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  - He, Jing
A1  - Liu, Zhi-Wei
A1  - Lu, Yong-Ping
A1  - Li, Tao-Yuan
A1  - Liang, Xu-Jing
A1  - Arck, Petra
A1  - Huang, Si-Min
A1  - Hocher, Berthold
A1  - Chen, You-Peng
T1  - A systematic review and meta-analysis of influenza a virus infection during pregnancy associated with an increased risk for stillbirth and low birth weight
JF  - Kidney & blood pressure research : official organ of the Gesellschaft für Nephrologie ; official organ of the Deutsche Liga zur Bekämpfung des Hohen Blutdruckes e.V., Deutsche Hypertonie-Gesellschaft
N2  - Background/Aims: Impaired pregnancy outcomes, such as low birth weight are associated with increased disease risk in later life, however little is known about the impact of common infectious diseases during pregnancy on birth weight. The study had two aims: a) to investigate risk factors of influenza virus infection during pregnancy, and b) to analyze the impact of influenza virus infection on pregnancy outcome, especially birth weight.
Methods: Prospective and retrospective observational studies found in PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, Google Scholar, and WangFang database were included in this meta analysis. Data of included studies was extracted and analyzed by the RevMan software.
Results: Pregnant women with anemia (P=0.004, RR=1.46, 95% CI: 1.13-1.88), obesity (P<0.00001, RR=1.35, 95% CI: 1.25-1.46) and asthma (P<0.00001, RR=1.99, 95% CI: 1.67-2.37) had higher rates of influenza virus infection. Regarding birth outcomes, influenza A virus infection did not affect the likelihood for cesarean section. Mothers with influenza had a higher rate of stillbirth (P=0.04, RR=2.36, 95% CI: 1.05-5.31), and their offspring had low 5-minute APGR Scores (P=0.009, RR=1.39, 95% CI: 1.08-1.79). Furthermore, the rate for birth weight < 2500g (P=0.04, RR=1.71, 95% CI: 1.03-2.84) was increased.
Conclusion: Results of this study showed that anemia, asthma and obesity during pregnancy are risk factors influenza A virus infection during pregnancy. Moreover, gestational influenza A infection impairs pregnancy outcomes and increases the risk for low birth weight, a known risk factor for later life disease susceptibility.
KW  - Apgar score
KW  - Influenza virus
KW  - Offspring
KW  - Outcome
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Stillbirth
KW  - Birth weight
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1159/000477221
SN  - 1420-4096
SN  - 1423-0143
VL  - 42
IS  - 2
SP  - 232
EP  - 243
PB  - Karger
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lu, Yong-Ping
A1  - Zeng, De-Ying
A1  - Chen, You-Peng
A1  - Liang, Xu-Jing
A1  - Xu, Jie-Ping
A1  - Huang, Si-Min
A1  - Lai, Zhi-Wei
A1  - Wen, Wang-Rong
A1  - von Websky, Karoline
A1  - Hocher, Berthold
T1  - Low birth weight is associated with lower respiratory tract infections in children with hand, foot, and mouth disease
JF  - Clinical laboratory : the peer reviewed journal for clinical laboratories and laboratories related to blood transfusion
N2  - Background: Low birth weight (LBW) might be a risk factor for acquiring lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) associated with disease related complications in early childhood. HFMD, a frequent viral infection in southern China, is a leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections in children. We analyzed whether LBW is a risk factor for children with HFMD to develop lower respiratory tract infections.
 Methods: A total of 298 children with HFMD, admitted to a hospital in Qingyuan city, Guangdong province, were recruited. Demographic data and clinical parameters such as serum glucose level and inflammatory markers including peripheral white blood cell count, serum C-reactive protein, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate were routinely collected on admission. Birth weight data were derived from birth records.
 Results: Mean birth weight (BW) was 167 g lower in patients with HFMD and LRTIs as compared to patients with solely HFMD (p = 0.022) and the frequency of birth weight below the tenth percentile was significantly higher in patients with HFMD and LRTIs (p = 0.002).
