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2. Genetic drivers and cellular selection of female mosaic X chromosome loss
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Liu, Aoxing, Genovese, Giulio, Zhao, Yajie, Pirinen, Matti, Zekavat, Seyedeh M., Kentistou, Katherine A., Yang, Zhiyu, Yu, Kai, Vlasschaert, Caitlyn, Liu, Xiaoxi, Brown, Derek W., Hudjashov, Georgi, Gorman, Bryan R., Dennis, Joe, Zhou, Weiyin, Momozawa, Yukihide, Pyarajan, Saiju, Tuzov, Valdislav, Pajuste, Fanny-Dhelia, Aavikko, Mervi, Sipilä, Timo P., Ghazal, Awaisa, Huang, Wen-Yi, Freedman, Neal D., Song, Lei, Gardner, Eugene J., Sankaran, Vijay G., Palotie, Aarno, Ollila, Hanna M., Tukiainen, Taru, Chanock, Stephen J., Mägi, Reedik, Natarajan, Pradeep, Daly, Mark J., Bick, Alexander, McCarroll, Steven A., Terao, Chikashi, Loh, Po-Ru, Ganna, Andrea, Perry, John R. B., and Machiela, Mitchell J.
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3. Understanding the genetic complexity of puberty timing across the allele frequency spectrum
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Kentistou, Katherine A., Kaisinger, Lena R., Stankovic, Stasa, Vaudel, Marc, Mendes de Oliveira, Edson, Messina, Andrea, Walters, Robin G., Liu, Xiaoxi, Busch, Alexander S., Helgason, Hannes, Thompson, Deborah J., Santoni, Federico, Petricek, Konstantin M., Zouaghi, Yassine, Huang-Doran, Isabel, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Bratland, Eirik, Lin, Kuang, Gardner, Eugene J., Zhao, Yajie, Jia, Raina Y., Terao, Chikashi, Riggan, Marjorie J., Bolla, Manjeet K., Yazdanpanah, Mojgan, Yazdanpanah, Nahid, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Broer, Linda, Campbell, Archie, Chasman, Daniel I., Cousminer, Diana L., Franceschini, Nora, Franke, Lude H., Girotto, Giorgia, He, Chunyan, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joshi, Peter K., Kamatani, Yoichiro, Karlsson, Robert, Luan, Jian’an, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Mägi, Reedik, Mangino, Massimo, Medland, Sarah E., Meisinger, Christa, Noordam, Raymond, Nutile, Teresa, Concas, Maria Pina, Polašek, Ozren, Porcu, Eleonora, Ring, Susan M., Sala, Cinzia, Smith, Albert V., Tanaka, Toshiko, van der Most, Peter J., Vitart, Veronique, Wang, Carol A., Willemsen, Gonneke, Zygmunt, Marek, Ahearn, Thomas U., Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C., Auer, Paul L., Barnes, Catriona L. K., Beckmann, Matthias W., Berrington de Gonzalez, Amy, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Brenner, Hermann, Buring, Julie E., Canzian, Federico, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Couch, Fergus J., Cox, Angela, Crisponi, Laura, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B., Demerath, Ellen W., Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, De Vivo, Immaculata, Dörk, Thilo, Dunning, Alison M., Dwek, Miriam, Eriksson, Johan G., Fasching, Peter A., Fernandez-Rhodes, Lindsay, Ferreli, Liana, Fletcher, Olivia, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A., González-Neira, Anna, Grallert, Harald, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A., Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hakonarson, Hakon, Hart, Roger J., Hickey, Martha, Hooning, Maartje J., Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hu, Frank B., Huebner, Hanna, Hunter, David J., Jernström, Helena, John, Esther M., Karasik, David, Khusnutdinova, Elza K., Kristensen, Vessela N., Lacey, James V., Lambrechts, Diether, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Penelope A., Lindblom, Annika, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Mannermaa, Arto, McCarthy, Mark I., Meitinger, Thomas, Menni, Cristina, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Millwood, Iona Y., Milne, Roger L., Montgomery, Grant W., Nevanlinna, Heli, Nolte, Ilja M., Nyholt, Dale R., Obi, Nadia, O’Brien, Katie M., Offit, Kenneth, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ostrowski, Sisse R., Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Ole B., Peters, Annette, Pianigiani, Giulia, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Pouta, Anneli, Pozarickij, Alfred, Radice, Paolo, Rennert, Gad, Rosendaal, Frits R., Ruggiero, Daniela, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P., Schipf, Sabine, Schmidt, Carsten O., Schmidt, Marjanka K., Small, Kerrin, Spedicati, Beatrice, Stampfer, Meir, Stone, Jennifer, Tamimi, Rulla M., Teras, Lauren R., Tikkanen, Emmi, Turman, Constance, Vachon, Celine M., Wang, Qin, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Zemel, Babette S., Zheng, Wei, van Dijk, Ko W., Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Bandinelli, Stefania, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Ciullo, Marina, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cucca, Francesco, Esko, Tõnu, Gieger, Christian, Grant, Struan F. A., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hayward, Caroline, Kolčić, Ivana, Kraft, Peter, Lawlor, Deborah A., Martin, Nicholas G., Nøhr, Ellen A., Pedersen, Nancy L., Pennell, Craig E., Ridker, Paul M., Robino, Antonietta, Snieder, Harold, Sovio, Ulla, Spector, Tim D., Stöckl, Doris, Sudlow, Cathie, Timpson, Nic J., Toniolo, Daniela, Uitterlinden, André, Ulivi, Sheila, Völzke, Henry, Wareham, Nicholas J., Widen, Elisabeth, Wilson, James F., Pharoah, Paul D. P., Li, Liming, Easton, Douglas F., Njølstad, Pål R., Sulem, Patrick, Murabito, Joanne M., Murray, Anna, Manousaki, Despoina, Juul, Anders, Erikstrup, Christian, Stefansson, Kari, Horikoshi, Momoko, Chen, Zhengming, Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Pitteloud, Nelly, Johansson, Stefan, Day, Felix R., Perry, John R. B., and Ong, Ken K.
