The accumulation of erythrocytes quantified and visualized by Glycophorin C in carotid atherosclerotic plaque reflects intraplaque hemorrhage and pre-procedural neurological symptoms

Autor: Joost M. Mekke, Tim R. Sakkers, Maarten C. Verwer, Noortje A. M. van den Dungen, Yipei Song, Clint L. Miller, Aloke V. Finn, Gerard Pasterkamp, Michal Mokry, Hester M. den Ruijter, Aryan Vink, Dominique P. V. de Kleijn, Gert J. de Borst, Saskia Haitjema, Sander W. van der Laan

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2023)

Abstract The accumulation of erythrocyte membranes within an atherosclerotic plaque may contribute to the deposition of free cholesterol and thereby the enlargement of the necrotic core. Erythrocyte membranes can be visualized and quantified in the p

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X chromosome inactivation skewing is common in advanced carotid atherosclerotic lesions in females and predicts secondary peripheral artery events

Autor: Michele F. Buono, Ernest Diez Benavente, Mark Daniels, Barend M. Mol, Joost M. Mekke, Gert J. de Borst, Dominique P. V. de Kleijn, Sander W. van der Laan, Gerard Pasterkamp, Charlotte Onland-Moret, Michal Mokry, Hester M. den Ruijter

Publikováno v: Biology of Sex Differences, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2023)

Abstract Background and aim Sex differences in atherosclerosis have been described with female plaques being mostly perceived as stable and fibrous. Sex-specific mechanisms such as mosaic loss of the Y chromosome in men have been linked to cardiovasc

