Genetic discovery and risk characterization in type 2 diabetes across diverse populations.

By Amir Safavi | March 9, 2021 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xhgg.2021.100029 Authors: Polfus, Linda M; Darst, Burcu F; Highland, Heather; Sheng, Xin; Ng, Maggie C Y; Below, Jennifer E; Petty, Lauren; Bien, Stephanie; Sim, Xueling; Wang, Wei; Fontanillas, Pierre; Patel, Yesha; , ; , ; , ; Preuss, Michael; Schurmann, Claudia; Du, Zhaohui; Lu, Yingchang; Rhie, Suhn K; Mercader, Joseph M; Tusie-Luna, Teresa; González-Villalpando,…

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Cytotoxic lymphocytes are dysregulated in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.

By Amir Safavi | September 2, 2020 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.29.20182899 Authors: Beckmann, Noam D; Comella, Phillip H; Cheng, Esther; Lepow, Lauren; Beckmann, Aviva G; Mouskas, Konstantinos; Simons, Nicole W; Hoffman, Gabriel E; Francoeur, Nancy J; Del Valle, Diane Marie; Kang, Gurpawan; Moya, Emily; Wilkins, Lillian; Le Berichel, Jessica; Chang, Christie; Marvin, Robert; Calorossi, Sharlene; Lansky, Alona; Walker, Laura; Yi, Nancy; Yu, Alex; Hartnett,…

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The effect of LRRK2 loss-of-function variants in humans.

By Amir Safavi | May 27, 2020 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0893-5 Authors: Whiffin, Nicola; Armean, Irina M; Kleinman, Aaron; Marshall, Jamie L; Minikel, Eric V; Goodrich, Julia K; Quaife, Nicholas M; Cole, Joanne B; Wang, Qingbo; Karczewski, Konrad J; Cummings, Beryl B; Francioli, Laurent; Laricchia, Kristen; Guan, Anna; Alipanahi, Babak; Morrison, Peter; Baptista, Marco A S; Merchant, Kalpana M; , ; , ; Ware,…

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Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017.

By Amir Safavi | April 20, 2020 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6 Authors: , Abstract: A double burden of malnutrition occurs when individuals, household members or communities experience both undernutrition and overweight. Here, we show geospatial estimates of overweight and wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age in 105 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from 2000 to 2017 and aggregate these to policy-relevant…

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Sleep in the Natural Environment: A Pilot Study.

By Amir Safavi | March 3, 2020 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/s20051378 Authors: Chaudhry, Fayzan F; Danieletto, Matteo; Golden, Eddye; Scelza, Jerome; Botwin, Greg; Shervey, Mark; De Freitas, Jessica K; Paranjpe, Ishan; Nadkarni, Girish N; Miotto, Riccardo; Glowe, Patricia; Stock, Greg; Percha, Bethany; Zimmerman, Noah; Dudley, Joel T; Glicksberg, Benjamin S Abstract:

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The Authors Reply.

By Amir Safavi | April 20, 2018 |

Link: https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2018020164 Authors: Coca, Steven G; Nadkarni, Girish N; Chauhan, Kinsuk; Parikh, Chirag R Abstract:

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