@article {8657,
	title = {{Genome-Wide Association Study of Circulating Interleukin 6 Levels Identifies Novel Loci},
	journal = {Hum Mol Genet},
	year = {2021},
	month = {Jan},
	abstract = {Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine with both pro- and anti-inflammatory properties with a heritability estimate of up to 61\%. The circulating levels of IL-6 in blood have been associated with an increased risk of complex disease pathogenesis. We conducted a two-staged, discovery, and replication meta genome-wide association study (GWAS) of circulating serum IL-6 levels comprising up to 67 428 (ndiscovery = 52 654 and nreplication = 14 774) individuals of European ancestry. The inverse variance fixed-effects based discovery meta-analysis, followed by replication led to the identification of two independent loci, IL1F10/IL1RN rs6734238 on Chromosome (Chr) 2q14, (pcombined = 1.8 {\texttimes} 10-11), HLA-DRB1/DRB5 rs660895 on Chr6p21 (pcombined = 1.5 {\texttimes} 10-10) in the combined meta-analyses of all samples. We also replicated the IL6R rs4537545 locus on Chr1q21 (pcombined = 1.2 {\texttimes} 10-122). Our study identifies novel loci for circulating IL-6 levels uncovering new immunological and inflammatory pathways that may influence IL-6 pathobiology.},
	author = {Ahluwalia, T. S. and Prins, B. P. and Abdollahi, M. and Armstrong, N. J. and Aslibekyan, S. and Bain, L. and Jefferis, B. and Baumert, J. and Beekman, M. and Ben-Shlomo, Y. and Bis, J. C. and Mitchell, B. D. and de Geus, E. and Delgado, G. E. and Marek, D. and Eriksson, J. and Kajantie, E. and Kanoni, S. and Kemp, J. P. and Lu, C. and Marioni, R. E. and McLachlan, S. and Milaneschi, Y. and Nolte, I. M. and Petrelis, A. M. and Porcu, E. and Sabater-Lleal, M. and Naderi, E. and Sepp{\"a}l{\"a}, I. and Shah, T. and Singhal, G. and Standl, M. and Teumer, A. and Thalamuthu, A. and Thiering, E. and Trompet, S. and Ballantyne, C. M. and Benjamin, E. J. and Casas, J. P. and Toben, C. and Dedoussis, G. and Deelen, J. and Durda, P. and Engmann, J. and Feitosa, M. F. and Grallert, H. and Hammarstedt, A. and Harris, S. E. and Homuth, G. and Hottenga, J. J. and Jalkanen, S. and Jamshidi, Y. and Jawahar, M. C. and Jess, T. and Kivimaki, M. and Kleber, M. E. and Lahti, J. and Liu, Y. and Marques-Vidal, P. and Mellstr{\"o}m, D. and Mooijaart, S. P. and M{\"u}ller-Nurasyid, M. and Penninx, B. and Revez, J. A. and Rossing, P. and R{\"a}ikk{\"o}nen, K. and Sattar, N. and Scharnagl, H. and Sennblad, B. and Silveira, A. and Pourcain, B. S. and Timpson, N. J. and Trollor, J. and van Dongen, J. and van Heemst, D. and Visvikis-Siest, S. and Vollenweider, P. and V{\"o}lker, U. and Waldenberger, M. and Willemsen, G. and Zabaneh, D. and Morris, R. W. and Arnett, D. K. and Baune, B. T. and Boomsma, D. I. and Chang, Y. C. and Deary, I. J. and Deloukas, P. and Eriksson, J. G. and Evans, D. M. and Ferreira, M. A. and Gaunt, T. and Gudnason, V. and Hamsten, A. and Heinrich, J. and Hingorani, A. and Humphries, S. E. and Jukema, J. W. and Koeing, W. and Kumari, M. and Kutalik, Z. and Lawlor, D. A. and Lehtim{\"a}ki, T. and M{\"a}rz, W. and Mather, K. and Naitza, S. and Nauck, M. and Ohlsson, C. and Price, J. F. and Raitakari, O. and Rice, K. and Sachdev, P. S. and Slagboom, E. and S{\o}rensen, T. I. A. and Spector, T. and Stacey, D. and Stathopoulou, M. G. and Tanaka, T. and Wannamethee, S. G. and Whincup, P. and Rotter, J. I. and Dehghan, A. and Boerwinkle, E. and Psaty, B. M. and Snieder, H. and Alizadeh, B. Z.}
}
@article {8781,
	title = {{A multi-ethnic epigenome-wide association study of leukocyte DNA methylation and blood lipids},
	journal = {Nat Commun},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2021},
	month = {06},
	pages = {3987},
