• Body Composition, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Comorbidities in Psoriasis and the Effect of HLA-C*06:02 Status: The HUNT Study, Norway 

      Solvin, Åshild Øksnevad; Bjarkø, Vera Vik; Thomas, Laurent Francois; Berrospi, Patricia; Hveem, Kristian; Saunes, Marit; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Løset, Mari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
    • Cluster Headache Genomewide Association Study and Meta-Analysis Identifies Eight Loci and Implicates Smoking as Causal Risk Factor 

      Winsvold, Bendik Kristoffer Slagsvold; Harder, Aster V. E.; Ran, Caroline; Chalmer, Mona A.; Dalmasso, Maria Carolina; Ferkingstad, Egil; Tripathi, Kumar Parijat; Bacchelli, Elena; Børte, Sigrid; Fourier, Carmen; Petersen, Anja S.; Vijfhuizen, Lisanne S.; Magnusson, Sigurdur H.; O'Connor, Emer; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Häppölä, Paavo; Wang, Yen-Feng; Callesen, Ida; Kelderman, Tim; Gallardo, Victor J; de Boer, Irene; Olofsgård, Felicia Jennysdotter; Heinze, Katja; Lund, Nunu; Thomas, Laurent Francois; Hsu, Chia-Lin; Pirinen, Matti; Hautakangas, Heidi; Ribasés, Marta; Guerzoni, Simona; Sivakumar, Prasanth; Yip, Janice; Heinze, Axel; Küçükali, Fahri; Ostrowski, Sisse R.; Pedersen, Ole B.; Kristoffersen, Espen Saxhaug; Martinsen, Amy; Artigas, María S.; Lagrata, Susie; Cainazzo, Maria Michela; Adebimpe, Joycee; Quinn, Olivia; Göbel, Carl; Cirkel, Anna; Volk, Alexander E.; Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefanie; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Wilbrink, Leopoldine A.; Danno, Daisuke; Mehta, Dwij; Guðbjartsson, Daníel F.; Rosendaal, Frits Richard; Willems van Dijk, Ko; Fronczek, Rolf; Wagner, Michael; Scherer, Martin; Göbel, Hartmut; Sleegers, Kristel; Sveinsson, Olafur A.; Pani, Luca; Zoli, Michele; Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A.; Dardiotis, Efthimios; Steinberg, Anna; Riedel-Heller, Steffi; Sjöstrand, Christina; Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E.; Stefansson, Hreinn; Southgate, Laura; Trembath, Richard C.; Vandrovcova, Jana; Noordam, Raymond; Paemeleire, Koen; Stefansson, Kari; Fann, Cathy Shen-Jang; Waldenlind, Elisabet; Tronvik, Erling Andreas; Jensen, Rigmor H.; Chen, Shih-Pin; Houlden, Henry; Terwindt, Gisela M.; Kubisch, Christian; Maestrini, Elena; Vikelis, Michail; Pozo-Rosich, Patricia; Belin, Andrea C.; Matharu, Manjit; van den Maagdenberg, Arn M.J.M.; Hansen, Thomas; Ramirez, Alfredo; Zwart, John Anker Henrik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objective The objective of this study was to aggregate data for the first genomewide association study meta-analysis of cluster headache, to identify genetic risk variants, and gain biological insights. Methods A ...
    • COL11A1 is associated with developmental dysplasia of the hip and secondary osteoarthritis in the HUNT study 

      Jacobsen, Kaya Kvarme; Børte, Sigrid; Laborie, Lene Bjerke; Kristiansen, Hege; Schäfer, Annette; Gundersen, Trude; Zayats, Tetyana; Winsvold, Bendik Kristoffer Slagsvold; Karen, Rosendahl; Martinsen, Amy; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Willer, Cristen J; Fors, Egil Andreas; Kristoffersen, Espen Saxhaug; Heuch, Ingrid; Mundal, Ingunn Pernille; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Storheim, Kjersti; Hagen, Knut; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Hveem, Kristian; Fritsche, Lars G; Thomas, Laurent Francois; Pedersen, Linda Margareth; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Lie, Marie U.; Stensland, Synne; Zhou, Wei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objective: Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a congenital condition affecting 2-3% of all infants. DDH increases the risk of osteoarthritis, is the cause of 30% of all total hip arthroplasties (THAs) in adults ...
    • European and multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of atopic dermatitis highlights importance of systemic immune regulation 

