TY  - JOUR
A1  - Taal, H. Rob
A1  - St Pourcain, Beate
A1  - Thiering, Elisabeth
A1  - Das, Shikta
A1  - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.
A1  - Warrington, Nicole M.
A1  - Kaakinen, Marika
A1  - Kreiner-Moller, Eskil
A1  - Bradfield, Jonathan P.
A1  - Freathy, Rachel M.
A1  - Geller, Frank
A1  - Guxens, Monica
A1  - Cousminer, Diana L.
A1  - Kerkhof, Marjan
A1  - Timpson, Nicholas J.
A1  - Ikram, M. Arfan
A1  - Beilin, Lawrence J.
A1  - Bonnelykke, Klaus
A1  - Buxton, Jessica L.
A1  - Charoen, Pimphen
A1  - Chawes, Bo Lund Krogsgaard
A1  - Eriksson, Johan
A1  - Evans, David M.
A1  - Hofman, Albert
A1  - Kemp, John P.
A1  - Kim, Cecilia E.
A1  - Klopp, Norman
A1  - Lahti, Jari
A1  - Lye, Stephen J.
A1  - McMahon, George
A1  - Mentch, Frank D.
A1  - Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina
A1  - O'Reilly, Paul F.
A1  - Prokopenko, Inga
A1  - Rivadeneira, Fernando
A1  - Steegers, Eric A. P.
A1  - Sunyer, Jordi
A1  - Tiesler, Carla
A1  - Yaghootkar, Hanieh
A1  - Breteler, Monique M. B.
A1  - Debette, Stephanie
A1  - Fornage, Myriam
A1  - Gudnason, Vilmundur
A1  - Launer, Lenore J.
A1  - van der Lugt, Aad
A1  - Mosley, Thomas H.
A1  - Seshadri, Sudha
A1  - Smith, Albert V.
A1  - Vernooij, Meike W.
A1  - Blakemore, Alexandra I. F.
A1  - Chiavacci, Rosetta M.
A1  - Feenstra, Bjarke
A1  - Fernandez-Banet, Julio
A1  - Grant, Struan F. A.
A1  - Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa
A1  - van der Heijden, Albert J.
A1  - Iniguez, Carmen
A1  - Lathrop, Mark
A1  - McArdle, Wendy L.
A1  - Molgaard, Anne
A1  - Newnham, John P.
A1  - Palmer, Lyle J.
A1  - Palotie, Aarno
A1  - Pouta, Annneli
A1  - Ring, Susan M.
A1  - Sovio, Ulla
A1  - Standl, Marie
A1  - Uitterlinden, Andre G.
A1  - Wichmann, H-Erich
A1  - Vissing, Nadja Hawwa
A1  - DeCarli, Charles
A1  - van Duijn, Cornelia M.
A1  - McCarthy, Mark I.
A1  - Koppelman, Gerard H.
A1  - Estivill, Xavier
A1  - Hattersley, Andrew T.
A1  - Melbye, Mads
A1  - Bisgaard, Hans
A1  - Pennell, Craig E.
A1  - Widen, Elisabeth
A1  - Hakonarson, Hakon
A1  - Smith, George Davey
A1  - Heinrich, Joachim
A1  - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
A1  - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.
A1  - Adair, Linda S.
A1  - Ang, Wei
A1  - Atalay, Mustafa
A1  - van Beijsterveldt, Toos
A1  - Bergen, Nienke
A1  - Benke, Kelly
A1  - Berry, Diane J.
A1  - Bradfield, Jonathan P.
A1  - Charoen, Pimphen
A1  - Coin, Lachlan
A1  - Cousminer, Diana L.
A1  - Das, Shikta
A1  - Davis, Oliver S. P.
A1  - Elliott, Paul
A1  - Evans, David M.
A1  - Feenstra, Bjarke
A1  - Flexeder, Claudia
A1  - Frayling, Tim
A1  - Freathy, Rachel M.
A1  - Gaillard, Romy
A1  - Geller, Frank
A1  - Groen-Blokhuis, Maria
A1  - Goh, Liang-Kee
A1  - Guxens, Monica
A1  - Haworth, Claire M. A.
A1  - Hadley, Dexter
A1  - Hebebrand, Johannes
A1  - Hinney, Anke
A1  - Hirschhorn, Joel N.
A1  - Holloway, John W.
A1  - Holst, Claus
A1  - Hottenga, Jouke Jan
A1  - Horikoshi, Momoko
A1  - Huikari, Ville
A1  - Hypponen, Elina
A1  - Iniguez, Carmen
A1  - Kaakinen, Marika
A1  - Kilpelainen, Tuomas O.
A1  - Kirin, Mirna
A1  - Kowgier, Matthew
A1  - Lakka, Hanna-Maaria
A1  - Lange, Leslie A.
A1  - Lawlor, Debbie A.
A1  - Lehtimaki, Terho
A1  - Lewin, Alex
A1  - Lindgren, Cecilia
A1  - Lindi, Virpi
A1  - Maggi, Reedik
A1  - Marsh, Julie
A1  - Middeldorp, Christel
A1  - Millwood, Iona
A1  - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.
A1  - Murray, Jeffrey C.
A1  - Nivard, Michel
A1  - Nohr, Ellen Aagaard
A1  - Ntalla, Ioanna
A1  - Oken, Emily
A1  - O'Reilly, Paul F.
A1  - Palmer, Lyle J.
A1  - Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope
A1  - Pararajasingham, Jennifer
A1  - Prokopenko, Inga
A1  - Rodriguez, Alina
A1  - Salem, Rany M.
A1  - Sebert, Sylvain
A1  - Siitonen, Niina
A1  - Sovio, Ulla
A1  - St Pourcain, Beate
A1  - Strachan, David P.
A1  - Sunyer, Jordi
A1  - Taal, H. Rob
A1  - Teo, Yik-Ying
A1  - Thiering, Elisabeth
A1  - Tiesler, Carla
A1  - Uitterlinden, Andre G.
A1  - Valcarcel, Beatriz
A1  - Warrington, Nicole M.
A1  - White, Scott
A1  - Willemsen, Gonneke
A1  - Yaghootkar, Hanieh
A1  - Zeggini, Eleftheria
A1  - Boomsma, Dorret I.
A1  - Cooper, Cyrus
A1  - Estivill, Xavier
A1  - Gillman, Matthew
A1  - Grant, Struan F. A.
A1  - Hakonarson, Hakon
A1  - Hattersley, Andrew T.
A1  - Heinrich, Joachim
A1  - Hocher, Berthold
A1  - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.
A1  - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
A1  - Lakka, Timo A.
A1  - McCarthy, Mark I.
A1  - Melbye, Mads
A1  - Mohlke, Karen L.
A1  - Dedoussis, George V.
A1  - Ong, Ken K.
A1  - Pearson, Ewan R.
A1  - Pennell, Craig E.
A1  - Price, Thomas S.
A1  - Power, Chris
A1  - Raitakari, Olli T.
A1  - Saw, Seang-Mei
A1  - Scherag, Andre
A1  - Simell, Olli
A1  - Sorensen, Thorkild I. A.
A1  - Timpson, Nicholas J.
A1  - Widen, Elisabeth
A1  - Wilson, James F.
A1  - Ang, Wei
A1  - van Beijsterveldt, Toos
A1  - Bergen, Nienke
A1  - Benke, Kelly
A1  - Berry, Diane J.
A1  - Bradfield, Jonathan P.
A1  - Charoen, Pimphen
A1  - Coin, Lachlan
A1  - Cousminer, Diana L.
A1  - Das, Shikta
A1  - Elliott, Paul
A1  - Evans, David M.
A1  - Frayling, Tim
A1  - Freathy, Rachel M.
A1  - Gaillard, Romy
A1  - Groen-Blokhuis, Maria
A1  - Guxens, Monica
A1  - Hadley, Dexter
A1  - Hottenga, Jouke Jan
A1  - Huikari, Ville
A1  - Hypponen, Elina
A1  - Kaakinen, Marika
A1  - Kowgier, Matthew
A1  - Lawlor, Debbie A.
A1  - Lewin, Alex
A1  - Lindgren, Cecilia
A1  - Marsh, Julie
A1  - Middeldorp, Christel
A1  - Millwood, Iona
A1  - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.
A1  - Nivard, Michel
A1  - O'Reilly, Paul F.
A1  - Palmer, Lyle J.
A1  - Prokopenko, Inga
A1  - Rodriguez, Alina
A1  - Sebert, Sylvain
A1  - Sovio, Ulla
A1  - St Pourcain, Beate
A1  - Standl, Marie
A1  - Strachan, David P.
A1  - Sunyer, Jordi
A1  - Taal, H. Rob
A1  - Thiering, Elisabeth
A1  - Tiesler, Carla
A1  - Uitterlinden, Andre G.
A1  - Valcarcel, Beatriz
A1  - Warrington, Nicole M.
A1  - White, Scott
A1  - Willemsen, Gonneke
A1  - Yaghootkar, Hanieh
A1  - Boomsma, Dorret I.
A1  - Estivill, Xavier
A1  - Grant, Struan F. A.
A1  - Hakonarson, Hakon
A1  - Hattersley, Andrew T.
A1  - Heinrich, Joachim
A1  - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.
A1  - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
A1  - McCarthy, Mark I.
A1  - Pennell, Craig E.
A1  - Power, Chris
A1  - Timpson, Nicholas J.
A1  - Widen, Elisabeth
A1  - Ikram, M. Arfan
A1  - Fornage, Myriam
A1  - Smith, Albert V.
A1  - Seshadri, Sudha
A1  - Schmidt, Reinhold
A1  - Debette, Stephanie
A1  - Vrooman, Henri A.
A1  - Sigurdsson, Sigurdur
A1  - Ropele, Stefan
A1  - Coker, Laura H.
A1  - Longstreth, W. T.
A1  - Niessen, Wiro J.
A1  - DeStefano, Anita L.
A1  - Beiser, Alexa
A1  - Zijdenbos, Alex P.
A1  - Struchalin, Maksim
A1  - Jack, Clifford R.
A1  - Nalls, Mike A.
A1  - Au, Rhoda
A1  - Hofman, Albert
A1  - Gudnason, Haukur
A1  - van der Lugt, Aad
A1  - Harris, Tamara B.
A1  - Meeks, William M.
A1  - Vernooij, Meike W.
A1  - van Buchem, Mark A.
A1  - Catellier, Diane
A1  - Gudnason, Vilmundur
A1  - Windham, B. Gwen
A1  - Wolf, Philip A.
A1  - van Duijn, Cornelia M.
A1  - Mosley, Thomas H.
A1  - Schmidt, Helena
A1  - Launer, Lenore J.
A1  - Breteler, Monique M. B.
A1  - DeCarli, Charles
T1  - Common variants at 12q15 and 12q24 are associated with infant head circumference
JF  - Nature genetics
N2  - To identify genetic variants associated with head circumference in infancy, we performed a meta-analysis of seven genome-wide association studies (GWAS) (N = 10,768 individuals of European ancestry enrolled in pregnancy and/or birth cohorts) and followed up three lead signals in six replication studies (combined N = 19,089). rs7980687 on chromosome 12q24 (P = 8.1 x 10(-9)) and rs1042725 on chromosome 12q15 (P = 2.8 x 10(-10)) were robustly associated with head circumference in infancy. Although these loci have previously been associated with adult height(1), their effects on infant head circumference were largely independent of height (P = 3.8 x 10(-7) for rs7980687 and P = 1.3 x 10(-7) for rs1042725 after adjustment for infant height). A third signal, rs11655470 on chromosome 17q21, showed suggestive evidence of association with head circumference (P = 3.9 x 10(-6)). SNPs correlated to the 17q21 signal have shown genome-wide association with adult intracranial volume(2), Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases(3-5), indicating that a common genetic variant in this region might link early brain growth with neurological disease in later life.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2238
SN  - 1061-4036
VL  - 44
IS  - 5
SP  - 532
EP  - +
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wuttke, Matthias
A1  - Li, Yong
A1  - Li, Man
A1  - Sieber, Karsten B.
A1  - Feitosa, Mary F.
A1  - Gorski, Mathias
A1  - Tin, Adrienne
A1  - Wang, Lihua
A1  - Chu, Audrey Y.
A1  - Hoppmann, Anselm
A1  - Kirsten, Holger
A1  - Giri, Ayush
A1  - Chai, Jin-Fang
A1  - Sveinbjornsson, Gardar
A1  - Tayo, Bamidele O.
A1  - Nutile, Teresa
A1  - Fuchsberger, Christian
A1  - Marten, Jonathan
A1  - Cocca, Massimiliano
A1  - Ghasemi, Sahar
A1  - Xu, Yizhe
A1  - Horn, Katrin
A1  - Noce, Damia
A1  - Van der Most, Peter J.
A1  - Sedaghat, Sanaz
A1  - Yu, Zhi
A1  - Akiyama, Masato
A1  - Afaq, Saima
A1  - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh
A1  - Almgren, Peter
A1  - Amin, Najaf
A1  - Arnlov, Johan
A1  - Bakker, Stephan J. L.
A1  - Bansal, Nisha
A1  - Baptista, Daniela
A1  - Bergmann, Sven
A1  - Biggs, Mary L.
A1  - Biino, Ginevra
A1  - Boehnke, Michael
A1  - Boerwinkle, Eric
A1  - Boissel, Mathilde
A1  - Böttinger, Erwin
A1  - Boutin, Thibaud S.
A1  - Brenner, Hermann
A1  - Brumat, Marco
A1  - Burkhardt, Ralph
A1  - Butterworth, Adam S.
A1  - Campana, Eric
A1  - Campbell, Archie
A1  - Campbell, Harry
A1  - Canouil, Mickael
A1  - Carroll, Robert J.
A1  - Catamo, Eulalia
A1  - Chambers, John C.
A1  - Chee, Miao-Ling
A1  - Chee, Miao-Li
A1  - Chen, Xu
A1  - Cheng, Ching-Yu
A1  - Cheng, Yurong
A1  - Christensen, Kaare
A1  - Cifkova, Renata
A1  - Ciullo, Marina
A1  - Concas, Maria Pina
A1  - Cook, James P.
A1  - Coresh, Josef
A1  - Corre, Tanguy
A1  - Sala, Cinzia Felicita
A1  - Cusi, Daniele
A1  - Danesh, John
A1  - Daw, E. Warwick
A1  - De Borst, Martin H.
A1  - De Grandi, Alessandro
A1  - De Mutsert, Renee
A1  - De Vries, Aiko P. J.
A1  - Degenhardt, Frauke
A1  - Delgado, Graciela
A1  - Demirkan, Ayse
A1  - Di Angelantonio, Emanuele
A1  - Dittrich, Katalin
A1  - Divers, Jasmin
A1  - Dorajoo, Rajkumar
A1  - Eckardt, Kai-Uwe
A1  - Ehret, Georg
A1  - Elliott, Paul
A1  - Endlich, Karlhans
A1  - Evans, Michele K.
A1  - Felix, Janine F.
A1  - Foo, Valencia Hui Xian
A1  - Franco, Oscar H.
A1  - Franke, Andre
A1  - Freedman, Barry I.
A1  - Freitag-Wolf, Sandra
A1  - Friedlander, Yechiel
A1  - Froguel, Philippe
A1  - Gansevoort, Ron T.
A1  - Gao, He
A1  - Gasparini, Paolo
A1  - Gaziano, J. Michael
A1  - Giedraitis, Vilmantas
A1  - Gieger, Christian
A1  - Girotto, Giorgia
A1  - Giulianini, Franco
A1  - Gogele, Martin
A1  - Gordon, Scott D.
A1  - Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.
A1  - Gudnason, Vilmundur
A1  - Haller, Toomas
A1  - Hamet, Pavel
A1  - Harris, Tamara B.
A1  - Hartman, Catharina A.
A1  - Hayward, Caroline
A1  - Hellwege, Jacklyn N.
A1  - Heng, Chew-Kiat
A1  - Hicks, Andrew A.
A1  - Hofer, Edith
A1  - Huang, Wei
A1  - Hutri-Kahonen, Nina
A1  - Hwang, Shih-Jen
A1  - Ikram, M. Arfan
A1  - Indridason, Olafur S.
A1  - Ingelsson, Erik
A1  - Ising, Marcus
A1  - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.
A1  - Jakobsdottir, Johanna
A1  - Jonas, Jost B.
A1  - Joshi, Peter K.
A1  - Josyula, Navya Shilpa
A1  - Jung, Bettina
A1  - Kahonen, Mika
A1  - Kamatani, Yoichiro
A1  - Kammerer, Candace M.
A1  - Kanai, Masahiro
A1  - Kastarinen, Mika
A1  - Kerr, Shona M.
A1  - Khor, Chiea-Chuen
A1  - Kiess, Wieland
A1  - Kleber, Marcus E.
A1  - Koenig, Wolfgang
A1  - Kooner, Jaspal S.
A1  - Korner, Antje
A1  - Kovacs, Peter
A1  - Kraja, Aldi T.
A1  - Krajcoviechova, Alena
A1  - Kramer, Holly
A1  - Kramer, Bernhard K.
A1  - Kronenberg, Florian
A1  - Kubo, Michiaki
A1  - Kuhnel, Brigitte
A1  - Kuokkanen, Mikko
A1  - Kuusisto, Johanna
A1  - La Bianca, Martina
A1  - Laakso, Markku
A1  - Lange, Leslie A.
A1  - Langefeld, Carl D.
A1  - Lee, Jeannette Jen-Mai
A1  - Lehne, Benjamin
A1  - Lehtimaki, Terho
A1  - Lieb, Wolfgang
A1  - Lim, Su-Chi
A1  - Lind, Lars
A1  - Lindgren, Cecilia M.
A1  - Liu, Jun
A1  - Liu, Jianjun
A1  - Loeffler, Markus
A1  - Loos, Ruth J. F.
A1  - Lucae, Susanne
A1  - Lukas, Mary Ann
A1  - Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka
A1  - Magi, Reedik
A1  - Magnusson, Patrik K. E.
A1  - Mahajan, Anubha
A1  - Martin, Nicholas G.
A1  - Martins, Jade
A1  - Marz, Winfried
A1  - Mascalzoni, Deborah
A1  - Matsuda, Koichi
A1  - Meisinger, Christa
A1  - Meitinger, Thomas
A1  - Melander, Olle
A1  - Metspalu, Andres
A1  - Mikaelsdottir, Evgenia K.
A1  - Milaneschi, Yuri
A1  - Miliku, Kozeta
A1  - Mishra, Pashupati P.
A1  - Program, V. A. Million Veteran
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A1  - Mononen, Nina
A1  - Montgomery, Grant W.
A1  - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.
A1  - Mychaleckyj, Josyf C.
A1  - Nadkarni, Girish N.
A1  - Nalls, Mike A.
A1  - Nauck, Matthias
A1  - Nikus, Kjell
A1  - Ning, Boting
A1  - Nolte, Ilja M.
A1  - Noordam, Raymond
A1  - Olafsson, Isleifur
A1  - Oldehinkel, Albertine J.
A1  - Orho-Melander, Marju
A1  - Ouwehand, Willem H.
A1  - Padmanabhan, Sandosh
A1  - Palmer, Nicholette D.
A1  - Palsson, Runolfur
A1  - Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.
A1  - Perls, Thomas
A1  - Perola, Markus
A1  - Pirastu, Mario
A1  - Pirastu, Nicola
A1  - Pistis, Giorgio
A1  - Podgornaia, Anna I.
A1  - Polasek, Ozren
A1  - Ponte, Belen
A1  - Porteous, David J.
A1  - Poulain, Tanja
A1  - Pramstaller, Peter P.
A1  - Preuss, Michael H.
A1  - Prins, Bram P.
A1  - Province, Michael A.
A1  - Rabelink, Ton J.
A1  - Raffield, Laura M.
A1  - Raitakari, Olli T.
A1  - Reilly, Dermot F.
A1  - Rettig, Rainer
A1  - Rheinberger, Myriam
A1  - Rice, Kenneth M.
A1  - Ridker, Paul M.
A1  - Rivadeneira, Fernando
A1  - Rizzi, Federica
A1  - Roberts, David J.
A1  - Robino, Antonietta
A1  - Rossing, Peter
A1  - Rudan, Igor
A1  - Rueedi, Rico
A1  - Ruggiero, Daniela
A1  - Ryan, Kathleen A.
A1  - Saba, Yasaman
A1  - Sabanayagam, Charumathi
A1  - Salomaa, Veikko
A1  - Salvi, Erika
A1  - Saum, Kai-Uwe
A1  - Schmidt, Helena
A1  - Schmidt, Reinhold
A1  - Ben Schottker, 
A1  - Schulz, Christina-Alexandra
A1  - Schupf, Nicole
A1  - Shaffer, Christian M.
A1  - Shi, Yuan
A1  - Smith, Albert V.
A1  - Smith, Blair H.
A1  - Soranzo, Nicole
A1  - Spracklen, Cassandra N.
A1  - Strauch, Konstantin
A1  - Stringham, Heather M.
A1  - Stumvoll, Michael
A1  - Svensson, Per O.
