Search Results - "Athanasiadis, Georgios"
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Recent migration and sample representativeness in a Danish genetic study
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Spatial principal component analysis points at global genetic structure in the Western Mediterranean
Published in Journal of human genetics (01-11-2013)“…Many studies have tackled the existence of a genetic barrier in the Strait of Gibraltar between Iberian and North African populations, often with controversial…”
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Fine-scale population structure in five rural populations from the Spanish Eastern Pyrenees using high-coverage whole-genome sequence data
Published in European journal of human genetics : EJHG (01-10-2021)“…The area of the Spanish Pyrenees is particularly interesting for studying the demographic dynamics of European rural areas given its orography, the main…”
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Worldwide distribution of genetic factors related to severity of COVID-19 infection
Published in Annals of human biology (31-12-2024)“…Genome-wide association studies of COVID-19 severity have been carried out mostly on European or East Asian populations with small representation of other…”
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Quantifying the relative importance of genetics and environment on the comorbidity between mental and cardiometabolic disorders using 17 million Scandinavians
Published in Nature communications (13-06-2024)“…Mental disorders are leading causes of disability and premature death worldwide, partly due to high comorbidity with cardiometabolic disorders. Reasons for…”
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Nationwide Genomic Study in Denmark Reveals Remarkable Population Homogeneity
Published in Genetics (Austin) (01-10-2016)“…Denmark has played a substantial role in the history of Northern Europe. Through a nationwide scientific outreach initiative, we collected genetic and…”
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Estimating narrow-sense heritability using family data from admixed populations
Published in Heredity (01-06-2020)“…Estimating total narrow-sense heritability in admixed populations remains an open question. In this work, we used extensive simulations to evaluate existing…”
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Genetic Contribution of Femoral Neck Bone Geometry to the Risk of Developing Osteoporosis: A Family-Based Study
Published in PloS one (10-05-2016)“…Femoral neck geometry parameters are believed to be as good as bone mineral density as independent factors in predicting hip fracture risk. This study was…”
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Spitting for Science: Danish High School Students Commit to a Large-Scale Self-Reported Genetic Study
Published in PloS one (29-08-2016)“…Scientific outreach delivers science to the people. But it can also deliver people to the science. In this work, we report our experience from a large-scale…”
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Acupuncture for allergic disease therapy--the current state of evidence
Published in Expert review of clinical immunology (01-07-2014)“…This review summarizes current evidence for acupuncture treatment of allergies. Several randomized controlled trials have demonstrated a specific effect of…”
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Mixed origin of the current Tunisian population from the analysis of Alu and Alu/STR compound systems
Published in Journal of human genetics (01-12-2010)“…During successive historical periods, Tunisia has been a crossroads of multiple civilizations and their corresponding key population movements. The aim of this…”
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A genome-wide association study of the Protein C anticoagulant pathway
Published in PloS one (28-12-2011)“…The Protein C anticoagulant pathway regulates blood coagulation by preventing the inadequate formation of thrombi. It has two main plasma components: protein C…”
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Sympathetic Nerve Injury in Thyroid Cancer
Published in Acta medica Lékarskí fakulty Univerzity Karlovy v Hradci Králove (01-01-2017)“…The double innervation of the thyroid comes from the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. Injury rates during surgery are at 30% but can be…”
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Short-Term Alternating Temperature Enhances Histamine-Induced Itch: A Biphasic Stimulus Model
Published in Journal of investigative dermatology (01-12-2006)“…Itch is the major symptom of many allergic or inflammatory skin diseases; yet it is still difficult to measure objectively. Human studies on the physiology and…”
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Population relationships in the Mediterranean revealed by autosomal genetic data (Alu and Alu/STR compound systems)
Published in American journal of physical anthropology (01-03-2010)“…The variation of 18 Alu polymorphisms and 3 linked STRs was determined in 1,831 individuals from 15 Mediterranean populations to analyze the relationships…”
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Preventive effect of acupuncture on histamine-induced itch: A blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial
Published in Journal of allergy and clinical immunology (01-12-2005)“…Pruritoceptive itch plays the greatest role in skin diseases and can be triggered by various itch mediators; it can be elicited experimentally most effectively…”
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A survey of genetic simulation software for population and epidemiological studies
Published in Human genomics (01-09-2008)“…A number of programs have been developed for simulating population genetic and genetic epidemiological data conforming to one of three main algorithmic…”
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A Large Lumbar Adnexal Neoplasm Presenting Characteristics of Eccrine Poroma and Poroid Hidradenoma
Published in Case reports in surgery (01-01-2017)“…Poroma is a rare benign neoplasm that derives from eccrine sweat glands epithelium. Its histological subtypes, with respect to its position within skin layers,…”
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The Mediterranean Sea as a barrier to gene flow: evidence from variation in and around the F7 and F12 genomic regions
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (27-03-2010)“…The Mediterranean has a long history of interactions among different peoples. In this study, we investigate the genetic relationships among thirteen population…”
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The X chromosome Alu insertions as a tool for human population genetics: data from European and African human groups
Published in European journal of human genetics : EJHG (01-05-2007)“…Alu elements are the most abundant mobile elements in the human genome (approximately 1,100,000 copies). Polymorphic Alu elements have been proved to be useful…”
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