• Cohort profile: Epigenetics in Pregnancy (EPIPREG) – Population-based sample of European and South Asian pregnant women with epigenome-wide DNA methylation (850k) in peripheral blood leukocytes 

      Fragoso-Bargas, Nicolas; Opsahl, Julia Onsrud; Kiryushchenko, Nadezhda; Böttcher, Yvonne; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Qvigstad, Elisabeth; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn; Waage, Christin; Sletner, Line; Jenum, Anne Karen; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Groop, Leif C.; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Sommer, Christine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Pregnancy is a valuable model to study the association between DNA methylation and several cardiometabolic traits, due to its direct potential to influence mother’s and child’s health. Epigenetics in Pregnancy (EPIPREG) ...
    • Epigenome-wide association study of serum folate in maternal peripheral blood leukocytes 

      Fragoso-Bargas, Nicolas; Page, Christian Magnus; Joubert, Bonnie R.; London, Stephanie J.; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Opsahl, Julia Onsrud; Sletner, Line; Jenum, Anne Karen; Qvigstad, Elisabeth; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Sommer, Christine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aim: To perform an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of serum folate in maternal blood. Methods: Cross-ancestry (Europeans = 302, South Asians = 161) and ancestry-specific EWAS in the EPIPREG cohort were performed, ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...