• Betamethasone administration during pregnancy is associated with placental epigenetic changes with implications for inflammation 

      Czamara, Darina; Dieckmann, Linda; Röh, Simone; Kraemer, Sarah; Rancourt, Rebecca C.; Sammallahti, Sara; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Laivuori, Hannele; Eriksson, Johan G.; Räikkönen, Katri; Henrich, Wolfgang; Plagemann, Andreas; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Braun, Thorsten; Entringer, Sonja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Glucocorticoids (GCs) play a pivotal role in fetal programming. Antenatal treatment with synthetic GCs (sGCs) in individuals in danger of preterm labor is common practice. Adverse short- and long-term effects ...
    • Characteristics of epigenetic aging across gestational and perinatal tissues 

      Dieckmann, Linda; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Kvist, Tuomas; Lahti, Jari; DeWitt, Peter E.; Cruceanu, Cristiana; Laivuori, Hannele; Sammallahti, Sara; Villa, Pia M.; Suomalainen-König, Sanna; Eriksson, Johan G.; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Raikkönen, Katri; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Czamara, Darina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Epigenetic clocks have been used to indicate differences in biological states between individuals of same chronological age. However, so far, only few studies have examined epigenetic aging in newborns—especially ...
    • Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals 

      Winkler, Thomas W.; Rasheed, Humaira; Teumer, Alexander; Gorski, Mathias; Rowan, Bryce X.; Stanzick, Kira J.; Thomas, Laurent; Tin, Adrienne; Hoppmann, Anselm; Chu, Audrey Y.; Tayo, Bamidele; Thio, Chris H. L.; Cusi, Daniele; Chai, Jin-Fang; Sieber, Karsten B.; Horn, Katrin; Li, Man; Scholz, Markus; Cocca, Massimiliano; Wuttke, Matthias; van der Most, Peter J.; Yang, Qiong; Ghasemi, Sahar; Nutile, Teresa; Li, Yong; Pontali, Giulia; Günther, Felix; Dehghan, Abbas; Correa, Adolfo; Parsa, Afshin; Feresin, Agnese; de Vries, Aiko P. J.; Zonderman, Alan B.; Smith, Albert V.; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; De Grandi, Alessandro; Rosenkranz, Alexander R.; Franke, Andre; Teren, Andrej; Metspalu, Andres; Hicks, Andrew A.; Morris, Andrew P.; Tönjes, Anke; Morgan, Anna; Podgornaia, Anna I.; Peters, Annette; Körner, Antje; Mahajan, Anubha; Campbell, Archie; Freedman, Barry I.; Spedicati, Beatrice; Ponte, Belen; Schöttker, Ben; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Banas, Bernhard; Krämer, Bernhard K.; Jung, Bettina; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Smith, Blair H.; Ning, Boting; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.; Vanderwerff, Brett R.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Kammerer, Candace M.; Langefeld, Carl D.; Hayward, Caroline; Spracklen, Cassandra N.; Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne; Hartman, Catharina A.; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Wang, Chaolong; Sabanayagam, Charumathi; Heng, Chew-Kiat; Lanzani, Chiara; Khor, Chiea-Chuen; Cheng, Ching-Yu; Fuchsberger, Christian; Gieger, Christian; Shaffer, Christian M.; Schulz, Christina-Alexandra; Willer, Cristen