Preprints

1. Ghasemi-Semeskandeh D, Foco L, Fujii R, Rainer J, Mohadeseh F, Ralser M, Domingues FS, Pramstaller PP, Pattaro C.Haplomics: A Snakemake pipeline for haplotype-based association analysis in multi-omics studies. medRxiv 2025

2. Landini A, Ghasemi-Semeskandeh D, Johansson Å, Ahmad S, Liebisch G, Gnewuch C, Regeneron Genetics Center, Tzoneva G, Shuldiner AR, Hicks AA, Pramstaller P, Pattaro C, Campbell H, Polašek O, Pirastu N, Hayward C, Ghanbari M, Gyllensten U, Fuchsberger C, Wilson JF, Klarić L. Genome-wide association study reveals loci with sex-specific effects on plasma bile acids . medRxiv 2022.12.16.22283452

Articles

1. Barbieri G, Garcia-Larsen V, Lundin R, Fujii R, Ferraro PM, Gambaro G, Melotti R, Gögele M, Cazzoletti L, Pramstaller PP, Zanolin ME, Pattaro C, Hantikainen E. DASH diet, Reduced Rank Regression Dietary Patterns and relations with kidney function in the CHRIS general population study. BMC Nephrol to appear

2. Barbieri G, Sjöblom L, Swartling O, Bellocco R, Trolle Lagerros Ylva, Adami HO, Zanolin E, Cazzoletti L, Pattaro C, Bonn SE, Hantikainen E. Dietary patterns and risk of incident chronic kidney disease: a prospective cohort study. Eur J Epidemiol 2026; doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01357-z

3. Kamiza A, Chikowore T, Chen G, Ojewunmi O, Machipisa T, Zhou F, Mayanja R, Touré S, Soremekun O, Kintu C, Nakabuye M, Koprulu M, Kalungi A, Kalyesubula R, Salako B, Nashiru O, Corpas M, Robinson-Cohen C, Franceschini N, Pattaro C, Köttgen A, Nitsch D, Langenberg C, Tcheandjieu C, Nyirenda M, Morris A, Asimit J, Zeggini E, Rotimi C, Ramsay M, Adeyemo A, Fabian J, Crampin A, Brandenburg JT, Fatumo S. KidneyGenAfrica multi-cohort Genome-wide association study and polygenic prediction of kidney function in 110,000 Africans. Nat Commun 2026; 17:2599; doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69367-3

4. Imtiaz MA, Melas K, Tin A, Talevi V, Chen H, Fornage M, Shrestha S, Gögele M, Emmert D, Pattaro C, Pramstaller P, Förster F, Horn K, Mosley TH, Fuchsberger C, Scholz M, Breteler MMB, Aziz NA. Genome-wide association study meta-analysis uncovers novel genetic variants associated with olfactory dysfunction BMC Genom Data 2025; 26(1):64; doi: 10.1186/s12863-025-01360-z

5. Foco L, De Bortoli M, Del Greco M F, Frommelt L, Volani C, Riekschnitz D, Motta B, Fuchsberger C, Delerue T, Völker U, Huan TX, Gögele M, Winkelmann J, Dörr M, Levy D, Waldenberger M, Teumer A, Pramstaller PP, Rossini A^*, Pattaro C^*. Genomic and molecular evidence that the lncRNA DSP-AS1 modulates Desmoplakin expression Hum Genet 2025, ahead of print

6. Smit RAJ, 482 authors, Pattaro C, 148 authors, Loos RJF. Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries. Nat Med 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03827-z

7. Förster F, Emmert D, Horn K, Pott J, Frasnelli J, Imtiaz MA, Melas K, Talevi V, Chen H, Engel C, Filosi M, Fornage M, Gögele M, Loeffler M, Mosley T, Pattaro C, Pramstaller P, Shrestha S, Aziz NA, Breteler M, Wirkner K, Scholz M, Fuchsberger C. Genome-wide association meta-analysis of human olfactory identification discovers sex-specific and sex-differential genetic variants. Nat Commun 2025; 16:5434; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61330-y

8. Lundin R, Melotti R, Barin L, Gögele M, Lombardo S, Fanolla A, Zuech P, Rainer J, Emmert D, Fuchsberger C, Mascalzoni D, de~Grandi A, Domingues FS, Hicks AA, Pramstaller PP^*, Pattaro C^*. Cohort profile: The Cooperative Health Research in South Tyrol (CHRIS) study. Int J Epidemiol 2025; 54(3):dyaf064. doi:10.1093/ije/dyaf064

9. Ghasemi-Semeskandeh D, Emmert D, Koenig E, Foco L, Gögele M, Barin L, Fujii R, Fuchsberger C, Peters DJM, Pramstaller PP, Pattaro C. Systematic mediation and interaction analyses of kidney function genetic loci in a general population study. PLoS ONE 2025; 20(6):e0323057. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323057.

10. Ghasemi-Semeskandeh D, König E, Foco L, Dordevic N, Gögele M, Rainer J, Ralser M, Acoba D, Domingues FS, Peters DJM, Pramstaller PP, Pattaro C Clinical and metabolic signatures of FAM47E-SHROOM3 haplotypes in a general population sample. Kidney Int Rep 2025; 10(5): 1495-1508; DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.02.018

11. Barbieri G, Cazzoletti L, Melotti R, Hantikainen E, Lundin R, Barin L, Gögele M, Riegler P, Ferraro PM, Pramstaller PP, Gambaro G, Zanolin ME^*, Pattaro C^*. Development and evaluation of a kidney health questionnaire and estimates of chronic kidney disease prevalence in the Cooperative Health Research In South Tyrol (CHRIS) study. J Nephrol 2025; 38(2): 521-530; DOI 10.1007/s40620-024-02157-6

12. Allara E, Bell S, Smith R, Keene SJ, Gill D, Gaziano L, Morselli Gysi D, Wang F, Tragante V, Mason A, Karthikeyan S, Lumbers RT, Bonglack E, Ouwehand W, Roberts DJ, Dowsett J, Ostrowski SR, Larsen MH, Ullum H, Pedersen OB, Brunak S, Banasik K, Erikstrup C, DBDS Genomic Consortium, Mitchell J, Fuchsberger C, Pattaro C, Pramstaller PP, Girelli D, Arvas M, Toivonen J, Molnos S, Peters A, Polasek O, Rudan I, Hayward C, McDonnell C, Pirastu N, Wilson JF, van den Hurk K, Quee F, Ferrucci L, Bandinelli S, Tanaka T, Girotto G, Concas MP, Pecori A, Verweij N, van der Harst P, van de Vegte YJ, Kiemeney LA, Sweep FC, Galesloot TE, Sulem P, Gudbjartsson D, Ferkingstad E, FinnGen Consortium, Djousse L, Cho K, Inouye M, Burgess S, Benyamin B, Oexle K, Swinkels D, Stefansson K, Magnusson M, Ganna A, Gaziano M, Ivey K, Danesh J, Pereira A, Wood AM, Butterworth AS, Di Angelantonio E. Novel loci and biomedical consequences of iron homeostasis variation. Commun Biol 2024; 7(1):1631. DOI 10.1038/s42003-024-07115-3

13. Hantikainen E, Weichenberger CX, Dordevic N, Foco L, Gögele M, Melotti R, Pattaro C, Ralser M, Amari F, Farztdinov V, Mülleder M, Pramstaller PP, Rainer J, Domingues FS. Metabolite and protein associations with general health in the population-based CHRIS study. Sci Rep 2024; 14:26635. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-75627-3.

14. Hopfner F, Tietz A, D’Elia Y, Pattaro C, Becktepe JS, Gögele M, Barin L, Pramstaller PP, Kuhlenbäumer G, Melotti R. Archimedes spiral rating: determinants and population-based limits of normal. Mov Dis Clin Pract 2024; 10(11): 1257-65; DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.14201

15. Young W, van der Most PJ, Bartz TM, Bos MM, Biino G, Duong T, Foco L, Lominchar JT, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nardone GG, Pecori A, Ramirez J, Repetto L, Schramm K, Shen X, van Duijvenboden S, van Heemst D, Weiss S, Yao J, Benjamins JW, Alonso A, Spedicati B, Biggs ML, Brody JA, Dörr M, Fuchsberger C, Gögele M, Guo X, Ikram MA, Jukema JW, Kääb S, Kanters JK; Lifelines Cohort Study; Lin HJ, Linneberg A, Nauck M, Nolte IM, Pianigiani G, Santin A, Soliman EZ, Tesolin P, Vaccargiu S, Waldenberger M, van der Harst P, Verweij N, Arking DE, Concas MP, De Grandi A, Girotto G, Grarup N, Kavousi M, Mook-Kanamori DO, Navarro P, Orini M, Padmanabhan S, Pattaro C, Peters A, Pirastu M, Pramstaller PP, Heckbert SR, Sinner M, Snieder H, Völker U, Wilson JF, Gauderman WJ, Lambiase PD, Sotoodehnia N, Tinker A, Warren HR, Noordam R, Munroe PB. Genome-wide interaction analyses of serum calcium on ventricular repolarization time in 125 393 participants. J Am Heart Assoc 2024; 13(17):e034760; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.123.03476

16. Fujii R, Melotti R, Kötten A, Teumer A, Giardiello D, Pattaro C. Integrating multiple kidney function markers to predict all-cause and cause-specific mortality: prospective analysis of 366,758 UK Biobank participants. Clin Kidney J 2024; 17(8):sfae207. DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfae207

17. Barbieri G, Garcia-Larsen V, Lundin R, Fujii R, Melotti R, Gögele M, Christopher KB, Cazzoletti L, Pramstaller PP, Zanolin ME, Pattaro C, Hantikainen E. Associations between dietary patterns and kidney health assessed in the population-based CHRIS study using reduced rank regression. J Ren Nutr 2024; 34(5): 427-37; doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2024.03.003

18. Sterenborg RBTM, <80 authors>, Pattaro C, <57 authors>, Medici M. Multi-trait analysis characterizes the genetics of thyroid function and identifies causal associations with clinical implications. Nat Commun 2024; 15:888; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44701-9

19. Koller A, Filosi M, Weissensteiner H, Fazzini F, Gorski M, Pattaro C, Schönherr S, Forer L, Herold JM, Stark KJ, Döttelmayer P, Hicks AA, Pramstaller PP, Würzner R, Eckardt KU, Heid IM, Fuchsberger C, Lamina C, Kronenberg F. Nuclear and mitochondrial genetic variants associated with mitochondrial DNA copy number. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2083. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52373-0

20. Scholz M, Horn K, Pott J, Wuttke M, Kühnapfel A, Nasr MK, Kirsten H, Li Y, Hoppmann A, Gorski M, Ghasemi S, Li M, Tin A, Chai JF, Cocca M, Wang J, Nutile T, Akiyama M, Åsvold BO, Bansal N, Biggs ML, Boutin T, Brenner H, Brumpton B, Burkhardt R, Cai J, Campbell A, Campbell H, Chalmers J, Chasman DI, Chee ML, Chee ML, Chen X, Cheng CY, Cifkova R, Daviglus M, Delgado G, Dittrich K, Edwards TL, Endlich K, Gaziano MJ, Giri A, Giulianini F, Gordon SD, Gudbjartsson DF, Hallan S, Hamet P, Hartman CA, Hayward C, Heid IM, Hellwege JN, Holleczek B, Holm H, Hutri-Kähönen N, Hveem K, Isermann B, Jonas JB, Joshi PK, Kamatani Y, Kanai M, Kastarinen M, Khor CC, Kiess W, Kleber ME, Körner A, Kovacs P, Krajcoviechova A, Kramer H, Krämer BK, Kuokkanen M, Kähönen M, Lange LA, Lash JP, Lehtimäki T, Li H, Lin BM, Liu J, Loeffler M, Lyytikäinen LP, Magnusson PKE, Martin NG, Matsuda K, Milaneschi Y, Mishra PP, Mononen N, Montgomery GW, Mook-Kanamori DO, Mychaleckyj JC, März W, Nauck M, Nikus K, Nolte IM, Noordam R, Okada Y, Olafsson I, Oldehinkel AJ, Penninx BWJH, Perola M, Pirastu N, Polasek O, Porteous DJ, Poulain T, Psaty BM, Rabelink TJ, Raffield LM, Raitakari OT, Rasheed H, Reilly DF, Rice KM, Richmond A, Ridker PM, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Sabanayagam C, Salomaa V, Schneiderman N, Schöttker B, Sims M, Snieder H, Stark KJ, Stefansson K, Stocker H, Stumvoll M, Sulem P, Sveinbjornsson G, Svensson PO, Tai ES, Taylor KD, Tayo BO, Teren A, Tham YC, Thiery J, Thio CHL, Thomas LF, Tremblay J, Tönjes A, van der Most PJ, Vitart V, Völker U, Wang YX, Wang C, Wei WB, Whitfield JB, Wild SH, Wilson JF, Winkler TW, Wong TY, Woodward M, Sim X, Chu AY, Feitosa MF, Thorsteinsdottir U, Hung AM, Teumer A, Franceschini N, Parsa A, Köttgen A^*, Schlosser P^*, Pattaro C^*. X-chromosome and kidney function: Evidence from a multi-trait genetic analysis of 908,697 individuals reveals sex-specific and sex-differential findings in genes regulated by androgen-response elements. Nat Commun 2024; 15:586. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44709-1

21. Noce D, Foco L, Orth-Höller D, König E, Barbieri G, Pietzner M, Coassin S, Fuchsberger C, Gögele M, Del Greco M F, De Grandi A, Summerer M, Wheeler E, Langenberg C, Lass-Flörl C, Pramstaller PP, Kronenberg F^*, Würzner R^*, Pattaro C^* Genetic determinants of complement activation in the general population. Cell Rep 2024; 43(1): 113611. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113611

22. Antonello G, Blostein F, Bhaumik D, Davis E, Gögele M, Melotti R, Pramstaller P, Pattaro C, Segata N, Foxman B, Fuchsberger C. Smoking and salivary microbiota: a cross-sectional analysis of an Italian alpine population. Sci Rep 2023; 13(1): 18904.doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42474-7

23. Barbieri G, Pizzato M, Gögele M, Giardiello D, Weichenberger CX, Foco L, Bottigliengo D, Bertelli C, Barin L, Lundin R, Pramstaller PP^*, Pattaro C^*, Melotti R^*. Trends and symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a longitudinal study on an Alpine population-representative sample. BMJ Open 2023; 13: e072650; doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072650

24. Arisido MW, Foco L, Shoemaker R, Melotti R, Delles C, Gögele M, Barolo S, Baron S, Azizi M, Dominiczak A, Zennaro MC, Pramstaller PP, Poglitsch M, Pattaro C Cluster analysis of angiotensin biomarkers to identify antihypertensive drug treatment in population studies. BMC Med Res Methodol 2023; 23(1): 131; doi: 10.1186/s12874-023-01930-8

25. Giardiello D, Melotti R, Barbieri G, Gögele M, Weichenberger CX, Foco L, Bottigliengo D, Barin L, Lundin R, Pramstaller PP, Pattaro C Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 nasopharyngeal testing in a rural community sample susceptible of first infection: the CHRIS COVID-19 study. Pathog Glob Health 2023; doi: 10.1080/20477724.2023.2191232

26. Fujii R, Melotti R, Gögele M, Barin L, Ghasemi-Semeskandeh D, Barbieri G, Pramstaller PP, Pattaro C Structural equation modeling (SEM) of kidney function markers and longitudinal CVD risk assessment. PLoS ONE 2023; 18(4): e0280600; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280600

27. Young WJ, <73 authors>, Pattaro C, Ribeiro ALP, Rotter JI, Stricker BH, van der Harst P, van Duijn CM, Verweij N, Wilson JG, Orini M, Charron P, Watkins H, Kooperberg C, Lin HJ, Wilson JF, Kanters JK, Sotoodehnia N, Mifsud B, Lambiase PD, Tereshchenko LG, Munroe PB. Genetic architecture of spatial electrical biomarkers for cardiac arrhythmia and relationship with cardiovascular disease. Nat Commun 2023; 14(1): 1411. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36997-w

28. Wuttke M, König E, Katsara MA, Kirsten H, Farahani SK, Teumer A, Li Y, Lang M, Göcmen B, Pattaro C, Günzel D, Köttgen A, Fuchsberger C. Imputation-powered whole-exome analysis identifies genes associated with kidney function and disease in the UK Biobank. Nat Commun 2023; 14(1): 1287. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36864-8.

29. Fujii R, Pattaro C, Tsuboi Y, Ishihara Y, Melotti R, Yamada H, Ando Y, Ishikawa H, Ohashi K, Hashimoto S, Hamajima N, Barbieri G, Ghasemi-Semeskandeh D, Suzuki K. Comparison of glomerular filtration rate estimating formulas among Japanese adults without kidney disease. Clin Biochem 2023; 111: 54-59. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2022.10.011.

30. Vukovic V, Hantikainen E, Raftopoulou A, Gögele M, Rainer J, Domingues FS, Pramstaller PP, Garcia-Larsen V, Pattaro C. Association of dietary proteins with serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate in a general population sample: the CHRIS study. J Nephrol 2023; 36(1): 103-114. doi: 10.1007/s40620-022-01409-7.

31. Yengo L, <476 authors>, Pattaro C, <143 authors>, Hirschhorn JN. A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height. Nature 2022; 610(7933): 704-712. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05275-y

32. Mascalzoni D, Melotti R, Pattaro C, Pramstaller PP, Gögele M, De Grandi A, Biasiotto R. Ten years of dynamic consent in the CHRIS study: informed consent as a dynamic process. Eur J Hum Genet 2022; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-022-01160-4

33. Young WJ, <149 authors>, Pattaro C, Peters A, Psaty BM, Rotter JI, Stricker B, van der Harst P, van Duijn CM, Verweij N, Wilson JF, Arking DE, Ramirez J, Lambiase PD, Sotoodehnia N, Mifsud B, Newton-Cheh C, Munroe PB. Genetic analyses of the electrocardiographic QT interval and its components identify additional loci and pathways. Nat Commun 2022; 13(1):5144; doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32821-z

34. Gorski M, Rasheed H, Teumer A, Thomas LF, Graham SE, Sveinbjornsson G, Winkler TW, Günther F, Stark KJ, Chai JF, Tayo BO, Wuttke M, Li Y, Tin A, Ahluwalia TS, ärnlöv J, Åsvold BO, Bakker SJL, Banas B, Bansal N, Biggs ML, Biino G, Böhnke M, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger EP, Brenner H, Brumpton B, Carroll RJ, Chaker L, Chalmers J, Chee ML, Chee ML, Cheng CY, Chu AY, Ciullo M, Cocca M, Cook JP, Coresh J, Cusi D, de Borst MH, Degenhardt F, Eckardt KU, Endlich K, Evans MK, Feitosa MF, Franke A, Freitag-Wolf S, Fuchsberger C, Gampawar P, Gansevoort RT, Ghanbari M, Ghasemi S, Giedraitis V, Gieger C, Gudbjartsson DF, Hallan S, Hamet P, Hishida A, Ho K, Hofer E, Holleczek B, Holm H, Hoppmann A, Horn K, Hutri-Kähönen N, Hveem K, Hwang SJ, Ikram MA, Josyula NS, Jung B, Kähönen M, Karabegović I, Khor CC, Koenig W, Kramer H, Krämer BK, Kühnel B, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Lange LA, Lehtimäki T, Li M, Lieb W; Lifelines cohort study, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Loos RJF, Lukas MA, Lyytikäinen LP, Mahajan A, Matias-Garcia PR, Meisinger C, Meitinger T, Melander O, Milaneschi Y, Mishra PP, Mononen N, Morris AP, Mychaleckyj JC, Nadkarni GN, Naito M, Nakatochi M, Nalls MA, Nauck M, Nikus K, Ning B, Nolte IM, Nutile T, O’Donoghue ML, O’Connell J, Olafsson I, Orho-Melander M, Parsa A, Pendergrass SA, Penninx BWJH, Pirastu M, Preuss MH, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Raitakari OT, Rheinberger M, Rice KM, Rizzi F, Rosenkranz AR, Rossing P, Rotter JI, Ruggiero D, Ryan KA, Sabanayagam C, Salvi E, Schmidt H, Schmidt R, Scholz M, Schöttker B, Schulz CA, Sedaghat S, Shaffer CM, Sieber KB, Sim X, Sims M, Snieder H, Stanzick KJ, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stocker H, Strauch K, Stringham HM, Sulem P, Szymczak S, Taylor KD, Thio CHL, Tremblay J, Vaccargiu S, van der Harst P, van der Most PJ, Verweij N, Völker U, Wakai K, Waldenberger M, Wallentin L, Wallner S, Wang J, Waterworth DM, White HD, Willer CJ, Wong TY, Woodward M, Yang Q, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Zimmermann M, Zonderman AB, Bergler T, Stefansson K, Böger CA, Pattaro C^*, Köttgen A^*, Kronenberg F^*, Heid IM^*. Genetic loci and prioritization of genes for kidney function decline derived from a meta-analysis of 62 longitudinal genome-wide association studies. Kidney Int 2022; 102(3): 624-639. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2022.05.021.

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58. Wuttke M, Li Y, Li M, Sieber KB, Feitosa MF, Gorski M, Tin A, Wang L, Chu AY, Hoppmann A, Kirsten H, Giri A, Chai JF, Sveinbjornsson G, Tayo BO, Nutile T, Fuchsberger C, Marten J, Cocca M, Ghasemi S, Xu Y, Horn K, Noce D, van der Most PJ, Sedaghat S, Yu Z, Akiyama M, Afaq S, Ahluwalia TS, Almgren P, Amin N, ärnlöv J, Bakker SJL, Bansal N, Baptista D, Bergmann S, Biggs ML, Biino G, Boehnke M, Boerwinkle E, Boissel M, Bottinger EP, Boutin TS, Brenner H, Brumat M, Burkhardt R, Butterworth AS, Campana E, Campbell A, Campbell H, Canouil M, Carroll RJ, Catamo E, Chambers JC, Chee ML, Chee ML, Chen X, Cheng CY, Cheng Y, Christensen K, Cifkova R, Ciullo M, Concas MP, Cook JP, Coresh J, Corre T, CF Sala, Cusi D, Danesh J, Daw EW, de Borst MH, De Grandi A, de Mutsert R, de Vries APJ, Degenhardt F, Delgado G, Demirkan A, di Angelantonio E, Dittrich K, Divers J, Dorajoo R, Eckardt KU, Ehret G, Elliott P, Endlich K, Evans MK, Felix JF, Foo VHX, Franco OH, Franke A, Freedman BI, Freitag-Wolf S, Friedlander Y, Froguel P, Gansevoort RT, Gao H, Gasparini P, Gaziano JM, Giedraitis V, Gieger C, Girotto G, Giulianini F, Gögele M, Gordon SD, Gudbjartsson DF, Gudnason V, Haller T, Hamet P, Harris TB, Hartman CA, Hayward C, Hellwege JN, Heng CK, Hicks AA, Hofer E, Huang W, Hutri-Kähönen N, Hwang SJ, Ikram MA, Indridason OS, Ingelsson E, Ising M, Jaddoe VWV, Jakobsdottir J, Jonas JB, Joshi PK, Josyula NS, Jung B, Kähönen M, Kamatani Y, Kammerer CM, Kanai M, Kastarinen M, Kerr SM, Khor CC, Kiess W, Kleber ME, Koenig W, Kooner JS, Körner A, Kovacs P, Kraja AT, Krajcoviechova A, Kramer H, Krämer BK, Kronenberg F, Kubo M, Kühnel B, Kuokkanen M, Kuusisto J, La Bianca M, Laakso M, Lange LA, Langefeld CD, Lee JJM, Lehne B, Lehtimäki T, Lieb W, Lifelines Cohort Study, Lim SC, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Liu J, Liu J, Loeffler M, Loos RJF, Lucae S, Lukas MA, Lyytikäinen LP, Mägi R, Magnusson PKE, Mahajan A, Martin NG, Martins J, März W, Mascalzoni D, Matsuda K, Meisinger C, Meitinger T, Melander O, Metspalu A, Mikaelsdottir EK, Milaneschi Y, Miliku K, Mishra PP, VA Million Veteran Program, Mohlke KL, Mononen N, Montgomery GW, Mook-Kanamori DO, Mychaleckyj JC, Nadkarni GN, Nalls MA, Nauck M, Nikus K, Ning B, Nolte IM, Noordam R, O’Connell J, O’Donoghue ML, Olafsson I, Oldehinkel AJ, Orho-Melander M, Ouwehand WH, Padmanabhan S, Palmer ND, Palsson R, Penninx BWJH, Perls T, Perola M, Pirastu M, Pirastu N, Pistis G, Podgornaia AI, Polasek O, Ponte B, Porteous DJ, Poulain T, Pramstaller PP, Preuss MH, Prins BP, Province MA, Rabelink TJ, Raffield LM, Raitakari OT, Reilly DF, Rettig R, Rheinberger M, Rice KM, Ridker PM, Rivadeneira F, Rizzi F, Roberts DJ, Robino A, Rossing P, Rudan I, Rueedi R, Ruggiero D, Ryan KA, Saba Y, Sabanayagam C, Salomaa V, Salvi E, Saum KU, Schmidt H, Schmidt R, Schöttker B, Schulz CA, Schupf N, Shaffer CM, Shi Y, Smith AV, Smith BH, Soranzo N, Spracklen CN, Strauch K, Stringham HM, Stumvoll M, Svensson PO, Szymczak S, Tai ES, Tajuddin SM, Tan NYQ, Taylor KD, Teren A, Tham YC, Thiery J, Thio CHL, Thomsen H, Thorleifsson G, Toniolo D, Tönjes A, Tremblay J, Tzoulaki I, Uitterlinden AG, Vaccargiu S, van Dam RM, van der Harst P, van Duijn CM, Velez Edward DR, Verweij N, Vogelezang S, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Waldenberger M, Wallentin L, Wang YX, Wang C, Waterworth DM, Wei WB, White H, Whitfield JB, Wild SH, Wilson JF, Wojczynski MK, Wong C, Wong TY, Xu L, Yang Q, Yasuda M, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Zhang W, Zonderman AB, Rotter JI, Bochud M, Psaty BM, Vitart V, Wilson JG, Dehghan A, Parsa A, Chasman DI, Ho K, Morris AP, Devuyst O, Akilesh S, Pendergrass SA, Sim X, Böger CA, Okada Y, Edwards TL, Snieder H, Stefansson K, Hung AM, Heid IM^*, Scholz M^*, Teumer A^*, Köttgen A^*, Pattaro C^* A catalogue of genetic loci for kidney function from analyses of a million individuals. Nat Genet 2019; 51(6): 957-592.

59. Murgia F, Melotti R, Foco L, Gögele, Meraviglia V, Motta B, Steger A, Toifl M, Sinnecker D, Müller A, Merati G, Schmidt G, Rossini A^*, Pramstaller PP^*, Pattaro C^*. Effects of smoking status, history and intensity on heart rate variability in the general population: the CHRIS study. PLoS ONE 2019; 14(4): e0215053.

60. Weichenberger CX, Rainer J, Pattaro C, Pramstaller PP, Domingues FS. Comparative assessment of different familial aggregation methods in the context of large and unstructured pedigrees. Bioinformatics 2019; 35(1): 69-76.

61. Melotti R, Ruscheweyh R, Pramstaller PP, Hicks A, Pattaro C. Structural consistency of the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire in the general population: the Cooperative Health Research In South Tyrol (CHRIS) study. J Pain 2018; 19(12):1424-1434.

62. Teumer A, Gambaro G, Corre T, Bochud M, Vollenweider P, Guessous I, Kleber ME, Delgado GE, Pilz S, März W, Barnes CLK, Joshi PK, Wilson JF, de Borst MH, Navis G, van der Harst P, Heerspink HJL16, Homuth G, Endlich K, Nauck M, CKDGen Consortium, Köttgen A, Pattaro C, Ferraro PM. Mendelian randomization study supports a negative causal effect of vitamin D on kidney function. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2018; 33(12): 2139-2145.

63. Teumer A, Chaker L, Groeneweg S, Li Y, Di Munno C, Barbieri C, Schultheiss UT, Traglia M, Ahluwalia TS, Akiyama M, Appel EVR, Arking DE, Arnold A, Astrup A, Beekman M, Beilby JP, Bekaert S, Boerwinkle E, Brown SJ, De Buyzere M, Campbell PJ, Ceresini G, Cerqueira C, Cucca F, Deary IJ, Deelen J, Eckardt KU, Ekici AB, Eriksson JG, Ferrrucci L, Fiers T, Fiorillo E, Ford I, Fox CS, Fuchsberger C, Galesloot TE, Gieger C, Gögele M, De Grandi A, Grarup N, Greiser KH, Haljas K, Hansen T, Harris SE, van Heemst D, den Heijer M, Hicks AA, den Hollander W, Homuth G, Hui J, Ikram MA, Ittermann T, Jensen RA, Jing J, Jukema JW, Kajantie E, Kamatani Y, Kasbohm E, Kaufman JM, Kiemeney LA, Kloppenburg M, Kronenberg F, Kubo M, Lahti J, Lapauw B, Li S, Liewald DCM, Lifelines Cohort Study, Lim EM, Linneberg A, Marina M, Mascalzoni D, Matsuda K, Medenwald D, Meisinger C, Meulenbelt I, De Meyer T, Meyer zu Schwabedissen HE, Mikolajczyk R, Moed M, Netea-Maier RT, Nolte IM, Okada Y, Pala M, Pattaro C, Pedersen O, Petersmann A, Porcu E, Postmus I, Pramstaller PP, Psaty BM, Ramos YFM, Rawal R, Redmond P, Richards JB, Rietzschel ER, Rivadeneira F, Roef G, Rotter JI, Sala CF, Schlessinger D, Selvin E, Slagboom PE, Soranzo N, Sörensen TIA, Spector TD, Starr JM, Stott DJ, Taes Y, Taliun D, Tanaka T, Thuesen B, Tiller D, Toniolo D, Uitterlinden AG, Visser WE, Walsh JP, Wilson SG, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Yang Q, Zheng HF, Cappola A, Peeters RP, Naitza S, Völzke H, Sanna S, Köttgen A, Visser TJ, Medici M. Genome-wide analyses identify a role for SLC17A4 and AADAT in thyroid hormone regulation. Nat Commun 2018; 9(1):4455.

64. Böger CA, Gorski M, McMahon GM, Xu H, Chang YC, van der Most PJ, Navis G, Nolte IM, de Borst MH, Zhang W, Lehne B, Loh M, Tan ST, Boerwinkle E, Grams ME, Sekula P, Li M, Wilmot B, Moon JG, Scheet P, Cucca F, Xiao X, Lyytikäinen LP, Delgado G, Grammer TB, Kleber ME, Sedaghat S, Rivadeneira F, Corre T, Kutalik Z, Bergmann S, Nielson CM, Srikanth P, Teumer A, Müller-Nurasyid M, Brockhaus AC, Pfeufer A, Rathmann W, Peters A, Matsumoto M, de Andrade M, Atkinson EJ, Robinson-Cohen C, de Boer IH, Hwang SJ, Heid IM, Gögele M, Concas MP, Tanaka T, Bandinelli S, Nalls MA, Singleton A, Tajuddin SM, Adeyemo A, Zhou J, Doumatey A, McWeeney S, Murabito J, Franceschini N, Flessner M, Shlipak M, Wilson JG, Chen G, Rotimi CN, Zonderman AB, Evans MK, Ferrucci L, Devuyst O, Pirastu M, Shuldiner A, Hicks AA, Pramstaller PP, Kestenbaum B, Kardia SL, Turner ST, Study LC, Briske TE, Gieger C, Strauch K, Meisinger C, Meitinger T, Völker U, Nauck M, Völzke H, Vollenweider P, Bochud M, Waeber G, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, März W, Dehghan A, Franco OH, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, Taylor HA, Chambers JC, Kooner JS, Fox CS, Hitzemann R, Orwoll ES, Pattaro C, Schlessinger D, Köttgen A, Snieder H, Parsa A, Cohen DM. NFAT5 and SLC4A10 Loci Associate with Plasma Osmolality. J Am Soc Nephrol 2017; 28(8): 2311-2321.

65. Noce D, Gögele M, Schwienbacher C, Caprioli G, De Grandi A, Foco L, Platzgummer S, Pramstaller PP, Pattaro C. Sequential recruitment of study participants may inflate genetic heritability estimates. Hum Genet 2017; 136(6):743-757.

66. Gorski M, van der Most PJ, Teumer A, Chu AY, Li M, Mijatovic V, Nolte IM, Cocca M, Taliun D, Gomez F, Li Y, Tayo B, Tin A, Feitosa MF, Aspelund T, Attia J, Biffar R, Bochud M, Boerwinkle E, Borecki I, Bottinger EP, Chen MH, Chouraki V, Ciullo M, Coresh J, Cornelis MC, Curhan GC, d’Adamo AP, Dehghan A, Dengler L, Ding J, Eiriksdottir G, Endlich K, Enroth S, Esko T, Franco OH, Gasparini P, Gieger C, Girotto G, Gottesman O, Gudnason V, Gyllensten U, Hancock SJ, Harris TB, Helmer C, Höllerer S, Hofer E, Hofman A, Holliday EG, Homuth G, Hu FB, Huth C, Hutri-Kähönen N, Hwang SJ, Imboden M, Johansson Å, Kähönen M, König W, Kramer H, Krämer BK, Kumar A, Kutalik Z, Lambert JC, Launer LJ, Lehtimäki T, de Borst M, Navis G, Swertz M, Liu Y, Lohman K, Loos RJF, Lu Y, Lyytikäinen LP, McEvoy MA, Meisinger C, Meitinger T, Metspalu A, Metzger M, Mihailov E, Mitchell P, Nauck M, Oldehinkel AJ, Olden M, Wjh Penninx B, Pistis G, Pramstaller PP, Probst-Hensch N, Raitakari OT, Rettig R, Ridker PM, Rivadeneira F, Robino A, Rosas SE, Ruderfer D, Ruggiero D, Saba Y, Sala C, Schmidt H, Schmidt R, Scott RJ, Sedaghat S, Smith AV, Sorice R, Stengel B, Stracke S, Strauch K, Toniolo D, Uitterlinden AG, Ulivi S, Viikari JS, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Völzke H, Vuckovic D, Waldenberger M, Jin Wang J, Yang Q, Chasman DI, Tromp G, Snieder H, Heid IM, Fox CS, Köttgen A^*, Pattaro C^*, Böger CA^*, Fuchsberger C^*. 1000 Genomes-based meta-analysis identifies 10 novel loci for kidney function. Sci Rep 2017; 7:45040.

67. Del Greco-M F, Foco L, Pichler I, Eller P, Eller K, Benyamin B, Whitfield JB, Genetics of Iron Status Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, Pramstaller PP, Thompson JR, Pattaro C, Minelli C. Serum Iron Level and Kidney Function: a Mendelian Randomization Study. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2017; 32(2):273-278.

68. Liu C, Kraja AT, Smith JA, Brody JA, Franceschini N, Bis JC, Rice K, Morrison AC, Lu Y, Weiss S, Guo X, Palmas W, Martin LW, Chen YI, Surendran P, Drenos F, Cook JP, Auer PL, Chu AY, Giri A, Zhao W, Jakobsdottir J, Lin LA, Stafford JM, Amin N, Mei H, Yao J, Voorman A; CHD Exome+ Consortium; ExomeBP Consortium; GoT2DGenes Consortium; T2D-GENES Consortium, Larson MG, Grove ML, Smith AV, Hwang SJ, Chen H, Huan T, Kosova G, Stitziel NO, Kathiresan S, Samani N, Schunkert H, Deloukas P; Myocardial Infarction Genetics and CARDIoGRAM Exome Consortia, Li M, Fuchsberger C, Pattaro C, Gorski M, CKDGen Consortium, Kooperberg C, Papanicolaou GJ, Rossouw JE, Faul JD, Kardia SL, Bouchard C, Raffel LJ, Uitterlinden AG, Franco OH, Vasan RS, O’Donnell CJ, Taylor KD, Liu K, Bottinger EP, Gottesman O, Daw EW, Giulianini F, Ganesh S, Salfati E, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Dörr M, Felix SB, Rettig R, Völzke H, Kim E, Lee WJ, Lee IT, Sheu WH, Tsosie KS, Edwards DR, Liu Y, Correa A, Weir DR, Völker U, Ridker PM, Boerwinkle E, Gudnason V, Reiner AP, van Duijn CM, Borecki IB, Edwards TL, Chakravarti A, Rotter JI, Psaty BM, Loos RJ, Fornage M, Ehret GB, Newton-Cheh C, Levy D, Chasman DI. Meta-analysis identifies common and rare variants influencing blood pressure and overlapping with metabolic trait loci. Nat Genet 2016; 48(10):1162-1170.

69. Jing J, Pattaro C, Hoppmann A, Okada Y, CKDGen Consortium, Fox CS, Köttgen A. Combination of mouse models and genomewide association studies highlights novel genes associated with human kidney function. Kidney Int 2016; 90(4):764-773.

70. Del Greco-M F, Pattaro C, Minelli C, Thompson JR. Bayesian analysis of censored response data in family-based genetic association studies. Biom J 2016; 58(5):1039-1053.

71. Rainer J, Taliun D, D’Elia Y, Pattaro C, Domingues FS, Weichenberger CX. FamAgg: an R Package to Evaluate Familial Aggregation of Traits in Large Pedigrees. Bioinformatics 2016; 32(10):1583-1585.

72. Teumer A, Tin A, Sorice R, Gorski M, Yeo NC, Chu AY, Li M, Li Y, Mijatovic V, Ko YA, Taliun D, Chen MH, Yang Q, Foster MC, Olden M, Hiraki LT, Tayo BO, Fuchsberger C, Dieffenback AK, Shuldiner AR, Smith AV, Zappa AM, Lupo A, Kollerits B, Ponte B, Stengel B, Krämer BK, Paulweber B, Mitchell BD, Hayward C, Helmer C, Meisinger C, Gieger C, Shaffer CM, Müller C, Langenberg C, Ackermann D, Siscovick D, DCCT/EDIC, Boerwinkle E, Kronenberg F, Ehret GB, Homuth G, Waeber G, Navis G, Gambaro G, Malerba G, Eiriksdottir G, Li G, Wichmann HE, Grallert H, Wallaschofski H,Völkze H, Brenner H, Kramer H, Leach IM, Rudan I, Hillege JL, Beckmann JS, Lambert JC, Luan J, Zhao JH, Chalmers J, Coresh J, Denny JC, Butterbach K, Launer LJ, Ferrucci L, Kedenko L, Haun M, Metzger M, Woodward M, Hoffman MJ, Nauck M, Waldenberger M, Pruijm M, Bochud M, Rheinberger M, Verweij N, Wareham NJ, Soranzo N, Devuyst O, Polasek O, van der Harst P, Pramstaller PP, Vollenweider P, Wild PS, Gansevoort RT, Rettig R, Biffar R, Carroll RJ, Katz R, Loos RJF, Hwang SJ, Coassin S, Bergmann S, Rosas SE, Stracke S, Harris TB, Corre T, Zeller T, Illig T, Aspelund T, Tanaka T, Völker U, Gudnason V, Chouraki V, Koenig W, Kutalik Z, O’Connell JR, Parsa A, Heid IM, Paterson AD, Lazar J, de Boer IH, Endlich K, Susztak K, Tremblay J, Hamet P, Jacob HJ^*, Böger CA^*, Fox CS^*, Pattaro C^*, Köttgen A^*. Genome-wide association studies identify genetic loci associated with albuminuria in diabetes. Diabetes 2016; 65(3):803-817.

73. Taliun D, Gamper J, Ulf L, Pattaro C. Fast Sampling-based Whole-Genome Haplotype Blocks Recognition. IEEE/ACM Trans Comput Biol Bioinform 2016; 13(2):315-325.

74. De Santis F, Pattaro C, Mani G, Pramstaller PP, Loreni G, Martini G. Factors Affecting Long-Term Results of Above-Knee Femoropopliteal Bypass: A Single-Center Contemporary Study. Vasc Endovascular Surg 2016; 50(2):72-79.

75. Pattaro C^*, Teumer A^*, Gorski M^*, Chu AY^*, Li M^*, Mijatovic V^*, Garnaas M, Tin A, Sorice R, Li Y, Taliun D, Olden M, Foster M, Yang Q, Chen MH, Pers TH, Johnson AD, Ko YA, Fuchsberger C, Tayo B, Nalls M, Feitosa MF, Isaacs A, Dehghan A, d’Adamo PA, Adeyemo A, Dieffenbach AK, Zonderman AB, Nolte IM, van der Most PJ, Wright AF, Shuldiner AR, Morrison AC, Hofman A, Smith AV, Dreisbach AW, Franke A, Uitterlinden AG, Metspalu A, Tonjes A, Lupo A, Robino A, Johansson Å, Demirkan A, Kollerits B, Freedman BI, Ponte B, Oostra BA, Paulweber B, Krämer BK, Mitchell BD, Buckley BM, Peralta CA, Hayward C, Helmer C, Rotimi CN, Shaffer CM, Müller C, Sala C, van Duijn CM, Saint-Pierre A, Ackermann D, Shriner D, Ruggiero D, Toniolo D, Lu Y, Cusi D, Czamara D, Ellinghaus D, Siscovick DS, Ruderfer D, Gieger C, Grallert H, Rochtchina E, Atkinson EJ, Holliday EG, Boerwinkle E, Salvi E, Bottinger EP, Murgia F, Rivadeneira F, Ernst F, Kronenberg F, Hu FB, Navis GJ, Curhan GC, Ehret GB, Homuth G, Coassin S, Thun GA, Pistis G, Gambaro G, Malerba G, Montgomery GW, Eiriksdottir G, Jacobs G, Li G, Wichmann HE, Campbell H, Schmidt H, Wallaschofski H, Völzke H, Brenner H, Kroemer HK, Kramer H, Lin H, Leach IM, Ford I, Guessous I, Rudan I, Prokopenko I, Borecki I, Heid IM, Kolcic I, Persico I, Jukema JW, Wilson JF, Felix JF, Divers J, Lambert JC, Stafford JM, Gaspoz JM, Smith JA, Faul JD, Wang JJ, Ding J, Hirschhorn JN, Attia J, Whitfield JB, Chalmers J, Viikari J, Coresh J, Denny JC, Karjalainen J, Fernandes JK, Endlich K, Butterbach K, Keene KL, Lohman K, Portas L, Launer LJ, Lyytikäinen LP, Yengo L, Franke L, Ferrucci L, Rose LM, Kedenko L, Rao M, Struchalin M, Kleber ME, Cavalieri M, Haun M, Cornelis MC, Ciullo M, Pirastu M, de Andrade M, McEvoy MA, Woodward M, Adam M, Cocca M, Nauck M, Imboden M, Waldenberger M, Pruijm M, Metzger M, Stumvoll M, Evans MK, Sale MM, Kähönen M, Boban M, Bochud M, Rheinberger M, Verweij N, Bouatia-Naji N, Martin NG, Hastie N, Probst-Hensch N, Soranzo N, Devuyst O, Raitakari O, Gottesman O, Franco OH, Polasek O, Gasparini P, Munroe PB, Ridker PM, Mitchell P, Muntner P, Meisinger C, Smit JH, ICBP Consortium, AGEN Consortium, CARDIOGRAM, CHARGe-Heart Failure Group, ECHOGen Consortium, Kovacs P, Wild PS, Froguel P, Rettig R, Mägi R, Biffar R, Schmidt R, Middelberg RPS, Carroll RJ, Penninx BW, Scott RJ, Katz R, Sedaghat S, Wild SH, Kardia SLR, Ulivi S, Hwang SJ, Enroth S, Kloiber S, Trompet S, Stengel B, Hancock SJ, Turner ST, Rosas SE, Stracke S, Harris TB, Zeller T, Zemunik T, Lehtimäki T, Illig T, Aspelund T, Nikopensius T, Esko T, Tanaka T, Gyllensten U, Völker U, Emilsson V, Vitart V, Aalto V, Gudnason V, Chouraki V, Chen WM, Igl W, März W, Koenig W, Lieb W, Loos RJF, Liu Y, Snieder H, Pramstaller PP, Parsa A, O’Connell JR, Susztak K, Hamet P, Tremblay J, de Boer IH, Böger CA, Goessling W, Chasman DI, Köttgen A, Kao WHL, Fox CS. Genetic Associations at 53 Loci Highlight Cell Types and Biological Pathways relevant for Kidney Function. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10023.

