List of works by Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen

1000 Genomes-based meta-analysis identifies 10 novel loci for kidney function

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52 Genetic Loci Influencing Myocardial Mass

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A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

A comparison of the accuracy of Illumina HumanHT-12 v3 Expression BeadChip and TaqMan qRT-PCR gene expression results in patient samples from the Tampere Vascular Study.

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A comprehensive 1,000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

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A genome-wide association meta-analysis of circulating sex hormone-binding globulin reveals multiple Loci implicated in sex steroid hormone regulation

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A genome-wide association study identifies UGT1A1 as a regulator of serum cell-free DNA in young adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

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A genome-wide expression quantitative trait loci analysis of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin enzymes identifies a novel regulatory gene variant for FURIN expression and blood pressure

scientific article published on 27 March 2015

A longitudinal analysis on associations of adiponectin levels with metabolic syndrome and carotid artery intima-media thickness. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

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A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of the electrocardiographic early repolarization pattern

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A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene-smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood

scientific article published on 3 October 2014

A trans-ancestral meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies reveals loci associated with childhood obesity

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Association of Chromosome 9p21 With Subsequent Coronary Heart Disease Events

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Association of Factor V Leiden with Subsequent Atherothrombotic Events: A GENIUS-CHD Study of Individual Participant Data

scientific article published on 13 July 2020

Association of neuroimmune guidance cue netrin-1 and its chemorepulsive receptor UNC5B with atherosclerotic plaque expression signatures and stability in human(s): Tampere Vascular Study (TVS).

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Association of the novel single-nucleotide polymorphism which increases oxidized low-density lipoprotein levels with cerebrovascular disease events

Associations between serum uric acid and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults. The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns study

scholarly article by Mervi Oikonen et al published August 2012 in Atherosclerosis

Associations of functional alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase 2 gene variants with atrial fibrillation and ischemic stroke

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

Author Correction: Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Blood hsa-miR-122-5p and hsa-miR-885-5p levels associate with fatty liver and related lipoprotein metabolism-The Young Finns Study

scientific article published on 05 December 2016

Blood microRNA profile associates with the levels of serum lipids and metabolites associated with glucose metabolism and insulin resistance and pinpoints pathways underlying metabolic syndrome: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study.

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Blood pathway analyses reveal differences between prediabetic subjects with or without dyslipidaemia. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

scientific article published on 13 June 2017

C-type lectin receptor CLEC4A2 promotes tissue adaptation of macrophages and protects against atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 11 January 2022

Can electromyographic arousal be detected visually on the Datex-Ohmeda S/5™ anesthesia monitor?

scientific article published on 29 August 2012

Common and Rare Coding Genetic Variation Underlying the Electrocardiographic PR Interval

Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

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Common variation in fatty acid metabolic genes and risk of incident sudden cardiac arrest

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

Complementary prediction of cardiovascular events by estimated apo- and lipoprotein concentrations in the working age population. The Health 2000 Study

scientific article published on 24 April 2012

Correction: Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity - A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

Corrigendum: 1000 Genomes-based meta-analysis identifies 10 novel loci for kidney function

scientific article published on 26 May 2017

Detailed metabolic and genetic characterization reveals new associations for 30 known lipid loci

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Differentially expressed genes and canonical pathway expression in human atherosclerotic plaques - Tampere Vascular Study

scientific article published on 27 January 2017

Differentially expressed genes and canonical pathways in the ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm - The Tampere Vascular Study

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

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Discovery of novel heart rate-associated loci using the Exome Chip

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Distinct loci in the CHRNA5/CHRNA3/CHRNB4 gene cluster are associated with onset of regular smoking

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Does bone resorption stimulate periosteal expansion? A cross-sectional analysis of β-C-telopeptides of type I collagen (CTX), genetic markers of the RANKL pathway, and periosteal circumference as measured by pQCT.