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Large-scale exome array summary statistics resources for glycemic traits to aid effector gene prioritization [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Autor: Natasha H. J. Ng, Sara M. Willems, Jian'an Luan, Rebecca S. Fine, Juan Fernandez, Jennifer Wessel, Eleanor Wheeler, Gaelle Marenne, Hidetoshi Kitajima, Hanieh Yaghootkar, Xueling Sim, Ian J. Deary, Sai Chen, Shuai Wang, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Caroline Hayward, Yuning Chen, Jennifer L. Asimit, Claudia Langenberg, Tibor V. Varga, Archie Campbell, Rona J. Strawbridge, Shuang Feng, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Erica L. Kleinbrink, Emil V. Appel, Ping An, Lawrence F. Bielak, Dan E. Arking, Jennifer A. Brody, Nathan A. Bihlmeyer, David Porteous, Ayse Demirkan, Audrey Y. Chu, Franco Giulianini, James S. Floyd, Stefan Gustafsson, Xiuqing Guo, Johanna Jakobsdottir, Anne U. Jackson, Stavroula Kanoni, Richard A. Jensen, Igor Rudan, Man Li, Sirkka Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Alisa K. Manning, Yingchang Lu, Karina Meidtner, Jonathan Marten, Giorgio Pistis, Taulant Muka, Kenneth M. Rice, Bram Prins, Albert Vernon Smith, Serena Sanna, Lorraine Southam, Jennifer A. Smith, Vinicius Tragante, Heather M. Stringham, Helen R. Warren, Sander W. van der Laan, Andrianos M. Yiorkas, Jie Yao, Wei Zhao, Weihua Zhang, Heather M. Highland, Mariaelisa Graff, Eirini Marouli, Anne E. Justice, Wesam A. Alhejily, Saima Afaq, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Najaf Amin, Michiel L. Bots, Lori L. Bonnycastle, Ji Chen, Ivan Brandslund, Abbas Dehghan, John Danesh, Tapani Ebeling, Jessica D. Faul, Aliki-Eleni Farmaki, Steve Franks, Paul W. Franks, Anette P. Gjesing, Andreas Fritsche, Göran Hallmans, Mark O. Goodarzi, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Tamara B. Harris, Min A Jhun, Marie-France Hivert, Marit E. Jørgensen, Torben Jørgensen, Eero Kajantie, Pekka Jousilahti, Sharon L.R. Kardia, Maria Karaleftheri, Heikki A. Koistinen, Leena Kinnunen, Peter Kovacs, Pirjo Komulainen, Markku Laakso, Johanna Kuusisto, Aaron Leong, Lenore J. Launer, Jocelyn E. Manning Fox, Jaana Lindström, Nisa M. Maruthur, Satu Männistö, Antonella Mulas, Leena Moilanen, Matthew Neville, Mike A. Nalls, Alison Pattie, James S. Pankow, Hannu Puolijoki, Eva R.B. Petersen, Paul Redmond, Asif Rasheed, Michael Roden, Frida Renström, Juha Saltevo, Danish Saleheen, Sylvain Sebert, Kai Savonen, Alena Stančáková, Kerrin S. Small, Konstantin Strauch, Jakob Stokholm, Betina H. Thuesen, Juha Auvinen, E-Shyong Tai, Emmanouil Tsafantakis, Anke Tönjes, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Tiinamaija Tuomi, Marja Vääräsmäki, Matti Uusitupa, Magdalena Zoledziewska, Ilonca Vaartjes, Beverley Balkau, Goncalo Abecasis, Alexandra I. Blakemore, Hans Bisgaard, Heiner Boeing, Ruth J.F. Loos, Matthias Blüher, Klaus Bønnelykke, Eric Boerwinkle, Mark J. Caulfield, Erwin P. Bottinger, Daniel I. Chasman, John C. Chambers, Francis S. Collins, Ching-Yu Cheng, Francesco Cucca, Josef Coresh, George Dedoussis, Gert J. de Borst, Hester M. den Ruijter, Panos Deloukas, Ele Ferrannini, Michele K. Evans, Harald Grallert, Oscar H. Franco, Arfan Ikram, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Fredrik Karpe, Erik Ingelsson, Wieland Kiess, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Kay-Tee Kaw, Antje Körner, Jaspal S. Kooner, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Timo Lakka, Ching-Ti Liu, Leonard Lipovich, Patrick E. MacDonald, Jun Liu, Andrew D. Morris, Karen L. Mohlke, Alison Murray, Patricia B. Munroe, Gerard Pasterkamp, Colin N. A . Palmer, Patricia A. Peyser, Oluf Pedersen, Paul M. Ridker, Rainer Rauramaa, Patrik Rorsman, Olov Rolandsson, Veikko Salomaa, Frits R. Rosendaal, Robert Sladek, Matthias B. Schulze, Michael Stumvoll, Timothy D. Spector, Mark Walker, Cornelia M. van Duijn, David R. Weir, Nick J. Wareham, Tien Yin Wong, James G. Wilson, Alan B. Zonderman, Eleftheria Zeggini, Andrew P. Morris, Jerome I. Rotter, Jose C. Florez, Michael Boehnke, James B. Meigs, Mark I. McCarthy, Robert A. Scott, Anubha Mahajan, Inês Barroso, Anna L. Gloyn, Michael A. Province, Niels Grarup, Ruifang Li-Gao, Jette Bork-Jensen, Yongmei Liu, Allan Linneberg, Leslie A. Lange, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Gail Davies, Lars Lind, Bruce M. Psaty, Tea Skaaby, Torben Hansen, Ozren Polasek, John M. Starr, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Vilmundur Gudnason, Kent D. Taylor, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Renée de Mutsert, Paul Elliott, Josée Dupuis, Blair H. Smith, Andrew T. Hattersley

Publikováno v: Wellcome Open Research, Vol 8 (2023)

Background Genome-wide association studies for glycemic traits have identified hundreds of loci associated with these biomarkers of glucose homeostasis. Despite this success, the challenge remains to link variant associations to genes, and underlying

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Addressing persistent evidence gaps in cardiovascular sex differences research – the potential of clinical care data

Autor: Sophie H. Bots, N. Charlotte Onland-Moret, Hester M. den Ruijter

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Global Women's Health, Vol 3 (2023)

Women have historically been underrepresented in cardiovascular clinical trials, resulting in a lack of sex-specific data. This is especially problematic in two situations, namely those where diseases manifest differently in women and men and those w

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Routine clinical care data from thirteen cardiac outpatient clinics: design of the Cardiology Centers of the Netherlands (CCN) database

Autor: Sophie H. Bots, Klaske R. Siegersma, N. Charlotte Onland-Moret, Folkert W. Asselbergs, G. Aernout Somsen, Igor I. Tulevski, Hester M. den Ruijter, Leonard Hofstra

Publikováno v: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)

Abstract Background Despite the increasing availability of clinical data due to the digitalisation of healthcare systems, data often remain inaccessible due to the diversity of data collection systems. In the Netherlands, Cardiology Centers of the Ne

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