	abstract = {10.1038/s41467-021-23899-yHere we examine the association between DNA methylation in circulating leukocytes and blood lipids in a multi-ethnic sample of 16,265 subjects. We identify 148, 35, and 4 novel associations among Europeans, African Americans, and Hispanics, respectively, and an additional 186 novel associations through a trans-ethnic meta-analysis. We observe a high concordance in the direction of effects across racial/ethnic groups, a high correlation of effect sizes between high-density lipoprotein and triglycerides, a modest overlap of associations with epigenome-wide association studies of other cardio-metabolic traits, and a largely non-overlap with lipid loci identified to date through genome-wide association studies. Thirty CpGs reached significance in at least 2 racial/ethnic groups including 7 that showed association with the expression of an annotated gene. CpGs annotated to CPT1A showed evidence of being influenced by triglycerides levels. DNA methylation levels of circulating leukocytes show robust and consistent association with blood lipid levels across multiple racial/ethnic groups.},
	author = {Jhun, M. A. and Mendelson, M. and Wilson, R. and Gondalia, R. and Joehanes, R. and Salfati, E. and Zhao, X. and Braun, K. V. E. and Do, A. N. and Hedman, {\r A}. K. and Zhang, T. and Carnero-Montoro, E. and Shen, J. and Bartz, T. M. and Brody, J. A. and Montasser, M. E. and O{\textquoteright}Connell, J. R. and Yao, C. and Xia, R. and Boerwinkle, E. and Grove, M. and Guan, W. and Liliane, P. and Singmann, P. and M{\"u}ller-Nurasyid, M. and Meitinger, T. and Gieger, C. and Peters, A. and Zhao, W. and Ware, E. B. and Smith, J. A. and Dhana, K. and van Meurs, J. and Uitterlinden, A. and Ikram, M. A. and Ghanbari, M. and Zhi, D. and Gustafsson, S. and Lind, L. and Li, S. and Sun, D. and Spector, T. D. and Chen, Y. I. and Damcott, C. and Shuldiner, A. R. and Absher, D. M. and Horvath, S. and Tsao, P. S. and Kardia, S. and Psaty, B. M. and Sotoodehnia, N. and Bell, J. T. and Ingelsson, E. and Chen, W. and Dehghan, A. and Arnett, D. K. and Waldenberger, M. and Hou, L. and Whitsel, E. A. and Baccarelli, A. and Levy, D. and Fornage, M. and Irvin, M. R. and Assimes, T. L.}
}
@article {8663,
	title = {{Sex-dimorphic genetic effects and novel loci for fasting glucose and insulin variability},
	journal = {Nat Commun},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2021},
	month = {01},
	pages = {24},
	abstract = {Differences between sexes contribute to variation in the levels of fasting glucose and insulin. Epidemiological studies established a higher prevalence of impaired fasting glucose in men and impaired glucose tolerance in women, however, the genetic component underlying this phenomenon is not established. We assess sex-dimorphic (73,089/50,404 women and 67,506/47,806 men) and sex-combined (151,188/105,056 individuals) fasting glucose/fasting insulin genetic effects via genome-wide association study meta-analyses in individuals of European descent without diabetes. Here we report sex dimorphism in allelic effects on fasting insulin at IRS1 and ZNF12 loci, the latter showing higher RNA expression in whole blood in women compared to men. We also observe sex-homogeneous effects on fasting glucose at seven novel loci. Fasting insulin in women shows stronger genetic correlations than in men with waist-to-hip ratio and anorexia nervosa. Furthermore, waist-to-hip ratio is causally related to insulin resistance in women, but not in men. These results position dissection of metabolic and glycemic health sex dimorphism as a steppingstone for understanding differences in genetic effects between women and men in related phenotypes.},
