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Novel Genetic Loci Identified for the Pathophysiology of Childhood Obesity in the Hispanic Population by Comuzzie, Anthony G, Cole, Shelley A, Laston, Sandra L, Voruganti, V. Saroja, Haack, Karin, Gibbs, Richard A, Butte, Nancy F, Crawford, Dana C

“…Genetic variants responsible for susceptibility to obesity and its comorbidities among Hispanic children have not been identified. The VIVA LA FAMILIA Study…”
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Global metabolomic profiling targeting childhood obesity in the Hispanic population by Butte, Nancy F, Liu, Yan, Zakeri, Issa F, Mohney, Robert P, Mehta, Nitesh, Voruganti, V Saroja, Göring, Harald, Cole, Shelley A, Comuzzie, Anthony G

“…Metabolomics may unravel important biological pathways involved in the pathophysiology of childhood obesity. We aimed to 1) identify metabolites that differ…”
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Eighty years of nutritional sciences, and counting by Taren, Douglas, Akseer, Nadia, Davis, Cindy D, Miller, Joshua W, Moustaid-Moussa, Naima, Novotny, Rachel, Slupsky, Carolyn M, Saroja Voruganti, V, Cameron, James M

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Heterogeneity in Metabolic Responses to Dietary Fructose by Hou, Ruixue, Panda, Chinmayee, Voruganti, V Saroja

“…Consumption of fructose has dramatically increased in past few decades in children and adults. Increasing evidence indicates that added sugars (particularly…”
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Genetic analysis of hsCRP in American Indians: The Strong Heart Family Study by Best, Lyle G, Balakrishnan, Poojitha, Cole, Shelley A, Haack, Karin, Kocarnik, Jonathan M, Pankratz, Nathan, Anderson, Matthew Z, Franceschini, Nora, Howard, Barbara V, Lee, Elisa T, North, Kari E, Umans, Jason G, Yracheta, Joseph M, Navas-Acien, Ana, Voruganti, V Saroja

“…Increased serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), an important component of the innate immune response, are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular…”
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Arsenic, blood pressure, and hypertension in the Strong Heart Family Study by Kaufman, John A., Mattison, Claire, Fretts, Amanda M., Umans, Jason G., Cole, Shelley A., Voruganti, V. Saroja, Goessler, Walter, Best, Lyle G., Zhang, Ying, Tellez-Plaza, Maria, Navas-Acien, Ana, Gribble, Matthew O.

“…Arsenic has been associated with hypertension, though it is unclear whether associations persist at the exposure concentrations (e.g. <100 μg/L) in drinking…”
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Genome Scan for Determinants of Serum Uric Acid Variability by NATH, Subrata D, SAROJA VORUGANTI, V, ARAR, Nedal H, THAMEEM, Farook, LOPEZ-ALVARENGA, Juan C, BAUER, Richard, BLANGERO, John, MACCLUER, Jean W, COMUZZIE, Anthony G, ABBOUD, Hanna E

“…Elevated serum uric acid level is associated with obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes, nephropathy, and hypertension. Epidemiologic studies suggest that…”
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Association of Cardiometabolic Genes with Arsenic Metabolism Biomarkers in American Indian Communities: The Strong Heart Family Study (SHFS) by Balakrishnan, Poojitha, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Franceschini, Nora, Voruganti, V Saroja, Gribble, Matthew O, Haack, Karin, Laston, Sandra, Umans, Jason G, Francesconi, Kevin A, Goessler, Walter, North, Kari E, Lee, Elisa, Yracheta, Joseph, Best, Lyle G, MacCluer, Jean W, Kent, Jack, Cole, Shelley A, Navas-Acien, Ana

“…Metabolism of inorganic arsenic (iAs) is subject to inter-individual variability, which is explained partly by genetic determinants. We investigated the…”
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Genetic variants affecting bone mineral density and bone mineral content at multiple skeletal sites in Hispanic children by Hou, Ruixue, Cole, Shelley A., Graff, Mariaelisa, Haack, Karin, Laston, Sandra, Comuzzie, Anthony G., Mehta, Nitesh R., Ryan, Kathleen, Cousminer, Diana L., Zemel, Babette S., Grant, Struan F.A., Mitchell, Braxton D., Shypailo, Roman J., Gourlay, Margaret L., North, Kari E., Butte, Nancy F., Voruganti, V. Saroja

