• Discovery and prioritization of variants and genes for kidney function in >1.2 million individuals 

      Stanzick, Kira J.; Li, Yong; Schlosser, Pascal; Gorski, Mathias; Wuttke, Matthias; Thomas, Laurent F.; Rasheed, Humaira; Rowan, Bryce X.; Graham, Sarah E.; Vanderweff, Brett R.; Patil, Snehal B.; Robinson-Cohen, Cassiane; Gaziano, John M.; O’Donnell, Christopher J.; Willer, Cristen J.; Hallan, Stein; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Gessner, Andre; Hung, Adriana M.; Pattaro, Cristian; Köttgen, Anna; Stark, Klaus; Heid, Iris M.; Winkler, Thomas W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Genes underneath signals from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for kidney function are promising targets for functional studies, but prioritizing variants and genes is challenging. By GWAS meta-analysis for ...
    • X-chromosome and kidney function: evidence from a multi-trait genetic analysis of 908,697 individuals reveals sex-specific and sex-differential findings in genes regulated by androgen response elements 

      Scholz, Markus; Horn, Katrin; pott, janne; Wuttke, Matthias; Hallan, Stein Ivar; Schlosser, Pascal; Pattaro, Cristian; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Hveem, Kristian; Thomas, Laurent Francois; Rasheed, Humaira (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      X-chromosomal genetic variants are understudied but can yield valuable insights into sexually dimorphic human traits and diseases. We performed a sex-stratified cross-ancestry X-chromosome-wide association meta-analysis ...