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EEG sources of noise in intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during propofol anesthesia.

scientific article published on 30 June 2009

Effects of Calcium, Magnesium, and Potassium Concentrations on Ventricular Repolarization in Unselected Individuals

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Elevated BIS and Entropy values after sugammadex or neostigmine: an electroencephalographic or electromyographic phenomenon?

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Erratum: Genetic loci associated with heart rate variability and their effects on cardiac disease risk

scientific article published on 2 August 2017

Erratum: Large-scale analyses of common and rare variants identify 12 new loci associated with atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published in July 2017

Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height

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Exome Genotyping Identifies Pleiotropic Variants Associated with Red Blood Cell Traits

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Exome-Derived Adiponectin-Associated Variants Implicate Obesity and Lipid Biology

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Exome-Derived Adiponectin-Associated Variants Implicate Obesity and Lipid Biology

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Exome-chip meta-analysis identifies novel loci associated with cardiac conduction, including ADAMTS6

ExomeChip-Wide Analysis of 95 626 Individuals Identifies 10 Novel Loci Associated With QT and JT Intervals

Explaining Entropy responses after a noxious stimulus, with or without neuromuscular blocking agents, by means of the raw electroencephalographic and electromyographic characteristics.

scientific article published on 4 November 2010

Extended Serum Lipid Profile Predicting Long-Term Survival in Patients Treated for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

Facial muscle activity, Response Entropy, and State Entropy indices during noxious stimuli in propofol-nitrous oxide or propofol-nitrous oxide-remifentanil anaesthesia without neuromuscular block

scientific article published on 25 December 2008

Fasting Glucose and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms: Instrumental-Variable Regression in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

scientific article published on 04 August 2017

Fatty liver is associated with blood pathways of inflammatory response, immune system activation and prothrombotic state in Young Finns Study.

scientific article published on 9 July 2018

Fine mapping the CETP region reveals a common intronic insertion associated to HDL-C

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GWAS and colocalization analyses implicate carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque loci in cardiovascular outcomes

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Gene-age interactions in blood pressure regulation: a large-scale investigation with the CHARGE, Global BPgen, and ICBP Consortia

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Gene-educational attainment interactions in a multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis identify novel blood pressure loci

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

Genetic Interactions with Age, Sex, Body Mass Index, and Hypertension in Relation to Atrial Fibrillation: The AFGen Consortium

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Genetic Studies of Leptin Concentrations Implicate Leptin in the Regulation of Early Adiposity

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

scientific article published on 17 September 2018

Genetic analysis of over one million people identifies 535 novel loci for blood pressure

Genetic association study of QT interval highlights role for calcium signaling pathways in myocardial repolarization

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Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

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Genetic determinants of heel bone properties: genome-wide association meta-analysis and replication in the GEFOS/GENOMOS consortium

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Genetic determinants of serum testosterone concentrations in men.

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Genetic determinants of trabecular and cortical volumetric bone mineral densities and bone microstructure

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Genetic profiling using genome-wide significant coronary artery disease risk variants does not improve the prediction of subclinical atherosclerosis: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, the Bogalusa Heart Study and the Health 2000 Survey--

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Genetic variants and their interactions in the prediction of increased pre-clinical carotid atherosclerosis: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study

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Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

scientific article published on 6 October 2011

Genome Analyses of >200,000 Individuals Identify 58 Loci for Chronic Inflammation and Highlight Pathways that Link Inflammation and Complex Disorders

scientific article published in November 2018

Genome-Wide Association Study Pinpoints a New Functional Apolipoprotein B Variant Influencing Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Levels But Not Cardiovascular Events

scholarly article by Kari-Matti Mäkelä et al published February 2013 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Cotinine Levels in Cigarette Smokers Identifies Locus at 4q13.2.

scientific article published on February 2016

Genome-wide Association Study Identifies 27 Loci Influencing Concentrations of Circulating Cytokines and Growth Factors

scientific article published on 13 December 2016

Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention

scientific article published on 7 September 2022

Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

Genome-wide association and functional studies identify 46 novel loci for alcohol consumption and suggest common genetic mechanisms with neuropsychiatric disorders

Genome-wide association meta-analyses and fine-mapping elucidate pathways influencing albuminuria

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of 30,000 samples identifies seven novel loci for quantitative ECG traits

scientific article published on 24 January 2019

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of PR interval identifies 47 novel loci associated with atrial and atrioventricular electrical activity

Genome-wide association study identifies 3 genomic loci significantly associated with serum levels of homoarginine: the AtheroRemo Consortium.

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Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci influencing human serum metabolite levels

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Genome-wide association study in 79,366 European-ancestry individuals informs the genetic architecture of 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels

scientific article published on 17 January 2018

Genome-wide association study of kidney function decline in individuals of European descent

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Genome-wide association study on dimethylarginines reveals novel AGXT2 variants associated with heart rate variability but not with overall mortality

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Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease

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Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits.

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Genome-wide meta-analysis of macronutrient intake of 91,114 European ancestry participants from the cohorts for heart and aging research in genomic epidemiology consortium

scientific article published on 09 July 2018

Genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers novel loci influencing circulating leptin levels

scientific article published on February 2016

Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity - A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Genome-wide study for circulating metabolites identifies 62 loci and reveals novel systemic effects of LPA.

scientific article published on 23 March 2016

Histaminergic gene polymorphisms associated with sedation in clozapine-treated patients

scientific article published on 8 April 2017

Hostility in adolescents and adults: a genome-wide association study of the Young Finns

scientific article published on 21 June 2011

INSIG2 polymorphism and weight gain, dyslipidemia and serum adiponectin in Finnish patients with schizophrenia treated with clozapine

scientific article published on 25 November 2016

Increased genetic vulnerability to smoking at CHRNA5 in early-onset smokers

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International Genome-Wide Association Study Consortium Identifies Novel Loci Associated With Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents

scientific article published on 11 March 2016

Is the adiposity-associated FTO gene variant related to all-cause mortality independent of adiposity? Meta-analysis of data from 169,551 Caucasian adults

scientific article published on 5 March 2015

Large-scale analyses of common and rare variants identify 12 new loci associated with atrial fibrillation.

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Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 02 December 2012

Large-scale genome-wide analysis identifies genetic variants associated with cardiac structure and function

scientific article published on 10 April 2017

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Meta-analysis of 49 549 individuals imputed with the 1000 Genomes Project reveals an exonic damaging variant in ANGPTL4 determining fasting TG levels

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Meta-analysis of exome array data identifies six novel genetic loci for lung function

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

Meta-analysis of exome array data identifies six novel genetic loci for lung function

Meta-analysis uncovers genome-wide significant variants for rapid kidney function decline

scientific article published on 30 October 2020

Multi-Ancestry Genome-Wide Association Study of Lipid Levels Incorporating Gene-Alcohol Interactions

Multi-ancestry genome-wide gene-smoking interaction study of 387,272 individuals identifies new loci associated with serum lipids

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Multi-ancestry sleep-by-SNP interaction analysis in 126,926 individuals reveals lipid loci stratified by sleep duration

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Multi-ancestry study of blood lipid levels identifies four loci interacting with physical activity

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillation

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NFAT5 and SLC4A10 Loci Associate with Plasma Osmolality

scientific article published on 30 March 2017

New alcohol-related genes suggest shared genetic mechanisms with neuropsychiatric disorders

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

scientific article published on February 2016

Ninety-nine independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function include genes associated with brain health and structure (N = 280,360)

No Association of Coronary Artery Disease with X-Chromosomal Variants in Comprehensive International Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

No association of nineteen COX-2 gene variants to preclinical markers of atherosclerosis The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

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Novel Blood Pressure Locus and Gene Discovery Using Genome-Wide Association Study and Expression Data Sets From Blood and the Kidney