J.; Chasman, Daniel I.; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Ruggiero, Daniela; Toniolo, Daniela; Czamara, Darina; Porteous, David J.; Waterworth, Dawn M.; Mascalzoni, Deborah; Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.; Reilly, Dermot F.; Daw, E. Warwick; Hofer, Edith; Boerwinkle, Eric; Salvi, Erika; Bottinger, Erwin P.; Tai, E-Shyong; Catamo, Eulalia; Rizzi, Federica; Guo, Feng; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Guilianini, Franco; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Ehret, Georg; Waeber, Gerard; Biino, Ginevra; Girotto, Giorgia; Pistis, Giorgio; Nadkarni, Girish N.; Delgado, Graciela E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Snieder, Harold; Campbell, Harry; White, Harvey D.; Gao, He; Stringham, Heather M.; Schmidt, Helena; Li, Hengtong; Brenner, Hermann; Holm, Hilma; Kirsten, Holgen; Kramer, Holly; Rudan, Igor; Nolte, Ilja M.; Tzoulaki, Ioanna; Olafsson, Isleifur; Martins, Jade; Cook, James P.; Wilson, James F.; Halbritter, Jan; Felix, Janine F.; Divers, Jasmin; Kooner, Jaspal S.; Lee, Jeannette Jen-Mai; O’Connell, Jeffrey; Rotter, Jerome I.; Liu, Jianjun; Xu, Jie; Thiery, Joachim; Ärnlöv, Johan; Kuusisto, Johanna; Jakobsdottir, Johanna; Tremblay, Johanne; Chambers, John C.; Whitfield, John B.; Gaziano, John M.; Marten, Jonathan; Coresh, Josef; Jonas, Jost B.; Mychaleckyj, Josyf C.; Christensen, Kaare; Eckardt, Kai-Uwe; Mohlke, Karen L.; Endlich, Karlhans; Dittrich, Katalin; Ryan, Kathleen A.; Rice, Kenneth M.; Taylor, Kent D.; Ho, Kevin; Nikus, Kjell; Matsuda, Koichi; Strauch, Konstantin; Miliku, Kozeta; Hveem, Kristian; Lind, Lars; Wallentin, Lars; Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M.; Raffield, Laura M.; Phillips, Lawrence S.; Launer, Lenore J.; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Lange, Leslie A.; Citterio, Lorena; Klaric, Lucija; Ikram, M. Arfan; Ising, Marcus; Kleber, Marcus E.; Francescatto, Margherita; Concas, Maria Pina; Ciullo, Marina; Piratsu, Mario; Orho-Melander, Marju; Laakso, Markku; Loeffler, Markus; Perola, Markus; de Borst, Martin H.; Gögele, Martin; Bianca, Martina La; Lukas, Mary Ann; Feitosa, Mary F.; Biggs, Mary L.; Wojczynski, Mary K.; Kavousi, Maryam; Kanai, Masahiro; Akiyama, Masato; Yasuda, Masayuki; Nauck, Matthias; Waldenberger, Melanie; Chee, Miao-Li; Chee, Miao-Ling; Boehnke, Michael; Preuss, Michael H.; Stumvoll, Michael; Province, Michael A.; Evans, Michele K.; O’Donoghue, Michelle L.; Kubo, Michiaki; Kähönen, Mika; Kastarinen, Mika; Nalls, Mike A.; Kuokkanen, Mikko; Ghanbari, Mohsen; Bochud, Murielle; Josyula, Navya Shilpa; Martin, Nicholas G.; Tan, Nicholas Y. Q.; Palmer, Nicholette D.; Pirastu, Nicola; Schupf, Nicole; Verweij, Niek; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Mononen, Nina; Bansal, Nisha; Devuyst, Olivier; Melander, Olle; Raitakari, Olli T.; Polasek, Ozren; Manunta, Paolo; Gasparini, Paolo; Mishra, Pashupati P.; Sulem, Patrick; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Elliott, Paul; Ridker, Paul M.; Hamet, Pavel; Svensson, Per O.; Joshi, Peter K.; Kovacs, Peter; Pramstaller, Peter P.; Rossing, Peter; Vollenweider, Peter; van der Harst, Pim; Dorajoo, Rajkumar; Sim, Ralene Z. H.; Burkhardt, Ralph; Tao, Ran; Noordam, Raymond; Mägi, Reedik; Schmidt, Reinhold; de Mutsert, Renée; Rueedi, Rico; van Dam, Rob M.; Carroll, Robert J.; Gansevoort, Ron T.