• Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations 

      Boer, Cindy G.; Hatzikotoulas, Konstantinos; Southam, Lorraine; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Almeida, Rodrigo Coutinho de; Zhang, Yanfei; Wu, Tian T.; Zheng, Jie; Hartley, April; Teder-Laving, Maris; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Terao, Chikashi; Zengini, Eleni; Alexiadis, George; Barysenka, Andrei; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Gilly, Arthur; Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Jonsson, Helgi; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Luetge, Almut; Lund, Sigrun H; Magi, Reedik; Mangino, Massimo; Nelissen, Rob G.H.H.; Shivakumar, Manu; Steinberg, Julia; Takuwa, Hiroshi; Thomas, Laurent; Tuerlings, Margo; Babis, George C.; Cheung, Jason Pui Yin; Kang, Jae Hee; Kraft, Peter; Lietman, Steven A.; Samartzis, Dino; Slagboom, P. Eline; Stefansson, Kari; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Tobias, Jonathan H.; Uitterlinden, André G.; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Smith, George Davey; Sham, Pak Chung; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Hveem, Kristian; Zeggini, Eleftheria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Osteoarthritis affects over 300 million people worldwide. Here, we conduct a genome-wide association study meta-analysis across 826,690 individuals (177,517 with osteoarthritis) and identify 100 independently associated ...
    • Development and validation of a prediction model for incident hand osteoarthritis in the HUNT study 

      Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Magnusson, Karin; Børte, Sigrid; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Thomas, Laurent; Storheim, Kjersti; Hveem, Kristian; Zwart, John-Anker (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objective To develop and externally validate prediction models for incident hand osteoarthritis (OA) in a large population-based cohort of middle aged and older men and women. Design We included 17,153 men and 18,682 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Dissecting the shared genetic basis of migraine and mental disorders using novel statistical tools 

      Bahrami, Shahram; Hindley, Guy Frederick Lanyon; Winsvold, Bendik K S; O'Connell, Kevin S; Frei, Oleksandr; Shadrin, Alexey; Cheng, Weiqiu; Bettella, Francesco; Rødevand, Linn; Ødegaard, Ketil Joachim; Fan, Chun C; Pirinen, Matti J; Hautakangas, Heidi M; Martinsen, Amy; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Willer, Cristen J; Tronvik, Erling Andreas; Kristoffersen, Espen Saxhaug; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Hagen, Knut; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Hveem, Kristian; Stovner, Lars Jacob; Fritsche, Lars; Thomas, Laurent; Pedersen, Linda Margareth; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Lie, Marie; Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas; Børte, Sigrid; Stensland, Synne; Zhou, Wei; Dale, Anders; Djurovic, Srdjan; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Andreassen, Ole (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Migraine is three times more prevalent in people with bipolar disorder or depression. The relationship between schizophrenia and migraine is less certain although glutamatergic and serotonergic neurotransmission are ...
    • Genetic loci and prioritization of genes for kidney function decline derived from a meta-analysis of 62 longitudinal genome-wide association studies 

