TY  - JOUR
A1  - Horikoshi, Momoko
A1  - Yaghootkar, Hanieh
A1  - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.
A1  - Sovio, Ulla
A1  - Taal, H. Rob
A1  - Hennig, Branwen J.
A1  - Bradfield, Jonathan P.
A1  - St Pourcain, Beate
A1  - Evans, David M.
A1  - Charoen, Pimphen
A1  - Kaakinen, Marika
A1  - Cousminer, Diana L.
A1  - Lehtimaki, Terho
A1  - Kreiner-Moller, Eskil
A1  - Warrington, Nicole M.
A1  - Bustamante, Mariona
A1  - Feenstra, Bjarke
A1  - Berry, Diane J.
A1  - Thiering, Elisabeth
A1  - Pfab, Thiemo
A1  - Barton, Sheila J.
A1  - Shields, Beverley M.
A1  - Kerkhof, Marjan
A1  - van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M.
A1  - Fulford, Anthony J.
A1  - Kutalik, Zoltan
A1  - Zhao, Jing Hua
A1  - den Hoed, Marcel
A1  - Mahajan, Anubha
A1  - Lindi, Virpi
A1  - Goh, Liang-Kee
A1  - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan
A1  - Wu, Ying
A1  - Raitakari, Olli T.
A1  - Harder, Marie N.
A1  - Meirhaeghe, Aline
A1  - Ntalla, Ioanna
A1  - Salem, Rany M.
A1  - Jameson, Karen A.
A1  - Zhou, Kaixin
A1  - Monies, Dorota M.
A1  - Lagou, Vasiliki
A1  - Kirin, Mirna
A1  - Heikkinen, Jani
A1  - Adair, Linda S.
A1  - Alkuraya, Fowzan S.
A1  - Al-Odaib, Ali
A1  - Amouyel, Philippe
A1  - Andersson, Ehm Astrid
A1  - Bennett, Amanda J.
A1  - Blakemore, Alexandra I. F.
A1  - Buxton, Jessica L.
A1  - Dallongeville, Jean
A1  - Das, Shikta
A1  - de Geus, Eco J. C.
A1  - Estivill, Xavier
A1  - Flexeder, Claudia
A1  - Froguel, Philippe
A1  - Geller, Frank
A1  - Godfrey, Keith M.
A1  - Gottrand, Frederic
A1  - Groves, Christopher J.
A1  - Hansen, Torben
A1  - Hirschhorn, Joel N.
A1  - Hofman, Albert
A1  - Hollegaard, Mads V.
A1  - Hougaard, David M.
A1  - Hyppoenen, Elina
A1  - Inskip, Hazel M.
A1  - Isaacs, Aaron
A1  - Jorgensen, Torben
A1  - Kanaka-Gantenbein, Christina
A1  - Kemp, John P.
A1  - Kiess, Wieland
A1  - Kilpelainen, Tuomas O.
A1  - Klopp, Norman
A1  - Knight, Bridget A.
A1  - Kuzawa, Christopher W.
A1  - McMahon, George
A1  - Newnham, John P.
A1  - Niinikoski, Harri
A1  - Oostra, Ben A.
A1  - Pedersen, Louise
A1  - Postma, Dirkje S.
A1  - Ring, Susan M.
A1  - Rivadeneira, Fernando
A1  - Robertson, Neil R.
A1  - Sebert, Sylvain
A1  - Simell, Olli
A1  - Slowinski, Torsten
A1  - Tiesler, Carla M. T.
A1  - Toenjes, Anke
A1  - Vaag, Allan
A1  - Viikari, Jorma S.
A1  - Vink, Jacqueline M.
A1  - Vissing, Nadja Hawwa
A1  - Wareham, Nicholas J.
A1  - Willemsen, Gonneke
A1  - Witte, Daniel R.
A1  - Zhang, Haitao
A1  - Zhao, Jianhua
A1  - Wilson, James F.
A1  - Stumvoll, Michael
A1  - Prentice, Andrew M.
A1  - Meyer, Brian F.
A1  - Pearson, Ewan R.
A1  - Boreham, Colin A. G.
A1  - Cooper, Cyrus
A1  - Gillman, Matthew W.
A1  - Dedoussis, George V.
A1  - Moreno, Luis A.
A1  - Pedersen, Oluf
A1  - Saarinen, Maiju
A1  - Mohlke, Karen L.
A1  - Boomsma, Dorret I.
A1  - Saw, Seang-Mei
A1  - Lakka, Timo A.
A1  - Koerner, Antje
A1  - Loos, Ruth J. F.
A1  - Ong, Ken K.
A1  - Vollenweider, Peter
A1  - van Duijn, Cornelia M.
