Heart disease and stroke statistics—2023 update: a report from the American Heart Association

CW Tsao, AW Aday, ZI Almarzooq, CAM Anderson… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of
Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and …

Characterizing cis-regulatory elements using single-cell epigenomics

S Preissl, KJ Gaulton, B Ren - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Cell type-specific gene expression patterns and dynamics during development or in disease
are controlled by cis-regulatory elements (CREs), such as promoters and enhancers …

Epigenomic and transcriptomic analyses define core cell types, genes and targetable mechanisms for kidney disease

H Liu, T Doke, D Guo, X Sheng, Z Ma, J Park, HMT Vy… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
More than 800 million people suffer from kidney disease, yet the mechanism of kidney
dysfunction is poorly understood. In the present study, we define the genetic association with …

[HTML][HTML] An atlas of healthy and injured cell states and niches in the human kidney

BB Lake, R Menon, S Winfree, Q Hu, R Melo Ferreira… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding kidney disease relies on defining the complexity of cell types and states, their
associated molecular profiles and interactions within tissue neighbourhoods. Here we …

Genome-wide polygenic score to predict chronic kidney disease across ancestries

A Khan, MC Turchin, A Patki, V Srinivasasainagendra… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common complex condition associated with high
morbidity and mortality. Polygenic prediction could enhance CKD screening and prevention; …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal single cell sequencing implicates chromatin accessibility and genetic background in diabetic kidney disease progression

PC Wilson, Y Muto, H Wu, A Karihaloo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The proximal tubule is a key regulator of kidney function and glucose metabolism. Diabetic
kidney disease leads to proximal tubule injury and changes in chromatin accessibility that …

[HTML][HTML] NAD+ precursor supplementation prevents mtRNA/RIG-I-dependent inflammation during kidney injury

T Doke, S Mukherjee, D Mukhi, P Dhillon, A Abedini… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Our understanding of how global changes in cellular metabolism contribute to human kidney
disease remains incompletely understood. Here we show that nicotinamide adenine …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic studies of paired metabolomes reveal enzymatic and transport processes at the interface of plasma and urine

P Schlosser, N Scherer, F Grundner-Culemann… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The kidneys operate at the interface of plasma and urine by clearing molecular waste
products while retaining valuable solutes. Genetic studies of paired plasma and urine …

Interpreting non-coding disease-associated human variants using single-cell epigenomics

KJ Gaulton, S Preissl, B Ren - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have linked hundreds of thousands of sequence
variants in the human genome to common traits and diseases. However, translating this …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptome-wide association analysis identifies DACH1 as a kidney disease risk gene that contributes to fibrosis

T Doke, S Huang, C Qiu, H Liu, Y Guan… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for kidney function identified hundreds of risk
regions; however, the causal variants, target genes, cell types, and disease mechanisms …