Institute of Genetic Epidemiology

Pammer LM, Lamina C, Schultheiss UT, Kotsis F, Kollerits B, Stockmann H, Lipovsek J, Meiselbach H, Busch M, Eckardt KU, Kronenberg F; GCKD Investigators. Association of the metabolic syndrome with mortality and major adverse cardiac events: A large chronic kidney disease cohort. J Intern Med. 2021 Dec;290(6):1219-1232. https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.13355

Schwaiger JP, Kollerits B, Steinbrenner I, Weissensteiner H, Schönherr S, Forer L, Kotsis F, Lamina C, Schneider MP, Schultheiss UT, Wanner C, Köttgen A, Eckardt KU, Kronenberg F; GCKD Investigators. Apolipoprotein A-IV concentrations and clinical outcomes in a large chronic kidney disease cohort: Results from the GCKD study. J Intern Med. 2021 Dec 16. 10.1111/joim.13437

Schlosser P, Tin A, Matias-Garcia PR, Thio CHL, Joehanes R, Liu H, Weihs A, Yu Z, Hoppmann A, Grundner-Culemann F, Min JL, Adeyemo AA, Agyemang C, Ärnlöv J, Aziz NA, Baccarelli A, Bochud M, Brenner H, Breteler MMB, Carmeli C, Chaker L, Chambers JC, Cole SA, Coresh J, Corre T, Correa A, Cox SR, de Klein N, Delgado GE, Domingo-Relloso A, Eckardt KU, Ekici AB, Endlich K, Evans KL, Floyd JS, Fornage M, Franke L, Fraszczyk E, Gao X, Gào X, Ghanbari M, Ghasemi S, Gieger C, Greenland P, Grove ML, Harris SE, Hemani G, Henneman P, Herder C, Horvath S, Hou L, Hurme MA, Hwang SJ, Jarvelin MR, Kardia SLR, Kasela S, Kleber ME, Koenig W, Kooner JS, Kramer H, Kronenberg F, Kühnel B, Lehtimäki T, Lind L, Liu D, Liu Y, Lloyd-Jones DM, Lohman K, Lorkowski S, Lu AT, Marioni RE, März W, McCartney DL, Meeks KAC, Milani L, Mishra PP, Nauck M, Navas-Acien A, Nowak C, Peters A, Prokisch H, Psaty BM, Raitakari OT, Ratliff SM, Reiner AP, Rosas SE, Schöttker B, Schwartz J, Sedaghat S, Smith JA, Sotoodehnia N, Stocker HR, Stringhini S, Sundström J, Swenson BR, Tellez-Plaza M, van Meurs JBJ, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Venema A, Verweij N, Walker RM, Wielscher M, Winkelmann J, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Zhao W, Zheng Y, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Genetics of DNA Methylation Consortium, Loh M, Snieder H, Levy D, Waldenberger M, Susztak K, Köttgen A, Teumer A. Meta-analyses identify DNA methylation associated with kidney function and damage. Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 9; 12:7174. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27234-3

Tin A, Schlosser P, Matias-Garcia PR, Thio CHL, Joehanes R, Liu H, Yu Z, Weihs A, Hoppmann A, Grundner-Culemann F, Min JL, Kuhns VLH, Adeyemo AA, Agyemang C, Ärnlöv J, Aziz NA, Baccarelli A, Bochud M, Brenner H, Breteler MMB, Carmeli C, Chaker L, Coresh J, Corre T, Correa A, Cox SR, Delgado GE, Eckardt KU, Ekici AB, Endlich K, Floyd JS, Fraszczyk E, Gao X, Gào X, Gelber AC, Ghanbari M, Ghasemi S, Gieger C, Greenland P, Grove ML, Harris SE, Hemani G, Henneman P, Herder C, Horvath S, Hou L, Hurme MA, Hwang SJ, Kardia SLR, Kasela S, Kleber ME, Koenig W, Kooner JS, Kronenberg F, Kühnel B, Ladd-Acosta C, Lehtimäki T, Lind L, Liu D, Lloyd-Jones DM, Lorkowski S, Lu AT, Marioni RE, März W, McCartney DL, Meeks KAC, Milani L, Mishra PP, Nauck M, Nowak C, Peters A, Prokisch H, Psaty BM, Raitakari OT, Ratliff SM, Reiner AP, Schöttker B, Schwartz J, Sedaghat S, Smith JA, Sotoodehnia N, Stocker HR, Stringhini S, Sundström J, Swenson BR, van Meurs JBJ, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Venema A, Völker U, Winkelmann J, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Zhao W, Zheng Y, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Genetics of DNA Methylation Consortium, Loh M, Snieder H, Waldenberger M, Levy D, Akilesh S, Woodward OM, Susztak K, Teumer A, Köttgen A. Epigenome-wide association study of serum urate reveals insights into urate co-regulation and the SLC2A9 locus. Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 9; 12:7173. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27198-4

