Gonneke Willemsen
Public Health Research Institute
626 Papers
13.3K Citations
Gonneke Willemsen is an academic researcher from Public Health Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Biology. The author has an hindex of 129, co-authored 575 publications. Previous affiliations of Gonneke Willemsen include University of Amsterdam & VU University Amsterdam.
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Heritability of self-reported asthma and allergy: A study in adult Dutch twins, siblings and parents
Gonneke Willemsen,Toos C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt,Caroline van Baal,Dirkje S. Postma,Dorret I. Boomsma +4 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of allergy but not of asthma increased in recent years, and individual differences in the liability to asthma, allergy and their co-occurrence are for a large part accounted for by differences in genetic background.
Associations between common genetic variants and income provide insights about the socioeconomic health gradient
Hyeokmoon Kweon,Casper A. P. Burik,Yuchen Ning,Rafael Ahlskog,Charley Xia,Erik Abner,Yanchun Bao,Laxmi Bhatta,Tariq O. Faquih,Maud de Feijter,Paul Fisher,Andrea Gelemanović,Alexandros Giannelis,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Bita Khalili,Yunsung Lee,Ruifang Li-Gao,Jaan Masso,Ronny Myhre,Teemu Palviainen,Cornelius A. Rietveld,Alexander Teumer,Renske Verweij,Emily A. Willoughby,Esben Agerbo,Sven Bergmann,Dorret I. Boomsma,Anders D. Børglum,Ben Michael Brumpton,Neil M. Davies,Tõnu Esko,Scott D. Gordon,Georg Homuth,M. Ikram,Magnus Johannesson,J. Kaprio,Michael P. Kidd,Zoltán Kutalik,A. S. Kwong,James J. Lee,Annemarie I. Luik,P. Magnus,P. Marques-Vidal,Nicholas G. Martin,Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori,Preben Mortensen,Sven Oskarsson,Emil Pedersen,Ozren Polasek,F. R. Rosendaal,M. Smart,H. Snieder,Peter J. van der Most,Peter Vollenweider,H. Völzke,Gonneke Willemsen,Jonathan P. Beauchamp,Thomas A. DiPrete,Richard Karlsson Linnér,Qiongshi Lu,Tim T Morris,Aysu Okbay,K. P. Harden,A. Abdellaoui,W. D. Hill,Ronald de Vlaming,Daniel J. Benjamin,Philipp Koellinger +67 more
TL;DR: Associations between common genetic variants and income provide insights about the socioeconomic health gradient, highlighting the complex interplay between genetic factors and socioeconomic factors in shaping health outcomes.
Novel blood pressure locus and gene discovery using genome-wide association study and expression data sets from blood and the kidney
Louise V. Wain,Ahmad Vaez,Rick Jansen,Roby Joehanes,Roby Joehanes,Peter J. van der Most,A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu,Paul F. O'Reilly,Claudia P. Cabrera,Helen R. Warren,Lynda M. Rose,Germaine C. Verwoert,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Rona J. Strawbridge,Tõnu Esko,Tõnu Esko,Dan E. Arking,Shih-Jen Hwang,Xiuqing Guo,Zoltán Kutalik,Zoltán Kutalik,Stella Trompet,Nick Shrine,Alexander Teumer,Janina S. Ried,Joshua C. Bis,Albert V. Smith,Najaf Amin,Ilja M. Nolte,Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen,Anubha Mahajan,Nicholas J. Wareham,Edith Hofer,Peter K. Joshi,Kati Kristiansson,Michela Traglia,Aki S. Havulinna,Anuj Goel,Anuj Goel,Mike A. Nalls,Siim Sõber,Dragana Vuckovic,Jian'an Luan,Fabiola M. Del Greco,Kristin L. Ayers,Jaume Marrugat,Daniela Ruggiero,Lorna M. Lopez,Teemu J. Niiranen,Stefan Enroth,Anne U. Jackson,Christopher P. Nelson,Christopher P. Nelson,Jennifer E. Huffman,Weihua Zhang,Jonathan Marten,Ilaria Gandin,Sarah E. Harris,Tatijana Zemunik,Yingchang Lu,Evangelos Evangelou,Nabi Shah,Nabi Shah,Martin H. de Borst,Massimo Mangino,Massimo Mangino,Bram