	author = {Lagou, V. and M{\"a}gi, R. and Hottenga, J. J. and Grallert, H. and Perry, J. R. B. and Bouatia-Naji, N. and Marullo, L. and Rybin, D. and Jansen, R. and Min, J. L. and Dimas, A. S. and Ulrich, A. and Zudina, L. and G{\r a}din, J. R. and Jiang, L. and Faggian, A. and Bonnefond, A. and Fadista, J. and Stathopoulou, M. G. and Isaacs, A. and Willems, S. M. and Navarro, P. and Tanaka, T. and Jackson, A. U. and Montasser, M. E. and O{\textquoteright}Connell, J. R. and Bielak, L. F. and Webster, R. J. and Saxena, R. and Stafford, J. M. and Pourcain, B. S. and Timpson, N. J. and Salo, P. and Shin, S. Y. and Amin, N. and Smith, A. V. and Li, G. and Verweij, N. and Goel, A. and Ford, I. and Johnson, P. C. D. and Johnson, T. and Kapur, K. and Thorleifsson, G. and Strawbridge, R. J. and Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J. and Esko, T. and Mihailov, E. and Fall, T. and Fraser, R. M. and Mahajan, A. and Kanoni, S. and Giedraitis, V. and Kleber, M. E. and Silbernagel, G. and Meyer, J. and M{\"u}ller-Nurasyid, M. and Ganna, A. and Sarin, A. P. and Yengo, L. and Shungin, D. and Luan, J. and Horikoshi, M. and An, P. and Sanna, S. and Boettcher, Y. and Rayner, N. W. and Nolte, I. M. and Zemunik, T. and Iperen, E. V. and Kovacs, P. and Hastie, N. D. and Wild, S. H. and McLachlan, S. and Campbell, S. and Polasek, O. and Carlson, O. and Egan, J. and Kiess, W. and Willemsen, G. and Kuusisto, J. and Laakso, M. and Dimitriou, M. and Hicks, A. A. and Rauramaa, R. and Bandinelli, S. and Thorand, B. and Liu, Y. and Miljkovic, I. and Lind, L. and Doney, A. and Perola, M. and Hingorani, A. and Kivimaki, M. and Kumari, M. and Bennett, A. J. and Groves, C. J. and Herder, C. and Koistinen, H. A. and Kinnunen, L. and Faire, U. and Bakker, S. J. L. and Uusitupa, M. and Palmer, C. N. A. and Jukema, J. W. and Sattar, N. and Pouta, A. and Snieder, H. and Boerwinkle, E. and Pankow, J. S. and Magnusson, P. K. and Krus, U. and Scapoli, C. and de Geus, E. J. C. N. and Bl{\"u}her, M. and Wolffenbuttel, B. H. R. and Province, M. A. and Abecasis, G. R. and Meigs, J. B. and Hovingh, G. K. and Lindstr{\"o}m, J. and Wilson, J. F. and Wright, A. F. and Dedoussis, G. V. and Bornstein, S. R. and Schwarz, P. E. H. and Tonjes, A. and Winkelmann, B. R. and Boehm, B. O. and M{\"a}rz, W. and Metspalu, A. and Price, J. F. and Deloukas, P. and K{\"o}rner, A. and Lakka, T. A. and Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, S. M. and Saaristo, T. E. and Bergman, R. N. and Tuomilehto, J. and Wareham, N. J. and Langenberg, C. and M{\"a}nnist{\"o}, S. and Franks, P. W. and Hayward, C. and Vitart, V. and Kaprio, J. and Visvikis-Siest, S. and Balkau, B. and Altshuler, D. and Rudan, I. and Stumvoll, M. and Campbell, H. and van Duijn, C. M. and Gieger, C. and Illig, T. and Ferrucci, L. and Pedersen, N. L. and Pramstaller, P. P. and Boehnke, M. and Frayling, T. M. and Shuldiner, A. R. and Peyser, P. A. and Kardia, S. L. R. and Palmer, L. J. and Penninx, B. W. and Meneton, P. and Harris, T. B. and Navis, G. and Harst, P. V. and Smith, G. D. and Forouhi, N. G. and Loos, R. J. F. and Salomaa, V. and Soranzo, N. and Boomsma, D. I. and Groop, L. and Tuomi, T. and Hofman, A. and Munroe, P. B. and Gudnason, V. and Siscovick, D. S. and Watkins, H. and Lecoeur, C. and Vollenweider, P. and Franco-Cereceda, A. and Eriksson, P. and Jarvelin, M. R. and Stefansson, K. and Hamsten, A. and Nicholson, G. and Karpe, F. and Dermitzakis, E. T. and Lindgren, C. M. and McCarthy, M. I. and Froguel, P. and Kaakinen, M. A. and Lyssenko, V. and Watanabe, R. M. and Ingelsson, E. and Florez, J. C. and Dupuis, J. and Barroso, I. and Morris, A. P. and Prokopenko, I.}
}
@article {9186,
	title = {{Genetic analyses of the electrocardiographic QT interval and its components identify additional loci and pathways},
	journal = {Nat Commun},
	volume = {13},
	year = {2022},
	month = {09},
	pages = {5144},