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Felicita, Sala Cinzia; Sedaghat, Sanaz; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Freitag-Wolf, Sandra; Pendergrass, Sarah A.; Graham, Sarah E.; Gordon, Scott D.; Hwang, Shih-Jen; Kerr, Shona M.; Vaccargiu, Simona; Patil, Snehal B.; Hallan, Stein; Bakker, Stephan J. L.; Lim, Su-Chi; Lucae, Susanne; Vogelezang, Suzanne; Bergmann, Sven; Corre, Tanguy; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Lehtimäki, Terho; Boutin, Thibaud S.; Meitinger, Thomas; Wong, Tien-Yin; Bergler, Tobias; Rabelink, Ton J.; Esko, Tõnu; Haller, Toomas; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Völker, Uwe; Foo, Valencia Hui Xian; Salomaa, Veikko; Vitart, Veronique; Giedraitis, Vilmantas; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Huang, Wei; Zhang, Weihua; Wei, Wen Bin; Kiess, Wieland; März, Winfried; Koenig, Wolfgang; Lieb, Wolfgang; Gao, Xin; Sim, Xueling; Wang, Ya Xing; Friedlander, Yechiel; Tham, Yih-Chung; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Okada, Yukinori; Milaneschi, Yuri; Yu, Zhi; Thio, Chris H. L.; van der Most, Peter J.; de Borst, Martin H.; Ho, Kevin; Josyula, Navya Shilpa; Pendergrass, Sarah A.; Rowan, Bryce X.; Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne; Gaziano, John M.; Phillips, Lawrence S.; Tao, Ran; Hung, Adriana M.; Stark, Klaus J.; Stefansson, Kari; Böger, Carsten A.; Hung, Adriana M.; Kronenberg, Florian; Köttgen, Anna; Pattaro, Cristian; Heid, Iris M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) can progress to kidney failure. Risk factors include genetics and diabetes mellitus (DM), but little is known about their interaction. We conducted genome-wide association meta-analyses ...
    • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function 

      Pattaro, Cristian; Teumer, Alexander; Gorski, Mathias; Chu, Audrey Y.; Li, Man; Mijatovic, Vladan; Garnaas, Maija; Tin, Adrienne; Sorice, Rossella; Li, Yong; Taliun, Daniel; Olden, Matthias; Foster, Meredith; Yang, Qiong; Chen, Ming-Huei; Pers, Tune H.; Johnson, Andrew D.; Ko, Yi-An; Fuchsberger, Christian; Tayo, Bamidele; Nalls, Michael; Feitosa, Mary F.; Isaacs, Aaron; Dehghan, Abbas; D'Adamo, Pio; Adeyemo, Adebowale; Dieffenbach, Aida Karina; Zonderman, Alan B.; Nolte, Ilja M.; van der Most, Peter J.; Wright, Alan F.; Shuldiner, Alan R.; Morrison, Alanna C.; Hofman, Albert; Smith, Albert V.; Dreisbach, Albert W.; Franke, Andre; Uitterlinden, André G.; Metspalu, Andres; Tonjes, Anke; Lupo, Antonio; Robino, Antonietta; Johansson, Åsa; Demirkan, Ayse; Kollerits, Barbara; Freedman, Barry I.; Ponte, Belen; Oostra, Ben A.; Paulweber, Bernhard; Krämer, Bernhard K.; Mitchell, Braxton D.; Buckley, Brendan M.; Peralta, Carmen A.; Hayward, Caroline; Helmer, Catherine; Rotimi, Charles N.; Shaffer, Christian M.; Müller, Christian; Sala, Cinzia; Van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Saint-Pierre, Aude; Ackermann, Daniel; Shriner, Daniel; Ruggiero, Daniela; Toniolo, Daniela; Lu, Yingchang; Cusi, Daniele; Czamara, Darina; Ellinghaus, David; Siscovick, David S; Ruderfer, Douglas; Gieger, Christian; Grallert, Harald; Rochtchina, Elena; Atkinson, Elizabeth