      Budu-Aggrey, Ashley; Kilanowski, Anna; Sobczyk, Maria K.; Shringarpure, Suyash S.; Mitchell, Ruth; Reis, Kadri; Reigo, Anu; Mägi, Reedik; Nelis, Mari; Tanaka, Nao; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Thomas, Laurent Francois; Sole-Navais, Pol; Flatley, Christopher; Espuela-Ortiz, Antonio; Herrera-Luis, Esther; Lominchar, Jesus V. T.; Bork-Jensen, Jette; Marenholz, Ingo; Arnau-Soler, Aleix; Jeong, Ayoung; Fawcett, Katherine A.; Baurecht, Hansjorg; Rodriguez, Elke; Alves, Alexessander Couto; Kumar, Ashish; Sleiman, Patrick M.; Chang, Xiao; Medina-Gomez, Carolina; Hu, Chen; Xu, Cheng-jian; Qi, Cancan; El-Heis, Sarah; Titcombe, Philip; Antoun, Elie; Fadista, João; Wang, Carol A.; Thiering, Elisabeth; Wu, Baojun; Kress, Sara; Kothalawala, Dilini M.; Kadalayil, Latha; Duan, Jiasong; Zhang, Hongmei; Hadebe, Sabelo; Hoffmann, Thomas; Jorgenson, Eric; Choquet, Hélène; Risch, Neil; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Andreassen, Ole; Johansson, Stefan; Almqvist, Catarina; Gong, Tong; Ullemar, Vilhelmina; Karlsson, Robert; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Szwajda, Agnieszka; Burchard, Esteban G.; Thyssen, Jacob P.; Hansen, Torben; Kårhus, Line L.; Dantoft, Thomas M.; Jeanrenaud, Alexander C.S.N.; Ghauri, Ahla; Arnold, Andreas; Homuth, Georg; Lau, Susanne; Nöthen, Markus M.; Hübner, Norbert; Imboden, Medea; Visconti, Alessia; Falchi, Mario; Bataille, Veronique; Hysi, Pirro; Ballardini, Natalia; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Hottenga, Jouke J.; Müller-Nurasyid, Martina; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Stokholm, Jakob; Chawes, Bo; Schoos, Ann-Marie M.; Esplugues, Ana; Bustamante, Mariona; Raby, Benjamin; Arshad, Syed; German, Chris; Esko, Tõnu; Milani, Lili A.; Metspalu, Andres; Terao, Chikashi; Abuabara, Katrina; Løset, Mari; Hveem, Kristian; Jacobsson, Bo; Pino-Yanes, Maria; Strachan, David P.; Grarup, Niels; Linneberg, Allan; Lee, Young-Ae; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Weidinger, Stephan; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Melén, Erik; Hakonarson, Hakon; Irvine, Alan D.; Jarvis, Deborah; Nijsten, Tamar; Duijts, Liesbeth; Vonk, Judith M.; Koppelmann, Gerard H.; Godfrey, Keith M.; Barton, Sheila J.; Feenstra, Bjarke; Pennell, Craig E.; Sly, Peter D.; Holt, Patrick G.; Williams, L. Keoki; Bisgaard, Hans; Bønnelykke, Klaus; Curtin, John; Simpson, Angela; Murray, Clare; Schikowski, Tamara; Bunyavanich, Supinda; Weiss, Scott T.; Holloway, John W.; Min, Josine L.; Brown, Sara J.; Standl, Marie; Paternoster, Lavinia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common inflammatory skin condition and prior genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 71 associated loci. In the current study we conducted the largest AD GWAS to date (discovery ...
    • Genome-wide risk prediction of common diseases across ancestries in one million people 

      Mars, Nina; Kerminen, Sini; Feng, Yen-Chen A.; Kanai, Masahiro; Läll, Kristi; Thomas, Laurent Francois; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; della Briotta Parolo, Pietro; Neale, Benjamin M.; Smoller, Jordan W.; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Hveem, Kristian; Mägi, Reedik; Matsuda, Koichi; Okada, Yukinori; Pirinen, Matti; Palotie, Aarno; Ganna, Andrea; Martin, Alicia R.; Ripatti, Samuli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Polygenic risk scores (PRS) measure genetic disease susceptibility by combining risk effects across the genome. For coronary artery disease (CAD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and breast and prostate cancer, we performed ...
    • Polygenic risk scores associate with blood pressure traits across the lifespan 

      Øvretveit, Karsten; Ingeström, Emma Maria Lovisa; Spitieris, Michail; Tragante, Vinicius; Wade, Kaitlin Hazel; Thomas, Laurent Francois; Wolford, Brooke Nichole; Wisløff, Ulrik; Gudbjartsson, Daníel Fannar; Hólm, Hilma Asbjørn; Stefánsson, Kári; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Hveem, Kristian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aims Hypertension is a major modifiable cause of morbidity and mortality that affects over 1 billion people worldwide. Blood pressure (BP) traits have a strong genetic component that can be quantified with polygenic risk ...
    • 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 ...