Ida Surakka

ORCID: 0000-0002-6669-5541
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Research Areas
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments

University of Michigan
2010-2025

Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
2014-2024

University of Helsinki
2014-2024

Michigan United
2018-2024

Broad Institute
2010-2024

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2010-2024

Massachusetts General Hospital
2024

Michigan Medicine
2018-2023

Soka University of America
2023

Stanford University
2022

Cristen J. Willer Ellen M. Schmidt Sebanti Sengupta Gina M. Peloso Stefan Gustafsson and 95 more Stavroula Kanoni Andrea Ganna Ming‐Huei Chen Martin L. Buchkovich Samia Mora J. Beckmann Jennifer L. Bragg‐Gresham Hsing‐Yi Chang Ayşe Demirkan Heleen M. den Hertog Ron Do Louise A. Donnelly Georg Ehret Tõnu Esko Mary F. Feitosa Teresa Ferreira Krista Fischer Pierre Fontanillas Ross M. Fraser Daniel F. Freitag Deepti Gurdasani Kauko Heikkilä Elina Hyppönen Aaron Isaacs Anne Jackson Åsa Johansson Toby Johnson Marika Kaakinen Johannes Kettunen Marcus E. Kleber Xiaohui Li Jian’an Luan Leo‐Pekka Lyytikäinen Patrik K. E. Magnusson Massimo Mangino Evelin Mihailov May E. Montasser Martina Müller‐Nurasyid Ilja M. Nolte Jeffrey R. O’Connell Cameron D. Palmer Markus Perola Ann-Kristin Petersen Serena Sanna Richa Saxena Susan K. Service Sonia Shah Dmitry Shungin Carlo Sidore Ci Song Rona J. Strawbridge Ida Surakka Toshiko Tanaka Tanya M. Teslovich Guðmar Þorleifsson Evita G. van den Herik Benjamin F. Voight Kelly A. Volcik Lindsay L. Waite Andrew Wong Ying Wu Weihua Zhang Devin Absher Gershim Asiki Inês Barroso Latonya Been Jennifer L. Bolton Lori L. Bonnycastle Paolo Brambilla Mary Susan Burnett Giancarlo Cesana Maria Dimitriou Alex S. F. Doney Angela Döring Paul Elliott Stephen E. Epstein Guðmundur I. Eyjólfsson Bruna Gigante Mark O. Goodarzi Harald Grallert Martha L. Gravito Christopher J. Groves Göran Hallmans Anna-Liisa Hartikainen Caroline Hayward Dena Hernández Andrew A. Hicks Hilma Hólm Yi-Jen Hung Thomas Illig Michelle R. Jones Pontiano Kaleebu John J.P. Kastelein Kay‐Tee Khaw Eric H. Kim

10.1038/ng.2797 article EN Nature Genetics 2013-10-06
Hana Lango Allen Karol Estrada Guillaume Lettre Sonja I. Berndt Michael N. Weedon and 95 more Fernando Rivadeneira Cristen J. Willer Anne Jackson Sailaja Vedantam Soumya Raychaudhuri Teresa Ferreira Andrew R. Wood Robert J. Weyant Ayellet V. Segrè Elizabeth K. Speliotes Eleanor Wheeler Nicole Soranzo Ju‐Hyun Park Jian Yang Daníel F. Guðbjartsson Nancy L. Heard‐Costa Joshua C. Randall Lu Qi Albert V. Smith Reedik Mägi Tomi Pastinen Liming Liang Iris M. Heid Jian’an Luan Guðmar Þorleifsson Thomas W. Winkler Michael E. Goddard Ken Sin Lo Cameron D. Palmer Tsegaselassie Workalemahu Yurii S. Aulchenko Åsa Johansson M. Carola Zillikens Mary F. Feitosa Tõnu Esko Toby Johnson Shamika Ketkar Peter Kraft Massimo Mangino Inga Prokopenko Devin Absher Eva Albrecht Florian Ernst Nicole L. Glazer Caroline Hayward Jouke‐Jan Hottenga Kevin B. Jacobs Joshua W. Knowles Zoltán Kutalik Keri L. Monda Ozren Polašek Michael Preuß Nigel W. Rayner Neil R. Robertson Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir Jonathan P. Tyrer Benjamin F. Voight Fredrik Wiklund Jianfeng Xu Wei Zhao Dale R. Nyholt Niina Pellikka Markus Perola John R. B. Perry Ida Surakka Mari-Liis Tammesoo Elizabeth L. Altmaier Najaf Amin Thor Aspelund Tushar Bhangale Gabrielle Boucher Daniel I. Chasman Constance Chen Lachlan Coin Matthew N. Cooper Anna Dixon Quince Gibson Elin Grundberg Ke Hao Juhani Junttila Lee M. Kaplan Johannes Kettunen Inke R. König Tony Kwan Robert Lawrence Douglas F. Levinson Mattias Lorentzon Barbara McKnight Andrew P. Morris Martina Müller‐Nurasyid Julius S. Ngwa Shaun Purcell Suzanne Rafelt Rany M. Salem Erika Salvi