A1  - Koppelman, Gerard H.
A1  - Hattersley, Andrew T.
A1  - Holloway, John W.
A1  - Hocher, Berthold
A1  - Heinrich, Joachim
A1  - Power, Chris
A1  - Melbye, Mads
A1  - Guxens, Monica
A1  - Pennell, Craig E.
A1  - Bonnelykke, Klaus
A1  - Bisgaard, Hans
A1  - Eriksson, Johan G.
A1  - Widen, Elisabeth
A1  - Hakonarson, Hakon
A1  - Uitterlinden, Andre G.
A1  - Pouta, Anneli
A1  - Lawlor, Debbie A.
A1  - Smith, George Davey
A1  - Frayling, Timothy M.
A1  - McCarthy, Mark I.
A1  - Grant, Struan F. A.
A1  - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.
A1  - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
A1  - Timpson, Nicholas J.
A1  - Prokopenko, Inga
A1  - Freathy, Rachel M.
T1  - New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism
JF  - Nature genetics
N2  - Birth weight within the normal range is associated with a variety of adult-onset diseases, but the mechanisms behind these associations are poorly understood(1). Previous genome-wide association studies of birth weight identified a variant in the ADCY5 gene associated both with birth weight and type 2 diabetes and a second variant, near CCNL1, with no obvious link to adult traits(2). In an expanded genome-wide association metaanalysis and follow-up study of birth weight (of up to 69,308 individuals of European descent from 43 studies), we have now extended the number of loci associated at genome-wide significance to 7, accounting for a similar proportion of variance as maternal smoking. Five of the loci are known to be associated with other phenotypes: ADCY5 and CDKAL1 with type 2 diabetes, ADRB1 with adult blood pressure and HMGA2 and LCORL with adult height. Our findings highlight genetic links between fetal growth and postnatal growth and metabolism.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2477
SN  - 1061-4036
VL  - 45
IS  - 1
SP  - 76
EP  - U115
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Middeldorp, Christel M.
A1  - Mahajan, Anubha
A1  - Horikoshi, Momoko
A1  - Robertson, Neil R.
A1  - Beaumont, Robin N.
A1  - Bradfield, Jonathan P.
A1  - Bustamante, Mariona
A1  - Cousminer, Diana L.
A1  - Day, Felix R.
A1  - De Silva, N. Maneka
A1  - Guxens, Monica
A1  - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.
A1  - St Pourcain, Beate
A1  - Warrington, Nicole M.
A1  - Adair, Linda S.
A1  - Ahlqvist, Emma
A1  - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh
A1  - Almgren, Peter
A1  - Ang, Wei
A1  - Atalay, Mustafa
A1  - Auvinen, Juha
A1  - Bartels, Meike
A1  - Beckmann, Jacques S.
A1  - Bilbao, Jose Ramon
A1  - Bond, Tom
A1  - Borja, Judith B.
A1  - Cavadino, Alana
A1  - Charoen, Pimphen
A1  - Chen, Zhanghua
A1  - Coin, Lachlan
A1  - Cooper, Cyrus
A1  - Curtin, John A.
A1  - Custovic, Adnan
A1  - Das, Shikta
A1  - Davies, Gareth E.
A1  - Dedoussis, George V.
A1  - Duijts, Liesbeth
A1  - Eastwood, Peter R.
A1  - Eliasen, Anders U.
A1  - Elliott, Paul
A1  - Eriksson, Johan G.
A1  - Estivill, Xavier
A1  - Fadista, Joao
A1  - Fedko, Iryna O.
A1  - Frayling, Timothy M.
A1  - Gaillard, Romy
A1  - Gauderman, W. James
A1  - Geller, Frank
A1  - Gilliland, Frank
A1  - Gilsanz, Vincente
A1  - Granell, Raquel
A1  - Grarup, Niels
A1  - Groop, Leif
A1  - Hadley, Dexter
A1  - Hakonarson, Hakon
A1  - Hansen, Torben
A1  - Hartman, Catharina A.
A1  - Hattersley, Andrew T.
A1  - Hayes, M. Geoffrey
A1  - Hebebrand, Johannes
A1  - Heinrich, Joachim
A1  - Helgeland, Oyvind
A1  - Henders, Anjali K.
A1  - Henderson, John
A1  - Henriksen, Tine B.
A1  - Hirschhorn, Joel N.
A1  - Hivert, Marie-France
A1  - Hocher, Berthold
A1  - Holloway, John W.
A1  - Holt, Patrick
A1  - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan
A1  - Hypponen, Elina
A1  - Iniguez, Carmen
A1  - Johansson, Stefan
A1  - Jugessur, Astanand
A1  - Kahonen, Mika
A1  - Kalkwarf, Heidi J.
