The SLC transporter in nutrient and metabolic sensing, regulation, and drug development

Y Zhang, Y Zhang, K Sun, Z Meng… - Journal of molecular cell …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The prevalence of metabolic diseases is growing worldwide. Accumulating evidence
suggests that solute carrier (SLC) transporters contribute to the etiology of various metabolic …

Polygenic risk alters the penetrance of monogenic kidney disease

A Khan, N Shang, JG Nestor, C Weng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is determined by an interplay of monogenic, polygenic, and
environmental risks. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and COL4A …

Big data's role in precision public health

S Dolley - Frontiers in public health, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Precision public health is an emerging practice to more granularly predict and understand
public health risks and customize treatments for more specific and homogeneous …

The role of short-chain fatty acids of gut microbiota origin in hypertension

Y Wu, H Xu, X Tu, Z Gao - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hypertension is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases,
and its development involves multiple mechanisms. Gut microbiota has been reported to be …

DNA methylation analysis identifies loci for blood pressure regulation

MA Richard, T Huan, S Ligthart, R Gondalia… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies have identified hundreds of genetic variants associated
with blood pressure (BP), but sequence variation accounts for a small fraction of the …

Genetic architecture of host proteins involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection

M Pietzner, E Wheeler, J Carrasco-Zanini… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding the genetic architecture of host proteins interacting with SARS-CoV-2 or
mediating the maladaptive host response to COVID-19 can help to identify new or repurpose …

2017 Roadmap for innovation—ACC health policy statement on healthcare transformation in the era of digital health, big data, and precision health: a report of the …

SP Bhavnani, K Parakh, A Atreja, R Druz… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Healthcare transformation is the product of a shared vision between a broad range of
stakeholders to establish the future of care delivery and to develop new patient-centered …

Novel blood pressure locus and gene discovery using genome-wide association study and expression data sets from blood and the kidney

LV Wain, A Vaez, R Jansen, R Joehanes… - …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Elevated blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and has a
substantial genetic contribution. Genetic variation influencing blood pressure has the …

Genome-wide meta-analysis associates HLA-DQA1/DRB1 and LPA and lifestyle factors with human longevity

PK Joshi, N Pirastu, KA Kentistou, K Fischer… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Genomic analysis of longevity offers the potential to illuminate the biology of human aging.
Here, using genome-wide association meta-analysis of 606,059 parents' survival, we …

A large-scale multi-ancestry genome-wide study accounting for smoking behavior identifies multiple significant loci for blood pressure

YJ Sung, TW Winkler, L de Las Fuentes… - The American Journal of …, 2018 - cell.com
Genome-wide association analysis advanced understanding of blood pressure (BP), a
major risk factor for vascular conditions such as coronary heart disease and stroke …