEs and demonstrates that they play an important role in adult obesity.
Published: 2014

20. Novel approach identifies SNPs in SLC2A10 and KCNK9 with evidence for parent-of-origin effect on body mass index.

Author: Visscher, PM, Hoggart, CJ, Venturini, G, Mangino, M, Gomez, F, Ascari, G, Zhao, JH, Teumer, A, Winkler, TW, Tšernikova, N, Luan, J, Mihailov, E, Ehret, GB, Zhang, W, Lamparter, D, Esko, T, Macé, A, Rüeger, S, Bochud, P-Y, Barcella, M, Dauvilliers, Y, Benyamin, B, Evans, DM, Hayward, C, Lopez, MF, Franke, L, Russo, A, Heid, IM, Salvi, E, Vendantam, S, Arking, DE, Boerwinkle, E, Chambers, JC, Fiorito, G, Grallert, H, Guarrera, S, Homuth, G, Huffman, JE, Porteous, D, Generation Scotland Consortium, LifeLines Cohort study, GIANT Consortium, Moradpour, D, Iranzo, A, Hebebrand, J, Kemp, JP, Lammers, GJ, Aubert, V, Heim, MH, Martin, NG, Montgomery, GW, Peraita-Adrados, R, Santamaria, J, Negro, F, Schmidt, CO, Scott, RA, Spector, TD, Strauch, K, Völzke, H, Wareham, NJ, Yuan, W, Bell, JT, Chakravarti, A, Kooner, JS, Peters, A, Matullo, G, Wallaschofski, H, Whitfield, JB, Paccaud, F, Vollenweider, P, Bergmann, S, Beckmann, JS, Tafti, M, Hastie, ND, Cusi, D, Bochud, M, Frayling, TM, Metspalu, A, Jarvelin, M-R, Scherag, A, Smith, GD, Borecki, IB, Rousson, V, Hirschhorn, JN, Rivolta, C, Loos, RJF, Kutalik, Z, Visscher, PM, Hoggart, CJ, Venturini, G, Mangino, M, Gomez, F, Ascari, G, Zhao, JH, Teumer, A, Winkler, TW, Tšernikova, N, Luan, J, Mihailov, E, Ehret, GB, Zhang, W, Lamparter, D, Esko, T, Macé, A, Rüeger, S, Bochud, P-Y, Barcella, M, Dauvilliers, Y, Benyamin, B, Evans, DM, Hayward, C, Lopez, MF, Franke, L, Russo, A, Heid, IM, Salvi, E, Vendantam, S, Arking, DE, Boerwinkle, E, Chambers, JC, Fiorito, G, Grallert, H, Guarrera, S, Homuth, G, Huffman, JE, Porteous, D, Generation Scotland Consortium, LifeLines Cohort study, GIANT Consortium, Moradpour, D, Iranzo, A, Hebebrand, J, Kemp, JP, Lammers, GJ, Aubert, V, Heim, MH, Martin, NG, Montgomery, GW, Peraita-Adrados, R, Santamaria, J, Negro, F, Schmidt, CO, Scott, RA, Spector, TD, Strauch, K, Völzke, H, Wareham, NJ, Yuan, W, Bell, JT, Chakravarti, A, Kooner, JS, Peters, A, Matullo, G, Wallaschofski, H, Whitfield, JB, Paccaud, F, Vollenweider, P, Bergmann, S, Beckmann, JS, Tafti, M, Hastie, ND, Cusi, D, Bochud, M, Frayling, TM, Metspalu, A, Jarvelin, M-R, Scherag, A, Smith, GD, Borecki, IB, Rousson, V, Hirschhorn, JN, Rivolta, C, Loos, RJF, and Kutalik, Z
Abstract: The phenotypic effect of some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) depends on their parental origin. We present a novel approach to detect parent-of-origin effects (POEs) in genome-wide genotype data of unrelated individuals. The method exploits increased phenotypic variance in the heterozygous genotype group relative to the homozygous groups. We applied the method to >56,000 unrelated individuals to search for POEs influencing body mass index (BMI). Six lead SNPs were carried forward for replication in five family-based studies (of ∼4,000 trios). Two SNPs replicated: the paternal rs2471083-C allele (located near the imprinted KCNK9 gene) and the paternal rs3091869-T allele (located near the SLC2A10 gene) increased BMI equally (beta = 0.11 (SD), P<0.0027) compared to the respective maternal alleles. Real-time PCR experiments of lymphoblastoid cell lines from the CEPH families showed that expression of both genes was dependent on parental origin of the SNPs alleles (P<0.01). Our scheme opens new opportunities to exploit GWAS data of unrelated individuals to identify POEs and demonstrates that they play an important role in adult obesity.
Published: 2014

21. Impact of common risk factors of fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C

Author: Rüeger, S, primary, Bochud, P-Y, additional, Dufour, J-F, additional, Müllhaupt, B, additional, Semela, D, additional, Heim, M H, additional, Moradpour, D, additional, Cerny, A, additional, Malinverni, R, additional, Booth, D R, additional, Suppiah, V, additional, George, J, additional, Argiro, L, additional, Halfon, P, additional, Bourlière, M, additional, Talal, A H, additional, Jacobson, I M, additional, Patin, E, additional, Nalpas, B, additional, Poynard, T, additional, Pol, S, additional, Abel, L, additional, Kutalik, Z, additional, and Negro, F, additional
Published: 2014
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22. Einflussfaktoren auf die Entstehung von Pseudarthrosen nach Marknagelung am Femur und der Tibia

Author: Sprengel, K, Piller, A, Pereira, A, von der Lippe, C, Rüeger, S, Simmen, HP, Wanner, G, Werner, C, Sprengel, K, Piller, A, Pereira, A, von der Lippe, C, Rüeger, S, Simmen, HP, Wanner, G, and Werner, C
Published: 2013

23. Arterial spin labelling reveals an abnormal cerebral perfusion pattern in Parkinson's disease.

Author: Melzer TR, Watts R, Macaskill MR, Pearson JF, Rüeger S, Pitcher TL, Livingston L, Graham C, Keenan R, Shankaranarayanan A, Alsop DC, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Anderson TJ, Melzer, Tracy R, Watts, Richard, MacAskill, Michael R, Pearson, John F, Rüeger, Sina, Pitcher, Toni L, and Livingston, Leslie
Abstract: There is a need for objective imaging markers of Parkinson's disease status and progression. Positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography studies have suggested patterns of abnormal cerebral perfusion in Parkinson's disease as potential functional biomarkers. This study aimed to identify an arterial spin labelling magnetic resonance-derived perfusion network as an accessible, non-invasive alternative. We used pseudo-continuous arterial spin labelling to measure cerebral grey matter perfusion in 61 subjects with Parkinson's disease with a range of motor and cognitive impairment, including patients with dementia and 29 age- and sex-matched controls. Principal component analysis was used to derive a Parkinson's disease-related perfusion network via logistic regression. Region of interest analysis of absolute perfusion values revealed that the Parkinson's disease pattern was characterized by decreased perfusion in posterior parieto-occipital cortex, precuneus and cuneus, and middle frontal gyri compared with healthy controls. Perfusion was preserved in globus pallidus, putamen, anterior cingulate and post- and pre-central gyri. Both motor and cognitive statuses were significant factors related to network score. A network approach, supported by arterial spin labelling-derived absolute perfusion values may provide a readily accessible neuroimaging method to characterize and track progression of both motor and cognitive status in Parkinson's disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2011
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24. Joint host-pathogen genomic analysis identifies hepatitis B virus mutations associated with human NTCP and HLA class I variation.

Author: Xu ZM, Gnouamozi GE, Rüeger S, Shea PR, Buti M, Chan HL, Marcellin P, Lawless D, Naret O, Zeller M, Schneuing A, Scheck A, Junier T, Moradpour D, Podlaha O, Suri V, Gaggar A, Subramanian M, Correia B, Gfeller D, Urban S, and Fellay J
Subjects: Humans, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte genetics, Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte immunology, Genome, Viral, Genomics methods, Hepatitis B Surface Antigens genetics, Hepatitis B, Chronic virology, Hepatitis B, Chronic genetics, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I genetics, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I metabolism, Host-Pathogen Interactions genetics, Host-Pathogen Interactions immunology, Hepatitis B virus genetics, Mutation, Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent genetics, Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent metabolism, Symporters genetics, Symporters metabolism
Abstract: Evolutionary changes in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome could reflect its adaptation to host-induced selective pressure. Leveraging paired human exome and ultra-deep HBV genome-sequencing data from 567 affected individuals with chronic hepatitis B, we comprehensively searched for the signatures of this evolutionary process by conducting "genome-to-genome" association tests between all human genetic variants and viral mutations. We identified significant associations between an East Asian-specific missense variant in the gene encoding the HBV entry receptor NTCP (rs2296651, NTCP S267F) and mutations within the receptor-binding region of HBV preS1. Through in silico modeling and in vitro preS1-NTCP binding assays, we observed that the associated HBV mutations are in proximity to the NTCP variant when bound and together partially increase binding affinity to NTCP S267F. Furthermore, we identified significant associations between HLA-A variation and viral mutations in HLA-A-restricted T cell epitopes. We used in silico binding prediction tools to evaluate the impact of the associated HBV mutations on HLA presentation and observed that mutations that result in weaker binding affinities to their cognate HLA alleles were enriched. Overall, our results suggest the emergence of HBV escape mutations that might alter the interaction between HBV PreS1 and its cellular receptor NTCP during viral entry into hepatocytes and confirm the role of HLA class I restriction in inducing HBV epitope variations., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests O.P, A.G., M.S., and V.S. are employees of Gilead Sciences Inc. O.N. is now an employee of SUN bioscience SA. S.R. is now an employee of Novartis AG. A. Scheck is now an employee of RIDGELINE Discovery GmbH. M.B. has received research funding from AB Altoimmune, Janssen, GSK, Gilead, and AbbVie. H.L.Y.C. is an advisor for Aligos, Arbutus, Gilead Sciences, Glaxo-Smith-Kline, Roche, Vaccitech, Vir Biotechnology, and Virion Therapeutics and a speaker for Echosens, Gilead Sciences, Roche, Mylan., (Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Published: 2024
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25. Author Correction: FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population.

