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Treble-Barna A, Heinsberg LW, Stec Z, Breazeale S, Davis TS, Kesbhat AA, Chattopadhyay A, VonVille HM, Ketchum AM, Yeates KO, Kochanek PM, Weeks DE, Conley YP. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) epigenomic modifications and brain-related phenotypes in humans: A systematic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2023 Apr;147:105078. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105078. Epub 2023 Feb 9. Review. PubMed PMID: 36764636; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10164361.
Heinsberg LW, Weeks DE. dbGaPCheckup: pre-submission checks of dbGaP-formatted subject phenotype files. BMC Bioinformatics. 2023 Mar 3;24(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s12859-023-05200-8. PubMed PMID: 36869285; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9985192.
Krishnan M, Phipps-Green A, Russell EM, Major TJ, Cadzow M, Stamp LK, Dalbeth N, Hindmarsh JH, Qasim M, Watson H, Liu S, Carlson JC, Minster RL, Hawley NL, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Deka R, McGarvey ST, Merriman TR, Murphy R, Weeks DE. Association of rs9939609 in FTO with BMI among Polynesian peoples living in Aotearoa New Zealand and other Pacific nations. J Hum Genet. 2023 Mar 2;. doi: 10.1038/s10038-023-01141-5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36864286; NIHMSID:NIHMS1880861.
Heinsberg LW, Hawley NL, Duckham RL, Pomer A, Rivara AC, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST, Minster RL. Validity of anthropometric equation-based estimators of fat mass in Samoan adults. Am J Hum Biol. 2023 Mar;35(3):e23838. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23838. Epub 2022 Nov 25. PubMed PMID: 36428275; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10023273.
Zhang JZ, Heinsberg LW, Krishnan M, Hawley NL, Major TJ, Carlson JC, Harré Hindmarsh J, Watson H, Qasim M, Stamp LK, Dalbeth N, Murphy R, Sun G, Cheng H, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Kershaw EE, Deka R, McGarvey ST, Minster RL, Merriman TR, Weeks DE. Multivariate analysis of a missense variant in CREBRF reveals associations with measures of adiposity in people of Polynesian ancestries. Genet Epidemiol. 2023 Feb;47(1):105-118. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22508. Epub 2022 Nov 9. PubMed PMID: 36352773; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9892232.
Chen F, Wang X, Jang SK, Quach BC, Weissenkampen JD, Khunsriraksakul C, Yang L, Sauteraud R, Albert CM, Allred NDD, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Barnes KC, Barr RG, Becker DM, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Blangero J, Boorgula MP, Chasman DI, Chavan S, Chen YI, Chuang LM, Correa A, Curran JE, David SP, Fuentes LL, Deka R, Duggirala R, Faul JD, Garrett ME, Gharib SA, Guo X, Hall ME, Hawley NL, He J, Hobbs BD, Hokanson JE, Hsiung CA, Hwang SJ, Hyde TM, Irvin MR, Jaffe AE, Johnson EO, Kaplan R, Kardia SLR, Kaufman JD, Kelly TN, Kleinman JE, Kooperberg C, Lee IT, Levy D, Lutz SM, Manichaikul AW, Martin LW, Marx O, McGarvey ST, Minster RL, Moll M, Moussa KA, Naseri T, North KE, Oelsner EC, Peralta JM, Peyser PA, Psaty BM, Rafaels N, Raffield LM, Reupena MS, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Schwartz DA, Shadyab AH, Sheu WH, Sims M, Smith JA, Sun X, Taylor KD, Telen MJ, Watson H, Weeks DE, Weir DR, Yanek LR, Young KA, Young KL, Zhao W, Hancock DB, Jiang B, Vrieze S, Liu DJ. Multi-ancestry transcriptome-wide association analyses yield insights into tobacco use biology and drug repurposing. Nat Genet. 2023 Feb;55(2):291-300. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01282-x. Epub 2023 Jan 26. PubMed PMID: 36702996; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9925385.
Liu S, Fu H, Ray M, Heinsberg LW, Conley YP, Anderson CM, Hubel CA, Roberts JM, Jeyabalan A, Weeks DE, Schmella MJ. A longitudinal epigenome-wide association study of preeclamptic and normotensive pregnancy. Epigenetics Commun. 2023;3(1). doi: 10.1186/s43682-022-00014-w. Epub 2023 Jan 26. PubMed PMID: 37063698; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10101051.
