@article {8562,
	title = {{The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals},
	journal = {Nat Genet},
	volume = {48},
	year = {2016},
	month = {10},
	pages = {1171{\textendash}1184},
	abstract = {To dissect the genetic architecture of blood pressure and assess effects on target organ damage, we analyzed 128,272 SNPs from targeted and genome-wide arrays in 201,529 individuals of European ancestry, and genotypes from an additional 140,886 individuals were used for validation. We identified 66 blood pressure-associated loci, of which 17 were new; 15 harbored multiple distinct association signals. The 66 index SNPs were enriched for cis-regulatory elements, particularly in vascular endothelial cells, consistent with a primary role in blood pressure control through modulation of vascular tone across multiple tissues. The 66 index SNPs combined in a risk score showed comparable effects in 64,421 individuals of non-European descent. The 66-SNP blood pressure risk score was significantly associated with target organ damage in multiple tissues but with minor effects in the kidney. Our findings expand current knowledge of blood pressure-related pathways and highlight tissues beyond the classical renal system in blood pressure regulation.},
	author = {Ehret, G. B. and Ferreira, T. and Chasman, D. I. and Jackson, A. U. and Schmidt, E. M. and Johnson, T. and Thorleifsson, G. and Luan, J. and Donnelly, L. A. and Kanoni, S. and Petersen, A. K. and Pihur, V. and Strawbridge, R. J. and Shungin, D. and Hughes, M. F. and Meirelles, O. and Kaakinen, M. and Bouatia-Naji, N. and Kristiansson, K. and Shah, S. and Kleber, M. E. and Guo, X. and Lyytik?inen, L. P. and Fava, C. and Eriksson, N. and Nolte, I. M. and Magnusson, P. K. and Salfati, E. L. and Rallidis, L. S. and Theusch, E. and Smith, A. J. P. and Folkersen, L. and Witkowska, K. and Pers, T. H. and Joehanes, R. and Kim, S. K. and Lataniotis, L. and Jansen, R. and Johnson, A. D. and Warren, H. and Kim, Y. J. and Zhao, W. and Wu, Y. and Tayo, B. O. and Bochud, M. and Absher, D. and Adair, L. S. and Amin, N. and Arking, D. E. and Axelsson, T. and Baldassarre, D. and Balkau, B. and Bandinelli, S. and Barnes, M. R. and Barroso, I. and Bevan, S. and Bis, J. C. and Bjornsdottir, G. and Boehnke, M. and Boerwinkle, E. and Bonnycastle, L. L. and Boomsma, D. I. and Bornstein, S. R. and Brown, M. J. and Burnier, M. and Cabrera, C. P. and Chambers, J. C. and Chang, I. S. and Cheng, C. Y. and Chines, P. S. and Chung, R. H. and Collins, F. S. and Connell, J. M. and D?ring, A. and Dallongeville, J. and Danesh, J. and de Faire, U. and Delgado, G. and Dominiczak, A. F. and Doney, A. S. F. and Drenos, F. and Edkins, S. and Eicher, J. D. and Elosua, R. and Enroth, S. and Erdmann, J. and Eriksson, P. and Esko, T. and Evangelou, E. and Evans, A. and Fall, T. and Farrall, M. and Felix, J. F. and Ferri?res, J. and Ferrucci, L. and Fornage, M. and Forrester, T. and Franceschini, N. and Duran, O. H. F. and Franco-Cereceda, A. and Fraser, R. M. and Ganesh, S. K. and Gao, H. and Gertow, K. and Gianfagna, F. and Gigante, B. and Giulianini, F. and Goel, A. and Goodall, A. H. and Goodarzi, M. O. and Gorski, M. and Gr??ler, J. and Groves, C. and Gudnason, V. and Gyllensten, U. and Hallmans, G. and Hartikainen, A. L. and Hassinen, M. and Havulinna, A. S. and Hayward, C. and Hercberg, S. and Herzig, K. H. and Hicks, A. A. and Hingorani, A. D. and Hirschhorn, J. N. and Hofman, A. and Holmen, J. and Holmen, O. L. and Hottenga, J. J. and Howard, P. and Hsiung, C. A. and Hunt, S. C. and Ikram, M. A. and Illig, T. and Iribarren, C. and Jensen, R. A. and K?h?nen, M. and Kang, H. and Kathiresan, S. and Keating, B. J. and Khaw, K. T. and Kim, Y. K. and Kim, E. and Kivimaki, M. and Klopp, N. and Kolovou, G. and Komulainen, P. and