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Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published twenty-two papers during the final three weeks of December 2017.

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The Toll-Like Receptor 2/6 Agonist, FSL-1 Lipopeptide, Therapeutically Mitigates Acute Radiation Syndrome.

Kurkjian CJ, Guo H, Montgomery ND, Cheng N, Yuan H, Merrill JR, Sempowski GD, Brickey WJ, Ting JP.

Sci Rep. 2017 Dec 11;7(1):17355. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17729-9.

PMID: 29230065

Race-associated biological differences among luminal A and basal-like breast cancers in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study.

Parada H Jr, Sun X, Fleming JM, Williams-DeVane CR, Kirk EL, Olsson LT, Perou CM, Olshan AF, Troester MA.

Breast Cancer Res. 2017 Dec 11;19(1):131. doi: 10.1186/s13058-017-0914-6.

PMID: 29228969

A robust and powerful two-step testing procedure for local ancestry adjusted allelic association analysis in admixed populations.

Duan Q, Xu Z, Raffield LM, Chang S, Wu D, Lange EM, Reiner AP, Li Y.

Genet Epidemiol. 2017 Dec 10. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22104. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29226381

Exome chip meta-analysis identifies novel loci and East Asian-specific coding variants that contribute to lipid levels and coronary artery disease.

Lu X, Peloso GM, Liu DJ, Wu Y, Zhang H, Zhou W, Li J, Tang CS, Dorajoo R, Li H, Long J, Guo X, Xu M, Spracklen CN, Chen Y, Liu X, Zhang Y, Khor CC, Liu J, Sun L, Wang L, Gao YT, Hu Y, Yu K, Wang Y, Cheung CYY, Wang F, Huang J, Fan Q, Cai Q, Chen S, Shi J, Yang X, Zhao W, Sheu WH, Cherny SS, He M, Feranil AB, Adair LS, Gordon-Larsen P, Du S, Varma R, Chen YI, Shu XO, Lam KSL, Wong TY, Ganesh SK, Mo Z, Hveem K, Fritsche LG, Nielsen JB, Tse HF, Huo Y, Cheng CY, Chen YE, Zheng W, Tai ES, Gao W, Lin X, Huang W, Abecasis G; GLGC Consortium, Kathiresan S, Mohlke KL, Wu T, Sham PC, Gu D, Willer CJ.

Nat Genet. 2017 Dec;49(12):1722-1730. doi: 10.1038/ng.3978. Epub 2017 Oct 30.

PMID: 29083407

Integrated Bayesian analysis of rare exonic variants to identify risk genes for schizophrenia and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Nguyen HT, Bryois J, Kim A, Dobbyn A, Huckins LM, Munoz-Manchado AB, Ruderfer DM, Genovese G, Fromer M, Xu X, Pinto D, Linnarsson S, Verhage M, Smit AB, Hjerling-Leffler J, Buxbaum JD, Hultman C, Sklar P, Purcell SM, Lage K, He X, Sullivan PF, Stahl EA.

Genome Med. 2017 Dec 20;9(1):114. doi: 10.1186/s13073-017-0497-y.

PMID: 29262854

The who, what, and why of research participants’ intentions to request a broad range of secondary findings in a diagnostic genomic sequencing study.

Rini C, Khan CM, Moore E, Roche MI, Evans JP, Berg JS, Powell BC, Corbie-Smith G, Foreman AKM, Griesemer I, Lee K, O’Daniel JM, Henderson GE.

Genet Med. 2017 Oct 26. doi: 10.1038/gim.2017.176. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29261173

Sequence data and association statistics from 12,940 type 2 diabetes cases and controls.

