Joanne E. Curran, Ph.D.

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Professor

South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute

School of Medicine

Office: Brownsville Campus, BBRHB, Room 2.235
1 West University Blvd
Brownsville, TX.  78520
Phone: +1 (956)-882-7532
Email: joanne.curran@utrgv.edu

Education

2002 Ph.D. Molecular Genetics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
1998 BH.Sc.(Hons) Molecular Genetics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
1997 B.Sc. Applied Biology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

Research Focus

Dr. Curran’s research focuses on identifying and characterizing susceptibility genes for disease conditions such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and related complications in large pedigree-based studies, with the ultimate objective of gaining an insight into the biological pathways involved in disease pathogenesis. She has extensive experience in high-throughput genomic technologies and applying these to help understand the genetic underpinnings of disease. As a Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on NIH-funded and industry funded projects; she has continued to significantly enhance her expertise in high-throughput genomics. Most recently, her research efforts have been directed towards assessment of the human lipidome and its relationship to disease, using genome-wide lipid measures as endophenotypes for metabolic related diseases. In collaborations with colleagues from Australia, more than 300 species of lipids have been quantified in more than 1,200 Mexican American individuals. These studies have resulted in the identification of specific roles for several lipid species in diseases such as CVD, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, bipolar disorder and major depression. Using these lipids and available whole genome sequencing data, she now is identifying novel genes and functional variants that influence both lipid metabolism and disease development.  As part of a current NIH funded study, Dr. Curran and team have begun to expand this effort to more than 800 lipid species in more than 2,500 Mexican American individuals, with the ultimate aim of identifying those lipids that represent endophenotypes for both cardiovascular disease risk and diabetes.

Intramural Appointments

     

Extramural Appointments

  • Lacks Valley Stores, LTD Endowed Professor, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute

  • Chair, Medical Student Evaluation and Promotion Committee, UTRGV School of Medicine

  • Member, School of Medicine Promotion, Tenure and Appointment Committee

     

  • Member, NIH-NIDDK Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases B Committee

  • Science Expert, Translational Science Expert Panel, Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  • Editorial Board, Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

  • Adjunct Professor, UT Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Publication Highlights

  • Blackburn NB, Meikle PJ, Peralta JM, Kumar S, Leandro AC, Bellinger MA, Giles C, Huynh K, Mahaney MC, Goring HHH, VandeBerg JL, Williams-Blangero J, Glahn DC, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Michael LF, Curran JE (2021) Identifying the lipidomic effects of a rare loss-of-function deletion in ANGPTL3. Circ Genom Precis Med 14(3): e003232
  • Blackburn NB, Michael LF, Meikle PJ, Peralta JM, Mosior M, McAhren S, Bui HH, Bellinger MA, Giles C, Kumar S, Leandro AC, Almeida M, Weir JM, Mahaney MC, Dyer TD, Almasy L, VandeBerg JL, Williams-Blangero S, Glahn DC, Duggirala R, Kowala M, Blangero J, Curran JE. Rare DEGS1 variant significantly alters de novo ceramide synthesis pathway. J Lipid Res. 2019 Sep;60(9):1630-1639. doi: 10.1194/jlr. P094433. Epub 2019 Jun 21. PMID:31227640
  • Mamtani M, Kulkarni H, Wong G, Weir JM, Barlow CK, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Mahaney MC, Comuzzie AG, Glahn DC, Magliano DJ, Zimmet P, Shaw J, Williams-Blangero S, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Meikle PJ, Curran JE. Lipidomic risk score independently and cost-effectively predicts risk of future type 2 diabetes: results from diverse cohorts. Lipids Health Dis. 2016 Apr 4;15:67. doi: 10.1186/s12944-016-0234-3. PubMed PMID: 27044508; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4820916.
  • Bellis C, Kulkarni H, Mamtani M, Kent JW Jr, Wong G, Weir JM, Barlow CK, Diego V, Almeida M, Dyer TD, Göring HH, Almasy L, Mahaney MC, Comuzzie AG, Williams-Blangero S, Meikle PJ, Blangero J, Curran JE. Human plasma lipidome is pleiotropically associated with cardiovascular risk factors and death. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2014 Dec;7(6):854-63. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.114.000600. Epub 2014 Nov 2. PubMed PMID: 25363705; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4270876.