P. Prins,Archie Campbell,Ruifang Li-Gao,Ganesh Chauhan,Christopher Oldmeadow,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Maryam Abedi,Caterina Barbieri,Michael R. Barnes,Chiara Batini,John Beilby,Tineka Blake,Michael Boehnke,Erwin P. Bottinger,Peter S. Braund,Peter S. Braund,Morris Brown,Marco Brumat,Harry Campbell,John C. Chambers,John C. Chambers,Massimiliano Cocca,Francis S. Collins,John M. C. Connell,Heather J. Cordell,Jeffrey Damman,Gail Davies,Eco J. C. de Geus,Renée de Mutsert,Joris Deelen,Yusuf Demirkale,Alex S. F. Doney,Marcus Dörr,Martin Farrall,Martin Farrall,Teresa Ferreira,Mattias Frånberg,Mattias Frånberg,He Gao,Vilmantas Giedraitis,Christian Gieger,Franco Giulianini,Alan J. Gow,Anders Hamsten,Tamara B. Harris,Albert Hofman,Elizabeth G. Holliday,Jennie Hui,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Åsa Johansson,Andrew D. Johnson,Pekka Jousilahti,Antti Jula,Mika Kähönen,Sekar Kathiresan,Kay-Tee Khaw,Ivana Kolcic,Seppo Koskinen,Claudia Langenberg,Marty Larson,Lenore J. Launer,Benjamin Lehne,David C. Liewald,Li Lin,Lars Lind,François Mach,Chrysovalanto Mamasoula,Cristina Menni,Borbala Mifsud,Yuri Milaneschi,Anna Morgan,Andrew D. Morris,Alanna C. Morrison,Peter J. Munson,Priyanka Nandakumar,Quang Tri Nguyen,Teresa Nutile,Albertine J. Oldehinkel,Ben A. Oostra,Elin Org,Sandosh Padmanabhan,Aarno Palotie,Guillaume Paré,Alison Pattie,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Neil Poulter,Peter P. Pramstaller,Olli T. Raitakari,Meixia Ren,Meixia Ren,Kenneth Rice,Paul M. Ridker,Harriëtte Riese,Samuli Ripatti,Antonietta Robino,Jerome I. Rotter,Igor Rudan,Yasaman Saba,Aude Saint Pierre,Cinzia Sala,Antti-Pekka Sarin,Reinhold Schmidt,Rodney J. Scott,Rodney J. Scott,Marc A. Seelen,Denis C. Shields,David S. Siscovick,Rossella Sorice,Alice Stanton,David J. Stott,Johan Sundström,Morris A. Swertz,Kent D. Taylor,Simon Thom,Ioanna Tzoulaki,Christophe Tzourio,Christophe Tzourio,André G. Uitterlinden,Uwe Völker,Peter Vollenweider,Sarah H Wild,Gonneke Willemsen,Alan F. Wright,Jie Yao,Sébastien Thériault,David Conen,John Attia,John Attia,Peter S. Sever,Stéphanie Debette,Stéphanie Debette,Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori,Eleftheria Zeggini,Tim D. Spector,Pim van der Harst,Colin N. A. Palmer,Anne-Claire Vergnaud,Ruth J. F. Loos,Ruth J. F. Loos,Ozren Polasek,John M. Starr,Giorgia Girotto,Caroline Hayward,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,C M Lindgren,C M Lindgren,Veronique Vitart,Nilesh J. Samani,Nilesh J. Samani,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Ulf Gyllensten,Paul Knekt,Ian J. Deary,Marina Ciullo,Roberto Elosua,Bernard Keavney,Andrew A. Hicks,Robert A. Scott,Paolo Gasparini,Maris Laan,Yongmei Liu,Hugh Watkins,Hugh Watkins,Catharina A. Hartman,Veikko Salomaa,Daniela Toniolo,Markus Perola,Markus Perola,James F. Wilson,Helena Schmidt,Jing Hua Zhao,Terho Lehtimäki,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Vilmundur Gudnason,Bruce M. Psaty,Annette Peters,Rainer Rettig,Alan James,Alan James,J. Wouter Jukema,David P. Strachan,Walter Palmas,Andres Metspalu,Erik Ingelsson,Erik Ingelsson,Dorret I. Boomsma,Oscar H. Franco,Murielle Bochud,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Patricia B. Munroe,Paul Elliott,Daniel I. Chasman,Aravinda Chakravarti,Joanne Knight,Andrew P. Morris,Andrew P. Morris,Daniel Levy,Martin D. Tobin,Harold Snieder,Mark J. Caulfield,Georg Ehret,Georg Ehret +270 more
TL;DR: 48 genes with evidence for involvement in blood pressure regulation that are significant in multiple resources are identified and these robustly implicated genes may provide new leads for therapeutic innovation.