Author: Kurki MI, Karjalainen J, Palta P, Sipilä TP, Kristiansson K, Donner KM, Reeve MP, Laivuori H, Aavikko M, Kaunisto MA, Loukola A, Lahtela E, Mattsson H, Laiho P, Della Briotta Parolo P, Lehisto AA, Kanai M, Mars N, Rämö J, Kiiskinen T, Heyne HO, Veerapen K, Rüeger S, Lemmelä S, Zhou W, Ruotsalainen S, Pärn K, Hiekkalinna T, Koskelainen S, Paajanen T, Llorens V, Gracia-Tabuenca J, Siirtola H, Reis K, Elnahas AG, Sun B, Foley CN, Aalto-Setälä K, Alasoo K, Arvas M, Auro K, Biswas S, Bizaki-Vallaskangas A, Carpen O, Chen CY, Dada OA, Ding Z, Ehm MG, Eklund K, Färkkilä M, Finucane H, Ganna A, Ghazal A, Graham RR, Green EM, Hakanen A, Hautalahti M, Hedman ÅK, Hiltunen M, Hinttala R, Hovatta I, Hu X, Huertas-Vazquez A, Huilaja L, Hunkapiller J, Jacob H, Jensen JN, Joensuu H, John S, Julkunen V, Jung M, Junttila J, Kaarniranta K, Kähönen M, Kajanne R, Kallio L, Kälviäinen R, Kaprio J, Kerimov N, Kettunen J, Kilpeläinen E, Kilpi T, Klinger K, Kosma VM, Kuopio T, Kurra V, Laisk T, Laukkanen J, Lawless N, Liu A, Longerich S, Mägi R, Mäkelä J, Mäkitie A, Malarstig A, Mannermaa A, Maranville J, Matakidou A, Meretoja T, Mozaffari SV, Niemi MEK, Niemi M, Niiranen T, O Donnell CJ, Obeidat ME, Okafo G, Ollila HM, Palomäki A, Palotie T, Partanen J, Paul DS, Pelkonen M, Pendergrass RK, Petrovski S, Pitkäranta A, Platt A, Pulford D, Punkka E, Pussinen P, Raghavan N, Rahimov F, Rajpal D, Renaud NA, Riley-Gillis B, Rodosthenous R, Saarentaus E, Salminen A, Salminen E, Salomaa V, Schleutker J, Serpi R, Shen HY, Siegel R, Silander K, Siltanen S, Soini S, Soininen H, Sul JH, Tachmazidou I, Tasanen K, Tienari P, Toppila-Salmi S, Tukiainen T, Tuomi T, Turunen JA, Ulirsch JC, Vaura F, Virolainen P, Waring J, Waterworth D, Yang R, Nelis M, Reigo A, Metspalu A, Milani L, Esko T, Fox C, Havulinna AS, Perola M, Ripatti S, Jalanko A, Laitinen T, Mäkelä TP, Plenge R, McCarthy M, Runz H, Daly MJ, and Palotie A
Published: 2023
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26. FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population.

Author: Kurki MI, Karjalainen J, Palta P, Sipilä TP, Kristiansson K, Donner KM, Reeve MP, Laivuori H, Aavikko M, Kaunisto MA, Loukola A, Lahtela E, Mattsson H, Laiho P, Della Briotta Parolo P, Lehisto AA, Kanai M, Mars N, Rämö J, Kiiskinen T, Heyne HO, Veerapen K, Rüeger S, Lemmelä S, Zhou W, Ruotsalainen S, Pärn K, Hiekkalinna T, Koskelainen S, Paajanen T, Llorens V, Gracia-Tabuenca J, Siirtola H, Reis K, Elnahas AG, Sun B, Foley CN, Aalto-Setälä K, Alasoo K, Arvas M, Auro K, Biswas S, Bizaki-Vallaskangas A, Carpen O, Chen CY, Dada OA, Ding Z, Ehm MG, Eklund K, Färkkilä M, Finucane H, Ganna A, Ghazal A, Graham RR, Green EM, Hakanen A, Hautalahti M, Hedman ÅK, Hiltunen M, Hinttala R, Hovatta I, Hu X, Huertas-Vazquez A, Huilaja L, Hunkapiller J, Jacob H, Jensen JN, Joensuu H, John S, Julkunen V, Jung M, Junttila J, Kaarniranta K, Kähönen M, Kajanne R, Kallio L, Kälviäinen R, Kaprio J, Kerimov N, Kettunen J, Kilpeläinen E, Kilpi T, Klinger K, Kosma VM, Kuopio T, Kurra V, Laisk T, Laukkanen J, Lawless N, Liu A, Longerich S, Mägi R, Mäkelä J, Mäkitie A, Malarstig A, Mannermaa A, Maranville J, Matakidou A, Meretoja T, Mozaffari SV, Niemi MEK, Niemi M, Niiranen T, O Donnell CJ, Obeidat ME, Okafo G, Ollila HM, Palomäki A, Palotie T, Partanen J, Paul DS, Pelkonen M, Pendergrass RK, Petrovski S, Pitkäranta A, Platt A, Pulford D, Punkka E, Pussinen P, Raghavan N, Rahimov F, Rajpal D, Renaud NA, Riley-Gillis B, Rodosthenous R, Saarentaus E, Salminen A, Salminen E, Salomaa V, Schleutker J, Serpi R, Shen HY, Siegel R, Silander K, Siltanen S, Soini S, Soininen H, Sul JH, Tachmazidou I, Tasanen K, Tienari P, Toppila-Salmi S, Tukiainen T, Tuomi T, Turunen JA, Ulirsch JC, Vaura F, Virolainen P, Waring J, Waterworth D, Yang R, Nelis M, Reigo A, Metspalu A, Milani L, Esko T, Fox C, Havulinna AS, Perola M, Ripatti S, Jalanko A, Laitinen T, Mäkelä TP, Plenge R, McCarthy M, Runz H, Daly MJ, and Palotie A
Subjects: Humans, Middle Aged, Estonia, Finland, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study, Meta-Analysis as Topic, United Kingdom, White People genetics, Disease genetics, Gene Frequency genetics, Phenotype
Abstract: Population isolates such as those in Finland benefit genetic research because deleterious alleles are often concentrated on a small number of low-frequency variants (0.1% ≤ minor allele frequency < 5%). These variants survived the founding bottleneck rather than being distributed over a large number of ultrarare variants. Although this effect is well established in Mendelian genetics, its value in common disease genetics is less explored 1,2 . FinnGen aims to study the genome and national health register data of 500,000 Finnish individuals. Given the relatively high median age of participants (63 years) and the substantial fraction of hospital-based recruitment, FinnGen is enriched for disease end points. Here we analyse data from 224,737 participants from FinnGen and study 15 diseases that have previously been investigated in large genome-wide association studies (GWASs). We also include meta-analyses of biobank data from Estonia and the United Kingdom. We identified 30 new associations, primarily low-frequency variants, enriched in the Finnish population. A GWAS of 1,932 diseases also identified 2,733 genome-wide significant associations (893 phenome-wide significant (PWS), P < 2.6 × 10 -11 ) at 2,496 (771 PWS) independent loci with 807 (247 PWS) end points. Among these, fine-mapping implicated 148 (73 PWS) coding variants associated with 83 (42 PWS) end points. Moreover, 91 (47 PWS) had an allele frequency of <5% in non-Finnish European individuals, of which 62 (32 PWS) were enriched by more than twofold in Finland. These findings demonstrate the power of bottlenecked populations to find entry points into the biology of common diseases through low-frequency, high impact variants., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
Published: 2023
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27. A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height.

