• 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; 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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 ...
    • Genetic inactivation of ANGPTL4 improves glucose homeostasis and is associated with reduced risk of diabetes 

      Gusarova, Viktoria; O'Dushlaine, Colm; Teslovich, Tanya M.; Benotti, Peter N.; Mirshahi, Tooraj; Gottesman, Omri; van Hout, Cristopher V.; Murray, Michael F.; Mahajan, Anubha; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Fritsche, Lars; Wulff, Anders Berg; Gudbjartsson, Daníel Fannar; Sjögren, Marketa; Emdin, Connor A.; Scott, Robert A.; Lee, Wen-Jane; Small, Aeron; Kwee, Lydia C.; Dwivedi, Om Prakash; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Bruse, Shannon; Lopez, Alexander E.; Penn, John; Marcketta, Anthony; Leader, Joseph B.; Still, Christopher D.; Kirchner, H. Lester; Mirshahi, Uyenlinh L.; Wardeh, Amr H.; Hartle, Cassandra M.; Habegger, Lukas; Fetterolf, Samantha N.; Tusie-Luna, Teresa; Morris, Andrew P.; Holm, Hilma; Steinthorsdóttir, Valgerdur; Sulem, Patrick; Thorsteinsdóttir, Unnur; Rotter, Jerome I.; Chuang, Lee-Ming; Damrauer, Scott; Birtwell, David; Brummett, Chad M.; Khera, Amit V.; Natarajan, Pradeep; Orho-Melander, Marju; Flannick, Jason; Lotta, Luca A.; Willer, Cristen J.; Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas; Ritchie, Marylyn D.; Ledbetter, David H.; Murphy, Andrew J.; Borecki, Ingrid B.; Reid, Jeffrey G.; Overton, John D.; Hansson, Ola; Groop, Leif; Shah, Svati H.; Kraus, William E.; Rader, Daniel J.; Chen, Yii-Der Ida; Hveem, Kristian; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Kathiresan, Sekar; Melander, Olle; Stefansson, Kari; Nordestgaard, Børge G.; Tybjærg-Hansen, Anne; Abecasis, Goncalo; Altshuler, David; Florez, Jose C.; Boehnke, Michael; McCarthy, Mark I.; Yancopoulos, George D.; Carey, David J.; Shuldiner, Alan R.; Baras, Aris; Dewey, Frederick E.; Gromada, Jesper (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) is an endogenous inhibitor of lipoprotein lipase that modulates lipid levels, coronary atherosclerosis risk, and nutrient partitioning. We hypothesize that loss of ANGPTL4 function might improve ...
    • GWAS of random glucose in 476,326 individuals provide insights into diabetes pathophysiology, complications and treatment stratification 

      Lagou, Vasiliki; Jiang, Longda; Ulrich, Anna; Zudina, Liudmila; González, Karla Sofia Gutiérrez; Balkhiyarova, Zhanna; Faggian, Alessia; Maina, Jared G.; Chen, Shiqian; Todorov, Petar V.; Sharapov, Sodbo; David, Alessia; Marullo, Letizia; Mägi, Reedik; Rujan, Roxana-Maria; Ahlqvist, Emma; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Gao, Ηe; Εvangelou, Εvangelos; Benyamin, Beben; Scott, Robert A.; Isaacs, Aaron; Zhao, Jing Hua; Willems, Sara M.; Johnson, Toby; Gieger, Christian; Grallert, Harald; Meisinger, Christa; Müller-Nurasyid, Martina; Strawbridge, Rona J.; Goel, Anuj; Rybin, Denis; Albrecht, Eva; Jackson, Anne U.; Stringham, Heather M.; Corrêa, Ivan R.; Farber-Eger, Eric; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Uitterlinden, André G.; Munroe, Patricia B.; Brown, Morris J.; Schmidberger, Julian; Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas; Thorand, Barbara; Hveem, Kristian; Wilsgaard, Tom; Mohlke, Karen L.; Wang, Zhe; Shmeliov, Aleksey; den Hoed, Marcel; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Kratzer, Wolfgang; Haenle, Mark; Koenig, Wolfgang; Boehm, Bernhard O.; Tan, Tricia M.; Tomas, Alejandra; Salem, Victoria; Barroso, Inês; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Boehnke, Michael; Florez, Jose C.; Hamsten, Anders; Watkins, Hugh; Njølstad, Inger; Wichmann, H.-Erich; Caulfield, Mark J.; Khaw, Kay-Tee; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Hofman, Albert; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Langenberg, Claudia; Whitfield, John B.; Martin, Nicholas G.; Montgomery, Grant; Scapoli, Chiara; Tzoulaki, Ioanna; Elliott, Paul; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Stefansson, Kari; Brittain, Evan L.; McCarthy, Mark I.; Froguel, Philippe; Sexton, Patrick M.; Wootten, Denise; Groop, Leif; Dupuis, Josée; Meigs, James B.; Deganutti, Giuseppe; Demirkan, Ayse; Pers, Tune H.; Reynolds, Christopher A.; Aulchenko, Yurii S.; Kaakinen, Marika A.; Jones, Ben; Prokopenko, Inga (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Conventional measurements of fasting and postprandial blood glucose levels investigated in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) cannot capture the effects of DNA variability on ‘around the clock’ glucoregulatory processes. ...
    • Harmonising and linking biomedical and clinical data across disparate data archives to enable integrative cross-biobank research 

