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1. Model Predictive Control Design for Unlocking the Energy Flexibility of Heat Pump and Thermal Energy Storage Systems

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Tang, Weihong, Li, Yun, Walker, Shalika, and Keviczky, Tamas

Subjects
Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control
Abstract

Heat pump and thermal energy storage (HPTES) systems, which are widely utilized in modern buildings for providing domestic hot water, contribute to a large share of household electricity consumption. With the increasing integration of renewable energy sources (RES) into modern power grids, demand-side management (DSM) becomes crucial for balancing power generation and consumption by adjusting end users' power consumption. This paper explores an energy flexible Model Predictive Control (MPC) design for a class of HPTES systems to facilitate demand-side management. The proposed DSM strategy comprises two key components: i) flexibility assessment, and ii) flexibility exploitation. Firstly, for flexibility assessment, a tailored MPC formulation, supplemented by a set of auxiliary linear constraints, is developed to quantitatively assess the flexibility potential inherent in HPTES systems. Subsequently, in flexibility exploitation, the energy flexibility is effectively harnessed in response to feasible demand response (DR) requests, which can be formulated as a standard mixed-integer MPC problem. Numerical experiments, based on a real-world HPTES installation, are conducted to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed design., Comment: submitted to The 8th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA) 2024, 7 pages

Published
2024

2. Development, characterization, and replication of proteomic aging clocks: Analysis of 2 population-based cohorts

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Wang, Shuo, Rao, Zexi, Cao, Rui, Blaes, Anne H, Coresh, Josef, Deo, Rajat, Dubin, Ruth, Joshu, Corinne E, Lehallier, Benoit, Lutsey, Pamela L, Pankow, James S, Post, Wendy S, Rotter, Jerome I, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Tang, Weihong, Thyagarajan, Bharat, Walker, Keenan A, Ganz, Peter, Platz, Elizabeth A, Guan, Weihua, and Prizment, Anna

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Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Aging, Cardiovascular, Atherosclerosis, Minority Health, 2.4 Surveillance and distribution, Good Health and Well Being, Humans, Middle Aged, Aged, Proteomics, Female, Male, Aged, 80 and over, Cohort Studies, Cardiovascular Diseases, Risk Factors, Medical and Health Sciences, General & Internal Medicine, Biomedical and clinical sciences, Health sciences
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BackgroundBiological age may be estimated by proteomic aging clocks (PACs). Previous published PACs were constructed either in smaller studies or mainly in white individuals, and they used proteomic measures from only one-time point. In this study, we created de novo PACs and compared their performance to published PACs at 2 different time points in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study of white and black participants (around 75% white and 25% black).Medthods and findingsA total of 4,712 plasma proteins were measured using SomaScan in blood samples collected in 1990 to 1992 from 11,761 midlife participants (aged 46 to 70 years) and in 2011 to 2013 from 5,183 late-life participants (aged 66 to 90 years). The de novo ARIC PACs were constructed by training them against chronological age using elastic net regression in two-thirds of healthy participants in midlife and late life and validated in the remaining one-third of healthy participants at the corresponding time point. We also computed 3 published PACs. We estimated age acceleration for each PAC as residuals after regressing each PAC on chronological age. We also calculated the change in age acceleration from midlife to late life. We examined the associations of age acceleration and change in age acceleration with mortality through 2019 from all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and lower respiratory disease (LRD) using Cox proportional hazards regression in participants (irrespective of health) after excluding the training set. The model was adjusted for chronological age, smoking, body mass index (BMI), and other confounders. We externally validated the midlife PAC using the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Exam 1 data. The ARIC PACs had a slightly stronger correlation with chronological age than published PACs in healthy participants at each time point. Associations with mortality were similar for the ARIC PACs and published PACs. For late-life and midlife age acceleration for the ARIC PACs, respectively, hazard ratios (HRs) per 1 standard deviation were 1.65 and 1.38 (both p < 0.001) for all-cause mortality, 1.37 and 1.20 (both p < 0.001) for CVD mortality, 1.21 (p = 0.028) and 1.04 (p = 0.280) for cancer mortality, and 1.68 and 1.36 (both p < 0.001) for LRD mortality. For the change in age acceleration, HRs for all-cause, CVD, and LRD mortality were comparable to the HRs for late-life age acceleration. The association between the change in age acceleration and cancer mortality was not significant. The external validation of the midlife PAC in MESA showed significant associations with mortality, as observed for midlife participants in ARIC. The main limitation is that our PACs were constructed in midlife and late-life participants. It is unknown whether these PACs could be applied to young individuals.ConclusionsIn this longitudinal study, we found that the ARIC PACs and published PACs were similarly associated with an increased risk of mortality. These findings suggested that PACs show promise as biomarkers of biological age. PACs may be serve as tools to predict mortality and evaluate the effect of anti-aging lifestyle and therapeutic interventions.

Published
2024

4. Rare genetic variants explain missing heritability in smoking.

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Jang, Seon-Kyeong, Evans, Luke, Fialkowski, Allison, Arnett, Donna K, Ashley-Koch, Allison E, Barnes, Kathleen C, Becker, Diane M, Bis, Joshua C, Blangero, John, Bleecker, Eugene R, Boorgula, Meher Preethi, Bowden, Donald W, Brody, Jennifer A, Cade, Brian E, Jenkins, Brenda W Campbell, Carson, April P, Chavan, Sameer, Cupples, L Adrienne, Custer, Brian, Damrauer, Scott M, David, Sean P, de Andrade, Mariza, Dinardo, Carla L, Fingerlin, Tasha E, Fornage, Myriam, Freedman, Barry I, Garrett, Melanie E, Gharib, Sina A, Glahn, David C, Haessler, Jeffrey, Heckbert, Susan R, Hokanson, John E, Hou, Lifang, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Hyman, Matthew C, Judy, Renae, Justice, Anne E, Kaplan, Robert C, Kardia, Sharon LR, Kelly, Shannon, Kim, Wonji, Kooperberg, Charles, Levy, Daniel, Lloyd-Jones, Donald M, Loos, Ruth JF, Manichaikul, Ani W, Gladwin, Mark T, Martin, Lisa Warsinger, Nouraie, Mehdi, Melander, Olle, Meyers, Deborah A, Montgomery, Courtney G, North, Kari E, Oelsner, Elizabeth C, Palmer, Nicholette D, Payton, Marinelle, Peljto, Anna L, Peyser, Patricia A, Preuss, Michael, Psaty, Bruce M, Qiao, Dandi, Rader, Daniel J, Rafaels, Nicholas, Redline, Susan, Reed, Robert M, Reiner, Alexander P, Rich, Stephen S, Rotter, Jerome I, Schwartz, David A, Shadyab, Aladdin H, Silverman, Edwin K, Smith, Nicholas L, Smith, J Gustav, Smith, Albert V, Smith, Jennifer A, Tang, Weihong, Taylor, Kent D, Telen, Marilyn J, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Gordeuk, Victor R, Wang, Zhe, Wiggins, Kerri L, Yanek, Lisa R, Yang, Ivana V, Young, Kendra A, Young, Kristin L, Zhang, Yingze, Liu, Dajiang J, Keller, Matthew C, and Vrieze, Scott

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Smoking, Gene Frequency, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genome-Wide Association Study, Tobacco, Genetics, Tobacco Smoke and Health, Human Genome, Cancer
Abstract

Common genetic variants explain less variation in complex phenotypes than inferred from family-based studies, and there is a debate on the source of this 'missing heritability'. We investigated the contribution of rare genetic variants to tobacco use with whole-genome sequences from up to 26,257 unrelated individuals of European ancestries and 11,743 individuals of African ancestries. Across four smoking traits, single-nucleotide-polymorphism-based heritability ([Formula: see text]) was estimated from 0.13 to 0.28 (s.e., 0.10-0.13) in European ancestries, with 35-74% of it attributable to rare variants with minor allele frequencies between 0.01% and 1%. These heritability estimates are 1.5-4 times higher than past estimates based on common variants alone and accounted for 60% to 100% of our pedigree-based estimates of narrow-sense heritability ([Formula: see text], 0.18-0.34). In the African ancestry samples, [Formula: see text] was estimated from 0.03 to 0.33 (s.e., 0.09-0.14) across the four smoking traits. These results suggest that rare variants are important contributors to the heritability of smoking.

Published
2022

5. Function of the S1P pathway in hypoxia-induced cardiovascular failure

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Zhou Fangping and Tang Weihong

Subjects
sphingosine-1-phosphate, hypoxia, vascular failure, heart failure, atherosclerosis, sleep-disordered breathing, Medicine
Abstract

Background: Vascular failure (VF) and heart failure (HF) are extremely harmful and are the primary causes of hypoxia. Our previous results have shown that the sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) pathway was involved in regulating intermittent hypoxia–induced vascular defection, but the clinical role and molecular mechanism of the S1P pathway remain unclear.

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2024
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6. Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies risk loci for abdominal aortic aneurysm and highlights PCSK9 as a therapeutic target

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Roychowdhury, Tanmoy, Klarin, Derek, Levin, Michael G., Spin, Joshua M., Rhee, Yae Hyun, Deng, Alicia, Headley, Colwyn A., Tsao, Noah L., Gellatly, Corry, Zuber, Verena, Shen, Fred, Hornsby, Whitney E., Laursen, Ina Holst, Verma, Shefali S., Locke, Adam E., Einarsson, Gudmundur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Graham, Sarah E., Dikilitas, Ozan, Pattee, Jack W., Judy, Renae L., Pauls-Verges, Ferran, Nielsen, Jonas B., Wolford, Brooke N., Brumpton, Ben M., Dilmé, Jaume, Peypoch, Olga, Juscafresa, Laura Calsina, Edwards, Todd L., Li, Dadong, Banasik, Karina, Brunak, Søren, Jacobsen, Rikke L., Garcia-Barrio, Minerva T., Zhang, Jifeng, Rasmussen, Lars M., Lee, Regent, Handa, Ashok, Wanhainen, Anders, Mani, Kevin, Lindholt, Jes S., Obel, Lasse M., Strauss, Ewa, Oszkinis, Grzegorz, Nelson, Christopher P., Saxby, Katie L., van Herwaarden, Joost A., van der Laan, Sander W., van Setten, Jessica, Camacho, Mercedes, Davis, Frank M., Wasikowski, Rachael, Tsoi, Lam C., Gudjonsson, Johann E., Eliason, Jonathan L., Coleman, Dawn M., Henke, Peter K., Ganesh, Santhi K., Chen, Y. Eugene, Guan, Weihua, Pankow, James S., Pankratz, Nathan, Pedersen, Ole B., Erikstrup, Christian, Tang, Weihong, Hveem, Kristian, Gudbjartsson, Daniel, Gretarsdottir, Solveig, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Holm, Hilma, Stefansson, Kari, Ferreira, Manuel A., Baras, Aris, Kullo, Iftikhar J., Ritchie, Marylyn D., Christensen, Alex H., Iversen, Kasper K., Eldrup, Nikolaj, Sillesen, Henrik, Ostrowski, Sisse R., Bundgaard, Henning, Ullum, Henrik, Burgess, Stephen, Gill, Dipender, Gallagher, Katherine, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Surakka, Ida, Jones, Gregory T., Bown, Matthew J., Tsao, Philip S., Willer, Cristen J., and Damrauer, Scott M.

