Biochemical and cellular properties of insulin receptor signalling
RA Haeusler, TE McGraw, D Accili - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
The mechanism of insulin action is a central theme in biology and medicine. In addition to
the rather rare condition of insulin deficiency caused by autoimmune destruction of …
the rather rare condition of insulin deficiency caused by autoimmune destruction of …
Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain
Brainstorm Consortium, V Anttila, B Bulik-Sullivan… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Brain disorders may exhibit shared symptoms and substantial
epidemiological comorbidity, inciting debate about their etiologic overlap. However, detailed …
epidemiological comorbidity, inciting debate about their etiologic overlap. However, detailed …
Reading Mendelian randomisation studies: a guide, glossary, and checklist for clinicians
Mendelian randomisation uses genetic variation as a natural experiment to investigate the
causal relations between potentially modifiable risk factors and health outcomes in …
causal relations between potentially modifiable risk factors and health outcomes in …
Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps
We expanded GWAS discovery for type 2 diabetes (T2D) by combining data from 898,130
European-descent individuals (9% cases), after imputation to high-density reference panels …
European-descent individuals (9% cases), after imputation to high-density reference panels …
[HTML][HTML] Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain
Brainstorm Consortium - Science (New York, NY), 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Disorders of the brain can exhibit considerable epidemiological comorbidity and often share
symptoms, provoking debate about their etiologic overlap. We quantified the genetic sharing …
symptoms, provoking debate about their etiologic overlap. We quantified the genetic sharing …
[HTML][HTML] Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data
Health risk factors such as body mass index (BMI) and serum cholesterol are associated
with many common diseases. It often remains unclear whether the risk factors are cause or …
with many common diseases. It often remains unclear whether the risk factors are cause or …
Type 2 diabetes genetic loci informed by multi-trait associations point to disease mechanisms and subtypes: a soft clustering analysis
Background Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a heterogeneous disease for which (1) disease-
causing pathways are incompletely understood and (2) subclassification may improve …
causing pathways are incompletely understood and (2) subclassification may improve …
Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG
We introduce multi-trait analysis of GWAS (MTAG), a method for joint analysis of summary
statistics from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of different traits, possibly from …
statistics from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of different traits, possibly from …
Genetics of obesity: what genetic association studies have taught us about the biology of obesity and its complications
MO Goodarzi - The lancet Diabetes & endocrinology, 2018 - thelancet.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, and other adiposity
traits have identified more than 300 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Although …
traits have identified more than 300 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Although …
Impaired adipogenesis and dysfunctional adipose tissue in human hypertrophic obesity
A Hammarstedt, S Gogg, S Hedjazifar… - Physiological …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) is the largest and best storage site for excess lipids.
However, it has a limited ability to expand by recruiting and/or differentiating available …
However, it has a limited ability to expand by recruiting and/or differentiating available …