From genome-wide association studies to Mendelian randomization: novel opportunities for understanding cardiovascular disease causality, pathogenesis …

M Benn, BG Nordestgaard - Cardiovascular research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The Mendelian randomization approach is an epidemiological study design incorporating
genetic information into traditional epidemiological studies to infer causality of biomarkers …

Causal effect of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 on coronary heart disease

C Song, S Burgess, JD Eicher… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI‐1) plays an essential role in the
fibrinolysis system and thrombosis. Population studies have reported that blood PAI‐1 levels …

Genome-wide association studies identify 137 genetic loci for DNA methylation biomarkers of aging

DL McCartney, JL Min, RC Richmond, AT Lu… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Biological aging estimators derived from DNA methylation data are heritable
and correlate with morbidity and mortality. Consequently, identification of genetic and …

Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

JRB Perry, F Day, CE Elks, P Sulem, DJ Thompson… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Age at menarche is a marker of timing of puberty in females. It varies widely between
individuals, is a heritable trait and is associated with risks for obesity, type 2 diabetes …

Genomic and transcriptomic association studies identify 16 novel susceptibility loci for venous thromboembolism

S Lindström, LU Wang, EN Smith… - Blood, The Journal …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality. To
advance our understanding of the biology contributing to VTE, we conducted a genome …

Cross-ancestry investigation of venous thromboembolism genomic predictors

F Thibord, D Klarin, JA Brody, MH Chen, MG Levin… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a life-threatening vascular event with
environmental and genetic determinants. Recent VTE genome-wide association studies …

SERPINE1 overexpression promotes malignant progression and poor prognosis of gastric cancer

S Chen, Y Li, Y Zhu, J Fei, L Song, G Sun… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The serine protease inhibitor clade E member 1 (SERPINE1) is a major inhibitor of tissue
plasminogen activator and urokinase, and has been implicated in the development and …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated plasma levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 are associated with risk of future incident venous thromboembolism

T Frischmuth, K Hindberg, P Aukrust, T Ueland… - Journal of Thrombosis …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 (PAI‐1), the main inhibitor of fibrinolysis, is
frequently elevated in obesity and could potentially mediate the risk of venous …

A null mutation in SERPINE1 protects against biological aging in humans

SS Khan, SJ Shah, E Klyachko, AS Baldridge… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Plasminogen activator inhibitor–1 (PAI-1) has been shown to be a key component of the
senescence-related secretome and a direct mediator of cellular senescence. In murine …

The effects of coagulation factors on the risk of endometriosis: a Mendelian randomization study

Y Li, H Liu, S Ye, B Zhang, X Li, J Yuan, Y Du, J Wang… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Endometriosis is recognized as a complex gynecological disorder that can
cause severe pain and infertility, affecting 6–10% of all reproductive-aged women …