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2023
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7. Multi‐phenotype analyses of hemostatic traits with cardiovascular events reveal novel genetic associations

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Temprano‐Sagrera, Gerard, Sitlani, Colleen M, Bone, William P, Martin‐Bornez, Miguel, Voight, Benjamin F, Morrison, Alanna C, Damrauer, Scott M, de Vries, Paul S, Smith, Nicholas L, Sabater‐Lleal, Maria, Dehghan, Abbas, Heath, Adam S, Reiner, Alex P, Johnson, Andrew, Richmond, Anne, Peters, Annette, van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid, McKnight, Barbara, Psaty, Bruce M, Hayward, Caroline, Ward‐Caviness, Cavin, O’Donnell, Christopher, Chasman, Daniel, Strachan, David P, Tregouet, David A, Mook‐Kanamori, Dennis, Gill, Dipender, Thibord, Florian, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Leebeek, Frank WG, Rosendaal, Frits R, Davies, Gail, Homuth, Georg, Temprano, Gerard, Campbell, Harry, Taylor, Herman A, Bressler, Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E, Rotter, Jerome I, Yao, Jie, Wilson, James F, Bis, Joshua C, Hahn, Julie M, Desch, Karl C, Wiggins, Kerri L, Raffield, Laura M, Bielak, Lawrence F, Yanek, Lisa R, Kleber, Marcus E, Mueller, Martina, Kavousi, Maryam, Mangino, Massimo, Liu, Melissa, Brown, Michael R, Conomos, Matthew P, Jhun, Min‐A, Chen, Ming‐Huei, de Maat, Moniek PM, Pankratz, Nathan, Peyser, Patricia A, Elliot, Paul, Wei, Peng, Wild, Philipp S, Morange, Pierre E, van der Harst, Pim, Yang, Qiong, Le, Ngoc‐Quynh, Marioni, Riccardo, Li, Ruifang, Cox, Simon R, Trompet, Stella, Felix, Stephan B, Völker, Uwe, Tang, Weihong, Koenig, Wolfgang, Jukema, J Wouter, Guo, Xiuqing, Lindstrom, Sara, Wang, Lu, Smith, Erin N, Gordon, William, de Andrade, Mariza, Brody, Jennifer A, Pattee, Jack W, Haessler, Jeffrey, Brumpton, Ben M, Chasman, Daniel I, Suchon, Pierre, Turman, Constance, Germain, Marine, MacDonald, James, and Braekkan, Sigrid K

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Genetics, Biotechnology, Human Genome, Atherosclerosis, Prevention, Cardiovascular, Hematology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Cardiovascular Diseases, Factor XI, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Hemostasis, Hemostatics, Humans, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Tissue Plasminogen Activator, blood coagulation, cardiovascular diseases, genetic pleiotropy, genome-wide association study, hemostasis, Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular System & Hematology
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BackgroundMulti-phenotype analysis of genetically correlated phenotypes can increase the statistical power to detect loci associated with multiple traits, leading to the discovery of novel loci. This is the first study to date to comprehensively analyze the shared genetic effects within different hemostatic traits, and between these and their associated disease outcomes.ObjectivesTo discover novel genetic associations by combining summary data of correlated hemostatic traits and disease events.MethodsSummary statistics from genome wide-association studies (GWAS) from seven hemostatic traits (factor VII [FVII], factor VIII [FVIII], von Willebrand factor [VWF] factor XI [FXI], fibrinogen, tissue plasminogen activator [tPA], plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 [PAI-1]) and three major cardiovascular (CV) events (venous thromboembolism [VTE], coronary artery disease [CAD], ischemic stroke [IS]), were combined in 27 multi-trait combinations using metaUSAT. Genetic correlations between phenotypes were calculated using Linkage Disequilibrium Score Regression (LDSC). Newly associated loci were investigated for colocalization. We considered a significance threshold of 1.85 × 10-9 obtained after applying Bonferroni correction for the number of multi-trait combinations performed (n = 27).ResultsAcross the 27 multi-trait analyses, we found 4 novel pleiotropic loci (XXYLT1, KNG1, SUGP1/MAU2, TBL2/MLXIPL) that were not significant in the original individual datasets, were not described in previous GWAS for the individual traits, and that presented a common associated variant between the studied phenotypes.ConclusionsThe discovery of four novel loci contributes to the understanding of the relationship between hemostasis and CV events and elucidate common genetic factors between these traits.

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2022

8. Transcriptome-wide association study and Mendelian randomization in pancreatic cancer identifies susceptibility genes and causal relationships with type 2 diabetes and venous thromboembolism

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Lindstrom, Sara, Wang, Lu, Smith, Erin, Gordon, William, Van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid, De Andrade, Mariza, Brody, Jennifer, Pattee, Jack, Haessler, Jeffrey, Brumpton, Ben, Chasman, Daniel, Suchon, Pierre, Chen, Ming-Huei, Turman, Constance, Germain, Marine, Wiggins, Kerri, MacDonald, James, Braekkan, Sigrid, Armasu, Sebastian, Pankratz, Nathan, Jackson, Rabecca, Nielsen, Jonas, Giulianini, Franco, Puurunen, Marja, Ibrahim, Manal, Heckbert, Susan, Bammler, Theo, Frazer, Kelly, McCauley, Bryan, Taylor, Kent, Pankow, James, Reiner, Alexander, Gabrielsen, Maiken, Deleuze, Jean-François, O'Donnell, Chris, Kim, Jihye, McKnight, Barbara, Kraft, Peter, Hansen, John-Bjarne, Rosendaal, Frits, Heit, John, Psaty, Bruce, Tang, Weihong, Kooperberg, Charles, Hveem, Kristian, Ridker, Paul, Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel, Johnson, Andrew, Kabrhel, Christopher, Trégouët, David-Alexandre, Smith, Nicholas, Tan, Marcus C.B., Isom, Chelsea A., Liu, Yangzi, Wu, Lang, Zhou, Dan, and Gamazon, Eric R.

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2024
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9. Elucidating mechanisms of genetic cross-disease associations at the PROCR vascular disease locus

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Stacey, David, Chen, Lingyan, Stanczyk, Paulina J, Howson, Joanna MM, Mason, Amy M, Burgess, Stephen, MacDonald, Stephen, Langdown, Jonathan, McKinney, Harriett, Downes, Kate, Farahi, Neda, Peters, James E, Basu, Saonli, Pankow, James S, Tang, Weihong, Pankratz, Nathan, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, de Vries, Paul S, Smith, Nicholas L, Gelinas, Amy D, Schneider, Daniel J, Janjic, Nebojsa, Samani, Nilesh J, Ye, Shu, Summers, Charlotte, Chilvers, Edwin R, Danesh, John, and Paul, Dirk S

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Biological Sciences, Genetics, Prevention, Cardiovascular, Atherosclerosis, Hematology, Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Disease, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Inflammatory and immune system, Antigens, CD, Crosses, Genetic, Endothelial Cells, Endothelial Protein C Receptor, Humans, Protein C, Receptors, Cell Surface, Thrombosis, Venous Thromboembolism, CHARGE Hemostasis Working Group
Abstract

Many individual genetic risk loci have been associated with multiple common human diseases. However, the molecular basis of this pleiotropy often remains unclear. We present an integrative approach to reveal the molecular mechanism underlying the PROCR locus, associated with lower coronary artery disease (CAD) risk but higher venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk. We identify PROCR-p.Ser219Gly as the likely causal variant at the locus and protein C as a causal factor. Using genetic analyses, human recall-by-genotype and in vitro experimentation, we demonstrate that PROCR-219Gly increases plasma levels of (activated) protein C through endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) ectodomain shedding in endothelial cells, attenuating leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion and vascular inflammation. We also associate PROCR-219Gly with an increased pro-thrombotic state via coagulation factor VII, a ligand of EPCR. Our study, which links PROCR-219Gly to CAD through anti-inflammatory mechanisms and to VTE through pro-thrombotic mechanisms, provides a framework to reveal the mechanisms underlying similar cross-phenotype associations.

Published
2022

10. A genetic association study of circulating coagulation factor VIII and von Willebrand factor levels

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Abe, Namiko, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Aguet, Francois, Albert, Christine, Almasy, Laura, Alonso, Alvaro, Ament, Seth, Anderson, Peter, Anugu, Pramod, Applebaum-Bowden, Deborah, Ardlie, Kristin, Arking, Dan, Arnett, Donna K, Ashley-Koch, Allison, Aslibekyan, Stella, Assimes, Tim, Auer, Paul, Avramopoulos, Dimitrios, Ayas, Najib, Balasubramanian, Adithya, Barnard, John, Barnes, Kathleen, Barr, R. Graham, Barron-Casella, Emily, Barwick, Lucas, Beaty, Terri, Beck, Gerald, Becker, Diane, Becker, Lewis, Beer, Rebecca, Beitelshees, Amber, Benjamin, Emelia, Benos, Takis, Bezerra, Marcos, Bielak, Larry, Bis, Joshua, Blackwell, Thomas, Blangero, John, Blue, Nathan, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bowden, Donald W., Bowler, Russell, Brody, Jennifer, Broeckel, Ulrich, Broome, Jai, Brown, Deborah, Bunting, Karen, Burchard, Esteban, Bustamante, Carlos, Buth, Erin, Cade, Brian, Cardwell, Jonathan, Carey, Vincent, Carrier, Julie, Carson, April P., Carty, Cara, Casaburi, Richard, Casas Romero, Juan P, Casella, James, Castaldi, Peter, Chaffin, Mark, Chang, Christy, Chang, Yi-Cheng, Chasman, Daniel, Chavan, Sameer, Chen, Bo-Juen, Chen, Wei-Min, Ida Chen, Yii-Der, Cho, Michael, Choi, Seung Hoan, Chuang, Lee-Ming, Chung, Mina, Chung, Ren-Hua, Clish, Clary, Comhair, Suzy, Conomos, Matthew, Cornell, Elaine, Correa, Adolfo, Crandall, Carolyn, Crapo, James, Cupples, L. Adrienne, Curran, Joanne, Curtis, Jeffrey, Custer, Brian, Damcott, Coleen, Darbar, Dawood, David, Sean, Davis, Colleen, Daya, Michelle, de Andrade, Mariza, de las Fuentes, Lisa, de Vries, Paul, DeBaun, Michael, Deka, Ranjan, DeMeo, Dawn, Devine, Scott, Dinh, Huyen, Doddapaneni, Harsha, Duan, Qing, Dugan-Perez, Shannon, Duggirala, Ravi, Durda, Jon Peter, Dutcher, Susan K., Eaton, Charles, Ekunwe, Lynette, El Boueiz, Adel, Ellinor, Patrick, Emery, Leslie, Erzurum, Serpil, Farber, Charles, Farek, Jesse, Fingerlin, Tasha, Flickinger, Matthew, Fornage, Myriam, Franceschini, Nora, Frazar, Chris, Fu, Mao, Fullerton, Stephanie M., Fulton, Lucinda, Gabriel, Stacey, Gan, Weiniu, Gao, Shanshan, Gao, Yan, Gass, Margery, Geiger, Heather, Gelb, Bruce, Geraci, Mark, Germer, Soren, Gerszten, Robert, Ghosh, Auyon, Gibbs, Richard, Gignoux, Chris, Gladwin, Mark, Glahn, David, Gogarten, Stephanie, Gong, Da-Wei, Goring, Harald, Graw, Sharon, Gray, Kathryn J., Grine, Daniel, Gross, Colin, Gu, C. Charles, Guan, Yue, Guo, Xiuqing, Gupta, Namrata, Haessler, Jeff, Hall, Michael, Han, Yi, Hanly, Patrick, Harris, Daniel, Hawley, Nicola L., He, Jiang, Heavner, Ben, Heckbert, Susan, Hernandez, Ryan, Herrington, David, Hersh, Craig, Hidalgo, Bertha, Hixson, James, Hobbs, Brian, Hokanson, John, Hong, Elliott, Hoth, Karin, Hsiung, Chao (Agnes), Hu, Jianhong, Hung, Yi-Jen, Huston, Haley, Hwu, Chii Min, Irvin, Marguerite Ryan, Jackson, Rebecca, Jain, Deepti, Jaquish, Cashell, Johnsen, Jill, Johnson, Andrew, Johnson, Craig, Johnston, Rich, Jones, Kimberly, Kang, Hyun Min, Kaplan, Robert, Kardia, Sharon, Kelly, Shannon, Kenny, Eimear, Kessler, Michael, Khan, Alyna, Khan, Ziad, Kim, Wonji, Kimoff, John, Kinney, Greg, Konkle, Barbara, Kooperberg, Charles, Kramer, Holly, Lange, Christoph, Lange, Ethan, Lange, Leslie, Laurie, Cathy, Laurie, Cecelia, LeBoff, Meryl, Lee, Jiwon, Lee, Sandra, Lee, Wen-Jane, LeFaive, Jonathon, Levine, David, Levy, Dan, Lewis, Joshua, Li, Xiaohui, Li, Yun, Lin, Henry, Lin, Honghuang, Lin, Xihong, Liu, Simin, Liu, Yongmei, Liu, Yu, Loos, Ruth J. F., Lubitz, Steven, Lunetta, Kathryn, Luo, James, Magalang, Ulysses, Mahaney, Michael, Make, Barry, Manichaikul, Ani, Manning, Alisa, Manson, JoAnn, Martin, Lisa, Marton, Melissa, Mathai, Susan, Mathias, Rasika, May, Susanne, McArdle, Patrick, McDonald, Merry-Lynn, McFarland, Sean, McGarvey, Stephen, McGoldrick, Daniel, McHugh, Caitlin, McNeil, Becky, Mei, Hao, Meigs, James, Menon, Vipin, Mestroni, Luisa, Metcalf, Ginger, Meyers, Deborah A, Mignot, Emmanuel, Mikulla, Julie, Min, Nancy, Minear, Mollie, Minster, Ryan L, Mitchell, Braxton D., Moll, Matt, Momin, Zeineen, Montasser, May E., Montgomery, Courtney, Muzny, Donna, Mychaleckyj, Josyf C, Nadkarni, Girish, Naik, Rakhi, Naseri, Take, Natarajan, Pradeep, Nekhai, Sergei, Nelson, Sarah C., Neltner, Bonnie, Nessner, Caitlin, Nickerson, Deborah, Nkechinyere, Osuji, North, Kari, O'Connell, Jeff, O'Connor, Tim, Ochs-Balcom, Heather, Okwuonu, Geoffrey, Pack, Allan, Paik, David T., Palmer, Nicholette, Pankow, James, Papanicolaou, George, Parker, Cora, Peloso, Gina, Peralta, Juan Manuel, Perez, Marco, Perry, James, Peters, Ulrike, Peyser, Patricia, Phillips, Lawrence S, Pleiness, Jacob, Pollin, Toni, Post, Wendy, Becker, Julia Powers, Boorgula, Meher Preethi, Preuss, Michael, Psaty, Bruce, Qasba, Pankaj, Qiao, Dandi, Qin, Zhaohui, Rafaels, Nicholas, Raffield, Laura, Rajendran, Mahitha, Ramachandran, Vasan S., Rao, D. C., Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura, Ratan, Aakrosh, Redline, Susan, Reed, Robert, Reeves, Catherine, Regan, Elizabeth, Reiner, Alex, Reupena, Muagututi‘a Sefuiva, Rice, Ken, Rich, Stephen, Robillard, Rebecca, Robine, Nicolas, Roden, Dan, Roselli, Carolina, Rotter, Jerome, Ruczinski, Ingo, Runnels, Alexi, Russell, Pamela, Ruuska, Sarah, Ryan, Kathleen, Sabino, Ester Cerdeira, Saleheen, Danish, Salimi, Shabnam, Salvi, Sejal, Salzberg, Steven, Sandow, Kevin, Sankaran, Vijay G., Santibanez, Jireh, Schwander, Karen, Schwartz, David, Sciurba, Frank, Seidman, Christine, Seidman, Jonathan, Sériès, Frédéric, Sheehan, Vivien, Sherman, Stephanie L., Shetty, Amol, Shetty, Aniket, Hui-Heng Sheu, Wayne, Shoemaker, M. Benjamin, Silver, Brian, Silverman, Edwin, Skomro, Robert, Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer, Smith, Josh, Smith, Nicholas, Smith, Tanja, Smoller, Sylvia, Snively, Beverly, Snyder, Michael, Sofer, Tamar, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Stilp, Adrienne M., Storm, Garrett, Streeten, Elizabeth, Su, Jessica Lasky, Sung, Yun Ju, Sylvia, Jody, Szpiro, Adam, Taliun, Daniel, Tang, Hua, Taub, Margaret, Taylor, Kent D., Taylor, Matthew, Taylor, Simeon, Telen, Marilyn, Thornton, Timothy A., Threlkeld, Machiko, Tinker, Lesley, Tirschwell, David, Tishkoff, Sarah, Tiwari, Hemant, Tong, Catherine, Tracy, Russell, Tsai, Michael, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Van Den Berg, David, VandeHaar, Peter, Vrieze, Scott, Walker, Tarik, Wallace, Robert, Walts, Avram, Wang, Fei Fei, Wang, Heming, Wang, Jiongming, Watson, Karol, Watt, Jennifer, Weeks, Daniel E., Weinstock, Joshua, Weir, Bruce, Weiss, Scott T, Weng, Lu-Chen, Wessel, Jennifer, Willer, Cristen, Williams, Kayleen, Williams, L. Keoki, Wilson, Carla, Wilson, James, Winterkorn, Lara, Wong, Quenna, Wu, Joseph, Xu, Huichun, Yanek, Lisa, Yang, Ivana, Yu, Ketian, Zekavat, Seyedeh Maryam, Zhang, Yingze, Zhao, Snow Xueyan, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Ziv, Elad, Zody, Michael, Zoellner, Sebastian, Lindstrom, Sara, Wang, Lu, Smith, Erin N., Gordon, William, van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid, Brody, Jennifer A., Pattee, Jack W., Haessler, Jeffrey, Brumpton, Ben M., Chasman, Daniel I., Suchon, Pierre, Chen, Ming-Huei, Turman, Constance, Germain, Marine, Wiggins, Kerri L., MacDonald, James, Braekkan, Sigrid K., Armasu, Sebastian M., Pankratz, Nathan, Jackson, Rabecca D., Nielsen, Jonas B., Giulianini, Franco, Puurunen, Marja K., Ibrahim, Manal, Heckbert, Susan R., Bammler, Theo K., Frazer, Kelly A., McCauley, Bryan M., Taylor, Kent, Pankow, James S., Reiner, Alexander P., Gabrielsen, Maiken E., Deleuze, Jean-François, O'Donnell, Chris J., Kim, Jihye, McKnight, Barbara, Kraft, Peter, Hansen, John-Bjarne, Rosendaal, Frits R., Heit, John A., Psaty, Bruce M., Tang, Weihong, Hveem, Kristian, Ridker, Paul M., Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel, Johnson, Andrew D., Kabrhel, Christopher, AlexandreTrégouët, David, Smith, Nicholas L., de Vries, Paul S., Reventun, Paula, Brown, Michael R., Heath, Adam S., Huffman, Jennifer E., Le, Ngoc-Quynh, Bebo, Allison, Temprano-Sagrera, Gerard, Raffield, Laura M., Ozel, Ayse Bilge, Thibord, Florian, Lewis, Joshua P., Rodriguez, Benjamin A. T., Polasek, Ozren, Yanek, Lisa R., Carrasquilla, German D., Marioni, Riccardo E., Kleber, Marcus E., Trégouët, David-Alexandre, Yao, Jie, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Joshi, Peter K., Trompet, Stella, Martinez-Perez, Angel, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Howard, Tom E., Reiner, Alex P., Arvanitis, Marios, Ryan, Kathleen A., Bartz, Traci M., Rudan, Igor, Faraday, Nauder, Linneberg, Allan, Davies, Gail, Delgado, Graciela E., Klaric, Lucija, Noordam, Raymond, van Rooij, Frank, Curran, Joanne E., Wheeler, Marsha M., Osburn, William O., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Beswick, Andrew, Kolcic, Ivana, Souto, Juan Carlos, Becker, Lewis C., Hansen, Torben, Doyle, Margaret F., Harris, Sarah E., Moissl, Angela P., Rich, Stephen S., Campbell, Harry, Stott, David J., Soria, Jose Manuel, de Maat, Moniek P. M., Brody, Lawrence C., Auer, Paul L., Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Hayward, Caroline, Mathias, Rasika A., Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Lange, Leslie A., Cox, Simon R., März, Winfried, Rotter, Jerome I., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Wilson, James F., van der Harst, Pim, Jukema, J. Wouter, Ikram, M. Arfan, Desch, Karl C., Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Lowenstein, Charles J., and Morrison, Alanna C.

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2024
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11. A multitrait genetic study of hemostatic factors and hemorrhagic transformation after stroke treatment

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Dehghan, Abbas, Heath, Adam S., Morrison, Alanna C., Reiner, Alex P., Johnson, Andrew, Richmond, Anne, Peters, Annette, van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid, McKnight, Barbara, Psaty, Bruce M., Hayward, Caroline, Ward-Caviness, Cavin, O’Donnell, Christopher, Chasman, Daniel, Strachan, David P., Tregouet, David A., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis, Gill, Dipender, Thibord, Florian, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Leebeek, Frank W.G., Rosendaal, Frits R., Davies, Gail, Homuth, Georg, Temprano, Gerard, Campbell, Harry, Taylor, Herman A., Bressler, Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Rotter, Jerome I., Yao, Jie, Wilson, James F., Bis, Joshua C., Hahn, Julie M., Desch, Karl C., Wiggins, Kerri L., Díez-Ahijado, Laia, Raffield, Laura M., Bielak, Lawrence F., Yanek, Lisa R., Kleber, Marcus E., Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Mueller, Martina, Kavousi, Maryam, Mangino, Massimo, Conomos, Matthew P., Liu, Melissa, Brown, Michael R., Jhun, Min-A, Chen, Ming-Huei, de Maat, Moniek P.M., Pankratz, Nathan, Smith, Nicholas L., Peyser, Patricia A., Elliot, Paul, de Vries, Paul S., Wei, Peng, Wild, Philipp S., Morange, Pierre E., van der Harst, Pim, Yang, Qiong, Marioni, Riccardo, Li, Ruifang, Damrauer, Scott M., Cox, Simon R., Trompet, Stella, Felix, Stephan B., Völker, Uwe, Tang, Weihong, Koenig, Wolfgang, Jukema, J. Wouter, Guo, Xiuqing, Gallego-Fabrega, Cristina, Temprano-Sagrera, Gerard, Cárcel-Márquez, Jara, Muiño, Elena, Cullell, Natalia, Lledós, Miquel, Llucià-Carol, Laia, Martin-Campos, Jesús M., Sobrino, Tomás, Castillo, José, Millán, Mònica, Muñoz-Narbona, Lucía, López-Cancio, Elena, Ribó, Marc, Alvarez-Sabin, Jose, Jiménez-Conde, Jordi, Roquer, Jaume, Tur, Silvia, Obach, Victor, Arenillas, Juan F., Segura, Tomas, Serrano-Heras, Gemma, Marti-Fabregas, Joan, Freijo-Guerrero, Marimar, Moniche, Francisco, Castellanos, Maria del Mar, and Fernández-Cadenas, Israel