Recent Publications

  • He KY, Kelly TN, Wang H, Liang J, Zhu L, Cade BE, Assimes TL, Becker LC, Beitelshees AL, Bielak LF, Bress AP, Brody JA, Chang YC, Chang YC, de Vries PS, Duggirala R, Fox ER, Franceschini N, Furniss AL, Gao Y, Guo X, Haessler J, Hung YJ, Hwang SJ, Irvin MR, Kalyani RR, Liu CT, Liu C, Martin LW, Montasser ME, Muntner PM, Mwasongwe S, Naseri T, Palmas W, Reupena MS, Rice KM, Sheu WH, Shimbo D, Smith JA, Snively BM, Yanek LR, Zhao W, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Chen YI, Correa A, Cupples LA, Curran JE, Fornage M, He J, Hou L, Kaplan RC, Kardia SLR, Kenny EE, Kooperberg C, Lloyd-Jones D, Loos RJF, Mathias RA, McGarvey ST, Mitchell BD, North KE, Peyser PA, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Rao DC, Redline S, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Taylor KD, Tracy R, Vasan RS; Samoan Obesity, Lifestyle and Genetic Adaptations Study (OLaGA) Group, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Morrison AC, Levy D, Chakravarti A, Arnett DK, Zhu X. Rare coding variants in RCN3 are associated with blood pressure. BMC Genomics. 2022 Feb 19;23(1):148. doi: 10.1186/s12864-022-08356-4.
  • Blackburn NB, Leandro AC, Nahvi N, Devlin MA, Leandro M, Martinez Escobedo I, Peralta JM, George J, Stacy BA, deMaar TW, Blangero J, Keniry M, Curran JE. Transcriptomic profiling of fibropapillomatosis in Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) from South Texas. Front Immunol. 2021 Feb 24;12:630988. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.630988. eCollection 2021.PMID: 33717164
  • Kochunov P, Zavaliangos-Petropulu A, Jahanshad N, Thompson PM, Ryan MC, Chiappelli J, Chen S, Du X, Hatch K, Adhikari B, Sampath H, Hare S, Kvarta M, Goldwaser E, Yang F, Olvera RL, Fox PT, Curran JE, Blangero J, Glahn DC, Tan Y, Hong LE. A white matter connection of Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease. Schizophr Bull. 2021 Jan 23;47(1):197-206. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbaa078. PMID: 32681179
  • Koenis MMG, Durnez J, Rodrigue AL, Mathias SR, Alexander-Bloch AF, Barrett JA, Doucet GE, Frangou S, Knowles EEM, Mollon J, Denbow D, Aberizk K, Zatony M, Janssen RJ, Curran JE, Blangero J, Poldrack RA, Pearlson GD, Glahn DC. Associations of cannabis use disorder with cognition, brain structure, and brain function in African Americans. Hum Brain Mapp. 2021 Apr 15;42(6):1727-1741. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25324. Epub 2020 Dec 19. PMID: 33340172
  • Morales LD, Cromack DT, Tripathy D, Fourcaudot M, Kumar S, Curran JE, Carless M, Göring HHH, Hu SL, Lopez-Alvarenga JC, Garske KM, Pajukanta P, Small KS, Glastonbury CA, Das SK, Langefeld C, Hanson RL, Hsueh WC, Norton L, Arya R, Mummidi S, Blangero J, DeFronzo RA, Duggirala R, Jenkinson CP. Further evidence supporting a potential role for ADH1B in obesity. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 21;11(1):1932. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80563-z.PMID: 33479282 
  • Sønderby IE, van der Meer D, Moreau C, Kaufmann T, Walters GB, Ellegaard M, Abdellaoui A, Ames D, Amunts K, Andersson M, Armstrong NJ, Bernard M, Blackburn NB, Blangero J, Boomsma DI, Brodaty H, Brouwer RM, Bülow R, Bøen R, Cahn W, Calhoun VD, Caspers S, Ching CRK, Cichon S, Ciufolini S, Crespo-Facorro B, Curran JE, Dale AM, Dalvie S, Dazzan P, de Geus EJC, de Zubicaray GI, de Zwarte SMC, Desrivieres S, Doherty JL, Donohoe G, Draganski B, Ehrlich S, Eising E, Espeseth T, Fejgin K, Fisher SE, Fladby T, Frei O, Frouin V, Fukunaga M, Gareau T, Ge T, Glahn DC, Grabe HJ, Groenewold NA, Gústafsson Ó, Haavik J, Haberg AK, Hall J, Hashimoto R, Hehir-Kwa JY, Hibar DP, Hillegers MHJ, Hoffmann P, Holleran L, Holmes AJ, Homuth G, Hottenga JJ, Hulshoff Pol HE, Ikeda M, Jahanshad N, Jockwitz C, Johansson S, Jönsson EG, Jørgensen NR, Kikuchi M, Knowles EEM, Kumar K, Le Hellard S, Leu C, Linden DEJ, Liu J, Lundervold A, Lundervold AJ, Maillard AM, Martin NG, Martin-Brevet S, Mather KA, Mathias SR, McMahon KL, McRae AF, Medland SE, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Moberget T, Modenato C, Sánchez JM, Morris DW, Mühleisen TW, Murray RM, Nielsen J, Nordvik JE, Nyberg L, Loohuis LMO, Ophoff RA, Owen MJ, Paus T, Pausova Z, Peralta JM, Pike GB, Prieto C, Quinlan EB, Reinbold CS, Marques TR, Rucker JJH, Sachdev PS, Sando SB, Schofield PR, Schork AJ, Schumann G, Shin J, Shumskaya E, Silva AI, Sisodiya SM, Steen VM, Stein DJ, Strike LT, Suzuki IK, Tamnes CK, Teumer A, Thalamuthu A, Tordesillas-Gutiérrez D, Uhlmann A, Ulfarsson MO, van 't Ent D, van den Bree MBM, Vanderhaeghen P, Vassos E, Wen W, Wittfeld K, Wright MJ, Agartz I, Djurovic S, Westlye LT, Stefansson H, Stefansson K, Jacquemont S, Thompson PM, Andreassen OA; ENIGMA-CNV working group. 1q21.1 distal copy number variants are associated with cerebral and cognitive alterations in humans. Transl Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 22;11(1):182. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01213-0.PMID: 33753722
  • Kumar S, Curran JE, Kumar K, DeLeon E, Leandro AC, Peralta J, Williams-Blangero S, Blangero J. Disease modeling and disease gene discovery in cardiomyopathies: A molecular study of induced pluripotent stem cell generated cardiomyocytes. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Mar 24;22(7):3311. doi: 10.3390/ijms22073311.
  • Kumar S, Curran JE, Williams-Blangero S, Blangero J. Efficient generation of functional hepatocytes from human induced pluripotent stem cells for disease modeling and disease gene discovery. Methods Mol Biol. 2021 Mar 27. doi: 10.1007/7651_2021_375. Epub ahead of print
  • Taliun D, Harris DN, Kessler MD, Carlson J, Szpiech ZA, Torres R, Taliun SAG, Corvelo A, Gogarten SM, Kang HM, Pitsillides AN, LeFaive J, Lee SB, Tian X, Browning BL, Das S, Emde AK, Clarke WE, Loesch DP, Shetty AC, Blackwell TW, Smith AV, Wong Q, Liu X, Conomos MP, Bobo DM, Aguet F, Albert C, Alonso A, Ardlie KG, Arking DE, Aslibekyan S, Auer PL, Barnard J, Barr RG, Barwick L, Becker LC, Beer RL, Benjamin EJ, Bielak LF, Blangero J, Boehnke M, Bowden DW, Brody JA, Burchard EG, Cade BE, Casella JF, Chalazan B, Chasman DI, Chen YI, Cho MH, Choi SH, Chung MK, Clish CB, Correa A, Curran JE, Custer B, Darbar D, Daya M, de Andrade M, DeMeo DL, Dutcher SK, Ellinor PT, Emery LS, Eng C, Fatkin D, Fingerlin T, Forer L, Fornage M, Franceschini N, Fuchsberger C, Fullerton SM, Germer S, Gladwin MT, Gottlieb DJ, Guo X, Hall ME, He J, Heard-Costa NL, Heckbert SR, Irvin MR, Johnsen JM, Johnson AD, Kaplan R, Kardia SLR, Kelly T, Kelly S, Kenny EE, Kiel DP, Klemmer R, Konkle BA, Kooperberg C, Köttgen A, Lange LA, Lasky-Su J, Levy D, Lin X, Lin KH, Liu C, Loos RJF, Garman L, Gerszten R, Lubitz SA, Lunetta KL, Mak ACY, Manichaikul A, Manning AK, Mathias RA, McManus DD, McGarvey ST, Meigs JB, Meyers DA, Mikulla JL, Minear MA, Mitchell BD, Mohanty S, Montasser ME, Montgomery C, Morrison AC, Murabito JM, Natale A, Natarajan P, Nelson SC, North KE, O'Connell JR, Palmer ND, Pankratz N, Peloso GM, Peyser PA, Pleiness J, Post WS, Psaty BM, Rao DC, Redline S, Reiner AP, Roden D, Rotter JI, Ruczinski I, Sarnowski C, Schoenherr S, Schwartz DA, Seo JS, Seshadri S, Sheehan VA, Sheu WH, Shoemaker MB, Smith NL, Smith JA, Sotoodehnia N, Stilp AM, Tang W, Taylor KD, Telen M, Thornton TA, Tracy RP, Van Den Berg DJ, Vasan RS, Viaud-Martinez KA, Vrieze S, Weeks DE, Weir BS, Weiss ST, Weng LC, Willer CJ, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Barnes KC, Boerwinkle E, Gabriel S, Gibbs R, Rice KM, Rich SS, Silverman EK, Qasba P, Gan W; NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Papanicolaou GJ, Nickerson DA, Browning SR, Zody MC, Zöllner S, Wilson JG, Cupples LA, Laurie CC, Jaquish CE, Hernandez RD, O'Connor TD, Abecasis GR. Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program. Nature. 2021 Feb;590(7845):290-299. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03205-y. Epub 2021 Feb 10.PMID: 33568819 
  • Hu Y, Stilp AM, McHugh CP, Rao S, Jain D, Zheng X, Lane J, Méric de Bellefon S, Raffield LM, Chen MH, Yanek LR, Wheeler M, Yao Y, Ren C, Broome J, Moon JY, de Vries PS, Hobbs BD, Sun Q, Surendran P, Brody JA, Blackwell TW, Choquet H, Ryan K, Duggirala R, Heard-Costa N, Wang Z, Chami N, Preuss MH, Min N, Ekunwe L, Lange LA, Cushman M, Faraday N, Curran JE, Almasy L, Kundu K, Smith AV, Gabriel S, Rotter JI, Fornage M, Lloyd-Jones DM, Vasan RS, Smith NL, North KE, Boerwinkle E, Becker LC, Lewis JP, Abecasis GR, Hou L, O'Connell JR, Morrison AC, Beaty TH, Kaplan R, Correa A, Blangero J, Jorgenson E, Psaty BM, Kooperberg C, Walton RT, Kleinstiver BP, Tang H, Loos RJF, Soranzo N, Butterworth AS, Nickerson D, Rich SS, Mitchell BD, Johnson AD, Auer PL, Li Y, Mathias RA, Lettre G, Pankratz N, Laurie CC, Laurie CA, Bauer DE, Conomos MP, Reiner AP; NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium. Whole-genome sequencing association analysis of quantitative red blood cell phenotypes: The NHLBI TOPMed program. Am J Hum Genet. 2021 May 6;108(5):874-893. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.04.003. Epub 2021 Apr 21. Erratum in: Am J Hum Genet. 2021 Jun 3;108(6):1165. PMID: 33887194; PMCID: PMC8206199.
  • Blackburn NB, Meikle PJ, Peralta JM, Kumar S, Leandro AC, Bellinger MA, Giles C, Huynh K, Mahaney MC, Göring HHH, VandeBerg JL, Williams-Blangero S, Glahn DC, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Michael LF, Curran JE. Identifying the lipidomic effects of a rare loss-of-function deletion in ANGPTL3. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2021 Jun;14(3):e003232. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.120.003232. Epub 2021 Apr 22.
  • Lopez-Alvarenga JC, Martinez DA, Diaz-Badillo A, Morales LD, Arya R, Jenkinson CP, Curran JE, Lehman DM, Blangero J, Duggirala R, Mummidi S, Martinez RD. Association of HIV-1 infection and antiretroviral therapy with type 2 diabetes in the Hispanic population of the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Jul 5;8:676979. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.676979.
  • Goyal S, Tanigawa Y, Zhang W, Chai JF, Almeida M, Sim X, Lerner M, Chainakul J, Ramiu JG, Seraphin C, Apple B, Vaughan A, Muniu J, Peralta J, Lehman DM, Ralhan S, Wander GS, Singh JR, Mehra NK, Sidorov E, Peyton MD, Blackett PR, Curran JE, Tai ES, van Dam R, Cheng CY, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Chambers JC, Sabanayagam C, Kooner JS, Rivas MA, Aston CE, Sanghera DK.  APOC3 genetic variation, serum triglycerides, and risk of coronary artery disease in Asian Indians, Europeans, and other ethnic groups.  Lipids Health Dis. 2021 Sep 21;20(1):113. doi: 10.1186/s12944-021-01531-8.  PMID: 34548093
  • Knowles EEM, Peralta JM, Almasy L, Nimgaonkar V, McMahon FJ, McIntosh AM, Thomson P, Mathias SR, Gur RC, Curran JE, Raventós H, Contreras J, Jablensky A, Badcock J, Blangero J, Gur RE, Glahn DC.  Genetic overlap profiles of cognitive ability in psychotic and affective illnesses: A multisite study of multiplex pedigrees.  Biol Psychiatry. 2021 Sep 15;90(6):373-384. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.03.012. Epub 2021 Mar 17.  PMID: 33975707
  • Natarajan P, Pampana A, Graham SE, Ruotsalainen SE, Perry JA, de Vries PS, Broome JG, Pirruccello JP, Honigberg MC, Aragam K, Wolford B, Brody JA, Antonacci-Fulton L, Arden M, Aslibekyan S, Assimes TL, Ballantyne CM, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Cade BE, Do R, Doddapaneni H, Emery LS, Hung YJ, Irvin MR, Khan AT, Lange L, Lee J, Lemaitre RN, Martin LW, Metcalf G, Montasser ME, Moon JY, Muzny D, O'Connell JR, Palmer ND, Peralta JM, Peyser PA, Stilp AM, Tsai M, Wang FF, Weeks DE, Yanek LR, Wilson JG, Abecasis G, Arnett DK, Becker LC, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Bowden DW, Chang YC, Chen YI, Choi WJ, Correa A, Curran JE, Daly MJ, Dutcher SK, Ellinor PT, Fornage M, Freedman BI, Gabriel S, Germer S, Gibbs RA, He J, Hveem K, Jarvik GP, Kaplan RC, Kardia SLR, Kenny E, Kim RW, Kooperberg C, Laurie CC, Lee S, Lloyd-Jones DM, Loos RJF, Lubitz SA, Mathias RA, Martinez KAV, McGarvey ST, Mitchell BD, Nickerson DA, North KE, Palotie A, Park CJ, Psaty BM, Rao DC, Redline S, Reiner AP, Seo D, Seo JS, Smith AV, Tracy RP, Vasan RS, Kathiresan S, Cupples LA, Rotter JI, Morrison AC, Rich SS, Ripatti S, Willer C; NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium; FinnGen, Peloso GM. Chromosome Xq23 is associated with lower atherogenic lipid concentrations and favorable cardiometabolic indices. Nat Commun. 2021 Apr 12;12(1):2182. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22339-1.
  • Tran NK, Lea RA, Holland S, Nguyen Q, Raghubar AM, Sugeneticsinhibitortherland HG, Benton MC, Haupt LM, Blackburn NB, Curran JE, Blangero J, Mallett AJ, Griffiths LR.  Multi-phenotype genome-wide association studies of the Norfolk Island isolate implicate pleiotropic loci involved in chronic kidney disease.  Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 30;11(1):19425. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98935-4.  PMID: 34593906
  • Little A, Hu Y, Sun Q, Jain D, Broome J, Chen MH, Thibord F, McHugh C, Surendran P, Blackwell TW, Brody JA, Bhan A, Chami N, Vries PS, Ekunwe L, Heard-Costa N, Hobbs BD, Manichaikul A, Moon JY, Preuss MH, Ryan K, Wang Z, Wheeler M, Yanek LR, Abecasis GR, Almasy L, Beaty TH, Becker LC, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Butterworth AS, Choquet H, Correa A, Curran JE, Faraday N, Fornage M, Glahn DC, Hou L, Jorgenson E, Kooperberg C, Lewis JP, Lloyd-Jones DM, Loos RJF, Min N, Mitchell BD, Morrison AC, Nickerson D, North KE, O'Connell JR, Pankratz N, Psaty BM, Vasan RS, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Smith AV, Smith NL, Tang H, Tracy RP, Conomos MP, Laurie CA, Mathias RA, Li Y, Auer PL; NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Thornton T, Reiner AP, Johnson AD, Raffield LM.  Whole genome sequence analysis of platelet traits in the NHLBI trans-omics for precision medicine initiative.  Hum Mol Genet. 2021 Sep 6:ddab252. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddab252. Online ahead of print.  PMID: 34553764
