Niek Verweij

ORCID: 0000-0002-4303-7685
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Research Areas
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research

University Medical Center Groningen
2016-2025

University of Groningen
2016-2025

Regeneron (United States)
2020-2025

Genomics (United Kingdom)
2019-2021

Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden
2021

Broad Institute
2016-2020

University Medical Center
2020

Dialyse Centrum Groningen
2019

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2019

Queen Mary University of London
2013-2019

Aysu Okbay Jonathan Beauchamp Mark Alan Fontana James J. Lee Tune H. Pers and 95 more Cornelius A. Rietveld Patrick Turley Guo‐Bo Chen Valur Emilsson S. Fleur W. Meddens Sven Oskarsson Joseph K. Pickrell Kevin Thom Pascal Timshel Ronald de Vlaming Abdel Abdellaoui Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia Jonas Bacelis Clemens Baumbach Gyða Björnsdóttir J Brandsma Maria Pina Concas Jaime Derringer Nicholas A. Furlotte Tessel E. Galesloot Giorgia Girotto Richa Gupta Leanne M. Hall Sarah E. Harris Edith Hofer Momoko Horikoshi Jennifer E. Huffman Kadri Kaasik Ioanna Panagiota Kalafati Robert Karlsson Augustine Kong Jari Lahti Sven J. van der Lee C. deLeeuw Penelope A. Lind Karl‐Oskar Lindgren Tian Liu Massimo Mangino Jonathan Marten Evelin Mihailov Michael B. Miller Peter J. van der Most Christopher Oldmeadow Antony Payton Natalia Pervjakova Wouter J. Peyrot Yong Qian Olli Raitakari Rico Rueedi Erika Salvi Börge Schmidt Katharina E. Schraut Jianxin Shi Albert V. Smith Raymond A. Poot Beaté St Pourcain Alexander Teumer Gudmar Thorleifsson Niek Verweij Dragana Vuckovic Juergen Wellmann Harm-Jan Westra Jingyun Yang Wei Zhao Zhihong Zhu Behrooz Z. Alizadeh Najaf Amin Andrew Bakshi Sebastian E. Baumeister Ginevra Biino Klaus Bønnelykke Patricia A. Boyle Harry Campbell Francesco P. Cappuccio Gail Davies Jan-Emmanuel De Neve Panos Deloukas Ilja Demuth Jun Ding Peter Eibich Lewin Eisele Niina Eklund David M. Evans Jessica D. Faul Mary F. Feitosa Andreas J. Forstner Ilaria Gandin Bjarni Gunnarsson Bjarni V. Halldórsson Tamara B. Harris Andrew C. Heath Lynne J. Hocking Elizabeth G. Holliday Georg Homuth Michael A. Horan

10.1038/nature17671 article EN Nature 2016-05-10
Veryan Codd Christopher P. Nelson Eva Albrecht Massimo Mangino Joris Deelen and 94 more Jessica L. Buxton Jouke‐Jan Hottenga Krista Fischer Tõnu Esko Ida Surakka Linda Broer Dale R. Nyholt Irene Mateo Leach Perttu Salo Sara Hägg Mary Matthews Jutta Palmen Giuseppe Danilo Norata Paul F. O’Reilly Danish Saleheen Najaf Amin Anthony J. Balmforth Marian Beekman Rudolf A. de Boer Stefan Böhringer Peter S. Braund Paul R. Burton Anton J Mde Craen Matthew Denniff Yanbin Dong Konstantinos Douroudis Dubinina Ev Johan G. Eriksson K. Garlaschelli Dehuang Guo Anna‐Liisa Hartikainen Anjali K. Henders Jeanine J. Houwing‐Duistermaat Laura Kananen Lennart C. Karssen Johannes Kettunen Norman Klopp Vasiliki Lagou Jin‐Moo Lee Pamela A. F. Madden Reedik Mägi Patrik K. E. Magnusson Satu Männistö Mark I. McCarthy Sarah E. Medland Evelin Mihailov Grant W. Montgomery Ben A. Oostra Aarno Palotie Annette Peters Helen Perlstein Pollard Anneli Pouta Inga Prokopenko Samuli Ripatti Veikko Salomaa H. Eka D. Suchiman Ana M. Valdes Niek Verweij Ana Viñuela Xiaoling Wang H‐Erich Wichmann Elisabeth Widén Gonneke Willemsen Margaret J. Wright Kai Xia Xiangjun Xiao Dirk J. van Veldhuisen Alberico L. Catapano Martin D. Tobin Alistair S. Hall Alexandra I. F. Blakemore Wiek H. van Gilst Haidong Zhu Jeanette Erdmann Muredach P. Reilly Sekar Kathiresan Heribert Schunkert Philippa J. Talmud Nancy L. Pedersen Markus Perola Willem H. Ouwehand Jaakko Kaprio Nicholas G. Martin Cornelia M. van Duijn Iiris Hovatta Christian Gieger Andres Metspalu Dorret I. Boomsma Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin P. Eline Slagboom John R. Thompson Tim D. Spector Pim van der Harst Nilesh J. Samani