A1  - Kaprio, Jaakko
A1  - Karhunen, Ville
A1  - Kemp, John P.
A1  - Kerkhof, Marjan
A1  - Koppelman, Gerard H.
A1  - Korner, Antje
A1  - Kotecha, Sailesh
A1  - Kreiner-Moller, Eskil
A1  - Kulohoma, Benard
A1  - Kumar, Ashish
A1  - Kutalik, Zoltan
A1  - Lahti, Jari
A1  - Lappe, Joan M.
A1  - Larsson, Henrik
A1  - Lehtimaki, Terho
A1  - Lewin, Alexandra M.
A1  - Li, Jin
A1  - Lichtenstein, Paul
A1  - Lindgren, Cecilia M.
A1  - Lindi, Virpi
A1  - Linneberg, Allan
A1  - Liu, Xueping
A1  - Liu, Jun
A1  - Lowe, William L.
A1  - Lundstrom, Sebastian
A1  - Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka
A1  - Ma, Ronald C. W.
A1  - Mace, Aurelien
A1  - Magi, Reedik
A1  - Magnus, Per
A1  - Mamun, Abdullah A.
A1  - Mannikko, Minna
A1  - Martin, Nicholas G.
A1  - Mbarek, Hamdi
A1  - McCarthy, Nina S.
A1  - Medland, Sarah E.
A1  - Melbye, Mads
A1  - Melen, Erik
A1  - Mohlke, Karen L.
A1  - Monnereau, Claire
A1  - Morgen, Camilla S.
A1  - Morris, Andrew P.
A1  - Murray, Jeffrey C.
A1  - Myhre, Ronny
A1  - Najman, Jackob M.
A1  - Nivard, Michel G.
A1  - Nohr, Ellen A.
A1  - Nolte, Ilja M.
A1  - Ntalla, Ioanna
A1  - Oberfield, Sharon E.
A1  - Oken, Emily
A1  - Oldehinkel, Albertine J.
A1  - Pahkala, Katja
A1  - Palviainen, Teemu
A1  - Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope
A1  - Pedersen, Oluf
A1  - Pennell, Craig E.
A1  - Pershagen, Goran
A1  - Pitkanen, Niina
A1  - Plomin, Robert
A1  - Power, Christine
A1  - Prasad, Rashmi B.
A1  - Prokopenko, Inga
A1  - Pulkkinen, Lea
A1  - Raikkonen, Katri
A1  - Raitakari, Olli T.
A1  - Reynolds, Rebecca M.
A1  - Richmond, Rebecca C.
A1  - Rivadeneira, Fernando
A1  - Rodriguez, Alina
A1  - Rose, Richard J.
A1  - Salem, Rany
A1  - Santa-Marina, Loreto
A1  - Saw, Seang-Mei
A1  - Schnurr, Theresia M.
A1  - Scott, James G.
A1  - Selzam, Saskia
A1  - Shepherd, John A.
A1  - Simpson, Angela
A1  - Skotte, Line
A1  - Sleiman, Patrick M. A.
A1  - Snieder, Harold
A1  - Sorensen, Thorkild I. A.
A1  - Standl, Marie
A1  - Steegers, Eric A. P.
A1  - Strachan, David P.
A1  - Straker, Leon
A1  - Strandberg, Timo
A1  - Taylor, Michelle
A1  - Teo, Yik-Ying
A1  - Thiering, Elisabeth
A1  - Torrent, Maties
A1  - Tyrrell, Jessica
A1  - Uitterlinden, Andre G.
A1  - van Beijsterveldt, Toos
A1  - van der Most, Peter J.
A1  - van Duijn, Cornelia M.
A1  - Viikari, Jorma
A1  - Vilor-Tejedor, Natalia
A1  - Vogelezang, Suzanne
A1  - Vonk, Judith M.
A1  - Vrijkotte, Tanja G. M.
A1  - Vuoksimaa, Eero
A1  - Wang, Carol A.
A1  - Watkins, William J.
A1  - Wichmann, H-Erich
A1  - Willemsen, Gonneke
A1  - Williams, Gail M.
A1  - Wilson, James F.
A1  - Wray, Naomi R.
A1  - Xu, Shujing
A1  - Xu, Cheng-Jian
A1  - Yaghootkar, Hanieh
A1  - Yi, Lu
A1  - Zafarmand, Mohammad Hadi
A1  - Zeggini, Eleftheria
A1  - Zemel, Babette S.
A1  - Hinney, Anke
A1  - Lakka, Timo A.
A1  - Whitehouse, Andrew J. O.