“…Osteoporosis is a major public health burden with significant economic costs. However, the correlates of bone health in Hispanic children are understudied. We…”
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Precision Nutrition: Recent Advances in Obesity by Voruganti, V Saroja

“…"Precision nutrition" is an emerging area of nutrition research that focuses on understanding metabolic variability within and between individuals and helps…”
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Both Rare and Common Variants in PCSK9 Influence Plasma Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Level in American Indians by Tsai, Ching-Wei, North, Kari E, Tin, Adrienne, Haack, Karin, Franceschini, Nora, Saroja Voruganti, V, Laston, Sandy, Zhang, Ying, Best, Lyle G, MacCluer, Jean W, Beaty, Terri H, Navas-Acien, Ana, Kao, W. H. Linda, Howard, Barbara V

“…Context: Elevated LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) is an important risk factor for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Variants in the proprotein convertase…”
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Genome-Wide Interaction Analyses Reveal DPP10-Pulmonary Function Association by Xu, Jiayi, Gaddis, Nathan C, Bartz, Traci M, Hou, Ruixue, Manichaikul, Ani W, Pankratz, Nathan, Smith, Albert V, Sun, Fangui, Terzikhan, Natalie, Markunas, Christina A, Patchen, Bonnie K, Schu, Matthew, Beydoun, May A, Brusselle, Guy G, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Zhou, Xia, Wood, Alexis C, Graff, Mariaelisa, Harris, Tamara B, Ikram, M Arfan, Jacobs, Jr, David R, Launer, Lenore J, Lemaitre, Rozenn N, O'Connor, George T, Oelsner, Elizabeth C, Psaty, Bruce M, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Rohde, Rebecca R, Rich, Stephen S, Rotter, Jerome I, Seshadri, Sudha, Smith, Lewis J, Tiemeier, Henning, Tsai, Michael Y, Uitterlinden, André G, Voruganti, V Saroja, Xu, Hanfei, Zilhão, Nuno R, Fornage, Myriam, Zillikens, M Carola, London, Stephanie J, Barr, R Graham, Dupuis, Josée, Gharib, Sina A, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Lahousse, Lies, North, Kari E, Steffen, Lyn M, Cassano, Patricia A, Hancock, Dana B

“…Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) have anti-inflammatory properties that could benefit adults with comprised pulmonary health. To investigate n-3…”
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Human Obesity Associated with an Intronic SNP in the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Locus by Mou, Zongyang, Hyde, Thomas M., Lipska, Barbara K., Martinowich, Keri, Wei, Peter, Ong, Chiew-Jen, Hunter, Lindsay A., Palaguachi, Gladys I., Morgun, Eva, Teng, Rujia, Lai, Chen, Condarco, Tania A., Demidowich, Andrew P., Krause, Amanda J., Marshall, Leslie J., Haack, Karin, Voruganti, V. Saroja, Cole, Shelley A., Butte, Nancy F., Comuzzie, Anthony G., Nalls, Michael A., Zonderman, Alan B., Singleton, Andrew B., Evans, Michele K., Martin, Bronwen, Maudsley, Stuart, Tsao, Jack W., Kleinman, Joel E., Yanovski, Jack A., Han, Joan C.

“…Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a key role in energy balance. In population studies, SNPs of the BDNF locus have been linked to obesity, but the…”
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Physiological and Molecular Determinants of Insulin Action in the Baboon by CHAVEZ, Alberto O, LOPEZ-ALVARENGA, Juan C, DEFRONZO, Ralph A, FOLLI, Franco, TEJERO, M. Elizabeth, TRIPLITT, Curtis, BASTARRACHEA, Raul A, SRIWIJITKAMOL, Apiradee, TANTIWONG, Puntip, SAROJA VORUGANTI, V, MUSI, Nicolas, COMUZZIE, Anthony G