Bellocchio F, Lonati C, Ion Titapiccolo J, Nadal J, Meiselbach H, Schmid M, Baerthlein B, Tschulena U, Schneider M, Schultheiss UT, Barbieri C, Moore C, Steppan S, Eckardt KU, Stuard S, Neri L. Validation of a Novel Predictive Algorithm for Kidney Failure in Patients Suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease: The Prognostic Reasoning System for Chronic Kidney Disease (PROGRES-CKD). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 30;18(23):12649. 10.3390/ijerph182312649

Zheng J, Zhang Y, Rasheed H, Walker V, Sugawara Y, Li J, Leng Y, Elsworth B, Wootton RE, Fang S, Yang Q, Burgess S, Haycock PC, Borges MC, Cho Y, Carnegie R, Howell A, Robinson J, Thomas LF, Brumpton BM, Hveem K, Hallan S, Franceschini N, Morris AP, Köttgen A, Pattaro C, Wuttke M, Yamamoto M, Kashihara N, Akiyama M, Kanai M, Matsuda K, Kamatani Y, Okada Y, Walters R, Millwood IY, Chen Z, Davey Smith G, Barbour S, Yu C, Åsvold BO, Zhang H, Gaunt TR. Trans-ethnic Mendelian-randomization study reveals causal relationships between cardiometabolic factors and chronic kidney disease. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Oct 20:dyab203. 10.1093/ije/dyab203

Tin A, Köttgen A. Mendelian Randomization Analysis as a Tool to Gain Insights into Causes of Diseases: A Primer. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Oct;32(10):2400-2407. 10.1681/ASN.2020121760

Getwan M, Hoppmann A, Schlosser P, Grand K, Song W, Diehl R, Schroda S, Heeg F, Deutsch K, Hildebrandt F, Lausch E, Köttgen A, Lienkamp SS. Ttc30a affects tubulin modifications in a model for ciliary chondrodysplasia with polycystic kidney disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Sep 28;118(39):e2106770118. 10.1073/pnas.2106770118

Yu Z, Jin J, Tin A, Köttgen A, Yu B, Chen J, Surapaneni A, Zhou L, Ballantyne CM, Hoogeveen RC, Arking DE, Chatterjee N, Grams ME, Coresh J. Polygenic Risk Scores for Kidney Function and Their Associations with Circulating Proteome, and Incident Kidney Diseases. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Sep 21;32(12):3161–73. 10.1681/ASN.2020111599

Hoefflin R, Harlander S, Abhari BA, Peighambari A, Adlesic M, Seidel P, Zodel K, Haug S, Göcmen B, Li Y, Lahrmann B, Grabe N, Heide D, Boerries M, Köttgen A, Heikenwalder M, Frew IJ. Therapeutic Effects of Inhibition of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signaling in HIF-2α Inhibitor-Resistant Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. Cancers. 2021 Sept 20: 13(19), 4801. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13194801

Grams ME, Surapaneni A, Chen J, Zhou L, Yu Z, Dutta D, Welling PA, Chatterjee N, Zhang J, Arking DE, Chen TK, Rebholz CM, Yu B, Schlosser P, Rhee EP, Ballantyne CM, Boerwinkle E, Lutsey PL, Mosley T, Feldman HI, Dubin RF, Ganz P, Lee H, Zheng Z, Coresh J. Proteins Associated with Risk of Kidney Function Decline in the General Population. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Sep;32(9):2291-2302. 10.1681/ASN.2020111607

Kotsis F, Schultheiss UT, Wuttke M, Schlosser P, Mielke J, Becker MS, Oefner PJ, Karoly ED, Mohney RP, Eckardt KU, Sekula P, Köttgen A; GCKD Investigators. Self-Reported Medication Use and Urinary Drug Metabolites in the German Chronic Kidney Disease (GCKD) Study. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Sep;32(9):2315-2329. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2021010063

Chen F, Li Y, Li X, Li W, Xu J, Cao H, Wang Z, Li Y, Soppe WJJ, Liu Y. Ectopic expression of the Arabidopsis florigen gene FLOWERING LOCUS T in seeds enhances seed dormancy via the GA and DOG1 pathways. Plant J. 2021 Aug;107(3):909-924. 10.1111/tpj.15354