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4. Saturation genome editing of BAP1 functionally classifies somatic and germline variants
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Waters, Andrew J., Brendler-Spaeth, Timothy, Smith, Danielle, Offord, Victoria, Tan, Hong Kee, Zhao, Yajie, Obolenski, Sofia, Nielsen, Maartje, van Doorn, Remco, Murphy, Jo-Ellen, Gupta, Prashant, Rowlands, Charlie F., Hanson, Helen, Delage, Erwan, Thomas, Mark, Radford, Elizabeth J., Gerety, Sebastian S., Turnbull, Clare, Perry, John R. B., Hurles, Matthew E., and Adams, David J.
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5. Constraining Meanings With Contextuality
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de Barros, J. Acacio, Montemayor, Carlos, De Assis, Leonardo P. G., Skokowsi, Paul, and Perry, John
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6. Phylogenomic analyses of multidrug resistant Corynebacterium striatum strains isolated from patients in a tertiary care hospital in the UK
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Sangal, Vartul, Marrs, Emma C. L., Nelson, Andrew, and Perry, John D.
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7. Protein-truncating variants in BSN are associated with severe adult-onset obesity, type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease
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Zhao, Yajie, Chukanova, Maria, Kentistou, Katherine A., Fairhurst-Hunter, Zammy, Siegert, Anna Maria, Jia, Raina Y., Dowsett, Georgina K. C., Gardner, Eugene J., Lawler, Katherine, Day, Felix R., Kaisinger, Lena R., Tung, Yi-Chun Loraine, Lam, Brian Yee Hong, Chen, Hsiao-Jou Cortina, Wang, Quanli, Berumen-Campos, Jaime, Kuri-Morales, Pablo, Tapia-Conyer, Roberto, Alegre-Diaz, Jesus, Barroso, Inês, Emberson, Jonathan, Torres, Jason M., Collins, Rory, Saleheen, Danish, Smith, Katherine R., Paul, Dirk S., Merkle, Florian, Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Wareham, Nick J., Petrovski, Slavé, O’Rahilly, Stephen, Ong, Ken K., Yeo, Giles S. H., and Perry, John R. B.
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8. Publisher Correction: Understanding the genetic complexity of puberty timing across the allele frequency spectrum
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Kentistou, Katherine A., Kaisinger, Lena R., Stankovic, Stasa, Vaudel, Marc, Mendes de Oliveira, Edson, Messina, Andrea, Walters, Robin G., Liu, Xiaoxi, Busch, Alexander S., Helgason, Hannes, Thompson, Deborah J., Santoni, Federico, Petricek, Konstantin M., Zouaghi, Yassine, Huang-Doran, Isabel, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Bratland, Eirik, Lin, Kuang, Gardner, Eugene J., Zhao, Yajie, Jia, Raina Y., Terao, Chikashi, Riggan, Marjorie J., Bolla, Manjeet K., Yazdanpanah, Mojgan, Yazdanpanah, Nahid, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Broer, Linda, Campbell, Archie, Chasman, Daniel I., Cousminer, Diana L., Franceschini, Nora, Franke, Lude H., Girotto, Giorgia, He, Chunyan, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joshi, Peter K., Kamatani, Yoichiro, Karlsson, Robert, Luan, Jian’an, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Mägi, Reedik, Mangino, Massimo, Medland, Sarah E., Meisinger, Christa, Noordam, Raymond, Nutile, Teresa, Concas, Maria Pina, Polašek, Ozren, Porcu, Eleonora, Ring, Susan M., Sala, Cinzia, Smith, Albert V., Tanaka, Toshiko, van der Most, Peter J., Vitart, Veronique, Wang, Carol A., Willemsen, Gonneke, Zygmunt, Marek, Ahearn, Thomas U., Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C., Auer, Paul L., Barnes, Catriona L. K., Beckmann, Matthias W., Berrington de Gonzalez, Amy, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Brenner, Hermann, Buring, Julie E., Canzian, Federico, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Couch, Fergus J., Cox, Angela, Crisponi, Laura, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B., Demerath, Ellen W., Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, De Vivo, Immaculata, Dörk, Thilo, Dunning, Alison M., Dwek, Miriam, Eriksson, Johan G., Fasching, Peter A., Fernandez-Rhodes, Lindsay, Ferreli, Liana, Fletcher, Olivia, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A., González-Neira, Anna, Grallert, Harald, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A., Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hakonarson, Hakon, Hart, Roger J., Hickey, Martha, Hooning, Maartje J., Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hu, Frank B., Huebner, Hanna, Hunter, David J., Jernström, Helena, John, Esther M., Karasik, David, Khusnutdinova, Elza K., Kristensen, Vessela N., Lacey, James V., Lambrechts, Diether, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Penelope A., Lindblom, Annika, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Mannermaa, Arto, McCarthy, Mark I., Meitinger, Thomas, Menni, Cristina, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Millwood, Iona Y., Milne, Roger L., Montgomery, Grant W., Nevanlinna, Heli, Nolte, Ilja M., Nyholt, Dale R., Obi, Nadia, O’Brien, Katie M., Offit, Kenneth, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ostrowski, Sisse R., Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Ole B., Peters, Annette, Pianigiani, Giulia, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Pouta, Anneli, Pozarickij, Alfred, Radice, Paolo, Rennert, Gad, Rosendaal, Frits R., Ruggiero, Daniela, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P., Schipf, Sabine, Schmidt, Carsten O., Schmidt, Marjanka K., Small, Kerrin, Spedicati, Beatrice, Stampfer, Meir, Stone, Jennifer, Tamimi, Rulla M., Teras, Lauren R., Tikkanen, Emmi, Turman, Constance, Vachon, Celine M., Wang, Qin, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Zemel, Babette S., Zheng, Wei, van Dijk, Ko W., Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Bandinelli, Stefania, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Ciullo, Marina, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cucca, Francesco, Esko, Tõnu, Gieger, Christian, Grant, Struan F. A., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hayward, Caroline, Kolčić, Ivana, Kraft, Peter, Lawlor, Deborah A., Martin, Nicholas G., Nøhr, Ellen A., Pedersen, Nancy L., Pennell, Craig E., Ridker, Paul M., Robino, Antonietta, Snieder, Harold, Sovio, Ulla, Spector, Tim D., Stöckl, Doris, Sudlow, Cathie, Timpson, Nic J., Toniolo, Daniela, Uitterlinden, André, Ulivi, Sheila, Völzke, Henry, Wareham, Nicholas J., Widen, Elisabeth, Wilson, James F., Pharoah, Paul D. P., Li, Liming, Easton, Douglas F., Njølstad, Pål R., Sulem, Patrick, Murabito, Joanne M., Murray, Anna, Manousaki, Despoina, Juul, Anders, Erikstrup, Christian, Stefansson, Kari, Horikoshi, Momoko, Chen, Zhengming, Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Pitteloud, Nelly, Johansson, Stefan, Day, Felix R., Perry, John R. B., and Ong, Ken K.
