The significance of neighbourhood context to child and adolescent health and well-being: a systematic review of multilevel studies

E Sellström, S Bremberg - Scandinavian journal of public …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Growing up in a poor neighbourhood has negative effects on children and adolescents. In
the literature it has been concluded that the risk of low birth weight, childhood injury and …

Porcine models for the metabolic syndrome, digestive and bone disorders: a general overview

JC Litten-Brown, AM Corson, L Clarke - Animal, 2010 - cambridge.org
The aim of this review article is to provide an overview of the role of pigs as a biomedical
model for humans. The usefulness and limitations of porcine models have been discussed …

Dysfunction of lipid sensor GPR120 leads to obesity in both mouse and human

A Ichimura, A Hirasawa, O Poulain-Godefroy… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Free fatty acids provide an important energy source as nutrients, and act as signalling
molecules in various cellular processes,,,. Several G-protein-coupled receptors have been …

Mother's education and the risk of preterm and small for gestational age birth: a DRIVERS meta-analysis of 12 European cohorts

M Ruiz, P Goldblatt, J Morrison, L Kukla… - J Epidemiol …, 2015 - jech.bmj.com
Background A healthy start to life is a major priority in efforts to reduce health inequalities
across Europe, with important implications for the health of future generations. There is …

A variant near MTNR1B is associated with increased fasting plasma glucose levels and type 2 diabetes risk

N Bouatia-Naji, A Bonnefond, C Cavalcanti-Proença… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
In genome-wide association (GWA) data from 2,151 nondiabetic French subjects, we
identified rs1387153, near MTNR1B (which encodes the melatonin receptor 2 (MT2)), as a …

Genetic variant near IRS1 is associated with type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia

J Rung, S Cauchi, A Albrechtsen, L Shen… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies have identified common variants that only partially
explain the genetic risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Using genome-wide association data from …

Perinatal outcome of children born to mothers with thyroid dysfunction or antibodies: a prospective population-based cohort study

T Mannisto, M Vaarasmaki, A Pouta… - The Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Context: There are only a few large prospective studies involving evaluation of the effect of
maternal thyroid dysfunction on offspring and observations are inconsistent. Objective: The …

Thyroid dysfunction and autoantibodies during pregnancy as predictive factors of pregnancy complications and maternal morbidity in later life

T Mannisto, M Vaarasmaki, A Pouta… - The Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Context: Knowledge is scarce concerning the significance of thyroid dysfunction/antibodies
during pregnancy in regard to pregnancy complications/later maternal morbidity. Objective …

The human phenome project

N Freimer, C Sabatti - Nature genetics, 2003 - nature.com
A principal goal of genetic research is to identify specific genotypes that are associated with
human phenotypes. It will soon be possible to conduct genome-wide genotyping on a …

Variants in ADCY5 and near CCNL1 are associated with fetal growth and birth weight

RM Freathy, DO Mook-Kanamori, U Sovio… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
To identify genetic variants associated with birth weight, we meta-analyzed six genome-wide
association (GWA) studies (n= 10,623 Europeans from pregnancy/birth cohorts) and …