Schultheiss UT, Sekula P. The Promise of Metabolomics in Decelerating CKD Progression in Children. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Aug;16(8):1152-1154. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.07400521

Luo S, Feofanova EV, Tin A, Tung S, Rhee EP, Coresh J, Arking DE, Surapaneni A, Schlosser P, Li Y, Köttgen A, Yu B, Grams ME. Genome-wide association study of serum metabolites in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension. Kidney Int. 2021 Aug;100(2):430-439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2021.03.026

Schachtl-Riess JF, Kheirkhah A, Grüneis R, Di Maio S, Schoenherr S, Streiter G, Losso JL, Paulweber B, Eckardt KU, Köttgen A, Lamina C, Kronenberg F, Coassin S; GCKD Investigators. Frequent LPA KIV-2 Variants Lower Lipoprotein(a) Concentrations and Protect Against Coronary Artery Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Aug 3;78(5):437-449. 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.05.037

Schultheiss UT, Kosch R, Kotsis F, Altenbuchinger M, Zacharias HU. Chronic Kidney Disease Cohort Studies: A Guide to Metabolome Analyses. Metabolites. 2021 Jul 16;11(7):460. 10.3390/metabo11070460

Stanzick KJ, Li Y, Schlosser P, Gorski M, Wuttke M, Thomas LF, Rasheed H, Rowan BX, Graham SE, Vanderweff BR, Patil SB; VA Million Veteran Program, Robinson-Cohen C, Gaziano JM, O'Donnell CJ, Willer CJ, Hallan S, Åsvold BO, Gessner A, Hung AM, Pattaro C, Köttgen A, Stark KJ, Heid IM, Winkler TW. Discovery and prioritization of variants and genes for kidney function in >1.2 million individuals. Nat Commun. 2021 Jul 16;12(1):4350. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24491-0

Matías-García P, Wilson R, Guo Q, Zaghlool S, Eales J, Xu X, Charchar F, Dormer J, Maalmi H, Schlosser P, Elhadad M, Nano J, Sharma S, Peters A, Fornoni A, Mook-Kanamori D, Winkelmann J, Danesh J, Di Angelantonio E, Ouwehand W, Watkins N, Roberts D, Petrera A, Graumann J, Koenig W, Hveem K, Jonasson C, Köttgen A, Butterworth A, Prunotto M, Hauck S, Herder C, Suhre K, Gieger C, Tomaszewski M, Teumer A, Waldenberger M. Plasma Proteomics of Renal Function: A Trans-ethnic Meta-analysis and Mendelian Randomization Study. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Jun 16;32(7):1747–63. 10.1681/ASN.2020071070

Ghasemi S, Teumer A, Wuttke M, Becker T. Assessment of significance of conditionally independent GWAS signals. Bioinformatics. 2021 May 12:btab332. 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab332

van der Zanden LFM, van Rooij IALM, Quaedackers JSLT, Nijman RJM, Steffens M, de Wall LLL, Bongers EMHF, Schaefer F, Kirchner M, Behnisch R, Bayazit AK, Caliskan S, Obrycki L, Montini G, Duzova A, Wuttke M, Jennings R, Hanley NA, Milmoe NJ, Winyard PJD, Renkema KY, Schreuder MF, Roeleveld N, Feitz WFJ. CDH12 as a Candidate Gene for Kidney Injury in Posterior Urethral Valve Cases: A Genome-wide Association Study Among Patients with Obstructive Uropathies. Eur Urol Open Sci. 2021 Apr 24;28:26-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2021.04.001

Steinbrenner I, Schultheiss UT, Kotsis F, Schlosser P, Stockmann H, Mohney RP, Schmid M, Oefner PJ, Eckardt KU, Köttgen A, Sekula P; GCKD Investigators. Urine Metabolite Levels, Adverse Kidney Outcomes, and Mortality in CKD Patients: A Metabolome-wide Association Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2021 Apr 8:S0272-6386(21)00508-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.01.018

Scherer N, Sekula P, Pfaffelhuber P, Schlosser P. pgainsim: an R-package to assess the mode of inheritance for quantitative trait loci in GWAS. Bioinformatics. 2021 Mar 5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btab150

Cheng Y, Schlosser P, Hertel J, Sekula P, Oefner PJ, Spiekerkoetter U, Mielke J, Freitag DF, Schmidts M; GCKD Investigators, Kronenberg F, Eckardt KU, Thiele I, Li Y, Köttgen A. Rare genetic variants affecting urine metabolite levels link population variation to inborn errors of metabolism. Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 11;12(1):964.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20877-8

