• Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use 

      Liu, Ming; Jiang, Yu; Wedow, Robbee; Li, Yue; Brazel, David M.; Chen, Fang; Datta, Gargi; Davila-Velderrain, Jose; Mitchell, Amy; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Sivertsen, Børge; Stordal, Eystein; Morken, Gunnar; Kallestad, Håvard; Heuch, Ingrid; Zwart, John-Anker; Fjukstad, Katrine Kveli; Pedersen, Linda Margareth; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Skrove, Marit Synnøve; Indredavik, Marit Sæbø; Drange, Ole Kristian; Bjerkeset, Ottar; Børte, Sigrid; Stensland, Synne; Choquet, Hélène; Docherty, Anna R.; Faul, Jessica D.; Foerster, Johanna R.; Fritsche, Lars; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Gordon, Scott D.; Haessler, Jeffrey; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Huang, Hongyan; Jang, Seon-Kyeong; Jansen, Philip R.; Ling, Yueh; Mägi, Reedik; Matoba, Nana; McMahon, George; Mulas, Antonella; Orrú, Valeria; Palviainen, Teemu; Pandit, Anita; Reginsson, Gunnar W.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Taylor, Amy E.; Turman, Constance; Willemsen, Gonneke; Young, Hannah; Young, Kendra A.; Zajac, Gregory J.M.; Zhao, Wei; Zhou, Wei; Björnsdóttir, Gyda Thora; Boardman, Jason D.; Boehnke, Michael; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Chen, Chu; Davies, Gareth E.; Eaton, Charles B.; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Hveem, Kristian; Vrieze, Scott (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many complex diseases and disorders1. They are heritable2,3 and etiologically related4,5 behaviors that have been resistant to gene discovery ...
    • Variants associated with HHIP expression have sex-differential effects on lung function 

      Fawcett, Katherine A.; Obeidat, Ma'en; Melbourne, Carl; Shrine, Nick; Guyatt, Anna L.; John, Catherine; Luan, Jian'an; Richmond, Anne; Moksnes, Marta R.; Granell, Raquel; Weiss, Stefan; Imboden, Medea; May-Wilson, Sebastian; Hysi, Pirro; Boutin, Thibaud S.; Portas, Laura; Flexeder, Claudia; Harris, Sarah E.; Wang, Carol A.; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Palviainen, Teemu; Foong, Rachel E.; Keidel, Dirk; Minelli, Cosetta; Langenberg, Claudia; Bossé, Yohan; Berge, Maarten Van den; Sin, Don D.; Hao, Ke; Campbell, Archie; Porteous, David; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Smith, Blair H.; Evans, David M.; Ring, Sue; Langhammer, Arnulf; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J.; Ewert, Ralf; Stubbe, Beate; Pirastu, Nicola; Klaric, Lucija; Joshi, Peter K.; Patasova, Karina; Massimo, Mangino; Polasek, Ozren; Starr, John M.; Karrasch, Stefan; Strauch, Konstantin; Meitinger, Thomas; Rudan, Igor; Rantanen, Taina; Pietiläinen, Kirsi; Kähönen, Mika; Raitakari, Olli T.; Hall, GL; Sly, Peter D.; Pennell, CE; Kaprio, Jaakko; Lehtimäki, Terho; Vitart, Veronique; Deary, Ian J.; Jarvis, Deborah; Wilson, JF; Spector, Tim; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Wareham, Nick; Völzke, Henry; Henderson, John; Strachan, David P.; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Hayward, Caroline; Hall, Ian P.; Tobin, Martin D.; Wain, Louise V. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Lung function is highly heritable and differs between the sexes throughout life. However, little is known about sex-differential genetic effects on lung function. We aimed to conduct the first genome-wide ...