      Gorski, Mathias; Rasheed, Humaira; Teumer, Alexander; Thomas, Laurent; Graham, Sarah E.; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Winkler, Thomas W.; Günther, Felix; Stark, Klaus J.; Chai, Jin-Fang; Tayo, Bamidele O.; Wuttke, Matthias; Li, Yong; Tin, Adrienne; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Ärnlöv, Johan; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Bakker, Stephan J.L.; Banas, Bernhard; Bansal, Nisha; Biggs, Mary L.; Biino, Ginevra; Böhnke, Michael; Boerwinkle, Eric; Bottinger, Erwin P.; Brenner, Hermann; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Carroll, Robert J.; Chaker, Layal; Chalmers, John; Chee, Miao-Li; Chee, Miao-Ling; Cheng, Ching-Yu; Chu, Audrey Y.; Ciullo, Marina; Cocca, Massimiliano; Cook, James P.; Coresh, Josef; Cusi, Daniele; de Borst, Martin H.; Degenhardt, Frauke; Eckardt, Kai-Uwe; Endlich, Karlhans; Evans, Michele K.; Feitosa, Mary F.; Franke, Andre; Freitag-Wolf, Sandra; Fuchsberger, Christian; Gampawar, Piyush; Gansevoort, Ron T.; Ghanbari, Mohsen; Ghasemi, Sahar; Giedraitis, Vilmantas; Gieger, Christian; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Hallan, Stein; Hamet, Pavel; Hishida, Asahi; Ho, Kevin; Hofer, Edith; Holleczek, Bernd; Holm, Hilma; Hoppmann, Anselm; Horn, Katrin; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Hveem, Kristian; Hwang, Shih-Jen; Ikram, M. Arfan; Josyula, Navya Shilpa; Jung, Bettina; Kähönen, Mika; Karabegović, Irma; Khor, Chiea-Chuen; Koenig, Wolfgang; Kramer, Holly; Krämer, Bernhard K.; Kühnel, Brigitte; Kuusisto, Johanna; Laakso, Markku; Lange, Leslie A.; Lehtimäki, Terho; Li, Man; Lieb, Wolfgang; Lind, Lars; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Loos, Ruth J.F.; Lukas, Mary Ann; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Mahajan, Anubha; Matias-Garcia, Pamela R.; Meisinger, Christa; Meitinger, Thomas; Melander, Olle; Milaneschi, Yuri; Mishra, Pashupati P.; Mononen, Nina; Morris, Andrew P.; Mychaleckyj, Josyf C.; Nadkarni, Girish N.; Naito, Mariko; Nakatochi, Masahiro; Nalls, Mike A.; Nauck, Matthias; Nikus, Kjell; Ning, Boting; Nolte, Ilja M.; Nutile, Teresa; O'Donoghue, Michelle L.; O'Connell, Jeffrey; Olafsson, Isleifur; Orho-Melander, Marju; Parsa, Afshin; Pendergrass, Sarah A.; Penninx, Brenda W.J.H.; Pirastu, Mario; Preuss, Michael H.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Raffield, Laura M.; Raitakari, Olli T.; Rheinberger, Myriam; Rice, Kenneth M.; Rizzi, Federica; Rosenkranz, Alexander R.; Rossing, Peter; Rotter, Jerome I.; Ruggiero, Daniela; Ryan, Kathleen A.; Sabanayagam, Charumathi; Salvi, Erika; Schmidt, Helena; Schmidt, Reinhold; Scholz, Markus; Schöttker, Ben; Schulz, Christina-Alexandra; Sedaghat, Sanaz; Shaffer, Christian M.; Sieber, Karsten B.; Sim, Xueling; Sims, Mario; Snieder, Harold; Stanzick, Kira J.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Stocker, Hannah; Strauch, Konstantin; Stringham, Heather M.; Sulem, Patrick; Szymczak, Silke; Taylor, Kent D.; Thio, Chris H.L.; Tremblay, Johanne; Vaccargiu, Simona; van der Harst, Pim; van der Most, Peter J.; Verweij, Niek; Völker, Uwe; Wakai, Kenji; Waldenberger, Melanie; Wallentin, Lars; Wallner, Stefan; Wang, Judy; Waterworth, Dawn M.; White, Harvey D.; Willer, Cristen J.; Wong, Tien-Yin; Woodward, Mark; Yang, Qiong; Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M.; Zimmermann, Martina; Zonderman, Alan B.; Bergler, Tobias; Stefansson, Kari; Böger, Carsten A.; Pattaro, Cristian; Köttgen, Anna; Kronenberg, Florian; Heid, Iris M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reflects kidney function. Progressive eGFR-decline can lead to kidney failure, necessitating dialysis or transplantation. Hundreds of loci from genome-wide association studies ...
    • Genetic Susceptibility Loci in Genomewide Association Study of Cluster Headache 

      Harder, Aster V.E.; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Noordam, Raymond; Vijfhuizen, Lisanne S.; Børte, Sigrid; Kogelman, Lisette J.A.; de Boer, Irene; Tronvik, Erling Andreas; Rosendaal, Frits; Willems van Dijk, Ko; O'Connor, Emer; Fourier, Carmen; Thomas, Laurent; Kristoffersen, Espen Saxhaug; Fronczek, Rolf; Pozo-Rosich, Patricia; Jensen, Rigmor; Ferrari, Michel D.; Hansen, Thomas; Zwart, John-Anker; Terwindt, Gisela M.; van den Maagdenberg, Arn M.J.M (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Objective Identifying common genetic variants that confer genetic risk for cluster headache. Methods We conducted a case–control study in the Dutch Leiden University Cluster headache neuro-Analysis program (LUCA) study ...
    • Genome-wide analysis identifies impaired axonogenesis in chronic overlapping pain conditions 