Jason F, Fuchsberger C, Mahajan A, Teslovich TM, Agarwala V, Gaulton KJ, Caulkins L, Koesterer R, Ma C, Moutsianas L, McCarthy DJ, Rivas MA, Perry JRB, Sim X, Blackwell TW, Robertson NR, Rayner NW, Cingolani P, Locke AE, Tajes JF, Highland HM, Dupuis J, Chines PS, Lindgren CM, Hartl C, Jackson AU, Chen H, Huyghe JR, van de Bunt M, Pearson RD, Kumar A, Müller-Nurasyid M, Grarup N, Stringham HM, Gamazon ER, Lee J, Chen Y, Scott RA, Below JE, Chen P, Huang J, Go MJ, Stitzel ML, Pasko D, Parker SCJ, Varga TV, Green T, Beer NL, Day-Williams AG, Ferreira T, Fingerlin T, Horikoshi M, Hu C, Huh I, Ikram MK, Kim BJ, Kim Y, Kim YJ, Kwon MS, Lee J, Lee S, Lin KH, Maxwell TJ, Nagai Y, Wang X, Welch RP, Yoon J, Zhang W, Barzilai N, Voight BF, Han BG, Jenkinson CP, Kuulasmaa T, Kuusisto J, Manning A, Ng MCY, Palmer ND, Balkau B, Stančáková A, Abboud HE, Boeing H, Giedraitis V, Prabhakaran D, Gottesman O, Scott J, Carey J, Kwan P, Grant G, Smith JD, Neale BM, Purcell S, Butterworth AS, Howson JMM, Lee HM, Lu Y, Kwak SH, Zhao W, Danesh J, Lam VKL, Park KS, Saleheen D, So WY, Tam CHT, Afzal U, Aguilar D, Arya R, Aung T, Chan E, Navarro C, Cheng CY, Palli D, Correa A, Curran JE, Rybin D, Farook VS, Fowler SP, Freedman BI, Griswold M, Hale DE, Hicks PJ, Khor CC, Kumar S, Lehne B, Thuillier D, Lim WY, Liu J, Loh M, Musani SK, Puppala S, Scott WR, Yengo L, Tan ST, Taylor HA, Thameem F, Wilson G, Wong TY, Njølstad PR, Levy JC, Mangino M, Bonnycastle LL, Schwarzmayr T, Fadista J, Surdulescu GL, Herder C, Groves CJ, Wieland T, Bork-Jensen J, Brandslund I, Christensen C, Koistinen HA, Doney ASF, Kinnunen L, Esko T, Farmer AJ, Hakaste L, Hodgkiss D, Kravic J, Lyssenko V, Hollensted M, Jørgensen ME, Jørgensen T, Ladenvall C, Justesen JM, Käräjämäki A, Kriebel J, Rathmann W, Lannfelt L, Lauritzen T, Narisu N, Linneberg A, Melander O, Milani L, Neville M, Orho-Melander M, Qi L, Qi Q, Roden M, Rolandsson O, Swift A, Rosengren AH, Stirrups K, Wood AR, Mihailov E, Blancher C, Carneiro MO, Maguire J, Poplin R, Shakir K, Fennell T, DePristo M, de Angelis MH, Deloukas P, Gjesing AP, Jun G, Nilsson P, Murphy J, Onofrio R, Thorand B, Hansen T, Meisinger C, Hu FB, Isomaa B, Karpe F, Liang L, Peters A, Huth C, O’Rahilly SP, Palmer CNA, Pedersen O, Rauramaa R, Tuomilehto J, Salomaa V, Watanabe RM, Syvänen AC, Bergman RN, Bharadwaj D, Bottinger EP, Cho YS, Chandak GR, Chan JC, Chia KS, Daly MJ, Ebrahim SB, Langenberg C, Elliott P, Jablonski KA, Lehman DM, Jia W, Ma RCW, Pollin TI, Sandhu M, Tandon N, Froguel P, Barroso I, Teo YY, Zeggini E, Loos RJF, Small KS, Ried JS, DeFronzo RA, Grallert H, Glaser B, Metspalu A, Wareham NJ, Walker M, Banks E, Gieger C, Ingelsson E, Im HK, Illig T, Franks PW, Buck G, Trakalo J, Buck D, Prokopenko I, Mägi R, Lind L, Farjoun Y, Owen KR, Gloyn AL, Strauch K, Tuomi T, Kooner JS, Lee JY, Park T, Donnelly P, Morris AD, Hattersley AT, Bowden DW, Collins FS, Atzmon G, Chambers JC, Spector TD, Laakso M, Strom TM, Bell GI, Blangero J, Duggirala R, Tai ES, McVean G, Hanis CL, Wilson JG, Seielstad M, Frayling TM, Meigs JB, Cox NJ, Sladek R, Lander ES, Gabriel S, Mohlke KL, Meitinger T, Groop L, Abecasis G, Scott LJ, Morris AP, Kang HM, Altshuler D, Burtt NP, Florez JC, Boehnke M, McCarthy MI.

Sci Data. 2017 Dec 19;4:170179. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2017.179.

PMID: 29257133

Natural language processing: put your model where your mouth is.

Haggerty RA, Purvis JE.

Mol Syst Biol. 2017 Dec 18;13(12):958. doi: 10.15252/msb.20178077. No abstract available.