Author: Yengo L, Vedantam S, Marouli E, Sidorenko J, Bartell E, Sakaue S, Graff M, Eliasen AU, Jiang Y, Raghavan S, Miao J, Arias JD, Graham SE, Mukamel RE, Spracklen CN, Yin X, Chen SH, Ferreira T, Highland HH, Ji Y, Karaderi T, Lin K, Lüll K, Malden DE, Medina-Gomez C, Machado M, Moore A, Rüeger S, Sim X, Vrieze S, Ahluwalia TS, Akiyama M, Allison MA, Alvarez M, Andersen MK, Ani A, Appadurai V, Arbeeva L, Bhaskar S, Bielak LF, Bollepalli S, Bonnycastle LL, Bork-Jensen J, Bradfield JP, Bradford Y, Braund PS, Brody JA, Burgdorf KS, Cade BE, Cai H, Cai Q, Campbell A, Cañadas-Garre M, Catamo E, Chai JF, Chai X, Chang LC, Chang YC, Chen CH, Chesi A, Choi SH, Chung RH, Cocca M, Concas MP, Couture C, Cuellar-Partida G, Danning R, Daw EW, Degenhard F, Delgado GE, Delitala A, Demirkan A, Deng X, Devineni P, Dietl A, Dimitriou M, Dimitrov L, Dorajoo R, Ekici AB, Engmann JE, Fairhurst-Hunter Z, Farmaki AE, Faul JD, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Forer L, Francescatto M, Freitag-Wolf S, Fuchsberger C, Galesloot TE, Gao Y, Gao Z, Geller F, Giannakopoulou O, Giulianini F, Gjesing AP, Goel A, Gordon SD, Gorski M, Grove J, Guo X, Gustafsson S, Haessler J, Hansen TF, Havulinna AS, Haworth SJ, He J, Heard-Costa N, Hebbar P, Hindy G, Ho YA, Hofer E, Holliday E, Horn K, Hornsby WE, Hottenga JJ, Huang H, Huang J, Huerta-Chagoya A, Huffman JE, Hung YJ, Huo S, Hwang MY, Iha H, Ikeda DD, Isono M, Jackson AU, Jäger S, Jansen IE, Johansson I, Jonas JB, Jonsson A, Jørgensen T, Kalafati IP, Kanai M, Kanoni S, Kårhus LL, Kasturiratne A, Katsuya T, Kawaguchi T, Kember RL, Kentistou KA, Kim HN, Kim YJ, Kleber ME, Knol MJ, Kurbasic A, Lauzon M, Le P, Lea R, Lee JY, Leonard HL, Li SA, Li X, Li X, Liang J, Lin H, Lin SY, Liu J, Liu X, Lo KS, Long J, Lores-Motta L, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Lyytikäinen LP, Mahajan A, Mamakou V, Mangino M, Manichaikul A, Marten J, Mattheisen M, Mavarani L, McDaid AF, Meidtner K, Melendez TL, Mercader JM, Milaneschi Y, Miller JE, Millwood IY, Mishra PP, Mitchell RE, Møllehave LT, Morgan A, Mucha S, Munz M, Nakatochi M, Nelson CP, Nethander M, Nho CW, Nielsen AA, Nolte IM, Nongmaithem SS, Noordam R, Ntalla I, Nutile T, Pandit A, Christofidou P, Pärna K, Pauper M, Petersen ERB, Petersen LV, Pitkänen N, Polašek O, Poveda A, Preuss MH, Pyarajan S, Raffield LM, Rakugi H, Ramirez J, Rasheed A, Raven D, Rayner NW, Riveros C, Rohde R, Ruggiero D, Ruotsalainen SE, Ryan KA, Sabater-Lleal M, Saxena R, Scholz M, Sendamarai A, Shen B, Shi J, Shin JH, Sidore C, Sitlani CM, Slieker RC, Smit RAJ, Smith AV, Smith JA, Smyth LJ, Southam L, Steinthorsdottir V, Sun L, Takeuchi F, Tallapragada DSP, Taylor KD, Tayo BO, Tcheandjieu C, Terzikhan N, Tesolin P, Teumer A, Theusch E, Thompson DJ, Thorleifsson G, Timmers PRHJ, Trompet S, Turman C, Vaccargiu S, van der Laan SW, van der Most PJ, van Klinken JB, van Setten J, Verma SS, Verweij N, Veturi Y, Wang CA, Wang C, Wang L, Wang Z, Warren HR, Bin Wei W, Wickremasinghe AR, Wielscher M, Wiggins KL, Winsvold BS, Wong A, Wu Y, Wuttke M, Xia R, Xie T, Yamamoto K, Yang J, Yao J, Young H, Yousri NA, Yu L, Zeng L, Zhang W, Zhang X, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhou W, Zimmermann ME, Zoledziewska M, Adair LS, Adams HHH, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Al-Mulla F, Arnett DK, Asselbergs FW, Åsvold BO, Attia J, Banas B, Bandinelli S, Bennett DA, Bergler T, Bharadwaj D, Biino G, Bisgaard H, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Bønnelykke K, Boomsma DI, Børglum AD, Borja JB, Bouchard C, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Brumpton B, Buring JE, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chandak GR, Chanock SJ, Chaturvedi N, Chen YI, Chen Z, Cheng CY, Christophersen IE, Ciullo M, Cole JW, Collins FS, Cooper RS, Cruz M, Cucca F, Cupples LA, Cutler MJ, Damrauer SM, Dantoft TM, de Borst GJ, de Groot LCPGM, De Jager PL, de Kleijn DPV, Janaka de Silva H, Dedoussis GV, den Hollander AI, Du S, Easton DF, Elders PJM, Eliassen AH, Ellinor PT, Elmståhl S, Erdmann J, Evans MK, Fatkin D, Feenstra B, Feitosa MF, Ferrucci L, Ford I, Fornage M, Franke A, Franks PW, Freedman BI, Gasparini P, Gieger C, Girotto G, Goddard ME, Golightly YM, Gonzalez-Villalpando C, Gordon-Larsen P, Grallert H, Grant SFA, Grarup N, Griffiths L, Gudnason V, Haiman C, Hakonarson H, Hansen T, Hartman CA, Hattersley AT, Hayward C, Heckbert SR, Heng CK, Hengstenberg C, Hewitt AW, Hishigaki H, Hoyng CB, Huang PL, Huang W, Hunt SC, Hveem K, Hyppönen E, Iacono WG, Ichihara S, Ikram MA, Isasi CR, Jackson RD, Jarvelin MR, Jin ZB, Jöckel KH, Joshi PK, Jousilahti P, Jukema JW, Kähönen M, Kamatani Y, Kang KD, Kaprio J, Kardia SLR, Karpe F, Kato N, Kee F, Kessler T, Khera AV, Khor CC, Kiemeney LALM, Kim BJ, Kim EK, Kim HL, Kirchhof P, Kivimaki M, Koh WP, Koistinen HA, Kolovou GD, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Köttgen A, Kovacs P, Kraaijeveld A, Kraft P, Krauss RM, Kumari M, Kutalik Z, Laakso M, Lange LA, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Le Marchand L, Lee H, Lee NR, Lehtimäki T, Li H, Li L, Lieb W, Lin X, Lind L, Linneberg A, Liu CT, Liu J, Loeffler M, London B, Lubitz SA, Lye SJ, Mackey DA, Mägi R, Magnusson PKE, Marcus GM, Vidal PM, Martin NG, März W, Matsuda F, McGarrah RW, McGue M, McKnight AJ, Medland SE, Mellström D, Metspalu A, Mitchell BD, Mitchell P, Mook-Kanamori DO, Morris AD, Mucci LA, Munroe PB, Nalls MA, Nazarian S, Nelson AE, Neville MJ, Newton-Cheh C, Nielsen CS, Nöthen MM, Ohlsson C, Oldehinkel AJ, Orozco L, Pahkala K, Pajukanta P, Palmer CNA, Parra EJ, Pattaro C, Pedersen O, Pennell CE, Penninx BWJH, Perusse L, Peters A, Peyser PA, Porteous DJ, Posthuma D, Power C, Pramstaller PP, Province MA, Qi Q, Qu J, Rader DJ, Raitakari OT, Ralhan S, Rallidis LS, Rao DC, Redline S, Reilly DF, Reiner AP, Rhee SY, Ridker PM, Rienstra M, Ripatti S, Ritchie MD, Roden DM, Rosendaal FR, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Rutters F, Sabanayagam C, Saleheen D, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Sanghera DK, Sattar N, Schmidt B, Schmidt H, Schmidt R, Schulze MB, Schunkert H, Scott LJ, Scott RJ, Sever P, Shiroma EJ, Shoemaker MB, Shu XO, Simonsick EM, Sims M, Singh JR, Singleton AB, Sinner MF, Smith JG, Snieder H, Spector TD, Stampfer MJ, Stark KJ, Strachan DP, 't Hart LM, Tabara Y, Tang H, Tardif JC, Thanaraj TA, Timpson NJ, Tönjes A, Tremblay A, Tuomi T, Tuomilehto J, Tusié-Luna MT, Uitterlinden AG, van Dam RM, van der Harst P, Van der Velde N, van Duijn CM, van Schoor NM, Vitart V, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Völzke H, Wacher-Rodarte NH, Walker M, Wang YX, Wareham NJ, Watanabe RM, Watkins H, Weir DR, Werge TM, Widen E, Wilkens LR, Willemsen G, Willett WC, Wilson JF, Wong TY, Woo JT, Wright AF, Wu JY, Xu H, Yajnik CS, Yokota M, Yuan JM, Zeggini E, Zemel BS, Zheng W, Zhu X, Zmuda JM, Zonderman AB, Zwart JA, Chasman DI, Cho YS, Heid IM, McCarthy MI, Ng MCY, O'Donnell CJ, Rivadeneira F, Thorsteinsdottir U, Sun YV, Tai ES, Boehnke M, Deloukas P, Justice AE, Lindgren CM, Loos RJF, Mohlke KL, North KE, Stefansson K, Walters RG, Winkler TW, Young KL, Loh PR, Yang J, Esko T, Assimes TL, Auton A, Abecasis GR, Willer CJ, Locke AE, Berndt SI, Lettre G, Frayling TM, Okada Y, Wood AR, Visscher PM, and Hirschhorn JN
Subjects: Humans, Gene Frequency genetics, Genome, Human genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study, Haplotypes genetics, Linkage Disequilibrium genetics, Europe ethnology, Sample Size, Phenotype, Body Height genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics, Chromosome Mapping
Abstract: Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to collectively explain 40-50% of phenotypic variation in human height, but identifying the specific variants and associated regions requires huge sample sizes 1 . Here, using data from a genome-wide association study of 5.4 million individuals of diverse ancestries, we show that 12,111 independent SNPs that are significantly associated with height account for nearly all of the common SNP-based heritability. These SNPs are clustered within 7,209 non-overlapping genomic segments with a mean size of around 90 kb, covering about 21% of the genome. The density of independent associations varies across the genome and the regions of increased density are enriched for biologically relevant genes. In out-of-sample estimation and prediction, the 12,111 SNPs (or all SNPs in the HapMap 3 panel 2 ) account for 40% (45%) of phenotypic variance in populations of European ancestry but only around 10-20% (14-24%) in populations of other ancestries. Effect sizes, associated regions and gene prioritization are similar across ancestries, indicating that reduced prediction accuracy is likely to be explained by linkage disequilibrium and differences in allele frequency within associated regions. Finally, we show that the relevant biological pathways are detectable with smaller sample sizes than are needed to implicate causal genes and variants. Overall, this study provides a comprehensive map of specific genomic regions that contain the vast majority of common height-associated variants. Although this map is saturated for populations of European ancestry, further research is needed to achieve equivalent saturation in other ancestries., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
Published: 2022
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28. Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation.

Author: Mahajan A, Spracklen CN, Zhang W, Ng MCY, Petty LE, Kitajima H, Yu GZ, Rüeger S, Speidel L, Kim YJ, Horikoshi M, Mercader JM, Taliun D, Moon S, Kwak SH, Robertson NR, Rayner NW, Loh M, Kim BJ, Chiou J, Miguel-Escalada I, Della Briotta Parolo P, Lin K, Bragg F, Preuss MH, Takeuchi F, Nano J, Guo X, Lamri A, Nakatochi M, Scott RA, Lee JJ, Huerta-Chagoya A, Graff M, Chai JF, Parra EJ, Yao J, Bielak LF, Tabara Y, Hai Y, Steinthorsdottir V, Cook JP, Kals M, Grarup N, Schmidt EM, Pan I, Sofer T, Wuttke M, Sarnowski C, Gieger C, Nousome D, Trompet S, Long J, Sun M, Tong L, Chen WM, Ahmad M, Noordam R, Lim VJY, Tam CHT, Joo YY, Chen CH, Raffield LM, Lecoeur C, Prins BP, Nicolas A, Yanek LR, Chen G, Jensen RA, Tajuddin S, Kabagambe EK, An P, Xiang AH, Choi HS, Cade BE, Tan J, Flanagan J, Abaitua F, Adair LS, Adeyemo A, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Akiyama M, Anand SS, Bertoni A, Bian Z, Bork-Jensen J, Brandslund I, Brody JA, Brummett CM, Buchanan TA, Canouil M, Chan JCN, Chang LC, Chee ML, Chen J, Chen SH, Chen YT, Chen Z, Chuang LM, Cushman M, Das SK, de Silva HJ, Dedoussis G, Dimitrov L, Doumatey AP, Du S, Duan Q, Eckardt KU, Emery LS, Evans DS, Evans MK, Fischer K, Floyd JS, Ford I, Fornage M, Franco OH, Frayling TM, Freedman BI, Fuchsberger C, Genter P, Gerstein HC, Giedraitis V, González-Villalpando C, González-Villalpando ME, Goodarzi MO, Gordon-Larsen P, Gorkin D, Gross M, Guo Y, Hackinger S, Han S, Hattersley AT, Herder C, Howard AG, Hsueh W, Huang M, Huang W, Hung YJ, Hwang MY, Hwu CM, Ichihara S, Ikram MA, Ingelsson M, Islam MT, Isono M, Jang HM, Jasmine F, Jiang G, Jonas JB, Jørgensen ME, Jørgensen T, Kamatani Y, Kandeel FR, Kasturiratne A, Katsuya T, Kaur V, Kawaguchi T, Keaton JM, Kho AN, Khor CC, Kibriya MG, Kim DH, Kohara K, Kriebel J, Kronenberg F, Kuusisto J, Läll K, Lange LA, Lee MS, Lee NR, Leong A, Li L, Li Y, Li-Gao R, Ligthart S, Lindgren CM, Linneberg A, Liu CT, Liu J, Locke AE, Louie T, Luan J, Luk AO, Luo X, Lv J, Lyssenko V, Mamakou V, Mani KR, Meitinger T, Metspalu A, Morris AD, Nadkarni GN, Nadler JL, Nalls MA, Nayak U, Nongmaithem SS, Ntalla I, Okada Y, Orozco L, Patel SR, Pereira MA, Peters A, Pirie FJ, Porneala B, Prasad G, Preissl S, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Reiner AP, Roden M, Rohde R, Roll K, Sabanayagam C, Sander M, Sandow K, Sattar N, Schönherr S, Schurmann C, Shahriar M, Shi J, Shin DM, Shriner D, Smith JA, So WY, Stančáková A, Stilp AM, Strauch K, Suzuki K, Takahashi A, Taylor KD, Thorand B, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tomlinson B, Torres JM, Tsai FJ, Tuomilehto J, Tusie-Luna T, Udler MS, Valladares-Salgado A, van Dam RM, van Klinken JB, Varma R, Vujkovic M, Wacher-Rodarte N, Wheeler E, Whitsel EA, Wickremasinghe AR, van Dijk KW, Witte DR, Yajnik CS, Yamamoto K, Yamauchi T, Yengo L, Yoon K, Yu C, Yuan JM, Yusuf S, Zhang L, Zheng W, Raffel LJ, Igase M, Ipp E, Redline S, Cho YS, Lind L, Province MA, Hanis CL, Peyser PA, Ingelsson E, Zonderman AB, Psaty BM, Wang YX, Rotimi CN, Becker DM, Matsuda F, Liu Y, Zeggini E, Yokota M, Rich SS, Kooperberg C, Pankow JS, Engert JC, Chen YI, Froguel P, Wilson JG, Sheu WHH, Kardia SLR, Wu JY, Hayes MG, Ma RCW, Wong TY, Groop L, Mook-Kanamori DO, Chandak GR, Collins FS, Bharadwaj D, Paré G, Sale MM, Ahsan H, Motala AA, Shu XO, Park KS, Jukema JW, Cruz M, McKean-Cowdin R, Grallert H, Cheng CY, Bottinger EP, Dehghan A, Tai ES, Dupuis J, Kato N, Laakso M, Köttgen A, Koh WP, Palmer CNA, Liu S, Abecasis G, Kooner JS, Loos RJF, North KE, Haiman CA, Florez JC, Saleheen D, Hansen T, Pedersen O, Mägi R, Langenberg C, Wareham NJ, Maeda S, Kadowaki T, Lee J, Millwood IY, Walters RG, Stefansson K, Myers SR, Ferrer J, Gaulton KJ, Meigs JB, Mohlke KL, Gloyn AL, Bowden DW, Below JE, Chambers JC, Sim X, Boehnke M, Rotter JI, McCarthy MI, and Morris AP
Subjects: Ethnicity, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics, Risk Factors, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 epidemiology, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: We assembled an ancestrally diverse collection of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in 180,834 affected individuals and 1,159,055 controls (48.9% non-European descent) through the Diabetes Meta-Analysis of Trans-Ethnic association studies (DIAMANTE) Consortium. Multi-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis identified 237 loci attaining stringent genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10 -9 ), which were delineated to 338 distinct association signals. Fine-mapping of these signals was enhanced by the increased sample size and expanded population diversity of the multi-ancestry meta-analysis, which localized 54.4% of T2D associations to a single variant with >50% posterior probability. This improved fine-mapping enabled systematic assessment of candidate causal genes and molecular mechanisms through which T2D associations are mediated, laying the foundations for functional investigations. Multi-ancestry genetic risk scores enhanced transferability of T2D prediction across diverse populations. Our study provides a step toward more effective clinical translation of T2D GWAS to improve global health for all, irrespective of genetic background., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.)
Published: 2022
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29. Using population-specific add-on polymorphisms to improve genotype imputation in underrepresented populations.

Author: Xu ZM, Rüeger S, Zwyer M, Brites D, Hiza H, Reinhard M, Rutaihwa L, Borrell S, Isihaka F, Temba H, Maroa T, Naftari R, Hella J, Sasamalo M, Reither K, Portevin D, Gagneux S, and Fellay J
Subjects: Computational Biology methods, Humans, Male, Tanzania, Genetics, Population methods, Genetics, Population standards, Genome-Wide Association Study methods, Genome-Wide Association Study standards, Genotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies rely on the statistical inference of untyped variants, called imputation, to increase the coverage of genotyping arrays. However, the results are often suboptimal in populations underrepresented in existing reference panels and array designs, since the selected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may fail to capture population-specific haplotype structures, hence the full extent of common genetic variation. Here, we propose to sequence the full genomes of a small subset of an underrepresented study cohort to inform the selection of population-specific add-on tag SNPs and to generate an internal population-specific imputation reference panel, such that the remaining array-genotyped cohort could be more accurately imputed. Using a Tanzania-based cohort as a proof-of-concept, we demonstrate the validity of our approach by showing improvements in imputation accuracy after the addition of our designed add-on tags to the base H3Africa array., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Published: 2022
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30. Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression.

Author: Võsa U, Claringbould A, Westra HJ, Bonder MJ, Deelen P, Zeng B, Kirsten H, Saha A, Kreuzhuber R, Yazar S, Brugge H, Oelen R, de Vries DH, van der Wijst MGP, Kasela S, Pervjakova N, Alves I, Favé MJ, Agbessi M, Christiansen MW, Jansen R, Seppälä I, Tong L, Teumer A, Schramm K, Hemani G, Verlouw J, Yaghootkar H, Sönmez Flitman R, Brown A, Kukushkina V, Kalnapenkis A, Rüeger S, Porcu E, Kronberg J, Kettunen J, Lee B, Zhang F, Qi T, Hernandez JA, Arindrarto W, Beutner F, Dmitrieva J, Elansary M, Fairfax BP, Georges M, Heijmans BT, Hewitt AW, Kähönen M, Kim Y, Knight JC, Kovacs P, Krohn K, Li S, Loeffler M, Marigorta UM, Mei H, Momozawa Y, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nauck M, Nivard MG, Penninx BWJH, Pritchard JK, Raitakari OT, Rotzschke O, Slagboom EP, Stehouwer CDA, Stumvoll M, Sullivan P, 't Hoen PAC, Thiery J, Tönjes A, van Dongen J, van Iterson M, Veldink JH, Völker U, Warmerdam R, Wijmenga C, Swertz M, Andiappan A, Montgomery GW, Ripatti S, Perola M, Kutalik Z, Dermitzakis E, Bergmann S, Frayling T, van Meurs J, Prokisch H, Ahsan H, Pierce BL, Lehtimäki T, Boomsma DI, Psaty BM, Gharib SA, Awadalla P, Milani L, Ouwehand WH, Downes K, Stegle O, Battle A, Visscher PM, Yang J, Scholz M, Powell J, Gibson G, Esko T, and Franke L
Subjects: Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Multifactorial Inheritance genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics, Transcriptome genetics, Blood Proteins genetics, Gene Expression Regulation genetics, Quantitative Trait Loci genetics
Abstract: Trait-associated genetic variants affect complex phenotypes primarily via regulatory mechanisms on the transcriptome. To investigate the genetics of gene expression, we performed cis- and trans-expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analyses using blood-derived expression from 31,684 individuals through the eQTLGen Consortium. We detected cis-eQTL for 88% of genes, and these were replicable in numerous tissues. Distal trans-eQTL (detected for 37% of 10,317 trait-associated variants tested) showed lower replication rates, partially due to low replication power and confounding by cell type composition. However, replication analyses in single-cell RNA-seq data prioritized intracellular trans-eQTL. Trans-eQTL exerted their effects via several mechanisms, primarily through regulation by transcription factors. Expression of 13% of the genes correlated with polygenic scores for 1,263 phenotypes, pinpointing potential drivers for those traits. In summary, this work represents a large eQTL resource, and its results serve as a starting point for in-depth interpretation of complex phenotypes., (© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.)
Published: 2021
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31. The impact of non-additive genetic associations on age-related complex diseases.

Author: Guindo-Martínez M, Amela R, Bonàs-Guarch S, Puiggròs M, Salvoro C, Miguel-Escalada I, Carey CE, Cole JB, Rüeger S, Atkinson E, Leong A, Sanchez F, Ramon-Cortes C, Ejarque J, Palmer DS, Kurki M, Aragam K, Florez JC, Badia RM, Mercader JM, and Torrents D
Subjects: Age Factors, Gene Frequency, Genome-Wide Association Study statistics & numerical data, Genotype, Haplotypes, Humans, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Aging, Disease genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Genome, Human genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study methods
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are not fully comprehensive, as current strategies typically test only the additive model, exclude the X chromosome, and use only one reference panel for genotype imputation. We implement an extensive GWAS strategy, GUIDANCE, which improves genotype imputation by using multiple reference panels and includes the analysis of the X chromosome and non-additive models to test for association. We apply this methodology to 62,281 subjects across 22 age-related diseases and identify 94 genome-wide associated loci, including 26 previously unreported. Moreover, we observe that 27.7% of the 94 loci are missed if we use standard imputation strategies with a single reference panel, such as HRC, and only test the additive model. Among the new findings, we identify three novel low-frequency recessive variants with odds ratios larger than 4, which need at least a three-fold larger sample size to be detected under the additive model. This study highlights the benefits of applying innovative strategies to better uncover the genetic architecture of complex diseases.
Published: 2021
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32. Author Correction: The influence of human genetic variation on Epstein-Barr virus sequence diversity.

Author: Rüeger S, Hammer C, Loetscher A, McLaren PJ, Lawless D, Naret O, Khanna N, Bernasconi E, Cavassini M, Günthard HF, Kahlert CR, Rauch A, Depledge DP, Morfopoulou S, Breuer J, Zdobnov E, and Fellay J
Published: 2021
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33. The influence of human genetic variation on Epstein-Barr virus sequence diversity.

Author: Rüeger S, Hammer C, Loetscher A, McLaren PJ, Lawless D, Naret O, Khanna N, Bernasconi E, Cavassini M, Günthard HF, Kahlert CR, Rauch A, Depledge DP, Morfopoulou S, Breuer J, Zdobnov E, and Fellay J
Subjects: Cohort Studies, Epstein-Barr Virus Infections virology, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Humans, Genetic Variation, Genome, Viral, Herpesvirus 4, Human genetics
Abstract: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is one of the most common viruses latently infecting humans. Little is known about the impact of human genetic variation on the large inter-individual differences observed in response to EBV infection. To search for a potential imprint of host genomic variation on the EBV sequence, we jointly analyzed paired viral and human genomic data from 268 HIV-coinfected individuals with CD4 + T cell count < 200/mm 3 and elevated EBV viremia. We hypothesized that the reactivated virus circulating in these patients could carry sequence variants acquired during primary EBV infection, thereby providing a snapshot of early adaptation to the pressure exerted on EBV by the individual immune response. We searched for associations between host and pathogen genetic variants, taking into account human and EBV population structure. Our analyses revealed significant associations between human and EBV sequence variation. Three polymorphic regions in the human genome were found to be associated with EBV variation: one at the amino acid level (BRLF1:p.Lys316Glu); and two at the gene level (burden testing of rare variants in BALF5 and BBRF1). Our findings confirm that jointly analyzing host and pathogen genomes can identify sites of genomic interactions, which could help dissect pathogenic mechanisms and suggest new therapeutic avenues.
Published: 2021
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34. Mendelian randomization integrating GWAS and eQTL data reveals genetic determinants of complex and clinical traits.

Author: Porcu E, Rüeger S, Lepik K, Santoni FA, Reymond A, and Kutalik Z
Subjects: Brain Diseases genetics, GTP-Binding Protein gamma Subunits, Gene Expression Profiling, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Variation, Humans, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Transcriptome, Genome-Wide Association Study, Quantitative Trait Loci
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of variants associated with complex traits, but their biological interpretation often remains unclear. Most of these variants overlap with expression QTLs, indicating their potential involvement in regulation of gene expression. Here, we propose a transcriptome-wide summary statistics-based Mendelian Randomization approach (TWMR) that uses multiple SNPs as instruments and multiple gene expression traits as exposures, simultaneously. Applied to 43 human phenotypes, it uncovers 3,913 putatively causal gene-trait associations, 36% of which have no genome-wide significant SNP nearby in previous GWAS. Using independent association summary statistics, we find that the majority of these loci were missed by GWAS due to power issues. Noteworthy among these links is educational attainment-associated BSCL2, known to carry mutations leading to a Mendelian form of encephalopathy. We also find pleiotropic causal effects suggestive of mechanistic connections. TWMR better accounts for pleiotropy and has the potential to identify biological mechanisms underlying complex traits.
Published: 2019
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35. Evaluation and application of summary statistic imputation to discover new height-associated loci.

Author: Rüeger S, McDaid A, and Kutalik Z
Subjects: Exome genetics, Gene Frequency, Genetic Association Studies methods, Genotype, Humans, Linkage Disequilibrium, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Phenotype, Quantitative Trait Loci genetics, Reproducibility of Results, Algorithms, Biostatistics methods, Genome-Wide Association Study methods, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Abstract: As most of the heritability of complex traits is attributed to common and low frequency genetic variants, imputing them by combining genotyping chips and large sequenced reference panels is the most cost-effective approach to discover the genetic basis of these traits. Association summary statistics from genome-wide meta-analyses are available for hundreds of traits. Updating these to ever-increasing reference panels is very cumbersome as it requires reimputation of the genetic data, rerunning the association scan, and meta-analysing the results. A much more efficient method is to directly impute the summary statistics, termed as summary statistics imputation, which we improved to accommodate variable sample size across SNVs. Its performance relative to genotype imputation and practical utility has not yet been fully investigated. To this end, we compared the two approaches on real (genotyped and imputed) data from 120K samples from the UK Biobank and show that, genotype imputation boasts a 3- to 5-fold lower root-mean-square error, and better distinguishes true associations from null ones: We observed the largest differences in power for variants with low minor allele frequency and low imputation quality. For fixed false positive rates of 0.001, 0.01, 0.05, using summary statistics imputation yielded a decrease in statistical power by 9, 43 and 35%, respectively. To test its capacity to discover novel associations, we applied summary statistics imputation to the GIANT height meta-analysis summary statistics covering HapMap variants, and identified 34 novel loci, 19 of which replicated using data in the UK Biobank. Additionally, we successfully replicated 55 out of the 111 variants published in an exome chip study. Our study demonstrates that summary statistics imputation is a very efficient and cost-effective way to identify and fine-map trait-associated loci. Moreover, the ability to impute summary statistics is important for follow-up analyses, such as Mendelian randomisation or LD-score regression., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Published: 2018
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36. A systematic review and meta-analysis of HCV clearance.

Author: Gauthiez E, Habfast-Robertson I, Rüeger S, Kutalik Z, Aubert V, Berg T, Cerny A, Gorgievski M, George J, Heim MH, Malinverni R, Moradpour D, Müllhaupt B, Negro F, Semela D, Semmo N, Villard J, Bibert S, and Bochud PY
Subjects: Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, Genotype, Hepacivirus drug effects, Hepacivirus genetics, Hepatitis C diagnosis, Hepatitis C drug therapy, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Humans, Odds Ratio, Phenotype, Sustained Virologic Response, Treatment Outcome, HLA Antigens genetics, Hepacivirus pathogenicity, Hepatitis C genetics, Hepatitis C virology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Receptors, KIR genetics
Abstract: While hepatitis C exemplifies the role of host genetics in infectious diseases outcomes, there is no comprehensive overview of polymorphisms influencing spontaneous and/or treatment-induced hepatitis C virus clearance. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of host polymorphisms associated with these phenotypes. Literature search was conducted using combinations of keywords in three databases. Studies were reviewed and relevant data systematically extracted for subsequent meta-analyses. Polymorphisms from candidate gene studies were tested in two cohorts of HCV-infected patients with available genomic data. The literature search yielded 8'294 citations, among which 262 studies were selected. In the meta-analysis of 27 HLA studies, the most significant associations with spontaneous hepatitis C virus clearance included DQB1*02, DQB1*03, DRB1*04 and DRB1*11. In the meta-analysis of 16 studies of KIR genes and their HLA-ligands, KIR2DS3 was associated with both spontaneous and treatment-induced clearance, and the HLA-C2 ligand with failure to spontaneously clear the virus. In a pooled analysis of 105 candidate genes and two genome-wide association studies, we observed associations of single nucleotide polymorphisms from nine genes (EIF2AK2, IFNAR2, ITPA, MBL2, MX1, OASL, SPP1, TGFB1, TNK2) with response to interferon-based therapy. Meta-analysis of 141 studies confirmed the association of IFNL3/4 polymorphisms with spontaneous and treatment-induced hepatitis C virus clearance, even in previously underpowered groups, such as hepatitis C virus genotypes 2/3-infected patients. This study may contribute to a better understanding of hepatitis C virus immunopathogenesis and highlights the complex role of host genetics in hepatitis C virus clearance., (© 2017 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Published: 2017
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37. CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits.

Author: Macé A, Tuke MA, Deelen P, Kristiansson K, Mattsson H, Nõukas M, Sapkota Y, Schick U, Porcu E, Rüeger S, McDaid AF, Porteous D, Winkler TW, Salvi E, Shrine N, Liu X, Ang WQ, Zhang W, Feitosa MF, Venturini C, van der Most PJ, Rosengren A, Wood AR, Beaumont RN, Jones SE, Ruth KS, Yaghootkar H, Tyrrell J, Havulinna AS, Boers H, Mägi R, Kriebel J, Müller-Nurasyid M, Perola M, Nieminen M, Lokki ML, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Geller F, Lahti J, Palotie A, Koponen P, Lundqvist A, Rissanen H, Bottinger EP, Afaq S, Wojczynski MK, Lenzini P, Nolte IM, Sparsø T, Schupf N, Christensen K, Perls TT, Newman AB, Werge T, Snieder H, Spector TD, Chambers JC, Koskinen S, Melbye M, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Tobin MD, Wain LV, Sinisalo J, Peters A, Meitinger T, Martin NG, Wray NR, Montgomery GW, Medland SE, Swertz MA, Vartiainen E, Borodulin K, Männistö S, Murray A, Bochud M, Jacquemont S, Rivadeneira F, Hansen TF, Oldehinkel AJ, Mangino M, Province MA, Deloukas P, Kooner JS, Freathy RM, Pennell C, Feenstra B, Strachan DP, Lettre G, Hirschhorn J, Cusi D, Heid IM, Hayward C, Männik K, Beckmann JS, Loos RJF, Nyholt DR, Metspalu A, Eriksson JG, Weedon MN, Salomaa V, Franke L, Reymond A, Frayling TM, and Kutalik Z
Subjects: Anthropometry, Body Mass Index, Body Size genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16 genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18 genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 genetics, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 genetics, DNA Copy Number Variations, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Phenotype, Waist-Hip Ratio, Body Height genetics, Body Weight genetics, White People genetics
Abstract: There are few examples of robust associations between rare copy number variants (CNVs) and complex continuous human traits. Here we present a large-scale CNV association meta-analysis on anthropometric traits in up to 191,161 adult samples from 26 cohorts. The study reveals five CNV associations at 1q21.1, 3q29, 7q11.23, 11p14.2, and 18q21.32 and confirms two known loci at 16p11.2 and 22q11.21, implicating at least one anthropometric trait. The discovered CNVs are recurrent and rare (0.01-0.2%), with large effects on height (>2.4 cm), weight (>5 kg), and body mass index (BMI) (>3.5 kg/m 2 ). Burden analysis shows a 0.41 cm decrease in height, a 0.003 increase in waist-to-hip ratio and increase in BMI by 0.14 kg/m 2 for each Mb of total deletion burden (P = 2.5 × 10 -10 , 6.0 × 10 -5 , and 2.9 × 10 -3 ). Our study provides evidence that the same genes (e.g., MC4R, FIBIN, and FMO5) harbor both common and rare variants affecting body size and that anthropometric traits share genetic loci with developmental and psychiatric disorders.Individual SNPs have small effects on anthropometric traits, yet the impact of CNVs has remained largely unknown. Here, Kutalik and co-workers perform a large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of structural variation and find rare CNVs associated with height, weight and BMI with large effect sizes.
Published: 2017
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38. Bayesian association scan reveals loci associated with human lifespan and linked biomarkers.

Author: McDaid AF, Joshi PK, Porcu E, Komljenovic A, Li H, Sorrentino V, Litovchenko M, Bevers RPJ, Rüeger S, Reymond A, Bochud M, Deplancke B, Williams RW, Robinson-Rechavi M, Paccaud F, Rousson V, Auwerx J, Wilson JF, and Kutalik Z
Subjects: Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Arylsulfotransferase genetics, Bayes Theorem, Biomarkers analysis, Disease genetics, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Male, Nerve Tissue Proteins genetics, RNA-Binding Proteins genetics, Receptors, Nicotinic genetics, United Kingdom, White People genetics, Longevity genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Abstract: The enormous variation in human lifespan is in part due to a myriad of sequence variants, only a few of which have been revealed to date. Since many life-shortening events are related to diseases, we developed a Mendelian randomization-based method combining 58 disease-related GWA studies to derive longevity priors for all HapMap SNPs. A Bayesian association scan, informed by these priors, for parental age of death in the UK Biobank study (n=116,279) revealed 16 independent SNPs with significant Bayes factor at a 5% false discovery rate (FDR). Eleven of them replicate (5% FDR) in five independent longevity studies combined; all but three are depleted of the life-shortening alleles in older Biobank participants. Further analysis revealed that brain expression levels of nearby genes (RBM6, SULT1A1 and CHRNA5) might be causally implicated in longevity. Gene expression and caloric restriction experiments in model organisms confirm the conserved role for RBM6 and SULT1A1 in modulating lifespan.
Published: 2017
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39. Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height.