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Novel Loci for metabolic networks and multi-tissue expression studies reveal genes for atherosclerosis

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Novel associations for coronary artery disease derived from genome wide association studies are not associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness, suggesting they do not act via early atherosclerosis or vessel remodeling

scientific article published on 25 August 2011

Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals

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Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits

scientific article published on 12 October 2020

PR interval genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 50 loci associated with atrial and atrioventricular electrical activity

scientific article published in Nature Communications

PROTEIN-CODING VARIANTS IMPLICATE NOVEL GENES RELATED TO LIPID HOMEOSTASIS CONTRIBUTING TO BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION

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Polymorphism in the C-reactive protein (CRP) gene affects CRP levels in plasma and one early marker of atherosclerosis in men: The Health 2000 Survey

Predicting sudden cardiac death using common genetic risk variants for coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 23 April 2015

Prediction of Adult Dyslipidemia Using Genetic and Childhood Clinical Risk Factors: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

scientific article published in June 2017

Pro-opiomelanocortin and its Processing Enzymes Associate with Plaque Stability in Human Atherosclerosis - Tampere Vascular Study

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Proprotein convertases in human atherosclerotic plaques: the overexpression of FURIN and its substrate cytokines BAFF and APRIL.

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

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Protein-coding variants implicate novel genes related to lipid homeostasis contributing to body-fat distribution

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Publisher Correction: Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

scholarly article published in Nature Genetics

Publisher Correction: Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

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

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

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

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

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

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Pulse Wave Velocity Predicts the Progression of Blood Pressure and Development of Hypertension in Young Adults

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

scientific article (publication date: February 2017)

Risk factors associated with acute kidney injury in a cohort of 20,575 arthroplasty patients

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Serotonin receptor 1B genotype and hostility, anger and aggressive behavior through the lifespan: the Young Finns study

scientific article published on 4 September 2012

Seventy-five genetic loci influencing the human red blood cell

scientific article published on 5 December 2012

Sixteen new lung function signals identified through 1000 Genomes Project reference panel imputation

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Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

Subsequent Event Risk in Individuals With Established Coronary Heart Disease

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Target genes, variants, tissues and transcriptional pathways influencing human serum urate levels

scientific article published on 02 October 2019

The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

Three genetic-environmental networks for human personality

scientific article published on 21 November 2019

Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases 4 (TIMP4) in a population of young adults: Relations to cardiovascular risk markers and carotid artery intima-media thickness. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Toll-Like Receptor 7 Protects From Atherosclerosis by Constraining “Inflammatory” Macrophage Activation

scientific article published on 11 July 2012

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

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Twenty-eight genetic loci associated with ST-T-wave amplitudes of the electrocardiogram

scientific article published on 08 March 2016

Uncovering the complex genetics of human character

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Uncovering the complex genetics of human temperament

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Upstream Transcription Factor 1 (USF1) allelic variants regulate lipoprotein metabolism in women and USF1 expression in atherosclerotic plaque

scientific article published on 11 April 2014

Variants in the fetal genome near pro-inflammatory cytokine genes on 2q13 are associated with gestational duration

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Variants in the fetal genome near pro-inflammatory cytokine genes on 2q13 associate with gestational duration

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1, soluble Fas and hepatocyte growth factor as predictors of mortality in nonagenarians: the Vitality 90+ study

scientific article published on 30 July 2013

WNT16 influences bone mineral density, cortical bone thickness, bone strength, and osteoporotic fracture risk

scientific article published in July 2012

Whole blood microRNA levels associate with glycemic status and correlate with target mRNAs in pathways important to type 2 diabetes.

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Loci Associated with Blood Cell Traits and Reveals a Role for Alternative GFI1B Splice Variants in Human Hematopoiesis

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miR-21, miR-210, miR-34a, and miR-146a/b are up-regulated in human atherosclerotic plaques in the Tampere Vascular Study

article published in 2011