A1  - Sunyer, Jordi
A1  - Widen, Elisabeth E.
A1  - Feenstra, Bjarke
A1  - Sebert, Sylvain
A1  - Jacobsson, Bo
A1  - Njolstad, Pal R.
A1  - Stoltenberg, Camilla
A1  - Smith, George Davey
A1  - Lawlor, Debbie A.
A1  - Paternoster, Lavinia
A1  - Timpson, Nicholas J.
A1  - Ong, Ken K.
A1  - Bisgaard, Hans
A1  - Bonnelykke, Klaus
A1  - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.
A1  - Tiemeier, Henning
A1  - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
A1  - Evans, David M.
A1  - Perry, John R. B.
A1  - Grant, Struan F. A.
A1  - Boomsma, Dorret I.
A1  - Freathy, Rachel M.
A1  - McCarthy, Mark I.
A1  - Felix, Janine F.
T1  - The Early Growth Genetics (EGG) and EArly Genetics and Lifecourse Epidemiology (EAGLE) consortia
BT  - design, results and future prospects
JF  - European journal of epidemiology
N2  - The impact of many unfavorable childhood traits or diseases, such as low birth weight and mental disorders, is not limited to childhood and adolescence, as they are also associated with poor outcomes in adulthood, such as cardiovascular disease. Insight into the genetic etiology of childhood and adolescent traits and disorders may therefore provide new perspectives, not only on how to improve wellbeing during childhood, but also how to prevent later adverse outcomes. To achieve the sample sizes required for genetic research, the Early Growth Genetics (EGG) and EArly Genetics and Lifecourse Epidemiology (EAGLE) consortia were established. The majority of the participating cohorts are longitudinal population-based samples, but other cohorts with data on early childhood phenotypes are also involved. Cohorts often have a broad focus and collect(ed) data on various somatic and psychiatric traits as well as environmental factors. Genetic variants have been successfully identified for multiple traits, for example, birth weight, atopic dermatitis, childhood BMI, allergic sensitization, and pubertal growth. Furthermore, the results have shown that genetic factors also partly underlie the association with adult traits. As sample sizes are still increasing, it is expected that future analyses will identify additional variants. This, in combination with the development of innovative statistical methods, will provide detailed insight on the mechanisms underlying the transition from childhood to adult disorders. Both consortia welcome new collaborations. Policies and contact details are available from the corresponding authors of this manuscript and/or the consortium websites.
KW  - Genetics
KW  - Consortium
KW  - Childhood traits and disorders
KW  - Longitudinal
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-019-00502-9
SN  - 0393-2990
SN  - 1573-7284
VL  - 34
IS  - 3
SP  - 279
EP  - 300
PB  - Springer
CY  - Dordrecht
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Warrington, Nicole
A1  - Beaumont, Robin
A1  - Horikoshi, Momoko
A1  - Day, Felix R.
A1  - Helgeland, Øyvind
A1  - Laurin, Charles
A1  - Bacelis, Jonas
A1  - Peng, Shouneng
A1  - Hao, Ke
A1  - Feenstra, Bjarke
A1  - Wood, Andrew R.
A1  - Mahajan, Anubha
A1  - Tyrrell, Jessica
A1  - Robertson, Neil R.
A1  - Rayner, N. William
A1  - Qiao, Zhen
A1  - Moen, Gunn-Helen
A1  - Vaudel, Marc
A1  - Marsit, Carmen
A1  - Chen, Jia
A1  - Nodzenski, Michael
A1  - Schnurr, Theresia M.
A1  - Zafarmand, Mohammad Hadi
A1  - Bradfield, Jonathan P.
A1  - Grarup, Niels
A1  - Kooijman, Marjolein N.
A1  - Li-Gao, Ruifang
A1  - Geller, Frank
A1  - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh
A1  - Paternoster, Lavinia
A1  - Rueedi, Rico
A1  - Huikari, Ville
A1  - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan
A1  - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka
A1  - Cavadino, Alana
A1  - Metrustry, Sarah
A1  - Cousminer, Diana L.
A1  - Wu, Ying
A1  - Thiering, Elisabeth Paula
A1  - Wang, Carol A.
A1  - Have, Christian Theil
A1  - Vilor-Tejedor, Natalia
A1  - Joshi, Peter K.
A1  - Painter, Jodie N.
A1  - Ntalla, Ioanna
A1  - Myhre, Ronny
A1  - Pitkänen, Niina
A1  - van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M.
A1  - Joro, Raimo
A1  - Lagou, Vasiliki
A1  - Richmond, Rebecca C.
A1  - Espinosa, Ana
A1  - Barton, Sheila J.
