A global overview of pleiotropy and genetic architecture in complex traits

K Watanabe, S Stringer, O Frei, M Umićević Mirkov… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
After a decade of genome-wide association studies (GWASs), fundamental questions in
human genetics, such as the extent of pleiotropy across the genome and variation in genetic …

Fine-mapping inflammatory bowel disease loci to single-variant resolution

H Huang, M Fang, L Jostins, M Umićević Mirkov… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel diseases are chronic gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders that affect
millions of people worldwide. Genome-wide association studies have identified 200 …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic mapping of cell type specificity for complex traits

K Watanabe, M Umićević Mirkov, CA de Leeuw… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data allows to create cell type specific transcriptome
profiles. Such profiles can be aligned with genome-wide association studies (GWASs) to …

Genetics of inflammatory bowel disease: beyond NOD2

MU Mirkov, B Verstockt, I Cleynen - The lancet Gastroenterology & …, 2017 - thelancet.com
The study of the genetic underpinnings of inflammatory bowel disease has made great
progress since the identification of NOD2 as a major susceptibility gene. Novel genotyping and …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-Wide Association Study and Gene Expression Analysis Identifies CD84 as a Predictor of Response to Etanercept Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis

…, C Miceli, D Diogo, G Trynka, T Raj, MU Mirkov… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNF) biologic therapy is a widely used treatment for
rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is unknown why some RA patients fail to respond adequately to anti…

Genome-wide association analysis of anti-TNF drug response in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

MU Mirkov, J Cui, SH Vermeulen, EA Stahl… - Annals of the …, 2013 - ard.bmj.com
Background Treatment strategies blocking tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) have proven
very successful in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, a significant subset of …

Estimation of heritability of different outcomes for genetic studies of TNFi response in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

MU Mirkov, L Janss, SH Vermeulen… - Annals of the …, 2015 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Pharmacogenetic studies of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) response in
patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have largely relied on the changes in complex disease …

Germline variants in HEY2 functional domains lead to congenital heart defects and thoracic aortic aneurysms

…, G Dombrowsky, IE Jansen, MU Mirkov… - Genetics in …, 2021 - nature.com
Purpose In this study we aimed to establish the genetic cause of a myriad of cardiovascular
defects prevalent in individuals from a genetically isolated population, who were found to …

Pharmacogenetics of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis: towards personalized medicine

M Umićević Mirkov, MJH Coenen - Pharmacogenomics, 2013 - Future Medicine
Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease showing considerable heterogeneity in all its aspects,
including response to therapy. The efficacy of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)…

Association mapping of inflammatory bowel disease loci to single variant resolution

H Huang, M Fang, L Jostins, MU Mirkov, G Boucher… - BioRxiv, 2015 - biorxiv.org
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic gastrointestinal inflammatory disorder that
affects millions worldwide. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 200 IBD-…