Search Results - "Armstrong, Loren L"
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Identification of HKDC1 and BACE2 as Genes Influencing Glycemic Traits During Pregnancy Through Genome-Wide Association Studies
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-09-2013)“…Maternal metabolism during pregnancy impacts the developing fetus, affecting offspring birth weight and adiposity. This has important implications for…”
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Admixture mapping and subsequent fine-mapping suggests a biologically relevant and novel association on chromosome 11 for type 2 diabetes in African Americans
Published in PloS one (03-03-2014)“…Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a complex metabolic disease that disproportionately affects African Americans. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified…”
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Use of diverse electronic medical record systems to identify genetic risk for type 2 diabetes within a genome-wide association study
Published in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA (01-03-2012)“…Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) require high specificity and large numbers of subjects to identify genotype-phenotype correlations accurately. The aim…”
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in African Americans provides insights into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes
Published in PLoS genetics (01-08-2014)“…Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is more prevalent in African Americans than in Europeans. However, little is known about the genetic risk in African Americans despite…”
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Coordinated regulatory variation associated with gestational hyperglycaemia regulates expression of the novel hexokinase HKDC1
Published in Nature communications (04-02-2015)“…Maternal glucose levels during pregnancy impact the developing fetus, affecting metabolic health both early and later on in life. Both genetic and…”
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Trans-ethnic Meta-analysis and Functional Annotation Illuminates the Genetic Architecture of Fasting Glucose and Insulin
Published in American journal of human genetics (07-07-2016)“…Knowledge of the genetic basis of the type 2 diabetes (T2D)-related quantitative traits fasting glucose (FG) and insulin (FI) in African ancestry (AA)…”
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A candidate gene study reveals association between a variant of the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPAR-γ) gene and systemic sclerosis
Published in Arthritis research & therapy (19-05-2015)“…The multifunctional nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) has potent anti-fibrotic effects, and its expression and…”
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Quality control procedures for genome-wide association studies
Published in Current protocols in human genetics (01-01-2011)“…Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are being conducted at an unprecedented rate in population-based cohorts and have increased our understanding of the…”
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Genetic Risk Score for Prediction of Newborn Adiposity and Large-for-Gestational-Age Birth
Published in The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (01-11-2014)“…Context: Macrosomic infants are at increased risk for adverse metabolic outcomes. Improving prediction of large-for-gestational-age (LGA) birth may help…”
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The chromosome 3q25 genomic region is associated with measures of adiposity in newborns in a multi-ethnic genome-wide association study
Published in Human molecular genetics (01-09-2013)“…Newborns characterized as large and small for gestational age are at risk for increased mortality and morbidity during the first year of life as well as for…”
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Publisher Correction: Genome-wide association of polycystic ovary syndrome implicates alterations in gonadotropin secretion in European ancestry populations
Published in Nature communications (28-04-2020)“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Pitfalls of merging GWAS data: lessons learned in the eMERGE network and quality control procedures to maintain high data quality
Published in Genetic epidemiology (01-12-2011)“…Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) are a useful approach in the study of the genetic components of complex phenotypes. Aside from large cohorts, GWAS have…”
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A Validated Phenotyping Algorithm for Genetic Association Studies in Age-related Macular Degeneration
Published in Scientific reports (10-08-2015)“…Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a multifactorial, neurodegenerative disease, is a leading cause of vision loss. With the rapid advancement of DNA…”
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High Density GWAS for LDL Cholesterol in African Americans Using Electronic Medical Records Reveals a Strong Protective Variant in APOE
Published in Clinical and translational science (01-10-2012)“…Only one low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) genome‐wide association study (GWAS) has been previously reported in ‐African Americans. We performed a…”
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Genetic Evidence for Causal Relationships Between Maternal Obesity-Related Traits and Birth Weight
Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (15-03-2016)“…IMPORTANCE: Neonates born to overweight or obese women are larger and at higher risk of birth complications. Many maternal obesity-related traits are…”
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Genome-wide association of polycystic ovary syndrome implicates alterations in gonadotropin secretion in European ancestry populations
Published in Nature communications (18-08-2015)“…Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common, highly heritable complex disorder of unknown aetiology characterized by hyperandrogenism, chronic anovulation and…”
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A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-02-2015)“…Common genetic variants have been identified for adult height, but not much is known about the genetics of skeletal growth in early life. To identify common…”
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A novel TCF7L2 type 2 diabetes SNP identified from fine mapping in African American women
Published in PloS one (02-03-2017)“…SNP rs7903146 in the Wnt pathway's TCF7L2 gene is the variant most significantly associated with type 2 diabetes to date, with associations observed across…”
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Correction: Corrigendum: Genome-wide association of polycystic ovary syndrome implicates alterations in gonadotropin secretion in European ancestry populations
Published in Nature communications (12-02-2016)“…Nature Communications 6: Article number: 7502 (2015); Published: 18 August 2015; Updated: 12 February 2016 In the original version of this Article the genetic…”
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