A1  - Inskip, Hazel M.
A1  - Holloway, John W.
A1  - Santa-Marina, Loreto
A1  - Estivill, Xavier
A1  - Ang, Wei
A1  - Marsh, Julie A.
A1  - Reichetzeder, Christoph
A1  - Marullo, Letizia
A1  - Hocher, Berthold
A1  - Lunetta, Kathryn L.
A1  - Murabito, Joanne M.
A1  - Relton, Caroline L.
A1  - Kogevinas, Manolis
A1  - Chatzi, Leda
A1  - Allard, Catherine
A1  - Bouchard, Luigi
A1  - Hivert, Marie-France
A1  - Zhang, Ge
A1  - Muglia, Louis J.
A1  - Heikkinen, Jani
A1  - Morgen, Camilla S.
A1  - van Kampen, Antoine H. C.
A1  - van Schaik, Barbera D. C.
A1  - Mentch, Frank D.
A1  - Langenberg, Claudia
A1  - Scott, Robert A.
A1  - Zhao, Jing Hua
A1  - Hemani, Gibran
A1  - Ring, Susan M.
A1  - Bennett, Amanda J.
A1  - Gaulton, Kyle J.
A1  - Fernandez-Tajes, Juan
A1  - van Zuydam, Natalie R.
A1  - Medina-Gomez, Carolina
A1  - de Haan, Hugoline G.
A1  - Rosendaal, Frits R.
A1  - Kutalik, Zoltán
A1  - Marques-Vidal, Pedro
A1  - Das, Shikta
A1  - Willemsen, Gonneke
A1  - Mbarek, Hamdi
A1  - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina
A1  - Standl, Marie
A1  - Appel, Emil V. R.
A1  - Fonvig, Cilius Esmann
A1  - Trier, Caecilie
A1  - van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M.
A1  - Murcia, Mario
A1  - Bustamante, Mariona
A1  - Bonàs-Guarch, Sílvia
A1  - Hougaard, David M.
A1  - Mercader, Josep M.
A1  - Linneberg, Allan
A1  - Schraut, Katharina E.
A1  - Lind, Penelope A.
A1  - Medland, Sarah Elizabeth
A1  - Shields, Beverley M.
A1  - Knight, Bridget A.
A1  - Chai, Jin-Fang
A1  - Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope
A1  - Bartels, Meike
A1  - Sánchez, Friman
A1  - Stokholm, Jakob
A1  - Torrents, David
A1  - Vinding, Rebecca K.
A1  - Willems, Sara M.
A1  - Atalay, Mustafa
A1  - Chawes, Bo L.
A1  - Kovacs, Peter
A1  - Prokopenko, Inga
A1  - Tuke, Marcus A.
A1  - Yaghootkar, Hanieh
A1  - Ruth, Katherine S.
A1  - Jones, Samuel E.
A1  - Loh, Po-Ru
A1  - Murray, Anna
A1  - Weedon, Michael N.
A1  - Tönjes, Anke
A1  - Stumvoll, Michael
A1  - Michaelsen, Kim Fleischer
A1  - Eloranta, Aino-Maija
A1  - Lakka, Timo A.
A1  - van Duijn, Cornelia M.
A1  - Kiess, Wieland
A1  - Koerner, Antje
A1  - Niinikoski, Harri
A1  - Pahkala, Katja
A1  - Raitakari, Olli T.
A1  - Jacobsson, Bo
A1  - Zeggini, Eleftheria
A1  - Dedoussis, George V.
A1  - Teo, Yik-Ying
A1  - Saw, Seang-Mei
A1  - Montgomery, Grant W.
A1  - Campbell, Harry
A1  - Wilson, James F.
A1  - Vrijkotte, Tanja G. M.
A1  - Vrijheid, Martine
A1  - de Geus, Eco J. C. N.
A1  - Hayes, M. Geoffrey
A1  - Kadarmideen, Haja N.
A1  - Holm, Jens-Christian
A1  - Beilin, Lawrence J.
A1  - Pennell, Craig E.
A1  - Heinrich, Joachim
A1  - Adair, Linda S.
A1  - Borja, Judith B.
A1  - Mohlke, Karen L.
A1  - Eriksson, Johan G.
A1  - Widen, Elisabeth E.
A1  - Hattersley, Andrew T.
A1  - Spector, Tim D.
A1  - Kaehoenen, Mika
A1  - Viikari, Jorma S.
A1  - Lehtimaeki, Terho
A1  - Boomsma, Dorret I.
A1  - Sebert, Sylvain
A1  - Vollenweider, Peter
A1  - Sorensen, Thorkild I. A.
