Marcel den Hoed

The C16orf87 protein is a subunit of the MIER corepressor complex controlling embryonic development and cell migration

Punga, Tanel; Larsson, Mårten; Mujica, Endrina; Melo, Fabio R. et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2026

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Genome-wide interaction study with body mass index identifies CYP7A1 and GIPR as genetic modulators of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

Jamialahmadi, Oveis; Mujica, Endrina; Morris, Lowri; Mancina, Rosellina Margherita et al.

Part of Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, p. 1252-1268, 2025

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Telmisartan reverses hepatic steatosis via PCK1 upregulation: A novel PPAR-independent mechanism in experimental models of MASLD

Bentanachs, Roger; Ramirez-Carrasco, Patricia; Braster, Bianca; Emmanouilidou, Anastasia et al.

Part of Pharmacological Research, 2025

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A functional genomic framework to elucidate novel causal metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease genes

Saliba-Gustafsson, Peter; Justesen, Johanne M.; Ranta, Amanda; Sharma, Disha et al.

Part of Hepatology, p. 165-183, 2025

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Functionally characterizing obesity-susceptibility genes using CRISPR/Cas9, in vivo imaging and deep learning.

Mazzaferro, Eugenia; Mujica, Endrina; Zhang, Hanqing; Emmanouilidou, Anastasia et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, p. 5408, 2025

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The C16orf87 protein is a subunit of the MIER corepressor complex controlling embryonic development and cell migration

Punga, Tanel; Larsson, Mårten; Mujica, Endrina; Melo, Fabio R. et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2026

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Genome-wide interaction study with body mass index identifies CYP7A1 and GIPR as genetic modulators of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

Jamialahmadi, Oveis; Mujica, Endrina; Morris, Lowri; Mancina, Rosellina Margherita et al.

Part of Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, p. 1252-1268, 2025

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Telmisartan reverses hepatic steatosis via PCK1 upregulation: A novel PPAR-independent mechanism in experimental models of MASLD

Bentanachs, Roger; Ramirez-Carrasco, Patricia; Braster, Bianca; Emmanouilidou, Anastasia et al.

Part of Pharmacological Research, 2025

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A functional genomic framework to elucidate novel causal metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease genes

Saliba-Gustafsson, Peter; Justesen, Johanne M.; Ranta, Amanda; Sharma, Disha et al.

Part of Hepatology, p. 165-183, 2025

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Functionally characterizing obesity-susceptibility genes using CRISPR/Cas9, in vivo imaging and deep learning.

Mazzaferro, Eugenia; Mujica, Endrina; Zhang, Hanqing; Emmanouilidou, Anastasia et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, p. 5408, 2025

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Investigating the role of lipid genes in liver disease using models of steatotic liver disease in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Mujica, Endrina; den Hoed, Marcel

Part of Liver international, p. 2348-2350, 2023

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Genome-wide analysis identifies genetic effects on reproductive success and ongoing natural selection at the FADS locus

Mathieson, Iain; Day, Felix R.; Barban, Nicola; Tropf, Felix C. et al.

Part of Nature Human Behaviour, p. 790-801, 2023

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Genetic insights into resting heart rate and its role in cardiovascular disease

van de Vegte, Yordi; Eppinga, Ruben P.; van der Ende, M. Yldau; Hagemeijer, Yanick et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2023

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GWAS of random glucose in 476,326 individuals provide insights into diabetes pathophysiology, complications and treatment stratification

Lagou, Vasiliki; Jiang, Longda; Ulrich, Anna; Zudina, Liudmila et al.

Part of Nature Genetics, p. 1448-+, 2023

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Distilling causality between physical activity traits and obesity via Mendelian randomization

Wang, Zhe; Davey Smith, George; Loos, Ruth J. F.; den Hoed, Marcel

Part of Communications Medicine, 2023

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Loss of RREB1 in pancreatic beta cells reduces cellular insulin content and affects endocrine cell gene expression

Mattis, Katia K; Krentz, Nicole A J; Metzendorf, Christoph; Abaitua, Fernando et al.