	abstract = {250,000 individuals) we identify 177, 156 and 121 independent loci for QT, JT and QRS, respectively, including a male-specific X-chromosome locus. Using gene-based rare-variant methods, we identify associations with Mendelian disease genes. Enrichments are observed in established pathways for QT and JT, and previously unreported genes indicated in insulin-receptor signalling and cardiac energy metabolism. In contrast for QRS, connective tissue components and processes for cell growth and extracellular matrix interactions are significantly enriched. We demonstrate polygenic risk score associations with atrial fibrillation, conduction disease and sudden cardiac death. Prioritization of druggable genes highlight potential therapeutic targets for arrhythmia. Together, these results substantially advance our understanding of the genetic architecture of ventricular depolarization and repolarization.},
	author = {Young, W. J. and Lahrouchi, N. and Isaacs, A. and Duong, T. and Foco, L. and Ahmed, F. and Brody, J. A. and Salman, R. and Noordam, R. and Benjamins, J. W. and Haessler, J. and Lyytik{\"a}inen, L. P. and Repetto, L. and Concas, M. P. and van den Berg, M. E. and Weiss, S. and Baldassari, A. R. and Bartz, T. M. and Cook, J. P. and Evans, D. S. and Freudling, R. and Hines, O. and Isaksen, J. L. and Lin, H. and Mei, H. and Moscati, A. and M{\"u}ller-Nurasyid, M. and Nursyifa, C. and Qian, Y. and Richmond, A. and Roselli, C. and Ryan, K. A. and Tarazona-Santos, E. and Th{\'e}riault, S. and van Duijvenboden, S. and Warren, H. R. and Yao, J. and Raza, D. and Aeschbacher, S. and Ahlberg, G. and Alonso, A. and Andreasen, L. and Bis, J. C. and Boerwinkle, E. and Campbell, A. and Catamo, E. and Cocca, M. and Cutler, M. J. and Darbar, D. and De Grandi, A. and De Luca, A. and Ding, J. and Ellervik, C. and Ellinor, P. T. and Felix, S. B. and Froguel, P. and Fuchsberger, C. and G{\"o}gele, M. and Graff, C. and Graff, M. and Guo, X. and Hansen, T. and Heckbert, S. R. and Huang, P. L. and Huikuri, H. V. and Hutri-K{\"a}h{\"o}nen, N. and Ikram, M. A. and Jackson, R. D. and Junttila, J. and Kavousi, M. and Kors, J. A. and Leal, T. P. and Lemaitre, R. N. and Lin, H. J. and Lind, L. and Linneberg, A. and Liu, S. and Macfarlane, P. W. and Mangino, M. and Meitinger, T. and Mezzavilla, M. and Mishra, P. P. and Mitchell, R. N. and Mononen, N. and Montasser, M. E. and Morrison, A. C. and Nauck, M. and Nauffal, V. and Navarro, P. and Nikus, K. and Pare, G. and Patton, K. K. and Pelliccione, G. and Pittman, A. and Porteous, D. J. and Pramstaller, P. P. and Preuss, M. H. and Raitakari, O. T. and Reiner, A. P. and Ribeiro, A. L. P. and Rice, K. M. and Risch, L. and Schlessinger, D. and Schotten, U. and Schurmann, C. and Shen, X. and Shoemaker, M. B. and Sinagra, G. and Sinner, M. F. and Soliman, E. Z. and Stoll, M. and Strauch, K. and Tarasov, K. and Taylor, K. D. and Tinker, A. and Trompet, S. and Uitterlinden, A. and V{\"o}lker, U. and V{\"o}lzke, H. and Waldenberger, M. and Weng, L. C. and Whitsel, E. A. and Wilson, J. G. and Avery, C. L. and Conen, D. and Correa, A. and Cucca, F. and D{\"o}rr, M. and Gharib, S. A. and Girotto, G. and Grarup, N. and Hayward, C. and Jamshidi, Y. and Jarvelin, M. R. and Jukema, J. W. and K{\"a}{\"a}b, S. and K{\"a}h{\"o}nen, M. and Kanters, J. K. and Kooperberg, C. and Lehtim{\"a}ki, T. and Lima-Costa, M. F. and Liu, Y. and Loos, R. J. F. and Lubitz, S. A. and Mook-Kanamori, D. O. and Morris, A. P. and O{\textquoteright}Connell, J. R. and Olesen, M. S. and Orini, M. and Padmanabhan, S. and Pattaro, C. and Peters, A. and Psaty, B. M. and Rotter, J. I. and Stricker, B. and van der Harst, P. and van Duijn, C. M. and Verweij, N. and Wilson, J. F. and Arking, D. E. and Ramirez, J. and Lambiase, P. D. and Sotoodehnia, N. and Mifsud, B. and Newton-Cheh, C. and Munroe, P. B.}
}