PMID: 29254950

Hepatocytic expression of human sodium-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide enables hepatitis B virus infection of macaques.

Burwitz BJ, Wettengel JM, Mück-Häusl MA, Ringelhan M, Ko C, Festag MM, Hammond KB, Northrup M, Bimber BN, Jacob T, Reed JS, Norris R, Park B, Moller-Tank S, Esser K, Greene JM, Wu HL, Abdulhaqq S, Webb G, Sutton WF, Klug A, Swanson T, Legasse AW, Vu TQ, Asokan A, Haigwood NL, Protzer U, Sacha JB.

Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 15;8(1):2146. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01953-y.

PMID: 29247188

Eosinophils mediate tissue injury in autoimmune skin disease bullous pemphigoid.

Lin L, Hwang BJ, Culton DA, Li N, Burette S, Koller BH, Messingham KA, Fairley JA, Lee JJ, Hall RP, An L, Diaz LA, Liu Z.

J Invest Dermatol. 2017 Dec 12. pii: S0022-202X(17)33250-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.11.031. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29246800

A noncanonical function of cGAMP in inflammasome priming and activation.

Swanson KV, Junkins RD, Kurkjian CJ, Holley-Guthrie E, Pendse AA, El Morabiti R, Petrucelli A, Barber GN, Benedict CA, Ting JP.

J Exp Med . 2017 Dec 4;214(12):3611-3626. doi: 10.1084/jem.20171749. Epub 2017 Oct 13.

PMID: 29030458

Enhancer Remodeling during Adaptive Bypass to MEK Inhibition Is Attenuated by Pharmacologic Targeting of the P-TEFb Complex.

Zawistowski JS, Bevill SM, Goulet DR, Stuhlmiller TJ, Beltran AS, Olivares-Quintero JF, Singh D, Sciaky N, Parker JS, Rashid NU, Chen X, Duncan JS, Whittle MC, Angus SP, Velarde SH, Golitz BT, He X, Santos C, Darr DB, Gallagher K, Graves LM, Perou CM, Carey LA, Earp HS, Johnson GL.

Cancer Discov. 2017 Mar;7(3):302-321. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-16-0653. Epub 2017 Jan 20.

PMID: 28108460

Molecular classification of Crohn’s disease reveals two clinically relevant subtypes.

Weiser M, Simon JM, Kochar B, Tovar A, Israel JW, Robinson A, Gipson GR, Schaner MS, Herfarth HH, Sartor RB, McGovern DPB, Rahbar R, Sadiq TS, Koruda MJ, Furey TS, Sheikh SZ.

Gut. 2018 Jan;67(1):36-42. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312518. Epub 2016 Oct 14.

PMID: 27742763

On the substructure controls in rare variant analysis: Principal components or variance components?

Luo Y, Maity A, Wu MC, Smith C, Duan Q, Li Y, Tzeng JY.

Genet Epidemiol. 2017 Dec 26. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22102. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29280188

Evaluating the contribution of rare variants to type 2 diabetes and related traits using pedigrees.

Jun G, Manning A, Almeida M, Zawistowski M, Wood AR, Teslovich TM, Fuchsberger C, Feng S, Cingolani P, Gaulton KJ, Dyer T, Blackwell TW, Chen H, Chines PS, Choi S, Churchhouse C, Fontanillas P, King R, Lee S, Lincoln SE, Trubetskoy V, DePristo M, Fingerlin T, Grossman R, Grundstad J, Heath A, Kim J, Kim YJ, Laramie J, Lee J, Li H, Liu X, Livne O, Locke AE, Maller J, Mazur A, Morris AP, Pollin TI, Ragona D, Reich D, Rivas MA, Scott LJ, Sim X, Tearle RG, Teo YY, Williams AL, Zöllner S, Curran JE, Peralta J, Akolkar B, Bell GI, Burtt NP, Cox NJ, Florez JC, Hanis CL, McKeon C, Mohlke KL, Seielstad M, Wilson JG, Atzmon G, Below JE, Dupuis J, Nicolae DL, Lehman D, Park T, Won S, Sladek R, Altshuler D, McCarthy MI, Duggirala R, Boehnke M, Frayling TM, Abecasis GR, Blangero J.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Dec 26. pii: 201705859. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705859115. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29279374

Genetic and epigenetic determinants of inter-individual variability in responses to toxicants.

Lewis L, Crawford GE, Furey TS, Rusyn I.