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2024
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12. Multi-ethnic genome-wide association analyses of white blood cell and platelet traits in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study

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Hu, Yao, Bien, Stephanie A, Nishimura, Katherine K, Haessler, Jeffrey, Hodonsky, Chani J, Baldassari, Antoine R, Highland, Heather M, Wang, Zhe, Preuss, Michael, Sitlani, Colleen M, Wojcik, Genevieve L, Tao, Ran, Graff, Mariaelisa, Huckins, Laura M, Sun, Quan, Chen, Ming-Huei, Mousas, Abdou, Auer, Paul L, Lettre, Guillaume, Tang, Weihong, Qi, Lihong, Thyagarajan, Bharat, Buyske, Steve, Fornage, Myriam, Hindorff, Lucia A, Li, Yun, Lin, Danyu, Reiner, Alexander P, North, Kari E, Loos, Ruth JF, Raffield, Laura M, Peters, Ulrike, Avery, Christy L, and Kooperberg, Charles

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Clinical Research, Hematology, Genetics, American Indian or Alaska Native, Human Genome, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Cardiovascular, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genomics, Humans, Leukocytes, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, GWAS, White blood cells, Platelets, Multi-ethnic, Blood Cell Consortium, Biological Sciences, Information and Computing Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Bioinformatics
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BackgroundCirculating white blood cell and platelet traits are clinically linked to various disease outcomes and differ across individuals and ancestry groups. Genetic factors play an important role in determining these traits and many loci have been identified. However, most of these findings were identified in populations of European ancestry (EA), with African Americans (AA), Hispanics/Latinos (HL), and other races/ethnicities being severely underrepresented.ResultsWe performed ancestry-combined and ancestry-specific genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for white blood cell and platelet traits in the ancestrally diverse Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study, including 16,201 AA, 21,347 HL, and 27,236 EA participants. We identified six novel findings at suggestive significance (P < 5E-8), which need confirmation, and independent signals at six previously established regions at genome-wide significance (P < 2E-9). We confirmed multiple previously reported genome-wide significant variants in the single variant association analysis and multiple genes using PrediXcan. Evaluation of loci reported from a Euro-centric GWAS indicated attenuation of effect estimates in AA and HL compared to EA populations.ConclusionsOur results highlighted the potential to identify ancestry-specific and ancestry-agnostic variants in participants with diverse backgrounds and advocate for continued efforts in improving inclusion of racially/ethnically diverse populations in genetic association studies for complex traits.

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2021

13. 'Taking the Same Class' with Teachers and Students in Rural Areas

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Dou, Guimei, Zhang, Huayu, Hu, Lan, Liang, Yingzhang, Wang, Jiangang, Lin, Changshan, Yi, Bo, Tang, Weihong, Zhao, Lina, Mu, Minjuan, Cui, Zhan, Wang, Qiang, Huang, Ronghuai, Series Editor, Kinshuk, Series Editor, Jemni, Mohamed, Series Editor, Chen, Nian-Shing, Series Editor, Spector, J. Michael, Series Editor, Zeng, Haijun, editor, Liu, Jiahao, editor, Wu, Di, editor, and Yue, Lijie, editor

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2023
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14. FGL1 as a modulator of plasma D‐dimer levels: Exome‐wide marker analysis of plasma tPA, PAI‐1, and D‐dimer

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Thibord, Florian, Song, Ci, Pattee, Jack, Rodriguez, Benjamin AT, Chen, Ming‐Huei, O’Donnell, Christopher J, Kleber, Marcus E, Delgado, Graciela E, Guo, Xiuqing, Yao, Jie, Taylor, Kent D, Ozel, Ayse Bilge, Brody, Jennifer A, McKnight, Barbara, Gyorgy, Beata, Simonsick, Eleanor, Leonard, Hampton L, Carrasquilla, Germán D, Guindo‐Martinez, Marta, Silveira, Angela, Temprano‐Sagrera, Gerard, Yanek, Lisa R, Becker, Diane M, Mathias, Rasika A, Becker, Lewis C, Raffield, Laura M, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O, Grarup, Niels, Pedersen, Oluf, Hansen, Torben, Linneberg, Allan, Hamsten, Anders, Watkins, Hugh, Sabater‐Lleal, Maria, Nalls, Mike A, Trégouët, David‐Alexandre, Morange, Pierre‐Emmanuel, Psaty, Bruce M, Tracy, Russel P, Smith, Nicholas L, Desch, Karl C, Cushman, Mary, Rotter, Jerome I, de Vries, Paul S, Pankratz, Nathan D, Folsom, Aaron R, Morrison, Alanna C, März, Winfried, Tang, Weihong, and Johnson, Andrew D

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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology, Clinical Sciences, Clinical Research, Hematology, Genetics, Human Genome, Prevention, Exome, Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products, Fibrinogen, Fibrinolysis, Humans, Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, Tissue Plasminogen Activator, computational biology, exome, fibrinogen, fibrinolysis, genetic association study, Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, Clinical sciences
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BackgroundUse of targeted exome-arrays with common, rare variants and functionally enriched variation has led to discovery of new genes contributing to population variation in risk factors. Plasminogen activator-inhibitor 1 (PAI-1), tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), and the plasma product D-dimer are important components of the fibrinolytic system. There have been few large-scale genome-wide or exome-wide studies of PAI-1, tPA, and D-dimer.ObjectivesWe sought to discover new genetic loci contributing to variation in these traits using an exome-array approach.MethodsCohort-level analyses and fixed effects meta-analyses of PAI-1 (n = 15 603), tPA (n = 6876,) and D-dimer (n = 19 306) from 12 cohorts of European ancestry with diverse study design were conducted, including single-variant analyses and gene-based burden testing.ResultsFive variants located in NME7, FGL1, and the fibrinogen locus, all associated with D-dimer levels, achieved genome-wide significance (P

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2021

19. Antithrombin, PC (Protein C), and PS (Protein S): Genome and Transcriptome-Wide Association Studies Identify 7 Novel Loci Regulating Plasma Levels

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Ji, Yuekai, Temprano-Sagrera, Gerard, Holle, Lori A., Bebo, Allison, Brody, Jennifer, Le, Ngoc-Quynh, Kangro, Kadri, Brown, Michael R., Martinez-Perez, Angel, Sitlani, Colleen M., Suchon, Pierre, Kleber, Marcus E., Emmert, David B., Bilge Ozel, Ayse, Dobson, Dre’Von A., Tang, Weihong, Llobet, Dolors, Tracy, Russell P., Deleuze, Jean-François, Delgado, Graciela E., Gögele, Martin, Wiggins, Kerri L., Souto, Juan Carlos, Pankow, James S., Taylor, Kent D., Trégouët, David-Alexandre, Moissl, Angela P., Fuchsberger, Christian, Rosendaal, Frits R., Morrison, Alanna C., Soria, Jose Manuel, Cushman, Mary, Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel, März, Winfried, Hicks, Andrew A., Desch, Karl C., Johnson, Andrew D., de Vries, Paul S., Wolberg, Alisa S., Smith, Nicholas L., and Sabater-Lleal, Maria

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2023
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20. A large‐scale exome array analysis of venous thromboembolism

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Lindström, Sara, Brody, Jennifer A, Turman, Constance, Germain, Marine, Bartz, Traci M, Smith, Erin N, Chen, Ming‐Huei, Puurunen, Marja, Chasman, Daniel, Hassler, Jeffrey, Pankratz, Nathan, Basu, Saonli, Guan, Weihua, Gyorgy, Beata, Ibrahim, Manal, Empana, Jean‐Philippe, Olaso, Robert, Jackson, Rebecca, Brækkan, Sigrid K, McKnight, Barbara, Deleuze, Jean‐Francois, O’Donnell, Cristopher J, Jouven, Xavier, Frazer, Kelly A, Psaty, Bruce M, Wiggins, Kerri L, Taylor, Kent, Reiner, Alexander P, Heckbert, Susan R, Kooperberg, Charles, Ridker, Paul, Hansen, John‐Bjarne, Tang, Weihong, Johnson, Andrew D, Morange, Pierre‐Emmanuel, Trégouët, David A, Kraft, Peter, Smith, Nicholas L, Kabrhel, Christopher, and Consortium, on behalf of the INVENT

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Prevention, Clinical Research, Biotechnology, Human Genome, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Black or African American, Alleles, Case-Control Studies, Exome, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Humans, Male, Microarray Analysis, Odds Ratio, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Sample Size, Venous Thromboembolism, exome, genetic association, venous thromboembolism, INVENT Consortium, Public Health and Health Services, Epidemiology
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Although recent Genome-Wide Association Studies have identified novel associations for common variants, there has been no comprehensive exome-wide search for low-frequency variants that affect the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). We conducted a meta-analysis of 11 studies comprising 8,332 cases and 16,087 controls of European ancestry and 382 cases and 1,476 controls of African American ancestry genotyped with the Illumina HumanExome BeadChip. We used the seqMeta package in R to conduct single variant and gene-based rare variant tests. In the single variant analysis, we limited our analysis to the 64,794 variants with at least 40 minor alleles across studies (minor allele frequency [MAF] ~0.08%). We confirmed associations with previously identified VTE loci, including ABO, F5, F11, and FGA. After adjusting for multiple testing, we observed no novel significant findings in single variant or gene-based analysis. Given our sample size, we had greater than 80% power to detect minimum odds ratios greater than 1.5 and 1.8 for a single variant with MAF of 0.01 and 0.005, respectively. Larger studies and sequence data may be needed to identify novel low-frequency and rare variants associated with VTE risk.

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2019

21. Genome-Wide Association Transethnic Meta-Analyses Identifies Novel Associations Regulating Coagulation Factor VIII and von Willebrand Factor Plasma Levels

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Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Huffman, Jennifer E, de Vries, Paul S, Marten, Jonathan, Mastrangelo, Michael A, Song, Ci, Pankratz, Nathan, Ward-Caviness, Cavin K, Yanek, Lisa R, Trompet, Stella, Delgado, Graciela E, Guo, Xiuqing, Bartz, Traci M, Martinez-Perez, Angel, Germain, Marine, de Haan, Hugoline G, Ozel, Ayse B, Polasek, Ozren, Smith, Albert V, Eicher, John D, Reiner, Alex P, Tang, Weihong, Davies, Neil M, Stott, David J, Rotter, Jerome I, Tofler, Geoffrey H, Boerwinkle, Eric, de Maat, Moniek PM, Kleber, Marcus E, Welsh, Paul, Brody, Jennifer A, Chen, Ming-Huei, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Soria, José Manuel, Suchon, Pierre, van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid, Desch, Karl C, Kolcic, Ivana, Joshi, Peter K, Launer, Lenore J, Harris, Tamara B, Campbell, Harry, Rudan, Igor, Becker, Diane M, Li, Jun Z, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Uitterlinden, André G, Hofman, Albert, Franco, Oscar H, Cushman, Mary, Psaty, Bruce M, Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel, McKnight, Barbara, Chong, Michael R, Fernandez-Cadenas, Israel, Rosand, Jonathan, Lindgren, Arne, Consortium, INVENT Consortium MEGASTROKE Consortium of the International Stroke Genetics, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Wilson, James F, Hayward, Caroline, Ginsburg, David, Fornage, Myriam, Rosendaal, Frits R, Souto, Juan Carlos, Becker, Lewis C, Jenny, Nancy S, März, Winfried, Jukema, J Wouter, Dehghan, Abbas, Trégouët, David-Alexandre, Morrison, Alanna C, Johnson, Andrew D, O’Donnell, Christopher J, Strachan, David P, Lowenstein, Charles J, and Smith, Nicholas L