Carlson JC, Krishnan M, Rosenthal SL, Russell EM, Zhang JZ, Hawley NL, Moors J, Cheng H, Dalbeth N, de Zoysa JR, Watson H, Qasim M, Murphy R, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Viali S, Stamp LK, Tuitele J, Kershaw EE, Deka R, McGarvey ST, Merriman TR, Weeks DE, Minster RL. A stop-gain variant in BTNL9 is associated with atherogenic lipid profiles. HGG Adv. 2023 Jan 12;4(1):100155. doi: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2022.100155. eCollection 2023 Jan 12. PubMed PMID: 36340932; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9630829.
Heinsberg LW, Koleck TA, Ray M, Weeks DE, Conley YP. Advancing Nursing Research Through Interactive Data Visualization With R Shiny. Biol Res Nurs. 2023 Jan;25(1):107-116. doi: 10.1177/10998004221121109. Epub 2022 Aug 26. PubMed PMID: 36029021; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9900251.
Heinsberg LW, Carlson JC, Pomer A, Cade BE, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST, Redline S, Hawley NL. Correlates of daytime sleepiness and insomnia among adults in Samoa. Sleep Epidemiol. 2022 Dec;2. doi: 10.1016/j.sleepe.2022.100042. Epub 2022 Aug 5. PubMed PMID: 36338277; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9635619.
Li Z, Li X, Zhou H, Gaynor SM, Selvaraj MS, Arapoglou T, Quick C, Liu Y, Chen H, Sun R, Dey R, Arnett DK, Auer PL, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Blackwell TW, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Bowden DW, Brody JA, Cade BE, Conomos MP, Correa A, Cupples LA, Curran JE, de Vries PS, Duggirala R, Franceschini N, Freedman BI, Göring HHH, Guo X, Kalyani RR, Kooperberg C, Kral BG, Lange LA, Lin BM, Manichaikul A, Manning AK, Martin LW, Mathias RA, Meigs JB, Mitchell BD, Montasser ME, Morrison AC, Naseri T, O'Connell JR, Palmer ND, Peyser PA, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Redline S, Reiner AP, Reupena MS, Rice KM, Rich SS, Smith JA, Taylor KD, Taub MA, Vasan RS, Weeks DE, Wilson JG, Yanek LR, Zhao W, Rotter JI, Willer CJ, Natarajan P, Peloso GM, Lin X. A framework for detecting noncoding rare-variant associations of large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies. Nat Methods. 2022 Dec;19(12):1599-1611. doi: 10.1038/s41592-022-01640-x. Epub 2022 Oct 27. PubMed PMID: 36303018; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10008172.
Hawley NL, Duckham RL, Carlson JC, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Lameko V, Pomer A, Wetzel A, Selu M, Lupematisila V, Unasa F, Vesi L, Fatu T, Unasa S, Faasalele-Savusa K, Rivara AC, Russell E, Delany JP, Viali S, Kershaw EE, Minster RL, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST. The protective effect of rs373863828 on type 2 diabetes does not operate through a body composition pathway in adult Samoans. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Dec;30(12):2468-2476. doi: 10.1002/oby.23559. Epub 2022 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 36284436; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10111239.
Blobner BM, Kirabo A, Kashlan OB, Sheng S, Arnett DK, Becker LC, Boerwinkle E, Carlson JC, Gao Y, Gibbs RA, He J, Irvin MR, Kardia SLR, Kelly TN, Kooperberg C, McGarvey ST, Menon VK, Montasser ME, Naseri T, Redline S, Reiner AP, Reupena MS, Smith JA, Sun X, Vaidya D, Viaud-Martinez KA, Weeks DE, Yanek LR, Zhu X, Minster RL, Kleyman TR. Rare Variants in Genes Encoding Subunits of the Epithelial Na+ Channel Are Associated With Blood Pressure and Kidney Function. Hypertension. 2022 Nov;79(11):2573-2582. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.18513. Epub 2022 Oct 4. PubMed PMID: 36193739; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9669116.
Heinsberg LW, Weeks DE. Post hoc power is not informative. Genet Epidemiol. 2022 Oct;46(7):390-394. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22464. Epub 2022 Jun 1. PubMed PMID: 35642557; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9452450.