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9. SHP-1 inhibition targets leukaemia stem cells to restore immunosurveillance and enhance chemosensitivity by metabolic reprogramming
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Xu, Xi, Yu, Yanhui, Zhang, Wenwen, Ma, Weiwei, He, Chong, Qiu, Guo, Wang, Xinyi, Liu, Qiong, Zhao, Minyi, Xie, Jiayi, Tao, Fang, Perry, John M., Liu, Qifa, Rao, Shuan, Kang, Xunlei, Zhao, Meng, and Jiang, Linjia
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10. Metabolic control of puberty: 60 years in the footsteps of Kennedy and Mitra’s seminal work
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Anderson, Greg M., Hill, Jennifer W., Kaiser, Ursula B., Navarro, Victor M., Ong, Ken K., Perry, John R. B., Prevot, Vincent, Tena-Sempere, Manuel, and Elias, Carol F.
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11. Loss of transient receptor potential channel 5 causes obesity and postpartum depression
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Li, Yongxiang, Cacciottolo, Tessa M., Yin, Na, He, Yang, Liu, Hesong, Liu, Hailan, Yang, Yuxue, Henning, Elana, Keogh, Julia M., Lawler, Katherine, Mendes de Oliveira, Edson, Gardner, Eugene J., Kentistou, Katherine A., Laouris, Panayiotis, Bounds, Rebecca, Ong, Ken K., Perry, John R.B., Barroso, Inês, Tu, Longlong, Bean, Jonathan C., Yu, Meng, Conde, Kristine M., Wang, Mengjie, Ginnard, Olivia, Fang, Xing, Tong, Lydia, Han, Junying, Darwich, Tia, Williams, Kevin W., Yang, Yongjie, Wang, Chunmei, Joss, Shelagh, Firth, Helen V., Xu, Yong, and Farooqi, I. Sadaf
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12. Loss of GPR75 protects against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and body fat accumulation
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Leeson-Payne, Alasdair, Iyinikkel, Jean, Malcolm, Cameron, Lam, Brian Y.H., Sommer, Nadine, Dowsett, Georgina K.C., Martinez de Morentin, Pablo B., Thompson, Dawn, Mackenzie, Alasdair, Chianese, Raffaella, Kentistou, Katherine, Gardner, Eugene J., Perry, John R.B., Grassmann, Felix, Speakman, John R., Rochford, Justin J., Yeo, Giles S.H., Murray, Fiona, and Heisler, Lora K.
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13. Maternal obesity increases hypothalamic miR-505-5p expression in mouse offspring leading to altered fatty acid sensing and increased intake of high-fat food
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Dearden, Laura, primary, Furigo, Isadora C., additional, Pantaleão, Lucas C., additional, Wong, L W. P., additional, Fernandez-Twinn, Denise S., additional, de Almeida-Faria, Juliana, additional, Kentistou, Katherine A., additional, Carreira, Maria V., additional, Bidault, Guillaume, additional, Vidal-Puig, Antonio, additional, Ong, Ken K., additional, Perry, John R. B., additional, Donato, Jose, additional, and Ozanne, Susan E., additional
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14. Metabolome-wide Mendelian randomization for age at menarche and age at natural menopause
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Yazdanpanah, Mojgan, primary, Yazdanpanah, Nahid, additional, Gamache, Isabel, additional, Ong, Ken, additional, Perry, John R. B., additional, and Manousaki, Despoina, additional
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15. Population scale whole genome sequencing provides novel insights into cardiometabolic health
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Zhao, Yajie, primary, Lockhart, Sam, additional, Liu, Jimmy, additional, Li, Xihao, additional, Cortes, Adrian, additional, Hua, Xing, additional, Gardner, Eugene J., additional, Kentistou, Katherine A., additional, Lo, Yancy, additional, Davitte, Jonathan, additional, Savage, David B., additional, Buser-Doepner, Carolyn, additional, Ong, Ken K., additional, Zhang, Haoyu, additional, Scott, Robert, additional, O'Rahilly, Stephen, additional, and Perry, John R.B., additional
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16. Diagnosis and Management of an Enlarging Placental Immature Teratoma: A Case Report
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Delio, Melissa C., primary, Wang, Michelle J., additional, Young, Brett, additional, Perry, John, additional, and Hecht, Jonathan L., additional
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17. Qualitative analysis of the factors associated with whistleblowing intentions among athletes from six European countries
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Toner, John, primary, Jones, Luke, additional, Fairs, Lucas, additional, Mantis, Constantine, additional, Barkoukis, Vassilis, additional, Daroglou, Garyfallia, additional, Perry, John L., additional, Micle, Andrei V., additional, Theodorou, Nikolaos C., additional, Shakhverdieva, Sabina, additional, Stoicescu, Marius, additional, Pompiliu-Nicolae, Constantin, additional, Vesic, Milica V., additional, Dikic, Nenad, additional, Andjelkovic, Marija, additional, Revilla, Jesús Muñoz-Guerra, additional, García-Grimau, Elena, additional, Martínez, Miguel A. E., additional, Amigo, Javier A., additional, Schomöller, Anne, additional, and Nicholls, Adam Robert, additional
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18. Politics page.