Author: Marouli E, Graff M, Medina-Gomez C, Lo KS, Wood AR, Kjaer TR, Fine RS, Lu Y, Schurmann C, Highland HM, Rüeger S, Thorleifsson G, Justice AE, Lamparter D, Stirrups KE, Turcot V, Young KL, Winkler TW, Esko T, Karaderi T, Locke AE, Masca NG, Ng MC, Mudgal P, Rivas MA, Vedantam S, Mahajan A, Guo X, Abecasis G, Aben KK, Adair LS, Alam DS, Albrecht E, Allin KH, Allison M, Amouyel P, Appel EV, Arveiler D, Asselbergs FW, Auer PL, Balkau B, Banas B, Bang LE, Benn M, Bergmann S, Bielak LF, Blüher M, Boeing H, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Bonnycastle LL, Bork-Jensen J, Bots ML, Bottinger EP, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Breen G, Brilliant MH, Broer L, Burt AA, Butterworth AS, Carey DJ, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chasman DI, Chen YI, Chowdhury R, Christensen C, Chu AY, Cocca M, Collins FS, Cook JP, Corley J, Galbany JC, Cox AJ, Cuellar-Partida G, Danesh J, Davies G, de Bakker PI, de Borst GJ, de Denus S, de Groot MC, de Mutsert R, Deary IJ, Dedoussis G, Demerath EW, den Hollander AI, Dennis JG, Di Angelantonio E, Drenos F, Du M, Dunning AM, Easton DF, Ebeling T, Edwards TL, Ellinor PT, Elliott P, Evangelou E, Farmaki AE, Faul JD, Feitosa MF, Feng S, Ferrannini E, Ferrario MM, Ferrieres J, Florez JC, Ford I, Fornage M, Franks PW, Frikke-Schmidt R, Galesloot TE, Gan W, Gandin I, Gasparini P, Giedraitis V, Giri A, Girotto G, Gordon SD, Gordon-Larsen P, Gorski M, Grarup N, Grove ML, Gudnason V, Gustafsson S, Hansen T, Harris KM, Harris TB, Hattersley AT, Hayward C, He L, Heid IM, Heikkilä K, Helgeland Ø, Hernesniemi J, Hewitt AW, Hocking LJ, Hollensted M, Holmen OL, Hovingh GK, Howson JM, Hoyng CB, Huang PL, Hveem K, Ikram MA, Ingelsson E, Jackson AU, Jansson JH, Jarvik GP, Jensen GB, Jhun MA, Jia Y, Jiang X, Johansson S, Jørgensen ME, Jørgensen T, Jousilahti P, Jukema JW, Kahali B, Kahn RS, Kähönen M, Kamstrup PR, Kanoni S, Kaprio J, Karaleftheri M, Kardia SL, Karpe F, Kee F, Keeman R, Kiemeney LA, Kitajima H, Kluivers KB, Kocher T, Komulainen P, Kontto J, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Kovacs P, Kriebel J, Kuivaniemi H, Küry S, Kuusisto J, La Bianca M, Laakso M, Lakka TA, Lange EM, Lange LA, Langefeld CD, Langenberg C, Larson EB, Lee IT, Lehtimäki T, Lewis CE, Li H, Li J, Li-Gao R, Lin H, Lin LA, Lin X, Lind L, Lindström J, Linneberg A, Liu Y, Liu Y, Lophatananon A, Luan J, Lubitz SA, Lyytikäinen LP, Mackey DA, Madden PA, Manning AK, Männistö S, Marenne G, Marten J, Martin NG, Mazul AL, Meidtner K, Metspalu A, Mitchell P, Mohlke KL, Mook-Kanamori DO, Morgan A, Morris AD, Morris AP, Müller-Nurasyid M, Munroe PB, Nalls MA, Nauck M, Nelson CP, Neville M, Nielsen SF, Nikus K, Njølstad PR, Nordestgaard BG, Ntalla I, O'Connel JR, Oksa H, Loohuis LM, Ophoff RA, Owen KR, Packard CJ, Padmanabhan S, Palmer CN, Pasterkamp G, Patel AP, Pattie A, Pedersen O, Peissig PL, Peloso GM, Pennell CE, Perola M, Perry JA, Perry JR, Person TN, Pirie A, Polasek O, Posthuma D, Raitakari OT, Rasheed A, Rauramaa R, Reilly DF, Reiner AP, Renström F, Ridker PM, Rioux JD, Robertson N, Robino A, Rolandsson O, Rudan I, Ruth KS, Saleheen D, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Sandow K, Sapkota Y, Sattar N, Schmidt MK, Schreiner PJ, Schulze MB, Scott RA, Segura-Lepe MP, Shah S, Sim X, Sivapalaratnam S, Small KS, Smith AV, Smith JA, Southam L, Spector TD, Speliotes EK, Starr JM, Steinthorsdottir V, Stringham HM, Stumvoll M, Surendran P, 't Hart LM, Tansey KE, Tardif JC, Taylor KD, Teumer A, Thompson DJ, Thorsteinsdottir U, Thuesen BH, Tönjes A, Tromp G, Trompet S, Tsafantakis E, Tuomilehto J, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Tyrer JP, Uher R, Uitterlinden AG, Ulivi S, van der Laan SW, Van Der Leij AR, van Duijn CM, van Schoor NM, van Setten J, Varbo A, Varga TV, Varma R, Edwards DR, Vermeulen SH, Vestergaard H, Vitart V, Vogt TF, Vozzi D, Walker M, Wang F, Wang CA, Wang S, Wang Y, Wareham NJ, Warren HR, Wessel J, Willems SM, Wilson JG, Witte DR, Woods MO, Wu Y, Yaghootkar H, Yao J, Yao P, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Young R, Zeggini E, Zhan X, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhao W, Zheng H, Zhou W, Rotter JI, Boehnke M, Kathiresan S, McCarthy MI, Willer CJ, Stefansson K, Borecki IB, Liu DJ, North KE, Heard-Costa NL, Pers TH, Lindgren CM, Oxvig C, Kutalik Z, Rivadeneira F, Loos RJ, Frayling TM, Hirschhorn JN, Deloukas P, and Lettre G
Subjects: ADAMTS Proteins genetics, Adult, Alleles, Cell Adhesion Molecules genetics, Female, Genome, Human genetics, Glycoproteins genetics, Glycoproteins metabolism, Glycosaminoglycans biosynthesis, Hedgehog Proteins genetics, Humans, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins genetics, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins metabolism, Interferon Regulatory Factors genetics, Interleukin-11 Receptor alpha Subunit genetics, Male, Multifactorial Inheritance genetics, NADPH Oxidase 4, NADPH Oxidases genetics, Phenotype, Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A metabolism, Procollagen N-Endopeptidase genetics, Proteoglycans biosynthesis, Proteolysis, Receptors, Androgen genetics, Somatomedins metabolism, Body Height genetics, Gene Frequency genetics, Genetic Variation genetics
Abstract: Height is a highly heritable, classic polygenic trait with approximately 700 common associated variants identified through genome-wide association studies so far. Here, we report 83 height-associated coding variants with lower minor-allele frequencies (in the range of 0.1-4.8%) and effects of up to 2 centimetres per allele (such as those in IHH, STC2, AR and CRISPLD2), greater than ten times the average effect of common variants. In functional follow-up studies, rare height-increasing alleles of STC2 (giving an increase of 1-2 centimetres per allele) compromised proteolytic inhibition of PAPP-A and increased cleavage of IGFBP-4 in vitro, resulting in higher bioavailability of insulin-like growth factors. These 83 height-associated variants overlap genes that are mutated in monogenic growth disorders and highlight new biological candidates (such as ADAMTS3, IL11RA and NOX4) and pathways (such as proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan synthesis) involved in growth. Our results demonstrate that sufficiently large sample sizes can uncover rare and low-frequency variants of moderate-to-large effect associated with polygenic human phenotypes, and that these variants implicate relevant genes and pathways.
Published: 2017
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40. Correction: The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study.

Author: Winkler TW, Justice AE, Graff M, Barata L, Feitosa MF, Chu S, Czajkowski J, Esko T, Fall T, Kilpeläinen TO, Lu Y, Mägi R, Mihailov E, Pers TH, Rüeger S, Teumer A, Ehret GB, Ferreira T, Heard-Costa NL, Karjalainen J, Lagou V, Mahajan A, Neinast MD, Prokopenko I, Simino J, Teslovich TM, Jansen R, Westra HJ, White CC, Absher D, Ahluwalia TS, Ahmad S, Albrecht E, Alves AC, Bragg-Gresham JL, de Craen AJ, Bis JC, Bonnefond A, Boucher G, Cadby G, Cheng YC, Chiang CW, Delgado G, Demirkan A, Dueker N, Eklund N, Eiriksdottir G, Eriksson J, Feenstra B, Fischer K, Frau F, Galesloot TE, Geller F, Goel A, Gorski M, Grammer TB, Gustafsson S, Haitjema S, Hottenga JJ, Huffman JE, Jackson AU, Jacobs KB, Johansson Å, Kaakinen M, Kleber ME, Lahti J, Mateo Leach I, Lehne B, Liu Y, Lo KS, Lorentzon M, Luan J, Madden PA, Mangino M, McKnight B, Medina-Gomez C, Monda KL, Montasser ME, Müller G, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nolte IM, Panoutsopoulou K, Pascoe L, Paternoster L, Rayner NW, Renström F, Rizzi F, Rose LM, Ryan KA, Salo P, Sanna S, Scharnagl H, Shi J, Smith AV, Southam L, Stančáková A, Steinthorsdottir V, Strawbridge RJ, Sung YJ, Tachmazidou I, Tanaka T, Thorleifsson G, Trompet S, Pervjakova N, Tyrer JP, Vandenput L, van der Laan SW, van der Velde N, van Setten J, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Verweij N, Vlachopoulou E, Waite LL, Wang SR, Wang Z, Wild SH, Willenborg C, Wilson JF, Wong A, Yang J, Yengo L, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Yu L, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Andersson EA, Bakker SJ, Baldassarre D, Banasik K, Barcella M, Barlassina C, Bellis C, Benaglio P, Blangero J, Blüher M, Bonnet F, Bonnycastle LL, Boyd HA, Bruinenberg M, Buchman AS, Campbell H, Chen YI, Chines PS, Claudi-Boehm S, Cole J, Collins FS, de Geus EJ, de Groot LC, Dimitriou M, Duan J, Enroth S, Eury E, Farmaki AE, Forouhi NG, Friedrich N, Gejman PV, Gigante B, Glorioso N, Go AS, Gottesman O, Gräßler J, Grallert H, Grarup N, Gu YM, Broer L, Ham AC, Hansen T, Harris TB, Hartman CA, Hassinen M, Hastie N, Hattersley AT, Heath AC, Henders AK, Hernandez D, Hillege H, Holmen O, Hovingh KG, Hui J, Husemoen LL, Hutri-Kähönen N, Hysi PG, Illig T, De Jager PL, Jalilzadeh S, Jørgensen T, Jukema JW, Juonala M, Kanoni S, Karaleftheri M, Khaw KT, Kinnunen L, Kittner SJ, Koenig W, Kolcic I, Kovacs P, Krarup NT, Kratzer W, Krüger J, Kuh D, Kumari M, Kyriakou T, Langenberg C, Lannfelt L, Lanzani C, Lotay V, Launer LJ, Leander K, Lindström J, Linneberg A, Liu YP, Lobbens S, Luben R, Lyssenko V, Männistö S, Magnusson PK, McArdle WL, Menni C, Merger S, Milani L, Montgomery GW, Morris AP, Narisu N, Nelis M, Ong KK, Palotie A, Pérusse L, Pichler I, Pilia MG, Pouta A, Rheinberger M, Ribel-Madsen R, Richards M, Rice KM, Rice TK, Rivolta C, Salomaa V, Sanders AR, Sarzynski MA, Scholtens S, Scott RA, Scott WR, Sebert S, Sengupta S, Sennblad B, Seufferlein T, Silveira A, Slagboom PE, Smit JH, Sparsø TH, Stirrups K, Stolk RP, Stringham HM, Swertz MA, Swift AJ, Syvänen AC, Tan ST, Thorand B, Tönjes A, Tremblay A, Tsafantakis E, van der Most PJ, Völker U, Vohl MC, Vonk JM, Waldenberger M, Walker RW, Wennauer R, Widén E, Willemsen G, Wilsgaard T, Wright AF, Zillikens MC, van Dijk SC, van Schoor NM, Asselbergs FW, de Bakker PI, Beckmann JS, Beilby J, Bennett DA, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Böger CA, Boehm BO, Boerwinkle E, Boomsma DI, Bornstein SR, Bottinger EP, Bouchard C, Chambers JC, Chanock SJ, Chasman DI, Cucca F, Cusi D, Dedoussis G, Erdmann J, Eriksson JG, Evans DA, de Faire U, Farrall M, Ferrucci L, Ford I, Franke L, Franks PW, Froguel P, Gansevoort RT, Gieger C, Grönberg H, Gudnason V, Gyllensten U, Hall P, Hamsten A, van der Harst P, Hayward C, Heliövaara M, Hengstenberg C, Hicks AA, Hingorani A, Hofman A, Hu F, Huikuri HV, Hveem K, James AL, Jordan JM, Jula A, Kähönen M, Kajantie E, Kathiresan S, Kiemeney LA, Kivimaki M, Knekt PB, Koistinen HA, Kooner JS, Koskinen S, Kuusisto J, Maerz W, Martin NG, Laakso M, Lakka TA, Lehtimäki T, Lettre G, Levinson DF, Lind L, Lokki ML, Mäntyselkä P, Melbye M, Metspalu A, Mitchell BD, Moll FL, Murray JC, Musk AW, Nieminen MS, Njølstad I, Ohlsson C, Oldehinkel AJ, Oostra BA, Palmer LJ, Pankow JS, Pasterkamp G, Pedersen NL, Pedersen O, Penninx BW, Perola M, Peters A, Polašek O, Pramstaller PP, Psaty BM, Qi L, Quertermous T, Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rauramaa R, Ridker PM, Rioux JD, Rivadeneira F, Rotter JI, Rudan I, den Ruijter HM, Saltevo J, Sattar N, Schunkert H, Schwarz PE, Shuldiner AR, Sinisalo J, Snieder H, Sørensen TI, Spector TD, Staessen JA, Stefania B, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stumvoll M, Tardif JC, Tremoli E, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, Verbeek AL, Vermeulen SH, Viikari JS, Vitart V, Völzke H, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Walker M, Wallaschofski H, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Zeggini E, Chakravarti A, Clegg DJ, Cupples LA, Gordon-Larsen P, Jaquish CE, Rao DC, Abecasis GR, Assimes TL, Barroso I, Berndt SI, Boehnke M, Deloukas P, Fox CS, Groop LC, Hunter DJ, Ingelsson E, Kaplan RC, McCarthy MI, Mohlke KL, O'Connell JR, Schlessinger D, Strachan DP, Stefansson K, van Duijn CM, Hirschhorn JN, Lindgren CM, Heid IM, North KE, Borecki IB, Kutalik Z, and Loos RJ
Abstract: [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005378.].
Published: 2016
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41. Reply to Cunha et al.