Liu D, Zusman BE, Shaffer JR, Li Y, Arockiaraj AI, Liu S, Weeks DE, Desai SM, Kochanek PM, Puccio AM, Okonkwo DO, Conley YP, Jha RM. Decreased DNA Methylation of RGMA is Associated with Intracranial Hypertension After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: An Exploratory Epigenome-Wide Association Study. Neurocrit Care. 2022 Aug;37(1):26-37. doi: 10.1007/s12028-021-01424-9. Epub 2022 Jan 13. PubMed PMID: 35028889; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9287123.
Kelly TN, Sun X, He KY, Brown MR, Taliun SAG, Hellwege JN, Irvin MR, Mi X, Brody JA, Franceschini N, Guo X, Hwang SJ, de Vries PS, Gao Y, Moscati A, Nadkarni GN, Yanek LR, Elfassy T, Smith JA, Chung RH, Beitelshees AL, Patki A, Aslibekyan S, Blobner BM, Peralta JM, Assimes TL, Palmas WR, Liu C, Bress AP, Huang Z, Becker LC, Hwa CM, O'Connell JR, Carlson JC, Warren HR, Das S, Giri A, Martin LW, Craig Johnson W, Fox ER, Bottinger EP, Razavi AC, Vaidya D, Chuang LM, Chang YC, Naseri T, Jain D, Kang HM, Hung AM, Srinivasasainagendra V, Snively BM, Gu D, Montasser ME, Reupena MS, Heavner BD, LeFaive J, Hixson JE, Rice KM, Wang FF, Nielsen JB, Huang J, Khan AT, Zhou W, Nierenberg JL, Laurie CC, Armstrong ND, Shi M, Pan Y, Stilp AM, Emery L, Wong Q, Hawley NL, Minster RL, Curran JE, Munroe PB, Weeks DE, North KE, Tracy RP, Kenny EE, Shimbo D, Chakravarti A, Rich SS, Reiner AP, Blangero J, Redline S, Mitchell BD, Rao DC, Ida Chen YD, Kardia SLR, Kaplan RC, Mathias RA, He J, Psaty BM, Fornage M, Loos RJF, Correa A, Boerwinkle E, Rotter JI, Kooperberg C, Edwards TL, Abecasis GR, Zhu X, Levy D, Arnett DK, Morrison AC. Insights From a Large-Scale Whole-Genome Sequencing Study of Systolic Blood Pressure, Diastolic Blood Pressure, and Hypertension. Hypertension. 2022 Aug;79(8):1656-1667. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.19324. Epub 2022 Jun 2. PubMed PMID: 35652341; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9593435.
DiCorpo D, Gaynor SM, Russell EM, Westerman KE, Raffield LM, Majarian TD, Wu P, Sarnowski C, Highland HM, Jackson A, Hasbani NR, de Vries PS, Brody JA, Hidalgo B, Guo X, Perry JA, O'Connell JR, Lent S, Montasser ME, Cade BE, Jain D, Wang H, D'Oliveira Albanus R, Varshney A, Yanek LR, Lange L, Palmer ND, Almeida M, Peralta JM, Aslibekyan S, Baldridge AS, Bertoni AG, Bielak LF, Chen CS, Chen YI, Choi WJ, Goodarzi MO, Floyd JS, Irvin MR, Kalyani RR, Kelly TN, Lee S, Liu CT, Loesch D, Manson JE, Minster RL, Naseri T, Pankow JS, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Reiner AP, Reupena MS, Selvin E, Smith JA, Weeks DE, Xu H, Yao J, Zhao W, Parker S, Alonso A, Arnett DK, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Correa A, Cupples LA, Curran JE, Duggirala R, He J, Heckbert SR, Kardia SLR, Kim RW, Kooperberg C, Liu S, Mathias RA, McGarvey ST, Mitchell BD, Morrison AC, Peyser PA, Psaty BM, Redline S, Shuldiner AR, Taylor KD, Vasan RS, Viaud-Martinez KA, Florez JC, Wilson JG, Sladek R, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Lin X, Dupuis J, Meigs JB, Wessel J, Manning AK. Whole genome sequence association analysis of fasting glucose and fasting insulin levels in diverse cohorts from the NHLBI TOPMed program. Commun Biol. 2022 Jul 28;5(1):756. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03702-4. PubMed PMID: 35902682; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9334637.