 Conclusions: The results of the study show that low birth weight is associated with a higher incidence of lower respiratory tract infections in young children with HFMD.
KW  - hand
KW  - foot and mouth disease (HFMD)
KW  - low birth weight (LBW)
KW  - lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs)
KW  - pneumonia
KW  - children
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.7754/Clin.Lab.2012.120725
SN  - 1433-6510
VL  - 59
IS  - 9-10
SP  - 985
EP  - 992
PB  - Clin Lab Publ., Verl. Klinisches Labor
CY  - Heidelberg
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Liang, Wei
A1  - Heinrich, Ingo
A1  - Simard, Sonia
A1  - Helle, Gerhard
A1  - Linan, Isabel Dorado
A1  - Heinken, Thilo
T1  - Climate signals derived from cell anatomy of Scots pine in NE Germany
JF  - Tree physiology
N2  - Tree-ring chronologies of Pinus sylvestris L. from latitudinal and altitudinal limits of the species distribution have been widely used for climate reconstructions, but there are many sites within the temperate climate zone, as is the case in northeastern Germany, at which there is little evidence of a clear climate signal in the chronologies. In this study, we developed long chronologies of several cell structure variables (e. g., average lumen area and cell wall thickness) from P. sylvestris growing in northeastern Germany and investigated the influence of climate on ring widths and cell structure variables. We found significant correlations between cell structure variables and temperature, and between tree-ring width and relative humidity and vapor pressure, respectively, enabling the development of robust reconstructions from temperate sites that have not yet been realized. Moreover, it has been shown that it may not be necessary to detrend chronologies of cell structure variables and thus low-frequency climate signals may be retrieved from longer cell structure chronologies. The relatively extensive resource of archaeological material of P. sylvestris covering approximately the last millennium may now be useful for climate reconstructions in northeastern Germany and other sites in the temperate climate zone.
KW  - cell structure
KW  - dendroclimatology
KW  - Pinus sylvestris
KW  - quantitative wood anatomy
KW  - tree rings
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpt059
SN  - 0829-318X
SN  - 1758-4469
VL  - 33
IS  - 8
SP  - 833
EP  - 844
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Oxford
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  - JOUR
A1  - Liang, Wei
A1  - Heinrich, Ingo
A1  - Helle, Gerhard
A1  - Linan, Isabel Dorado
A1  - Heinken, Thilo
T1  - Applying CLSM to increment core surfaces for histometric analyses a novel advance in quantitative wood anatomy
JF  - Dendrochronologia : an interdisciplinary journal of tree-ring science
N2  - A novel procedure has been developed to conduct cell structure measurements on increment core samples of conifers. The procedure combines readily available hardware and software equipment. The essential part of the procedure is the application of a confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) which captures images directly from increment cores surfaced with the advanced WSL core-microtome. Cell wall and lumen are displayed with a strong contrast due to the monochrome black and green nature of the images. Consecutive images are merged into long images representing entire increment cores which are then analysed for cell structures in suitable software.
KW  - Wood anatomy
KW  - Cell structures
KW  - Confocal laser scanning microscopy
KW  - CLSM
KW  - Dendrochronology
KW  - Surface preparation
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2012.09.002
SN  - 1125-7865
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
SP  - 140
EP  - 145
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Jena
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Chen, You-Peng
A1  - Lu, Yong-Ping
A1  - Li, Jian
A1  - Liu, Zhi-Wei
A1  - Chen, Wen-Jing
A1  - Liang, Xu-Jing
A1  - Chen, Xin
A1  - Wen, Wang-Rong
A1  - Xiao, Xiao-Min
A1  - Reichetzeder, Christoph
A1  - Hocher, Berthold
T1  - Fetal and maternal angiotensin (1-7) are associated with preterm birth
JF  - Journal of hypertension
N2  - Background: Recent studies show that preterm birth is associated with hypertension in later life. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) during pregnancy influences fetal growth and development. In the current study, we investigated the impact of fetal as well as maternal angiotensin (1-7) [Ang (1-7)] and angiotensin II (Ang II) plasma concentrations on the risk of preterm birth.