A1  - Bisgaard, Hans
A1  - Bonnelykke, Klaus
A1  - Murray, Jeffrey C.
A1  - Melbye, Mads
A1  - Nohr, Ellen A.
A1  - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.
A1  - Rivadeneira, Fernando
A1  - Hofman, Albert
A1  - Felix, Janine F.
A1  - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.
A1  - Hansen, Torben
A1  - Pisinger, Charlotta
A1  - Vaag, Allan A.
A1  - Pedersen, Oluf
A1  - Uitterlinden, Andre G.
A1  - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
A1  - Power, Christine
A1  - Hypponen, Elina
A1  - Scholtens, Denise M.
A1  - Lowe, William L.
A1  - Smith, George Davey
A1  - Timpson, Nicholas J.
A1  - Morris, Andrew P.
A1  - Wareham, Nicholas J.
A1  - Hakonarson, Hakon
A1  - Grant, Struan F. A.
A1  - Frayling, Timothy M.
A1  - Lawlor, Debbie A.
A1  - Njolstad, Pal R.
A1  - Johansson, Stefan
A1  - Ong, Ken K.
A1  - McCarthy, Mark I.
A1  - Perry, John R. B.
A1  - Evans, David M.
A1  - Freathy, Rachel M.
T1  - Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors
JF  - Nature genetics
N2  - Birth weight variation is influenced by fetal and maternal genetic and non-genetic factors, and has been reproducibly associated with future cardio-metabolic health outcomes. In expanded genome-wide association analyses of own birth weight (n = 321,223) and offspring birth weight (n = 230,069 mothers), we identified 190 independent association signals (129 of which are novel). We used structural equation modeling to decompose the contributions of direct fetal and indirect maternal genetic effects, then applied Mendelian randomization to illuminate causal pathways. For example, both indirect maternal and direct fetal genetic effects drive the observational relationship between lower birth weight and higher later blood pressure: maternal blood pressure-raising alleles reduce offspring birth weight, but only direct fetal effects of these alleles, once inherited, increase later offspring blood pressure. Using maternal birth weight-lowering genotypes to proxy for an adverse intrauterine environment provided no evidence that it causally raises offspring blood pressure, indicating that the inverse birth weight-blood pressure association is attributable to genetic effects, and not to intrauterine programming.
Y1  - 2019
SN  - 1061-4036
SN  - 1546-1718
VL  - 51
IS  - 5
SP  - 804
EP  - +
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ostrom, H.
A1  - Oberg, H.
A1  - Xin, H.
A1  - Larue, J.
A1  - Beye, Martin
A1  - Gladh, J.
A1  - Ng, M. L.
A1  - Sellberg, J. A.
A1  - Kaya, S.
A1  - Mercurio, G.
A1  - Nordlund, D.
A1  - Hantschmann, Markus
A1  - Hieke, F.
A1  - Kuehn, D.
A1  - Schlotter, W. F.
A1  - Dakovski, G. L.
A1  - Turner, J. J.
A1  - Minitti, M. P.
A1  - Mitra, A.
A1  - Moeller, S. P.
A1  - Föhlisch, Alexander
A1  - Wolf, M.
A1  - Wurth, W.
A1  - Persson, Mats
A1  - Norskov, J. K.
A1  - Abild-Pedersen, Frank
A1  - Ogasawara, Hirohito
A1  - Pettersson, Lars G. M.
A1  - Nilsson, A.
T1  - Probing the transition state region in catalytic CO oxidation on Ru
JF  - Science
N2  - Femtosecond x-ray laser pulses are used to probe the carbon monoxide (CO) oxidation reaction on ruthenium (Ru) initiated by an optical laser pulse. On a time scale of a few hundred femtoseconds, the optical laser pulse excites motions of CO and oxygen (O) on the surface, allowing the reactants to collide, and, with a transient close to a picosecond (ps), new electronic states appear in the OK-edge x-ray absorption spectrum. Density functional theory calculations indicate that these result from changes in the adsorption site and bond formation between CO and O with a distribution of OC-O bond lengths close to the transition state (TS). After 1 ps, 10% of the CO populate the TS region, which is consistent with predictions based on a quantum oscillator model.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1261747
SN  - 0036-8075
SN  - 1095-9203
VL  - 347
IS  - 6225
SP  - 978
EP  - 982
PB  - American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ruzanski, Christian
A1  - Smirnova, Julia
A1  - Rejzek, Martin
A1  - Cockburn, Darrell
A1  - Pedersen, Henriette L.
A1  - Pike, Marilyn
A1  - Willats, William G. T.
A1  - Svensson, Birte
A1  - Steup, Martin
A1  - Ebenhöh, Oliver
A1  - Smith, Alison M.
A1  - Field, Robert A.
T1  - A bacterial glucanotransferase can replace the complex maltose metabolism required for starch to sucrose conversion in leaves at night
JF  - The journal of biological chemistry
N2  - Controlled conversion of leaf starch to sucrose at night is essential for the normal growth of Arabidopsis. The conversion involves the cytosolic metabolism of maltose to hexose phosphates via an unusual, multidomain protein with 4-glucanotransferase activity, DPE2, believed to transfer glucosyl moieties to a complex heteroglycan prior to their conversion to hexose phosphate via a cytosolic phosphorylase. The significance of this complex pathway is unclear; conversion of maltose to hexose phosphate in bacteria proceeds via a more typical 4-glucanotransferase that does not require a heteroglycan acceptor. It has recently been suggested that DPE2 generates a heterogeneous series of terminal glucan chains on the heteroglycan that acts as a glucosyl buffer to ensure a constant rate of sucrose synthesis in the leaf at night. Alternatively, DPE2 and/or the heteroglycan may have specific properties important for their function in the plant. To distinguish between these ideas, we compared the properties of DPE2 with those of the Escherichia coli glucanotransferase MalQ. We found that MalQ cannot use the plant heteroglycan as an acceptor for glucosyl transfer. However, experimental and modeling approaches suggested that it can potentially generate a glucosyl buffer between maltose and hexose phosphate because, unlike DPE2, it can generate polydisperse malto-oligosaccharides from maltose. Consistent with this suggestion, MalQ is capable of restoring an essentially wild-type phenotype when expressed in mutant Arabidopsis plants lacking DPE2. In light of these findings, we discuss the possible evolutionary origins of the complex DPE2-heteroglycan pathway.
KW  - Carbohydrate Metabolism
KW  - Computer Modeling
KW  - Metabolic Regulation
KW  - Oligosaccharide
KW  - Plant Biochemistry
KW  - Glucanotransferase
KW  - Leaf Cell
KW  - Maltose Metabolism
KW  - Starch Degradation
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M113.497867
SN  - 0021-9258
SN  - 1083-351X
VL  - 288
IS  - 40
SP  - 28581
EP  - 28598
PB  - American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
CY  - Bethesda
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beye, Martin
A1  - Öberg, Henrik
A1  - Xin, Hongliang
A1  - Dakovski, Georgi L.
A1  - Föhlisch, Alexander
A1  - Gladh, Jorgen
A1  - Hantschmann, Markus
A1  - Hieke, Florian
A1  - Kaya, Sarp
A1  - Kühn, Danilo
A1  - LaRue, Jerry
A1  - Mercurio, Giuseppe
A1  - Minitti, Michael P.
A1  - Mitra, Ankush
A1  - Moeller, Stefan P.
A1  - Ng, May Ling
A1  - Nilsson, Anders
A1  - Nordlund, Dennis
A1  - Norskov, Jens
A1  - Öström, Henrik
A1  - Ogasawara, Hirohito
A1  - Persson, Mats
A1  - Schlotter, William F.
A1  - Sellberg, Jonas A.
A1  - Wolf, Martin
A1  - Abild-Pedersen, Frank
A1  - Pettersson, Lars G. M.
A1  - Wurth, Wilfried
T1  - Chemical Bond Activation Observed with an X-ray Laser
JF  - The journal of physical chemistry letters
N2  - The concept of bonding and antibonding orbitals is fundamental in chemistry. The population of those orbitals and the energetic difference between the two reflect the strength of the bonding interaction. Weakening the bond is expected to reduce this energetic splitting, but the transient character of bond-activation has so far prohibited direct experimental access. Here we apply time-resolved soft X-ray spectroscopy at a free electron laser to directly observe the decreased bonding antibonding splitting following bond-activation using an ultrashort optical laser pulse.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01543
SN  - 1948-7185
VL  - 7
SP  - 3647
EP  - 3651
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jaccard, Samuel Laurent
A1  - Galbraith, Eric D.
A1  - Sigman, Daniel M.
A1  - Haug, Gerald H.
A1  - Francois, Roger
A1  - Pedersen, Thomas F.
A1  - Dulski, Peter
A1  - Thierstein, Hans R.