10.1038/nature09410 article EN Nature 2010-09-29
Iris M. Heid Anne Jackson Joshua C. Randall Thomas W. Winkler Lu Qi and 95 more Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir Guðmar Þorleifsson M. Carola Zillikens Elizabeth K. Speliotes Reedik Mägi Tsegaselassie Workalemahu Charles C. White Nabila Bouatia‐Naji Tamara B. Harris Sonja I. Berndt Erik Ingelsson Cristen J. Willer Michael N. Weedon Jian’an Luan Sailaja Vedantam Tõnu Esko Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen Zoltán Kutalik Shengxu Li Keri L. Monda Anna Dixon Chris Holmes Lee M. Kaplan Liming Liang Josine L. Min Miriam F. Moffatt Cliona Molony Geoffrey C. Nicholson Eric E. Schadt Krina T. Zondervan Mary F. Feitosa Teresa Ferreira Hana Lango Allen Robert J. Weyant Eleanor Wheeler Andrew R. Wood Karol Estrada Michael E. Goddard Guillaume Lettre Massimo Mangino Dale R. Nyholt Shaun Purcell Albert V. Smith Peter M. Visscher Jian Yang Steven A. McCarroll James Nemesh Benjamin F. Voight Devin Absher Najaf Amin Thor Aspelund Lachlan Coin Nicole L. Glazer Caroline Hayward Nancy L. Heard‐Costa Jouke‐Jan Hottenga Åsa Johansson Toby Johnson Marika Kaakinen Karen Kapur Shamika Ketkar Joshua W. Knowles Peter Kraft Aldi T. Kraja Claudia Lamina Michael F. Leitzmann Barbara McKnight Andrew P. Morris Ken K. Ong John R. B. Perry Marjolein J. Peters Ozren Polašek Inga Prokopenko Nigel W. Rayner Samuli Ripatti Fernando Rivadeneira Neil R. Robertson Serena Sanna Ulla Sovio Ida Surakka Alexander Teumer S. van Wingerden Véronique Vitart Wei Zhao Christine Cavalcanti-Proença Peter S. Chines Eva Fisher Jennifer R. Kulzer Cécile Lecœur Narisu Narisu Camilla H. Sandholt Laura J. Scott Kaisa Silander Klaus Stark Mari‐Liis Tammesoo

10.1038/ng.685 article EN Nature Genetics 2010-10-10
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
Ron Do Cristen J. Willer Ellen M. Schmidt Sebanti Sengupta Chi Gao and 95 more Gina M. Peloso Stefan Gustafsson Stavroula Kanoni Andrea Ganna Jin Chen Martin L. Buchkovich Samia Mora J. Beckmann Jennifer L. Bragg‐Gresham Hsing‐Yi Chang Ayşe Demirkan Heleen M. den Hertog Louise A. Donnelly Georg Ehret Tõnu Esko Mary F. Feitosa Teresa Ferreira Krista Fischer Pierre Fontanillas Ross M. Fraser Daniel F. Freitag Deepti Gurdasani Kauko Heikkilä Elina Hyppönen Aaron Isaacs Anne Jackson Åsa Johansson Toby Johnson Marika Kaakinen Johannes Kettunen Marcus E. Kleber Xiaohui Li Jian’an Luan Leo‐Pekka Lyytikäinen Patrik K. E. Magnusson Massimo Mangino Evelin Mihailov May E. Montasser Martina Müller‐Nurasyid Ilja M. Nolte Jeffrey R. O’Connell Nicholette D. Palmer Markus Perola Ann-Kristin Petersen Serena Sanna Richa Saxena Susan K. Service Sonia Shah Dmitry Shungin Carlo Sidore Ci Song Rona J. Strawbridge Ida Surakka Toshiko Tanaka Tanya M. Teslovich Guðmar Þorleifsson Evita G. van den Herik Benjamin F. Voight Kelly A. Volcik Lindsay L. Waite Andrew Wong Ying Wu Weihua Zhang Devin Absher Gershim Asiki Inês Barroso Latonya Been Jennifer L. Bolton Lori L. Bonnycastle Paolo Brambilla Mary Susan Burnett Giancarlo Cesana Maria Dimitriou Alex S. F. Doney Angela Döring Paul Elliott Stephen E. Epstein Guðmundur I. Eyjólfsson Bruna Gigante Mark O. Goodarzi Harald Grallert Martha L. Gravito Christopher J. Groves Göran Hallmans Anna-Liisa Hartikainen Caroline Hayward Dena Hernandez Andrew A. Hicks Hilma Hólm Yi-Jen Hung Thomas Illig Michelle R. Jones Pontiano Kaleebu John J.P. Kastelein Kay‐Tee Khaw