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Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Hematology, Biotechnology, Rare Diseases, Genetics, Human Genome, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Blood, Cardiovascular, Arterial Occlusive Diseases, Biomarkers, Blood Coagulation, Blood Coagulation Disorders, Inherited, Factor VIII, Genetic Loci, Genetic Markers, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Phenotype, Ribosomal Protein L3, Risk Factors, Venous Thrombosis, von Willebrand Factor, cardiovascular diseases, factor VIII, genome-wide association studies, genetics, risk factors, von Willebrand factor, INVENT Consortium, MEGASTROKE Consortium of the International Stroke Genetics Consortium, Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Clinical Sciences, Public Health and Health Services, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, Clinical sciences, Sports science and exercise
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BackgroundFactor VIII (FVIII) and its carrier protein von Willebrand factor (VWF) are associated with risk of arterial and venous thrombosis and with hemorrhagic disorders. We aimed to identify and functionally test novel genetic associations regulating plasma FVIII and VWF.MethodsWe meta-analyzed genome-wide association results from 46 354 individuals of European, African, East Asian, and Hispanic ancestry. All studies performed linear regression analysis using an additive genetic model and associated ≈35 million imputed variants with natural log-transformed phenotype levels. In vitro gene silencing in cultured endothelial cells was performed for candidate genes to provide additional evidence on association and function. Two-sample Mendelian randomization analyses were applied to test the causal role of FVIII and VWF plasma levels on the risk of arterial and venous thrombotic events.ResultsWe identified 13 novel genome-wide significant ( P≤2.5×10-8) associations, 7 with FVIII levels ( FCHO2/TMEM171/TNPO1, HLA, SOX17/RP1, LINC00583/NFIB, RAB5C-KAT2A, RPL3/TAB1/SYNGR1, and ARSA) and 11 with VWF levels ( PDHB/PXK/KCTD6, SLC39A8, FCHO2/TMEM171/TNPO1, HLA, GIMAP7/GIMAP4, OR13C5/NIPSNAP, DAB2IP, C2CD4B, RAB5C-KAT2A, TAB1/SYNGR1, and ARSA), beyond 10 previously reported associations with these phenotypes. Functional validation provided further evidence of association for all loci on VWF except ARSA and DAB2IP. Mendelian randomization suggested causal effects of plasma FVIII activity levels on venous thrombosis and coronary artery disease risk and plasma VWF levels on ischemic stroke risk.ConclusionsThe meta-analysis identified 13 novel genetic loci regulating FVIII and VWF plasma levels, 10 of which we validated functionally. We provide some evidence for a causal role of these proteins in thrombotic events.

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2019

22. Mendelian randomization evaluation of causal effects of fibrinogen on incident coronary heart disease

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Ward-Caviness, Cavin K, de Vries, Paul S, Wiggins, Kerri L, Huffman, Jennifer E, Yanek, Lisa R, Bielak, Lawrence F, Giulianini, Franco, Guo, Xiuqing, Kleber, Marcus E, Kacprowski, Tim, Groß, Stefan, Petersman, Astrid, Smith, George Davey, Hartwig, Fernando P, Bowden, Jack, Hemani, Gibran, Müller-Nuraysid, Martina, Strauch, Konstantin, Koenig, Wolfgang, Waldenberger, Melanie, Meitinger, Thomas, Pankratz, Nathan, Boerwinkle, Eric, Tang, Weihong, Fu, Yi-Ping, Johnson, Andrew D, Song, Ci, de Maat, Moniek PM, Uitterlinden, André G, Franco, Oscar H, Brody, Jennifer A, McKnight, Barbara, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Psaty, Bruce M, Mathias, Rasika A, Becker, Diane M, Peyser, Patricia A, Smith, Jennifer A, Bielinski, Suzette J, Ridker, Paul M, Taylor, Kent D, Yao, Jie, Tracy, Russell, Delgado, Graciela, Trompet, Stella, Sattar, Naveed, Jukema, J Wouter, Becker, Lewis C, Kardia, Sharon LR, Rotter, Jerome I, März, Winfried, Dörr, Marcus, Chasman, Daniel I, Dehghan, Abbas, O’Donnell, Christopher J, Smith, Nicholas L, Peters, Annette, and Morrison, Alanna C

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Epidemiology, Biological Sciences, Health Sciences, Genetics, Heart Disease, Cardiovascular, Prevention, Human Genome, Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease, Alleles, Coronary Disease, Fibrinogen, Genetic Pleiotropy, Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Incidence, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Models, Genetic, Multivariate Analysis, Myocardial Infarction, Odds Ratio, General Science & Technology
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BackgroundFibrinogen is an essential hemostatic factor and cardiovascular disease risk factor. Early attempts at evaluating the causal effect of fibrinogen on coronary heart disease (CHD) and myocardial infraction (MI) using Mendelian randomization (MR) used single variant approaches, and did not take advantage of recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) or multi-variant, pleiotropy robust MR methodologies.Methods and findingsWe evaluated evidence for a causal effect of fibrinogen on both CHD and MI using MR. We used both an allele score approach and pleiotropy robust MR models. The allele score was composed of 38 fibrinogen-associated variants from recent GWAS. Initial analyses using the allele score used a meta-analysis of 11 European-ancestry prospective cohorts, free of CHD and MI at baseline, to examine incidence CHD and MI. We also applied 2 sample MR methods with data from a prevalent CHD and MI GWAS. Results are given in terms of the hazard ratio (HR) or odds ratio (OR), depending on the study design, and associated 95% confidence interval (CI). In single variant analyses no causal effect of fibrinogen on CHD or MI was observed. In multi-variant analyses using incidence CHD cases and the allele score approach, the estimated causal effect (HR) of a 1 g/L higher fibrinogen concentration was 1.62 (CI = 1.12, 2.36) when using incident cases and the allele score approach. In 2 sample MR analyses that accounted for pleiotropy, the causal estimate (OR) was reduced to 1.18 (CI = 0.98, 1.42) and 1.09 (CI = 0.89, 1.33) in the 2 most precise (smallest CI) models, out of 4 models evaluated. In the 2 sample MR analyses for MI, there was only very weak evidence of a causal effect in only 1 out of 4 models.ConclusionsA small causal effect of fibrinogen on CHD is observed using multi-variant MR approaches which account for pleiotropy, but not single variant MR approaches. Taken together, results indicate that even with large sample sizes and multi-variant approaches MR analyses still cannot exclude the null when estimating the causal effect of fibrinogen on CHD, but that any potential causal effect is likely to be much smaller than observed in epidemiological studies.

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2019

23. Antithrombin, Protein C, and Protein S: Genome and Transcriptome-Wide Association Studies Identify 7 Novel Loci Regulating Plasma Levels

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Ji, Yuekai, Temprano-Sagrera, Gerard, Holle, Lori A., Bebo, Allison, Brody, Jennifer A., Le, Ngoc-Quynh, Kangro, Kadri, Brown, Michael R., Martinez-Perez, Angel, Sitlani, Colleen M., Suchon, Pierre, Kleber, Marcus E., Emmert, David B., Bilge Ozel, Ayse, Dobson, Dre’Von A., Tang, Weihong, Llobet, Dolors, Tracy, Russell P., Deleuze, Jean-François, Delgado, Graciela E., Gögele, Martin, Wiggins, Kerri L., Souto, Juan Carlos, Pankow, James S., Taylor, Kent D., Trégouët, David-Alexandre, Moissl, Angela P., Fuchsberger, Christian, Rosendaal, Frits R., Morrison, Alanna C., Soria, Jose Manuel, Cushman, Mary, Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel, März, Winfried, Hicks, Andrew A., Desch, Karl C., Johnson, Andrew D., de Vries, Paul S., Wolberg, Alisa S., Smith, Nicholas L., and Sabater-Lleal, Maria

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2023
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24. Publisher Correction: Elucidating mechanisms of genetic cross-disease associations at the PROCR vascular disease locus

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Stacey, David, Chen, Lingyan, Stanczyk, Paulina J., Howson, Joanna M. M., Mason, Amy M., Burgess, Stephen, MacDonald, Stephen, Langdown, Jonathan, McKinney, Harriett, Downes, Kate, Farahi, Neda, Peters, James E., Basu, Saonli, Pankow, James S., Tang, Weihong, Pankratz, Nathan, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, de Vries, Paul S., Smith, Nicholas L., Gelinas, Amy D., Schneider, Daniel J., Janjic, Nebojsa, Samani, Nilesh J., Ye, Shu, Summers, Charlotte, Chilvers, Edwin R., Danesh, John, and Paul, Dirk S.

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2022
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27. Discovery, fine-mapping, and conditional analyses of genetic variants associated with C-reactive protein in multiethnic populations using the Metabochip in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study

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Kocarnik, Jonathan M, Richard, Melissa, Graff, Misa, Haessler, Jeffrey, Bien, Stephanie, Carlson, Chris, Carty, Cara L, Reiner, Alexander P, Avery, Christy L, Ballantyne, Christie M, LaCroix, Andrea Z, Assimes, Themistocles L, Barbalic, Maja, Pankratz, Nathan, Tang, Weihong, Tao, Ran, Chen, Dongquan, Talavera, Gregory A, Daviglus, Martha L, Chirinos-Medina, Diana A, Pereira, Rocio, Nishimura, Katie, Bůžková, Petra, Best, Lyle G, Ambite, José Luis, Cheng, Iona, Crawford, Dana C, Hindorff, Lucia A, Fornage, Myriam, Heiss, Gerardo, North, Kari E, Haiman, Christopher A, Peters, Ulrike, Le Marchand, Loic, and Kooperberg, Charles

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Genetics, Clinical Research, Human Genome, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, C-Reactive Protein, Carbon-Carbon Lyases, Enoyl-CoA Hydratase, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Glycoproteins, Group VI Phospholipases A2, Humans, Linkage Disequilibrium, Male, Metagenomics, Molecular Epidemiology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Whites, White People, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics & Heredity
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C-reactive protein (CRP) is a circulating biomarker indicative of systemic inflammation. We aimed to evaluate genetic associations with CRP levels among non-European-ancestry populations through discovery, fine-mapping and conditional analyses. A total of 30 503 non-European-ancestry participants from 6 studies participating in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology study had serum high-sensitivity CRP measurements and ∼200 000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) genotyped on the Metabochip. We evaluated the association between each SNP and log-transformed CRP levels using multivariate linear regression, with additive genetic models adjusted for age, sex, the first four principal components of genetic ancestry, and study-specific factors. Differential linkage disequilibrium patterns between race/ethnicity groups were used to fine-map regions associated with CRP levels. Conditional analyses evaluated for multiple independent signals within genetic regions. One hundred and sixty-three unique variants in 12 loci in overall or race/ethnicity-stratified Metabochip-wide scans reached a Bonferroni-corrected P-value

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2018

28. Genome-wide association study in 79,366 European-ancestry individuals informs the genetic architecture of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels

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Jiang, Xia, O’Reilly, Paul F, Aschard, Hugues, Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, Richards, J Brent, Dupuis, Josée, Ingelsson, Erik, Karasik, David, Pilz, Stefan, Berry, Diane, Kestenbaum, Bryan, Zheng, Jusheng, Luan, Jianan, Sofianopoulou, Eleni, Streeten, Elizabeth A, Albanes, Demetrius, Lutsey, Pamela L, Yao, Lu, Tang, Weihong, Econs, Michael J, Wallaschofski, Henri, Völzke, Henry, Zhou, Ang, Power, Chris, McCarthy, Mark I, Michos, Erin D, Boerwinkle, Eric, Weinstein, Stephanie J, Freedman, Neal D, Huang, Wen-Yi, Van Schoor, Natasja M, van der Velde, Nathalie, Groot, Lisette CPGM de, Enneman, Anke, Cupples, L Adrienne, Booth, Sarah L, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Liu, Ching-Ti, Zhou, Yanhua, Ripatti, Samuli, Ohlsson, Claes, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Lorentzon, Mattias, Eriksson, Johan G, Shea, M Kyla, Houston, Denise K, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Liu, Yongmei, Lohman, Kurt K, Ferrucci, Luigi, Peacock, Munro, Gieger, Christian, Beekman, Marian, Slagboom, Eline, Deelen, Joris, Heemst, Diana van, Kleber, Marcus E, März, Winfried, de Boer, Ian H, Wood, Alexis C, Rotter, Jerome I, Rich, Stephen S, Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne, den Heijer, Martin, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Cavadino, Alana, Joshi, Peter K, Wilson, James F, Hayward, Caroline, Lind, Lars, Michaëlsson, Karl, Trompet, Stella, Zillikens, M Carola, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Broer, Linda, Zgaga, Lina, Campbell, Harry, Theodoratou, Evropi, Farrington, Susan M, Timofeeva, Maria, Dunlop, Malcolm G, Valdes, Ana M, Tikkanen, Emmi, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Kähönen, Mika, Raitakari, Olli T, Mikkilä, Vera, Ikram, M Arfan, Sattar, Naveed, Jukema, J Wouter, Wareham, Nicholas J, Langenberg, Claudia, Forouhi, Nita G, Gundersen, Thomas E, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Butterworth, Adam S, Danesh, John, and Spector, Timothy

Subjects
Epidemiology, Biological Sciences, Health Sciences, Genetics, Human Genome, Clinical Research, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Inflammatory and immune system, Amidohydrolases, Autoimmune Diseases, Cohort Studies, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Male, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Vesicular Transport Proteins, Vitamin D, White People
Abstract

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone precursor that is associated with a range of human traits and diseases. Previous GWAS of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations have identified four genome-wide significant loci (GC, NADSYN1/DHCR7, CYP2R1, CYP24A1). In this study, we expand the previous SUNLIGHT Consortium GWAS discovery sample size from 16,125 to 79,366 (all European descent). This larger GWAS yields two additional loci harboring genome-wide significant variants (P = 4.7×10-9 at rs8018720 in SEC23A, and P = 1.9×10-14 at rs10745742 in AMDHD1). The overall estimate of heritability of 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum concentrations attributable to GWAS common SNPs is 7.5%, with statistically significant loci explaining 38% of this total. Further investigation identifies signal enrichment in immune and hematopoietic tissues, and clustering with autoimmune diseases in cell-type-specific analysis. Larger studies are required to identify additional common SNPs, and to explore the role of rare or structural variants and gene-gene interactions in the heritability of circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.

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2018

32. Causal Effect of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 1 on Coronary Heart Disease

Author

Song, Ci, Burgess, Stephen, Eicher, John D, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Johnson, Andrew D, Huang, Jie, Sabater‐Lleal, Maria, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Tregouet, David, Shin, So‐Youn, Ding, Jingzhong, Baumert, Jens, Oudot‐Mellakh, Tiphaine, Folkersen, Lasse, Smith, Nicholas L, Williams, Scott M, Ikram, Mohammad A, Kleber, Marcus E, Becker, Diane M, Truong, Vinh, Mychaleckyj, Josyf C, Tang, Weihong, Yang, Qiong, Sennblad, Bengt, Moore, Jason H, Williams, Frances MK, Dehghan, Abbas, Silbernagel, Günther, Schrijvers, Elisabeth MC, Smith, Shelly, Karakas, Mahir, Tofler, Geoffrey H, Silveira, Angela, Navis, Gerjan J, Lohman, Kurt, Chen, Ming‐Huei, Peters, Annette, Goel, Anuj, Hopewell, Jemma C, Chambers, John C, Saleheen, Danish, Lundmark, Per, Psaty, Bruce M, Strawbridge, Rona J, Boehm, Bernhard O, Carter, Angela M, Meisinger, Christa, Peden, John F, Bis, Joshua C, McKnight, Barbara, Öhrvik, John, Taylor, Kent, Franzosi, Maria Grazia, Seedorf, Udo, Collins, Rory, Franco‐Cereceda, Anders, Syvänen, Ann‐Christine, Goodall, Alison H, Yanek, Lisa R, Cushman, Mary, Müller‐Nurasyid, Martina, Folsom, Aaron R, Basu, Saonli, Matijevic, Nena, van Gilst, Wiek H, Kooner, Jaspal S, Hofman, Albert, Danesh, John, Clarke, Robert, Meigs, James B, Kathiresan, Sekar, Reilly, Muredach P, Klopp, Norman, Harris, Tamara B, Winkelmann, Bernhard R, Grant, Peter J, Hillege, Hans L, Watkins, Hugh, Spector, Timothy D, Becker, Lewis C, Tracy, Russell P, März, Winfried, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Eriksson, Per, Cambien, Francois, Morange, Pierre‐Emmanuel, Koenig, Wolfgang, Soranzo, Nicole, van der Harst, Pim, Liu, Yongmei, Hamsten, Anders, Ehret, Georg B, Munroe, Patricia B, Rice, Kenneth M, Bochud, Murielle, Chasman, Daniel I, Smith, Albert V, Tobin, Martin D, and Verwoert, Germaine C

Subjects
Clinical Research, Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease, Cardiovascular, Heart Disease, Aging, Biomarkers, Blood Glucose, Coronary Disease, Fibrinolysis, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Incidence, Lipoproteins, HDL, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Observational Studies as Topic, Odds Ratio, Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, coronary heart disease, genome-wide association study, Mendelian randomization, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1, single nucleotide polymorphism, genome‐wide association study, Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
Abstract

Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) plays an essential role in the fibrinolysis system and thrombosis. Population studies have reported that blood PAI-1 levels are associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). However, it is unclear whether the association reflects a causal influence of PAI-1 on CHD risk. To evaluate the association between PAI-1 and CHD, we applied a 3-step strategy. First, we investigated the observational association between PAI-1 and CHD incidence using a systematic review based on a literature search for PAI-1 and CHD studies. Second, we explored the causal association between PAI-1 and CHD using a Mendelian randomization approach using summary statistics from large genome-wide association studies. Finally, we explored the causal effect of PAI-1 on cardiovascular risk factors including metabolic and subclinical atherosclerosis measures. In the systematic meta-analysis, the highest quantile of blood PAI-1 level was associated with higher CHD risk comparing with the lowest quantile (odds ratio=2.17; 95% CI: 1.53, 3.07) in an age- and sex-adjusted model. The effect size was reduced in studies using a multivariable-adjusted model (odds ratio=1.46; 95% CI: 1.13, 1.88). The Mendelian randomization analyses suggested a causal effect of increased PAI-1 level on CHD risk (odds ratio=1.22 per unit increase of log-transformed PAI-1; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.47). In addition, we also detected a causal effect of PAI-1 on elevating blood glucose and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Our study indicates a causal effect of elevated PAI-1 level on CHD risk, which may be mediated by glucose dysfunction.

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2017

33. Hepatocyte growth factor demonstrates racial heterogeneity as a biomarker for coronary heart disease

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Bielinski, Suzette J, Berardi, Cecilia, Decker, Paul A, Larson, Nicholas B, Bell, Elizabeth J, Pankow, James S, Sale, Michele M, Tang, Weihong, Hanson, Naomi Q, Wassel, Christina L, de Andrade, Mariza, Budoff, Matthew J, Polak, Joseph F, Sicotte, Hugues, and Tsai, Michael Y

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology, Clinical Sciences, Aging, Prevention, Heart Disease, Cardiovascular, Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease, Clinical Research, Atherosclerosis, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biomarkers, Coronary Artery Disease, Ethnicity, Female, Hepatocyte Growth Factor, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Morbidity, Racial Groups, United States, atherosclerosis, coronary disease, epidemiology, risk factors, Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, Clinical sciences
Abstract

ObjectiveTo determine if hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a promising biomarker of coronary heart disease (CHD) given its release into circulation in response to endothelial damage, is associated with subclinical and clinical CHD in a racial/ethnic diverse population.MethodsHGF was measured in 6738 participants of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Highest mean HGF values (pg/mL) were observed in Hispanic, followed by African, non-Hispanic white, then Chinese Americans.ResultsIn all races/ethnicities, HGF levels were associated with older age, higher systolic blood pressure (SBP) and body mass index, lower high-density lipoprotein, diabetes and current smoking. In fully adjusted models, each SD higher HGF was associated with an average increase in coronary artery calcium (CAC) of 55 Agatston units for non-Hispanic whites (p

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2017

34. Genetic Variants Associated with Circulating Parathyroid Hormone

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Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne, Lutsey, Pamela L, Kleber, Marcus E, Nielson, Carrie M, Mitchell, Braxton D, Bis, Joshua C, Eny, Karen M, Portas, Laura, Eriksson, Joel, Lorentzon, Mattias, Koller, Daniel L, Milaneschi, Yuri, Teumer, Alexander, Pilz, Stefan, Nethander, Maria, Selvin, Elizabeth, Tang, Weihong, Weng, Lu-Chen, Wong, Hoi Suen, Lai, Dongbing, Peacock, Munro, Hannemann, Anke, Völker, Uwe, Homuth, Georg, Nauk, Matthias, Murgia, Federico, Pattee, Jack W, Orwoll, Eric, Zmuda, Joseph M, Riancho, Jose Antonio, Wolf, Myles, Williams, Frances, Penninx, Brenda, Econs, Michael J, Ryan, Kathleen A, Ohlsson, Claes, Paterson, Andrew D, Psaty, Bruce M, Siscovick, David S, Rotter, Jerome I, Pirastu, Mario, Streeten, Elizabeth, März, Winfried, Fox, Caroline, Coresh, Josef, Wallaschofski, Henri, Pankow, James S, de Boer, Ian H, and Kestenbaum, Bryan

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Human Genome, Genetics, Prevention, Clinical Research, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Good Health and Well Being, Adult, Aged, Europe, Female, Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parathyroid Hormone, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, genome-wide association study, human genetics, mineral metabolism, parathyroid hormone, Urology & Nephrology, Clinical sciences
Abstract

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a primary calcium regulatory hormone. Elevated serum PTH concentrations in primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism have been associated with bone disease, hypertension, and in some studies, cardiovascular mortality. Genetic causes of variation in circulating PTH concentrations are incompletely understood. We performed a genome-wide association study of serum PTH concentrations among 29,155 participants of European ancestry from 13 cohort studies (n=22,653 and n=6502 in discovery and replication analyses, respectively). We evaluated the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with natural log-transformed PTH concentration adjusted for age, sex, season, study site, and principal components of ancestry. We discovered associations of SNPs from five independent regions with serum PTH concentration, including the strongest association with rs6127099 upstream of CYP24A1 (P=4.2 × 10-53), a gene that encodes the primary catabolic enzyme for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and 25-dihydroxyvitamin D. Each additional copy of the minor allele at this SNP associated with 7% higher serum PTH concentration. The other SNPs associated with serum PTH concentration included rs4074995 within RGS14 (P=6.6 × 10-17), rs219779 adjacent to CLDN14 (P=3.5 × 10-16), rs4443100 near RTDR1 (P=8.7 × 10-9), and rs73186030 near CASR (P=4.8 × 10-8). Of these five SNPs, rs6127099, rs4074995, and rs219779 replicated. Thus, common genetic variants located near genes involved in vitamin D metabolism and calcium and renal phosphate transport associated with differences in circulating PTH concentrations. Future studies could identify the causal variants at these loci, and the clinical and functional relevance of these variants should be pursued.

