A decade in psychiatric GWAS research

T Horwitz, K Lam, Y Chen, Y Xia, C Liu - Molecular psychiatry, 2019 - nature.com
After more than 10 years of accumulated efforts, genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
have led to many findings, most of which have been deposited into the GWAS Catalog …

Multifaceted role of PRDM proteins in human cancer

A Casamassimi, M Rienzo, E Di Zazzo… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The PR/SET domain family (PRDM) comprise a family of genes whose protein products
share a conserved N-terminal PR [PRDI-BF1 (positive regulatory domain I-binding factor 1) …

Genetic analysis of venous thromboembolism in UK Biobank identifies the ZFPM2 locus and implicates obesity as a causal risk factor

D Klarin, CA Emdin, P Natarajan… - Circulation …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—UK Biobank is the world's largest repository for phenotypic and genotypic
information for individuals of European ancestry. Here, we leverage UK Biobank to …

Discovery of targets for immune–metabolic antitumor drugs identifies estrogen-related receptor alpha

A Sahu, X Wang, P Munson, JPG Klomp, X Wang… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Drugs that kill tumors through multiple mechanisms have the potential for broad clinical
benefits. Here, we first developed an in silico multiomics approach (BipotentR) to find cancer …

Germline genetic variation and predicting immune checkpoint inhibitor induced toxicity

IS Chin, A Khan, A Olsson-Brown, S Papa… - NPJ Genomic …, 2022 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy has revolutionised the treatment of various cancer
types. ICIs reinstate T-cell function to elicit an anti-cancer immune response. The resulting …

[HTML][HTML] MEF2 and the tumorigenic process, hic sunt leones

E Di Giorgio, WW Hancock, C Brancolini - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2018 - Elsevier
While MEF2 transcription factors are well known to cooperate in orchestrating cell fate and
adaptive responses during development and adult life, additional studies over the last …

Multi-method genome-and epigenome-wide studies of inflammatory protein levels in healthy older adults

RF Hillary, D Trejo-Banos, A Kousathanas… - Genome medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background The molecular factors which control circulating levels of inflammatory proteins
are not well understood. Furthermore, association studies between molecular probes and …

[HTML][HTML] VEGF and GLUT1 are highly heritable, inversely correlated and affected by dietary fat intake: consequences for cognitive function in humans

R Schüler, N Seebeck, MA Osterhoff, V Witte… - Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Reduction of brain glucose transporter GLUT1 results in severe neurological
dysfunction. VEGF is required to restore and maintain brain glucose uptake across the blood …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic predictors of testosterone and their associations with cardiovascular disease and risk factors: a Mendelian randomization investigation

CM Schooling, S Luo, SLA Yeung… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Testosterone supplementation has been linked to increased cardiovascular
disease risk in some observational studies. The causal role of testosterone can be …

Association between biomarkers of low-grade inflammation and sex hormones in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

E Hatziagelaki, V Pergialiotis… - Experimental and …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Objective Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have higher circulating levels of C-
reactive protein, but the relationship between inflammation and endocrine function in PCOS …