10.1038/ng.2528 article EN Nature Genetics 2013-03-27

Genetic and lifestyle factors both contribute to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, but whether poor health behaviors are associated with similar increases in among individuals low, intermediate, or high genetic is unknown.To investigate association combined within groups coronary artery atrial fibrillation, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes as well interactions between lifestyle.The UK Biobank cohort study includes more than 500 000 participants aged 40 70 years who were...

10.1001/jamacardio.2018.1717 article EN JAMA Cardiology 2018-06-27
Ayush Giri Jacklyn N. Hellwege Jacob M. Keaton Jihwan Park Chengxiang Qiu and 93 more Helen Warren Eric S. Torstenson Csaba P. Kövesdy Yan V. Sun Otis D. Wilson Cassianne Robinson‐Cohen Christianne L. Roumie Cecilia P. Chung Kelly A. Birdwell Scott M. Damrauer Scott L. DuVall Derek Klarin Kelly Cho Yu Wang Εvangelos Εvangelou Claudia P. Cabrera Louise V. Wain Rojesh Shrestha Brian S. Mautz Elvis A. Akwo Muralidharan Sargurupremraj Stéphanie Debette Michael Boehnke Laura J. Scott Jian’an Luan Jing-Hua Zhao Sara M. Willems Sébastien Thériault Nabi Shah Christopher Oldmeadow Peter Almgren Ruifang Li‐Gao Niek Verweij Thibaud Boutin Massimo Mangino Ioanna Ntalla Elena V. Feofanova Praveen Surendran James P. Cook Savita Karthikeyan Najim Lahrouchi Chunyu Liu Nuno Sepúlveda Tom G. Richardson Aldi T. Kraja Philippe Amouyel Martin Farrall Neil R Poulter Markku Laakso Eleftheria Zeggini Peter Sever Robert A. Scott Claudia Langenberg Nicholas J. Wareham David Conen Nicholette D. Palmer John Attia Daniel I. Chasman Paul M. Ridker Olle Melander Dennis Owen Mook-Kanamori Pim van der Harst Francesco Cucca David Schlessinger Caroline Hayward Tim D. Spector Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin Branwen J. Hennig Nicholas J. Timpson Wei-Qi Wei Joshua C. Smith Yaomin Xu Michael E. Matheny Edward D. Siew Cecilia M. Lindgren Karl‐Heinz Herzig George Dedoussis Joshua C. Denny Bruce M. Psaty Joanna M. M. Howson Patricia B. Munroe Christopher Newton‐Cheh Mark J. Caulfield Paul Elliott J. Michael Gaziano John Concato Peter W.F. Wilson Philip S. Tsao Digna R. Velez Edwards Katalin Suszták Christopher J. O’Donnell Adriana M. Hung Todd L. Edwards

