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Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published ten papers during Nov. 26-Dec. 9, 2017.

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Genetic Fine-Mapping and Identification of Candidate Genes and Variants for Adiposity Traits in Outbred Rats.

Keele GR, Prokop JW, He H, Holl K, Littrell J, Deal A, Francic S, Cui L, Gatti DM, Broman KW, Tschannen M, Tsaih SW, Zagloul M, Kim Y, Baur B, Fox J, Robinson M, Levy S, Flister MJ, Mott R, Valdar W, Solberg Woods LC.

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Nov 28. doi: 10.1002/oby.22075. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29193816

An Expanded Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in Europeans.

Scott RA, Scott LJ, Mägi R, Marullo L, Gaulton KJ, Kaakinen M, Pervjakova N, Pers TH, Johnson AD, Eicher JD, Jackson AU, Ferreira T, Lee Y, Ma C, Steinthorsdottir V, Thorleifsson G, Qi L, Van Zuydam NR, Mahajan A, Chen H, Almgren P, Voight BF, Grallert H, Müller-Nurasyid M, Ried JS, Rayner NW, Robertson N, Karssen LC, van Leeuwen EM, Willems SM, Fuchsberger C, Kwan P, Teslovich TM, Chanda P, Li M, Lu Y, Dina C, Thuillier D, Yengo L, Jiang L, Sparso T, Kestler HA, Chheda H, Eisele L, Gustafsson S, Frånberg M, Strawbridge RJ, Benediktsson R, Hreidarsson AB, Kong A, Sigurðsson G, Kerrison ND, Luan J, Liang L, Meitinger T, Roden M, Thorand B, Esko T, Mihailov E, Fox C, Liu CT, Rybin D, Isomaa B, Lyssenko V, Tuomi T, Couper DJ, Pankow JS, Grarup N, Have CT, Jørgensen ME, Jørgensen T, Linneberg A, Cornelis MC, van Dam RM, Hunter DJ, Kraft P, Sun Q, Edkins S, Owen KR, Perry JRB, Wood AR, Zeggini E, Tajes-Fernandes J, Abecasis GR, Bonnycastle LL, Chines PS, Stringham HM, Koistinen HA, Kinnunen L, Sennblad B, Mühleisen TW, Nöthen MM, Pechlivanis S, Baldassarre D, Gertow K, Humphries SE, Tremoli E, Klopp N, Meyer J, Steinbach G, Wennauer R, Eriksson JG, Mӓnnistö S, Peltonen L, Tikkanen E, Charpentier G, Eury E, Lobbens S, Gigante B, Leander K, McLeod O, Bottinger EP, Gottesman O, Ruderfer D, Blüher M, Kovacs P, Tonjes A, Maruthur NM, Scapoli C, Erbel R, Jöckel KH, Moebus S, de Faire U, Hamsten A, Stumvoll M, Deloukas P, Donnelly PJ, Frayling TM, Hattersley AT, Ripatti S, Salomaa V, Pedersen NL, Boehm BO, Bergman RN, Collins FS, Mohlke KL, Tuomilehto J, Hansen T, Pedersen O, Barroso I, Lannfelt L, Ingelsson E, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Cauchi S, Froguel P, Loos RJF, Balkau B, Boeing H, Franks PW, Barricarte Gurrea A, Palli D, van der Schouw YT, Altshuler D, Groop LC, Langenberg C, Wareham NJ, Sijbrands E, van Duijn CM, Florez JC, Meigs JB, Boerwinkle E, Gieger C, Strauch K, Metspalu A, Morris AD, Palmer CNA, Hu FB, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K, Dupuis J, Morris AP, Boehnke M, McCarthy MI, Prokopenko I; DIAbetes Genetics Replication And Meta-analysis (DIAGRAM) Consortium.

Diabetes. 2017 Nov;66(11):2888-2902. doi: 10.2337/db16-1253. Epub 2017 May 31.