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Perry, John
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YOUNG adults , *UNITED States presidential election, 2024 , *EDUCATIONAL leadership , *EDUCATIONAL finance , *CHILD caregivers ,CONVENTION on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Abstract
This article provides an overview of the challenges and priorities facing the new Labour Party government in England after the 2024 UK general election. It highlights reports from the Institute for Fiscal Studies that reveal stagnant school spending and increased costs for staffing, food, and energy. The article also addresses issues in school provision, such as inequality, rising numbers of Education, Health and Care Plans, pupil absenteeism, and mental health concerns. Additionally, the article discusses developments in education and support for children with additional learning needs in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including efforts to improve experiences, implement reforms, and provide more specialist school placements. [Extracted from the article]
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19. The Use of CHROMID® Colistin R for the Detection of Colistin-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Positive Blood Cultures
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Marrs, Emma C. L., primary, Milburn, Olivia, additional, Eltringham, Gary J., additional, Fenwick, Danielle J. C., additional, Orenga, Sylvain, additional, Hazırolan, Gulsen, additional, Zarakolu, Pinar, additional, and Perry, John D., additional
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20. Mendelian randomization identifies circulating proteins as biomarkers for age at menarche and age at natural menopause
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Yazdanpanah, Nahid, primary, Jumentier, Basile, additional, Yazdanpanah, Mojgan, additional, Ong, Ken K., additional, Perry, John R. B., additional, and Manousaki, Despoina, additional
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21. 1067 Preeclampsia associated genetic variants near FLT1 are associated with elevated late pregnancy maternal serum sFLT1
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Mack, Jasmine A., primary, Sovio, Ulla, additional, Cook, Emma, additional, Day, Felix, additional, Motsinger-Reif, Alison, additional, Perry, John, additional, Charnock-Jones, D. Stephen, additional, and Smith, Gordon, additional
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22. Penetrance of Pathogenic Genetic Variants Associated With Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
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Shekari, Saleh, primary, Stankovic, Stasa, additional, Gardner, Eugene J., additional, Hawkes, Gareth, additional, Kentistou, Katherine A., additional, Beaumont, Robin N., additional, Mörseburg, Alexander, additional, Wood, Andrew R., additional, Prague, Julia K., additional, Mishra, Gita D., additional, Day, Felix R., additional, Baptista, Julia, additional, Wright, Caroline F., additional, Weedon, Michael N., additional, Hoffmann, Eva R., additional, Ruth, Katherine S., additional, Ong, Ken K., additional, Perry, John R. B., additional, and Murray, Anna, additional
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23. Saturation genome editing of BAP1functionally classifies somatic and germline variants
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Waters, Andrew J., Brendler-Spaeth, Timothy, Smith, Danielle, Offord, Victoria, Tan, Hong Kee, Zhao, Yajie, Obolenski, Sofia, Nielsen, Maartje, van Doorn, Remco, Murphy, Jo-Ellen, Gupta, Prashant, Rowlands, Charlie F., Hanson, Helen, Delage, Erwan, Thomas, Mark, Radford, Elizabeth J., Gerety, Sebastian S., Turnbull, Clare, Perry, John R. B., Hurles, Matthew E., and Adams, David J.
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Many variants that we inherit from our parents or acquire de novo or somatically are rare, limiting the precision with which we can associate them with disease. We performed exhaustive saturation genome editing (SGE) of BAP1, the disruption of which is linked to tumorigenesis and altered neurodevelopment. We experimentally characterized 18,108 unique variants, of which 6,196 were found to have abnormal functions, and then used these data to evaluate phenotypic associations in the UK Biobank. We also characterized variants in a large population-ascertained tumor collection, in cancer pedigrees and ClinVar, and explored the behavior of cancer-associated variants compared to that of variants linked to neurodevelopmental phenotypes. Our analyses demonstrated that disruptive germline BAP1variants were significantly associated with higher circulating levels of the mitogen IGF-1, suggesting a possible pathological mechanism and therapeutic target. Furthermore, we built a variant classifier with >98% sensitivity and specificity and quantify evidence strengths to aid precision variant interpretation.
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24. Politics page: June 2024.
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Perry, John
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CHILDREN with disabilities , *EDUCATIONAL finance , *TEACHERS' salaries , *INTERNET surveys - Published
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25. Protein-truncating variants in BSNare associated with severe adult-onset obesity, type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease
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Zhao, Yajie, Chukanova, Maria, Kentistou, Katherine A., Fairhurst-Hunter, Zammy, Siegert, Anna Maria, Jia, Raina Y., Dowsett, Georgina K. C., Gardner, Eugene J., Lawler, Katherine, Day, Felix R., Kaisinger, Lena R., Tung, Yi-Chun Loraine, Lam, Brian Yee Hong, Chen, Hsiao-Jou Cortina, Wang, Quanli, Berumen-Campos, Jaime, Kuri-Morales, Pablo, Tapia-Conyer, Roberto, Alegre-Diaz, Jesus, Barroso, Inês, Emberson, Jonathan, Torres, Jason M., Collins, Rory, Saleheen, Danish, Smith, Katherine R., Paul, Dirk S., Merkle, Florian, Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Wareham, Nick J., Petrovski, Slavé, O’Rahilly, Stephen, Ong, Ken K., Yeo, Giles S. H., and Perry, John R. B.
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Obesity is a major risk factor for many common diseases and has a substantial heritable component. To identify new genetic determinants, we performed exome-sequence analyses for adult body mass index (BMI) in up to 587,027 individuals. We identified rare loss-of-function variants in two genes (BSNand APBA1) with effects substantially larger than those of well-established obesity genes such as MC4R. In contrast to most other obesity-related genes, rare variants in BSNand APBA1were not associated with normal variation in childhood adiposity. Furthermore, BSNprotein-truncating variants (PTVs) magnified the influence of common genetic variants associated with BMI, with a common variant polygenic score exhibiting an effect twice as large in BSNPTV carriers than in noncarriers. Finally, we explored the plasma proteomic signatures of BSNPTV carriers as well as the functional consequences of BSNdeletion in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hypothalamic neurons. Collectively, our findings implicate degenerative processes in synaptic function in the etiology of adult-onset obesity.
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26. UN Human Rights Council Again Supports US Regime Change Plans for Nicaragua.
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DE ZAYAS, ALFRED and PERRY, JOHN
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The article discusses the United Nations' "group of human rights experts on Nicaragua" (GHREN) and their reports on alleged human rights violations in Nicaragua since April 2018. The article argues that the GHREN's reports are biased and omit important information, focusing only on alleged violations by the government while ignoring violence by opposition groups. The Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition and other organizations have criticized the GHREN's work and called for the reports to be withdrawn. The article also raises concerns about the functioning of the UN Human Rights Council and calls for reform. [Extracted from the article]
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27. The Use of CHROMID ® Colistin R for the Detection of Colistin-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Positive Blood Cultures.