Author: Wójtowicz A, Lecompte TD, Bibert S, Manuel O, Rüeger S, Berger C, Boggian K, Cusini A, Garzoni C, Khanna N, Mueller NJ, Meylan PR, Pascual M, van Delden C, and Bochud PY
Subjects: Female, Humans, Male, C-Reactive Protein genetics, Fungi isolation & purification, Immunocompromised Host, Mycoses genetics, Mycoses immunology, Organ Transplantation adverse effects, Polymorphism, Genetic, Serum Amyloid P-Component genetics
Published: 2015
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42. The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study.

Author: Winkler TW, Justice AE, Graff M, Barata L, Feitosa MF, Chu S, Czajkowski J, Esko T, Fall T, Kilpeläinen TO, Lu Y, Mägi R, Mihailov E, Pers TH, Rüeger S, Teumer A, Ehret GB, Ferreira T, Heard-Costa NL, Karjalainen J, Lagou V, Mahajan A, Neinast MD, Prokopenko I, Simino J, Teslovich TM, Jansen R, Westra HJ, White CC, Absher D, Ahluwalia TS, Ahmad S, Albrecht E, Alves AC, Bragg-Gresham JL, de Craen AJ, Bis JC, Bonnefond A, Boucher G, Cadby G, Cheng YC, Chiang CW, Delgado G, Demirkan A, Dueker N, Eklund N, Eiriksdottir G, Eriksson J, Feenstra B, Fischer K, Frau F, Galesloot TE, Geller F, Goel A, Gorski M, Grammer TB, Gustafsson S, Haitjema S, Hottenga JJ, Huffman JE, Jackson AU, Jacobs KB, Johansson Å, Kaakinen M, Kleber ME, Lahti J, Mateo Leach I, Lehne B, Liu Y, Lo KS, Lorentzon M, Luan J, Madden PA, Mangino M, McKnight B, Medina-Gomez C, Monda KL, Montasser ME, Müller G, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nolte IM, Panoutsopoulou K, Pascoe L, Paternoster L, Rayner NW, Renström F, Rizzi F, Rose LM, Ryan KA, Salo P, Sanna S, Scharnagl H, Shi J, Smith AV, Southam L, Stančáková A, Steinthorsdottir V, Strawbridge RJ, Sung YJ, Tachmazidou I, Tanaka T, Thorleifsson G, Trompet S, Pervjakova N, Tyrer JP, Vandenput L, van der Laan SW, van der Velde N, van Setten J, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Verweij N, Vlachopoulou E, Waite LL, Wang SR, Wang Z, Wild SH, Willenborg C, Wilson JF, Wong A, Yang J, Yengo L, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Yu L, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Andersson EA, Bakker SJ, Baldassarre D, Banasik K, Barcella M, Barlassina C, Bellis C, Benaglio P, Blangero J, Blüher M, Bonnet F, Bonnycastle LL, Boyd HA, Bruinenberg M, Buchman AS, Campbell H, Chen YD, Chines PS, Claudi-Boehm S, Cole J, Collins FS, de Geus EJ, de Groot LC, Dimitriou M, Duan J, Enroth S, Eury E, Farmaki AE, Forouhi NG, Friedrich N, Gejman PV, Gigante B, Glorioso N, Go AS, Gottesman O, Gräßler J, Grallert H, Grarup N, Gu YM, Broer L, Ham AC, Hansen T, Harris TB, Hartman CA, Hassinen M, Hastie N, Hattersley AT, Heath AC, Henders AK, Hernandez D, Hillege H, Holmen O, Hovingh KG, Hui J, Husemoen LL, Hutri-Kähönen N, Hysi PG, Illig T, De Jager PL, Jalilzadeh S, Jørgensen T, Jukema JW, Juonala M, Kanoni S, Karaleftheri M, Khaw KT, Kinnunen L, Kittner SJ, Koenig W, Kolcic I, Kovacs P, Krarup NT, Kratzer W, Krüger J, Kuh D, Kumari M, Kyriakou T, Langenberg C, Lannfelt L, Lanzani C, Lotay V, Launer LJ, Leander K, Lindström J, Linneberg A, Liu YP, Lobbens S, Luben R, Lyssenko V, Männistö S, Magnusson PK, McArdle WL, Menni C, Merger S, Milani L, Montgomery GW, Morris AP, Narisu N, Nelis M, Ong KK, Palotie A, Pérusse L, Pichler I, Pilia MG, Pouta A, Rheinberger M, Ribel-Madsen R, Richards M, Rice KM, Rice TK, Rivolta C, Salomaa V, Sanders AR, Sarzynski MA, Scholtens S, Scott RA, Scott WR, Sebert S, Sengupta S, Sennblad B, Seufferlein T, Silveira A, Slagboom PE, Smit JH, Sparsø TH, Stirrups K, Stolk RP, Stringham HM, Swertz MA, Swift AJ, Syvänen AC, Tan ST, Thorand B, Tönjes A, Tremblay A, Tsafantakis E, van der Most PJ, Völker U, Vohl MC, Vonk JM, Waldenberger M, Walker RW, Wennauer R, Widén E, Willemsen G, Wilsgaard T, Wright AF, Zillikens MC, van Dijk SC, van Schoor NM, Asselbergs FW, de Bakker PI, Beckmann JS, Beilby J, Bennett DA, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Böger CA, Boehm BO, Boerwinkle E, Boomsma DI, Bornstein SR, Bottinger EP, Bouchard C, Chambers JC, Chanock SJ, Chasman DI, Cucca F, Cusi D, Dedoussis G, Erdmann J, Eriksson JG, Evans DA, de Faire U, Farrall M, Ferrucci L, Ford I, Franke L, Franks PW, Froguel P, Gansevoort RT, Gieger C, Grönberg H, Gudnason V, Gyllensten U, Hall P, Hamsten A, van der Harst P, Hayward C, Heliövaara M, Hengstenberg C, Hicks AA, Hingorani A, Hofman A, Hu F, Huikuri HV, Hveem K, James AL, Jordan JM, Jula A, Kähönen M, Kajantie E, Kathiresan S, Kiemeney LA, Kivimaki M, Knekt PB, Koistinen HA, Kooner JS, Koskinen S, Kuusisto J, Maerz W, Martin NG, Laakso M, Lakka TA, Lehtimäki T, Lettre G, Levinson DF, Lind L, Lokki ML, Mäntyselkä P, Melbye M, Metspalu A, Mitchell BD, Moll FL, Murray JC, Musk AW, Nieminen MS, Njølstad I, Ohlsson C, Oldehinkel AJ, Oostra BA, Palmer LJ, Pankow JS, Pasterkamp G, Pedersen NL, Pedersen O, Penninx BW, Perola M, Peters A, Polašek O, Pramstaller PP, Psaty BM, Qi L, Quertermous T, Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rauramaa R, Ridker PM, Rioux JD, Rivadeneira F, Rotter JI, Rudan I, den Ruijter HM, Saltevo J, Sattar N, Schunkert H, Schwarz PE, Shuldiner AR, Sinisalo J, Snieder H, Sørensen TI, Spector TD, Staessen JA, Stefania B, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stumvoll M, Tardif JC, Tremoli E, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, Verbeek AL, Vermeulen SH, Viikari JS, Vitart V, Völzke H, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Walker M, Wallaschofski H, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Zeggini E, Chakravarti A, Clegg DJ, Cupples LA, Gordon-Larsen P, Jaquish CE, Rao DC, Abecasis GR, Assimes TL, Barroso I, Berndt SI, Boehnke M, Deloukas P, Fox CS, Groop LC, Hunter DJ, Ingelsson E, Kaplan RC, McCarthy MI, Mohlke KL, O'Connell JR, Schlessinger D, Strachan DP, Stefansson K, van Duijn CM, Hirschhorn JN, Lindgren CM, Heid IM, North KE, Borecki IB, Kutalik Z, and Loos RJ
Subjects: Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Chromosome Mapping, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Sex Characteristics, Waist-Hip Ratio, White People, Body Mass Index, Body Size genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 100 genetic variants contributing to BMI, a measure of body size, or waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), a measure of body shape. Body size and shape change as people grow older and these changes differ substantially between men and women. To systematically screen for age- and/or sex-specific effects of genetic variants on BMI and WHRadjBMI, we performed meta-analyses of 114 studies (up to 320,485 individuals of European descent) with genome-wide chip and/or Metabochip data by the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium. Each study tested the association of up to ~2.8M SNPs with BMI and WHRadjBMI in four strata (men ≤50y, men >50y, women ≤50y, women >50y) and summary statistics were combined in stratum-specific meta-analyses. We then screened for variants that showed age-specific effects (G x AGE), sex-specific effects (G x SEX) or age-specific effects that differed between men and women (G x AGE x SEX). For BMI, we identified 15 loci (11 previously established for main effects, four novel) that showed significant (FDR<5%) age-specific effects, of which 11 had larger effects in younger (<50y) than in older adults (≥50y). No sex-dependent effects were identified for BMI. For WHRadjBMI, we identified 44 loci (27 previously established for main effects, 17 novel) with sex-specific effects, of which 28 showed larger effects in women than in men, five showed larger effects in men than in women, and 11 showed opposite effects between sexes. No age-dependent effects were identified for WHRadjBMI. This is the first genome-wide interaction meta-analysis to report convincing evidence of age-dependent genetic effects on BMI. In addition, we confirm the sex-specificity of genetic effects on WHRadjBMI. These results may provide further insights into the biology that underlies weight change with age or the sexually dimorphism of body shape.
Published: 2015
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43. IL1B and DEFB1 Polymorphisms Increase Susceptibility to Invasive Mold Infection After Solid-Organ Transplantation.