10.1038/s41588-018-0303-9 article EN Nature Genetics 2018-12-19
Amand F. Schmidt Daniel I. Swerdlow Michael V. Holmes Riyaz Patel Zammy Fairhurst-Hunter and 95 more Donald M. Lyall Fernando Pires Hartwig Bernardo Lessa Horta Elina Hyppönen Christine Power Max Moldovan Erik Van Iperen G. Kees Hovingh Ilja Demuth Kristina Norman Elisabeth Steinhagen‐Thiessen Juri Demuth Lars Bertram Tian Liu Stefan Coassin Johann Willeit Stefan Kiechl Karin Willeit Dan Mason John Wright Richard Morris Goya Wanamethee Peter H. Whincup Yoav Ben‐Shlomo Stela McLachlan Jackie F. Price Mika Kivimäki Catherine Welch Adelaida Sánchez-Gálvez Pedro Marques‐Vidal Andrew Nicolaides Andrie G. Panayiotou N. Charlotte Onland‐Moret Yvonne T. van der Schouw Giuseppe Matullo Giovanni Fiorito Simonetta Guarrera Carlotta Sacerdote Nicholas J. Wareham Claudia Langenberg Robert A. Scott Jian’an Luan Martin Bobák Sofia Malyutina Andrzej Pająk Růžena Kubínová Abdonas Tamošiūnas Hynek Pikhart Lise Lotte N. Husemoen Niels Grarup Oluf Pedersen Torben Hansen Allan Linneberg Kenneth Starup Simonsen Jackie A. Cooper Steve E. Humphries Murray H. Brilliant Terrie Kitchner Hákon Hákonarson David Carrell Catherine A. McCarty H. Lester Kirchner Eric B. Larson David R. Crosslin Mariza de Andrade Dan M. Roden Joshua C. Denny Cara L. Carty Stephen Hancock John Attia Elizabeth G. Holliday Martin O’Donnell Salim Yusuf Michael Chong Guillaume Paré Pim van der Harst M. Abdullah Said Ruben N. Eppinga Niek Verweij Harold Snieder Tim Christen Dennis O. Mook‐Kanamori Stefan Gustafsson Lars Lind Erik Ingelsson Raha Pazoki Oscar H. Franco Albert Hofman André G. Uitterlinden Abbas Dehghan Alexander Teumer Sebastian E. Baumeister Marcus Dörr Markus M. Lerch Uwe Völker

Statin treatment and variants in the gene encoding HMG-CoA reductase are associated with reductions both concentration of LDL cholesterol risk coronary heart disease, but also modest hyperglycaemia, increased bodyweight, modestly type 2 diabetes, which no way offsets their substantial benefits. We sought to investigate associations cholesterol-lowering PCSK9 diabetes related biomarkers gauge likely effects inhibitors on risk.In this mendelian randomisation study, we used data from cohort...

10.1016/s2213-8587(16)30396-5 article EN cc-by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2016-11-28
Norihiro Kato Marie Loh Fumihiko Takeuchi Niek Verweij Xu Wang and 95 more Weihua Zhang Tanika N Kelly Danish Saleheen Benjamin Lehne Irene Mateo Leach Alexander Drong James Abbott Simone Wahl Sian-Tsung Tan William R. Scott Gianluca Campanella Marc Chadeau‐Hyam Uzma Afzal Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia Marc Jan Bonder Peng Chen Abbas Dehghan Todd L. Edwards Tõnu Esko Min Jin Go Sarah E. Harris Jaana Hartiala Silva Kasela Anuradhani Kasturiratne Chiea Chuen Khor Marcus E. Kleber Huaixing Li Zuan Yu Mok Masahiro Nakatochi Nur Sabrina Sapari Richa Saxena Alexandre F.R. Stewart Lisette Stolk Yasuharu Tabara Ai Ling Teh Ying Wu Jer-Yuarn Wu Yi Zhang Imke Aits Alexessander Couto Alves Shikta Das Rajkumar Dorajoo Jemma C Hopewell Yun Kyoung Kim Robert W Koivula Jian’an Luan Leo‐Pekka Lyytikäinen Quang N Nguyen Mark A. Pereira Iris Postmus Olli T Raitakari Molly Scannell Bryan Robert A. Scott Rossella Sorice Vinicius Tragante Michela Traglia Jon White Ken Yamamoto Yonghong Zhang Linda S. Adair Alauddin Ahmed Koichi Akiyama Rasheed Asif Tin Aung Inês Barroso Andrew Bjonnes Timothy R. Braun Hui Cai Li-Ching Chang Chien‐Hsiun Chen Ching‐Yu Cheng Yap Seng Chong Rory Collins Regina Courtney Gail Davies Graciela Delgado Loi D. Pieter A. Doevendans Ron T. Gansevoort Yu-Tang Gao Tanja B. Grammer Niels Grarup Jagvir Grewal Dongfeng Gu Gurpreet S Wander Anna-Liisa Hartikainen Stanley L. Hazen Jing He Chew‐Kiat Heng James E. Hixson Albert Hofman Chris Hsu Wei Huang Lise Lotte N. Husemoen Joo‐Yeon Hwang