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Marrs, Emma C. L., Milburn, Olivia, Eltringham, Gary J., Fenwick, Danielle J. C., Orenga, Sylvain, Hazırolan, Gulsen, Zarakolu, Pinar, and Perry, John D.
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GRAM-negative bacteria ,COLISTIN ,KLEBSIELLA pneumoniae ,PSEUDOMONAS aeruginosa ,PATHOLOGICAL laboratories - Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the utility of CHROMID
® Colistin R for direct detection of colistin-resistant Gram-negative bacteria from positive blood cultures. A total of 390 blood cultures from hospitalised patients containing Gram-negative bacteria were included in this study. These blood cultures were referred to clinical laboratories in the United Kingdom and Türkiye. A further 16 simulated positive blood culture bottles were included that contained a range of colistin-resistant strains as well as susceptible control strains. Fluid from each positive blood culture was diluted 1/200 in saline and 10 µL aliquots cultured onto cystine-lactose-electrolyte-deficient agar and CHROMID® Colistin R. All recovered bacteria were identified, and for Gram-negative bacteria, their minimum inhibitory concentration of colistin was measured using the broth microdilution method. From a total of 443 Gram-negative isolates, 57 colistin-resistant isolates were recovered, of which 53 (93%) grew on CHROMID® Colistin R within 18 h. Of the 377 isolates determined to be colistin-susceptible, only 9 isolates were able to grow, including 6 isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. For positive blood cultures that are shown to contain Gram-negative bacteria, culture on CHROMID® Colistin R is a useful diagnostic tool to detect susceptibility or resistance to colistin within 18 h. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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28. On the Quito Embassy Raid.
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PERRY, JOHN
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Last Friday, armed Ecuadorian police attacked the Mexican embassy in Quito and kidnapped Ecuador's former vice-president, Jorge Glas, who had been granted political asylum by Mexico. The consul, Roberto Canseco, was also assaulted by the police. Glas, a key member of Rafael Correa's left-wing government, had been charged with corruption. Ecuador's violation of the Vienna Convention, which protects embassies and their staff, was condemned by almost all Latin American governments. The attack may have been influenced by the country's drug-related crime wave and the recent Israeli attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. [Extracted from the article]
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29. Ahead by a Century.
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Perry, John and Everhart, D.T.
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30. Malinda Maynor Lowery Explores Indigenous Connections Across Race and Religion.
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The article presents the discussion on Malinda Maynor Lowery's efforts to enrich Southern history with Lumbee perspectives, challenging simplistic racial narratives. Topics include her academic contributions at Emory University, initiatives in Native American studies, and creative projects like filmmaking and foodways research bridging Indigenous and African American experiences.
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31. The U.S. Has Imposed Sanctions on Georgia and Nicaragua ...
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32. When Nicaragua Took Germany to Court, Media Put Nicaragua in the Dock.
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33. URGENT: Don't Punish Nicaragua for Defending Gaza.
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34. Germany buries the evidence of complicity in genocide: Nicaragua exposes it.
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35. Likely causal effects of insulin resistance and IGF-1 bioaction on childhood and adult adiposity: a Mendelian randomization study.
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Olwi DI, Kaisinger LR, Kentistou KA, Vaudel M, Stankovic S, Njølstad PR, Johansson S, Perry JRB, Day FR, and Ong KK
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Background: Circulating insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) concentrations are positively correlated with adiposity. However, the causal effects of insulin and IGF-1 on adiposity are unclear., Methods: We performed two-sample Mendelian randomization analyses to estimate the likely causal effects of fasting insulin and IGF-1 on relative childhood adiposity and adult body mass index (BMI). To improve accuracy and biological interpretation, we applied Steiger filtering (to avoid reverse causality) and 'biological effect' filtering of fasting insulin and IGF-1 associated variants., Results: Fasting insulin-increasing alleles (35 variants also associated with higher fasting glucose, indicative of insulin resistance) were associated with lower relative childhood adiposity (P = 3.8 × 10
-3 ) and lower adult BMI (P = 1.4 × 10-5 ). IGF-1-increasing alleles also associated with taller childhood height (351 variants indicative of greater IGF-1 bioaction) showed no association with relative childhood adiposity (P = 0.077) or adult BMI (P = 0.562). Conversely, IGF-1-increasing alleles also associated with shorter childhood height (306 variants indicative of IGF-1 resistance) were associated with lower relative childhood adiposity (P = 6.7 × 10-3 ), but effects on adult BMI were inconclusive., Conclusions: Genetic causal modelling indicates negative effects of insulin resistance on childhood and adult adiposity, and negative effects of IGF-1 resistance on childhood adiposity. Our findings demonstrate the need to distinguish between bioaction and resistance when modelling variants associated with biomarker concentrations., (© 2024. The Author(s).)- Published
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36. Association between mosaic loss of chromosome Y and pulmonary fibrosis susceptibility and severity.
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Wang D, Hadad N, Moss S, Lopez-Jimenez E, Johnson SR, Maher TM, Molyneaux PL, Zhao Y, Perry JRB, Wolters PJ, Kropski JA, Jenkins RG, Banovich NE, and Stewart I
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Background Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a rare lung disease with diverse pathogenesis and multiple interconnected underlying biological mechanisms. Mosaic loss of chromosome Y (mLOY) is one of the most common forms of acquired chromosome abnormality in men, which has been reported to be associated with increased risk of various chronic progressive diseases including fibrotic diseases. However, the exact role of mLOY in the development of PF remains elusive and to be elucidated., Methods: We adopted three complementary approaches to explore the role of mLOY in the pathogenesis of PF. We used copy number on chromosome Y to estimate mLOY comparing patients in PROFILE and gnomAD cohorts and between cases and control patients from the GE100KGP cohort. Correlation of mLOY with demographic and clinical variables was tested using patients from PROFILE cohort. Lung single-cell transcriptomic data were analysed to assess the cell types implicated in mLOY. We performed Mendelian randomisation to examine the causal relationship between mLOY, IPF, and telomere length., Results: The genetic analysis suggests that mLOY is found in PF from both case cohorts but when compared with an age matched population the effect is minimal (P = 0.0032). mLOY is related to age (P = 0.00021) and shorter telomere length (P = 0.0081) rather than PF severity or progression. Single-cell analysis indicates that mLOY appears to be found primarily in immune cells and appears to be related to presence and severity of fibrosis. Mendelian randomisation demonstrates that mLOY is not on the causal pathway for IPF, but partial evidence supports that telomere shortening is on the causal pathway for mLOY., Conclusion: Our study confirms the existence of mLOY in PF patients and suggests that mLOY is not a major driver of IPF. The combined evidence suggests a triangulation model where telomere shortening leads to both IPF and mLOY.
