The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions

…, M Krassowski, M Lepamets, B Marciniak, M Nõukas… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Endometriosis is a common condition associated with debilitating pelvic pain and infertility.
A genome-wide association study meta-analysis, including 60,674 cases and 701,926 …

[PDF][PDF] A cross-disorder dosage sensitivity map of the human genome

…, C Lowther, D Lucente, K Mohajeri, M Nõukas… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Rare copy-number variants (rCNVs) include deletions and duplications that occur infrequently
in the global human population and can confer substantial risk for disease. In this study, …

Copy number variations and cognitive phenotypes in unselected populations

…, E Mihailov, L Leitsalu, AM Ferreira, M Nõukas… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The association of copy number variations (CNVs), differing numbers of copies
of genetic sequence at locations in the genome, with phenotypes such as intellectual …

[PDF][PDF] Identification of ALK in Thinness

…, E Demetz, R Hilbe, A Boehm, M Ticevic, M Nõukas… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
There is considerable inter-individual variability in susceptibility to weight gain despite an
equally obesogenic environment in large parts of the world. Whereas many studies have …

[HTML][HTML] CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits

…, K Kristiansson, H Mattsson, M Nõukas… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
There are few examples of robust associations between rare copy number variants (CNVs)
and complex continuous human traits. Here we present a large-scale CNV association meta-…

De NovoSCN8A Mutation Identified by Whole-Exome Sequencing in a Boy With Neonatal Epileptic Encephalopathy, Multiple Congenital Anomalies, and Movement …

U Vaher, M Nõukas, T Nikopensius… - Journal of child …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Epileptic encephalopathies represent a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of
disorders, majority of which are of unknown etiology. We used whole-exome sequencing of a …

In vitro fertilization does not increase the incidence of de novo copy number alterations in fetal and placental lineages

…, T Viltrop, O Tšuiko, A Tiirats, M Koel, M Nõukas… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Although chromosomal instability (CIN) is a common phenomenon in cleavage-stage
embryogenesis following in vitro fertilization (IVF) 1 , 2 – 3 , its rate in naturally conceived human …

Large-scale genome-wide association meta-analysis of endometriosis reveals 13 novel loci and genetically-associated comorbidity with other pain conditions

…, M Michail, MD Alison, N Camran, N Margit… - BioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Endometriosis is a common complex inflammatory condition characterised by the presence
of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterus, mainly in the pelvic area. It is associated with …

Overlap of genetic loci for central serous chorioretinopathy with age-related macular degeneration

…, X Wang, J Brinks, T Nikopensius, M Nõukas… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is a serous maculopathy of unknown
etiology. Two of 3 previously reported CSC genetic risk loci are also associated with AMD. …

Syndromic intellectual disability: a new phenotype caused by an aromatic amino acid decarboxylase gene (DDC) variant

…, T Pippucci, C Fusco, C Diquigiovanni, M Nõukas… - Gene, 2015 - Elsevier
The causative variant in a consanguineous family in which the three patients (two siblings
and a cousin) presented with intellectual disability, Marfanoid habitus, craniofacial …