Curr Opin Toxicol. 2017 Oct;6:50-59. doi: 10.1016/j.cotox.2017.08.006. Epub 2017 Sep 12.

PMID: 29276797

Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity.

Turcot V, Lu Y, Highland HM, Schurmann C, Justice AE, Fine RS, Bradfield JP, Esko T, Giri A, Graff M, Guo X, Hendricks AE, Karaderi T, Lempradl A, Locke AE, Mahajan A, Marouli E, Sivapalaratnam S, Young KL, Alfred T, Feitosa MF, Masca NGD, Manning AK, Medina-Gomez C, Mudgal P, Ng MCY, Reiner AP, Vedantam S, Willems SM, Winkler TW, Abecasis G, Aben KK, Alam DS, Alharthi SE, Allison M, Amouyel P, Asselbergs FW, Auer PL, Balkau B, Bang LE, Barroso I, Bastarache L, Benn M, Bergmann S, Bielak LF, Blüher M, Boehnke M, Boeing H, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Bork-Jensen J, Bots ML, Bottinger EP, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Breen G, Brilliant MH, Broer L, Brumat M, Burt AA, Butterworth AS, Campbell PT, Cappellani S, Carey DJ, Catamo E, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chasman DI, Chen YI, Chowdhury R, Christensen C, Chu AY, Cocca M, Collins FS, Cook JP, Corley J, Corominas Galbany J, Cox AJ, Crosslin DS, Cuellar-Partida G, D’Eustacchio A, Danesh J, Davies G, Bakker PIW, Groot MCH, Mutsert R, Deary IJ, Dedoussis G, Demerath EW, Heijer M, Hollander AI, Ruijter HM, Dennis JG, Denny JC, Angelantonio E, Drenos F, Du M, Dubé MP, Dunning AM, Easton DF, Edwards TL, Ellinghaus D, Ellinor PT, Elliott P, Evangelou E, Farmaki AE, Farooqi IS, Faul JD, Fauser S, Feng S, Ferrannini E, Ferrieres J, Florez JC, Ford I, Fornage M, Franco OH, Franke A, Franks PW, Friedrich N, Frikke-Schmidt R, Galesloot TE, Gan W, Gandin I, Gasparini P, Gibson J, Giedraitis V, Gjesing AP, Gordon-Larsen P, Gorski M, Grabe HJ, Grant SFA, Grarup N, Griffiths HL, Grove ML, Gudnason V, Gustafsson S, Haessler J, Hakonarson H, Hammerschlag AR, Hansen T, Harris KM, Harris TB, Hattersley AT, Have CT, Hayward C, He L, Heard-Costa NL, Heath AC, Heid IM, Helgeland Ø, Hernesniemi J, Hewitt AW, Holmen OL, Hovingh GK, Howson JMM, Hu Y, Huang PL, Huffman JE, Ikram MA, Ingelsson E, Jackson AU, Jansson JH, Jarvik GP, Jensen GB, Jia Y, Johansson S, Jørgensen ME, Jørgensen T, Jukema JW, Kahali B, Kahn RS, Kähönen M, Kamstrup PR, Kanoni S, Kaprio J, Karaleftheri M, Kardia SLR, Karpe F, Kathiresan S, Kee F, Kiemeney LA, Kim E, Kitajima H, Komulainen P, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Korhonen T, Kovacs P, Kuivaniemi H, Kutalik Z, Kuulasmaa K, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Lakka TA, Lamparter D, Lange EM, Lange LA, Langenberg C, Larson EB, Lee NR, Lehtimäki T, Lewis CE, Li H, Li J, Li-Gao R, Lin H, Lin KH, Lin LA, Lin X, Lind L, Lindström J, Linneberg A, Liu CT, Liu DJ, Liu Y, Lo KS, Lophatananon A, Lotery AJ, Loukola A, Luan J, Lubitz SA, Lyytikäinen LP, Männistö S, Marenne G, Mazul AL, McCarthy MI, McKean-Cowdin R, Medland SE, Meidtner K, Milani L, Mistry V, Mitchell P, Mohlke KL, Moilanen L, Moitry M, Montgomery GW, Mook-Kanamori DO, Moore C, Mori TA, Morris AD, Morris AP, Müller-Nurasyid M, Munroe PB, Nalls MA, Narisu N, Nelson CP, Neville M, Nielsen SF, Nikus K, Njølstad PR, Nordestgaard BG, Nyholt DR, O’Connel JR, O’Donoghue ML, Olde Loohuis LM, Ophoff RA, Owen KR, Packard CJ, Padmanabhan S, Palmer CNA, Palmer ND, Pasterkamp G, Patel AP, Pattie A, Pedersen O, Peissig PL, Peloso GM, Pennell CE, Perola M, Perry JA, Perry JRB, Pers TH, Person TN, Peters A, Petersen ERB, Peyser PA, Pirie A, Polasek O, Polderman TJ, Puolijoki H, Raitakari OT, Rasheed A, Rauramaa R, Reilly DF, Renström F, Rheinberger M, Ridker PM, Rioux JD, Rivas MA, Roberts DJ, Robertson NR, Robino A, Rolandsson O, Rudan I, Ruth KS, Saleheen D, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Sapkota Y, Sattar N, Schoen RE, Schreiner PJ, Schulze MB, Scott RA, Segura-Lepe MP, Shah SH, Sheu WH, Sim X, Slater AJ, Small KS, Smith AV, Southam L, Spector TD, Speliotes EK, Starr JM, Stefansson K, Steinthorsdottir V, Stirrups KE, Strauch K, Stringham HM, Stumvoll M, Sun L, Surendran P, Swift AJ, Tada H, Tansey KE, Tardif JC, Taylor KD, Teumer A, Thompson DJ, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Thuesen BH, Tönjes A, Tromp G, Trompet S, Tsafantakis E, Tuomilehto J, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Tyrer JP, Uher R, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, Laan SW, Duijn CM, Leeuwen N, van Setten J, Vanhala M, Varbo A, Varga TV, Varma R, Velez Edwards DR, Vermeulen SH, Veronesi G, Vestergaard H, Vitart V, Vogt TF, Völker U, Vuckovic D, Wagenknecht LE, Walker M, Wallentin L, Wang F, Wang CA, Wang S, Wang Y, Ware EB, Wareham NJ, Warren HR, Waterworth DM, Wessel J, White HD, Willer CJ, Wilson JG, Witte DR, Wood AR, Wu Y, Yaghootkar H, Yao J, Yao P, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Young R, Zeggini E, Zhan X, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhou W, Zondervan KT; CHD Exome+ Consortium; EPIC-CVD Consortium; ExomeBP Consortium; Global Lipids Genetic Consortium; GoT2D Genes Consortium; EPIC InterAct Consortium; INTERVAL Study; ReproGen Consortium; T2D-Genes Consortium; MAGIC Investigators; Understanding Society Scientific Group, Rotter JI, Pospisilik JA, Rivadeneira F, Borecki IB, Deloukas P, Frayling TM, Lettre G, North KE, Lindgren CM, Hirschhorn JN, Loos RJF.

