Single-cell chromatin accessibility identifies pancreatic islet cell type–and state-specific regulatory programs of diabetes risk

J Chiou, C Zeng, Z Cheng, JY Han, M Schlichting… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Single-nucleus assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (snATAC-
seq) creates new opportunities to dissect cell type–specific mechanisms of complex …

The Metabolic Syndrome in Men study: a resource for studies of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases

M Laakso, J Kuusisto, A Stančáková, T Kuulasmaa… - Journal of lipid …, 2017 - ASBMB
The Metabolic Syndrome in Men (METSIM) study is a population-based study including
10,197 Finnish men examined in 2005–2010. The aim of the study is to investigate …

A GWAS in Latin Americans highlights the convergent evolution of lighter skin pigmentation in Eurasia

K Adhikari, J Mendoza-Revilla, A Sohail… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We report a genome-wide association scan in> 6,000 Latin Americans for pigmentation of
skin and eyes. We found eighteen signals of association at twelve genomic regions. These …

The role and function of HDL in patients with diabetes mellitus and the related cardiovascular risk

M Femlak, A Gluba-Brzózka… - Lipids in health and …, 2017 - Springer
Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major public health problem which prevalence is
constantly raising, particularly in low-and middle-income countries. Both diabetes mellitus …

Genome-wide association study for feed efficiency and growth traits in US beef cattle

CM Seabury, DL Oldeschulte, M Saatchi, JE Beever… - BMC genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays for domestic cattle have
catalyzed the identification of genetic markers associated with complex traits for inclusion in …

Genetics insights in the relationship between type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease

MO Goodarzi, JI Rotter - Circulation research, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). The major form of
diabetes mellitus is type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), which is thus largely responsible for the …

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of human longevity identifies a novel locus conferring survival beyond 90 years of age

J Deelen, M Beekman, HW Uh, L Broer… - Human molecular …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The genetic contribution to the variation in human lifespan is∼ 25%. Despite the large
number of identified disease-susceptibility loci, it is not known which loci influence …

Genomic insights into the causes of type 2 diabetes

C Langenberg, LA Lotta - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Genome-wide association studies have implicated around 250 genomic regions in
predisposition to type 2 diabetes, with evidence for causal variants and genes emerging for …

Differentially expressed genes reflect disease-induced rather than disease-causing changes in the transcriptome

E Porcu, MC Sadler, K Lepik, C Auwerx… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Comparing transcript levels between healthy and diseased individuals allows the
identification of differentially expressed genes, which may be causes, consequences or …

Mergeomics 2.0: a web server for multi-omics data integration to elucidate disease networks and predict therapeutics

J Ding, M Blencowe, T Nghiem, S Ha… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The Mergeomics web server is a flexible online tool for multi-omics data integration to derive
biological pathways, networks, and key drivers important to disease pathogenesis and is …