Kooner, J. S. and Kosova, G. and Krauss, R. M. and Kuh, D. and Kutalik, Z. and Kuusisto, J. and Kval?y, K. and Lakka, T. A. and Lee, N. R. and Lee, I. T. and Lee, W. J. and Levy, D. and Li, X. and Liang, K. W. and Lin, H. and Lin, L. and Lindstr?m, J. and Lobbens, S. and M?nnist?, S. and M?ller, G. and M?ller-Nurasyid, M. and Mach, F. and Markus, H. S. and Marouli, E. and McCarthy, M. I. and McKenzie, C. A. and Meneton, P. and Menni, C. and Metspalu, A. and Mijatovic, V. and Moilanen, L. and Montasser, M. E. and Morris, A. D. and Morrison, A. C. and Mulas, A. and Nagaraja, R. and Narisu, N. and Nikus, K. and O{\textquoteright}Donnell, C. J. and O{\textquoteright}Reilly, P. F. and Ong, K. K. and Paccaud, F. and Palmer, C. D. and Parsa, A. and Pedersen, N. L. and Penninx, B. W. and Perola, M. and Peters, A. and Poulter, N. and Pramstaller, P. P. and Psaty, B. M. and Quertermous, T. and Rao, D. C. and Rasheed, A. and Rayner, N. W. N. W. R. and Renstr?m, F. and Rettig, R. and Rice, K. M. and Roberts, R. and Rose, L. M. and Rossouw, J. and Samani, N. J. and Sanna, S. and Saramies, J. and Schunkert, H. and Sebert, S. and Sheu, W. H. and Shin, Y. A. and Sim, X. and Smit, J. H. and Smith, A. V. and Sosa, M. X. and Spector, T. D. and Stan??kov?, A. and Stanton, A. and Stirrups, K. E. and Stringham, H. M. and Sundstrom, J. and Swift, A. J. and Syv?nen, A. C. and Tai, E. S. and Tanaka, T. and Tarasov, K. V. and Teumer, A. and Thorsteinsdottir, U. and Tobin, M. D. and Tremoli, E. and Uitterlinden, A. G. and Uusitupa, M. and Vaez, A. and Vaidya, D. and van Duijn, C. M. and van Iperen, E. P. A. and Vasan, R. S. and Verwoert, G. C. and Virtamo, J. and Vitart, V. and Voight, B. F. and Vollenweider, P. and Wagner, A. and Wain, L. V. and Wareham, N. J. and Watkins, H. and Weder, A. B. and Westra, H. J. and Wilks, R. and Wilsgaard, T. and Wilson, J. F. and Wong, T. Y. and Yang, T. P. and Yao, J. and Yengo, L. and Zhang, W. and Zhao, J. H. and Zhu, X. and Bovet, P. and Cooper, R. S. and Mohlke, K. L. and Saleheen, D. and Lee, J. Y. and Elliott, P. and Gierman, H. J. and Willer, C. J. and Franke, L. and Hovingh, G. K. and Taylor, K. D. and Dedoussis, G. and Sever, P. and Wong, A. and Lind, L. and Assimes, T. L. and Nj?lstad, I. and Schwarz, P. E. and Langenberg, C. and Snieder, H. and Caulfield, M. J. and Melander, O. and Laakso, M. and Saltevo, J. and Rauramaa, R. and Tuomilehto, J. and Ingelsson, E. and Lehtim?ki, T. and Hveem, K. and Palmas, W. and M?rz, W. and Kumari, M. and Salomaa, V. and Chen, Y. I. and Rotter, J. I. and Froguel, P. and Jarvelin, M. R. and Lakatta, E. G. and Kuulasmaa, K. and Franks, P. W. and Hamsten, A. and Wichmann, H. E. and Palmer, C. N. A. and Stefansson, K. and Ridker, P. M. and Loos, R. J. F. and Chakravarti, A. and Deloukas, P. and Morris, A. P. and Newton-Cheh, C. and Munroe, P. B.}
}
@article {8289,
	title = {{Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure},
	journal = {Nat Commun},
	volume = {11},
	year = {2020},
	month = {01},
	pages = {163},
	abstract = {Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. A small proportion of HF cases are attributable to monogenic cardiomyopathies and existing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have yielded only limited insights, leaving the observed heritability of HF largely unexplained. We report results from a GWAS meta-analysis of HF comprising 47,309 cases and 930,014 controls. Twelve independent variants at 11 genomic loci are associated with HF, all of which demonstrate one or more associations with coronary artery disease (CAD), atrial fibrillation, or reduced left ventricular function, suggesting shared genetic aetiology. Functional analysis of non-CAD-associated loci implicate genes involved in cardiac development (MYOZ1, SYNPO2L), protein homoeostasis (BAG3), and cellular senescence (CDKN1A). Mendelian randomisation analysis supports causal roles for several HF risk factors, and demonstrates CAD-independent effects for atrial fibrillation, body mass index, and hypertension. These findings extend our knowledge of the pathways underlying HF and may inform new therapeutic strategies.},
	author = {Shah, S. and Henry, A. and Roselli, C. and Lin, H. and Sveinbj?rnsson, G. and Fatemifar, G. and Hedman, ?. K. and Wilk, J. B. and Morley, M. P. and Chaffin, M. D. and Helgadottir, A. and Verweij, N. and Dehghan, A. and Almgren, P. and Andersson, C. and Aragam, K. G. and ?rnl?v, J. and Backman, J. D. and Biggs, M. L. and Bloom, H. L. and Brandimarto, J. and Brown, M. R. and Buckbinder, L. and Carey, D. J. and Chasman, D. I. and Chen, X. and Chen, X. and Chung, J. and Chutkow, W. and Cook, J. P. and Delgado, G. E. and Denaxas, S. and Doney, A. S. and D?rr, M. and Dudley, S. C. and Dunn, M. E. and Engstr?m, G. and Esko, T. and Felix, S. B. and Finan, C. and Ford, I. and Ghanbari, M. and Ghasemi, S. and Giedraitis, V. and Giulianini, F. and Gottdiener, J. S. and Gross, S. and Gu?bjartsson, D. F. and Gutmann, R. and Haggerty, C. M. and van der Harst, P. and Hyde, C. L. and Ingelsson, E. and Jukema, J. W. and Kavousi, M. and Khaw, K. T. and Kleber, M. E. and K?ber, L. and Koekemoer, A. and Langenberg, C. and Lind, L. and Lindgren, C. M. and London, B. and Lotta, L. A. and Lovering, R. C. and Luan, J. and Magnusson, P. and Mahajan, A. and Margulies, K. B. and M?rz, W. and Melander, O. and Mordi, I. R. and Morgan, T. and Morris, A. D. and Morris, A. P. and Morrison, A. C. and Nagle, M. W. and Nelson, C. P. and Niessner, A. and Niiranen, T. and O{\textquoteright}Donoghue, M. L. and Owens, A. T. and Palmer, C. N. A. and Parry, H. M. and Perola, M. and Portilla-Fernandez, E. and Psaty, B. M. and Rice, K. M. and Ridker, P. M. and Romaine, S. P. R. and Rotter, J. I. and Salo, P. and Salomaa, V. and van Setten, J. and Shalaby, A. A. and Smelser, D. T. and Smith, N. L. and Stender, S. and Stott, D. J. and Svensson, P. and Tammesoo, M. L. and Taylor, K. D. and Teder-Laving, M. and Teumer, A. and Thorgeirsson, G. and Thorsteinsdottir, U. and Torp-Pedersen, C. and Trompet, S. and Tyl, B. and Uitterlinden, A. G. and Veluchamy, A. and V?lker, U. and Voors, A. A. and Wang, X. and Wareham, N. J. and Waterworth, D. and Weeke, P. E. and Weiss, R. and Wiggins, K. L. and Xing, H. and Yerges-Armstrong, L. M. and Yu, B. and Zannad, F. and Zhao, J. H. and Hemingway, H. and Samani, N. J. and McMurray, J. J. V. and Yang, J. and Visscher, P. M. and Newton-Cheh, C. and Malarstig, A. and Holm, H. and Lubitz, S. A. and Sattar, N. and Holmes, M. V. and Cappola, T. P. and Asselbergs, F. W. and Hingorani, A. D. and Kuchenbaecker, K. and Ellinor, P. T. and Lang, C. C. and Stefansson, K. and Smith, J. G. and Vasan, R. S. and Swerdlow, D. I. and Lumbers, R. T. and Abecasis, G. and Backman, J. and Bai, X. and Balasubramanian, S. and Banerjee, N. and Baras, A. and Barnard, L. and Beechert, C. and Blumenfeld, A. and Cantor, M. and Chai, Y. and Chung, J. and Coppola, G. and Damask, A. and Dewey, F. and Economides, A. and Eom, G. and Forsythe, C. and Fuller, E. D. and Gu, Z. and Gurski, L. and Guzzardo, P. M. and Habegger, L. and Hahn, Y. and Hawes, A. and van Hout, C. and Jones, M. B. and Khalid, S. and Lattari, M. and Li, A. and Lin, N. and Liu, D. and Lopez, A. and Manoochehri, K. and Marchini, J. and Marcketta, A. and Maxwell, E. K. and McCarthy, S. and Mitnaul, L. J. and O{\textquoteright}Dushlaine, C. and Overton, J. D. and Padilla, M. S. and Paulding, C. and Penn, J. and Pradhan, M. and Reid, J. G. and Schleicher, T. D. and Schurmann, C. and Shuldiner, A. and Staples, J. C. and Sun, D. and Toledo, K. and Ulloa, R. H. and Widom, L. and Wolf, S. E. and Yadav, A. and Ye, B.}
