Endothelium structure and function in kidney health and disease

N Jourde-Chiche, F Fakhouri, L Dou, J Bellien… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The kidney harbours different types of endothelia, each with specific structural and functional
characteristics. The glomerular endothelium, which is highly fenestrated and covered by a …

Genomics of disease risk in globally diverse populations

D Gurdasani, I Barroso, E Zeggini… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Risk of disease is multifactorial and can be shaped by socio-economic, demographic,
cultural, environmental and genetic factors. Our understanding of the genetic determinants …

Comparative genetic architectures of schizophrenia in East Asian and European populations

M Lam, CY Chen, Z Li, AR Martin, J Bryois, X Ma… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric disorder with approximately 1% lifetime risk
globally. Large-scale schizophrenia genetic studies have reported primarily on European …

Trans-ethnic association study of blood pressure determinants in over 750,000 individuals

A Giri, JN Hellwege, JM Keaton, J Park, C Qiu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
In this trans-ethnic multi-omic study, we reinterpret the genetic architecture of blood pressure
to identify genes, tissues, phenomes and medication contexts of blood pressure …

Improving the accuracy of two-sample summary-data Mendelian randomization: moving beyond the NOME assumption

J Bowden, F Del Greco M, C Minelli… - International journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Two-sample summary-data Mendelian randomization (MR) incorporating
multiple genetic variants within a meta-analysis framework is a popular technique for …

70-year legacy of the Framingham Heart Study

C Andersson, AD Johnson, EJ Benjamin… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) was established in 1948 to improve
understanding of the epidemiology of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the USA. In 1961 …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study identifies genetic loci for self-reported habitual sleep duration supported by accelerometer-derived estimates

HS Dashti, SE Jones, AR Wood, JM Lane… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Sleep is an essential state of decreased activity and alertness but molecular factors
regulating sleep duration remain unknown. Through genome-wide association analysis in …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study of body fat distribution identifies adiposity loci and sex-specific genetic effects

M Rask-Andersen, T Karlsson, WE Ek… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Body mass and body fat composition are of clinical interest due to their links to
cardiovascular-and metabolic diseases. Fat stored in the trunk has been suggested to be …

Type 2 diabetes and hypertension: a study on bidirectional causality

D Sun, T Zhou, Y Heianza, X Li, M Fan… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: In observational studies, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) has been associated with
an increased risk of hypertension, and vice versa; however, the causality between these …

Association of genetic variants related to combined exposure to lower low-density lipoproteins and lower systolic blood pressure with lifetime risk of cardiovascular …

BA Ference, DL Bhatt, AL Catapano, CJ Packard… - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The relationship between exposure to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(LDL-C) and lower systolic blood pressure (SBP) with the risk of cardiovascular disease has …