Bastard P, Hsiao KC, Zhang Q, Choin J, Best E, Chen J, Gervais A, Bizien L, Materna M, Harmant C, Roux M, Hawley NL, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST, Sandoval K, Barberena-Jonas C, Quinto-Cortés CD, Hagelberg E, Mentzer AJ, Robson K, Coulibaly B, Seeleuthner Y, Bigio B, Li Z, Uzé G, Pellegrini S, Lorenzo L, Sbihi Z, Latour S, Besnard M, Adam de Beaumais T, Jacqz Aigrain E, Béziat V, Deka R, Esera Tulifau L, Viali S, Reupena MS, Naseri T, McNaughton P, Sarkozy V, Peake J, Blincoe A, Primhak S, Stables S, Gibson K, Woon ST, Drake KM, Hill AVS, Chan CY, King R, Ameratunga R, Teiti I, Aubry M, Cao-Lormeau VM, Tangye SG, Zhang SY, Jouanguy E, Gray P, Abel L, Moreno-Estrada A, Minster RL, Quintana-Murci L, Wood AC, Casanova JL. A loss-of-function IFNAR1 allele in Polynesia underlies severe viral diseases in homozygotes. J Exp Med. 2022 Jun 6;219(6). doi: 10.1084/jem.20220028. Epub 2022 Apr 20. PubMed PMID: 35442418; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9026234.
Fu H, Hawley NL, Carlson JC, Russell EM, Pomer A, Cheng H, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Deka R, Choy CC, McGarvey ST, Minster RL, Weeks DE. The missense variant, rs373863828, in CREBRF plays a role in longitudinal changes in body mass index in Samoans. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2022 May-Jun;16(3):220-227. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2022.04.004. Epub 2022 May 20. PubMed PMID: 35606300; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9373717.
Nakao T, Bick AG, Taub MA, Zekavat SM, Uddin MM, Niroula A, Carty CL, Lane J, Honigberg MC, Weinstock JS, Pampana A, Gibson CJ, Griffin GK, Clarke SL, Bhattacharya R, Assimes TL, Emery LS, Stilp AM, Wong Q, Broome J, Laurie CA, Khan AT, Smith AV, Blackwell TW, Codd V, Nelson CP, Yoneda ZT, Peralta JM, Bowden DW, Irvin MR, Boorgula M, Zhao W, Yanek LR, Wiggins KL, Hixson JE, Gu CC, Peloso GM, Roden DM, Reupena MS, Hwu CM, DeMeo DL, North KE, Kelly S, Musani SK, Bis JC, Lloyd-Jones DM, Johnsen JM, Preuss M, Tracy RP, Peyser PA, Qiao D, Desai P, Curran JE, Freedman BI, Tiwari HK, Chavan S, Smith JA, Smith NL, Kelly TN, Hidalgo B, Cupples LA, Weeks DE, Hawley NL, Minster RL, Deka R, Naseri TT, de Las Fuentes L, Raffield LM, Morrison AC, Vries PS, Ballantyne CM, Kenny EE, Rich SS, Whitsel EA, Cho MH, Shoemaker MB, Pace BS, Blangero J, Palmer ND, Mitchell BD, Shuldiner AR, Barnes KC, Redline S, Kardia SLR, Abecasis GR, Becker LC, Heckbert SR, He J, Post W, Arnett DK, Vasan RS, Darbar D, Weiss ST, McGarvey ST, de Andrade M, Chen YI, Kaplan RC, Meyers DA, Custer BS, Correa A, Psaty BM, Fornage M, Manson JE, Boerwinkle E, Konkle BA, Loos RJF, Rotter JI, Silverman EK, Kooperberg C, Danesh J, Samani NJ, Jaiswal S, Libby P, Ellinor PT, Pankratz N, Ebert BL, Reiner AP, Mathias RA, Do R, Natarajan P. Mendelian randomization supports bidirectional causality between telomere length and clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential. Sci Adv. 2022 Apr 8;8(14):eabl6579. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abl6579. Epub 2022 Apr 6. PubMed PMID: 35385311; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8986098.