      Khoury, Samar; Parisien, Marc; Thompson, Scott J.; Vachon-Presseau, Etienne; Roy, Mathieu; Mitchell, Amy; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Willer, Cristen J.; Fors, Egil Andreas; Heuch, Ingrid; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Storheim, Kjersti; Hagen, Knut; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Hveem, Kristian; Fritsche, Lars; Thomas, Laurent; Pedersen, Linda Margareth; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Lie, Marie; Holmen, Oddgeir; Børte, Sigrid; Stensland, Synne; Zhou, Wei; Mundal, Ingunn Pernille; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Kania, Artur; Mogil, Jeffrey S.; Diatchenko, Luda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Chronic pain is often present at more than one anatomical location, leading to chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPC). Whether COPC represents a distinct pathophysiology from the occurrence of pain at only one site is ...
    • Genome-wide analysis of 102,084 migraine cases identifies 123 risk loci and subtype-specific risk alleles 

      Hautakangas, Heidi; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Ruotsalainen, Sanni; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Harder, Aster V. E.; Kogelman, Lisette J. A.; Thomas, Laurent; Noordam, Raymond; Benner, Christian; Gormley, Padhraig; Artto, Ville; Banasik, Karina; Bjornsdottir, Anna; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Burgdorf, Kristoffer Sølvsten; Buring, Julie E.; Chalmer, Mona Ameri; de Boer, Irene; Dichgans, Martin; Erikstrup, Christian; Färkkilä, Markus; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Ghanbari, Mohsen; Hagen, Knut; Häppölä, Paavo; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Hrafnsdottir, Maria G.; Hveem, Kristian; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Kähönen, Mika; Kristoffersen, Espen Saxhaug; Kurth, Tobias; Lehtimäki, Terho; Lighart, Lannie; Magnusson, Sigurdur H.; Malik, Rainer; Pedersen, Ole Birger; Pelzer, Nadine; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.; Ran, Caroline; Ridker, Paul M.; Rosendaal, Frits Richard; Sigurdardottir, Gudrun R.; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Sveinsson, Olafur A.; Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E.; Ullum, Henrik; Zwart, John Anker Henrik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Migraine affects over a billion individuals worldwide but its genetic underpinning remains largely unknown. Here, we performed a genome-wide association study of 102,084 migraine cases and 771,257 controls and identified ...
    • Genome-wide analysis of 944 133 individuals provides insights into the etiology of haemorrhoidal disease 

      Zheng, Thenghao; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Hveem, Kristian; Thomas, Laurent; Ness-Jensen, Eivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Objective Haemorrhoidal disease (HEM) affects a large and silently suffering fraction of the population but its aetiology, including suspected genetic predisposition, is poorly understood. We report the first genome-wide ...
    • Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 29 new acne susceptibility loci 

      Mitchell, Brittany L.; Saklatvala, Jake R.; Dand, Nick; Hagenbeek, Fiona A.; Li, Xin; Min, Josine L.; Thomas, Laurent; Bartels, Meike; Jan Hottenga, Jouke; Lupton, Michelle K.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Dong, Xianjun; Hveem, Kristian; Løset, Mari; Martin, Nicholas G.; Barker, Jonathan N.; Han, Jiali; Smith, Catherine H.; Rentería, Miguel E.; Simpson, Michael A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Acne vulgaris is a highly heritable skin disorder that primarily impacts facial skin. Severely inflamed lesions may leave permanent scars that have been associated with long-term psychosocial consequences. Here, we perform ...
    • Genome-wide association study of cardiac troponin i in the general population 