Author: Wójtowicz A, Gresnigt MS, Lecompte T, Bibert S, Manuel O, Joosten LA, Rüeger S, Berger C, Boggian K, Cusini A, Garzoni C, Hirsch HH, Weisser M, Mueller NJ, Meylan PR, Steiger J, Kutalik Z, Pascual M, van Delden C, van de Veerdonk FL, and Bochud PY
Subjects: Adult, Aged, Cohort Studies, Female, Genetic Association Studies, Genotype, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mycoses genetics, Mycoses immunology, Mycoses microbiology, Transplant Recipients, Fungi isolation & purification, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Interleukin-1beta genetics, Mycoses epidemiology, Organ Transplantation adverse effects, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, beta-Defensins genetics
Abstract: Background: Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in immune genes have been associated with susceptibility to invasive mold infection (IMI) among hematopoietic stem cell but not solid-organ transplant (SOT) recipients., Methods: Twenty-four SNPs from systematically selected genes were genotyped among 1101 SOT recipients (715 kidney transplant recipients, 190 liver transplant recipients, 102 lung transplant recipients, 79 heart transplant recipients, and 15 recipients of other transplants) from the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study. Association between SNPs and the end point were assessed by log-rank test and Cox regression models. Cytokine production upon Aspergillus stimulation was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from healthy volunteers and correlated with relevant genotypes., Results: Mold colonization (n = 45) and proven/probable IMI (n = 26) were associated with polymorphisms in the genes encoding interleukin 1β (IL1B; rs16944; recessive mode, P = .001 for colonization and P = .00005 for IMI, by the log-rank test), interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL1RN; rs419598; P = .01 and P = .02, respectively), and β-defensin 1 (DEFB1; rs1800972; P = .001 and P = .0002, respectively). The associations with IL1B and DEFB1 remained significant in a multivariate regression model (P = .002 for IL1B rs16944; P = .01 for DEFB1 rs1800972). The presence of 2 copies of the rare allele of rs16944 or rs419598 was associated with reduced Aspergillus-induced interleukin 1β and tumor necrosis factor α secretion by PBMCs., Conclusions: Functional polymorphisms in IL1B and DEFB1 influence susceptibility to mold infection in SOT recipients. This observation may contribute to individual risk stratification., (© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
Published: 2015
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44. A new method to assess available chlorine in small volumes of liquid.

Author: Rechenberg DK, Ragnarsson KT, Rüeger S, Held L, Mohn D, and Zehnder M
Subjects: Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted methods, Indicators and Reagents, Paper, Potassium Iodide, Root Canal Irrigants administration & dosage, Sodium Hypochlorite administration & dosage, Chlorine analysis, Dental Pulp Cavity chemistry, Root Canal Irrigants analysis, Sodium Hypochlorite analysis
Abstract: Introduction: There is no robust and simple way to quantify available chlorine from small volumes such as human root canals. Therefore, a new method was developed and assessed., Methods: Standardized size-40 paper points were soaked in a 15% (w/v) potassium iodide solution for 1 minute. Subsequently, the paper points were placed in an incubator and dried at 110°C for 4 hours. The paper points (n = 5 per measurement) were then dipped in different concentrations of NaOCl and photographed under standardized conditions in RAW format. The pictures were imported to image processing software and adjusted to the standardized background. The red, green, and blue levels of the paper points were assessed at a predefined area. Inverse regression was used to determine NaOCl concentration from red, green, and blue values, with both explanatory and outcome variables log-transformed to base 10., Results: The red value measurements were chosen for further analysis based on a comparison of the coefficient of determination (R(2)) and a residual analysis. The method was applied to concentrations of NaOCl between 0.0001% and 1% (R(2) = 0.92). In this range, NaOCI concentrations could be assessed with an error not larger than 3-fold the determined concentration., Conclusions: The present method proved to be robust to determine the order of magnitude of available chlorine that is present in a small volume. This should be useful for endodontic research., (Copyright © 2014. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
Published: 2014
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45. Different prognostic value of functional right ventricular parameters in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia.

Author: Saguner AM, Vecchiati A, Baldinger SH, Rüeger S, Medeiros-Domingo A, Mueller-Burri AS, Haegeli LM, Biaggi P, Manka R, Lüscher TF, Fontaine G, Delacrétaz E, Jenni R, Held L, Brunckhorst C, Duru F, and Tanner FC
Subjects: Adult, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia complications, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia diagnostic imaging, Confidence Intervals, Death, Sudden, Cardiac epidemiology, Death, Sudden, Cardiac etiology, Disease Progression, Echocardiography, Doppler, Color, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Heart Atria diagnostic imaging, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Proportional Hazards Models, ROC Curve, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Survival Rate trends, Switzerland epidemiology, Time Factors, Ventricular Fibrillation epidemiology, Ventricular Fibrillation etiology, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia physiopathology, Heart Atria physiopathology, Risk Assessment, Ventricular Function, Right physiology
Abstract: Background: The value of standard 2-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic parameters for risk stratification in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) is controversial., Methods and Results: We investigated the impact of RV fractional area change (FAC) and tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) for the prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) defined as the occurrence of cardiac death, heart transplantation, survived sudden cardiac death, ventricular fibrillation, sustained ventricular tachycardia, or arrhythmogenic syncope. Among 70 patients who fulfilled the 2010 ARVC/D Revised Task Force Criteria and underwent baseline transthoracic echocardiography, 37 (53%) patients experienced MACE during a median follow-up period of 5.3 (interquartile range, 1.8-9.8) years. Average values for FAC, TAPSE, and TAPSE indexed to body surface area (BSA) decreased over time (P=0.03 for FAC, P=0.03 for TAPSE, and P=0.01 for TAPSE/BSA, each versus baseline). In contrast, median RV end-diastolic area increased (P=0.001 versus baseline). Based on the results of Kaplan-Meier estimates, the time between baseline transthoracic echocardiography and experiencing MACE was significantly shorter for patients with FAC <23% (P<0.001), TAPSE <17 mm (P=0.02), or right atrial short axis/BSA ≥25 mm/m(2) (P=0.04) at baseline. A reduced FAC constituted the strongest predictor of MACE (hazard ratio, 1.08 per 1% decrease; 95% confidence interval, 1.04-1.12; P<0.001) on bivariable analysis., Conclusions: This long-term observational study indicates that TAPSE and dilation of right-sided cardiac chambers are associated with an increased risk for MACE in patients with ARVC/D with advanced disease and a high risk for adverse events. However, FAC is the strongest echocardiographic predictor of adverse outcome in these patients. Our data advocate a role for transthoracic echocardiography in risk stratification in patients with ARVC/D, although our results may not be generalizable to lower-risk ARVC/D cohorts.
Published: 2014
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46. Usefulness of inducible ventricular tachycardia to predict long-term adverse outcomes in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

Author: Saguner AM, Medeiros-Domingo A, Schwyzer MA, On CJ, Haegeli LM, Wolber T, Hürlimann D, Steffel J, Krasniqi N, Rüeger S, Held L, Lüscher TF, Brunckhorst C, and Duru F
Subjects: Adult, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia complications, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia epidemiology, Death, Sudden, Cardiac epidemiology, Disease-Free Survival, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Predictive Value of Tests, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Switzerland epidemiology, Tachycardia, Ventricular etiology, Tachycardia, Ventricular physiopathology, Time Factors, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia diagnosis, Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac, Tachycardia, Ventricular diagnosis
Abstract: The role of the electrophysiologic (EP) study for risk stratification in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is controversial. We investigated the role of inducible sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (SMVT) for the prediction of an adverse outcome (AO), defined as the occurrence of cardiac death, heart transplantation, sudden cardiac death, ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia with hemodynamic compromise or syncope. Of 62 patients who fulfilled the 2010 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Task Force criteria and underwent an EP study, 30 (48%) experienced an adverse outcome during a median follow-up of 9.8 years. SMVT was inducible in 34 patients (55%), 22 (65%) of whom had an adverse outcome. In contrast, in 28 patients without inducible SMVT, 8 (29%) had an adverse outcome. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed an event-free survival benefit for patients without inducible SMVT (log-rank p = 0.008) with a cumulative survival free of an adverse outcome of 72% (95% confidence interval [CI] 56% to 92%) in the group without inducible SMVT compared to 26% (95% CI 14% to 50%) in the other group after 10 years. The inducibility of SMVT during the EP study (hazard ratio [HR] 2.99, 95% CI 1.23 to 7.27), nonadherence (HR 2.74, 95% CI 1.3 to 5.77), and heart failure New York Heart Association functional class II and III (HR 2.25, 95% CI 1.04 to 4.87) were associated with an adverse outcome on univariate Cox regression analysis. The inducibility of SMVT (HR 2.52, 95% CI 1.03 to 6.16, p = 0.043) and nonadherence (HR 2.34, 95% CI 1.1 to 4.99, p = 0.028) remained as significant predictors on multivariate analysis. This long-term observational data suggest that SMVT inducibility during EP study might predict an adverse outcome in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, advocating a role for EP study in risk stratification., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Published: 2013
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