PMID: 28566273

Improving Metabolic Health Through Precision Dietetics in Mice

Barrington WT, Wulfridge P, Wells AE, Rojas CM, Howe SYF, Perry A, Hua K, Pellizzon MA, Hansen KD, Voy BH, Bennett BJ,Pomp D, Feinberg AP, Threadgill DW.

Genetics. 2017 Nov 20. pii: genetics.300536.2017. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.300536. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29158425

Biological/Genetic Regulation of Physical Activity Level: Consensus from GenBioPAC

Lightfoot JT, De Geus EJC, Booth FW, Bray MS, den Hoad M, Kaprio J, Kelly SA, Pomp D, Saul MC, Thomis MA, Garland T Jr, Bouchard C.

Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Nov 20. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001499. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 29166322

Self-renewing Monolayer of Primary Colonic or Rectal Epithelial Cells.

Wang Y, DiSalvo M, Gunasekara DB, Dutton J, Proctor A, Lebhar MS, Williamson IA, Speer J, Howard RL, Smiddy NM,Bultman SJ, Sims CE, Magness ST, Allbritton NL.

Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Mar 6;4(1):165-182.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2017.02.011. eCollection 2017 Jul.

PMID: 29204504

DNA Methylation Analysis Identifies Loci for Blood Pressure Regulation.

Richard MA, Huan T, Ligthart S, Gondalia R, Jhun MA, Brody JA, Irvin MR, Marioni R, Shen J, Tsai PC, Montasser ME, Jia Y, Syme C, Salfati EL, Boerwinkle E, Guan W, Mosley TH Jr, Bressler J, Morrison AC, Liu C, Mendelson MM, Uitterlinden AG, van Meurs JB; BIOS Consortium, Franco OH, Zhang G, Li Y, Stewart JD, Bis JC, Psaty BM, Chen YI, Kardia SLR, Zhao W, Turner ST, Absher D, Aslibekyan S, Starr JM, McRae AF, Hou L, Just AC, Schwartz JD, Vokonas PS, Menni C, Spector TD, Shuldiner A, Damcott CM, Rotter JI, Palmas W, Liu Y, Paus T, Horvath S, O’Connell JR, Guo X, Pausova Z, Assimes TL, Sotoodehnia N, Smith JA, Arnett DK, Deary IJ, Baccarelli AA, Bell JT, Whitsel E, Dehghan A, Levy D, Fornage M.

Am J Hum Genet. 2017 Dec 7;101(6):888-902. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.09.028. Epub 2017 Nov 30.

PMID: 2919872

NLRX1 promotes immediate IRF1-directed antiviral responses by limiting dsRNA-activated translational inhibition mediated by PKR.

Feng H, Lenarcic EM, Yamane D, Wauthier E, Mo J, Guo H, McGivern DR, González-López O, Misumi I, Reid LM, Whitmire JK, Ting JP, Duncan JA, Moorman NJ, Lemon SM.

Nat Immunol. 2017 Dec;18(12):1299-1309. doi: 10.1038/ni.3853. Epub 2017 Oct 2.

PMID: 28967880

Carpal tunnel syndrome in mucopolysaccharidosis I: a registry-based cohort study.

Viskochil D, Muenzer J, Guffon N, Garin C, Munoz-Rojas MV, Moy KA, Hutchinson DT.

Dev Med Child Neurol. 2017 Dec;59(12):1269-1275. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.13545. Epub 2017 Sep 11.

PMID: 28892147

Statistical significance for hierarchical clustering.

Kimes PK, Liu Y, Neil Hayes D, Marron JS.

Biometrics. 2017 Sep;73(3):811-821. doi: 10.1111/biom.12647. Epub 2017 Jan 18.

PMID: 28099990

Sequential multiple assignment randomization trials with enrichment design.

Liu Y, Wang Y, Zeng D.

Biometrics. 2017 Jun;73(2):378-390. doi: 10.1111/biom.12576. Epub 2016 Sep 6.

PMID: 27598622