 Methods: Three hundred and nine pregnant women were prospectively included into the study. The pregnant women were divided into two groups, for example, preterm birth of lower than 37 gestational weeks (n = 17) and full-term birth of 37 gestational weeks or more (n = 292). Maternal and neonatal plasma Ang (1-7) and Ang II concentrations were analyzed at birth from maternal venous blood and umbilical cord blood, respectively. Risk factors for premature birth were determined by multiple logistic regression analysis.
 Results: Fetal and maternal plasma Ang (1-7) concentrations in the preterm group were lower than those of the term group fetal Ang (1-7) preterm birth: 486.15 +/- 337.34 ng/l and fetal Ang (1-7) term birth: 833.84 +/- 698.12 ng/l and maternal Ang (1-7) preterm birth: 399.86 +/- 218.93 ng/l; maternal Ang (1-7) term birth: 710.34 +/- 598.22 ng/l. Multiple logistic regression analysis considering confounding factors revealed that preeclampsia (P < 0.001), premature rupture of membranes (P = 0.001), lower concentration of maternal Ang (1-7) (P = 0.013) and fetal plasma Ang (1-7) (P = 0.032) were independently associated with preterm birth. We could furthermore demonstrate that the maternal Ang (1-7)/Ang II ratio is independently associated with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia, factors causing preterm birth.
 Conclusions: Lower concentrations of maternal and fetal Ang (1-7) are independently associated with preterm birth - a risk factor of hypertension in later life.
KW  - angiotensin (1-7)
KW  - angiotensin II
KW  - cardiovascular disease
KW  - fetal programming
KW  - intrauterine fetal growth
KW  - pregnancy
KW  - preterm delivery
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000251
SN  - 0263-6352
SN  - 1473-5598
VL  - 32
IS  - 9
SP  - 1833
EP  - 1841
PB  - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
CY  - Philadelphia
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - van der Valk, Ralf J. P.
A1  - Kreiner-Moller, Eskil
A1  - Kooijman, Marjolein N.
A1  - Guxens, Monica
A1  - Stergiakouli, Evangelia
A1  - Saaf, Annika
A1  - Bradfield, Jonathan P.
A1  - Geller, Frank
A1  - Hayes, M. Geoffrey
A1  - Cousminer, Diana L.
A1  - Koerner, Antje
A1  - Thiering, Elisabeth
A1  - Curtin, John A.
A1  - Myhre, Ronny
A1  - Huikari, Ville
A1  - Joro, Raimo
A1  - Kerkhof, Marjan
A1  - Warrington, Nicole M.
A1  - Pitkanen, Niina
A1  - Ntalla, Ioanna
A1  - Horikoshi, Momoko
A1  - Veijola, Riitta
A1  - Freathy, Rachel M.
A1  - Teo, Yik-Ying
A1  - Barton, Sheila J.
A1  - Evans, David M.
A1  - Kemp, John P.
A1  - St Pourcain, Beate
A1  - Ring, Susan M.
A1  - Smith, George Davey
A1  - Bergstrom, Anna
A1  - Kull, Inger
A1  - Hakonarson, Hakon
A1  - Mentch, Frank D.
A1  - Bisgaard, Hans
A1  - Chawes, Bo Lund Krogsgaard
A1  - Stokholm, Jakob
A1  - Waage, Johannes
A1  - Eriksen, Patrick
A1  - Sevelsted, Astrid
A1  - Melbye, Mads
A1  - van Duijn, Cornelia M.
A1  - Medina-Gomez, Carolina
A1  - Hofman, Albert
A1  - de Jongste, Johan C.
A1  - Taal, H. Rob
A1  - Uitterlinden, Andre G.
A1  - Armstrong, Loren L.
A1  - Eriksson, Johan
A1  - Palotie, Aarno
A1  - Bustamante, Mariona
A1  - Estivill, Xavier
A1  - Gonzalez, Juan R.