J; Holliday, Elizabeth G; Boerwinkle, Eric; Salvi, Erika; Bottinger, Erwin P; Murgia, Federico; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Ernst, Florian; Kronenberg, Florian; Hu, Frank B; Navis, Gerjan J; Curhan, Gary C; Ehret, George B; Homuth, Georg; Coassin, Stefan; Thun, Gian-Andri; Pistis, Giorgio; Gambaro, Giovanni; Malerba, Giovanni; Montgomery, Grant W; Eiriksdottir, Gudny; Jacobs, Gunnar; Li, Guo; Wichmann, H-Erich; Campbell, Harry; Schmidt, Helena; Wallaschofski, Henri; Völzke, Henry; Brenner, Hermann; Kroemer, Heyo K; Kramer, Holly; Lin, Honghuang; Leach, I Mateo; Ford, Ian; Guessous, Idris; Rudan, Igor; Prokopenko, Inga; Borecki, Ingrid; Heid, Iris M; Kolcic, Ivana; Persico, Ivana; Jukema, J Wouter; Wilson, James F; Felix, Janine F; Divers, Jasmin; Lambert, Jean-Charles; Stafford, Jeanette M; Gaspoz, Jean-Michel; Smith, Jennifer A; Faul, Jessica D; Wang, Jie Jin; Ding, Jingzhong; Hirschhorn, Joel N; Attia, John; Whitfield, John B; Chalmers, John; Viikari, Jorma; Coresh, Josef; Denny, Joshua C; Karjalainen, Juha; Fernandes, Jyotika K; Endlich, Karlhans; Butterbach, Katja; Keene, Keith L; Lohman, Kurt; Portas, Laura; Launer, Lenore J; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Yengo, Loic; Franke, Lude; Ferrucci, Luigi; Rose, Lynda M; Kedenko, Lyudmyla; Rao, Madhumathi; Struchalin, Maksim; Kleber, Marcus E; Cavalieri, Margherita; Haun, Margot; Cornelis, Marilyn C; Ciullo, Marina; Pirastu, Mario; De Andrade, Mariza; McEvoy, Mark A; Woodward, Mark; Adam, Martin; Cocca, Massimiliano; Nauck, Matthias; Imboden, Medea; Waldenberger, Melanie; Pruijm, Menno; Metzger, Marie; Stumvoll, Michael; Evans, Michele K; Sale, Michele M; Kähönen, Mika; Boban, Mladen; Bochud, Murielle; Rheinberger, Myriam; Verweij, Niek; Bouatia-Naji, Nabila; Martin, Nicholas G; Hastie, Nick; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Soranzo, Nicole; Devuyst, Olivier; Raitakari, Olli; Gottesman, Omri; Franco, Oscar H; Polasek, Ozren; Gasparini, Paolo; Munroe, Patricia B; Ridker, Paul M; Mitchell, Paul; Muntner, Paul; Meisinger, Christa; Smit, Johannes H; Abecasis, Goncalo R; Adair, Linda S; Alexander, Myriam; Altshuler, David; Amin, Najaf; Arking, Dan E; Arora, Pankaj; Aulchenko, Yurii; Bakker, Stephan JL; Bandinelli, Stefania; Barroso, Ines; Beckmann, Jacques S; Beilby, John P; Bergman, Richard N; Bergmann, Sven; Bis, Joshua C; Boehnke, Michael; Bonnycastle, Lori L; Bornstein, Stefan R; Bots, Michiel L; Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L; Brand, Stefan-Martin; Brand, Eva; Braund, Peter S; Brown, Morris J; Burton, Paul R; Casas, Juan P; Caulfield, Mark J; Chakravarti, Aravinda; Chambers, John C; Chandak, Giriraj R; Chang, Yen-Pei C; Charchar, Fadi J; Chaturvedi, Nish; Cho, Yoon Shin; Clarke, Robert; Collins, Francis S; Collins, Rory; Connell, John M; Cooper, Jackie A; Cooper, Matthew N; Cooper, Richard S; Corsi, Anna Maria; Dörr, Marcus; Dahgam, Santosh; Danesh, John; Smith, George Davey; Day, Ian NM; Deloukas, Panos; Denniff, Matthew; Dominiczak, Anna F; Dong, Yanbin; Doumatey, Ayo; Elliott, Paul; Elosua, Roberto; Erdmann, Jeanette; Eyheramendy, Susana; Farrall, Martin; Fava, Cristiano; Forrester, Terrence; Fowkes, F Gerald R; Fox, Ervin