Part of Diabetologia, p. 674-694, 2023

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Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention

Wang, Zhe; Emmerich, Andrew; Pillon, Nicolas J; Moore, Tim et al.

Part of Nature Genetics, p. 1332-1344, 2022

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CRISPR-Cas9 induces large structural variants at on-target and off-target sites in vivo that segregate across generations

Höijer, Ida; Emmanouilidou, Anastasia; Östlund, Rebecka; van Schendel, Robin et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2022

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Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries

Mishra, Aniket; den Hoed, Marcel; Gustafsson, Stefan; Ingelsson, Erik et al.

Part of Nature, p. 115-+, 2022

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Dysregulation of macrophage PEPD in obesity determines adipose tissue fibro-inflammation and insulin resistance

Pellegrinelli, V; Rodriguez-Cuenca, S.; Rouault, C.; Figueroa-Juarez, E. et al.

Part of Nature Metabolism, p. 476-+, 2022

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Identification of 371 genetic variants for age at first sex and birth linked to externalising behaviour

Mills, Melinda C.; Tropf, Felix C.; Brazel, David M.; van Zuydam, Natalie et al.

Part of Nature Human Behaviour, p. 1717-1730, 2021

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Genome-wide discovery of genetic loci that uncouple excess adiposity from its comorbidities

Huang, Lam O.; Rauch, Alexander; Mazzaferro, Eugenia; Preuss, Michael et al.

Part of Nature Metabolism, p. 228-243, 2021

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Amplification-free long-read sequencing reveals unforeseen CRISPR-Cas9 off-target activity

Höijer, Ida; Johansson, Josefin; Gudmundsson, Sanna; Chin, Chen-Shan et al.

Part of Genome Biology, 2020

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Translating GWAS-identified loci for cardiac rhythm and rate using an in vivo image- and CRISPR/Cas9-based approach

von der Heyde, Benedikt; Emmanouilidou, Anastasia; Mazzaferro, Eugenia; Vicenzi, Silvia et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2020

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Test-retest variability of VO_2max using total-capture indirect calorimetry reveals linear relationship of VO₂ and Power

Schoffelen, Paul F. M.; den Hoed, Marcel; van Breda, Eric; Plasqui, Guy

Part of Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, p. 213-222, 2019

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Multiancestry genome-wide association study of 520,000 subjects identifies 32 loci associated with stroke and stroke subtypes

Malik, Rainer; Chauhan, Ganesh; Traylor, Matthew; Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan et al.

Part of Nature Genetics, p. 524-537, 2018

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PR interval genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 50 loci associated with atrial and atrioventricular electrical activity

van Setten, Jessica; Brody, Jennifer A.; Jamshidi, Yalda; Swenson, Brenton R. et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2018

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Identification of a novel proinsulin-associated SNP and demonstration that proinsulin is unlikely to be a causal factor in subclinical vascular remodelling using Mendelian randomisation

Strawbridge, Rona J.; Silveira, Angela; den Hoed, Marcel; Gustafsson, Stefan et al.

Part of Atherosclerosis, p. 196-204, 2017

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Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity: A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults.

Graff, Mariaelisa; Scott, Robert A; Justice, Anne E; Young, Kristin L et al.

Part of PLOS Genetics, 2017

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Maternal diabetes and incidence of childhood cancer: a nationwide cohort study and exploratory genetic analysis

Deleskog, Anna; den Hoed, Marcel; Tettamanti, Giorgio; Carlsson, Sofia et al.

Part of Clinical Epidemiology, p. 633-642, 2017

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Genetic loci associated with heart rate variability and their effects on cardiac disease risk

Nolte, Ilja M.; Munoz, M. Loretto; Tragante, Vinicius; Amare, Azmeraw T. et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2017

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Extensive Type II Muscle Fiber Atrophy in Elderly Female Hip Fracture Patients

Kramer, Irene Fleur; Snijders, Tim; Smeets, Joey S. J.; Leenders, Marika et al.