T1  - Subarctic Pacific evidence for a glacial deepening of the oceanic respired carbon pool
N2  - Measurements of benthic foraminiferal cadmium:calcium (Cd/Ca) have indicated that the glacial-interglacial change in deep North Pacific phosphate (PO4) concentration was minimal which has been taken by some, workers as a sign that the biological pump did not store more carbon in the deep glacial ocean. Here we present sedimentary redox- sensitive trace metal records from Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 882 (NW subarctic Pacific, water depth 3244 m) to make inferences about changes in deep North Pacific oxygenation and thus respired carbon storage - over the past 150,000 yr. These observations are complemented with biogenic barium and opal measurements as indicators for past organic carbon export to separate the influences of deep-water oxygen concentration and sedimentary organic carbon respiration on the redox state of the sediment. Our results suggest that the deep subarctic Pacific water mass was deleted in ox en during glacial maxima, though it was not anoxic. We reconcile our results with the existing benthic foraminiferal Cd/Ca by invoking a decrease in the fraction of the deep ocean nutrient inventory that was preformed, rather than remineralized. This change would have corresponded to an increase in the deep Pacific storage of respired carbon, which Would have lowered atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) by sequestering CO2 away from the atmosphere and by increasing ocean alkalinity through a transient dissolution event in the deep sea. The magnitude of change in preformed nutrients suggested by the North Pacific data Would have accounted for a majority of the observed decrease in glacial atmospheric PCO2.
Y1  - 2009
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0012821X
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.017
SN  - 0012-821X
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Xin, Hong
A1  - LaRue, Jerry
A1  - Oberg, Henrik
A1  - Beye, Martin
A1  - Turner, J. J.
A1  - Gladh, Jörgen
A1  - Ng, May L.
A1  - Sellberg, Jonas A.
A1  - Kaya, Sarp
A1  - Mercurio, G.
A1  - Hieke, F.
A1  - Nordlund, Dennis
A1  - Schlotter, William F.
A1  - Dakovski, Georgi L.
A1  - Minitti, Michael P.
A1  - Föhlisch, Alexander
A1  - Wolf, Martin
A1  - Wurth, Wilfried
A1  - Ogasawara, Hirohito
A1  - Norskov, Jens K.
A1  - Ostrom, Henrik
A1  - Pettersson, Lars G. M.
A1  - Nilsson, Anders
A1  - Abild-Pedersen, Frank
T1  - Strong Influence of Coadsorbate Interaction on CO Desorption Dynamics on Ru(0001) Probed by Ultrafast X-Ray Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Simulations
JF  - Physical review letters
N2  - We show that coadsorbed oxygen atoms have a dramatic influence on the CO desorption dynamics from Ru(0001). In contrast to the precursor-mediated desorption mechanism on Ru(0001), the presence of surface oxygen modifies the electronic structure of Ru atoms such that CO desorption occurs predominantly via the direct pathway. This phenomenon is directly observed in an ultrafast pump-probe experiment using a soft x-ray free-electron laser to monitor the dynamic evolution of the valence electronic structure of the surface species. This is supported with the potential of mean force along the CO desorption path obtained from density-functional theory calculations. Charge density distribution and frozen-orbital analysis suggest that the oxygen-induced reduction of the Pauli repulsion, and consequent increase of the dative interaction between the CO 5 sigma and the charged Ru atom, is the electronic origin of the distinct desorption dynamics. Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of CO desorption from Ru(0001) and oxygen-coadsorbed Ru(0001) provide further insights into the surface bond-breaking process.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.156101
SN  - 0031-9007
SN  - 1079-7114
VL  - 114
IS  - 15
PB  - American Physical Society
CY  - College Park
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sander, Mathias
A1  - Herzog, Marc
A1  - Pudell, Jan-Etienne
A1  - Bargheer, Matias
A1  - Weinkauf, N.
A1  - Pedersen, M.
A1  - Newby, G.
A1  - Sellmann, J.
A1  - Schwarzkopf, J.
A1  - Besse, V.
A1  - Temnov, V. V.
A1  - Gaal, P.
T1  - Spatiotemporal Coherent Control of Thermal Excitations in Solids
JF  - Physical review letters
N2  - X-ray reflectivity measurements of femtosecond laser-induced transient gratings (TG) are applied to demonstrate the spatiotemporal coherent control of thermally induced surface deformations on ultrafast time scales. Using grazing incidence x-ray diffraction we unambiguously measure the amplitude of transient surface deformations with sub-angstrom resolution. Understanding the dynamics of femtosecond TG excitations in terms of superposition of acoustic and thermal gratings makes it possible to develop new ways of coherent control in x-ray diffraction experiments. Being the dominant source of TG signal, the long-living thermal grating with spatial period. can be canceled by a second, time-delayed TG excitation shifted by Lambda/2. The ultimate speed limits of such an ultrafast x-ray shutter are inferred from the detailed analysis of thermal and acoustic dynamics in TG experiments.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.075901
SN  - 0031-9007
SN  - 1079-7114
VL  - 119
SP  - 102
EP  - 110
PB  - American Physical Society
CY  - College Park
ER  -