Wainschtein P, Jain D, Zheng Z, Cupples LA, Shadyab AH, McKnight B, Shoemaker BM, Mitchell BD, Psaty BM, Kooperberg C, Liu CT, Albert CM, Roden D, Chasman DI, Darbar D, Lloyd-Jones DM, Arnett DK, Regan EA, Boerwinkle E, Rotter JI, O'Connell JR, Yanek LR, de Andrade M, Allison MA, McDonald MN, Chung MK, Fornage M, Chami N, Smith NL, Ellinor PT, Vasan RS, Mathias RA, Loos RJF, Rich SS, Lubitz SA, Heckbert SR, Redline S, Guo X, Chen Y-I, Laurie CA, Hernandez RD, McGarvey ST, Goddard ME, Laurie CC, North KE, Lange LA, Weir BS, Yengo L, Yang J, Visscher PM. Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data. Nat Genet. 2022 Mar;54(3):263-273. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00997-7. Epub 2022 Mar 7. PubMed PMID: 35256806; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9119698.
Russell EM, Carlson JC, Krishnan M, Hawley NL, Sun G, Cheng H, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Viali S, Tuitele J, Major TJ, Miljkovic I, Merriman TR, Deka R, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST, Minster RL. CREBRF missense variant rs373863828 has both direct and indirect effects on type 2 diabetes and fasting glucose in Polynesian peoples living in Samoa and Aotearoa New Zealand. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2022 Feb;10(1). doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002275. PubMed PMID: 35144939; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8845200.
Taub MA, Conomos MP, Keener R, Iyer KR, Weinstock JS, Yanek LR, Lane J, Miller-Fleming TW, Brody JA, Raffield LM, McHugh CP, Jain D, Gogarten SM, Laurie CA, Keramati A, Arvanitis M, Smith AV, Heavner B, Barwick L, Becker LC, Bis JC, Blangero J, Bleecker ER, Burchard EG, Celedón JC, Chang YPC, Custer B, Darbar D, de Las Fuentes L, DeMeo DL, Freedman BI, Garrett ME, Gladwin MT, Heckbert SR, Hidalgo BA, Irvin MR, Islam T, Johnson WC, Kaab S, Launer L, Lee J, Liu S, Moscati A, North KE, Peyser PA, Rafaels N, Seidman C, Weeks DE, Wen F, Wheeler MM, Williams LK, Yang IV, Zhao W, Aslibekyan S, Auer PL, Bowden DW, Cade BE, Chen Z, Cho MH, Cupples LA, Curran JE, Daya M, Deka R, Eng C, Fingerlin TE, Guo X, Hou L, Hwang SJ, Johnsen JM, Kenny EE, Levin AM, Liu C, Minster RL, Naseri T, Nouraie M, Reupena MS, Sabino EC, Smith JA, Smith NL, Su JL, Taylor JG, Telen MJ, Tiwari HK, Tracy RP, White MJ, Zhang Y, Wiggins KL, Weiss ST, Vasan RS, Taylor KD, Sinner MF, Silverman EK, Shoemaker MB, Sheu WH, Sciurba F, Schwartz DA, Rotter JI, Roden D, Redline S, Raby BA, Psaty BM, Peralta JM, Palmer ND, Nekhai S, Montgomery CG, Mitchell BD, Meyers DA, McGarvey ST, Mak AC, Loos RJ, Kumar R, Kooperberg C, Konkle BA, Kelly S, Kardia SL, Kaplan R, He J, Gui H, Gilliland FD, Gelb BD, Fornage M, Ellinor PT, de Andrade M, Correa A, Chen YI, Boerwinkle E, Barnes KC, Ashley-Koch AE, Arnett DK, Laurie CC, Abecasis G, Nickerson DA, Wilson JG, Rich SS, Levy D, Ruczinski I, Aviv A, Blackwell TW, Thornton T, O'Connell J, Cox NJ, Perry JA, Armanios M, Battle A, Pankratz N, Reiner AP, Mathias RA. Genetic determinants of telomere length from 109,122 ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequences in TOPMed. Cell Genom. 2022 Jan 12;2(1). doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2021.100084. Epub 2022 Jan 13. PubMed PMID: 35530816; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9075703.
