Võsa, Urmo

Unraveling the polygenic architecture of complex traits using blood eQTL metaanalysis

Võsa, U., Claringbould, A., Westra, H.-J., Bonder, M. J., Deelen, P., Zeng, B., Kirsten, H., Saha, A., Kreuzhuber, R., Kasela, S., et al. (2018) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

Võsa, U., Claringbould, A., Westra, H.-J., Bonder, M. J., Deelen, P., Zeng, B., Kirsten, H., Saha, A., Kreuzhuber, R., Yazar, S., et al. (2021) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 2,607

Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

Kurilshikov, A., Medina-Gomez, C., Bacigalupe, R., Radjabzadeh, D., Wang, J., Demirkan, A., Le Roy, C. I., Raygoza Garay, J. A., Finnicum, C. T., Liu, X., et al. (2021) · Nature Genetics

Gut microbiota and healthGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Causal relationships among the gut microbiome, short-chain fatty acids and metabolic diseases

Sanna, S., van Zuydam, N. R., Mahajan, A., Kurilshikov, A., Vich Vila, A., Võsa, U., Mujagic, Z., Masclee, A. A. M., Jonkers, D. M. A. E., Oosting, M., et al. (2019) · Nature Genetics

Gut microbiota and healthGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 1,539

Gene co-expression analysis for functional classification and gene–disease predictions

van Dam, S., Võsa, U., van der Graaf, A., Franke, L., & de Magalhães, J. P. (2017) · Briefings in Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics and Genomic NetworksGene expression and cancer classification

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Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals

Folkersen, L., Gustafsson, S., Wang, Q., Hansen, D. H., Hedman, Å. K., Schork, A., Page, K., Zhernakova, D. V., Wu, Y., Peters, J., et al. (2020) · Nature Metabolism

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Identifying gene targets for brain-related traits using transcriptomic and methylomic data from blood

Qi, T., Wu, Y., Zeng, J., Zhang, F., Xue, A., Jiang, L., Zhu, Z., Kemper, K., Yengo, L., Zheng, Z., et al. (2018) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Mendelian randomization integrating GWAS and eQTL data reveals genetic determinants of complex and clinical traits.

Porcu, E., Rüeger, S., Lepik, K., eQTLGen Consortium, Agbessi, M., Ahsan, H., Alves, I., Andiappan, A., Arindrarto, W., Awadalla, P., et al. (2019) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Endothelial TLR4 and the microbiome drive cerebral cavernous malformations

Tang, A. T., Choi, J. P., Kotzin, J. J., Yang, Y., Hong, C. C., Hobson, N., Girard, R., Zeineddine, H. A., Lightle, R., Moore, T., et al. (2017) · Nature

Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

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Genetic determinants of plasma protein levels in the Estonian population

Kalnapenkis, A., Jõeloo, M., Lepik, K., Kukuškina, V., Kals, M., Alasoo, K., Estonian Biobank Research Team, Metspalu, A., Milani, L., Nelis, M., et al. (2024) · Scientific Reports

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Mapping genetic determinants of 184 circulating proteins in 26,494 individuals to connect proteins and diseases

Macdonald-Dunlop, E., Klarić, L., Folkersen, L., Timmers, P. R. H. J., Gustafsson, S., Zhao, J. H., Eriksson, N., Richmond, A., Enroth, S., Mattsson-Carlgren, N., et al. (2021) · medRxiv

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Characterization of prevalent genetic variants in the Estonian Biobank body-mass index GWAS

Abner, E., Batool, K., Taba, N., Nikopensius, T., Läll, K., Alekseienko, A., Eriksson, A., Rämö, J., Haapaniemi, H., Kariis, H. M., et al. (2025) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyRegulation of Appetite and Obesity

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Prevalence and impact of a protein-truncating POMC variant on obesity in the Estonian Biobank

Abner, E., Batool, K., Taba, N., Nikopensius, T., Läll, K., Alekseienko, A., Eriksson, A., Rämö, J., Kariis, H. M., Haljasmägi, L., et al. (2024) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyRegulation of Appetite and Obesity

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