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37. Author Correction: Trans-ancestral genome-wide association study of longitudinal pubertal height growth and shared heritability with adult health outcomes.
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Bradfeld JP, Kember RL, Ulrich A, Balkhiyarova Z, Alyass A, Aris IM, Bell JA, Broadaway KA, Chen Z, Chai JF, Davies NM, Fernandez-Orth D, Bustamante M, Fore R, Ganguli A, Heiskala A, Hottenga JJ, Íñiguez C, Kobes S, Leinonen J, Lowry E, Lyytikainen LP, Mahajan A, Pitkänen N, Schnurr TM, Have CT, Strachan DP, Thiering E, Vogelezang S, Wade KH, Wang CA, Wong A, Holm LA, Chesi A, Choong C, Cruz M, Elliott P, Franks S, Frithiof-Bøjsøe C, Gauderman WJ, Glessner JT, Gilsanz V, Griesman K, Hanson RL, Kaakinen M, Kalkwarf H, Kelly A, Kindler J, Kähönen M, Lanca C, Lappe J, Lee NR, McCormack S, Mentch FD, Mitchell JA, Mononen N, Niinikoski H, Oken E, Pahkala K, Sim X, Teo YY, Baier LJ, van Beijsterveldt T, Adair LS, Boomsma DI, de Geus E, Guxens M, Eriksson JG, Felix JF, Gilliland FD, Hansen T, Hardy R, Hivert MF, Holm JC, Jaddoe VWV, Järvelin MR, Lehtimäki T, Mackey DA, Meyre D, Mohlke KL, Mykkänen J, Oberfeld S, Pennell CE, Perry JRB, Raitakari O, Rivadeneira F, Saw SM, Sebert S, Shepherd JA, Standl M, Sørensen TIA, Timpson NJ, Torrent M, Willemsen G, Hypponen E, Power C, McCarthy MI, Freathy RM, Widén E, Hakonarson H, Prokopenko I, Voight BF, Zemel BS, Grant SFA, and Cousminer DL
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38. Rare variant associations with birth weight identify genes involved in adipose tissue regulation, placental function and insulin-like growth factor signalling.
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Kentistou KA, Lim BEM, Kaisinger LR, Steinthorsdottir V, Sharp LN, Patel KA, Tragante V, Hawkes G, Gardner EJ, Olafsdottir T, Wood AR, Zhao Y, Thorleifsson G, Day FR, Ozanne SE, Hattersley AT, O'Rahilly S, Stefansson K, Ong KK, Beaumont RN, Perry JRB, and Freathy RM
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Investigating the genetic factors influencing human birth weight may lead to biological insights into fetal growth and long-term health. Genome-wide association studies of birth weight have highlighted associated variants in more than 200 regions of the genome, but the causal genes are mostly unknown. Rare genetic variants with robust evidence of association are more likely to point to causal genes, but to date, only a few rare variants are known to influence birth weight. We aimed to identify genes that harbour rare variants that impact birth weight when carried by either the fetus or the mother, by analysing whole exome sequence data in UK Biobank participants. We annotated rare (minor allele frequency <0.1%) protein-truncating or high impact missense variants on whole exome sequence data in up to 234,675 participants with data on their own birth weight (fetal variants), and up to 181,883 mothers who reported the birth weight of their first child (maternal variants). Variants within each gene were collapsed to perform gene burden tests and for each associated gene, we compared the observed fetal and maternal effects. We identified 8 genes with evidence of rare fetal variant effects on birth weight, of which 2 also showed maternal effects. One additional gene showed evidence of maternal effects only. We observed 10/11 directionally concordant associations in an independent sample of up to 45,622 individuals (sign test P =0.01). Of the genes identified, IGF1R and PAPPA2 (fetal and maternal-acting) have known roles in insulin-like growth factor bioavailability and signalling. PPARG, INHBE and ACVR1C (all fetal-acting) have known roles in adipose tissue regulation and rare variants in the latter two also showed associations with favourable adiposity patterns in adults. We highlight the dual role of PPARG in both adipocyte differentiation and placental angiogenesis. NOS3, NRK, and ADAMTS8 (fetal and maternal-acting) have been implicated in both placental function and hypertension. Analysis of rare coding variants has identified regulators of fetal adipose tissue and fetoplacental angiogenesis as determinants of birth weight, as well as further evidence for the role of insulin-like growth factors., Competing Interests: Competing interests J.R.B.P. and E.J.G. are employees/shareholders of Insmed. J.R.B.P. also receives research funding from GSK. Y.Z. is a UK University worker at GSK. S.O. has undertaken remunerated consultancy work for Pfizer, Third Rock Ventures, AstraZeneca, NorthSea Therapeutics and Courage Therapeutics. V.S., V.T., T.O., G.T., and K.S. are employees of deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen.
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39. In vitro activity of cefiderocol against European Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp., including isolates resistant to meropenem and recent β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations.
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Santerre Henriksen A, Jeannot K, Oliver A, Perry JD, Pletz MW, Stefani S, Morrissey I, and Longshaw C
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Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. represent major threats and have few approved therapeutic options. Non-fermenting Gram-negative isolates were collected from hospitalized inpatients from 49 sites in 6 European countries between 01 January 2020 and 31 December 2020 and underwent susceptibility testing against cefiderocol and β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations. Meropenem-resistant (MIC >8 mg/L), cefiderocol-susceptible isolates were analyzed by PCR, and cefiderocol-resistant isolates were analyzed by whole-genome sequencing to identify resistance mechanisms. Overall, 1,451 (950 P . aeruginosa ; 501 Acinetobacter spp.) isolates were collected, commonly from the respiratory tract (42.0% and 39.3%, respectively). Cefiderocol susceptibility was higher than β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations against P. aeruginosa (98.9% vs 83.3%-91.4%), and P. aeruginosa resistant to meropenem ( n = 139; 97.8% vs 12.2%-59.7%), β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations (93.6%-98.1% vs 10.7%-71.8%), and both meropenem and ceftazidime-avibactam (96.7% vs 5.0%-45.0%) or ceftolozane-tazobactam (98.4% vs 8.1%-54.8%), respectively. Cefiderocol and sulbactam-durlobactam susceptibilities were high against Acinetobacter spp. (92.4% and 97.0%) and meropenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp. ( n = 227; 85.0% and 93.8%) but lower against sulbactam-durlobactam- ( n = 15; 13.3%) and cefiderocol- ( n = 38; 65.8%) resistant isolates, respectively. Among meropenem-resistant P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp., the most common β-lactamase genes were metallo-β-lactamases [30/139; bla
VIM-2 (15/139)] and oxacillinases [215/227; blaOXA-23 (194/227)], respectively. Acquired β-lactamase genes were identified in 1/10 and 32/38 of cefiderocol-resistant P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp., and pirA -like or piuA mutations in 10/10 and 37/38, respectively. Conclusion: cefiderocol susceptibility was high against P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp., including meropenem-resistant isolates and those resistant to recent β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations common in first-line treatment of European non-fermenters., Importance: This was the first study in which the in vitro activity of cefiderocol and non-licensed β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations were directly compared against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp., including meropenem- and β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination-resistant isolates. A notably large number of European isolates were collected. Meropenem resistance was defined according to the MIC breakpoint for high-dose meropenem, ensuring that data reflect antibiotic activity against isolates that would remain meropenem resistant in the clinic. Cefiderocol susceptibility was high against non-fermenters, and there was no apparent cross resistance between cefiderocol and β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations, with the exception of sulbactam-durlobactam. These results provide insights into therapeutic options for infections due to resistant P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. and indicate how early susceptibility testing of cefiderocol in parallel with β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations will allow clinicians to choose the effective treatment(s) from all available options. This is particularly important as current treatment options against non-fermenters are limited., Competing Interests: A.S.H. is an employee of Maxel Consulting ApS, Jyllinge, Denmark and is a contract employee of Shionogi B.V. Both K.J. and A.O. declare honoraria and grants from Shionogi, Pfizer, and MSD. I.M. is an employee of Antimicrobial Focus Ltd and was involved with the reporting of the study data by IHMA. C.L. is an employee of Shionogi B.V. J.D.P., M.W.P., and S.S. have no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.- Published
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40. Trans-ancestral genome-wide association study of longitudinal pubertal height growth and shared heritability with adult health outcomes.
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Bradfield JP, Kember RL, Ulrich A, Balkhiyarova Z, Alyass A, Aris IM, Bell JA, Broadaway KA, Chen Z, Chai JF, Davies NM, Fernandez-Orth D, Bustamante M, Fore R, Ganguli A, Heiskala A, Hottenga JJ, Íñiguez C, Kobes S, Leinonen J, Lowry E, Lyytikainen LP, Mahajan A, Pitkänen N, Schnurr TM, Have CT, Strachan DP, Thiering E, Vogelezang S, Wade KH, Wang CA, Wong A, Holm LA, Chesi A, Choong C, Cruz M, Elliott P, Franks S, Frithioff-Bøjsøe C, Gauderman WJ, Glessner JT, Gilsanz V, Griesman K, Hanson RL, Kaakinen M, Kalkwarf H, Kelly A, Kindler J, Kähönen M, Lanca C, Lappe J, Lee NR, McCormack S, Mentch FD, Mitchell JA, Mononen N, Niinikoski H, Oken E, Pahkala K, Sim X, Teo YY, Baier LJ, van Beijsterveldt T, Adair LS, Boomsma DI, de Geus E, Guxens M, Eriksson JG, Felix JF, Gilliland FD, Biobank PM, Hansen T, Hardy R, Hivert MF, Holm JC, Jaddoe VWV, Järvelin MR, Lehtimäki T, Mackey DA, Meyre D, Mohlke KL, Mykkänen J, Oberfield S, Pennell CE, Perry JRB, Raitakari O, Rivadeneira F, Saw SM, Sebert S, Shepherd JA, Standl M, Sørensen TIA, Timpson NJ, Torrent M, Willemsen G, Hypponen E, Power C, McCarthy MI, Freathy RM, Widén E, Hakonarson H, Prokopenko I, Voight BF, Zemel BS, Grant SFA, and Cousminer DL
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Background: Pubertal growth patterns correlate with future health outcomes. However, the genetic mechanisms mediating growth trajectories remain largely unknown. Here, we modeled longitudinal height growth with Super-Imposition by Translation And Rotation (SITAR) growth curve analysis on ~ 56,000 trans-ancestry samples with repeated height measurements from age 5 years to adulthood. We performed genetic analysis on six phenotypes representing the magnitude, timing, and intensity of the pubertal growth spurt. To investigate the lifelong impact of genetic variants associated with pubertal growth trajectories, we performed genetic correlation analyses and phenome-wide association studies in the Penn Medicine BioBank and the UK Biobank., Results: Large-scale growth modeling enables an unprecedented view of adolescent growth across contemporary and 20th-century pediatric cohorts. We identify 26 genome-wide significant loci and leverage trans-ancestry data to perform fine-mapping. Our data reveals genetic relationships between pediatric height growth and health across the life course, with different growth trajectories correlated with different outcomes. For instance, a faster tempo of pubertal growth correlates with higher bone mineral density, HOMA-IR, fasting insulin, type 2 diabetes, and lung cancer, whereas being taller at early puberty, taller across puberty, and having quicker pubertal growth were associated with higher risk for atrial fibrillation., Conclusion: We report novel genetic associations with the tempo of pubertal growth and find that genetic determinants of growth are correlated with reproductive, glycemic, respiratory, and cardiac traits in adulthood. These results aid in identifying specific growth trajectories impacting lifelong health and show that there may not be a single "optimal" pubertal growth pattern., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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41. Genome-wide association study meta-analysis of dizygotic twinning illuminates genetic regulation of female fecundity.
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Mbarek H, Gordon SD, Duffy DL, Hubers N, Mortlock S, Beck JJ, Hottenga JJ, Pool R, Dolan CV, Actkins KV, Gerring ZF, Van Dongen J, Ehli EA, Iacono WG, Mcgue M, Chasman DI, Gallagher CS, Schilit SLP, Morton CC, Paré G, Willemsen G, Whiteman DC, Olsen CM, Derom C, Vlietinck R, Gudbjartsson D, Cannon-Albright L, Krapohl E, Plomin R, Magnusson PKE, Pedersen NL, Hysi P, Mangino M, Spector TD, Palviainen T, Milaneschi Y, Penninnx BW, Campos AI, Ong KK, Perry JRB, Lambalk CB, Kaprio J, Ólafsson Í, Duroure K, Revenu C, Rentería ME, Yengo L, Davis L, Derks EM, Medland SE, Stefansson H, Stefansson K, Del Bene F, Reversade B, Montgomery GW, Boomsma DI, and Martin NG
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Study Question: Which genetic factors regulate female propensity for giving birth to spontaneous dizygotic (DZ) twins?, Summary Answer: We identified four new loci, GNRH1, FSHR, ZFPM1, and IPO8, in addition to previously identified loci, FSHB and SMAD3., What Is Known Already: The propensity to give birth to DZ twins runs in families. Earlier, we reported that FSHB and SMAD3 as associated with DZ twinning and female fertility measures., Study Design, Size, Duration: We conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis (GWAMA) of mothers of spontaneous dizygotic (DZ) twins (8265 cases, 264 567 controls) and of independent DZ twin offspring (26 252 cases, 417 433 controls)., Participants/materials, Setting, Methods: Over 700 000 mothers of DZ twins, twin individuals and singletons from large cohorts in Australia/New Zealand, Europe, and the USA were carefully screened to exclude twins born after use of ARTs. Genetic association analyses by cohort were followed by meta-analysis, phenome wide association studies (PheWAS), in silico and in vivo annotations, and Zebrafish functional validation., Main Results and the Role of Chance: This study enlarges the sample size considerably from previous efforts, finding four genome-wide significant loci, including two novel signals and a further two novel genes that are implicated by gene level enrichment analyses. The novel loci, GNRH1 and FSHR, have well-established roles in female reproduction whereas ZFPM1 and IPO8 have not previously been implicated in female fertility. We found significant genetic correlations with multiple aspects of female reproduction and body size as well as evidence for significant selection against DZ twinning during human evolution. The 26 top single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from our GWAMA in European-origin participants weakly predicted the crude twinning rates in 47 non-European populations (r = 0.23 between risk score and population prevalence, s.e. 0.11, 1-tail P = 0.058) indicating that genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are needed in African and Asian populations to explore the causes of their respectively high and low DZ twinning rates. In vivo functional tests in zebrafish for IPO8 validated its essential role in female, but not male, fertility. In most regions, risk SNPs linked to known expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs). Top SNPs were associated with in vivo reproductive hormone levels with the top pathways including hormone ligand binding receptors and the ovulation cycle., Large Scale Data: The full DZT GWAS summary statistics will made available after publication through the GWAS catalog (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas/)., Limitations, Reasons for Caution: Our study only included European ancestry cohorts. Inclusion of data from Africa (with the highest twining rate) and Asia (with the lowest rate) would illuminate further the biology of twinning and female fertility., Wider Implications of the Findings: About one in 40 babies born in the world is a twin and there is much speculation on why twinning runs in families. We hope our results will inform investigations of ovarian response in new and existing ARTs and the causes of female infertility., Study Funding/competing Interest(s): Support for the Netherlands Twin Register came from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMW) grants, 904-61-193, 480-04-004, 400-05-717, Addiction-31160008, 911-09-032, Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI.NL, 184.021.007), Royal Netherlands Academy of Science Professor Award (PAH/6635) to DIB, European Research Council (ERC-230374), Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (NIMH U24 MH068457-06), the Avera Institute, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (USA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH R01 HD042157-01A1) and the Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN) of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and Grand Opportunity grants 1RC2 MH089951. The QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (QIMR) study was supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia (241944, 339462, 389927, 389875, 389891, 389892, 389938, 443036, 442915, 442981, 496610, 496739, 552485, 552498, 1050208, 1075175). L.Y. is funded by Australian Research Council (Grant number DE200100425). The Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research (MCTFR) was supported in part by USPHS Grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (AA09367 and AA11886) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA05147, DA13240, and DA024417). The Women's Genome Health Study (WGHS) was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL043851 and HL080467) and the National Cancer Institute (CA047988 and UM1CA182913), with support for genotyping provided by Amgen. Data collection in the Finnish Twin Registry has been supported by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the Broad Institute, ENGAGE-European Network for Genetic and Genomic Epidemiology, FP7-HEALTH-F4-2007, grant agreement number 201413, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (grants AA-12502, AA-00145, AA-09203, AA15416, and K02AA018755) and the Academy of Finland (grants 100499, 205585, 118555, 141054, 264146, 308248, 312073 and 336823 to J. Kaprio). TwinsUK is funded by the Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council, Versus Arthritis, European Union Horizon 2020, Chronic Disease Research Foundation (CDRF), Zoe Ltd and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) and Biomedical Research Centre based at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with King's College London. For NESDA, funding was obtained from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (Geestkracht program grant 10000-1002), the Center for Medical Systems Biology (CSMB, NVVO Genomics), Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI-NL), VU University's Institutes for Health and Care Research (EMGO+) and Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, University Medical Center Groningen, Leiden University Medical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH, ROI D0042157-01A, MH081802, Grand Opportunity grants 1 RC2 Ml-1089951 and IRC2 MH089995). Part of the genotyping and analyses were funded by the Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN) of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. Computing was supported by BiG Grid, the Dutch e-Science Grid, which is financially supported by NWO. Work in the Del Bene lab was supported by the Programme Investissements d'Avenir IHU FOReSIGHT (ANR-18-IAHU-01). C.R. was supported by an EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014 #661527). H.S. and K.S. are employees of deCODE Genetics/Amgen. The other authors declare no competing financial interests., Trial Registration Number: N/A., (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.)
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