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2017

35. Elevated Levels of Adhesion Proteins Are Associated With Low Ankle-Brachial Index.

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Berardi, Cecilia, Wassel, Christine L, Decker, Paul A, Larson, Nicholas B, Kirsch, Phillip S, Andrade, Mariza de, Tsai, Michael Y, Pankow, James S, Sale, Michele M, Sicotte, Hugues, Tang, Weihong, Hanson, Naomi Q, McDermott, Mary M, Criqui, Michael H, Allison, Michael A, and Bielinski, Suzette J

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Humans, Peripheral Vascular Diseases, Inflammation, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Risk Factors, Aged, Middle Aged, Female, Male, Atherosclerosis, Ankle Brachial Index, Biomarkers, P-selectin, ankle–brachial index, hepatocyte growth factor, peripheral artery disease, secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor, Prevention, Cardiovascular, ankle-brachial index, Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular System & Hematology
Abstract

Inflammation plays a pivotal role in peripheral artery disease (PAD). Cellular adhesion proteins mediate the interaction of leukocytes with endothelial cells during inflammation. To determine the association of cellular adhesion molecules with ankle-brachial index (ABI) and ABI category (≤1.0 vs >1.0) in a diverse population, 15 adhesion proteins were measured in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). To assess multivariable associations of each protein with ABI and ABI category, linear and logistic regression was used, respectively. Among 2364 participants, 23 presented with poorly compressible arteries (ABI > 1.4) and were excluded and 261 had ABI ≤ 1.0. Adjusting for traditional risk factors, elevated levels of soluble P-selectin, hepatocyte growth factor, and secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor were associated with lower ABI ( P = .0004, .001, and .002, respectively). Per each standard deviation of protein, we found 26%, 20%, and 19% greater odds of lower ABI category ( P = .001, .01, and .02, respectively). Further investigation into the adhesion pathway may shed new light on biological mechanisms implicated in PAD.

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2017

36. Comparison of HapMap and 1000 Genomes Reference Panels in a Large-Scale Genome-Wide Association Study

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de Vries, Paul S, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Chasman, Daniel I, Trompet, Stella, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Teumer, Alexander, Kleber, Marcus E, Chen, Ming-Huei, Wang, Jie Jin, Attia, John R, Marioni, Riccardo E, Steri, Maristella, Weng, Lu-Chen, Pool, Rene, Grossmann, Vera, Brody, Jennifer A, Venturini, Cristina, Tanaka, Toshiko, Rose, Lynda M, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Mazur, Johanna, Basu, Saonli, Frånberg, Mattias, Yang, Qiong, Ligthart, Symen, Hottenga, Jouke J, Rumley, Ann, Mulas, Antonella, de Craen, Anton JM, Grotevendt, Anne, Taylor, Kent D, Delgado, Graciela E, Kifley, Annette, Lopez, Lorna M, Berentzen, Tina L, Mangino, Massimo, Bandinelli, Stefania, Morrison, Alanna C, Hamsten, Anders, Tofler, Geoffrey, de Maat, Moniek PM, Draisma, Harmen HM, Lowe, Gordon D, Zoledziewska, Magdalena, Sattar, Naveed, Lackner, Karl J, Völker, Uwe, McKnight, Barbara, Huang, Jie, Holliday, Elizabeth G, McEvoy, Mark A, Starr, John M, Hysi, Pirro G, Hernandez, Dena G, Guan, Weihua, Rivadeneira, Fernando, McArdle, Wendy L, Slagboom, P Eline, Zeller, Tanja, Psaty, Bruce M, Uitterlinden, André G, de Geus, Eco JC, Stott, David J, Binder, Harald, Hofman, Albert, Franco, Oscar H, Rotter, Jerome I, Ferrucci, Luigi, Spector, Tim D, Deary, Ian J, März, Winfried, Greinacher, Andreas, Wild, Philipp S, Cucca, Francesco, Boomsma, Dorret I, Watkins, Hugh, Tang, Weihong, Ridker, Paul M, Jukema, Jan W, Scott, Rodney J, Mitchell, Paul, Hansen, Torben, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Smith, Nicholas L, Strachan, David P, and Dehghan, Abbas

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Epidemiology, Biological Sciences, Health Sciences, Genetics, Human Genome, Genome-Wide Association Study, HapMap Project, Humans, General Science & Technology
Abstract

An increasing number of genome-wide association (GWA) studies are now using the higher resolution 1000 Genomes Project reference panel (1000G) for imputation, with the expectation that 1000G imputation will lead to the discovery of additional associated loci when compared to HapMap imputation. In order to assess the improvement of 1000G over HapMap imputation in identifying associated loci, we compared the results of GWA studies of circulating fibrinogen based on the two reference panels. Using both HapMap and 1000G imputation we performed a meta-analysis of 22 studies comprising the same 91,953 individuals. We identified six additional signals using 1000G imputation, while 29 loci were associated using both HapMap and 1000G imputation. One locus identified using HapMap imputation was not significant using 1000G imputation. The genome-wide significance threshold of 5×10-8 is based on the number of independent statistical tests using HapMap imputation, and 1000G imputation may lead to further independent tests that should be corrected for. When using a stricter Bonferroni correction for the 1000G GWA study (P-value < 2.5×10-8), the number of loci significant only using HapMap imputation increased to 4 while the number of loci significant only using 1000G decreased to 5. In conclusion, 1000G imputation enabled the identification of 20% more loci than HapMap imputation, although the advantage of 1000G imputation became less clear when a stricter Bonferroni correction was used. More generally, our results provide insights that are applicable to the implementation of other dense reference panels that are under development.

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2017

37. A Mendelian randomization of γ′ and total fibrinogen levels in relation to venous thromboembolism and ischemic stroke

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Maners, Jillian, Gill, Dipender, Pankratz, Nathan, Laffan, Michael A., Wolberg, Alisa S., de Maat, Moniek P.M., Ligthart, Symen, Tang, Weihong, Ward-Caviness, Cavin K., Fornage, Myriam, Debette, Stephanie, Dichgans, Martin, McKnight, Barbara, Boerwinkle, Eric, CHARGE Inflammation Working Group, INVENT Consortium, MEGASTROKE consortium of the International Stroke Genetics Consortium (ISGC), Smith, Nicholas L., Morrison, Alanna C., Dehghan, Abbas, and de Vries, Paul S.

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2020
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41. Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

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Taliun, Daniel, Harris, Daniel N., Kessler, Michael D., Carlson, Jedidiah, Szpiech, Zachary A., Torres, Raul, Taliun, Sarah A. Gagliano, Corvelo, André, Gogarten, Stephanie M., Kang, Hyun Min, Pitsillides, Achilleas N., LeFaive, Jonathon, Lee, Seung-been, Tian, Xiaowen, Browning, Brian L., Das, Sayantan, Emde, Anne-Katrin, Clarke, Wayne E., Loesch, Douglas P., Shetty, Amol C., Blackwell, Thomas W., Smith, Albert V., Wong, Quenna, Liu, Xiaoming, Conomos, Matthew P., Bobo, Dean M., Aguet, François, Albert, Christine, Alonso, Alvaro, Ardlie, Kristin G., Arking, Dan E., Aslibekyan, Stella, Auer, Paul L., Barnard, John, Barr, R. Graham, Barwick, Lucas, Becker, Lewis C., Beer, Rebecca L., Benjamin, Emelia J., Bielak, Lawrence F., Blangero, John, Boehnke, Michael, Bowden, Donald W., Brody, Jennifer A., Burchard, Esteban G., Cade, Brian E., Casella, James F., Chalazan, Brandon, Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Cho, Michael H., Choi, Seung Hoan, Chung, Mina K., Clish, Clary B., Correa, Adolfo, Curran, Joanne E., Custer, Brian, Darbar, Dawood, Daya, Michelle, de Andrade, Mariza, DeMeo, Dawn L., Dutcher, Susan K., Ellinor, Patrick T., Emery, Leslie S., Eng, Celeste, Fatkin, Diane, Fingerlin, Tasha, Forer, Lukas, Fornage, Myriam, Franceschini, Nora, Fuchsberger, Christian, Fullerton, Stephanie M., Germer, Soren, Gladwin, Mark T., Gottlieb, Daniel J., Guo, Xiuqing, Hall, Michael E., He, Jiang, Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heckbert, Susan R., Irvin, Marguerite R., Johnsen, Jill M., Johnson, Andrew D., Kaplan, Robert, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kelly, Tanika, Kelly, Shannon, Kenny, Eimear E., Kiel, Douglas P., Klemmer, Robert, Konkle, Barbara A., Kooperberg, Charles, Köttgen, Anna, Lange, Leslie A., Lasky-Su, Jessica, Levy, Daniel, Lin, Xihong, Lin, Keng-Han, Liu, Chunyu, Loos, Ruth J. F., Garman, Lori, Gerszten, Robert, Lubitz, Steven A., Lunetta, Kathryn L., Mak, Angel C. Y., Manichaikul, Ani, Manning, Alisa K., Mathias, Rasika A., McManus, David D., McGarvey, Stephen T., Meigs, James B., Meyers, Deborah A., Mikulla, Julie L., Minear, Mollie A., Mitchell, Braxton D., Mohanty, Sanghamitra, Montasser, May E., Montgomery, Courtney, Morrison, Alanna C., Murabito, Joanne M., Natale, Andrea, Natarajan, Pradeep, Nelson, Sarah C., North, Kari E., O’Connell, Jeffrey R., Palmer, Nicholette D., Pankratz, Nathan, Peloso, Gina M., Peyser, Patricia A., Pleiness, Jacob, Post, Wendy S., Psaty, Bruce M., Rao, D. C., Redline, Susan, Reiner, Alexander P., Roden, Dan, Rotter, Jerome I., Ruczinski, Ingo, Sarnowski, Chloé, Schoenherr, Sebastian, Schwartz, David A., Seo, Jeong-Sun, Seshadri, Sudha, Sheehan, Vivien A., Sheu, Wayne H., Shoemaker, M. Benjamin, Smith, Nicholas L., Smith, Jennifer A., Sotoodehnia, Nona, Stilp, Adrienne M., Tang, Weihong, Taylor, Kent D., Telen, Marilyn, Thornton, Timothy A., Tracy, Russell P., Van Den Berg, David J., Vasan, Ramachandran S., Viaud-Martinez, Karine A., Vrieze, Scott, Weeks, Daniel E., Weir, Bruce S., Weiss, Scott T., Weng, Lu-Chen, Willer, Cristen J., Zhang, Yingze, Zhao, Xutong, Arnett, Donna K., Ashley-Koch, Allison E., Barnes, Kathleen C., Boerwinkle, Eric, Gabriel, Stacey, Gibbs, Richard, Rice, Kenneth M., Rich, Stephen S., Silverman, Edwin K., Qasba, Pankaj, Gan, Weiniu, Papanicolaou, George J., Nickerson, Deborah A., Browning, Sharon R., Zody, Michael C., Zöllner, Sebastian, Wilson, James G., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Laurie, Cathy C., Jaquish, Cashell E., Hernandez, Ryan D., O’Connor, Timothy D., and Abecasis, Gonçalo R.