A1  - Szymczak, Silke
A1  - Tai, E-Shyong
A1  - Tajuddin, Salman M.
A1  - Tan, Nicholas Y. Q.
A1  - Taylor, Kent D.
A1  - Teren, Andrej
A1  - Tham, Yih-Chung
A1  - Thiery, Joachim
A1  - Thio, Chris H. L.
A1  - Thomsen, Hauke
A1  - Thorleifsson, Gudmar
A1  - Toniolo, Daniela
A1  - Tonjes, Anke
A1  - Tremblay, Johanne
A1  - Tzoulaki, Ioanna
A1  - Uitterlinden, Andre G.
A1  - Vaccargiu, Simona
A1  - Van Dam, Rob M.
A1  - Van der Harst, Pim
A1  - Van Duijn, Cornelia M.
A1  - Edward, Digna R. Velez
A1  - Verweij, Niek
A1  - Vogelezang, Suzanne
A1  - Volker, Uwe
A1  - Vollenweider, Peter
A1  - Waeber, Gerard
A1  - Waldenberger, Melanie
A1  - Wallentin, Lars
A1  - Wang, Ya Xing
A1  - Wang, Chaolong
A1  - Waterworth, Dawn M.
A1  - Bin Wei, Wen
A1  - White, Harvey
A1  - Whitfield, John B.
A1  - Wild, Sarah H.
A1  - Wilson, James F.
A1  - Wojczynski, Mary K.
A1  - Wong, Charlene
A1  - Wong, Tien-Yin
A1  - Xu, Liang
A1  - Yang, Qiong
A1  - Yasuda, Masayuki
A1  - Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M.
A1  - Zhang, Weihua
A1  - Zonderman, Alan B.
A1  - Rotter, Jerome I.
A1  - Bochud, Murielle
A1  - Psaty, Bruce M.
A1  - Vitart, Veronique
A1  - Wilson, James G.
A1  - Dehghan, Abbas
A1  - Parsa, Afshin
A1  - Chasman, Daniel I.
A1  - Ho, Kevin
A1  - Morris, Andrew P.
A1  - Devuyst, Olivier
A1  - Akilesh, Shreeram
A1  - Pendergrass, Sarah A.
A1  - Sim, Xueling
A1  - Boger, Carsten A.
A1  - Okada, Yukinori
A1  - Edwards, Todd L.
A1  - Snieder, Harold
A1  - Stefansson, Kari
A1  - Hung, Adriana M.
A1  - Heid, Iris M.
A1  - Scholz, Markus
A1  - Teumer, Alexander
A1  - Kottgen, Anna
A1  - Pattaro, Cristian
T1  - A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals
JF  - Nature genetics
N2  - Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is responsible for a public health burden with multi-systemic complications. Through transancestry meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and independent replication (n = 1,046,070), we identified 264 associated loci (166 new). Of these,147 were likely to be relevant for kidney function on the basis of associations with the alternative kidney function marker blood urea nitrogen (n = 416,178). Pathway and enrichment analyses, including mouse models with renal phenotypes, support the kidney as the main target organ. A genetic risk score for lower eGFR was associated with clinically diagnosed CKD in 452,264 independent individuals. Colocalization analyses of associations with eGFR among 783,978 European-ancestry individuals and gene expression across 46 human tissues, including tubulo-interstitial and glomerular kidney compartments, identified 17 genes differentially expressed in kidney. Fine-mapping highlighted missense driver variants in 11 genes and kidney-specific regulatory variants. These results provide a comprehensive priority list of molecular targets for translational research.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0407-x
SN  - 1061-4036
SN  - 1546-1718
VL  - 51
IS  - 6
SP  - 957
EP  - +
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ikram, M. Arfan
A1  - Fornage, Myriam
A1  - Smith, Albert V.
A1  - Seshadri, Sudha
A1  - Schmidt, Reinhold
A1  - Debette, Stephanie
A1  - Vrooman, Henri A.
A1  - Sigurdsson, Sigurdur
A1  - Ropele, Stefan
A1  - Taal, H. Rob
A1  - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.
A1  - Coker, Laura H.
A1  - Longstreth, W. T.
A1  - Niessen, Wiro J.
A1  - DeStefano, Anita L.
A1  - Beiser, Alexa
A1  - Zijdenbos, Alex P.
A1  - Struchalin, Maksim
A1  - Jack, Clifford R.
A1  - Rivadeneira, Fernando
A1  - Uitterlinden, Andre G.
A1  - Knopman, David S.
A1  - Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa
A1  - Pennell, Craig E.
A1  - Thiering, Elisabeth
A1  - Steegers, Eric A. P.
A1  - Hakonarson, Hakon
A1  - Heinrich, Joachim
A1  - Palmer, Lyle J.
A1  - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
A1  - McCarthy, Mark I.
A1  - Grant, Struan F. A.
A1  - St Pourcain, Beate
A1  - Timpson, Nicholas J.
A1  - Smith, George Davey
A1  - Sovio, Ulla
A1  - Nalls, Mike A.
A1  - Au, Rhoda
A1  - Hofman, Albert
A1  - Gudnason, Haukur
A1  - van der Lugt, Aad
A1  - Harris, Tamara B.
A1  - Meeks, William M.
A1  - Vernooij, Meike W.
A1  - van Buchem, Mark A.
A1  - Catellier, Diane
A1  - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.
A1  - Gudnason, Vilmundur
A1  - Windham, B. Gwen
A1  - Wolf, Philip A.
A1  - van Duijn, Cornelia M.
A1  - Mosley, Thomas H.
A1  - Schmidt, Helena
A1  - Launer, Lenore J.
A1  - Breteler, Monique M. B.
A1  - DeCarli, Charles
A1  - Adair, Linda S.
A1  - Ang, Wei
A1  - Atalay, Mustafa
A1  - vanBeijsterveldt, Toos
A1  - Bergen, Nienke
A1  - Benke, Kelly
A1  - Berry, Diane J.
A1  - Coin, Lachlan
A1  - Davis, Oliver S. P.
A1  - Elliott, Paul
A1  - Flexeder, Claudia
A1  - Frayling, Tim
A1  - Gaillard, Romy
A1  - Groen-Blokhuis, Maria
A1  - Goh, Liang-Kee
A1  - Haworth, Claire M. A.
A1  - Hadley, Dexter
A1  - Hebebrand, Johannes
A1  - Hinney, Anke
A1  - Hirschhorn, Joel N.
A1  - Holloway, John W.
A1  - Holst, Claus
A1  - Hottenga, Jouke Jan
A1  - Horikoshi, Momoko
A1  - Huikari, Ville
A1  - Hypponen, Elina
A1  - Kilpelainen, Tuomas O.
A1  - Kirin, Mirna
A1  - Kowgier, Matthew
A1  - Lakka, Hanna-Maaria
A1  - Lange, Leslie A.
A1  - Lawlor, Debbie A.
A1  - Lehtimaki, Terho
A1  - Lewin, Alex
A1  - Lindgren, Cecilia
A1  - Lindi, Virpi
A1  - Maggi, Reedik
A1  - Marsh, Julie
A1  - Middeldorp, Christel
A1  - Millwood, Iona
A1  - Murray, Jeffrey C.
A1  - Nivard, Michel
A1  - Nohr, Ellen Aagaard
A1  - Ntalla, Ioanna
A1  - Oken, Emily
A1  - Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope
A1  - Pararajasingham, Jennifer
A1  - Rodriguez, Alina
A1  - Salem, Rany M.
A1  - Sebert, Sylvain
A1  - Siitonen, Niina
A1  - Strachan, David P.
A1  - Teo, Yik-Ying
A1  - Valcarcel, Beatriz
A1  - Willemsen, Gonneke
A1  - Zeggini, Eleftheria
A1  - Boomsma, Dorret I.
A1  - Cooper, Cyrus
A1  - Gillman, Matthew
A1  - Hocher, Berthold
A1  - Lakka, Timo A.
A1  - Mohlke, Karen L.
A1  - Dedoussis, George V.
A1  - Ong, Ken K.
A1  - Pearson, Ewan R.
A1  - Price, Thomas S.
A1  - Power, Chris
A1  - Raitakari, Olli T.
A1  - Saw, Seang-Mei
A1  - Scherag, Andre
A1  - Simell, Olli
A1  - Sorensen, Thorkild I. A.
A1  - Wilson, James F.
T1  - Common variants at 6q22 and 17q21 are associated with intracranial volume
JF  - Nature genetics
N2  - During aging, intracranial volume remains unchanged and represents maximally attained brain size, while various interacting biological phenomena lead to brain volume loss. Consequently, intracranial volume and brain volume in late life reflect different genetic influences. Our genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 8,175 community-dwelling elderly persons did not reveal any associations at genome-wide significance (P < 5 x 10(-8)) for brain volume. In contrast, intracranial volume was significantly associated with two loci: rs4273712 (P = 3.4 x 10(-11)), a known height-associated locus on chromosome 6q22, and rs9915547 (P = 1.5 x 10(-12)), localized to the inversion on chromosome 17q21. We replicated the associations of these loci with intracranial volume in a separate sample of 1,752 elderly persons (P = 1.1 x 10(-3) for 6q22 and 1.2 x 10(-3) for 17q21). Furthermore, we also found suggestive associations of the 17q21 locus with head circumference in 10,768 children (mean age of 14.5 months). Our data identify two loci associated with head size, with the inversion at 17q21 also likely to be involved in attaining maximal brain size.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2245
SN  - 1061-4036
VL  - 44
IS  - 5
SP  - 539
EP  - +
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Gorski, Mathias
A1  - Jung, Bettina
A1  - Li, Yong
A1  - Matias-Garcia, Pamela R.
A1  - Wuttke, Matthias
A1  - Coassin, Stefan
A1  - Thio, Chris H. L.
A1  - Kleber, Marcus E.
A1  - Winkler, Thomas W.
A1  - Wanner, Veronika
A1  - Chai, Jin-Fang
A1  - Chu, Audrey Y.
A1  - Cocca, Massimiliano
A1  - Feitosa, Mary F.
A1  - Ghasemi, Sahar
A1  - Hoppmann, Anselm
A1  - Horn, Katrin
A1  - Li, Man
A1  - Nutile, Teresa
A1  - Scholz, Markus
A1  - Sieber, Karsten B.
A1  - Teumer, Alexander
A1  - Tin, Adrienne
A1  - Wang, Judy
A1  - Tayo, Bamidele O.
A1  - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.
A1  - Almgren, Peter
A1  - Bakker, Stephan J. L.
A1  - Banas, Bernhard
A1  - Bansal, Nisha
A1  - Biggs, Mary L.
A1  - Boerwinkle, Eric
A1  - Böttinger, Erwin
A1  - Brenner, Hermann
A1  - Carroll, Robert J.
A1  - Chalmers, John
A1  - Chee, Miao-Li
A1  - Chee, Miao-Ling
A1  - Cheng, Ching-Yu
A1  - Coresh, Josef
A1  - de Borst, Martin H.
A1  - Degenhardt, Frauke
A1  - Eckardt, Kai-Uwe
A1  - Endlich, Karlhans
A1  - Franke, Andre
A1  - Freitag-Wolf, Sandra
A1  - Gampawar, Piyush
A1  - Gansevoort, Ron T.
A1  - Ghanbari, Mohsen
A1  - Gieger, Christian
A1  - Hamet, Pavel
A1  - Ho, Kevin
A1  - Hofer, Edith
A1  - Holleczek, Bernd
A1  - Foo, Valencia Hui Xian
A1  - Hutri-Kahonen, Nina
A1  - Hwang, Shih-Jen
A1  - Ikram, M. Arfan
A1  - Josyula, Navya Shilpa
A1  - Kahonen, Mika
A1  - Khor, Chiea-Chuen
A1  - Koenig, Wolfgang
A1  - Kramer, Holly
A1  - Kraemer, Bernhard K.
A1  - Kuehnel, Brigitte
A1  - Lange, Leslie A.
A1  - Lehtimaki, Terho
A1  - Lieb, Wolfgang
A1  - Loos, Ruth J. F.
A1  - Lukas, Mary Ann
A1  - Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka
A1  - Meisinger, Christa
A1  - Meitinger, Thomas
A1  - Melander, Olle
A1  - Milaneschi, Yuri
A1  - Mishra, Pashupati P.
A1  - Mononen, Nina
A1  - Mychaleckyj, Josyf C.
A1  - Nadkarni, Girish N.
A1  - Nauck, Matthias
A1  - Nikus, Kjell
A1  - Ning, Boting
A1  - Nolte, Ilja M.
A1  - O'Donoghue, Michelle L.
A1  - Orho-Melander, Marju
A1  - Pendergrass, Sarah A.
A1  - Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.
A1  - Preuss, Michael H.
A1  - Psaty, Bruce M.
A1  - Raffield, Laura M.
A1  - Raitakari, Olli T.
A1  - Rettig, Rainer
A1  - Rheinberger, Myriam
A1  - Rice, Kenneth M.
A1  - Rosenkranz, Alexander R.
A1  - Rossing, Peter
A1  - Rotter, Jerome
A1  - Sabanayagam, Charumathi
A1  - Schmidt, Helena
A1  - Schmidt, Reinhold
A1  - Schoettker, Ben
A1  - Schulz, Christina-Alexandra
A1  - Sedaghat, Sanaz
A1  - Shaffer, Christian M.
A1  - Strauch, Konstantin
A1  - Szymczak, Silke
A1  - Taylor, Kent D.
A1  - Tremblay, Johanne
A1  - Chaker, Layal
A1  - van der Harst, Pim
A1  - van der Most, Peter J.
A1  - Verweij, Niek
A1  - Voelker, Uwe
A1  - Waldenberger, Melanie
A1  - Wallentin, Lars
A1  - Waterworth, Dawn M.
A1  - White, Harvey D.
A1  - Wilson, James G.
A1  - Wong, Tien-Yin
A1  - Woodward, Mark
A1  - Yang, Qiong
A1  - Yasuda, Masayuki
A1  - Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M.
A1  - Zhang, Yan
A1  - Snieder, Harold
A1  - Wanner, Christoph
A1  - Boger, Carsten A.