Heinsberg LW, Weeks DE, Alexander SA, Minster RL, Sherwood PR, Poloyac SM, Deslouches S, Crago EA, Conley YP. Iron homeostasis pathway DNA methylation trajectories reveal a role for STEAP3 metalloreductase in patient outcomes after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Epigenetics Commun. 2021;1. doi: 10.1186/s43682-021-00003-5. Epub 2021 Dec 20. PubMed PMID: 35083470; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8788201.
Heinsberg LW, Liu D, Shaffer JR, Weeks DE, Conley YP. Characterization of cerebrospinal fluid DNA methylation age during the acute recovery period following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Epigenetics Commun. 2021;1. doi: 10.1186/s43682-021-00002-6. Epub 2021 Dec 20. PubMed PMID: 35083469; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8787331.
Yan Q, Forno E, Celedón JC, Chen W, Weeks DE. CHIT: an allele-specific method for testing the association between molecular quantitative traits and phenotype-genotype interaction. Bioinformatics. 2021 Dec 11;37(24):4764-4770. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab554. PubMed PMID: 34323937; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8711119.
Heinsberg LW, Ray M, Conley YP, Roberts JM, Jeyabalan A, Hubel CA, Weeks DE, Schmella MJ. An Exploratory Study of Epigenetic Age in Preeclamptic and Normotensive Pregnancy Reveals Differences by Self-Reported Race but Not Pregnancy Outcome. Reprod Sci. 2021 Dec;28(12):3519-3528. doi: 10.1007/s43032-021-00575-6. Epub 2021 Apr 20. PubMed PMID: 33877642; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8526649.
Ray M, Heinsberg LW, Conley YP, Roberts JM, Jeyabalan A, Hubel CA, Weeks DE, Schmella MJ. An exploratory study of white blood cell proportions across preeclamptic and normotensive pregnancy by self-identified race in individuals with overweight or obesity. Hypertens Pregnancy. 2021 Nov;40(4):312-321. doi: 10.1080/10641955.2021.1987453. Epub 2021 Oct 26. PubMed PMID: 34697971; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8740522.
Stilp AM, Emery LS, Broome JG, Buth EJ, Khan AT, Laurie CA, Wang FF, Wong Q, Chen D, D'Augustine CM, Heard-Costa NL, Hohensee CR, Johnson WC, Juarez LD, Liu J, Mutalik KM, Raffield LM, Wiggins KL, de Vries PS, Kelly TN, Kooperberg C, Natarajan P, Peloso GM, Peyser PA, Reiner AP, Arnett DK, Aslibekyan S, Barnes KC, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Cade BE, Chen MH, Correa A, Cupples LA, de Andrade M, Ellinor PT, Fornage M, Franceschini N, Gan W, Ganesh SK, Graffelman J, Grove ML, Guo X, Hawley NL, Hsu WL, Jackson RD, Jaquish CE, Johnson AD, Kardia SLR, Kelly S, Lee J, Mathias RA, McGarvey ST, Mitchell BD, Montasser ME, Morrison AC, North KE, Nouraie SM, Oelsner EC, Pankratz N, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Smith JA, Taylor KD, Vasan RS, Weeks DE, Weiss ST, Wilson CG, Yanek LR, Psaty BM, Heckbert SR, Laurie CC. A System for Phenotype Harmonization in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Oct 1;190(10):1977-1992. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwab115. PubMed PMID: 33861317; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8485147.
Kanshana JS, Mattila PE, Ewing MC, Wood AN, Schoiswohl G, Meyer AC, Kowalski A, Rosenthal SL, Gingras S, Kaufman BA, Lu R, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST, Minster RL, Hawley NL, Kershaw EE. A murine model of the human CREBRFR457Q obesity-risk variant does not influence energy or glucose homeostasis in response to nutritional stress. PLoS One. 2021;16(9):e0251895. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251895. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 34520472; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8439463.
Treble-Barna A, Heinsberg LW, Puccio AM, Shaffer JR, Okonkwo DO, Beers SR, Weeks DE, Conley YP. Acute Brain-DerivedNeurotrophic Factor DNA Methylation Trajectories in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Associations With Outcomes Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2021 Sep;35(9):790-800. doi: 10.1177/15459683211028245. Epub 2021 Jun 25. PubMed PMID: 34167372; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8546867.
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