Part of The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, p. 1369-1375, 2017

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Identification of additional risk loci for stroke and small vessel disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies.

den Hoed, Marcel

Part of Lancet Neurology, p. 695-707, 2016

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Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior

Barban, Nicola; Jansen, Rick; de Vlaming, Ronald; Vaez, Ahmad et al.

Part of Nature Genetics, p. 1462-1472, 2016

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A genomic approach to therapeutic target validation identifies a glucose-lowering GLP1R variant protective for coronary heart disease

Scott, Robert A.; Freitag, Daniel F.; Li, Li; Chu, Audrey Y. et al.

Part of Science Translational Medicine, 2016

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GWAS-identified loci for coronary heart disease are associated with intima-media thickness and plaque presence at the carotid artery bulb

den Hoed, Marcel; Strawbridge, Rona J; Almgren, Peter; Gustafsson, Stefan et al.

Part of Atherosclerosis, p. 304-310, 2015

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Assessing Causality in the Association between Child Adiposity and Physical Activity Levels: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

Richmond, Rebecca C.; Smith, George Davey; Ness, Andy R.; den Hoed, Marcel et al.

Part of PLoS Medicine, 2014

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Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

den Hoed, Marcel; Eijgelsheim, Mark; Esko, Tonu; Brundel, Bianca J. J. M. et al.

Part of Nature Genetics, p. 621-+, 2013

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Heritability of objectively assessed daily physical activity and sedentary behavior

den Hoed, Marcel; Brage, Soren; Zhao, Jing Hua; Westgate, Kate et al.

Part of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, p. 1317-1325, 2013

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Pleiotropic effects of obesity-susceptibility loci on metabolic traits: a meta-analysis of up to 37,874 individuals

van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, J. V.; den Hoed, Marcel; Luan, J.; Zhao, J. et al.

Part of Diabetologia, 2013

Pleiotropic effects of obesity-susceptibility loci on metabolic traits: a meta-analysis of up to 37,874 individuals

van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, J. V.; den Hoed, Marcel; Luan, J.; Zhao, J. H. et al.

Part of Diabetologia, p. 2134-2146, 2013

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Genetic susceptibility to obesity and related traits in childhood and adolescence: influence of loci identified by genome-wide association studies.

den Hoed, Marcel

Part of Diabetes, p. 2980-8, 2010

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Biological/Genetic Regulation of Physical Activity Level: Consensus From Genbiopac

Lightfoot, J. Timothy; De Geus, Eco J. C.; Booth, Frank W.; Bray, Molly S. et al.

Part of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, p. 863-873, 2018

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Image-based, in vivo characterization of cardiometabolic consequences of mutations in pcsk9

Bandaru, Manoj Kumar; Mazzaferro, Eugenia; Emmanouilidou, Anastasia; Larsson, Anders et al.

Apoc2 mutant zebrafish: a model for hypertriglyceridemia and early-stage atherosclerosis

Bandaru, Manoj Kumar; Emmanouilidou, Anastasia; Larsson, Anders; Erik, Ingelsson et al.

Kita crispants for systematic image-based genetic screens of complex traits in zebrafish larvae

Mazzaferro, Eugenia; Metzendorf, Christoph; Zhang, Hanqing; Mujica, Endrina et al.

Characterizing obesity-susceptibility genes using CRISPR/Cas9, in vivo imaging and deep learning

Mazzaferro, Eugenia; Mujica, Endrina; Zhang, Hanqing; Emmanouilidou, Anastasia et al.

Characterizing candidate genes in GWAS-identified loci that may uncouple excess adiposity from its comorbidities

Mazzaferro, Eugenia; Zhang, Hanqing; Mujica, Endrina; Azizah, Isyatul et al.