A1  - Kottgen, Anna
A1  - Kronenberg, Florian
A1  - Pattaro, Cristian
A1  - Heid, Iris M.
T1  - Meta-analysis uncovers genome-wide significant variants for rapid kidney function decline
T2  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Reihe der Digital Engineering Fakultät
N2  - Rapid decline of glomerular filtration rate estimated from creatinine (eGFRcrea) is associated with severe clinical endpoints. In contrast to cross-sectionally assessed eGFRcrea, the genetic basis for rapid eGFRcrea decline is largely unknown. To help define this, we meta-analyzed 42 genome-wide association studies from the Chronic Kidney Diseases Genetics Consortium and United Kingdom Biobank to identify genetic loci for rapid eGFRcrea decline. Two definitions of eGFRcrea decline were used: 3 mL/min/1.73m(2)/year or more ("Rapid3"; encompassing 34,874 cases, 107,090 controls) and eGFRcrea decline 25% or more and eGFRcrea under 60 mL/min/1.73m(2) at follow-up among those with eGFRcrea 60 mL/min/1.73m(2) or more at baseline ("CKDi25"; encompassing 19,901 cases, 175,244 controls). Seven independent variants were identified across six loci for Rapid3 and/or CKDi25: consisting of five variants at four loci with genome-wide significance (near UMOD-PDILT (2), PRKAG2, WDR72, OR2S2) and two variants among 265 known eGFRcrea variants (near GATM, LARP4B). All these loci were novel for Rapid3 and/or CKDi25 and our bioinformatic follow-up prioritized variants and genes underneath these loci. The OR2S2 locus is novel for any eGFRcrea trait including interesting candidates. For the five genome-wide significant lead variants, we found supporting effects for annual change in blood urea nitrogen or cystatin-based eGFR, but not for GATM or (LARP4B). Individuals at high compared to those at low genetic risk (8-14 vs. 0-5 adverse alleles) had a 1.20-fold increased risk of acute kidney injury (95% confidence interval 1.08-1.33). Thus, our identified loci for rapid kidney function decline may help prioritize therapeutic targets and identify mechanisms and individuals at risk for sustained deterioration of kidney function.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Reihe der Digital Engineering Fakultät - 19 
KW  - acute kidney injury
KW  - end-stage kidney disease
KW  - genome-wide association
KW  - study
KW  - rapid eGFRcrea decline
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-565379
IS  - 19
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gorski, Mathias
A1  - Jung, Bettina
A1  - Li, Yong
A1  - Matias-Garcia, Pamela R.
A1  - Wuttke, Matthias
A1  - Coassin, Stefan
A1  - Thio, Chris H. L.
A1  - Kleber, Marcus E.
A1  - Winkler, Thomas W.
A1  - Wanner, Veronika
A1  - Chai, Jin-Fang
A1  - Chu, Audrey Y.
A1  - Cocca, Massimiliano
A1  - Feitosa, Mary F.
A1  - Ghasemi, Sahar
A1  - Hoppmann, Anselm
A1  - Horn, Katrin
A1  - Li, Man
A1  - Nutile, Teresa
A1  - Scholz, Markus
A1  - Sieber, Karsten B.
A1  - Teumer, Alexander
A1  - Tin, Adrienne
A1  - Wang, Judy
A1  - Tayo, Bamidele O.
A1  - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.
A1  - Almgren, Peter
A1  - Bakker, Stephan J. L.
A1  - Banas, Bernhard
A1  - Bansal, Nisha
A1  - Biggs, Mary L.
A1  - Boerwinkle, Eric
A1  - Böttinger, Erwin
A1  - Brenner, Hermann
A1  - Carroll, Robert J.
A1  - Chalmers, John
A1  - Chee, Miao-Li
A1  - Chee, Miao-Ling
A1  - Cheng, Ching-Yu
A1  - Coresh, Josef
A1  - de Borst, Martin H.
A1  - Degenhardt, Frauke
A1  - Eckardt, Kai-Uwe
A1  - Endlich, Karlhans
A1  - Franke, Andre
A1  - Freitag-Wolf, Sandra
A1  - Gampawar, Piyush
A1  - Gansevoort, Ron T.
A1  - Ghanbari, Mohsen
A1  - Gieger, Christian
A1  - Hamet, Pavel
A1  - Ho, Kevin
A1  - Hofer, Edith
A1  - Holleczek, Bernd
A1  - Foo, Valencia Hui Xian
A1  - Hutri-Kahonen, Nina
A1  - Hwang, Shih-Jen
A1  - Ikram, M. Arfan
A1  - Josyula, Navya Shilpa
A1  - Kahonen, Mika
A1  - Khor, Chiea-Chuen
A1  - Koenig, Wolfgang
A1  - Kramer, Holly
A1  - Kraemer, Bernhard K.
A1  - Kuehnel, Brigitte
A1  - Lange, Leslie A.
A1  - Lehtimaki, Terho
A1  - Lieb, Wolfgang
A1  - Loos, Ruth J. F.
A1  - Lukas, Mary Ann
A1  - Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka
A1  - Meisinger, Christa
A1  - Meitinger, Thomas
A1  - Melander, Olle
A1  - Milaneschi, Yuri
A1  - Mishra, Pashupati P.
A1  - Mononen, Nina
A1  - Mychaleckyj, Josyf C.
A1  - Nadkarni, Girish N.
A1  - Nauck, Matthias
A1  - Nikus, Kjell
A1  - Ning, Boting
A1  - Nolte, Ilja M.
A1  - O'Donoghue, Michelle L.
A1  - Orho-Melander, Marju
A1  - Pendergrass, Sarah A.
A1  - Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.
A1  - Preuss, Michael H.
A1  - Psaty, Bruce M.
A1  - Raffield, Laura M.
A1  - Raitakari, Olli T.
A1  - Rettig, Rainer
A1  - Rheinberger, Myriam
A1  - Rice, Kenneth M.
A1  - Rosenkranz, Alexander R.
A1  - Rossing, Peter
A1  - Rotter, Jerome
A1  - Sabanayagam, Charumathi
A1  - Schmidt, Helena
A1  - Schmidt, Reinhold
A1  - Schoettker, Ben
A1  - Schulz, Christina-Alexandra
A1  - Sedaghat, Sanaz
A1  - Shaffer, Christian M.
A1  - Strauch, Konstantin
A1  - Szymczak, Silke
A1  - Taylor, Kent D.
A1  - Tremblay, Johanne
A1  - Chaker, Layal
A1  - van der Harst, Pim
A1  - van der Most, Peter J.
A1  - Verweij, Niek
A1  - Voelker, Uwe
A1  - Waldenberger, Melanie
A1  - Wallentin, Lars
A1  - Waterworth, Dawn M.
A1  - White, Harvey D.
A1  - Wilson, James G.
A1  - Wong, Tien-Yin
A1  - Woodward, Mark
A1  - Yang, Qiong
A1  - Yasuda, Masayuki
A1  - Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M.
A1  - Zhang, Yan
A1  - Snieder, Harold
A1  - Wanner, Christoph
A1  - Boger, Carsten A.