R; Frayling, Timothy M; Galan, Pilar; Ganesh, Santhi K; Garcia, Melissa; Gaunt, Tom R; Glazer, Nicole L; Go, Min Jin; Goel, Anuj; Grässler, Jurgen; Grobbee, Diederick E; Groop, Leif; Guarrera, Simonetta; Guo, Xiuqing; Hadley, David; Hamsten, Anders; Han, Bok-Ghee; Hardy, Rebecca; Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa; Heath, Simon; Heckbert, Susan R; Hedblad, Bo; Hercberg, Serge; Hernandez, Dena; Hicks, Andrew A; Hilton, Gina; Hingorani, Aroon D; Hoffman Bolton, Judith A; Hopewell, Jemma C; Howard, Philip; Humphries, Steve E; Hunt, Steven C; Hveem, Kristian; Ikram, M Arfan; Islam, Muhammad; Iwai, Naoharu; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Jackson, Anne U; Jafar, Tazeen H; Janipalli, Charles S; Johnson, Toby; Kathiresan, Sekar; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Kim, Hyung-Lae; Kinra, Sanjay; Kita, Yoshikuni; Kivimaki, Mika; Kooner, Jaspal S; Kumar, MJ Kranthi; Kuh, Diana; Kulkarni, Smita R; Kumari, Meena; Kuusisto, Johanna; Kuznetsova, Tatiana; Laakso, Markku; Laan, Maris; Laitinen, Jaana; Lakatta, Edward G; Langefeld, Carl D; Larson, Martin G; Lathrop, Mark; Lawlor, Debbie A; Lawrence, Robert W; Lee, Jong-Young; Lee, Nanette R; Levy, Daniel; Li, Yali; Longstreth, Will T; Luan, Jian'an; Lucas, Gavin; Ludwig, Barbara; Mangino, Massimo; Mani, K Radha; Marmot, Michael G; Mattace-Raso, Francesco US; Matullo, Giuseppe; McArdle, Wendy L; McKenzie, Colin A; Meitinger, Thomas; Melander, Olle; Meneton, Pierre; Meschia, James F; Miki, Tetsuro; Milaneschi, Yuri; Mohlke, Karen L; Mooser, Vincent; Morken, Mario A; Morris, Richard W; Mosley, Thomas H; Najjar, Samer; Narisu, Narisu; Newton-Cheh, Christopher; Nguyen, Khanh-Dung Hoang; Nilsson, Peter; Nyberg, Fredrik; O'Donnell, Christopher J; Ogihara, Toshio; Ohkubo, Takayoshi; Okamura, Tomonori; Ong, Rick Twee-Hee; Ongen, Halit; Onland-Moret, N Charlotte; O'Reilly, Paul F; Org, Elin; Orru, Marco; Palmas, Walter; Palmen, Jutta; Palmer, Lyle J; Palmer, Nicholette D; Parker, Alex N; Peden, John F; Peltonen, Leena; Perola, Markus; Pihur, Vasyl; Platou, Carl Geoffrey Parrinder; Plump, Andrew; Prabhakaran, Dorairajan; Psaty, Bruce M; Raffel, Leslie J; Rao, Dabeeru C; Rasheed, Asif; Ricceri, Fulvio; Rice, Kenneth M; Rosengren, Annika; Rotter, Jerome I; Rudock, Megan E; Sober, Siim; Salako, Tunde; Saleheen, Danish; Salomaa, Veikko; Samani, Nilesh J; Schwartz, Steven M; Schwarz, Peter EH; Scott, Laura J; Scott, James; Scuteri, Angelo; Sehmi, Joban S; Seielstad, Mark; Seshadri, Sudha; Sharma, Pankaj; Shaw-Hawkins, Sue; Shi, Gang; Shrine, Nick RG; Sijbrands, Eric JG; Sim, Xueling; Singleton, Andrew; Sjögren, Marketa; Smith, Nicholas L; Artigas, Maria Soler; Spector, Tim D; Staessen, Jan A; Stancakova, Alena; Steinle, Nanette I; Strachan, David P; Stringham, Heather M; Sun, Yan V; Swift, Amy J; Tabara, Yasuharu; Tai, E-Shyong; Talmud, Philippa J; Taylor, Andrew; Terzic, Janos; Thelle, Dag Steinar; Tobin, Martin D; Tomaszewski, Maciej; Tripathy, Vikal; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Tzoulaki, Ioanna; Uda, Manuela; Ueshima, Hirotsugu; Uiterwaal, Cuno SPM; Umemura, Satoshi; Van Der Harst, Pim; Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T; Van Gilst, Wiek H; Vartiainen, Erkki; Vasan, Ramachandran