HYPERGENES Project meeting

• Haifa (ISRAEL), March 3rd-4th 2010

HYPERGENES Project meeting

• Milan (ITALY), October 10th-11th 2009

HYPERGENES Project meeting

• Leuven (BELGIUM), May 4th-5th 2009

HYPERGENES Clinicians meeting

• Berlin (GERMANY), June 19th 2008

HYPERGENES Kickoff meeting

• Milan (ITALY), February 4th-5th 2008

References

• Cusi D., Macciardi F., Conti P.: "HYPERGENES: la Commissione Europea finanzia un network internazionale per identificare i geni dell’ipertensione" published on "Management della Sanità" on March, 3 2008 (http://www.edipi.com/?pos=005.067 )
• Filigheddu F, Argiolas G, Bulla E, Troffa C, Bulla P, Fadda S, Zaninello R, Degortes S, Frau F, Pitzoi S, Glorioso N. Clinical variables, not RAAS polymorphisms, predict blood pressure response to ACE inhibitors in Sardinians. Pharmacogenomics. 2008; 9:1419-27.
• Tikhonoff V, Staessen JA, Kuznetsova T, Thijs L, Hasenkamp S, Blumer V, Stolarz K, Seidlerova J, Filipovsky J, Nikitin Yu, Peleska J, Kawecka-Jaszcz K; Casiglia E, Brand-Herrmann SM, Brand E, for the European Project On Genes in Hypertension (EPOGH investigators). SAH gene variants revisited in the European Project On Genes in Hypertension. Journal of Hypertension 2008; 26: 244-250.
• Ivanov S., Ryabikov A., Malyutina S. Arterial stiffness and pulse wave reflection in relation with hypertension. Bulletin SB RAMS 2008;3 (131): 9-12 (in Russian).
• Mazdorova E.V. The associations of polymorphism of candidate genes of cardiovascular diseases with atherosclerotic lesion of carotid wall. Bulletin SB RAMS 2008;4 (132): 65-71 (Issue for young researchers’ publications; in Russian).
• Staessen JA, Kuznetsova T, Zhang H, Maillard M, Bochud M, Hasenkamp S, Westerkamp J, Richart T, Thijs L, Li X, Brand-Herrmann SM, Burnier M, Brand E. Blood pressure and renal sodium handling in relation to genetic variation in the DRD1 promoter and GRK4. Hypertension 2008; 51: 1643-1650.
• Jin Y, Kuznetsova T, Tikhonoff V, Maillard M, Bochud M, Burnier M, Hasenkamp S, Brand E, Brand-Herrmann SM, Richart T, Staessen JA. egmental renal sodium handling in relation to the human SAH gene. Hypertension 2008; 52:e12-e13.
• Nawrot TS, Van Hecke E, Thijs L, Richart T, Kuznetsova T, Jin Y, Vangronsveld J, Roels HA, Staessen JA. Cadmium-related mortality and long-term secular trends in the cadmium body burden of an environmetally exposed population. Environmental Health Perspectives 2008; 116: 1620-1628.
• Wizner B, Dechering DG, Thijs L, Atkins N, Fagard R, O’Brien E, de Leeuw PW, Parati G, Palatini P, Clement D, Grodzicki T, Kario K, Staessen JA. Short-term and long-term reproducibility of the morning blood pressure in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension. Journal of Hypertension 2008; 26: 1328-1335.
• Hansen TW, Thijs L, Boggia J, Li Y, Kikuya M, Björklund-Bodegård K, Richart T, Ohkubo T, Jeppesen J, Torp-Pedersen C, Lind L, Sandoya E, Imai Y, Wang J, Ibsen H, O’Brien E, Staessen JA. Prognostic value of ambulatory heart rate revisited in 6928 subjects from 6 populations. Hypertension 2008; 52: 229-235.
• Gasowski J, Li Y, Kuznetsova T, Richart T, Thijs L, Grodzicki T, Clarke T, Staessen JA. Is "usual" blood pressure a proxy for 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in predicting cardiovascular outcomes? American Journal of Hypertension 2008; 21: 994-1000.
• Tikhonoff V, Hasenkamp S, Kuznetsova T, Thijs L, Jin Y, Richart T, Zhang H, Brand-Herrmann SH, Brand E, Casiglia E, Staessen JA. Blood pressure and metabolic phenotypes in relation to the ADRB1 Arg389Gly and ADRA2B I/D polymorphisms in a White population. Journal of Human Hypertension 2008; 22: 864-867.