A1  - Llop, Sabrina
A1  - Kiess, Wieland
A1  - Mahajan, Anubha
A1  - Flexeder, Claudia
A1  - Tiesler, Carla M. T.
A1  - Murray, Clare S.
A1  - Simpson, Angela
A1  - Magnus, Per
A1  - Sengpiel, Verena
A1  - Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa
A1  - Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka
A1  - Lewin, Alexandra
A1  - Alves, Alexessander Da Silva Couto
A1  - Blakemore, Alexandra I. F.
A1  - Buxton, Jessica L.
A1  - Kaakinen, Marika
A1  - Rodriguez, Alina
A1  - Sebert, Sylvain
A1  - Vaarasmaki, Marja
A1  - Lakka, Timo
A1  - Lindi, Virpi
A1  - Gehring, Ulrike
A1  - Postma, Dirkje S.
A1  - Ang, Wei
A1  - Newnham, John P.
A1  - Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka
A1  - Pahkala, Katja
A1  - Raitakari, Olli T.
A1  - Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope
A1  - Zeggini, Eleftheria
A1  - Boomsma, Dorret I.
A1  - Groen-Blokhuis, Maria
A1  - Ilonen, Jorma
A1  - Franke, Lude
A1  - Hirschhorn, Joel N.
A1  - Pers, Tune H.
A1  - Liang, Liming
A1  - Huang, Jinyan
A1  - Hocher, Berthold
A1  - Knip, Mikael
A1  - Saw, Seang-Mei
A1  - Holloway, John W.
A1  - Melen, Erik
A1  - Grant, Struan F. A.
A1  - Feenstra, Bjarke
A1  - Lowe, William L.
A1  - Widen, Elisabeth
A1  - Sergeyev, Elena
A1  - Grallert, Harald
A1  - Custovic, Adnan
A1  - Jacobsson, Bo
A1  - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
A1  - Atalay, Mustafa
A1  - Koppelman, Gerard H.
A1  - Pennell, Craig E.
A1  - Niinikoski, Harri
A1  - Dedoussis, George V.
A1  - Mccarthy, Mark I.
A1  - Frayling, Timothy M.
A1  - Sunyer, Jordi
A1  - Timpson, Nicholas J.
A1  - Rivadeneira, Fernando
A1  - Bonnelykke, Klaus
A1  - Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.
T1  - A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood
JF  - Human molecular genetics
N2  - Common genetic variants have been identified for adult height, but not much is known about the genetics of skeletal growth in early life. To identify common genetic variants that influence fetal skeletal growth, we meta-analyzed 22 genome-wide association studies (Stage 1; N = 28 459). We identified seven independent top single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (P < 1 x 10(-6)) for birth length, of which three were novel and four were in or near loci known to be associated with adult height (LCORL, PTCH1, GPR126 and HMGA2). The three novel SNPs were followed-up in nine replication studies (Stage 2; N = 11 995), with rs905938 in DC-STAMP domain containing 2 (DCST2) genome-wide significantly associated with birth length in a joint analysis (Stages 1 + 2; beta = 0.046, SE = 0.008, P = 2.46 x 10(-8), explained variance = 0.05%). Rs905938 was also associated with infant length (N = 28 228; P = 5.54 x 10(-4)) and adult height (N = 127 513; P = 1.45 x 10(-5)). DCST2 is a DC-STAMP-like protein family member and DC-STAMP is an osteoclast cell-fusion regulator. Polygenic scores based on 180 SNPs previously associated with human adult stature explained 0.13% of variance in birth length. The same SNPs explained 2.95% of the variance of infant length. Of the 180 known adult height loci, 11 were genome-wide significantly associated with infant length (SF3B4, LCORL, SPAG17, C6orf173, PTCH1, GDF5, ZNFX1, HHIP, ACAN, HLA locus and HMGA2). This study highlights that common variation in DCST2 influences variation in early growth and adult height.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddu510
SN  - 0964-6906
SN  - 1460-2083
VL  - 24
IS  - 4
SP  - 1155
EP  - 1168
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Li, Wentao
A1  - Abrecht, Steve
A1  - Yang, Liqiang
A1  - Roland, Steffen
A1  - Tumbleston, John R.