10.1038/ng.2795 article EN Nature Genetics 2013-10-06
Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson Daníel F. Guðbjartsson Ida Surakka Jacqueline M. Vink Najaf Amin and 89 more Frank Geller Patrick Sulem Þórunn Rafnar Tõnu Esko Stefan Walter Christian Gieger Rajesh Rawal Massimo Mangino Inga Prokopenko Reedik Mägi Kaisu Keskitalo Iris H Gudjonsdottir Sólveig Grétarsdóttir Hreinn Stefánsson John R. Thompson Yurii S. Aulchenko Mari Nelis Katja K.H. Aben Martin den Heijer Asger Dirksen Haseem Ashraf Nicole Soranzo Ana M. Valdes Claire J. Steves André G. Uitterlinden Albert Hofman Anke Tönjes Péter Kovács Jouke‐Jan Hottenga Gonneke Willemsen Nicole Vogelzangs Angela Döring Norbert Dahmen Barbara Nitz Michele L. Pergadia Berta Sáez Veronica De Diego Victoria Lezcano María Dolores García-Prats Samuli Ripatti Markus Perola Johannes Kettunen Anna‐Liisa Hartikainen Anneli Pouta Laitinen Jaana Matti Isohanni Huei-Yi Shen Maxine Allen Maria Krestyaninova Alistair S. Hall Gregory T. Jones André M. van Rij Thomas Mueller Benjamin Dieplinger Meinhard Haltmayer Steinn Jónsson Stefán E. Matthíasson Högni Óskarsson Þórarinn Tyrfingsson Lambertus A. Kiemeney José Mayordomo Jes S. Lindholt Jesper Holst Pedersen Wilbur A. Franklin Holly J. Wolf Grant W. Montgomery Andrew C. Heath Nicholas G. Martin Pamela A. F. Madden Ina Giegling Dan Rujescu Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin Veikko Salomaa Michael Stümvoll Tim D. Spector H‐Erich Wichmann Andres Metspalu Nilesh J. Samani Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Ben A. Oostra Dorret I. Boomsma Henning Tiemeier Cornelia M. van Duijn Jaakko Kaprio Jeffrey R. Gulcher Mark I. McCarthy Leena Peltonen Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir Kári Stéfansson

10.1038/ng.573 article EN Nature Genetics 2010-04-25
Sonja I. Berndt Stefan Gustafsson Reedik Mägi Andrea Ganna Eleanor Wheeler and 95 more Mary F. Feitosa Anne E. Justice Keri L. Monda Damien C. Croteau‐Chonka Felix R. Day Tõnu Esko Tove Fall Teresa Ferreira Davide Gentilini Anne Jackson Jian’an Luan Joshua C. Randall Sailaja Vedantam Cristen J. Willer Thomas W. Winkler Andrew R. Wood Tsegaselassie Workalemahu Yi‐Juan Hu Sang Lee Liming Liang Dan-Yu Lin Josine L. Min Benjamin M. Neale Guðmar Þorleifsson Jian Yang Eva Albrecht Najaf Amin Jennifer L. Bragg‐Gresham Gemma Cadby Martin den Heijer Niina Eklund Krista Fischer Anuj Goel Jouke‐Jan Hottenga Jennifer E. Huffman Ivonne Jarick Åsa Johansson Toby Johnson Stavroula Kanoni Marcus E. Kleber Inke R. König Kati Kristiansson Zoltán Kutalik Claudia Lamina Cécile Lecœur Li Guo Massimo Mangino Wendy L. McArdle Carolina Medina‐Gómez Martina Müller‐Nurasyid Julius S. Ngwa Ilja M. Nolte Lavinia Paternoster Sonali Pechlivanis Markus Perola Marjolein J. Peters Michael Preuß Lynda M. Rose Jianxin Shi Dmitry Shungin Albert V. Smith Rona J. Strawbridge Ida Surakka Alexander Teumer Mieke D. Trip Jonathan P. Tyrer Jana V. van Vliet‐Ostaptchouk Liesbeth Vandenput Lindsay L. Waite Wei Zhao Devin Absher Folkert W. Asselbergs Mustafa Atalay Antony Attwood Anthony J. Balmforth Hanneke Basart John Beilby Lori L. Bonnycastle Paolo Brambilla Marcel Bruinenberg Harry Campbell Daniel I. Chasman Peter S. Chines Francis S. Collins John Connell William Cookson Ulf dé Fairé Femmie de Vegt Mariano Dei Maria Dimitriou Sarah Edkins Karol Estrada David M. Evans Martin Farrall Maurizio Ferrario