• Seidlerová J, Staessen JA, Nawrot T, Brand E, Brand-Herrmann SM, Casamassima N, Citterio L, Hasenkamp S, Kuznetsova T, Li Y, Manunta P, Richart T, Struijker-Boudier HA, Fagard R, Filipovský J. Arterial properties in relation to genetic variations in -adducin and the renin-angiotensin system in a White population. Journal of Human Hypertension 2008; 23: 55-64.
• Tikhonoff V, Kuznetsova T, Stolarz-Skrzypek K, Richart T, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Casiglia E, Staessen JA. Modulation of genetic cardiovascular risk by age and lifestyle. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports 2008; 2: 398-404.
• Dechering DG, van der Steen MS, Adiyaman A, Thijs L, Deinum J, Li Y, Dolan E, Akkermans RPM, Richart T, Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Wang J, O’Brien E, Thien T, Staessen JA. Reproducibility of the ambulatory arterial stiffness index in hypertensive patients. Journal of Hypertension 2008; 26: 1993-2000.
• Adiyaman A, Dechering DG, Boggia J, Li Y, Hansen TW, Kikuya M, Björklund-Bodegård K, Richart T, Thijs L, Torp-Pedersen C, Ohkubo T, Dolan E, Imai Y, Sandoya E, Ibsen H, Wang J, Lind L, O’Brien E, Thien T, Staessen JA, on behalf of the International Database on Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes (IDACO) investigators. Determinants of the ambulatory arterial stiffness index in 7604 subjects from 6 populations. Hypertension 2008; 52: 1038-1044.
• Seidlerová J, Staessen JA, Bochud M, Nawrot T, Casamassima N, Citterio L, Kuznetsova T, Jin Y, Manunta P, Richart T, Struijker-Boudier HA, Fagard R, Filipovský J, Bianchi G. Arterial properties in relation to genetic variations in the adducin subunits in a white population. American Journal of Hypertension 2008; 22: 21-26.
• Jin Y, Kuznetsova T, Tikhonoff V, Thijs L, Hasenkamp S, Bäumer V, Stolarz K, Ryabikov A, Richart T, Malyutina S, Nikitin Y, Casiglia E, Kawecka-Jaszcz K,Olszanecka A, Brand-Herrmann S-M, Brand E, Fagard R, Staessen JA. Left ventricular structure in relation to the human SAH gene in the European Project on Genes in Hypertension. Hypertension Research 2009; 32: 145-151.
• Potkin SG, Turner JA, Guffanti G, Lakatos A, Fallon JH, Nguyen DD, Mathalon D, Ford J, Lauriello J, Macciardi F; FBIRN: A genome-wide association study of schizophrenia using brain activation as a quantitative phenotype. Schizophr Bull. 2009 Jan;35(1):96-108.
• Potkin SG, Turner JA, Fallon JA, Lakatos A, Keator DB, Guffanti G, Macciardi F: Gene discovery through imaging genetics: identification of two novel genes associated with schizophrenia. Mol Psychiatry. 2008 Dec 9. doi: 10.1038/mp.2008.127 [Epub ahead of print]
• S. Bianchi, A. Burla, C. Conti, A. Farkash, C. Kent, Y. Maman, A. Shabo: "From Data to Knowledge: Semantic Warehousing of Diverse Health Information" presented to Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems: NGITS 2009.
• Salvi E., Guffanti G., Orro A., Torri F., Lupoli S., Turner J., Keator D., Fallon J., Potkin S., Barlassina C., Cusi D. ,Milanesi L. , Macciardi F: "Comparison of different methods to estimate genetic ancestry and control for stratification in genome-wide association studies", presented to the European Society Human Genetics (Barcelona, May 31st - June 3rd, 2008), and awarded as the best oral presentation.
• Orro A, Guffanti G, Salvi E, Macciardi F, Milanesi L. SNPLims: a data management system for genome wide association studies. BMC BIOINFORMATICS 2008: 9;S13,s2
