Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong
GlaxoSmithKline
118 Papers
2.7K Citations
Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong is an academic researcher from GlaxoSmithKline. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Population. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 110 publications. Previous affiliations of Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong include Ohio State University & University of Pittsburgh.
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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture
Karol Estrada,Unnur Styrkarsdottir,Evangelos Evangelou,Yi-Hsiang Hsu,Emma L. Duncan,Evangelia E. Ntzani,Ling Oei,Omar M. E. Albagha,Najaf Amin,John P. Kemp,Daniel L. Koller,Guo Shuai Li,Ching-Ti Liu,Ryan L. Minster,Alireza Moayyeri,Liesbeth Vandenput,Dana Willner,Su-Mei Xiao,Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong,Hou-Feng Zheng,Nerea Alonso,Joel Eriksson,Candace M. Kammerer,Stephen Kaptoge,Paul Leo,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Scott Wilson,Scott Wilson,James F. Wilson,Ville Aalto,Ville Aalto,Markku Alen,Aaron K. Aragaki,Thor Aspelund,Zoe H. Dailiana,David Duggan,Melissa Nolan Garcia,Natalia Garcia-Giralt,Sylvie Giroux,Göran Hallmans,Lynne J. Hocking,L. B. Husted,Karen A. Jameson,Khusainova Ri,Ghi Su Kim,Charles Kooperberg,Theodora Koromila,Marcin Kruk,Marika Laaksonen,Andrea Z. LaCroix,Seung-Hun Lee,P. C. Leung,Joshua R. Lewis,Laura Masi,Simona Mencej-Bedrač,Tuan V. Nguyen,Tuan V. Nguyen,Xavier Nogués,Millan S. Patel,Janez Prezelj,Lynda M. Rose,Serena Scollen,Kristin Siggeirsdottir,Albert V. Smith,Olle Svensson,Stella Trompet,Olivia Trummer,Natasja M. van Schoor,Jean Woo,Kun Zhu,Susana Balcells,Maria Luisa Brandi,Brendan M. Buckley,Sulin Cheng,Claus Christiansen,Cyrus Cooper,George Dedoussis,Ian Ford,Morten Frost,Morten Frost,David Goltzman,Jesús González-Macías,Mika Kähönen,Magnus Karlsson,Elza Khusnutdinova,Jung-Min Koh,Panagoula Kollia,Bente L. Langdahl,William D. Leslie,Paul Lips,Östen Ljunggren,Roman S. Lorenc,Janja Marc,Dan Mellström,Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch,José M. Olmos,Ulrika Pettersson-Kymmer,David M. Reid,José A. Riancho,Paul M. Ridker,François Rousseau,P. Eline Slagboom,Nelson Ls Tang,Roser Urreizti,Wim Van Hul,Jorma Viikari,María T. Zarrabeitia,Yurii S. Aulchenko,Martha C. Castaño-Betancourt,Elin Grundberg,Elin Grundberg,Lizbeth Herrera,Thorvaldur Ingvarsson,Hrefna Johannsdottir,Tony Kwan,Rui Jian Li,Robert Luben,Carolina Medina-Gomez,Stefan T Palsson,Sjur Reppe,Jerome I. Rotter,Gunnar Sigurdsson,Joyce B. J. van Meurs,Dominique J. Verlaan,Frances M K Williams,Andrew R. Wood,Yanhua Zhou,Kaare M. Gautvik,Tomi Pastinen,Soumya Raychaudhuri,Soumya Raychaudhuri,Jane A. Cauley,Daniel I. Chasman,Graeme R. Clark,Steven R. Cummings,Patrick Danoy,Elaine M. Dennison,Richard Eastell,John A. Eisman,John A. Eisman,Vilmundur Gudnason,Albert Hofman,Rebecca D. Jackson,Graeme Jones,J. Wouter Jukema,Kay-Tee Khaw,Terho Lehtimäki,Yongmei Liu,Mattias Lorentzon,Eugene V. McCloskey,Braxton D. Mitchell,Kannabiran Nandakumar,Geoffrey C. Nicholson,Ben A. Oostra,Munro Peacock,Huibert A. P. Pols,Richard L. Prince,Olli T. Raitakari,Olli T. Raitakari,Ian R. Reid,John A Robbins,Philip N. Sambrook,Pak C. Sham,Alan R. Shuldiner,Frances A. Tylavsky,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Nicholas J. Wareham,L. Adrienne Cupples,Michael J. Econs,David M. Evans,Tamara B. Harris,Annie W.C. Kung,Bruce M. Psaty,Jonathan Reeve,Tim D. Spector,Elizabeth A. Streeten,M. Carola Zillikens,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Claes Ohlsson,David Karasik,J. Brent Richards,Matthew A. Brown,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,André G. Uitterlinden,Stuart H. Ralston,John P. A. Ioannidis,John P. A. Ioannidis,Douglas P. Kiel,Fernando Rivadeneira +190 more
TL;DR: Light is shed on the genetic architecture and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying BMD variation and fracture susceptibility and within the RANK-RANKL-OPG, mesenchymal stem cell differentiation, endochondral ossification and Wnt signaling pathways.
Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts.
Karani Santhanakrishnan Vimaleswaran,Diane J. Berry,Emmi Tikkanen,Emmi Tikkanen,Stefan Pilz,Stefan Pilz,Linda T. Hiraki,Jason D. Cooper,Zari Dastani,Denise K. Houston,Andrew R. Wood,Liesbeth Vandenput,Lina Zgaga,Lina Zgaga,Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong,Mark I. McCarthy,Mark I. McCarthy,Mark I. McCarthy,Marika Kaakinen,Marcus E. Kleber,Kurt Lohman,Luigi Ferrucci,Liisa Byberg,Lars Lind,Mattias Lorentzon,Veikko Salomaa,Harry Campbell,Malcolm G. Dunlop,Malcolm G. Dunlop,Braxton D. Mitchell,Karl-Heinz Herzig,Elizabeth A. Streeten,Evropi Theodoratou,Antti Jula,Nicholas J. Wareham,Claes Ohlsson,Timothy M. Frayling,Stephen B. Kritchevsky,Tim D. Spector,J. Brent Richards,J. Brent Richards,Willem H. Ouwehand,Willem H. Ouwehand,Willem H. Ouwehand,Peter Kraft,Cyrus Cooper,Chris Power,Ruth J. F. Loos,Thomas J. Wang,John C. Whittaker,John C. Whittaker,Aroon D. Hingorani,Elina Hyppönen +52 more
TL;DR: A mendelian randomization study based on data from multiple cohorts conducted by Karani Santhanakrishnan Vimaleswaran and colleagues re-examines the causal nature of the relationship between vitamin D levels and obesity.
Genome-wide association analysis identifies variants associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that have distinct effects on metabolic traits
Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong,Jun Wu,Ruben Hernaez,Ruben Hernaez,Lauren J. Kim,Cameron D. Palmer,Vilmundur Gudnason,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Melissa E. Garcia,Lenore J. Launer,Mike A. Nalls,Jeanne M. Clark,Braxton D. Mitchell,Alan R. Shuldiner,Alan R. Shuldiner,Johannah L. Butler,Johannah L. Butler,Marta Tomas,Udo Hoffmann,Shih-Jen Hwang,Joseph M. Massaro,Joseph M. Massaro,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Dushyant V. Sahani,Veikko Salomaa,Eric E. Schadt,Stephen M. Schwartz,David S. Siscovick,Nash Crn,Magic Investigators,Benjamin F. Voight,J. Jeffrey Carr,Mary F. Feitosa,Tamara B. Harris,Caroline S. Fox,Albert V. Smith,W. H. Linda Kao,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Ingrid B. Borecki +42 more
TL;DR: In this article, a fixed-effects meta-analysis of genome-wide association (GWA) results between CT hepatic steatosis and 2.4 million imputed or genotyped SNPs in 7,176 individuals from the Old Order Amish, Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik study (AGES), Family Heart, and Framingham Heart Studies (n = 880 to 3,070).
Causal Relationship between Obesity and Vitamin D Status: Bi-Directional Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Multiple Cohorts
Karani Santhanakrishnan Vimaleswaran,Diane J. Berry,Chen Lu,Emmi Tikkanen,Stefan Pilz,Linda T. Hiraki,Jason D. Cooper,Zari Dastani,Rui Li,Denise K. Houston,Andrew R. Wood,Karl Michaëlsson,Liesbeth Vandenput,Lina Zgaga,Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong,Mark I. McCarthy,Josée Dupuis,Marika Kaakinen,Marcus E. Kleber,Karen A. Jameson,Nigel K Arden,Olli T. Raitakari,Jorma Viikari,Kurt Lohman,Luigi Ferrucci,Håkan Melhus,Erik Ingelsson,Liisa Byberg,Lars Lind,Mattias Lorentzon,Veikko Salomaa,Harry Campbell,Malcolm G. Dunlop,Braxton D. Mitchell,Karl-Heinz Herzig,Anneli Pouta,Anna-Liisa Hartikainen,Elizabeth A. Streeten,Evropi Theodoratou,Antti Jula,Nicholas J. Wareham,Claes Ohlsson,Timothy M. Frayling,Stephen B. Kritchevsky,Tim D. Spector,J. Brent Richards,Terho Lehtimäki,Willem H. Ouwehand,Peter Kraft,Cyrus Cooper,Winfried Maerz,Chris Power,Ruth J. F. Loos,Thomas J. Wang,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,John C. Whittaker,Aroon D. Hingorani,Elina Hyppönen +57 more
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Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure.