}
@article {8925,
	title = {{The genomics of heart failure: design and rationale of the HERMES consortium},
	journal = {ESC Heart Fail},
	year = {2021},
	month = {Sep},
	abstract = {The HERMES (HEart failure Molecular Epidemiology for Therapeutic targetS) consortium aims to identify the genomic and molecular basis of heart failure.\ under an additive genetic model.\ HERMES is a global collaboration aiming to (i) identify the genetic determinants of heart failure; (ii) generate insights into the causal pathways leading to heart failure and enable genetic approaches to target prioritization; and (iii) develop genomic tools for disease stratification and risk prediction.},
	author = {Lumbers, R. T. and Shah, S. and Lin, H. and Czuba, T. and Henry, A. and Swerdlow, D. I. and Malarstig, A. and Andersson, C. and Verweij, N. and Holmes, M. V. and {\"A}rnl{\"o}v, J. and Svensson, P. and Hemingway, H. and Sallah, N. and Almgren, P. and Aragam, K. G. and Asselin, G. and Backman, J. D. and Biggs, M. L. and Bloom, H. L. and Boersma, E. and Brandimarto, J. and Brown, M. R. and Brunner-La Rocca, H. P. and Carey, D. J. and Chaffin, M. D. and Chasman, D. I. and Chazara, O. and Chen, X. and Chen, X. and Chung, J. H. and Chutkow, W. and Cleland, J. G. F. and Cook, J. P. and de Denus, S. and Dehghan, A. and Delgado, G. E. and Denaxas, S. and Doney, A. S. and D{\"o}rr, M. and Dudley, S. C. and Engstr{\"o}m, G. and Esko, T. and Fatemifar, G. and Felix, S. B. and Finan, C. and Ford, I. and Fougerousse, F. and Fouodjio, R. and Ghanbari, M. and Ghasemi, S. and Giedraitis, V. and Giulianini, F. and Gottdiener, J. S. and Gross, S. and Gu{\dh}bjartsson, D. F. and Gui, H. and Gutmann, R. and Haggerty, C. M. and van der Harst, P. and Hedman, {\r A}. K. and Helgadottir, A. and Hillege, H. and Hyde, C. L. and Jacob, J. and Jukema, J. W. and Kamanu, F. and Kardys, I. and Kavousi, M. and Khaw, K. T. and Kleber, M. E. and K{\o}ber, L. and Koekemoer, A. and Kraus, B. and Kuchenbaecker, K. and Langenberg, C. and Lind, L. and Lindgren, C. M. and London, B. and Lotta, L. A. and Lovering, R. C. and Luan, J. and Magnusson, P. and Mahajan, A. and Mann, D. and Margulies, K. B. and Marston, N. A. and M{\"a}rz, W. and McMurray, J. J. V. and Melander, O. and Melloni, G. and Mordi, I. R. and Morley, M. P. and Morris, A. D. and Morris, A. P. and Morrison, A. C. and Nagle, M. W. and Nelson, C. P. and Newton-Cheh, C. and Niessner, A. and Niiranen, T. and Nowak, C. and O{\textquoteright}Donoghue, M. L. and Owens, A. T. and Palmer, C. N. A. and Pare, G. and Perola, M. and Perreault, L. L. and Portilla-Fernandez, E. and Psaty, B. M. and Rice, K. M. and Ridker, P. M. and Romaine, S. P. R. and Roselli, C. and Rotter, J. I. and Ruff, C. T. and Sabatine, M. S. and Salo, P. and Salomaa, V. and van Setten, J. and Shalaby, A. A. and Smelser, D. T. and Smith, N. L. and Stefansson, K. and Stender, S. and Stott, D. J. and Sveinbjornsson, G. and Tammesoo, M. L. and Tardif, J. C. and Taylor, K. D. and Teder-Laving, M. and Teumer, A. and Thorgeirsson, G. and Thorsteinsdottir, U. and Torp-Pedersen, C. and Trompet, S. and Tuckwell, D. and Tyl, B. and Uitterlinden, A. G. and Vaura, F. and Veluchamy, A. and Visscher, P. M. and V{\"o}lker, U. and Voors, A. A. and Wang, X. and Wareham, N. J. and Weeke, P. E. and Weiss, R. and White, H. D. and Wiggins, K. L. and Xing, H. and Yang, J. and Yang, Y. and Yerges-Armstrong, L. M. and Yu, B. and Zannad, F. and Zhao, F. and Wilk, J. B. and Holm, H. and Sattar, N. and Lubitz, S. A. and Lanfear, D. E. and Shah, S. and Dunn, M. E. and Wells, Q. S. and Asselbergs, F. W. and Hingorani, A. D. and Dub{\'e}, M. P. and Samani, N. J. and Lang, C. C. and Cappola, T. P. and Ellinor, P. T. and Vasan, R. S. and Smith, J. G.}
}