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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03205-y

Fazzini F, Lamina C, Raftopoulou A, Koller A, Fuchsberger C, Pattaro C, Del Greco FM, Döttelmayer P, Fendt L, Fritz J, Meiselbach H, Schönherr S, Forer L, Weissensteiner H, Pramstaller PP, Eckardt KU, Hicks AA, Kronenberg F; GCKD Investigators. Association of mitochondrial DNA copy number with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in 14,176 individuals. J Intern Med. 2021 Jan 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joim.13242

Lin BM, Grinde KE, Brody JA, Breeze CE, Raffield LM, Mychaleckyj JC, Thornton TA, Perry JA, Baier LJ, de Las Fuentes L, Guo X, Heavner BD, Hanson RL, Hung YJ, Qian H, Hsiung CA, Hwang SJ, Irvin MR, Jain D, Kelly TN, Kobes S, Lange L, Lash JP, Li Y, Liu X, Mi X, Musani SK, Papanicolaou GJ, Parsa A, Reiner AP, Salimi S, Sheu WH, Shuldiner AR, Taylor KD, Smith AV, Smith JA, Tin A, Vaidya D, Wallace RB, Yamamoto K, Sakaue S, Matsuda K, Kamatani Y, Momozawa Y, Yanek LR, Young BA, Zhao W, Okada Y, Abecasis G, Psaty BM, Arnett DK, Boerwinkle E, Cai J, Yii-Der Chen I, Correa A, Cupples LA, He J, Kardia SL, Kooperberg C, Mathias RA, Mitchell BD, Nickerson DA, Turner ST, Ramachandran VS, Rotter JI, Levy D, Kramer HJ, Köttgen A, Nhlbi Trans-Omics For Precision Medicine TOPMed Consortium, TOPMed Kidney Working Group, Rich SS, Lin DY, Browning SR, Franceschini N. Whole genome sequence analyses of eGFR in 23,732 people representing multiple ancestries in the NHLBI trans-omics for precision medicine (TOPMed) consortium. EBioMedicine. 2021 Jan;63:103157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.103157

Köttgen A, Köttgen M. A novel mouse model of hyperuricemia expressing a human functional ABCG2 variant. Kidney Int. 2021 Jan;99(1):12-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2020.10.021

Köttgen A, Kiryluk K. New genetic insights into kidney physiology and disease. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2021 17(2):85-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41581-020-00383-2

Luo S, Surapaneni A, Zheng Z, Rhee EP, Coresh J, Hung AM, Nadkarni GN, Yu B, Boerwinkle E, Tin A, Arking DE, Steinbrenner I, Schlosser P, Köttgen A, Grams ME. NAT8 Variants, N-Acetylated Amino Acids, and Progression of CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Dec 31;16(1):37-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.08600520

Gorski M, Jung B, Li Y, Matias-Garcia PR, Wuttke M, Coassin S, Thio CHL, Kleber ME, Winkler TW, Wanner V, Chai JF, Chu AY, Cocca M, Feitosa MF, Ghasemi S, Hoppmann A, Horn K, Li M, Nutile T, Scholz M, Sieber KB, Teumer A, Tin A, Wang J, Tayo BO, Ahluwalia TS, Almgren P, Bakker SJL, Banas B, Bansal N, Biggs ML, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger EP, Brenner H, Carroll RJ, Chalmers J, Chee ML, Chee ML, Cheng CY, Coresh J, de Borst MH, Degenhardt F, Eckardt KU, Endlich K, Franke A, Freitag-Wolf S, Gampawar P, Gansevoort RT, Ghanbari M, Gieger C, Hamet P, Ho K, Hofer E, Holleczek B, Xian Foo VH, Hutri-Kähönen N, Hwang SJ, Ikram MA, Josyula NS, Kähönen M, Khor CC, Koenig W, Kramer H, Krämer BK, Kühnel B, Lange LA, Lehtimäki T, Lieb W; Lifelines cohort study; Regeneron Genetics Center, Loos RJF, Lukas MA, Lyytikäinen LP, Meisinger C, Meitinger T, Melander O, Milaneschi Y, Mishra PP, Mononen N, Mychaleckyj JC, Nadkarni GN, Nauck M, Nikus K, Ning B, Nolte IM, O'Donoghue ML, Orho-Melander M, Pendergrass SA, Penninx BWJH, Preuss MH, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Raitakari OT, Rettig R, Rheinberger M, Rice KM, Rosenkranz AR, Rossing P, Rotter JI, Sabanayagam C, Schmidt H, Schmidt R, Schöttker B, Schulz CA, Sedaghat S, Shaffer CM, Strauch K, Szymczak S, Taylor KD, Tremblay J, Chaker L, van der Harst P, van der Most PJ, Verweij N, Völker U, Waldenberger M, Wallentin L, Waterworth DM, White HD, Wilson JG, Wong TY, Woodward M, Yang Q, Yasuda M, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Zhang Y, Snieder H, Wanner C, Böger CA, Köttgen A, Kronenberg F, Pattaro C, Heid IM. Meta-analysis uncovers genome-wide significant variants for rapid kidney function decline. Kidney Int. 2020 Oct 30:S0085-2538(20)31239-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2020.09.030

Di Maio S, Grüneis R, Streiter G, Lamina C, Maglione M, Schoenherr S, Öfner D, Thorand B, Peters A, Eckardt KU, Köttgen A, Kronenberg F, Coassin S. Investigation of a nonsense mutation located in the complex KIV-2 copy number variation region of apolipoprotein(a) in 10,910 individuals. Genome Med. 2020 Aug 21;12(1):74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-020-00771-0

Li Y, Haug S, Schlosser P, Teumer A, Tin A, Pattaro C, Köttgen A, Wuttke M. Integration of GWAS Summary Statistics and Gene Expression Reveals Target Cell Types Underlying Kidney Function Traits. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Oct;31(10):2326-2340. http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2020010051

Cheng Y, Li Y, Benkowitz P, Lamina C, Köttgen A, Sekula P. The relationship between blood metabolites of the tryptophan pathway and kidney function: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis. Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 29;10(1):12675. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69559-x

Fazzini F, Lamina C, Raschenberger J, Schultheiss UT, Kotsis F, Schönherr S, Weissensteiner H, Forer L, Steinbrenner I, Meiselbach H, Bärthlein B, Wanner C, Eckardt KU, Köttgen A, Kronenberg F; GCKD Investigators. Results from the German Chronic Kidney Disease (GCKD) study support association of relative telomere length with mortality in a large cohort of patients with moderate chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int. 2020 98(2):488-497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2020.02.034

Sekula P, Tin A, Schultheiss UT, Baid-Agrawal S, Mohney RP, Steinbrenner I, Yu B, Luo S, Boerwinkle E, Eckardt KU, Coresh J, Grams ME, Köttgen A. Urine 6-Bromotryptophan: Associations with Genetic Variants and Incident End-Stage Kidney Disease. Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 22;10(1):10018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66334-w

Schlosser P, Knaus J, Schmutz M, Dohner K, Plass C, Bullinger L, Claus R, Binder H, Lubbert M, Schumacher M. Netboost: Boosting-supported Network Analysis Improves High-Dimensional Omics Prediction in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Huntington's Disease. IEEE/ACM Trans Comput Biol Bioinform. 2020 May 1;PP. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCBB.2020.2983010

Mirna M, Topf A, Wernly B, Rezar R, Paar V, Jung C, Salmhofer H, Kopp K, Hoppe UC, Schulze PC, Kretzschmar D, Schneider MP, Schultheiss UT, Sommerer C, Paul K, Wolf G, Lichtenauer M, Busch M. Novel Biomarkers in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: An Analysis of Patients Enrolled in the GCKD-Study. J Clin Med. 2020 Mar 24;9(3):886. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9030886

Warren B, Lee AK, Ballantyne CM, Hoogeveen RC, Pankow JS, Grams ME, Köttgen A, Selvin E. Associations of 1,5-Anhydroglucitol and 2-Hour Glucose with Major Clinical Outcomes in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. J Appl Lab Med. 2020 Jun 12:jfaa066. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfaa066

Yu Z, Coresh J, Qi G, Grams M, Boerwinkle E, Snieder H, Teumer A, Pattaro C, Köttgen A, Chatterjee N, Tin A. A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study supports causal effects of kidney function on blood pressure. Kidney Int. 2020 98(3):708-716. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2020.04.044

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Steubl D, Schneider MP, Meiselbach H, Nadal J, Schmid MC, Saritas T, Krane V, Sommerer C, Baid-Agrawal S, Voelkl J, Kotsis F, Köttgen A, Eckardt KU, Scherberich JE; GCKD Study Investigators. Association of Serum Uromodulin with Death, Cardiovascular Events, and Kidney Failure in CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 15(5):616-624. http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.11780919

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