A1  - McAfee, Terry
A1  - Yan, Liang
A1  - Kelly, Mary Allison
A1  - Ade, Harald W.
A1  - Neher, Dieter
A1  - You, Wei
T1  - Mobility-controlled performance of thick solar cells based on fluorinated copolymers
JF  - Journal of the American Chemical Society
N2  - Developing novel materials and device architectures to further enhance the efficiency of polymer solar cells requires a fundamental understanding of the impact of chemical structures on photovoltaic properties. Given that device characteristics depend on many parameters, deriving structureproperty relationships has been very challenging. Here we report that a single parameter, hole mobility, determines the fill factor of several hundred nanometer thick bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices based on a series of copolymers with varying amount of fluorine substitution. We attribute the steady increase of hole mobility with fluorine content to changes in polymer molecular ordering. Importantly, all other parameters, including the efficiency of free charge generation and the coefficient of nongeminate recombination, are nearly identical. Our work emphasizes the need to achieve high mobility in combination with strongly suppressed charge recombination for the thick devices required by mass production technologies.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/ja5067724
SN  - 0002-7863
VL  - 136
IS  - 44
SP  - 15566
EP  - 15576
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Roland, Steffen
A1  - Yan, Liang
A1  - Zhang, Qianqian
A1  - Jiao, Xuechen
A1  - Hunt, Adrian
A1  - Ghasemi, Masoud
A1  - Ade, Harald
A1  - You, Wei
A1  - Neher, Dieter
T1  - Charge Generation and Mobility-Limited Performance of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells with a Higher Adduct Fullerene
JF  - The journal of physical chemistry : C, Nanomaterials and interfaces
N2  - Alternative electron acceptors are being actively explored in order to advance the development of bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs). The indene-C-60 bisadduct (ICBA) has been regarded as a promising candidate, as it provides high open-circuit voltage in BHJ solar cells; however, the photovoltaic performance of such ICBA-based devices is often inferior when compared to cells with the omnipresent PCBM electron acceptor. Here, by pairing the high performance polymer (FTAZ) as the donor with either PCBM or ICBA as the acceptor, we explore the physical mechanism behind the reduced performance of the ICBA-based device. Time delayed collection field (TDCF) experiments reveal reduced, yet field-independent free charge generation in the FTAZ:ICBA system, explaining the overall lower photocurrent in its cells. Through the analysis of the photoluminescence, photogeneration, and electroluminescence, we find that the lower generation efficiency is neither caused by inefficient exciton splitting, nor do we find evidence for significant energy back-transfer from the CT state to singlet excitons. In fact, the increase in open circuit voltage when replacing PCBM by ICBA is entirely caused by the increase in the CT energy, related to the shift in the LUMO energy, while changes in the radiative and nonradiative recombination losses are nearly absent. On the other hand, space charge limited current (SCLC) and bias-assisted charge extraction (BACE) measurements consistently reveal a severely lower electron mobilitiy in the FTAZ:ICBA blend. Studies of the blends with resonant soft X-ray scattering (R-SoXS), grazing incident wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS), and scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) reveal very little differences in the mesoscopic morphology but significantly less nanoscale molecular ordering of the fullerene domains in the ICBA based blends, which we propose as the main cause for the lower generation efficiency and smaller electron mobility. Calculations of the JV curves with an analytical model, using measured values, show good agreement with the experimentally determined JV characteristics, proving that these devices suffer from slow carrier extraction, resulting in significant bimolecular recombination losses. Therefore, this study highlights the importance of high charge carrier mobility for newly synthesized acceptor materials, in addition to having suitable energy levels.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02288
SN  - 1932-7447
VL  - 121
SP  - 10305
EP  - 10316
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  -