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 …

Reading Mendelian randomisation studies: a guide, glossary, and checklist for clinicians

NM Davies, MV Holmes, GD Smith - bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Mendelian randomisation uses genetic variation as a natural experiment to investigate the
causal relations between potentially modifiable risk factors and health outcomes in …

Sex differences in genomic drivers of adipose distribution and related cardiometabolic disorders: opportunities for precision medicine

HS Lumish, M O'Reilly, MP Reilly - … , thrombosis, and vascular …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
This review focuses on the human genetics, epidemiology, and molecular pathophysiology
of sex differences in central obesity, adipose distribution, and related cardiometabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Human demographic history impacts genetic risk prediction across diverse populations

AR Martin, CR Gignoux, RK Walters, GL Wojcik… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
The vast majority of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are performed in
Europeans, and their transferability to other populations is dependent on many factors (eg …

An expanded genome-wide association study of type 2 diabetes in Europeans

RA Scott, LJ Scott, R Mägi, L Marullo, KJ Gaulton… - Diabetes, 2017 - Am Diabetes Assoc
To characterize type 2 diabetes (T2D)-associated variation across the allele frequency
spectrum, we conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data from 26,676 T2D …

Genetic association of waist-to-hip ratio with cardiometabolic traits, type 2 diabetes, and coronary heart disease

CA Emdin, AV Khera, P Natarajan, D Klarin… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In observational studies, abdominal adiposity has been associated with type 2
diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD). Whether these associations represent causal …

Causal associations of adiposity and body fat distribution with coronary heart disease, stroke subtypes, and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a Mendelian randomization …

CE Dale, G Fatemifar, TM Palmer, J White… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The implications of different adiposity measures on cardiovascular disease
etiology remain unclear. In this article, we quantify and contrast causal associations of …

Modifiable pathways in Alzheimer's disease: Mendelian randomisation analysis

SC Larsson, M Traylor, R Malik, M Dichgans… - bmj, 2017 - bmj.com
Objective To determine which potentially modifiable risk factors, including socioeconomic,
lifestyle/dietary, cardiometabolic, and inflammatory factors, are associated with Alzheimer's …

Local genetic correlation gives insights into the shared genetic architecture of complex traits

H Shi, N Mancuso, S Spendlove, B Pasaniuc - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
Although genetic correlations between complex traits provide valuable insights into
epidemiological and etiological studies, a precise quantification of which genomic regions …

Association of genetic variants related to gluteofemoral vs abdominal fat distribution with type 2 diabetes, coronary disease, and cardiovascular risk factors

LA Lotta, LBL Wittemans, V Zuber, ID Stewart, SJ Sharp… - Jama, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Body fat distribution, usually measured using waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), is an
important contributor to cardiometabolic disease independent of body mass index (BMI) …