Telomere length in circulating leukocytes is associated with lung function and disease
Eva Albrecht,Elina Sillanpää,Stefan Karrasch,Alexessander Couto Alves,Veryan Codd,Veryan Codd,Iiris Hovatta,Iiris Hovatta,Jessica L. Buxton,Christopher P. Nelson,Christopher P. Nelson,Linda Broer,Linda Broer,Sara Hägg,Sara Hägg,Massimo Mangino,Gonneke Willemsen,Ida Surakka,Ida Surakka,Manuel A. R. Ferreira,Najaf Amin,Ben A. Oostra,Hell M. Backmand,Hell M. Backmand,Markku Peltonen,Seppo Sarna,Taina Rantanen,Sarianna Sipilä,Tellervo Korhonen,Pamela A. F. Madden,Christian Gieger,Rudolf A. Jörres,Joachim Heinrich,Juergen Behr,Rudolf M. Huber,Annette Peters,Konstantin Strauch,H.-Erich Wichmann,Melanie Waldenberger,Alexandra I. F. Blakemore,Eco J. C. de Geus,Dale R. Nyholt,Anjali K. Henders,Päivi Piirilä,Aila Rissanen,Patrik K. E. Magnusson,Ana Viñuela,Kirsi H. Pietiläinen,Kirsi H. Pietiläinen,Nicholas G. Martin,Nancy L. Pedersen,Dorret I. Boomsma,Tim D. Spector,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Jaakko Kaprio,Jaakko Kaprio,Nilesh J. Samani,Nilesh J. Samani,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Holger Schulz +60 more
TL;DR: The results provide indirect evidence for the hypothesis that cellular senescence may contribute to the pathogenesis of COPD and asthma, and that lung function may reflect biological ageing primarily due to intrinsic processes, which are likely to be aggravated in lung diseases.
Investigating the possible causal association of smoking with depression and anxiety using Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis: the CARTA consortium
Amy E Taylor,Meg E Fluharty,Johan Håkon Bjørngaard,Maiken Elvestad Gabrielsen,Frank Skorpen,Riccardo E. Marioni,Archie Campbell,Jorgen Engmann,Saira Saeed Mirza,Anu Loukola,Tiina Laatikainen,Timo Partonen,Marika Kaakinen,Francesca Ducci,Alana Cavadino,Lise Lotte N. Husemoen,Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia,Rikke Kart Jacobsen,Tea Skaaby,Jeanette Frost Ebstrup,Erik Lykke Mortensen,Camelia C. Minică,Jacqueline M. Vink,Gonneke Willemsen,Pedro Marques-Vidal,Caroline Dale,Antoinette Amuzu,Lucy T. Lennon,Jari Lahti,Aarno Palotie,Katri Räikkönen,Andrew Wong,Lavinia Paternoster,Angelita Pui-Yee Wong,L. John Horwood,Michael F. Murphy,Elaine C. Johnstone,Martin A. Kennedy,Zdenka Pausova,Tomáš Paus,Yoav Ben-Shlomo,Ellen A. Nohr,Diana Kuh,Mika Kivimäki,Johan G. Eriksson,Richard W Morris,Juan P. Casas,Martin Preisig,Dorret I. Boomsma,Allan Linneberg,Chris Power,Elina Hyppönen,Juha Veijola,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Tellervo Korhonen,Henning Tiemeier,Meena Kumari,David J. Porteous,Caroline Hayward,Pål Richard Romundstad,George Davey Smith,Marcus R. Munafò +61 more
TL;DR: Findings from Mendelian randomisation analyses do not support a causal role of smoking heaviness in the development of depression and anxiety.