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Elmo Saarentaus

Graduate student, Institute for molecular medicine (FIMM), Helsinki university
Verified email at helsinki.fi
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[HTML][HTML] FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population

…, E Saarentaus, A Salminen, E Salminen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
… In Finland, similar to the other Nordic countries, there are nationwide electronic health
registers that were originally established primarily for administrative purposes to monitor the …

FinnGen: Unique genetic insights from combining isolated population and national health register data

…, E Saarentaus, A Salminen, E Salminen… - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Population isolates such as Finland provide benefits in genetic studies because the allelic
spectrum of damaging alleles in any gene is often concentrated on a small number of low-…

[PDF][PDF] Quantifying the impact of rare and ultra-rare coding variation across the phenotypic spectrum

…, PR Nielsen, KJ Karczewski, E Saarentaus… - The American Journal of …, 2018 - cell.com
There is a limited understanding about the impact of rare protein-truncating variants across
multiple phenotypes. We explore the impact of this class of variants on 13 quantitative traits …

[PDF][PDF] Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 48 risk variants and highlights the role of the stria vascularis in hearing loss

…, S Pratt, N Quaranta, J Rämö, E Saarentaus… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
Hearing loss is one of the top contributors to years lived with disability and is a risk factor for
dementia. Molecular evidence on the cellular origins of hearing loss in humans is growing. …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of constitutional TET2 haploinsufficiency on molecular and clinical phenotype in humans

…, MI Kurki, O Pietiläinen, M Hilpert, E Saarentaus… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
… The predicted loss includes residues involved in formation of the DSBH domain such as
H1912 involved in coordination of Zn3-ion (e), as well as residues R1896 and S1898 critical for …

Epilepsy subtype-specific copy number burden observed in a genome-wide study of 17 458 subjects

…, DP Howrigan, Y Zhou, F Cheng, E Saarentaus… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Cytogenic testing is routinely applied in most neurological centres for severe paediatric
epilepsies. However, which characteristics of copy number variants (CNVs) confer most epilepsy …

Diagnostic implications of genetic copy number variation in epilepsy plus

A Coppola, E Cellini, H Stamberger, E Saarentaus… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Copy number variations ( CNV s) represent a significant genetic risk for several
neurodevelopmental disorders including epilepsy. As knowledge increases, reanalysis of …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic predictors of lifelong medication-use patterns in cardiometabolic diseases

…, P Helkkula, K Krebs, J Karjalainen, E Saarentaus… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
… Real-world data from electronic health records and registries provide massive datasets with
sufficient statistical power to explore long-term medication use. Behavioral patterns derived …

[HTML][HTML] Author Correction: FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population

…, E Saarentaus, A Salminen, E Salminen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In the version of this article initially published, author Marianna Niemi, now affiliated with the
TAUCHI Research Center and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology in Tampere …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of rare and common variants to intellectual disability in a sub-isolate of Northern Finland

MI Kurki, E Saarentaus, O Pietiläinen, P Gormley… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The contribution of de novo variants in severe intellectual disability (ID) has been extensively
studied whereas the genetics of mild ID has been less characterized. To elucidate the …