[HTML][HTML] Erythropoietin regulation of red blood cell production: From bench to bedside and back

SV Bhoopalan, LJ Huang, MJ Weiss - F1000Research, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
More than 50 years of efforts to identify the major cytokine responsible for red blood cell
(RBC) production (erythropoiesis) led to the identification of erythropoietin (EPO) in 1977 …

PhenomeXcan: Mapping the genome to the phenome through the transcriptome

M Pividori, PS Rajagopal, A Barbeira, Y Liang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Large-scale genomic and transcriptomic initiatives offer unprecedented insight into complex
traits, but clinical translation remains limited by variant-level associations without biological …

GATA1 mutations in red cell disorders

T Ling, JD Crispino - IUBMB life, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
GATA1 is an essential regulator of erythroid cell gene expression and maturation. In its
absence, erythroid progenitors are arrested in differentiation and undergo apoptosis. Much …

[HTML][HTML] Mosaic chromosome Y loss is associated with alterations in blood cell counts in UK Biobank men

SH Lin, E Loftfield, JN Sampson, W Zhou, M Yeager… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Mosaic loss of Y chromosome (mLOY) is the most frequently detected somatic copy number
alteration in leukocytes of men. In this study, we investigate blood cell counts as a potential …

Common variants in signaling transcription-factor-binding sites drive phenotypic variability in red blood cell traits

A Choudhuri, E Trompouki, BJ Abraham, LM Colli… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies identify genomic variants associated with human traits
and diseases. Most trait-associated variants are located within cell-type-specific enhancers …

[HTML][HTML] Predicted loss and gain of function mutations in ACO1 are associated with erythropoiesis

GR Oskarsson, A Oddsson, MK Magnusson… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Hemoglobin is the essential oxygen-carrying molecule in humans and is regulated by
cellular iron and oxygen sensing mechanisms. To search for novel variants associated with …

Tetrabromobisphenol A perturbs erythropoiesis and impairs blood circulation in zebrafish embryos

S Pang, Y Gao, A Li, X Yao, G Qu, L Hu… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), a ubiquitous environmental pollutant, has been implicated
in developmental toxicity of aquatic animals. However, the impact of TBBPA on development …

[HTML][HTML] Ancestry-specific associations identified in genome-wide combined-phenotype study of red blood cell traits emphasize benefits of diversity in genomics

CJ Hodonsky, AR Baldassari, SA Bien, LM Raffield… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background Quantitative red blood cell (RBC) traits are highly polygenic clinically relevant
traits, with approximately 500 reported GWAS loci. The majority of RBC trait GWAS have …

Identification of circulating proteins associated with blood pressure using Mendelian randomization

S Thériault, J Sjaarda, M Chong, S Hess… - Circulation: Genomic …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Hypertension is a common modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease
and mortality. Pathophysiological mechanisms leading to hypertension remain incompletely …

In the blood: connecting variant to function in human hematopoiesis

SK Nandakumar, X Liao, VG Sankaran - Trends in Genetics, 2020 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of genetic variants
associated with a range of human diseases and traits. However, understanding the …