Hägg, Sara

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer’s disease risk

Jansen, I. E., Savage, J. E., Watanabe, K., Bryois, J., Williams, D. M., Steinberg, S., Sealock, J., Karlsson, I. K., Hägg, S., Athanasiu, L., et al. (2019) · Nature Genetics

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Cited by 2,277

Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence

Savage, J. E., Jansen, P. R., Stringer, S., Watanabe, K., Bryois, J., de Leeuw, C. A., Nagel, M., Awasthi, S., Barr, P. B., Coleman, J. R. I., et al. (2018) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyCognitive Abilities and Testing

Cited by 1,267

Biological Age Predictors

Jylhävä, J., Pedersen, N. L., & Hägg, S. (2017) · EBioMedicine

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

Cited by 1,240

Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease

CARDIoGRAM consortium, Codd, V., Nelson, C. P., Albrecht, E., Mangino, M., Deelen, J., Buxton, J. L., Hottenga, J. J., Fischer, K., Esko, T., et al. (2013) · Nature Genetics

Telomeres, Telomerase, and SenescenceGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 933

GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

Rietveld, C. A., Medland, S. E., Derringer, J., Yang, J., Esko, T., Martin, N. W., Westra, H.-J., Shakhbazov, K., Abdellaoui, A., Agrawal, A., et al. (2013) · Science

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyCognitive Abilities and Testing

Cited by 827

Sex differences in biological aging with a focus on human studies

Hägg, S., & Jylhävä, J. (2021) · eLife

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsSex and Gender in Healthcare

Cited by 442

Longitudinal trajectories, correlations and mortality associations of nine biological ages across 20-years follow-up

Li, X., Ploner, A., Wang, Y., Magnusson, P. K., Reynolds, C., Finkel, D., Pedersen, N. L., Jylhävä, J., & Hägg, S. (2020) · eLife

Frailty in Older AdultsGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Cited by 390

Validation of biomarkers of aging

Moqri, M., Herzog, C., Poganik, J. R., Ying, K., Justice, J. N., Belsky, D. W., Higgins-Chen, A. T., Chen, B. H., Cohen, A. A., Fuellen, G., et al. (2024) · Nature Medicine

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

Cited by 361

The impact of low-frequency and rare variants on lipid levels

ENGAGE Consortium, Surakka, I., Horikoshi, M., Mägi, R., Sarin, A.-P., Mahajan, A., Lagou, V., Marullo, L., Ferreira, T., Miraglio, B., et al. (2015) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Cited by 351

Common variants in Alzheimer’s disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores

de Rojas, I., Moreno-Grau, S., Tesi, N., Grenier-Boley, B., Andrade, V., Jansen, I. E., Pedersen, N. L., Stringa, N., Zettergren, A., Hernández, I., et al. (2021) · Nature Communications

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Cited by 324

The Role of Adiposity in Cardiometabolic Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

Fall, T., Hägg, S., Mägi, R., Ploner, A., Fischer, K., Horikoshi, M., Sarin, A.-P., Thorleifsson, G., Ladenvall, C., Kals, M., et al. (2013) · PLoS Medicine

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Cited by 203

Genetic heterogeneity and subtypes of major depression

Nguyen, T.-D., Harder, A., Xiong, Y., Kowalec, K., Hägg, S., Cai, N., Kuja-Halkola, R., Dalman, C., Sullivan, P. F., & Lu, Y. (2022) · Molecular Psychiatry

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyTreatment of Major Depression

Cited by 129

Telomere Length Shortening and Alzheimer Disease—A Mendelian Randomization Study

Zhan, Y., Song, C., Karlsson, R., Tillander, A., Reynolds, C. A., Pedersen, N. L., & Hägg, S. (2015) · JAMA Neurology

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

Cited by 111

The association between lower educational attainment and depression owing to shared genetic effects? Results in ~25 000 subjects

Peyrot, W. J., Lee, S. H., Milaneschi, Y., Abdellaoui, A., Byrne, E. M., Esko, T., de Geus, E. J. C., Hemani, G., Hottenga, J. J., Kloiber, S., et al. (2015) · Molecular Psychiatry

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 84

Human aging DNA methylation signatures are conserved but accelerated in cultured fibroblasts

Sturm, G., Cardenas, A., Bind, M.-A., Horvath, S., Wang, S., Wang, Y., Hägg, S., Hirano, M., & Picard, M. (2019) · Epigenetics

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

Cited by 61

Comparative effectiveness of glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, and sulfonylureas on the risk of dementia in older individuals with type 2 diabetes in Sweden: an emulated trial study

Tang, B., Sjölander, A., Wastesson, J. W., Maura, G., Blotiere, P.-O., Szilcz, M., Mak, J. K. L., Qin, C., Alvarsson, M., Religa, D., et al. (2024) · eClinicalMedicine

Diabetes Treatment and ManagementDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Cited by 57

Consensus meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

EADB, Bellenguez, C., Castillo Morales, A., Amin, N., van der Lee, S. J., Muntaner, M., Parveen, K., Küçükali, F., Grenier-Boley, B., Heikkinen, S., et al. (2026) · Nature Genetics

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Cited by 7

Alzheimer’s disease genetics converges on microglial and neuronal dysregulation

Uffelmann, E., Wightman, D. P., Bahrami, S., Shadrin, A. A., Fominykh, V., Ojima, T., Jiang, C., Benner, C., Moreno, E., Campos, A. I., et al. (2026) · Nature

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

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