      Moksnes, Marta Riise; Røsjø, Helge; Richmond, Anne; Lyngbakken, Magnus N; Graham, Sarah E; Wolford, Brooke N; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Gagliano Taliun, Sarah A; Lefaive, Jonathon; Rasheed, Humaira; Thomas, Laurent; Zhou, Wei; Aung, Nay; Surakka, Ida; Douville, Nicholas J; Campbell, Archie; Porteous, David J; Petersen, Steffen E; Munroe, Patricia B; Welsh, Paul; Sattar, Naveed; Smith, George Davey; Fritsche, Lars G; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Hveem, Kristian; Hayward, Caroline; Willer, Cristen J; Brumpton, Ben M; Omland, Torbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Circulating cardiac troponin proteins are associated with structural heart disease and predict incident cardiovascular disease in the general population. However, the genetic contribution to cardiac troponin I (cTnI) ...
    • A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease 

      Wightman, Douglas P.; Jansen, Iris E.; Savage, Jeanne E.; Shadrin, Alexey; Bahrami, Shahram; Holland, Dominic; Rongve, Arvid; Børte, Sigrid; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Drange, Ole Kristian; Martinsen, Amy E.; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Willer, Cristen; Bråthen, Geir; Bosnes, Ingunn; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Fritsche, Lars; Thomas, Laurent; Pedersen, Linda Margareth; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Meisingset, Tore Wergeland; Zhou, Wei; Proitsi, Petroula; Hodges, Angela; Dobson, Richard; Velayudhan, Latha; Sealock, Julia; Davis, Lea K.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Reynolds, Chandra A.; Karlsson, Ida K.; Magnusson, Sigurdur; Stefansson, Hreinn; Thordardottir, Steinunn; Jónsson, Pálmi V.; Snædal, Jon; Zettergren, Anna; Skoog, Ingmar; Kern, Silke; Waern, Margda; Zetterberg, Henrik; Blennow, Kaj; Stordal, Eystein; Hveem, Kristian; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Athanasiu, Lavinia; Selnes, Per; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Sando, Sigrid Botne; Ulstein, Ingun; Djurovic, Srdjan; Fladby, Tormod; Aarsland, Dag; Selbæk, Geir; Ripke, Stephan; Stefánsson, Kári; Andreassen, Ole; Posthuma, Danielle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease is a prevalent age-related polygenic disease that accounts for 50–70% of dementia cases. Currently, only a fraction of the genetic variants underlying Alzheimer’s disease have been identified. ...
    • The HUNT study: A population-based cohort for genetic research 

      Brumpton, Ben Michael; Graham, Sarah; Surakka, Ida; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Løset, Mari; Fritsche, Lars G.; Wolford, Brooke; Zhou, Wei; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Thomas, Laurent; Bhatta, Laxmi; Rasheed, Humaira; Zhang, He; Kang, Hyun Min; Hornsby, Whitney; Moksnes, Marta Riise; Coward, Eivind; Melbye, Mads; Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Fenstad, Jørn; Krokstad, Steinar; Næss, Marit; Langhammer, Arnulf; Boehnke, Michael; Abecasis, Gonçalo R.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) is a population-based cohort of ∼229,000 individuals recruited in four waves beginning in 1984 in Trøndelag County, Norway. Approximately 88,000 of these individuals have available genetic ...
    • Inferring causative variants in microRNA target sites 

      Thomas, Laurent; Saito, Takaya; Sætrom, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate genes post transcription by pairing with messenger RNA (mRNA). Variants such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in miRNA regulatory regions might result in altered protein levels and ...
    • Mitochondrial genome-wide association study of migraine – the HUNT Study 

      Børte, Sigrid; Zwart, John-Anker; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Thomas, Laurent; Fritsche, Lars G; Surakke, Ida; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Zhou, Wei; Wolford, Brooke; Vigeland, Magnus Dehli; Hagen, Knut; Kristoffersen, Espen Saxhaug; Nyholt, Dale R; Chasman, Daniel I; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Willer, Christen; Winsvold, Bendik K S (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background Variation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been indicated in migraine pathogenesis, but genetic studies to date have focused on candidate variants, with sparse findings. We aimed to perform the first mitochondrial ...
    • Risk of lower respiratory tract infections: a genome-wide association study with Mendelian randomization analysis in three independent European populations 