10.1038/ng.2606 article EN Nature Genetics 2013-04-07

10.1038/ng.501 article EN Nature Genetics 2009-12-13
Joshua C. Randall Thomas W. Winkler Zoltán Kutalik Sonja I. Berndt Anne Jackson and 95 more Keri L. Monda Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen Tõnu Esko Reedik Mägi Shengxu Li Tsegaselassie Workalemahu Mary F. Feitosa Damien C. Croteau‐Chonka Felix R. Day Tove Fall Teresa Ferreira Stefan Gustafsson Adam E. Locke Iain Mathieson André Scherag Sailaja Vedantam Andrew R. Wood Liming Liang Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir Guðmar Þorleifsson Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis Antigone S. Dimas Fredrik Karpe Josine L. Min Geoffrey C. Nicholson Deborah J. Clegg Thomas N. Person Jon P. Krohn Sabrina Bauer Christa Buechler Kristina Eisinger Amélie Bonnefond Philippe Froguel Jouke‐Jan Hottenga Inga Prokopenko Lindsay L. Waite Tamara B. Harris Albert V. Smith Alan R. Shuldiner Wendy L. McArdle Mark J. Caulfield Patricia B. Munroe Henrik Grönberg Yii-Der Ida Chen Li Guo J. Beckmann Toby Johnson Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir Maris Teder‐Laving Kay‐Tee Khaw Nicholas J. Wareham Wei Zhao Najaf Amin Ben A. Oostra Aldi T. Kraja Michael A. Province L. Adrienne Cupples Nancy L. Heard‐Costa Jaakko Kaprio Samuli Ripatti Ida Surakka Francis S. Collins Jouko Saramies Jaakko Tuomilehto Antti Jula Veikko Salomaa Jeanette Erdmann Christian Hengstenberg Christina Loley Heribert Schunkert Claudia Lamina H.-Erich Wichmann Eva Albrecht Christian Gieger Andrew A. Hicks Åsa Johansson Peter P. Pramstaller Sekar Kathiresan Elizabeth K. Speliotes Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Anna-Liisa Hartikainen Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin Ulf Gyllensten Dorret I. Boomsma Harry Campbell James F. Wilson Stephen J. Chanock Martin Farrall Anuj Goel Carolina Medina‐Gómez Fernando Rivadeneira Karol Estrada André G. Uitterlinden Albert Hofman M. Carola Zillikens

Given the anthropometric differences between men and women previous evidence of sex-difference in genetic effects, we conducted a genome-wide search for sexually dimorphic associations with height, weight, body mass index, waist circumference, hip waist-to-hip-ratio (133,723 individuals) took forward 348 SNPs into follow-up (additional 137,052 total 94 studies. Seven loci displayed significant (FDR<5%), including four previously established (near GRB14/COBLL1, LYPLAL1/SLC30A10, VEGFA,...

10.1371/journal.pgen.1003500 article EN cc-by PLoS Genetics 2013-06-06

Genetic studies might provide new insights into the biological mechanisms underlying lipid metabolism and risk of CAD. We therefore conducted a genome-wide association study to identify novel genetic determinants low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density (HDL-C), triglycerides.We combined data from 8 studies, comprising up 17 723 participants with information on circulating concentrations. did independent replication in 37 774 populations also population Indian Asian descent....

10.1161/atvbaha.109.201020 article EN Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2010-09-24