Sonia Shah,Albert Henry,Carolina Roselli,Honghuang Lin,G Sveinbjörnsson,Ghazaleh Fatemifar,Åsa K. Hedman,Jemma B. Wilk,Morley Mp,Mark Chaffin,Anna Helgadottir,Niek Verweij,Niek Verweij,Abbas Dehghan,Peter Almgren,C. Andersson,Krishna G. Aragam,Krishna G. Aragam,Johan Ärnlöv,Johan Ärnlöv,Joshua D. Backman,Mary L. Biggs,Heather L. Bloom,Jeff Brandimarto,Michael R. Brown,Leonard Buckbinder,David J. Carey,Daniel I. Chasman,Xu Chen,Jonathan H. Chung,William A. Chutkow,James P. Cook,Graciela E. Delgado,Spiros Denaxas,Alex S. F. Doney,Marcus Dörr,Samuel C. Dudley,Michael E. Dunn,Gunnar Engström,T Esko,T Esko,Stephan B. Felix,Chris Finan,Ian Ford,Mohsen Ghanbari,Sahar Ghasemi,Vilmantas Giedraitis,Franco Giulianini,John S. Gottdiener,Stefan Gross,Daníel F. Guðbjartsson,Daníel F. Guðbjartsson,Rebecca Gutmann,Christopher M. Haggerty,P. van der Harst,Craig L. Hyde,Erik Ingelsson,Joop Jukema,Maryam Kavousi,Khaw K-T.,Marcus E. Kleber,Lars Køber,Andrea Koekemoer,Claudia Langenberg,Lars Lind,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Barry London,Luca A. Lotta,Ruth C. Lovering,Jian'an Luan,Patrick K.E. Magnusson,Anubha Mahajan,Kenneth B. Margulies,März W,März W,März W,Olle Melander,Ify R. Mordi,Thomas M. Morgan,Thomas M. Morgan,Andrew D. Morris,Andrew P. Morris,Alanna C. Morrison,Michael W. Nagle,Christopher P. Nelson,Alexander Niessner,Teemu J. Niiranen,Teemu J. Niiranen,Michelle L. O'Donoghue,Anjali T. Owens,Palmer Cna.,Helen M. Parry,Markus Perola,Eliana Portilla-Fernandez,Bruce M. Psaty,Kenneth Rice,Paul M. Ridker,Paul M. Ridker,Romaine Spr.,Jerome I. Rotter,Perttu Salo,Veikko Salomaa,J. van Setten,Alaa Shalaby,Diane T. Smelser,Nicholas L. Smith,Steen Stender,David J. Stott,Per Svensson,Tammesoo M-L.,Kent D. Taylor,Maris Teder-Laving,Alexander Teumer,Guðmundur Thorgeirsson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Christian Torp-Pedersen,Stella Trompet,Benoit Tyl,André G. Uitterlinden,André G. Uitterlinden,Abirami Veluchamy,Uwe Völker,Adriaan A. Voors,Xianyuan Wang,Nicholas J. Wareham,Dawn M. Waterworth,P.E Weeke,Raul Weiss,Kerri L. Wiggins,Huilin Xing,Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong,Bing Yu,Faiez Zannad,Jing Hua Zhao,Harry Hemingway,Nilesh J. Samani,McMurray Jjv.,Jian Yang,Peter M. Visscher,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Anders Mälarstig,Anders Mälarstig,Hilma Holm,Steven A. Lubitz,Steven A. Lubitz,Naveed Sattar,Michael V. Holmes,Michael V. Holmes,Michael V. Holmes,Thomas P. Cappola,Folkert W. Asselbergs,Folkert W. Asselbergs,Aroon D. Hingorani,Karoline Kuchenbaecker,Patrick T. Ellinor,Patrick T. Ellinor,Chim C. Lang,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,J. G. Smith,J. G. Smith,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Daniel I. Swerdlow,R. T. Lumbers +167 more
TL;DR: Mendelian randomisation analysis supports causal roles for several HF risk factors, and demonstrates CAD-independent effects for atrial fibrillation, body mass index, and hypertension.