A1  - Kottgen, Anna
A1  - Kronenberg, Florian
A1  - Pattaro, Cristian
A1  - Heid, Iris M.
T1  - Meta-analysis uncovers genome-wide significant variants for rapid kidney function decline
JF  - Kidney international : official journal of the International Society of Nephrology
N2  - Rapid decline of glomerular filtration rate estimated from creatinine (eGFRcrea) is associated with severe clinical endpoints. In contrast to cross-sectionally assessed eGFRcrea, the genetic basis for rapid eGFRcrea decline is largely unknown. To help define this, we meta-analyzed 42 genome-wide association studies from the Chronic Kidney Diseases Genetics Consortium and United Kingdom Biobank to identify genetic loci for rapid eGFRcrea decline. Two definitions of eGFRcrea decline were used: 3 mL/min/1.73m(2)/year or more ("Rapid3"; encompassing 34,874 cases, 107,090 controls) and eGFRcrea decline 25% or more and eGFRcrea under 60 mL/min/1.73m(2) at follow-up among those with eGFRcrea 60 mL/min/1.73m(2) or more at baseline ("CKDi25"; encompassing 19,901 cases, 175,244 controls). Seven independent variants were identified across six loci for Rapid3 and/or CKDi25: consisting of five variants at four loci with genome-wide significance (near UMOD-PDILT (2), PRKAG2, WDR72, OR2S2) and two variants among 265 known eGFRcrea variants (near GATM, LARP4B). All these loci were novel for Rapid3 and/or CKDi25 and our bioinformatic follow-up prioritized variants and genes underneath these loci. The OR2S2 locus is novel for any eGFRcrea trait including interesting candidates. For the five genome-wide significant lead variants, we found supporting effects for annual change in blood urea nitrogen or cystatin-based eGFR, but not for GATM or (LARP4B). Individuals at high compared to those at low genetic risk (8-14 vs. 0-5 adverse alleles) had a 1.20-fold increased risk of acute kidney injury (95% confidence interval 1.08-1.33). Thus, our identified loci for rapid kidney function decline may help prioritize therapeutic targets and identify mechanisms and individuals at risk for sustained deterioration of kidney function.
KW  - acute kidney injury
KW  - end-stage kidney disease
KW  - genome-wide association
KW  - study
KW  - rapid eGFRcrea decline
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2020.09.030
SN  - 0085-2538
SN  - 1523-1755
VL  - 99
IS  - 4
SP  - 926
EP  - 939
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Muster, Sina
A1  - Riley, William J.
A1  - Roth, Kurt
A1  - Langer, Moritz
A1  - Aleina, Fabio Cresto
A1  - Koven, Charles D.
A1  - Lange, Stephan
A1  - Bartsch, Annett
A1  - Grosse, Guido
A1  - Wilson, Cathy J.
A1  - Jones, Benjamin M.
A1  - Boike, Julia
T1  - Size distributions of arctic waterbodies reveal consistent relations in their statistical moments in space and time
JF  - Frontiers in Earth Science
N2  - Arctic lowlands are characterized by large numbers of small waterbodies, which are known to affect surface energy budgets and the global carbon cycle. Statistical analysis of their size distributions has been hindered by the shortage of observations at sufficiently high spatial resolutions. This situation has now changed with the high-resolution (<5 m) circum-Arctic Permafrost Region Pond and Lake (PeRL) database recently becoming available. We have used this database to make the first consistent, high-resolution estimation of Arctic waterbody size distributions, with surface areas ranging from 0.0001 km(2) (100 m(2)) to 1 km(2). We found that the size distributions varied greatly across the thirty study regions investigated and that there was no single universal size distribution function (including power-law distribution functions) appropriate across all of the study regions. We did, however, find close relationships between the statistical moments (mean, variance, and skewness) of the waterbody size distributions from different study regions. Specifically, we found that the spatial variance increased linearly with mean waterbody size (R-2 = 0.97, p < 2.2e-16) and that the skewness decreased approximately hyperbolically. We have demonstrated that these relationships (1) hold across the 30 Arctic study regions covering a variety of (bio)climatic and permafrost zones, (2) hold over time in two of these study regions for which multi-decadal satellite imagery is available, and (3) can be reproduced by simulating rising water levels in a high-resolution digital elevation model. The consistent spatial and temporal relationships between the statistical moments of the waterbody size distributions underscore the dominance of topographic controls in lowland permafrost areas. These results provide motivation for further analyses of the factors involved in waterbody development and spatial distribution and for investigations into the possibility of using statistical moments to predict future hydrologic dynamics in the Arctic.
KW  - permafrost
KW  - hydrology
KW  - waterbodies
KW  - size distribution
KW  - thermokarst
KW  - statistical moments
KW  - ponds
KW  - lakes
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00005
SN  - 2296-6463
VL  - 7
PB  - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY  - Lausanne
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pesicek, J. D.
A1  - Engdahl, E. R.
A1  - Thurber, C. H.
A1  - DeShon, H. R.
A1  - Lange, Dietrich
T1  - Mantle subducting slab structure in the region of the 2010 M8.8 Maule earthquake (30-40 degrees S), Chile
JF  - Geophysical journal international
N2  - We present a new tomographic model of the mantle in the area of the 2010 M8.8 Maule earthquake and surrounding regions. Increased ray coverage provided by the aftershock data allows us to image the detailed subducting slab structure in the mantle, from the region of flat slab subduction north of the Maule rupture to the area of overlapping rupture between the 1960 M9.5 and the 2010 M8.8 events to the south. We have combined teleseismic primary and depth phase arrivals with available local arrivals to better constrain the teleseismic earthquake locations in the region, which we use to conduct nested regionalglobal tomography. The new model reveals the detailed structure of the flat slab and its transition to a more moderately dipping slab in the Maule region. South of the Maule region, a steeply dipping relic slab is imaged from similar to 200 to 1000 km depth that is distinct from the moderately dipping slab above it and from the more northerly slab at similar depths. We interpret the images as revealing both horizontal and vertical tearing of the slab at similar to 38 degrees S to explain the imaged pattern of slab anomalies in the southern portion of the model. In contrast, the transition from a horizontal to moderately subducting slab in the northern portion of the model is imaged as a continuous slab bend. We speculate that the tearing was most likely facilitated by a fracture zone in the downgoing plate or alternatively by a continental scale terrane boundary in the overriding plate.
KW  - Seismicity and tectonics
KW  - Seismic tomography
KW  - Subduction zone processes
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05624.x
SN  - 0956-540X
VL  - 191
IS  - 1
SP  - 317
EP  - 324
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lange, Dietrich
A1  - Bedford, J. R.
A1  - Moreno, M.
A1  - Tilmann, F.
A1  - Báez, Juan Carlos
A1  - Bevis, M.