  • Kim D, Justice AE, Chittoor G, Blanco E, Burrows R, Graff M, Howard AG, Wang Y, Rohde R, Buchanan VL, Voruganti VS, Almeida M, Peralta J, Lehman DM, Curran JE, Comuzzie AG, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Albala C, Santos JL, Angel B, Lozoff B, Gahagan S, North KE.  Genetic determinants of metabolic biomarkers and their associations with cardiometabolic traits in Hispanic/Latino adolescents.  Pediatr Res. 2021 Oct 13. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01729-7. Online ahead of print.  PMID: 34645953
  • Mikhaylova AV, McHugh CP, Polfus LM, Raffield LM, Boorgula MP, Blackwell TW, Brody JA, Broome J, Chami N, Chen MH, Conomos MP, Cox C, Curran JE, Daya M, Ekunwe L, Glahn DC, Heard-Costa N, Highland HM, Hobbs BD, Ilboudo Y, Jain D, Lange LA, Miller-Fleming TW, Min N, Moon JY, Preuss MH, Rosen J, Ryan K, Smith AV, Sun Q, Surendran P, de Vries PS, Walter K, Wang Z, Wheeler M, Yanek LR, Zhong X, Abecasis GR, Almasy L, Barnes KC, Beaty TH, Becker LC, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Butterworth AS, Chavan S, Cho MH, Choquet H, Correa A, Cox N, DeMeo DL, Faraday N, Fornage M, Gerszten RE, Hou L, Johnson AD, Jorgenson E, Kaplan R, Kooperberg C, Kundu K, Laurie CA, Lettre G, Lewis JP, Li B, Li Y, Lloyd-Jones DM, Loos RJF, Manichaikul A, Meyers DA, Mitchell BD, Morrison AC, Ngo D, Nickerson DA, Nongmaithem S, North KE, O'Connell JR, Ortega VE, Pankratz N, Perry JA, Psaty BM, Rich SS, Soranzo N, Rotter JI, Silverman EK, Smith NL, Tang H, Tracy RP, Thornton TA, Vasan RS, Zein J, Mathias RA; NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Reiner AP, Auer PL.  Whole-genome sequencing in diverse subjects identifies genetic correlates of leukocyte traits: The NHLBI TOPMed program.  Am J Hum Genet. 2021 Oct 7;108(10):1836-1851. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.08.007. Epub 2021 Sep 27.  PMID: 34582791
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  • Alexander-Bloch AF, Raznahan A, Vandekar SN, Seidlitz J, Lu Z, Matthias SR, Knowles E, Mollon J, Rodrigue A, Curran JE, Görring HHH, Satterthwaite TD, Gur RE, Bassett DS, Hoftman GD, Pearlson G, Shinohara RT, Liu S, Fox PT, Almasy L, Blangero J, Glahn DC. Imaging local genetic influences on cortical folding. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Mar 31;117(13):7430-7436. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1912064117. Epub 2020 Mar 13. PMID: 32170019
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  • Hanson RL, Safabakhsh S, Curtis JM, Hsueh WC, Jones LI, Aflague TF, Duenas Sarmiento J, Kumar S, Blackburn NB, Curran JE, Mahkee D, Baier LJ, Knowler WC, Nelson RG. Association of CREBRF variants with obesity and diabetes in Pacific Islanders from Guam and Saipan. Diabetologia. 2019 Sep;62(9):1647-1652. doi: 10.1007/s00125-019-4932-z. Epub 2019 Jul 6. PMID:31280340
  • Knowles EEM, Curran JE, Goring HHH, Mathias SR, Mollon J, Rodrigue A, Olvera RL, Leandro A, Duggirala R, Almasy L, Blangero J, Glahn DC. Family-based analyses reveal novel genetic overlap between Interleukin-8 and risk for suicide attempt. Brain Behav Immun. 2019 Aug;80:292-299. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.04.004. Epub 2019 Apr 3. PMID: 30953777
  • Knowles EEM, Mathias SR, Mollon J, Rodrigue A, Koenis MMG, Dyer TD, Goring HHH, Curran JE, Olvera RL, Duggirala R, Almasy L, Blangero J, Glahn DC. A QTL on chromosome 3q23 influences processing speed in humans.  Genes Brain Behav. 2019 Apr;18(4): e12530. doi: 10.1111/gbb.12530. Epub 2018 Nov 16 PMID: 30379395
  • Kumar S, Espinosa EC, Leandro AC, Curran JE, Blangero J. microRNA and mRNA interactions in induced pluripotent stem cell reprogramming of lymphoblastoid cell lines. Am J Stem Cells. 2019 Aug 15;8(2):28-37. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31523484
  • Merino J, Dashti HS, Li SX, Sarnowski C, Justice AE, Graff M, Papoutsakis C, Smith CE, Dedoussis GV, Lemaitre RN, Wojczynski MK, Männistö S, Ngwa JS, Kho M, Ahluwalia TS, Pervjakova N, Houston DK, Bouchard C, Huang T, Orho-Melander M, Frazier-Wood AC, Mook-Kanamori DO, Pérusse L, Pennell CE, de Vries PS, Voortman T, Li O, Kanoni S, Rose LM, Lehtimäki T, Zhao JH, Feitosa MF, Luan J, McKeown NM, Smith JA, Hansen T, Eklund N, Nalls MA, Rankinen T, Huang J, Hernandez DG, Schulz CA, Manichaikul A, Li-Gao R, Vohl MC, Wang CA, van Rooij FJA, Shin J, Kalafati IP, Day F, Ridker PM, Kähönen M, Siscovick DS, Langenberg C, Zhao W, Astrup A, Knekt P, Garcia M, Rao DC, Qi Q, Ferrucci L, Ericson U, Blangero J, Hofman A, Pausova Z, Mikkilä V, Wareham NJ, Kardia SLR, Pedersen O, Jula A, Curran JE, Zillikens MC, Viikari JS, Forouhi NG, Ordovás JM, Lieske JC, Rissanen H, Uitterlinden AG, Raitakari OT, Kiefte-de Jong JC, Dupuis J, Rotter JI, North KE, Scott RA, Province MA, Perola M, Cupples LA, Turner ST, Sørensen TIA, Salomaa V, Liu Y, Sung YJ, Qi L, Bandinelli S, Rich SS, de Mutsert R, Tremblay A, Oddy WH, Franco OH, Paus T, Florez JC, Deloukas P, Lyytikäinen LP, Chasman DI, Chu AY, Tanaka T. Genome-wide meta-analysis of macronutrient intake of 91,114 European ancestry participants from the cohorts for heart and aging research in genomic epidemiology consortium. Mol Psychiatry. 2019 Dec;24(12):1920-1932. doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0079-4. Epub 2018 Jul 9. PMID: 29988085
  • Raboin MJ, Letaw J, Mitchell AD, Toffey D, McKelvey J, Roberts CT Jr, Curran JE, Vinson A. Genetic architecture of human obesity traits in the rhesus macaque. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Mar;27(3):479-488. doi: 10.1002/oby.22392. Epub 2019 Feb 11. PMID: 30741480
  • Rodrigue AL, Knowles EE, Mollon J, Mathias SR, Koenis MM, Peralta JM, Leandro AC, Fox PT, Sprooten E, Kochunov P, Olvera RL, Duggirala R, Almasy L, Curran JE, Blangero J, Glahn DC. Evidence for genetic correlation between human cerebral white matter microstructure and inflammation. Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 Oct 1;40(14):4180-4191. doi: 10.1002/hbm.24694. Epub 2019 Jun 11. PMID: 31187567
  • Sarnowski C, Leong A, Raffield LM, Wu P, de Vries PS, DiCorpo D, Guo X, Xu H, Liu Y, Zheng X, Hu Y, Brody JA, Goodarzi MO, Hidalgo BA, Highland HM, Jain D, Liu CT, Naik RP, O'Connell JR, Perry JA, Porneala BC, Selvin E, Wessel J, Psaty BM, Curran JE, Peralta JM, Blangero J, Kooperberg C, Mathias R, Johnson AD, Reiner AP, Mitchell BD, Cupples LA, Vasan RS, Correa A, Morrison AC, Boerwinkle E, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Manning AK, Dupuis J, Meigs JB; TOPMed Diabetes Working Group; TOPMed Hematology Working Group; TOPMed Hemostasis Working Group; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute TOPMed Consortium. Impact of rare and common genetic variants on diabetes diagnosis by hemoglobin A1c in multi-ancestry cohorts: The Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Program. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 Oct 3;105(4):706-718. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.08.010. Epub 2019 Sep 26. PMID:31564435