S; Veldre, Gudrun; Verwoert, Germaine C; Viigimaa, Margus; Vinay, DG; Vineis, Paolo; Voight, Benjamin F; Vollenweider, Peter; Wagenknecht, Lynne E; Wain, Louise V; Wang, Xiaoling; Wang, Thomas J; Wareham, Nicholas J; Watkins, Hugh; Weder, Alan B; Whincup, Peter H; Wiggins, Kerri L; Witteman, Jacqueline CM; Wong, Andrew; Wu, Ying; Yajnik, Chittaranjan S; Yao, Jie; Young, JH; Zelenika, Diana; Zhai, Guangju; Zhang, Weihua; Zhang, Feng; Zhao, Jing Hua; Zhu, Haidong; Zhu, Xiaofeng; Zitting, Paavo; Zukowska-Szczechowska, Ewa; Okada, Yukinori; Wu, Jer-Yuarn; Gu, Dongfeng; Takeuchi, Fumihiko; Takahashi, Atsushi; Maeda, Shiro; Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko; Chen, Peng; Lim, Su-Chi; Wong, Tien-Yin; Liu, Jianjun; Young, Terri L; Aung, Tin; Teo, Yik-Ying; Kim, Young Jin; Kang, Daehee; Chen, Chien-Hsiun; Tsai, Fuu-Jen; Chang, Li-Ching; Fann, S-J Cathy; Mei, Hao; Hixson, James E; Chen, Shufeng; Katsuya, Tomohiro; Isono, Masato; Albrecht, Eva; Yamamoto, Kazuhiko; Kubo, Michiaki; Nakamura, Yusuke; Kamatani, Naoyuki; Kato, Norihiro; He, Jiang; Chen, Yuan-Tsong; Tanaka, Toshihiro; Reilly, Muredach P; Schunkert, Heribert; Assimes, Themistocles L; Hall, Alistair; Hengstenberg, Christian; König, Inke R; Laaksonen, Reijo; McPherson, Ruth; Thompson, John R; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Ziegler, Andreas; Absher, Devin; Chen, Li; Cupples, L Adrienne; Halperin, Eran; Li, Mingyao; Musunuru, Kiran; Preuss, Michael; Schillert, Arne; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Wells, George A; Holm, Hilma; Roberts, Robert; Stewart, Alexandre FR; Fortmann, Stephen; Go, Alan; Hlatky, Mark; Iribarren, Carlos; Knowles, Joshua; Myers, Richard; Quertermous, Thomas; Sidney, Steven; Risch, Neil; Tang, Hua; Blankenberg, Stefan; Schnabel, Renate; Sinning, Christoph; Lackner, Karl J; Tiret, Laurence; Nicaud, Viviane; Cambien, Francois; Bickel, Christoph; Rupprecht, Hans J; Perret, Claire; Proust, Carole; Munzel, Thomas F; Barbalic, Maja; Chen, Ida Yii-Der; Demissie-Banjaw, Serkalem; Folsom, Aaron; Lumley, Thomas; Marciante, Kristin; Taylor, Kent D; Volcik, Kelly; Gretarsdottir, Solveig; Gulcher, Jeffrey R; Kong, Augustine; Stefansson, Kari; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Andersen, Karl; Fischer, Marcus; Grosshennig, Anika; Linsel-Nitschke, Patrick; Stark, Klaus; Schreiber, Stefan; Aherrahrou, Zouhair; Bruse, Petra; Doering, Angela; Klopp, Norman; Diemert, Patrick; Loley, Christina; Medack, Anja; Nahrstedt, Janja; Peters, Annette; Wagner, Arnika K; Willenborg, Christina; Böhm, Bernhard O; Dobnig, Harald; Grammer, Tanja B; Hoffmann, Michael M; Meinitzer, Andreas; Winkelmann, Bernhard R; Pilz, Stefan; Renner, Wilfried; Scharnagl, Hubert; Stojakovic, Tatjana; Tomaschitz, Andreas; Winkler, Karl; Guiducci, Candace; Burtt, Noel; Gabriel, Stacey B; Dandona, Sonny; Jarinova, Olga; Qu, Liming; Wilensky, Robert; Matthai, William; Hakonarson, Hakon H; Devaney, Joe; Burnett, Mary Susan; Pichard, Augusto D; Kent, Kenneth M; Satler, Lowell; Lindsay, Joseph M; Waksman, Ron; Knouff, Christopher W; Waterworth, Dawn M; Walker, Max C; Epstein, Stephen E; Rader, Daniel J; Nelson, Christopher P; Wright, Benjamin J; Balmforth, Anthony J; Ball, Stephen G; Loehr, Laura R; Rosamond, Wayne