Senescence and aging: Causes, consequences, and therapeutic avenues

D McHugh, J Gil - Journal of Cell Biology, 2018 - rupress.org
Aging is the major risk factor for cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and
neurodegenerative disorders. Although we are far from understanding the biological basis of …

STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA)—an extension of the STROBE statement

J Little, JPT Higgins, JPA Ioannidis… - … Official Publication of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Making sense of rapidly evolving evidence on genetic associations is crucial to making
genuine advances in human genomics and the eventual integration of this information in the …

Genetic variants associated with Lp (a) lipoprotein level and coronary disease

R Clarke, JF Peden, JC Hopewell… - … England Journal of …, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
Background An increased level of Lp (a) lipoprotein has been identified as a risk factor for
coronary artery disease that is highly heritable. The genetic determinants of the Lp (a) …

Epigenetics: a molecular link between environmental factors and type 2 diabetes

C Ling, L Groop - Diabetes, 2009 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Although obesity, reduced physical activity, and aging increase susceptibility to type 2
diabetes, many people exposed to these risk factors do not develop the disease. Recent …

ANRIL, a long, noncoding RNA, is an unexpected major hotspot in GWAS

E Pasmant, A Sabbagh, M Vidaud… - The FASEB …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A large noncoding RNA called ANRIL (for antisense noncoding RNA in the
INK4 locus) has been identified within the p15/CDKN2B‐p16/CDKN2A‐p14/ARF gene …

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 …

IGF2BP2/IMP2-deficient mice resist obesity through enhanced translation of Ucp1 mRNA and other mRNAs encoding mitochondrial proteins

N Dai, L Zhao, D Wrighting, D Krämer, A Majithia… - Cell metabolism, 2015 - cell.com
Although variants in the IGF2BP2/IMP2 gene confer risk for type 2 diabetes, IMP2, an RNA
binding protein, is not known to regulate metabolism. Imp2−/− mice gain less lean mass after …

Genome-wide association studies in type 2 diabetes

MI McCarthy, E Zeggini - Current diabetes reports, 2009 - Springer
Despite numerous candidate gene and linkage studies, the field of type 2 diabetes (T2D)
genetics had until recently succeeded in identifying few genuine disease-susceptibility loci …

Common Variation in the Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated (FTO) Gene Confers Risk of Obesity and Modulates BMI in the Chinese Population

YC Chang, PH Liu, WJ Lee, TJ Chang, YD Jiang… - Diabetes, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—Genetic variants in the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene have
been linked with obesity and type 2 diabetes in European populations. We aimed to test the …

Common Variants in CDKAL1, CDKN2A/B, IGF2BP2, SLC30A8, and HHEX/IDE Genes Are Associated With Type 2 Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose in a …

Y Wu, H Li, RJF Loos, Z Yu, X Ye, L Chen, A Pan… - Diabetes, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—Genome-wide association studies have identified common variants in
CDKAL1, CDKN2A/B, IGF2BP2, SLC30A8, HHEX/IDE, EXT2, and LOC387761 loci that …