A1  - Krüger, Frank
T1  - Comparison of postseismic afterslip models with aftershock seismicity for three subduction-zone earthquakes: Nias 2005, Maule 2010 and Tohoku 2011
JF  - Geophysical journal international
N2  - We focus on the relation between seismic and total postseismic afterslip following the Maule M-w 8.8 earthquake on 2010 February 27 in central Chile. First, we calculate the cumulative slip released by aftershock seismicity. We do this by summing up the aftershock regions and slip estimated from scaling relations. Comparing the cumulative seismic slip with afterslip modelswe showthat seismic slip of individual aftershocks exceeds locally the inverted afterslip model from geodetic constraints. As the afterslip model implicitly contains the displacements from the aftershocks, this reflects the tendency of afterslip models to smear out the actual slip pattern. However, it also suggests that locally slip for a number of the larger aftershocks exceeds the aseismic slip in spite of the fact that the total equivalent moment of the afterslip exceeds the cumulative moment of aftershocks by a large factor. This effect, seen weakly for the Maule 2010 and also for the Tohoku 2011 earthquake, can be explained by taking into account the uncertainties of the seismicity and afterslip models. In spite of uncertainties, the hypocentral region of the Nias 2005 earthquake is suggested to release a large fraction of moment almost purely seismically. Therefore, these aftershocks are not driven solely by the afterslip but instead their slip areas have probably been stressed by interseismic loading and the mainshock rupture. In a second step, we divide the megathrust of the Maule 2010 rupture into discrete cells and count the number of aftershocks that occur within 50 km of the centre of each cell as a function of time. We then compare this number to a time-dependent afterslip model by defining the 'afterslip to aftershock ratio' (ASAR) for each cell as the slope of the best fitting line when the afterslip at time t is plotted against aftershock count. Although we find a linear relation between afterslip and aftershocks for most cells, there is significant variability in ASAR in both the downdip and along-strike directions of the megathrust. We compare the spatial distribution of ASAR with the spatial distribution of seismic coupling, coseismic slip and Bouguer gravity anomaly, and in each case we find no significant correlation.
KW  - Creep and deformation
KW  - Earthquake dynamics
KW  - Seismicity and tectonics
KW  - Continental margins: convergent
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggu292
SN  - 0956-540X
SN  - 1365-246X
VL  - 199
IS  - 2
SP  - 784
EP  - 799
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lange, J.
A1  - Pohl, Martin
T1  - The average GeV-band emission from gamma-ray bursts
JF  - Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal
N2  - Aims. We analyze the emission in the 0.3-30 GeV energy range of gamma-ray bursts detected with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. We concentrate on bursts that were previously only detected with the Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor in the keV energy range. These bursts will then be compared to the bursts that were individually detected with the Large Area Telescope at higher energies.
 Methods. To estimate the emission of faint GRBs we used nonstandard analysis methods and sum over many GRBs to find an average signal that is significantly above background level. We used a subsample of 99 GRBs listed in the Burst Catalog from the first two years of observation.
 Results. Although most are not individually detectable, the bursts not detected by the Large Area Telescope on average emit a significant flux in the energy range from 0.3 GeV to 30 GeV, but their cumulative energy fluence is only 8% of that of all GRBs. Likewise, the GeV-to-MeV flux ratio is less and the GeV-band spectra are softer. We confirm that the GeV-band emission lasts much longer than the emission found in the keV energy range. The average allsky energy flux from GRBs in the GeV band is 6.4 x 10(-4) erg cm(-2) yr(-1) or only similar to 4% of the energy flux of cosmic rays above the ankle at 10(18.6) eV.
KW  - methods: statistical
KW  - surveys
KW  - gamma-ray burst: general
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220652
SN  - 0004-6361
VL  - 551
IS  - 1
PB  - EDP Sciences
CY  - Les Ulis
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - de Vera, Jean-Pierre Paul
A1  - Böttger, Ute
A1  - de la Torre Nötzel, Rosa
A1  - Sanchez, Francisco J.
A1  - Grunow, Dana
A1  - Schmitz, Nicole
A1  - Lange, Caroline
A1  - Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm
A1  - Billi, Daniela
A1  - Baque, Mickael
A1  - Rettberg, Petra
A1  - Rabbow, Elke
A1  - Reitz, Günther
A1  - Berger, Thomas
A1  - Möller, Ralf
A1  - Bohmeier, Maria
A1  - Horneck, Gerda
A1  - Westall, Frances
A1  - Jänchen, Jochen
A1  - Fritz, Jörg
A1  - Meyer, Cornelia
A1  - Onofri, Silvano
A1  - Selbmann, Laura
A1  - Zucconi, Laura
A1  - Kozyrovska, Natalia
A1  - Leya, Thomas
A1  - Foing, Bernard
A1  - Demets, Rene
A1  - Cockell, Charles S.
A1  - Bryce, Casey
A1  - Wagner, Dirk
A1  - Serrano, Paloma
A1  - Edwards, Howell G. M.
A1  - Joshi, Jasmin Radha
A1  - Huwe, Björn
A1  - Ehrenfreund, Pascale
A1  - Elsaesser, Andreas
A1  - Ott, Sieglinde
A1  - Meessen, Joachim
A1  - Feyh, Nina
A1  - Szewzyk, Ulrich
A1  - Jaumann, Ralf
A1  - Spohn, Tilman
T1  - Supporting Mars exploration BIOMEX in Low Earth Orbit and further astrobiological studies on the Moon using Raman and PanCam technology
JF  - Planetary and space science
N2  - The Low Earth Orbit (LEO) experiment Biology and Mars Experiment (BIOMEX) is an interdisciplinary and international space research project selected by ESA. The experiment will be accommodated on the space exposure facility EXPOSE-R2 on the International Space Station (ISS) and is foreseen to be launched in 2013. The prime objective of BIOMEX is to measure to what extent biomolecules, such as pigments and cellular components, are resistant to and able to maintain their stability under space and Mars-like conditions. The results of BIOMEX will be relevant for space proven biosignature definition and for building a biosignature data base (e.g. the proposed creation of an international Raman library). The library will be highly relevant for future space missions such as the search for life on Mars. The secondary scientific objective is to analyze to what extent terrestrial extremophiles are able to survive in space and to determine which interactions between biological samples and selected minerals (including terrestrial, Moon- and Mars analogs) can be observed under space and Mars-like conditions. In this context, the Moon will be an additional platform for performing similar experiments with negligible magnetic shielding and higher solar and galactic irradiation compared to LEO. Using the Moon as an additional astrobiological exposure platform to complement ongoing astrobiological LEO investigations could thus enhance the chances of detecting organic traces of life on Mars. We present a lunar lander mission with two related objectives: a lunar lander equipped with Raman and PanCam instruments which can analyze the lunar surface and survey an astrobiological exposure platform. This dual use of testing mission technology together with geo- and astrobiological analyses will significantly increase the science return, and support the human preparation objectives. It will provide knowledge about the Moon's surface itself and, in addition, monitor the stability of life-markers, such as cells, cell components and pigments, in an extraterrestrial environment with much closer radiation properties to the surface of Mars. The combination of a Raman data base of these data together with data from LEO and space simulation experiments, will lead to further progress on the analysis and interpretation of data that we will obtain from future Moon and Mars exploration missions.
KW  - Moon
KW  - Mars
KW  - Low Earth Orbit
KW  - Astrobiology
KW  - Instrumentation
KW  - Spectroscopy
KW  - Biosignature
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2012.06.010
SN  - 0032-0633
VL  - 74
IS  - 1
SP  - 103
EP  - 110
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -