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Eco de Geus

Hoogleraar Biologische Psychologie
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[HTML][HTML] The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

…, JE Curran, M Czisch, IJ Deary, EJC de Geus… - Brain imaging and …, 2014 - Springer
The Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) Consortium is a
collaborative network of researchers working together on a range of large-scale studies that …

Theory and practice in quantitative genetics

D Posthuma, AL Beem, EJC De Geus… - Twin Research and …, 2003 - cambridge.org
With the rapid advances in molecular biology, the near completion of the human genome,
the development of appropriate statistical genetic methods and the availability of the …

Heritability of cortisol levels: review and simultaneous analysis of twin studies

…, F Sluyter, DI Boomsma, EJC de Geus - …, 2003 - Elsevier
Cortisol has a pivotal role in physical and mental health, but relatively few studies have paid
attention to individual differences in cortisol levels and the etiology of these differences, in …

New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

…, G Crawford, L Crisponi, INM Day, EJC De Geus… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Levels of circulating glucose are tightly regulated. To identify new loci influencing glycemic
traits, we performed meta-analyses of 21 genome-wide association studies informative for …

Integrative approaches for large-scale transcriptome-wide association studies

…, W Chung, BWJH Penninx, R Jansen, EJC De Geus… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Many genetic variants influence complex traits by modulating gene expression, thus altering
the abundance of one or multiple proteins. Here we introduce a powerful strategy that …

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

…, DMAE Jonkers, A Arias Vasquez, EJC de Geus… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
To study the effect of host genetics on gut microbiome composition, the MiBioGen consortium
curated and analyzed genome-wide genotypes and 16S fecal microbiome data from …

Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

…, L Coin, FS Collins, L Crisponi, EJC De Geus… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
To identify previously unknown genetic loci associated with fasting glucose concentrations,
we examined the leading association signals in ten genome-wide association scans …

Effects of work stress on ambulatory blood pressure, heart rate, and heart rate variability

TGM Vrijkotte, LJP Van Doornen, EJC De Geus - Hypertension, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Work stress has repeatedly been associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular
disease. This study tested whether this relationship could be explained by exaggerated …

[HTML][HTML] Loci influencing lipid levels and coronary heart disease risk in 16 European population cohorts

…, G Willemsen, JJ Hottenga, EJC de Geus… - Nature …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies of lipids have been conducted in samples
ascertained for other phenotypes, particularly diabetes. Here we report the first GWA analysis …

Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

…, JG Eriksson, U Bültmann, EJC de Geus… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Very few genetic variants have been associated with depression and neuroticism, likely
because of limitations on sample size in previous studies. Subjective well-being, a phenotype …