2024
A Genome-wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Upper Urinary Tract Infections
Flatby H, Ravi A, Liyanarachi K, Afset J, Rasheed H, Brumpton B, Hveem K, Åsvold B, DeWan A, Solligård E, Damås J, Rogne T. A Genome-wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Upper Urinary Tract Infections. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2024, jiae231. PMID: 38713594, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesMichigan Genomics InitiativeAssociation studiesUpper UTIMendelian randomizationMR analysisUpper urinary tract infectionRisk factorsPotential causal risk factorsCardiometabolic risk factorsModifiable risk factorsSex-stratified analysesCausal risk factorUrinary tract infectionGenome-wideFemale-only analysisGenetic lociPotential causal relationshipGenome InitiativeHealth StudyUK BiobankHLA-DQA2LociTract infectionsSmoking score
2023
Type 2 cytokine genes as allergic asthma risk factors after viral bronchiolitis in early childhood
Dong Z, Myklebust Å, Johnsen I, Jartti T, Døllner H, Risnes K, DeWan A. Type 2 cytokine genes as allergic asthma risk factors after viral bronchiolitis in early childhood. Frontiers In Immunology 2023, 13: 1054119. PMID: 36685501, PMCID: PMC9852873, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1054119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAllergic asthmaViral bronchiolitisRisk factorsViral infectionDetailed lung function testsAllergic asthma developmentHistory of bronchiolitisHuman Metapneumovirus InfectionVariable airway obstructionAsthma risk factorsType 2 cytokinesDevelopment of asthmaLung function testsGenetic variantsCohort of childrenSpecific viral infectionsEarly childhoodType 2 cytokine genesSchool agePotential candidate targetAirway obstructionMetapneumovirus infectionMedian ageAsthma developmentFunction tests