  • Arya R, Escalante A, Farook VS, Restrepo JF, Battafarano DF, Almeida M, Kos MZ, Fourcaudot MJ, Mummidi S, Kumar S, Curran JE, Jenkinson CP, Blangero J, Duggirala R, Del Rincon I. A genetic association study of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) and plaque in Mexican Americans and European Americans with rheumatoid arthritis. Atherosclerosis.. 2018 Apr; 271:92-101. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.11.024. Epub 2017 Nov 26. PMID: 29482039
  • Arya R, Escalante A, Farook VS, Restrepo JF, Battafarano DF, Almeida M, Kos MZ, Fourcaudot MJ, Mummidi S, Kumar S, Curran JE, Jenkinson CP, Blangero J, Duggirala R, Del Rincon I. Data on genetic associations of carotid atherosclerosis markers in Mexican American and European American rheumatoid arthritis subjects. Data Brief. 2018 Feb 8; 17:820-829. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.02.006. eCollection 2018 Apr. PMID: 29527544
  • Arya R, Farook VS, Fowler SP, Puppala S, Chittoor G, Resendez RG, Mummidi S, Vanamala J, Almasy L, Curran JE, Comuzzie AG, Lehman DM, Jenkinson CP, Lynch JL, DeFronzo RA, Blangero J, Hale DE, Duggirala R, Diego VP. Genetic and environmental (physical fitness and sedentary activity) interaction effects on cardiometabolic risk factors in Mexican American children and adolescents. Genet Epidemiol. 2018 Feb 20. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22114. PMID: 29460292
  • Cadby G, Melton PE, McCarthy NS, Almeida M, Williams-Blangero S, Curran JE, VandeBerg JL, Hui J, Beilby J, Musk AW, James AL, Hung J, Blangero J, Moses EK. Pleiotropy of cardiometabolic syndrome with obesity-related anthropometric traits determined using empirically derived kinships from the Busselton Health Study. Hum Genet. 2018 Jan;137(1):45-53. doi: 10.1007/s00439-017-1856-x. Epub 2017 Nov 27. PMID: 29181734
  • Gao C, Tabb KL, Dimitrov LM, Taylor KD, Wang N, Guo X, Long J, Rotter JI, Watanabe RM, Curran JE, Blangero J, Langefeld CD, Bowden DW, Palmer ND. Exome sequencing identifies genetic variants associated with circulating lipid levels in Mexican Americans: The insulin resistance atherosclerosis family study (irasfs). Sci Rep. 2018 Apr 4;8(1):5603. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23727-2. PMID: 29618726
  • Jun G, Manning A, Almeida M, Zawistowski M, Wood AR, Teslovich TM, Fuchsberger C, Feng S, Cingolani P, Gaulton KJ, Dyer T, Blackwell TW, Chen H, Chines PS, Choi S, Churchhouse C, Fontanillas P, King R, Lee S, Lincoln SE, Trubetskoy V, DePristo M, Fingerlin T, Grossman R, Grundstad J, Heath A, Kim J, Kim YJ, Laramie J, Lee J, Li H, Liu X, Livne O, Locke AE, Maller J, Mazur A, Morris AP, Pollin TI, Ragona D, Reich D, Rivas MA, Scott LJ, Sim X, Tearle RG, Teo YY, Williams AL, Zöllner S, Curran JE, Peralta J, Akolkar B, Bell GI, Burtt NP, Cox NJ, Florez JC, Hanis CL, McKeon C, Mohlke KL, Seielstad M, Wilson JG, Atzmon G, Below JE, Dupuis J, Nicolae DL, Lehman D, Park T, Won S, Sladek R, Altshuler D, McCarthy MI, Duggirala R, Boehnke M, Frayling TM, Abecasis GR, Blangero J. Evaluating the contribution of rare variants to type 2 diabetes and related traits using pedigrees. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Jan 9;115(2):379-384. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705859115. Epub 2017 Dec 26. PMID: 29279374
  • Knowles EEM, Curran JE, Meikle PJ, Huynh K, Mathias SR, Göring HHH, VandeBerg JL, Mahaney MC, Jalbrzikowski M, Mosior MK, Michael LF, Olvera RL, Duggirala R, Almasy L, Glahn DC, Blangero J. Disentangling the genetic overlap between cholesterol and suicide risk. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 Dec;43(13):2556-2563. doi: 10.1038/s41386-018-0162-1. Epub 2018 Jul 23. PMID: 30082891
  • Kumar S, Blangero J, Curran JE. induced pluripotent stem cells in disease modeling and gene identification. Methods Mol Biol. 2018; 1706:17-38. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7471-9_2. PMID: 29423791
  • McCloskey K, De Livera AM, Collier F, Ponsonby AL, Carlin JB, Vuillermin P, Mellett NA, Jayawardana K, Weir JM, Blangero J, Curran JE, Burgner D, Meikle PJ; BIS investigator group. Gestational age and the cord blood lipidomic profile in late preterm and term infants. Neonatology. 2018;114(3):215-222. doi: 10.1159/000487506. Epub 2018 Jun 25. PMID: 29940570
  • Ramstetter MD, Shenoy SA, Dyer TD, Lehman DM, Curran JE, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Mezey JG, Williams AL. Inferring identical-by-descent sharing of sample ancestors promotes high-resolution relative detection. Am J Hum Genet. 2018 Jul 5;103(1):30-44. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.05.008. Epub 2018 Jun 21. PMID: 29937093
  • Farook VS, Reddivari L, Mummidi S, Puppala S, Arya R, Lopez-Alvarenga JC, Fowler SP, Chittoor G, Resendez RG, Kumar BM, Comuzzie AG, Curran JE, Lehman DM, Jenkinson CP, Lynch JL, DeFronzo RA, Blangero J, Hale DE, Duggirala R, Vanamala JK. Genetics of serum carotenoid concentrations and their correlation with obesity-related traits in Mexican American children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Jul; 106(1):52-58. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.144006. Epub 2017 May 17. PMID:28515064
  • Flannick J, Fuchsberger C, Mahajan A, Teslovich TM, Agarwala V, Gaulton KJ, Caulkins L, Koesterer R, Ma C, Moutsianas L, McCarthy DJ, Rivas MA, Perry JRB, Sim X, Blackwell TW, Robertson NR, Rayner NW, Cingolani P, Locke AE, Tajes JF, Highland HM, Dupuis J, Chines PS, Lindgren CM, Hartl C, Jackson AU, Chen H, Huyghe JR, van de Bunt M, Pearson RD, Kumar A, Müller-Nurasyid M, Grarup N, Stringham HM, Gamazon ER, Lee J, Chen Y, Scott RA, Below JE, Chen P, Huang J, Go MJ, Stitzel ML, Pasko D, Parker SCJ, Varga TV, Green T, Beer NL, Day-Williams AG, Ferreira T, Fingerlin T, Horikoshi M, Hu C, Huh I, Ikram MK, Kim BJ, Kim Y, Kim YJ, Kwon MS, Lee J, Lee S, Lin KH, Maxwell TJ, Nagai Y, Wang X, Welch RP, Yoon J, Zhang W, Barzilai N, Voight BF, Han BG, Jenkinson CP, Kuulasmaa T, Kuusisto J, Manning A, Ng MCY, Palmer ND, Balkau B, Stančáková A, Abboud HE, Boeing H, Giedraitis V, Prabhakaran D, Gottesman O, Scott J, Carey J, Kwan P, Grant G, Smith JD, Neale BM, Purcell S, Butterworth AS, Howson JMM, Lee HM, Lu Y, Kwak SH, Zhao W, Danesh J, Lam VKL, Park KS, Saleheen D, So WY, Tam CHT, Afzal U, Aguilar D, Arya R, Aung T, Chan E, Navarro C, Cheng CY, Palli D, Correa A, Curran JE, Rybin D, Farook VS, Fowler SP, Freedman BI, Griswold M, Hale DE, Hicks PJ, Khor CC, Kumar S, Lehne B, Thuillier D, Lim WY, Liu J, Loh M, Musani SK, Puppala S, Scott WR, Yengo L, Tan ST, Taylor HA, Thameem F, Wilson G, Wong TY, Njølstad PR, Levy JC, Mangino M, Bonnycastle LL, Schwarzmayr T, Fadista J, Surdulescu GL, Herder C, Groves CJ, Wieland T, Bork-Jensen J, Brandslund I, Christensen C, Koistinen HA, Doney ASF, Kinnunen L, Esko T, Farmer AJ, Hakaste L, Hodgkiss D, Kravic J, Lyssenko V, Hollensted M, Jørgensen ME, Jørgensen T, Ladenvall C, Justesen JM, Käräjämäki A, Kriebel J, Rathmann W, Lannfelt L, Lauritzen T, Narisu N, Linneberg A, Melander O, Milani L, Neville M, Orho-Melander M, Qi L, Qi Q, Roden M, Rolandsson O, Swift A, Rosengren AH, Stirrups K, Wood AR, Mihailov E, Blancher C, Carneiro MO, Maguire J, Poplin R, Shakir K, Fennell T, DePristo M, de Angelis MH, Deloukas P, Gjesing AP, Jun G, Nilsson P, Murphy J, Onofrio R, Thorand B, Hansen T, Meisinger C, Hu FB, Isomaa B, Karpe F, Liang L, Peters A, Huth C, O'Rahilly SP, Palmer CNA, Pedersen O, Rauramaa R, Tuomilehto J, Salomaa V, Watanabe RM, Syvänen AC, Bergman RN, Bharadwaj D, Bottinger EP, Cho YS, Chandak GR, Chan JC, Chia KS, Daly MJ, Ebrahim SB, Langenberg C, Elliott P, Jablonski KA, Lehman DM, Jia W, Ma RCW, Pollin TI, Sandhu M, Tandon N, Froguel P, Barroso I, Teo YY, Zeggini E, Loos RJF, Small KS, Ried JS, DeFronzo RA, Grallert H, Glaser B, Metspalu A, Wareham NJ, Walker M, Banks E, Gieger C, Ingelsson E, Im HK, Illig T, Franks PW, Buck G, Trakalo J, Buck D, Prokopenko I, Mägi R, Lind L, Farjoun Y, Owen KR, Gloyn AL, Strauch K, Tuomi T, Kooner JS, Lee JY, Park T, Donnelly P, Morris AD, Hattersley AT, Bowden DW, Collins FS, Atzmon G, Chambers JC, Spector TD, Laakso M, Strom TM, Bell GI, Blangero J, Duggirala R, Tai ES, McVean G, Hanis CL, Wilson JG, Seielstad M, Frayling TM, Meigs JB, Cox NJ, Sladek R, Lander ES, Gabriel S, Mohlke KL, Meitinger T, Groop L, Abecasis G, Scott LJ, Morris AP, Kang HM, Altshuler D, Burtt NP, Florez JC, Boehnke M, McCarthy MI. Sequence data and association statistics from 12,940 type 2 diabetes cases and controls. Sci Data. 2017 Dec 19; 4:170179. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2017.179.PMID: 29257133
  • Hibar DP, Adams HH, Jahanshad N, Chauhan G, Stein JL, Hofer E, Renteria ME, Bis JC, Arias-Vasquez A, Ikram MK, Desrivières S, Vernooij MW, Abramovic L, Alhusaini S, Amin N, Andersson M, Arfanakis K, Aribisala BS, Armstrong NJ, Athanasiu L, Axelsson T, Beecham AH, Beiser A, Bernard M, Blanton SH, Bohlken MM, Boks MP, Bralten J, Brickman AM, Carmichael O, Chakravarty MM, Chen Q, Ching CR, Chouraki V, Cuellar-Partida G, Crivello F, Den Braber A, Doan NT, Ehrlich S, Giddaluru S, Goldman AL, Gottesman RF, Grimm O, Griswold ME, Guadalupe T, Gutman BA, Hass J, Haukvik UK, Hoehn D, Holmes AJ, Hoogman M, Janowitz D, Jia T, Jørgensen KN, Karbalai N, Kasperaviciute D, Kim S, Klein M, Kraemer B, Lee PH, Liewald DC, Lopez LM, Luciano M, Macare C, Marquand AF, Matarin M, Mather KA, Mattheisen M, McKay DR, Milaneschi Y, Muñoz Maniega S, Nho K, Nugent AC, Nyquist P, Loohuis LM, Oosterlaan J, Papmeyer M, Pirpamer L, Pütz B, Ramasamy A, Richards JS, Risacher SL, Roiz-Santiañez R, Rommelse N, Ropele S, Rose EJ, Royle NA, Rundek T, Sämann PG, Saremi A, Satizabal CL, Schmaal L, Schork AJ, Shen L, Shin J, Shumskaya E, Smith AV, Sprooten E, Strike LT, Teumer A, Tordesillas-Gutierrez D, Toro R, Trabzuni D, Trompet S, Vaidya D, Van der Grond J, Van der Lee SJ, Van der Meer D, Van Donkelaar MM, Van Eijk KR, Van Erp TG, Van Rooij D, Walton E, Westlye LT, Whelan CD, Windham BG, Winkler AM, Wittfeld K, Woldehawariat G, Wolf C, Wolfers T, Yanek LR, Yang J, Zijdenbos A, Zwiers MP, Agartz I, Almasy L, Ames D, Amouyel P, Andreassen OA, Arepalli S, Assareh AA, Barral S, Bastin ME, Becker DM, Becker JT, Bennett DA, Blangero J, van Bokhoven H, Boomsma DI, Brodaty H, Brouwer RM, Brunner HG, Buckner RL, Buitelaar JK, Bulayeva KB, Cahn W, Calhoun VD, Cannon DM, Cavalleri GL, Cheng CY, Cichon S, Cookson MR, Corvin A, Crespo-Facorro B, Curran JE, Czisch M, Dale AM, Davies GE, De Craen AJ, De Geus EJ, De Jager PL, De Zubicaray GI, Deary IJ, Debette S, DeCarli C, Delanty N, Depondt C, DeStefano A, Dillman A, Djurovic S, Donohoe G, Drevets WC, Duggirala R, Dyer TD, Enzinger C, Erk S, Espeseth T, Fedko IO, Fernández G, Ferrucci L, Fisher SE, Fleischman DA, Ford I, Fornage M, Foroud TM, Fox PT, Francks C, Fukunaga M, Gibbs JR, Glahn DC, Gollub RL, Göring HH, Green RC, Gruber O, Gudnason V, Guelfi S, Håberg AK, Hansell NK, Hardy J, Hartman CA, Hashimoto R, Hegenscheid K, Heinz A, Le Hellard S, Hernandez DG, Heslenfeld DJ, Ho BC, Hoekstra PJ, Hoffmann W, Hofman A, Holsboer F, Homuth G, Hosten N, Hottenga JJ, Huentelman M, Pol HE, Ikeda M, Jack CR Jr, Jenkinson M, Johnson R, Jönsson EG, Jukema JW, Kahn RS, Kanai R, Kloszewska I, Knopman DS, Kochunov P, Kwok JB, Lawrie SM, Lemaître H, Liu X, Longo DL, Lopez OL, Lovestone S, Martinez O, Martinot JL, Mattay VS, McDonald C, McIntosh AM, McMahon FJ, McMahon KL, Mecocci P, Melle I, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Mohnke S, Montgomery GW, Morris DW, Mosley TH, Mühleisen TW, Müller-Myhsok B, Nalls MA, Nauck M, Nichols TE, Niessen WJ, Nöthen MM, Nyberg L, Ohi K, Olvera RL, Ophoff RA, Pandolfo M, Paus T, Pausova Z, Penninx BW, Pike GB, Potkin SG, Psaty BM, Reppermund S, Rietschel M, Roffman JL, Romanczuk-Seiferth N, Rotter JI, Ryten M, Sacco RL, Sachdev PS, Saykin AJ, Schmidt R, Schmidt H, Schofield PR, Sigursson S, Simmons A, Singleton A, Sisodiya SM, Smith C, Smoller JW, Soininen H, Steen VM, Stott DJ, Sussmann JE, Thalamuthu A, Toga AW, Traynor BJ, Troncoso J, Tsolaki M, Tzourio C, Uitterlinden AG, Hernández MC, Van der Brug M, van der Lugt A, van der Wee NJ, Van Haren NE, van 't Ent D, Van Tol MJ, Vardarajan BN, Vellas B, Veltman DJ, Völzke H, Walter H, Wardlaw JM, Wassink TH, Weale ME, Weinberger DR, Weiner MW, Wen W, Westman E, White T, Wong TY, Wright CB, Zielke RH, Zonderman AB, Martin NG, Van Duijn CM, Wright MJ, Longstreth WT, Schumann G, Grabe HJ, Franke B, Launer LJ, Medland SE, Seshadri S, Thompson PM, Ikram MA. Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume. Nat Commun. 2017 Jan 18; 8:13624. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13624. PMID:28098162 
  • Hodgson K, Almasy L, Knowles EE, Kent JW Jr, Curran JE, Dyer TD, Göring HH, Olvera RL, Woolsey MD, Duggirala R, Fox PT, Blangero J, Glahn DC. The genetic basis of the comorbidity between cannabis use and major depression. Addiction. 2017 Jan;112(1):113-123. doi: 10.1111/add.13558. Epub 2016 Sep 26. PMID:27517884
  • Hodgson K, Carless MA, Kulkarni H, Curran JE, Sprooten E, Knowles EE, Mathias S, Göring HHH, Yao N, Olvera RL, Fox PT, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Glahn DC. Epigenetic age acceleration assessed with human white-matter images. J Neurosci. 2017 May 3;37(18):4735-4743. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0177-17.2017. Epub 2017 Apr 6. PMID:28385874 