10.1038/ng.3300 article EN Nature Genetics 2015-05-11
Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat Dmitry Prokopenko Maxime Lamontagne Nicola Reeve Anna L. Guyatt and 95 more Victoria E. Jackson Nick Shrine Dandi Qiao Traci M. Bartz Deog Kyeom Kim Mi Kyeong Lee Jeanne C. Latourelle Xingnan Li Jarrett D. Morrow Ma’en Obeidat Annah B. Wyss Per Bakke R. Graham Barr Terri H. Beaty Steven A. Belinsky Guy Brusselle James D. Crapo Kim de Jong Dawn L. DeMeo Tasha E. Fingerlin Sina A. Gharib Amund Gulsvik Ian P. Hall John E. Hokanson Woo Jin Kim David A. Lomas Stephanie J. London Deborah A. Meyers George O'connor Stephen I. Rennard David A. Schwartz Paweł Śliwiński David Sparrow David P. Strachan Ruth Tal‐Singer Yohannes Tesfaigzi Jørgen Vestbo Judith M. Vonk Jae‐Joon Yim Xiaobo Zhou Yohan Bossé Ani Manichaikul Lies Lahousse Edwin K. Silverman H. Marike Boezen Louise V. Wain Martin D. Tobin Brian D. Hobbs Michael H. Cho Nick Shrine Anna L. Guyatt Chiara Batini Jing Hua Zhao Matthias Wielscher Stefan Weiß Katherine A. Kentistou James P. Cook Jennie Hui Stefan Karrasch Medea Imboden Sarah E. Harris Jonathan Marten Stefan Enroth Shona M. Kerr Ida Surakka Véronique Vitart Terho Lehtimäki Ralf Ewert Christian Gieger Georg Homuth Peter K. Joshi Claudia Langenberg Lars Lind Jian’an Luan Anubha Mahajan Alison D. Murray David J. Porteous Rajesh Rawal Blair H. Smith Paul R. H. J. Timmers Olli Raitakari Mika Kähönen Ozren Polašek Ulf Gyllensten Igor Rudan Ian J. Deary Nicole Probst‐Hensch Holger Schulz Anthony James James F. Wilson Beate Stubbe Eleftheria Zeggini Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin Nicholas J. Wareham Caroline Hayward

10.1038/s41588-018-0342-2 article EN Nature Genetics 2019-02-25
Louise V. Wain Nick Shrine María Soler Artigas A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu Boris Noyvert and 95 more Lara Bossini‐Castillo Ma’en Obeidat Amanda P. Henry Michael A. Portelli Robert J. Hall Charlotte K. Billington Tracy L. Rimington Anthony G. Fenech Catherine John Tineka Blake Victoria E. Jackson Richard J. Allen Bram P. Prins Archie Campbell David J. Porteous Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin Matthias Wielscher Anthony James Jennie Hui Nicholas J. Wareham Wei Zhao James F. Wilson Peter K. Joshi Beate Stubbe Rajesh Rawal Holger Schulz Medea Imboden Nicole Probst‐Hensch Stefan Karrasch Christian Gieger Ian J. Deary Sarah E. Harris Jonathan Marten Igor Rudan Stefan Enroth Ulf Gyllensten Shona M. Kerr Ozren Polašek Mika Kähönen Ida Surakka Véronique Vitart Caroline Hayward Terho Lehtimäki Olli T. Raitakari David M. Evans Alex Henderson Craig E. Pennell Carol A. Wang Peter D. Sly Emily S. Wan Robert Busch Brian D. Hobbs Augusto A. Litonjua David Sparrow Amund Gulsvik Per Bakke James D. Crapo Terri H. Beaty Nadia N. Hansel Rasika A. Mathias Ingo Ruczinski Kathleen C. Barnes Yohan Bossé Philippe Joubert Maarten van den Berge Corry‐Anke Brandsma Peter D. Paré Don D. Sin David C. Nickle Ke Hao Omri Gottesman Frederick E. Dewey Shannon Bruse David J. Carey H. Lester Kirchner Stefan Jonsson Guðmar Þorleifsson Ingileif Jónsdóttir Þórarinn Gíslason Kári Stéfansson Claudia Schurmann Girish N. Nadkarni Erwin P. Böttinger Ruth J. F. Loos Robin Walters Zhengming Chen Iona Y. Millwood Julien Vaucher Om Kurmi Liming Li Anna Hansell Christopher E. Brightling Eleftheria Zeggini Michael H. Cho Edwin K. Silverman

10.1038/ng.3787 article EN Nature Genetics 2017-02-06

Rationale Lung function measures are heritable traits that predict population morbidity and mortality essential for the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Variations in many genes have been reported to affect these traits, but attempts at replication provided conflicting results. Recently, we undertook a meta-analysis Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) results lung 20,288 individuals from general (the SpiroMeta consortium). Objectives To comprehensively analyse...

10.1371/journal.pone.0019382 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2011-05-20

Accelerated leukocyte telomere shortening has been previously associated to self-perceived stress and psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia mood disorders. We set out investigate whether length is affected in patients with anxiety disorders which a known risk factor. also studied the effects of childhood recent psychological distress on length. utilized samples from nationally representative population-based Health 2000 Survey that was carried between 2000–2001 Finland assess major...

10.1371/journal.pone.0010826 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2010-05-25
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