Genetic susceptibility to airway inflammation and exposure to short-term outdoor air pollution

F Bouma, F Nyberg, AC Olin, HK Carlsen - Environmental Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Air pollution is a large environmental health hazard whose exposure and health
effects are unequally distributed among individuals. This is, at least in part, due to gene …

Introduction to the special issue on statistical genetic methods for human complex traits

DM Evans, SE Medland, E Prom-Wormley - Behavior Genetics, 2021 - Springer
It is now just over 30 years since the International Statistical Genetics Workshop (commonly
referred to as “The Boulder Workshop” or just “The Workshop”) found a home in Boulder …

Moderating heritability with genomic data

SE Benstock, E Prom-Wormley, B Verhulst - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Environmental moderators may amplify or suppress the heritability (ie, the proportion of
genetic variation) of a phenotype. This genetic sensitivity to the environment is called gene …

Gene-statin interaction study identifies 9 loci that moderate statin effectiveness in blood lipids

B Verhulst, J Harris, AM Adams, SE Benstock… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Hyperlipidemia, and high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) in particular, is a risk
factor for atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, and stroke. High LDL-c is primarily treated …