“…Physiological and Molecular Determinants of Insulin Action in the Baboon Alberto O. Chavez 1 , Juan C. Lopez-Alvarenga 2 3 , M. Elizabeth Tejero 2 , Curtis…”
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The association of genetic variants of type 2 diabetes with kidney function by Franceschini, Nora, Shara, Nawar M, Wang, Hong, Voruganti, V Saroja, Laston, Sandy, Haack, Karin, Lee, Elisa T, Best, Lyle G, Maccluer, Jean W, Cochran, Barbara J, Dyer, Thomas D, Howard, Barbara V, Cole, Shelley A, North, Kari E, Umans, Jason G

“…Type 2 diabetes is highly prevalent and is the major cause of progressive chronic kidney disease in American Indians. Genome-wide association studies…”
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Evidence that multiple genetic variants of MC4R play a functional role in the regulation of energy expenditure and appetite in Hispanic children by Cole, Shelley A, Butte, Nancy F, Voruganti, V. Saroja, Cai, Guowen, Haack, Karin, Kent, Jack W. Jr, Blangero, John, Comuzzie, Anthony G, McPherson, John D, Gibbs, Richard A

“…BACKGROUND: Melanocortin-4-receptor (MC4R) haploinsufficiency is the most common form of monogenic obesity; however, the frequency of MC4R variants and their…”
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Heritability and preliminary genome-wide linkage analysis of arsenic metabolites in urine by Tellez-Plaza, Maria, Gribble, Matthew O, Voruganti, V Saroja, Francesconi, Kevin A, Goessler, Walter, Umans, Jason G, Silbergeld, Ellen K, Guallar, Eliseo, Franceschini, Nora, North, Kari E, Kao, Wen H, MacCluer, Jean W, Cole, Shelley A, Navas-Acien, Ana

“…Arsenic (III) methyltransferase (AS3MT) has been related to urine arsenic metabolites in association studies. Other genes might also play roles in arsenic…”
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Heritability of Measures of Kidney Disease Among Zuni Indians: The Zuni Kidney Project by MacCluer, Jean W., PhD, Scavini, Marina, MD, Shah, Vallabh O., PhD, Cole, Shelley A., PhD, Laston, Sandra L., PhD, Voruganti, V. Saroja, PhD, Paine, Susan S., MPH, Eaton, Alfred J., BS, Comuzzie, Anthony G., PhD, Tentori, Francesca, MD, Pathak, Dorothy R., PhD, Bobelu, Arlene, BS, Bobelu, Jeanette, Ghahate, Donica, Waikaniwa, Mildred, Zager, Philip G., MD

“…Background The long-term goal of the GKDZI (Genetics of Kidney Disease in Zuni Indians) Study is to identify genes, environmental factors, and…”
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Consistent Directions of Effect for Established Type 2 Diabetes Risk Variants Across Populations: The Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Consortium by HAIMAN, Christopher A, FESINMEYER, Megan D, JACKSON, Rebecca D, FLOREZ, Jose C, KOLONEL, Laurence N, BUYSKE, Steven, GOODLOE, Robert J, SIMIN LIU, MANSON, Joann E, MEIGS, James B, WATERS, Kevin, MUKAMAL, Kenneth J, SPENCER, Kylee L, PENDERGRASS, Sarah A, SHRADER, Peter, WILKENS, Lynne R, HINDORFF, Lucia A, LUIS AMBITE, Jose, NORTH, Kari E, PETERS, Ulrike, CRAWFORD, Dana C, LE MARCHAND, Loic, PANKOW, James S, BUZKOVA, Petra, SAROJA VORUGANTI, V, WAN, Peggy, HAESSLER, Jeff, FRANCESCHINI, Nora, MONROE, Kristine R, HOWARD, Barbara V

“…Common genetic risk variants for type 2 diabetes (T2D) have primarily been identified in populations of European and Asian ancestry. We tested whether the…”
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Genetic variation underlying renal uric acid excretion in Hispanic children: the Viva La Familia Study by Chittoor, Geetha, Haack, Karin, Mehta, Nitesh R, Laston, Sandra, Cole, Shelley A, Comuzzie, Anthony G, Butte, Nancy F, Voruganti, V Saroja

“…Reduced renal excretion of uric acid plays a significant role in the development of hyperuricemia and gout in adults. Hyperuricemia has been associated with…”
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