Abundant pleiotropy in human complex diseases and traits

S Sivakumaran, F Agakov, E Theodoratou… - The American Journal of …, 2011 - cell.com
We present a systematic review of pleiotropy among SNPs and genes reported to show
genome-wide association with common complex diseases and traits. We find abundant …

Prioritizing GWAS results: a review of statistical methods and recommendations for their application

RM Cantor, K Lange, JS Sinsheimer - The American Journal of Human …, 2010 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have rapidly become a standard method for
disease gene discovery. A substantial number of recent GWAS indicate that for most …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative high-confidence human mitochondrial proteome and its dynamics in cellular context

M Morgenstern, CD Peikert, P Lübbert, I Suppanz… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Mitochondria are key organelles for cellular energetics, metabolism, signaling, and quality
control and have been linked to various diseases. Different views exist on the composition of …

[HTML][HTML] Osteopontin expression identifies a subset of recruited macrophages distinct from Kupffer cells in the fatty liver

A Remmerie, L Martens, T Thoné, A Castoldi… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) represents a spectrum of disease states
ranging from simple steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Hepatic …

[HTML][HTML] Early IFN-α signatures and persistent dysfunction are distinguishing features of NK cells in severe COVID-19

B Krämer, R Knoll, L Bonaguro, M ToVinh, J Raabe… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Longitudinal analyses of the innate immune system, including the earliest time points, are
essential to understand the immunopathogenesis and clinical course of coronavirus disease …

[HTML][HTML] Soluble ACE2-mediated cell entry of SARS-CoV-2 via interaction with proteins related to the renin-angiotensin system

ML Yeung, JLL Teng, L Jia, C Zhang, C Huang, JP Cai… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can cause acute
respiratory disease and multiorgan failure. Finding human host factors that are essential for …

Severe COVID-19 is marked by a dysregulated myeloid cell compartment

J Schulte-Schrep**, N Reusch, D Paclik, K Baßler… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a mild to moderate respiratory tract
infection, however, a subset of patients progress to severe disease and respiratory failure …

A new genomic blueprint of the human gut microbiota

A Almeida, AL Mitchell, M Boland, SC Forster, GB Gloor… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The composition of the human gut microbiota is linked to health and disease, but knowledge
of individual microbial species is needed to decipher their biological roles. Despite …

[HTML][HTML] The short chain fatty acid butyrate imprints an antimicrobial program in macrophages

J Schulthess, S Pandey, M Capitani, KC Rue-Albrecht… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Host microbial cross-talk is essential to maintain intestinal homeostasis. However,
maladaptation of this response through microbial dysbiosis or defective host defense toward …

The Parkinson's disease protein alpha-synuclein is a modulator of processing bodies and mRNA stability

E Hallacli, C Kayatekin, S Nazeen, XH Wang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Alpha-synuclein (αS) is a conformationally plastic protein that reversibly binds to cellular
membranes. It aggregates and is genetically linked to Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we …