• 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 ...
    • A genome-wide association study provides insights into the genetic etiology of 57 essential and non-essential trace elements in humans 

      Moksnes, Marta Riise; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Wolford, Brooke; Thomas, Laurent Francois; Rasheed, Humaira; Simic, Anica; Bhatta, Laxmi; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Surakka, Ida; Zhou, Wei; Magnus, Per Minor; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Andreassen, Ole; Syversen, Tore; Zheng, Jie; Fritsche, Lars; Evans, David M.; Warrington, Nicole Maree; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Flaten, Trond Peder; Willer, Cristen J.; Hveem, Kristian; Brumpton, Ben Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Trace elements are important for human health but may exert toxic or adverse effects. Mechanisms of uptake, distribution, metabolism, and excretion are partly under genetic control but have not yet been extensively mapped. ...
    • Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization in global biobank meta-analysis reveals multi-ancestry drug targets for common diseases 

      Zhao, Huiling; Rasheed, Humaria; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Cho, Yoonsu; Liu, Yi; Bhatta, Laxmi; Bhattacharya, Arjun; Hemani, Gibran; Davey Smith, George; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Zhou, Wei; Neale, Benjamin M.; Gaunt, Tom R.; Zheng, Jie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization (MR) shows value in prioritizing drug targets in Europeans but with limited evidence in other ancestries. Here, we present a multi-ancestry proteome-wide MR analysis based on ...
    • 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 ...
    • Variation in serum PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9), cardiovascular disease risk, and an investigation of potential unanticipated effects of PCSK9 inhibition 

      Brumpton, Ben Michael; Fritsche, Lars; Zheng, Jie; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Mannila, Maria Nastase; Surakka, Ida; Rasheed, Humaira; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Graham, Sarah E.; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Aukrust, Pål; Vatten, Lars Johan; Damås, Jan Kristian; Ueland, Thor; Janszky, Imre; Zwart, John-Anker; van't Hooft, Ferdinand M.; Seidah, Nabil Georges; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen; Smith, George Davey; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9) inhibitors reduce serum LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol (LDL-C) by increasing uptake in the liver. Although some long-term trials have evaluated their safety, ...