Nat Genet. 2018 Jan;50(1):26-41. doi: 10.1038/s41588-017-0011-x. Epub 2017 Dec 22.

PMID: 29273807

Co-regulation of transcription by BRG1 and BRM, two mutually exclusive SWI/SNF ATPase subunits.

Raab JR, Runge JS, Spear CC, Magnuson T.

Epigenetics Chromatin. 2017 Dec 22;10(1):62. doi: 10.1186/s13072-017-0167-8.

PMID: 29273066

Is “incidental finding” the best term?: a study of patients’ preferences.

Tan N, Amendola LM, O’Daniel JM, Burt A, Horike-Pyne MJ, Boshe L, Henderson GE, Rini C, Roche MI, Hisama FM, Burke W, Wilfond B, Jarvik GP.

Genet Med. 2017 Feb;19(2):176-181. doi: 10.1038/gim.2016.96. Epub 2016 Aug 4.

PMID: 27490114

Quantitative trait mapping in Diversity Outbred mice identifies two genomic regions associated with heart size.

Shorter JR, Huang W, Beak JY, Hua K, Gatti DM, de Villena FP, Pomp D, Jensen BC.

Mamm Genome. 2017 Dec 26. doi: 10.1007/s00335-017-9730-7. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29279960

Joint Analysis of Strain and Parent-of-Origin Effects for Recombinant Inbred Intercrosses Generated from Multiparent Populations with the Collaborative Cross as an Example.

Liu Y, Xiong S, Sun W, Zou F.

G3 (Bethesda). 2017 Dec 18. pii: g3.300483.2017. doi: 10.1534/g3.117.300483. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29255115

Loss of Drosophila Mei-41 / ATR Alters Meiotic Crossover Patterning.

Brady MM, McMahan S, Sekelsky J.

Genetics. 2017 Dec 15. pii: genetics.300634.2017. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.300634. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29247012