D; Benjamin, Emelia; Haritunians, Talin; Couper, David; Murabito, Joanne; Wang, Ying A; Stricker, Bruno H; Chang, Patricia P; Willerson, James T; Felix, Stephan B; Watzinger, Norbert; Aragam, Jayashri; Zweiker, Robert; Lind, Lars; Rodeheffer, Richard J; Greiser, Karin Halina; Deckers, Jaap W; Stritzke, Jan; Ingelsson, Erik; Kullo, Iftikhar; Haerting, Johannes; Reffelmann, Thorsten; Redfield, Margaret M; Werdan, Karl; Mitchell, Gary F; Arnett, Donna K; Gottdiener, John S; Blettner, Maria; Friedrich, Nele; Kovacs, Peter; Wild, Philipp S; Froguel, Philippe; Rettig, Rainer; Mägi, Reedik; Biffar, Reiner; Schmidt, Reinhold; Middelberg, Rita P S; Carroll, Robert J; Penninx, Brenda W; Scott, Rodney J; Katz, Ronit; Sedaghat, Sanaz; Wild, Sarah H; Kardia, Sharon L R; Ulivi, Sheila; Hwang, Shih-Jen; Enroth, Stefan; Kloiber, Stefan; Trompet, Stella; Stengel, Benedicte; Hancock, Stephen J; Turner, Stephen T; Rosas, Sylvia E; Stracke, Sylvia; Harris, Tamara B; Zeller, Tanja; Zemunik, Tatijana; Lehtimäki, Terho; Illig, Thomas; Aspelund, Thor; Nikopensius, Tiit; Esko, Tonu; Tanaka, Toshiko; Gyllensten, Ulf; Völker, Uwe; Emilsson, Valur; Vitart, Veronique; Aalto, Ville; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Chouraki, Vincent; Chen, Wei-Min; Igl, Wilmar; März, Winfried; Koenig, Wolfgang; Lieb, Wolfgang; Loos, Ruth J F; Liu, Yongmei; Snieder, Harold; Pramstaller, Peter P; Parsa, Afshin; O'Connell, Jeffrey R; Susztak, Katalin; Hamet, Pavel; Tremblay, Johanne; De Boer, Ian H; Böger, Carsten A; Goessling, Wolfram; Chasman, Daniel I; Köttgen, Anna; Kao, W H Linda; Fox, Caroline S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Reduced glomerular filtration rate defines chronic kidney disease and is associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for estimated glomerular ...
    • Genome-Wide Copy Number Variant and High-Throughput Transcriptomics Analyses of Placental Tissues Underscore Persisting Child Susceptibility in At-Risk Pregnancies Cleared in Standard Genetic Testing 

      Czamara, Darina; Cruceanu, Cristiana; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Dieckmann, Linda; Ködel, Maik; Sauer, Susann; Rex-Haffner, Monika; Sammallahti, Sara; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Laivuori, Hannele; Lahti, Jari; Räikkönen, Katri; Binder, Elisabeth B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Several studies have shown that children from pregnancies with estimated first-trimester risk based on fetal nuchal translucency thickness and abnormal maternal serum pregnancy protein and hormone levels maintain a higher ...
    • Maternal exposure to childhood maltreatment and mental and behavioral disorders in children 

      Airikka, Aino; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Tuovinen, Soile; Heinonen, Kati; Lahti, Jari; Girchenko, Polina; Lähdepuro, Anna; Pyhälä, Riikka; Czamara, Darina; Villa, Pia; Laivuori, Hannele; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Räikkönen, Katri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Exposure to maltreatment in childhood is associated with lifelong risk of mental and behavioral disorders. Whether the effects extend to the next generation remains unclear. We examined whether maternal exposure to childhood ...