      Spjuth, Ola; Krestyaninova, Maria; Hastings, Janna; Langhammer, Arnulf; Harris, Jennifer; Shen, Huei-Yi; Heikkinen, Jani; Waldenberger, Melanie; Ladenvall, Claes; Esko, Tõnu; Persson, Mats-Åke; Heggland, Jon; Dietrich, Joern; Ose, Sandra; Gieger, Christian; Ried, Janina S.; Peters, Annette; Fortier, Isabel; de Geus, Eco JC; Klovins, Janis; Zaharenko, Linda; Willemsen, Gonneke; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Litton, Jan-Eric; Karvanen, Juha; Boomsma, Dorret I; Groop, Leif; Rung, Johan; Palmgren, Juni; Pedersen, Nancy L; McCarthy, Mark I; van Duijn, Cornelia M; Hveem, Kristian; Metspalu, Andres; Ripatti, Samuli; Prokopenko, Inga (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      A wealth of biospecimen samples are stored in modern globally distributed biobanks. Biomedical researchers worldwide need to be able to combine the available resources to improve the power of large-scale studies. A ...
    • Interaction between overweight and genotypes of HLA, TCF7L2, and FTO in relation to the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults and type 2 diabetes 

      Hjort, Rebecka; Löfvenborg, Josefin E.; Ahlqvist, Emma; Alfredsson, Lars; Andersson, Tomas; Grill, Valdemar Erik Robert; Groop, Leif; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Carlsson, Sofia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Objective We investigated potential interactions between body mass index (BMI) and genotypes of human leukocyte antigen (HLA), TCF7L2-rs7903146, and FTO-rs9939609 in relation to the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in ...
    • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of gestational diabetes mellitus highlights genetic links with type 2 diabetes 

      Pervjakova, Natalia; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Borges, Maria-Carolina; Ferreira, Teresa; Cook, James P.; Allard, Catherine; Beaumont, Robin N.; Canouil, Mickaël; Hatem, Gad; Heiskala, Anni; Joensuu, Anni; Karhunen, Ville; Kwak, Soo Heon; Lin, Frederick T J; Liu, Jun; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl; Tam, Claudia H.; Tam, Wing Hung; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Andrew, Toby; Auvinen, Juha; Bhowmik, Bishwajit; Bonnefond, Amélie; Delahaye, Fabien; Demirkan, Ayse; Froguel, Philippe; Haller-Kikkatalo, Kadri; Hardardottir, Hildur; Hummel, Sandra; Hussain, Akhtar; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Keikkala, Elina; Khamis, Amna; Lahti, Jari; Lekva, Tove; Mustaniemi, Sanna; Sommer, Christine; Tagoma, Aili; Tzala, Evangelia; Uibo, Raivo; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Villa, Pia M.; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Bouchard, Luigi; Duijn, Cornelia M.; Finer, Sarah; Groop, Leif; Hämäläinen, Esa; Hayes, Geoffrey M.; Hitman, Graham A.; Jang, Hak C.; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Jenum, Anne Karen; Laivuori, Hannele; Ma, Ronald C.; Melander, Olle; Oken, Emily; Park, Kyong Soo; Perron, Patrice; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Qvigstad, Elisabeth; Sebert, Sylvain; Stefansson, Kari; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Hivert, Marie-France; Franks, Paul W.; McCarthy, Mark I.; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Freathy, Rachel M.; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Morris, Andrew P.; Mägi, Reedik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with increased risk of pregnancy complications and adverse perinatal outcomes. GDM often reoccurs and is associated with increased risk of subsequent diagnosis of type 2 ...
    • Overweight, obesity and the risk of LADA: results from a Swedish case-control study and the Norwegian HUNT Study 

      Hjort, Rebecka; Ahlqvist, Emma; Carlsson, Per-Ola; Grill, Valdemar Erik Robert; Groop, Leif; Martinell, Mats; Rasouli, Bahareh; Rosengren, Anders; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Carlsson, Sofia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Aims/hypothesis Excessive weight is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but its role in the promotion of autoimmune diabetes is not clear. We investigated the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) in relation ...
    • Physical Activity, Genetic Susceptibility, and the Risk of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults and Type 2 Diabetes 

      Hjort, Rebecka; Ahlqvist, Emma; Andersson, Tomas; Alfredsson, Lars; Carlsson, Per-Ola; Grill, Valdemar Erik Robert; Groop, Leif; Martinell, Mats; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Carlsson, Sofia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Purpose Physical activity (PA) has been linked to a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes by reducing weight and improving insulin sensitivity. We investigated whether PA is associated with a lower incidence of latent autoimmune ...
    • Smoking, use of smokeless tobacco, HLA genotypes and incidence of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults 

      Edstorp, Jessica; Wei, Yuxia; Ahlqvist, Emma; Alfredsson, Lars; Grill, Valdemar Erik Robert; Groop, Leif; Rasouli, Bahareh; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Thorsby, Per Medbøe; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Carlsson, Sofia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Aims/hypotheses Smoking and use of smokeless tobacco (snus) are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. We investigated whether smoking and snus use increase the risk of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults ...