Causes and consequences of polycystic ovary syndrome: insights from Mendelian randomization

T Zhu, MO Goodarzi - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Context Although polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy
affecting women of reproductive age, risk factors that may cause the syndrome are poorly …

Fatty pancreas-centered metabolic basis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: From obesity, diabetes and pancreatitis to oncogenesis

ML Chang - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the deadliest types of cancer, and it is
currently the third most common cause of cancer death in the USA Progress in the fight …

A large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis reveals shared genetic architecture between Alzheimer's disease and gastrointestinal tract disorders

EO Adewuyi, EK O'Brien, DR Nyholt, T Porter… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Consistent with the concept of the gut-brain phenomenon, observational studies suggest a
relationship between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and gastrointestinal tract (GIT) disorders; …

Inherited basis of visceral, abdominal subcutaneous and gluteofemoral fat depots

S Agrawal, M Wang, MDR Klarqvist, K Smith… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
For any given level of overall adiposity, individuals vary considerably in fat distribution. The
inherited basis of fat distribution in the general population is not fully understood. Here, we …

Microvascular and macrovascular complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Exome wide association analyses

A Mansour, M Mousa, D Abdelmannan, G Tay… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic, metabolic disorder in which
concomitant insulin resistance and β-cell impairment lead to hyperglycemia, influenced by …

Estimating the effect of liver and pancreas volume and fat content on risk of diabetes: a Mendelian randomization study

S Martin, EP Sorokin, EL Thomas, N Sattar… - Diabetes …, 2022 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Fat content and volume of liver and pancreas are associated with risk of
diabetes in observational studies; whether these associations are causal is unknown. We …

Gene-environment interactions in the influence of maternal education on adolescent neurodevelopment using ABCD study

R Shi, X Chang, T Banaschewski, GJ Barker… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Maternal education was strongly correlated with adolescent brain morphology, cognitive
performances, and mental health. However, the molecular basis for the effects of maternal …

Understanding the relationship between circulating lipids and risk of chronic kidney disease: a prospective cohort study and large-scale genetic analyses

Y Wang, L Zhang, W Zhang, M Tang, H Cui… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Background This study aims to comprehensively investigate the phenotypic and genetic
relationships between four common lipids (high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C; low …

Fat distribution within the pancreas according to diabetes status and insulin traits

L Skudder-Hill, IR Sequeira, J Cho, J Ko, SD Poppitt… - Diabetes, 2022 - Am Diabetes Assoc
A growing body of evidence suggests that intrapancreatic fat is associated with diabetes, but
whether distribution of intrapancreatic fat across the regions of the pancreas has a …