      Flatby, Helene Marie; Rasheed, Humaira; Ravi, Anuradha; Thomas, Laurent; Liyanarachi, Kristin Vardheim; Afset, Jan Egil; DeWan, Andrew; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Hveem, Kristian; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Simonsen, Gunnar Skov; Furberg, Anne-Sofie; Damås, Jan Kristian; Solligård, Erik; Rogne, Tormod (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Objective: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Few studies have previously investigated the genetic susceptibility and potential risk factors for LRTI. ...
    • Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Can Create Alternative Polyadenylation Signals and Affect Gene Expression through Loss of MicroRNA-Regulation 

      Thomas, Laurent; Sætrom, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Alternative polyadenylation (APA) can for example occur when a protein-coding gene has several polyadenylation (polyA) signals in its last exon, resulting in messenger RNAs (mRNAs) with different 3′ untranslated region ...
    • The eGenVar data management system-cataloguing and sharing sensitive data and metadata for the life sciences 

      Razick, Sabry; Mocnik, Rok; Thomas, Laurent; Ryeng, Einar; Drabløs, Finn; Sætrom, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Systematic data management and controlled data sharing aim at increasing reproducibility, reducing redundancy in work, and providing a way to efficiently locate complementing or contradicting information. One method of ...
    • Trans-ethnic Mendelian-randomization study reveals causal relationships between cardiometabolic factors and chronic kidney disease 

      Zheng, Jie; Zhang, Yuemiao; Rasheed, Humaira; Walker, Venexia M.; Sugawara, Yuka; Li, Jiachen; Leng, Yue; Elsworth, Benjamin; Wootton, Robyn E.; Fang, Si; Yang, Qian; Burgess, Stephen; Haycock, Philip C.; Borges, Maria Carolina; Carnegie, Rebecca; Cho, Yoonsu; Howell, Amy; Robinson, Jamie; Thomas, Laurent; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Hveem, Kristian; Hallan, Stein; Franceschini, Nora; Morris, Andrew P.; Köttgen, Anna; Pattaro, Cristian; Wuttke, Matthias; Yamamoto, Masayuki; Kashihara, Naoki; Akiyama, Masato; Kanai, Masahiro; Matsuda, Koichi; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Okada, Yukinori; Walters, Robin; Millwood, Iona Y.; Chen, Zhengming; Smith, George Davey; Barbour, Sean; Yu, Canqing; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Zhang, Hong; Gaunt, Tom R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: This study was to systematically test whether previously reported risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) are causally related to CKD in European and East Asian ancestries using Mendelian randomization. ...
    • Using multivariable Mendelian randomization to estimate the causal effect of bone mineral density on osteoarthritis risk, independently of body mass index 

      Hartley, April; Sanderson, Eleanor; Granell, Raquel; Paternoster, Lavinia; Zheng, Jie; Smith, George Davey; Southam, Lorraine; Hatzikotoulas, Konstantinos; Boer, Cindy G.; Van Meurs, Joyce; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Gregson, Celia L.; Tobias, Jon H.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Zhang, Yanfei; De Almeida, Rodrigo Coutinho; Wu, Tian T.; Teder-Laving, Maris; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Terao, Chikashi; Zengini, Eleni; Alexiadis, George; Barysenka, Andrei; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Gilly, Arthur; Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Jonsson, Helgi Freyr; Kloppenburg, Margreet G.; Luetge, Almut; Mägi, Reedik; Mangino, Massimo; Nelissen, Rob R.G.H.H.; Shivakumar, Manu; Steinberg, Julia; Takuwa, Hiroshi; Thomas, Laurent; Tuerlings, Margo; Babis, George; Cheung, Jason Pui Yin; Samartzis, Dino; Lietman, Steve A.; Slagboom, P. Eline; Stefansson, Kari; Uitterlinden, André G.; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Sham, Pak Chung; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Gaunt, Tom R.; Morris, Andrew P.; Valdes, Ana M.; Tsezou, Aspasia; Cheah, Kathryn S.E.; Ikegawa, Shiro; Hveem, Kristian; Esko, Tõnu; Wilkinson, J. Mark; Meulenbelt, Ingrid; Michael Lee, Ming Ta; Styrkársdóttir, Unnur (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objectives Observational analyses suggest that high bone mineral density (BMD) is a risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA); it is unclear whether this represents a causal effect or shared aetiology and whether these ...