    • Maternal haemoglobin levels in pregnancy and child DNA methylation: a study in the pregnancy and childhood epigenetics consortium 

      Ronkainen, Justiina; Heiskala, Anni; Vehmeijer, Florianne O.; Lowry, Estelle; Caramaschi, Doretta; Estrada Gutierrez, Guadalupe; Heiss, Jonathan A.; Hummel, Nadine; Keikkala, Elina; Kvist, Tuomas; Kupsco, Allison; Melton, Phillip E.; Pesce, Giancarlo; Soomro, Munawar Hussain; Vives-Usano, Marta; Baïz, Nour; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Czamara, Darina; Guxens, Mònica; Mustaniemi, Sanna; London, Stephanie J.; Rauschert, Sebastian; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Vrijheid, Martine; Ziegler, Anette-G.; Annesi-Maesano, Isabella; Bustamante, Mariona; Huang, Rae-Chi; Hummel, Sandra; Just, Allan C.; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Lahti, Jari; Lawlor, Debbie A.; Räikkönen, Katri; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Felix, Janine F.; Sebert, Sylvain (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Altered maternal haemoglobin levels during pregnancy are associated with pre-clinical and clinical conditions affecting the fetus. Evidence from animal models suggests that these associations may be partially explained by ...
    • A polyepigenetic glucocorticoid exposure score at birth and childhood mental and behavioral disorders 

      Suarez, Anna; Lahti, Jari; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Girchenko, Polina; Czamara, Darina; Arloth, Janine; Malmberg, Anni LK.; Hämäläinen, Esa; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Laivuori, Hannele; Villa, Pia M.; Reynolds, Rebecca M.; Provençal, Nadine; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Räikkönen, Katri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background Maternal depression and anxiety during pregnancy may enhance fetal exposure to glucocorticoids (GCs) and harm neurodevelopment. We tested whether a novel cross-tissue polyepigenetic biomarker indicative of in ...
    • A Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium (PACE) meta-analysis highlights potential relationships between birth order and neonatal blood DNA methylation 

      Li, Shaobo; Spitz, Natalia; Ghantous, Akram; Abrishamcar, Sarina; Reimann, Brigitte; Marques, Irene; Silver, Matt J.; Aguilar-Lacasaña, Sofía; Kitaba, Negusse; Rezwan, Faisal I.; Röder, Stefan; Sirignano, Lea; Tuhkanen, Johanna; Mancano, Giulia; Sharp, Gemma C.; Metayer, Catherine; Morimoto, Libby; Stein, Dan J.; Zar, Heather J.; Alfano, Rossella; Nawrot, Tim; Wang, Congrong; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Keikkala, Elina; Mustaniemi, Sanna; Ronkainen, Justiina; Sebert, Sylvain; Silva, Wnurinham; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Bernstein, Robin M.; Prentice, Andrew M.; Cosin-Tomas, Marta; Dwyer, Terence; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Herceg, Zdenko; Magnus, Maria Christine; Munthe-Kaas, Monica Cheng; Page, Christian Magnus; Völker, Maja; Gilles, Maria; Send, Tabea; Witt, Stephanie; Zillich, Lea; Gagliardi, Luigi; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Czamara, Darina; Räikkönen, Katri; Chatzi, Lida; Vafeiadi, Marina; Arshad, S. Hasan; Ewart, Susan; Plusquin, Michelle; Felix, Janine F.; Moore, Sophie E.; Vrijheid, Martine; Holloway, John W.; Karmaus, Wilfried; Herberth, Gunda; Zenclussen, Ana; Streit, Fabian; Lahti, Jari; Hüls, Anke; Hoang, Thanh T.; London, Stephanie J.; Wiemels, Joseph L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Higher birth order is associated with altered risk of many disease states. Changes in placentation and exposures to in utero growth factors with successive pregnancies may impact later life disease risk via persistent DNA ...
    • Reliability of a novel approach for reference-based cell type estimation in human placental DNA methylation studies 

      Dieckmann, Linda; Cruceanu, Cristiana; Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius; Lahti, Jari; Kvist, Tuomas; Laivuori, Hannele; Sammallahti, Sara; Villa, Pia M.; Suomalainen-König, Sanna; Rancourt, Rebecca C.; Plagemann, Andreas; Henrich, Wolfgang; Eriksson, Johan G.; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Entringer, Sonja; Braun, Thorsten; Räikkönen, Katri; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Czamara, Darina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The placenta is a central organ during early development, influencing trajectories of health and disease. DNA methylation (DNAm) studies of human placenta improve our understanding of how its function relates to disease ...