• di Giuseppe R, de Lorgeril M, Salen P, Laporte F, Di Castelnuovo A, Krogh V, Siani A, Arnout J, Cappuccio FP, van Dongen M, Donati MB, de Gaetano G, Iacoviello L on behalf of the European Collaborative Group of the IMMIDIET Project. Alcohol drinking and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in healthy men and women from three European populations. Am J Clin Nutr 2009; 89: 354-62
• Latella MC, Di Castelnuovo A, de Lorgeril M, Arnout J, Cappuccio FP, Krogh V, Siani A, van Dongen M, Donati MB, de Gaetano G, Iacoviello L on behalf of the European Collaborative Group of the IMMIDIET Project.. Genetic variation of alcohol dehydrogenase type 1C (ADH1C), alcohol consumption, and metabolic cardiovascular risk factors: results from the IMMIDIET Study. Atherosclerosis 2009; in press
• Miller MA, McTernan PG, Harte AL, da Silva NF, Strazzullo P, Alberti KGMM, Kumar S, Cappuccio FP. Circulating endotoxin levels: a novel marker of cardiovascular and metabolic risk in a British multi-ethnic population. Atherosclerosis 2009; 203(2): 494-502
• Miller MA, Strazzullo P, Karanam S, Cappuccio FP. Ethnic variation in levels of circulating IgG autoantibodies to oxidised low-density lipoprotein. Atherosclerosis 2009; 203(1): 126-36
• Newhouse S, Farrall M, Wallace C, Hoti M, Burke B, Howard P, Onipinla A, Lee K, Shaw-Hawkins S, Dobson R, Brown M, Samani NJ, Dominiczak AF, Connell JM, Lathrop GM, Kooner J, Chambers J, Elliott P, Clarke R, Collins R, Laan M, Org E, Juhanson P, Veldre G, Viigimaa M, Eyheramendy S, Cappuccio FP, Ji C, Iacone R, Strazzullo P, Kumari M, Marmot M, Brunner E, Caulfield M, Munroe PB. Polymorphisms in the WNK1 gene are associated with blood pressure variation and urinary potassium excretion. PLoS ONE 2009;4(4):e5003
• Arcari A, Zito F, Di Castelnuovo A, de Curtis A, Dirckx C, Arnout J, Cappuccio FP, van Dongen MCJM, de Lorgeril M, Krogh V, Siani A, Donati MB, de Gaetano G, Iacoviello L on behalf of the European Collaborative Group of the IMMIDIET Project. Hs-CRP is strongly associated with anthropometric variables in three European populations at different risk of cardiovascular disease: results from the IMMIDIET project. J Thromb Haemost 2008; 6:436-43
• Caulfield MJ, Munroe PB, O'Neill D, Witkowska K, Charchar FJ, Doblado M, Evans S, Eyheramendy S, Onipinla A, Howard P, Shaw-Hawkins S, Dobson RJ, Wallace C, Newhouse SJ, Brown M, Connell JM, Dominiczak A, Farrall M, Lathrop GM, Samani NJ, Webster J, Kumari M, Marmot M, Brunner E, Chambers J, Elliott P, Kooner J, Laan M, Org E, Veldre G, Viigimaa M, Cappuccio FP, Ji C, Iacone R, Strazzullo P, Moley KH, Cheeseman C. SLC2A9 is a high capacity urate transporter in humans. PLoS Med 2008; 5(10):e197 (1509-23)
• Costanzo S, Di Castelnuovo A, Zito F, Krogh V, Siani A, Arnout J, Cappuccio FP, Miller MA, van Dongen M, de Lorgeril M, de Gaetano G, Donati MB, Iacoviello L on behalf of the European Collaborative Group of the IMMIDIET Project. Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in three European populations at different risk of coronary heart disease. Report from the Immidiet Project. J Hypertension 2008; 26: 2303-11
• Galletti F, D'Elia L, Barba G, Siani A, Cappuccio FP, Farinaro E, IAcone R, Russo O, De Palma D, Ippolito R, Strazzullo P. High-circulating leptin levels are associated with greater risk of hypertension in men independently of body mass and insulin resistance: results of an eight-year follow-up study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008; 93: 3922-6
• Russo P, Siani A, Miller MA, Karanam S, Esposito T, Gianfrancesco F, Barba G, Lauria F, Strazzullo P, Cappuccio FP. Genetic variants of Y chromosome are associated with a protective lipid profile in black men. Arterioscl Thromb Vasc Biol 2008;28: 1569-74