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List of works by Bruna Gigante

A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure

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A Mediterranean diet and risk of myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke: A population-based cohort study

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

A gene-centric study of common carotid artery remodelling

scientific article published on 23 November 2012

A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance

scientific article published on 13 May 2012

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 serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration-associated genetic variant in DHCR7 interacts with type 2 diabetes status to influence subclinical atherosclerosis (measured by carotid intima–media thickness)

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Adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced risk of heart failure in men.

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

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

scientific article published on 31 May 2017

Analysis of the genetic variants associated with circulating levels of sgp130. Results from the IMPROVE study

scientific article published on 14 January 2020

Analysis of the role of interleukin 6 receptor haplotypes in the regulation of circulating levels of inflammatory biomarkers and risk of coronary heart disease

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Association of Chromosome 9p21 With Subsequent Coronary Heart Disease Events

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Association of interleukin 8 with myocardial infarction: results from the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program

scientific article published on 9 January 2014

Atrial natriuretic peptide gene polymorphisms and risk of ischemic stroke in humans

scientific article (publication date: April 2004)

Biomarkers of Dietary Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Causal relevance of blood lipid fractions in the development of carotid atherosclerosis: Mendelian randomization analysis

scientific article published on 28 December 2012

Chocolate consumption and risk of myocardial infarction: a prospective study and meta-analysis

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Chromosome 1p13 genetic variants antagonize the risk of myocardial infarction associated with high ApoB serum levels

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Circulating fatty acids in relation to alcohol consumption: Cross-sectional results from a cohort of 60-year-old men and women

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Circulating levels of interleukin 6 soluble receptor and its natural antagonist, sgp130, and the risk of myocardial infarction

article published in 2015

Circulating microRNAs as predictive biomarkers of myocardial infarction: Evidence from the HUNT study

scientific article published on 26 July 2019

Clopidogrel Resistance after Minor Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack is Associated with Radiological Cerebral Small-Vessel Disease

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Common and Low-Frequency Genetic Variants in the PCSK9 Locus Influence Circulating PCSK9 Levels

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

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Comorbidities in relation to fatality of first myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 14 November 2017

Comparative analysis of genome-wide association studies signals for lipids, diabetes, and coronary heart disease: Cardiovascular Biomarker Genetics Collaboration

scientific article published on 30 July 2011

Contribution of genetic factors to renal lesions in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat.

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Correction: The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

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Cross-sectional relationships between dietary fat intake and serum cholesterol fatty acids in a Swedish cohort of 60-year-old men and women

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Differences in anthropometric measures in immigrants and Swedish-born individuals: results from two community-based cohort studies

scientific article published on 2 October 2014

Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

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Does menopausal hormone therapy reduce myocardial infarction risk if initiated early after menopause? A population-based case-control study

scientific article published in June 2015

Duffy antigen receptor genetic variant and the association with Interleukin 8 levels

scientific article published on 31 January 2015

Exome sequencing and directed clinical phenotyping diagnose cholesterol ester storage disease presenting as autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia

scientific article published on 26 September 2013

Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Serum Inflammatory Cytokines in Children

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Financial stress in late adulthood and diverse risks of incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in women and men.

scientific article published on 09 January 2014

Functional cross-talk between angiotensin II and epidermal growth factor receptors in NIH3T3 fibroblasts.

scientific article published on April 2002

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 evidence of assortative mating in humans

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Genetic fine mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci

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Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

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Genetic variants associated with Lp(a) lipoprotein level and coronary disease

scientific article published in December 2009

Genetic variation in CADM2 as a link between psychological traits and obesity

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

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

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Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

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Healthy Lifestyle and Risk of Heart Failure: Results From 2 Prospective Cohort Studies

scientific article published on April 2016

Human IgM Antibodies to Malondialdehyde Conjugated With Albumin Are Negatively Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Among 60-Year-Olds

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

Identification of the BCAR1-CFDP1-TMEM170A locus as a determinant of carotid intima-media thickness and coronary artery disease risk

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IgM antibodies to oxidized phosphatidylserine as protection markers in cardiovascular disease among 60-year olds

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In the search for stroke genes: a long and winding road

scientific article published on February 2004

Interleukin-8 is associated with increased total mortality in women but not in men—findings from a community-based cohort of elderly

Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways

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Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

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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 association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

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Lim domain binding 2: a key driver of transendothelial migration of leukocytes and atherosclerosis

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Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of cerebrovascular events: results from 11 European cohorts within the ESCAPE project

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Low levels of IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine are associated with fast carotid intima media thickness progression and cardiovascular risk in men

Low levels of IgM antibodies to oxidized cardiolipin increase and high levels decrease risk of cardiovascular disease among 60-year olds: a prospective study

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MicroRNA signatures predict early major coronary events in middle-aged men and women

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

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

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Multi-organ expression profiling uncovers a gene module in coronary artery disease involving transendothelial migration of leukocytes and LIM domain binding 2: the Stockholm Atherosclerosis Gene Expression (STAGE) study

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New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

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Novel and established anthropometric measures and the prediction of incident cardiovascular disease: a cohort study

scientific article published on 28 March 2013

Obesity, metabolic syndrome and risk of atrial fibrillation: a Swedish, prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

Physical activity attenuates cardiovascular risk and mortality in men and women with and without the metabolic syndrome - a 20-year follow-up of a population-based cohort of 60-year-olds

scientific article published on 10 April 2020

Plasma IL-5 concentration and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis

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Plasma autoantibodies against apolipoprotein B-100 peptide 210 in subclinical atherosclerosis

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Polymorphisms in prothrombotic genes and their impact on ischemic stroke in a Sardinian population

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Polyunsaturated Fat Intake Estimated by Circulating Biomarkers and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality in a Population-Based Cohort of 60-Year-Old Men and Women

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Prediction of cardiovascular disease by abdominal obesity measures is dependent on body weight and sex--results from two community based cohort studies

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Pulse pressure is not an independent predictor of incident atrial fibrillation in 60-year-old men and women

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Response to: Modifiable lifestyle risks, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality

Risk of ischemic heart disease in women after radiotherapy for breast cancer

scientific article published in March 2013

Role of genetic factors in the etiopathogenesis of cerebrovascular accidents: from an animal model to the human disease.

scientific article published in October 2004

Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration in Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis

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Serum Fatty Acids, Desaturase Activities and Abdominal Obesity - A Population-Based Study of 60-Year Old Men and Women

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Seven modifiable lifestyle factors predict reduced risk for ischemic cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality regardless of body mass index: a cohort study

scientific article published on 22 November 2012

Sex-Specific Effects of Adiponectin on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Incident Cardiovascular Disease

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Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits

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Subsequent Event Risk in Individuals With Established Coronary Heart Disease

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

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The effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition and alpha 1-adrenergic receptor blockade on inflammation and hemostasis in human hypertension

scientific article published on 30 January 2018

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

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

The plasma protein profile and cardiovascular risk differ between intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery and the bulb: A meta-analysis and a longitudinal evaluation

scientific article published on 18 January 2020

The risk of type 2 diabetes in men is synergistically affected by parental history of diabetes and overweight

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