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2021
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42. Prospective study of γ′ fibrinogen and incident venous thromboembolism: The Longitudinal Investigation of Thromboembolism Etiology (LITE)

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Folsom, Aaron R, Tang, Weihong, George, Kristen M, Heckbert, Susan R, MacLehose, Richard F, Cushman, Mary, and Pankow, James S

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology, Clinical Sciences, Hematology, Clinical Research, Genetics, Cardiovascular, Aged, Female, Fibrinogen, Fibrinogens, Abnormal, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, United States, Venous Thromboembolism, Venous thrombosis, Pulmonary embolus, Fibrinogen gamma, Prospective study, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, Clinical sciences
Abstract

IntroductionEpidemiological studies generally have not found plasma total fibrinogen to be a risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE), but several have reported associations between variants in the fibrinogen gamma gene (FGG) and VTE. A case-control study in whites suggested plasma γ' fibrinogen concentration may be associated inversely with VTE, but this was not replicated in African Americans.ObjectiveTo examine the prospective association between γ' fibrinogen concentrations and occurrence of VTE.MethodsWe used the Longitudinal Investigation of Thromboembolism Etiology (LITE), involving two pooled population-based cohorts in the United States including 16,234 participants. The cohorts comprised white and African American men and women, aged 50years and older at study onset in the early 1990s. We identified VTEs during follow-up and documented they met standardized diagnostic criteria.ResultsDuring two decades of follow-up, neither γ' fibrinogen nor total fibrinogen nor their ratio was associated with VTE overall (n=521 VTEs), in subgroups defined by race, or in other subgroups. In both race groups, the minor allele of FGG rs2066865 was associated with lower γ' fibrinogen concentrations, but this allele was not associated with VTE.ConclusionsA lower plasma concentration of γ' fibrinogen in healthy adults does not appear to increase VTE risk.

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2016

43. A meta-analysis of 120 246 individuals identifies 18 new loci for fibrinogen concentration

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de Vries, Paul S, Chasman, Daniel I, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Chen, Ming-Huei, Huffman, Jennifer E, Steri, Maristella, Tang, Weihong, Teumer, Alexander, Marioni, Riccardo E, Grossmann, Vera, Hottenga, Jouke J, Trompet, Stella, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Zhao, Jing Hua, Brody, Jennifer A, Kleber, Marcus E, Guo, Xiuqing, Wang, Jie Jin, Auer, Paul L, Attia, John R, Yanek, Lisa R, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Lahti, Jari, Venturini, Cristina, Tanaka, Toshiko, Bielak, Lawrence F, Joshi, Peter K, Rocanin-Arjo, Ares, Kolcic, Ivana, Navarro, Pau, Rose, Lynda M, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Riess, Helene, Mazur, Johanna, Basu, Saonli, Goel, Anuj, Yang, Qiong, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Willemsen, Gonneke, Rumley, Ann, Fiorillo, Edoardo, de Craen, Anton JM, Grotevendt, Anne, Scott, Robert, Taylor, Kent D, Delgado, Graciela E, Yao, Jie, Kifley, Annette, Kooperberg, Charles, Qayyum, Rehan, Lopez, Lorna M, Berentzen, Tina L, Räikkönen, Katri, Mangino, Massimo, Bandinelli, Stefania, Peyser, Patricia A, Wild, Sarah, Trégouët, David-Alexandre, Wright, Alan F, Marten, Jonathan, Zemunik, Tatijana, Morrison, Alanna C, Sennblad, Bengt, Tofler, Geoffrey, de Maat, Moniek PM, de Geus, Eco JC, Lowe, Gordon D, Zoledziewska, Magdalena, Sattar, Naveed, Binder, Harald, Völker, Uwe, Waldenberger, Melanie, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Mcknight, Barbara, Huang, Jie, Jenny, Nancy S, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Qi, Lihong, Mcevoy, Mark G, Becker, Diane M, Starr, John M, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Hysi, Pirro G, Hernandez, Dena G, Jhun, Min A, Campbell, Harry, Hamsten, Anders, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Mcardle, Wendy L, Slagboom, P Eline, Zeller, Tanja, Koenig, Wolfgang, Psaty, Bruce M, Haritunians, Talin, Liu, Jingmin, Palotie, Aarno, Uitterlinden, André G, Stott, David J, Hofman, Albert, and Franco, Oscar H

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Biological Sciences, Genetics, Human Genome, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Fibrinogen, Genetic Loci, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, INDEL Mutation, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics & Heredity
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Genome-wide association studies have previously identified 23 genetic loci associated with circulating fibrinogen concentration. These studies used HapMap imputation and did not examine the X-chromosome. 1000 Genomes imputation provides better coverage of uncommon variants, and includes indels. We conducted a genome-wide association analysis of 34 studies imputed to the 1000 Genomes Project reference panel and including ∼120 000 participants of European ancestry (95 806 participants with data on the X-chromosome). Approximately 10.7 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms and 1.2 million indels were examined. We identified 41 genome-wide significant fibrinogen loci; of which, 18 were newly identified. There were no genome-wide significant signals on the X-chromosome. The lead variants of five significant loci were indels. We further identified six additional independent signals, including three rare variants, at two previously characterized loci: FGB and IRF1. Together the 41 loci explain 3% of the variance in plasma fibrinogen concentration.

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2016

44. Impact of adiposity on cellular adhesion: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of atherosclerosis (MESA)

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Christoph, Mary J, Allison, Matthew A, Pankow, James S, Decker, Paul A, Kirsch, Phillip S, Tsai, Michael Y, Sale, Michele M, de Andrade, Mariza, Sicotte, Hugues, Tang, Weihong, Hanson, Naomi Q, Berardi, Cecilia, Wassel, Christina L, Larson, Nicholas B, and Bielinski, Suzette J

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Public Health, Health Sciences, Nutrition, Aging, Prevention, Obesity, Cardiovascular, Atherosclerosis, Adiposity, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Body Mass Index, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Female, Humans, Intra-Abdominal Fat, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Subcutaneous Fat, Waist-Hip Ratio, Young Adult, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Abstract

ObjectiveAt the cellular level, how excess adiposity promotes atherogenesis is not fully understood. One pathway involves secretion of adipokines that stimulate endothelial dysfunction through increased expression of adhesion molecules. However, the relationship of adiposity to adhesion molecules that promote atherosclerosis is largely unknown.MethodsLinear regression models were used to assess the sex-specific associations of soluble cellular adhesion molecules (sP- and sL-selectin, sICAM-1, sVCAM-1, and sHGF) and adiposity in 5,974 adults examined as part of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Adiposity measures included body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip-ratio (WHR), and computed tomography measures of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT).ResultsThe mean age was 64 years and 52% were female. In multivariable models adjusting for traditional cardiovascular risk factors, sHGF was positively associated with BMI, WHR, and VAT in both males and females, and sP-selectin with WHR and VAT in males. sVCAM-1 was inversely associated with VAT in females only.ConclusionsOur results showed the relation of adiposity to soluble cellular adhesion proteins was similar across adiposity measures and for both sexes. However, the relationship between adiposity and sVCAM-1 and P-selectin may be modified by sex and the measure used to assess adiposity.

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2016

47. Moving towards the detection of frailty with biomarkers: A population health study

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Sargent, Lana, primary, Nalls, Mike, additional, Singleton, Andrew, additional, Palta, Priya, additional, Kucharska‐Newton, Anna, additional, Pankow, Jim, additional, Young, Hunter, additional, Tang, Weihong, additional, Lutsey, Pamela, additional, Olex, Amy, additional, Wendte, Jered M., additional, Li, Danni, additional, Alonso, Alvaro, additional, Griswold, Michael, additional, Windham, B. Gwen, additional, Baninelli, Stefania, additional, and Ferrucci, Luigi, additional

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2023
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48. Proteomic‐based Biological Aging Clock and MRI Markers of Cerebrovascular Disease: Atherosclerosis Risk in Community Study

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Sedaghat, Sanaz, primary, Wang, Shuo, additional, Liu, Jialing, additional, Hughes, Tim M., additional, Sabayan, Behnam, additional, Tang, Weihong, additional, Coresh, Josef, additional, Pankow, James, additional, Walker, Keenan A., additional, Lutsey, Pamela L., additional, Guan, Weihua, additional, and Prizment, Anna, additional

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2023
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49. Prospective study of plasma D-dimer and incident venous thromboembolism: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

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Folsom, Aaron R, Alonso, Alvaro, George, Kristen M, Roetker, Nicholas S, Tang, Weihong, and Cushman, Mary

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology, Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular, Hematology, Prevention, Atherosclerosis, Female, Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products, Humans, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Venous Thromboembolism, Deep vein thrombosis, D-dimer, Prospective studies, Pulmonary embolism, Risk factors, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, Clinical sciences
Abstract

IntroductionPlasma D-dimer is a useful clinical test for acute venous thromboembolism (VTE), and concentrations remain higher in VTE patients after treatment than in controls. Yet, evidence is limited on whether higher basal D-dimer concentrations in the general population are associated with greater risk of first VTE.ObjectiveTo assess the prospective association between D-dimer and incident VTE over a long follow-up.MethodsWe measured plasma D-dimer in 12,097 participants, initially free of VTE, in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Over a median follow-up of 17years, we identified 521 VTEs. We calculated hazard ratios of VTE using proportional hazards regression.ResultsThe age, race, and sex adjusted hazard ratios of VTE across quintiles of D-dimer were 1, 1.5, 1.8, 2.1, and 3.2 (p for trend

Published
2015

50. Rare and low-frequency variants and their association with plasma levels of fibrinogen, FVII, FVIII, and vWF

Author

Huffman, Jennifer E, de Vries, Paul S, Morrison, Alanna C, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Kacprowski, Tim, Auer, Paul L, Brody, Jennifer A, Chasman, Daniel I, Chen, Ming-Huei, Guo, Xiuqing, Lin, Li-An, Marioni, Riccardo E, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Yanek, Lisa R, Pankratz, Nathan, Grove, Megan L, de Maat, Moniek PM, Cushman, Mary, Wiggins, Kerri L, Qi, Lihong, Sennblad, Bengt, Harris, Sarah E, Polasek, Ozren, Riess, Helene, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rose, Lynda M, Goel, Anuj, Taylor, Kent D, Teumer, Alexander, Uitterlinden, André G, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Yao, Jie, Tang, Weihong, Levy, Daniel, Waldenberger, Melanie, Becker, Diane M, Folsom, Aaron R, Giulianini, Franco, Greinacher, Andreas, Hofman, Albert, Huang, Chiang-Ching, Kooperberg, Charles, Silveira, Angela, Starr, John M, Strauch, Konstantin, Strawbridge, Rona J, Wright, Alan F, McKnight, Barbara, Franco, Oscar H, Zakai, Neil, Mathias, Rasika A, Psaty, Bruce M, Ridker, Paul M, Tofler, Geoffrey H, Völker, Uwe, Watkins, Hugh, Fornage, Myriam, Hamsten, Anders, Deary, Ian J, Boerwinkle, Eric, Koenig, Wolfgang, Rotter, Jerome I, Hayward, Caroline, Dehghan, Abbas, Reiner, Alex P, O'Donnell, Christopher J, and Smith, Nicholas L

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Human Genome, Hematology, Clinical Research, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Cardiovascular, Cohort Studies, Factor VII, Factor VIII, Fibrinogen, Gene Frequency, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Variation, Humans, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Potassium Channels, Potassium Channels, Sodium-Activated, von Willebrand Factor, Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, Clinical Sciences, Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, Immunology, Biochemistry and cell biology, Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, Paediatrics
Abstract

Fibrinogen, coagulation factor VII (FVII), and factor VIII (FVIII) and its carrier von Willebrand factor (vWF) play key roles in hemostasis. Previously identified common variants explain only a small fraction of the trait heritabilities, and additional variations may be explained by associations with rarer variants with larger effects. The aim of this study was to identify low-frequency (minor allele frequency [MAF] ≥0.01 and

Published
2015

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