Sex hormone candidate gene polymorphisms are associated with endometriosis

I Golovchenko, B Aizikovich, O Golovchenko… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present study was designed to examine whether sex hormone polymorphisms proven
by GWAS are associated with endometriosis risk. Unrelated female participants totaling …

Sex-Hormone-Binding Globulin Gene Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer Risk in Caucasian Women of Russia

I Ponomarenko, K Pasenov, M Churnosova… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
In our work, the associations of GWAS (genome-wide associative studies) impact for sex-
hormone-binding globulin (SHBG)-level SNPs with the risk of breast cancer (BC) in the …

Genome-wide association study identifies genetic regulation of oestrone concentrations and association with endometrial cancer risk in postmenopausal women

C Yu, A Bakshi, RJ Bell, RM Islam, DJ Handelsman… - Ebiomedicine, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Oestrone, predominantly made in fat, is the main circulating oestrogen and
important for target tissue oestradiol production in women after menopause. The present …

Associations between low sex hormone concentrations and depression in older women: An observational study

RM Islam, RJ Bell, M Berk, DJ Handelsman, JJ McNeil… - Maturitas, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective We investigated whether low sex hormone concentrations are associated with
depression in older women. Study design This was a cross-sectional study of Australian …

Obesity-Dependent Association of the rs10454142 PPP1R21 with Breast Cancer

I Ponomarenko, K Pasenov, M Churnosova, I Sorokina… - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this work was to find a link between the breast cancer (BC)-risk effects of sex
hormone-binding globulin (SHBG)-associated polymorphisms and obesity. The study was …

Better together against genetic heterogeneity: A sex-combined joint main and interaction analysis of 290 quantitative traits in the UK Biobank

B Lin, AD Paterson, L Sun - Plos Genetics, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Genetic effects can be sex-specific, particularly for traits such as testosterone, a sex
hormone. While sex-stratified analysis provides easily interpretable sex-specific effect size …

Uncovering the shared genetic components of thyroid disorders and reproductive health

J Figuerêdo, K Krebs, N Pujol-Gualdo… - European Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objective The aim of the study is to map the shared genetic component and relationships
between thyroid and reproductive health traits to improve the understanding of the interplay …

Three linked variants have opposing regulatory effects on isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase gene expression

EA Brown, S Kales, MJ Boyle, J Vitti… - Human molecular …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
While genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and positive selection scans identify
genomic loci driving human phenotypic diversity, functional validation is required to discover …

Mendelian randomization indicates causal effects of estradiol levels on kidney function in males

MK Nasr, C Schurmann, EP Böttinger… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Context Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health burden worldwide. Epidemiological
studies observed an association between sex hormones, including estradiol, and kidney …

Genetically evaluating the causal role of peripheral immune cells in colorectal cancer: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

R Huang, X Jin, Z Jiang, Y Wang, Y Wu, L Wang… - BMC Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Investigating novel therapeutic strategies for colorectal cancer (CRC) is imperative.
However, there is limited research on the use of drugs to target peripheral blood immune …