  • Hodgson K, Poldrack RA, Curran JE, Knowles EE, Mathias S, Göring HHH, Yao N, Olvera RL, Fox PT, Almasy L, Duggirala R, Barch DM, Blangero J, Glahn DC. Shared genetic factors influence head motion during MRI and Body Mass Index. Cereb Cortex. 2017 Dec 1;27(12):5539-5546. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhw321. PMID 27744290
  • Justice AE, Winkler TW, Feitosa MF, Graff M, Fisher VA, Young K, Barata L, Deng X, Czajkowski J, Hadley D, Ngwa JS, Ahluwalia TS, Chu AY, Heard-Costa NL, Lim E, Perez J, Eicher JD, Kutalik Z, Xue L, Mahajan A, Renström F, Wu J, Qi Q, Ahmad S, Alfred T, Amin N, Bielak LF, Bonnefond A, Bragg J, Cadby G, Chittani M, Coggeshall S, Corre T, Direk N, Eriksson J, Fischer K, Gorski M, Neergaard Harder M, Horikoshi M, Huang T, Huffman JE, Jackson AU, Justesen JM, Kanoni S, Kinnunen L, Kleber ME, Komulainen P, Kumari M, Lim U, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, Mangino M, Manichaikul A, Marten J, Middelberg RPS, Müller-Nurasyid M, Navarro P, Pérusse L, Pervjakova N, Sarti C, Smith AV, Smith JA, Stančáková A, Strawbridge RJ, Stringham HM, Sung YJ, Tanaka T, Teumer A, Trompet S, van der Laan SW, van der Most PJ, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Vedantam SL, Verweij N, Vink JM, Vitart V, Wu Y, Yengo L, Zhang W, Hua Zhao J, Zimmermann ME, Zubair N, Abecasis GR, Adair LS, Afaq S, Afzal U, Bakker SJL, Bartz TM, Beilby J, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Biffar R, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Bottinger E, Braga D, Buckley BM, Buyske S, Campbell H, Chambers JC, Collins FS, Curran JE, de Borst GJ, de Craen AJM, de Geus EJC, Dedoussis G, Delgado GE, den Ruijter HM, Eiriksdottir G, Eriksson AL, Esko T, Faul JD, Ford I, Forrester T, Gertow K, Gigante B, Glorioso N, Gong J, Grallert H, Grammer TB, Grarup N, Haitjema S, Hallmans G, Hamsten A, Hansen T, Harris TB, Hartman CA, Hassinen M, Hastie ND, Heath AC, Hernandez D, Hindorff L, Hocking LJ, Hollensted M, Holmen OL, Homuth G, Jan Hottenga J, Huang J, Hung J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Ingelsson E, James AL, Jansson JO, Jarvelin MR, Jhun MA, Jørgensen ME, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Karlsson M, Koistinen HA, Kolcic I, Kolovou G, Kooperberg C, Krämer BK, Kuusisto J, Kvaløy K, Lakka TA, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Leander K, Lee NR, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Linneberg A, Lobbens S, Loh M, Lorentzon M, Luben R, Lubke G, Ludolph-Donislawski A, Lupoli S, Madden PAF, Männikkö R, Marques-Vidal P, Martin NG, McKenzie CA, McKnight B, Mellström D, Menni C, Montgomery GW, Musk AB, Narisu N, Nauck M, Nolte IM, Oldehinkel AJ, Olden M, Ong KK, Padmanabhan S, Peyser PA, Pisinger C, Porteous DJ, Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rao DC, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Rawal R, Rice T, Ridker PM, Rose LM, Bien SA, Rudan I, Sanna S, Sarzynski MA, Sattar N, Savonen K, Schlessinger D, Scholtens S, Schurmann C, Scott RA, Sennblad B, Siemelink MA, Silbernagel G, Slagboom PE, Snieder H, Staessen JA, Stott DJ, Swertz MA, Swift AJ, Taylor KD, Tayo BO, Thorand B, Thuillier D, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Vandenput L, Vohl MC, Völzke H, Vonk JM, Waeber G, Waldenberger M, Westendorp RGJ, Wild S, Willemsen G, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Wong A, Wright AF, Zhao W, Zillikens MC, Baldassarre D, Balkau B, Bandinelli S, Böger CA, Boomsma DI, Bouchard C, Bruinenberg M, Chasman DI, Chen YD, Chines PS, Cooper RS, Cucca F, Cusi D, Faire U, Ferrucci L, Franks PW, Froguel P, Gordon-Larsen P, Grabe HJ, Gudnason V, Haiman CA, Hayward C, Hveem K, Johnson AD, Wouter Jukema J, Kardia SLR, Kivimaki M, Kooner JS, Kuh D, Laakso M, Lehtimäki T, Marchand LL, März W, McCarthy MI, Metspalu A, Morris AP, Ohlsson C, Palmer LJ, Pasterkamp G, Pedersen O, Peters A, Peters U, Polasek O, Psaty BM, Qi L, Rauramaa R, Smith BH, Sørensen TIA, Strauch K, Tiemeier H, Tremoli E, van der Harst P, Vestergaard H, Vollenweider P, Wareham NJ, Weir DR, Whitfield JB, Wilson JF, Tyrrell J, Frayling TM, Barroso I, Boehnke M, Deloukas P, Fox CS, Hirschhorn JN, Hunter DJ, Spector TD, Strachan DP, van Duijn CM, Heid IM, Mohlke KL, Marchini J, Loos RJF, Kilpeläinen TO, Liu CT, Borecki IB, North KE, Cupples LA. Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits. Nat Commun. 2017 Apr 26; 8:14977. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14977. PMID: 28443625
  • Knowles EE, Huynh K, Meikle PJ, Göring HH, Olvera RL, Mathias SR, Duggirala R, Almasy L, Blangero J, Curran JE, Glahn DC. The lipidome in major depressive disorder: Shared genetic influence for ether-phosphatidylcholines, a plasma-based phenotype related to inflammation, and disease risk. Eur Psychiatry. 2017 Feb 21; 43:44-50. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.02.479. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:28365467 
  • Knowles EE, Meikle PJ, Huynh K, Göring HH, Olvera RL, Mathias SR, Duggirala R, Almasy L, Blangero J, Curran JE, Glahn DC. Serum phosphatidylinositol as a biomarker for bipolar disorder liability. Bipolar Disord. 2017 Mar;19(2):107-115. doi: 10.1111/bdi.12468. Epub 2017 Feb 23. PMID:28230325
  • Kos MZ, Carless MA, Peralta J, Curran JE, Quillen EE, Almeida M, Blackburn A, Blondell L, Roalf DR, Pogue-Geile MF, Gur RC, Göring HHH, Nimgaonkar VL, Gur RE, Almasy L. Exome sequences of multiplex, multigenerational families reveal schizophrenia risk loci with potential implications for neurocognitive performance. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2017 Dec;174(8):817-827. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32597. Epub 2017 Sep 13. PMID: 28902459
  • Kulkarni H, Mamtani M, Wong G, Weir JM, Barlow CK, Dyer TD, Almasy L, Mahaney MC, Comuzzie AG, Duggirala R, Meikle PJ, Blangero J, Curran JE. Genetic correlation of the plasma lipidome with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes and insulin resistance in Mexican American families. BMC Genet.2017 May 19;18(1):48. doi: 10.1186/s12863-017-0515-5. PMID:28525987
  • Kulkarni H, Mamtani M, Blangero J, Curran JE. Lipidomics in the study of hypertension in metabolic syndrome. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2017 Jan;19(1):7. doi: 10.1007/s11906-017-0705-6. Review. PMID:28168678
  • Lake NJ, Taylor RL, Trahair H, Harikrishnan KN, Curran JE, Almeida M, Kulkarni H, Mukhamedova N, Hoang A, Low H, Murphy AJ, Johnson MP, Dyer TD, Mahaney MC, Göring HHH, Moses EK, Sviridov D, Blangero J, Jowett JBM, Bozaoglu K. TRAK2, a novel regulator of ABCA1 expression, cholesterol efflux and HDL biogenesis. Eur Heart J. 2017 Dec 21;38(48):3579-3587. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx315. PMID: 28655204