10.1038/ng.3405 article EN Nature Genetics 2015-09-21
Pim van der Harst Weihua Zhang Irene Mateo Leach Augusto Rendon Niek Verweij and 95 more Joban Sehmi Dirk S. Paul Ulrich Elling Hooman Allayee Man Li Aparna Radhakrishnan Sian-Tsung Tan Katrin Voß Christian X. Weichenberger Cornelis A. Albers Abtehale Al-Hussani Folkert W. Asselbergs Marina Ciullo Fabrice Danjou Christian Dina Tõnu Esko David M. Evans Lude Franke Martin Gögele Jaana Hartiala Micha Hersch Hilma Hólm Jouke‐Jan Hottenga Stavroula Kanoni Marcus E. Kleber Vasiliki Lagou Claudia Langenberg Lorna M. Lopez Leo‐Pekka Lyytikäinen Olle Melander Federico Murgia Ilja M. Nolte Paul F. O’Reilly Sandosh Padmanabhan Afshin Parsa Nicola Pirastu Eleonora Porcu Laura Portas Inga Prokopenko Janina S. Ried So-Youn Shin Clara Sze-Man Tang Alexander Teumer Michela Traglia Sheila Ulivi Harm-Jan Westra Jian Yang Wei Zhao Franco Anni Abdel Abdellaoui Antony Attwood Beverley Balkau Stefania Bandinelli François Bastardot Beben Benyamin Bernhard O. Boehm William Cookson Debashish Das Paul I. W. de Bakker Rudolf A. de Boer Eco J. C. de Geus Marleen H. M. de Moor Maria Dimitriou Francisco S. Domingues Angela Döring Gunnar Engström Guðmundur I. Eyjólfsson Luigi Ferrucci Krista Fischer Renzo Galanello Stephen F. Garner Bernd Genser Quince Gibson Giorgia Girotto Daníel F. Guðbjartsson Sarah E. Harris Anna-Liisa Hartikainen Claire E. Hastie Bo Hedblad Thomas Illig Jennifer Jolley Mika Kähönen Ido P. Kema John P. Kemp Liming Liang Heather Lloyd-Jones Ruth J. F. Loos Stuart Meacham Sarah E. Medland Christa Meisinger Yasin Memari Evelin Mihailov Kathy Ann Miller Miriam F. Moffatt Matthias Nauck

10.1038/nature11677 article EN Nature 2012-12-01

How genes affect human obesity Obesity is linked to many diseases, including diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. There thus great interest in understanding how predispose individuals to, or protect from, obesity. Akbari et al. sequenced more than 600,000 exomes from the United Kingdom, States, Mexico identified 16 rare coding variants (see Perspective by Yeo O'Rahilly). Some of alleles associated with body mass index (BMI) were brain-expressed G protein–coupled receptors. One variant allele...

10.1126/science.abf8683 article EN Science 2021-07-01
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