• A MicroRNA Linking Human Positive Selection and Metabolic Disorders 

      Wang, Lifeng; Sinnott-Armstrong, Nicholas A; Wagschal, Alexandre; Wark, Abigail R.; Camporez, Joao-Paulo; Perry, Rachel J.; Ji, Fei; Sohn, Yoojin; Oh, Justin; Wu, Su; Chery, Jessica; Moud, Bahareh Nemati; Saadat, Alham; Dankel, Simon N; Mellgren, Gunnar; Tallapragada, Divya Sri Priyanka; Strobel, Sophie Madlen; Lee, Mi-Jeong; Tewhey, Ryan; Sabeti, Pardis C.; Schaefer, Anne; Petri, Andreas; Kauppinen, Sakari; Chung, Raymond T.; Soukas, Alexander; Avruch, Joseph; Fried, Susan K.; Hauner, Hans; Sadreyev, Ruslan I.; Shulman, Gerald I.; Claussnitzer, Melina; Näär, Anders M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Positive selection in Europeans at the 2q21.3 locus harboring the lactase gene has been attributed to selection for the ability of adults to digest milk to survive famine in ancient times. However, the 2q21.3 locus is also ...
    • A regulatory variant at 3q21.1 confers an increased pleiotropic risk for hyperglycemia and altered bone mineral density 

      Sinnott-Armstrong, Nicholas A; Sousa, Isabel S.; Laber, Samantha; Rendina-Ruedy, Elizabeth; Dankel, Simon N; Ferreira, Teresa; Mellgren, Gunnar; Karasik, David; Rivas, Manuel A.; Pritchard, Jonathan; Guntur, Anyonya R.; Cox, Roger D.; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Hauner, Hans; Sallari, Richard C; Rosen, Clifford J.; Hsu, Yi-Hsiang; Lander, Eric S.; Kiel, Douglas P.; Claussnitzer, Melina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Skeletal and glycemic traits have shared etiology, but the underlying genetic factors remain largely unknown. To identify genetic loci that may have pleiotropic effects, we studied Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) ...
    • The Rho GTPase RND3 regulates adipocyte lipolysis 

      Dankel, Simon N; Røst, Therese Halvorsen; Kulyté, Agné; Fandalyuk, Zinayida; Skurk, Thomas; Hauner, Hans; Sagen, Jørn V.; Rydén, Mikael; Arner, Peter; Mellgren, Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Adipose tissue plays a crucial role in diet- and obesity-related insulin resistance, with implications for several metabolic diseases. Identification of novel target genes and mechanisms that regulate adipocyte ...