  • Manning A, Highland HM, Gasser J, Sim X, Tukiainen T, Fontanillas P, Grarup N, Rivas MA, Mahajan A, Locke AE, Cingolani P, Pers TH, Viñuela A, Brown AA, Wu Y, Flannick J, Fuchsberger C, Gamazon ER, Gaulton KJ, Im HK, Teslovich TM, Blackwell TW, Bork-Jensen J, Burtt NP, Chen Y, Green T, Hartl C, Kang HM, Kumar A, Ladenvall C, Ma C, Moutsianas L, Pearson RD, Perry JR, Rayner NW, Robertson NR, Scott LJ, van de Bunt M, Eriksson JG, Jula A, Koskinen S, Lehtimäki T, Palotie A, Raitakari OT, Jacobs SB, Wessel J, Chu AY, Scott RA, Goodarzi MO, Blancher C, Buck G, Buck D, Chines PS, Gabriel S, Gjesing AP, Groves CJ, Hollensted M, Huyghe JR, Jackson AU, Jun G, Justesen JM, Mangino M, Murphy J, Neville M, Onofrio R, Small KS, Stringham HM, Trakalo J, Banks E, Carey J, Carneiro MO, DePristo M, Farjoun Y, Fennell T, Goldstein JI, Grant G, Hrabé de Angelis M, Maguire J, Neale BM, Poplin R, Purcell S, Schwarzmayr T, Shakir K, Smith JD, Strom TM, Wieland T, Lindstrom J, Brandslund I, Christensen C, Surdulescu GL, Lakka TA, Doney AS, Nilsson P, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Varga TV, Franks PW, Rolandsson O, Rosengren AH, Farook VS, Thameem F, Puppala S, Kumar S, Lehman DM, Jenkinson CP, Curran JE, Hale DE, Fowler SP, Arya R, DeFronzo RA, Abboud HE, Syvänen AC, Hicks PJ, Palmer ND, Ng MC, Bowden DW, Freedman BI, Esko T, Mägi R, Milani L, Mihailov E, Metspalu A, Narisu N, Kinnunen L, Bonnycastle LL, Swift A, Pasko D, Wood AR, Fadista J, Pollin TI, Barzilai N, Atzmon G, Glaser B, Thorand B, Strauch K, Peters A, Roden M, Müller-Nurasyid M, Liang L, Kriebel J, Illig T, Grallert H, Gieger C, Meisinger C, Lannfelt L, Musani SK, Griswold M, Taylor HA Jr, Wilson G Sr, Correa A, Oksa H, Scott WR, Afzal U, Tan ST, Loh M, Chambers JC, Sehmi J, Kooner JS, Lehne B, Cho YS, Lee JY, Han BG, Käräjämäki A, Qi Q, Qi L, Huang J, Hu FB, Melander O, Orho-Melander M, Below JE, Aguilar D, Wong TY, Liu J, Khor CC, Chia KS, Lim WY, Cheng CY, Chan E, Tai ES, Aung T, Linneberg A, Isomaa B, Meitinger T, Tuomi T, Hakaste L, Kravic J, Jørgensen ME, Lauritzen T, Deloukas P, Stirrups KE, Owen KR, Farmer AJ, Frayling TM, O'Rahilly SP, Walker M, Levy JC, Hodgkiss D, Hattersley AT, Kuulasmaa T, Stančáková A, Barroso I, Bharadwaj D, Chan J, Chandak GR, Daly MJ, Donnelly PJ, Ebrahim SB, Elliott P, Fingerlin T, Froguel P, Hu C, Jia W, Ma RC, McVean G, Park T, Prabhakaran D, Sandhu M, Scott J, Sladek R, Tandon N, Teo YY, Zeggini E, Watanabe RM, Koistinen HA, Kesaniemi YA, Uusitupa M, Spector TD, Salomaa V, Rauramaa R, Palmer CN, Prokopenko I, Morris AD, Bergman RN, Collins FS, Lind L, Ingelsson E, Tuomilehto J, Karpe F, Groop L, Jørgensen T, Hansen T, Pedersen O, Kuusisto J, Abecasis G, Bell GI, Blangero J, Cox NJ, Duggirala R, Seielstad M, Wilson JG, Dupuis J, Ripatti S, Hanis CL, Florez JC, Mohlke KL, Meigs JB, Laakso M, Morris AP, Boehnke M, Altshuler D, McCarthy MI, Gloyn AL, Lindgren CM. A low-frequency inactivating Akt2variant enriched in the Finnish population is associated with fasting insulin levels and type 2 diabetes risk. Diabetes. 2017 Jul;66(7):2019-2032. doi: 10.2337/db16-1329. Epub 2017 Mar 24. PMID:28341696
  • Mercader JM, Liao RG, Bell AD, Dymek Z, Estrada K, Tukiainen T, Huerta-Chagoya A, Moreno-Macías H, Jablonski KA, Hanson RL, Walford GA, Moran I, Chen L, Agarwala V, Ordoñez-Sánchez ML, Rodríguez-Guillen R, Rodríguez-Torres M, Segura-Kato Y, García-Ortiz H, Centeno-Cruz F, Barajas-Olmos F, Caulkins L, Puppala S, Fontanillas P, Williams AL, Bonàs-Guarch S, Hartl C, Ripke S; Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group, Tooley K, Lane J, Zerrweck C, Martínez-Hernández A, Córdova EJ, Mendoza-Caamal E, Contreras-Cubas C, González-Villalpando ME, Cruz-Bautista I, Muñoz-Hernández L, Gómez-Velasco D, Alvirde U, Henderson BE, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Arellano-Campos O, Riba L, Harden M; Broad Genomics Platform, Gabriel S; T2D-GENES Consortium, Abboud HE, Cortes ML, Revilla-Monsalve C, Islas-Andrade S, Soberon X, Curran JE, Jenkinson CP, DeFronzo RA, Lehman DM, Hanis CL, Bell GI, Boehnke M, Blangero J, Duggirala R, Saxena R, MacArthur D, Ferrer J, McCarroll SA, Torrents D, Knowler WC, Baier LJ, Burtt N, González-Villalpando C, Haiman CA, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Tusié-Luna T, Flannick J, Jacobs SBR, Orozco L, Altshuler D, Florez JC. A loss-of-function splice acceptor variant in IGF2 is protective for type 2 diabetes. SIGMA T2D Genetics Consortium. Diabetes. 2017 Nov;66(11):2903-2914. doi: 10.2337/db17-0187. Epub 2017 Aug 24. PMID: 28838971
  • Ramstetter MD, Dyer TD, Lehman DM, Curran JE, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Mezey JG, Williams AL. Benchmarking relatedness inference methods with genome-wide data from thousands of relatives. Genetics. 2017 Sep;207(1):75-82. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.1122. Epub 2017 Jul 24.  PMID: 28739658.
  • Tabb KL, Hellwege JN, Palmer ND, Dimitrov L, Sajuthi S, Taylor KD, Ng MC, Hawkins GA, Chen YI, Brown WM, McWilliams D, Williams A, Lorenzo C, Norris JM, Long J, Rotter JI, Curran JE, Blangero J, Wagenknecht LE, Langefeld CD, Bowden DW. Analysis of whole exome sequencing with cardiometabolic traits using family-based linkage and association in the IRAS Family Study. Ann Hum Genet. 2017 Mar;81(2):49-58. doi: 10.1111/ahg.12184. Epub 2017 Jan 9. PMID:28067407
  • Weerasekera L, Rudnicka C, Sang QX, Curran JE, Johnson MP, Moses EK, Göring HH, Blangero J, Hricova J, Schlaich M, Matthews VB. ADAM19: A novel target for Metabolic Syndrome in humans and mice. Mediators Inflamm. 2017; 2017:7281986. doi: 10.1155/2017/7281986. Epub 2017 Feb 7. PMID:28265178
  • Wu S, McCormick JB, Curran JE, Fisher-Hoch SP. Transition from pre-diabetes to diabetes and predictors of risk in Mexican-Americans. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2017 Dec 6; 10:491-503. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S136368. eCollection 2017. PMID 29255369
  • Yao L, Liu Y, Qiu Z, Kumar S, Curran JE, Blangero J, Chen Y, Lehman DM. Molecular profiling of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hypothalamic neurones provides developmental insights into genetic loci for body weight regulation. J Neuroendocrinol. 2017 Feb;29(2). doi: 10.1111/jne.12455. PMID:28071834

Collaborating Institutions

  • Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute

  • Indiana University School of Medicine

  • Institute of Health & Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology

  • Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, TAS Australia

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Oregon Health and Science University

  • Stanford University

  • Universidad de Costa Rica

  • UT Health Science Center at San Antonio

  • UT Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health

  • Wake Forest University School of Medicine

  • Wright State University

  • Yale University, School of Medicine

  • University of Utah, College of Health

  • Federation University Australia