76. De Santis F, Margot Chaves Brait C, Pattaro C, Cesareo V, Di Cintio V. A Prospective Nonrandomized Study on Carotid Surgery Performed under General Anesthesia without Intraoperative Cerebral Monitoring. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2016; 25(1):136-143.

77. Pattaro C, Gögele M, Mascalzoni D, Melotti R, Schwienbacher C, De Grandi A, Foco L, D’Elia Y, Linder B, Fuchsberger C, Minelli C, Egger C, Kofink LS, Zanigni S, Schäfer T, Facheris MF, Smárason SV, Rossini A, Hicks AA, Weiss H, Pramstaller PP. The Cooperative Health Research in South Tyrol (CHRIS) study: rationale, objectives, and preliminary results. J Transl Med 2015; 13:348.

78. Joshi PK, <40 authors>, Pattaro C, <317 authors>, Wilson JF. Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations. Nature 2015; 523:459-462.

79. Gorski M, Tin A, Garnaas M, McMahon GM, Chu AY, Tayo BO, Pattaro C, Teumer A, Chasman DI, Chalmers J, Hamet P, Tremblay J, Woodward M, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Smith AV, Mitchell BD, O’Connell JR, Shuldiner AR, Coresh J, Li M, Freudenberger P, Hofer E, Schmidt H, Schmidt R, Holliday EG, Mitchell P, Wang JJ, de Boer IH, Li G, Siscovick DS, Kutalik Z, Corre T, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Gupta J, Kanetsky PA, Hwang SJ, Olden M, Yang Q, de Andrade M, Atkinson EJ, Kardia SLR, Turner ST, Stafford JM, Ding J, Liu Y, Barlassina C, Cusi D, Salvi E, Staessen JA, Ridker PM, Harald Grallert H, Meisinger C, Müller-Nurasyid M, Krämer BK, Kramer H, Rosas SE, Nolte IM, Penninx BW, Snieder H, Del Greco M F, Franke A, Nöthlings U, Lieb W, Bakker SJL, Gansevoort RT, van der Harst P, Dehghan A, Franco OH, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Sedaghat S, Uitterlinden AG, Coassin S, Haun M, Kollerits B, Kronenberg F, Paulweber B, Aumann N, Endlich K, Pietzner M, Völker U, Rettig R, Chouraki V, Helmer C, Lambert JC, Metzger M, Stengel B, Lehtimäki T, Lyytikäinen LP, Raitakari O, Johnson A, Parsa A, Bochud M, Heid IM, Goessling W, Köttgen A, Kao WHL, Fox CS, Böger CA. Genome-wide association study of kidney function decline in individuals of European descent. Kidney Int 2015; 87:1017-1029.

80. Zanigni S, Giannini G, Melotti R, Pattaro C, Provini F, Cevoli S, Facheris MF, Cortelli P, Pramstaller PP. Association between restless legs syndrome and migraine: a population-based study. Eur J Neurol 2014; 21(9):1205-1210.

81. Saint-Pierre A, D’Elia Y, Ciullo M, Pramstaller PP, Pattaro C. SNP-based linkage analysis in extended pedigrees: comparison between two alternative approaches. Hum Hered 2014; 78:27-37.

82. Taliun D, Gamper J, Pattaro C. Efficient Haplotype Block Recognition of Very Long and Dense Genetic Sequences. BMC Bioinformatics 2014; 15:10.

83. Parsa A, Fuchsberger C, Köttgen A, O’Seaghdha CM, Pattaro C, de Andrade M, Chasman DI, Teumer A, Endlich K, Olden M, Chen MH, Tin A, Kim YJ, Taliun D, Li M, Feitosa M, Gorski M, Yang Q, Hundertmark C, Foster MC, Glazer N, Isaacs A, Rao M, Smith AV, O’Connell JR, Struchalin M, Tanaka T, Li G, Hwang SJ, Atkinson EJ, Lohman K, Cornelis MC, Johansson Å, Tönjes A, Dehghan A, Couraki V, Holliday EG, Sorice R, Kutalik Z, Lehtimäki T, Esko T, Deshmukh H, Ulivi S, Chu AY, Murgia F, Trompet S, Imboden M, Kollerits B, Pistis G, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Mitchell BD, Boerwinkle E, Schmidt H, Hofer E, Hu F, Demirkan A, Oostra BA, Turner ST, Ding J, Andrews JS, Freedman BI, Giulianini F, Koenig W, Illig T, Döring A, Wichmann HE, Zgaga L, Zemunik T, Boban M, Minelli C, Wheeler HE, Igl W, Zaboli G, Wild SH, Wright AF, Campbell H, Ellinghaus D, Nöthlings U, Jacobs G, Biffar R, Ernst F, Homuth G, Kroemer HK, Nauck M, Stracke S, Völker U, Völzke H, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Mägi R, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Rivadeneira F, Aulchenko YS, Polasek O, Hastie N, Vitart V, Helmer C, Wang JJ, Stengel B, Ruggiero D, Bergmann S, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Nikopensius T, Province M, Colhoun H, Doney A, Robino A, Krämer BK, Portas L, Ford I, Buckley BM, Adam M, Thun GA, Paulweber B, Haun M, Sala C, Mitchell P, Ciullo M, Vollenweider P, Raitakari O, Metspalu A, Palmer C, Gasparini P, Pirastu M, Jukema JW, Probst-Hensch NM, Kronenberg F, Toniolo D, Gudnason V, Shuldiner AR, Coresh J, Schmidt R, Ferrucci L, van Duijn CM, Borecki IB, Kardia SL, Liu Y, Curhan GC, Rudan I, Gyllensten U, Wilson JF, Franke A, Pramstaller PP, Rettig R, Prokopenko I, Witteman J, Hayward C, Ridker PM, Bochud M, Heid IM, Kao WL, Fox CS, Böger CA. Common Variants in Mendelian Kidney Disease Genes and Their Association with Renal Function and CKD. J Am Soc Nephrol 2013; 24(12):2105-2117.

84. Pattaro C, Riegler P, Stifter G, Modenese M, Minelli C, Pramstaller PP. Estimating the glomerular filtration rate in the general population using different equations: effects on classification and association. Nephron Clin Pract 2013; 123:102-111.

85. Voskarides K, Demosthenous P, Papazachariou L, Arsali M, Athanasiou Y, Zavros M, Stylianou K, Xydakis D, Daphnis E, Gale DP, Maxwell PH, Elia A, Pattaro C, Pierides A, Deltas C. Epistatic Role of the MYH9/APOL1 Region on Familial Hematuria Genes. PLoS ONE 2013; 8(3):e57925.

86. Olden M, Teumer A, Bochud M, Pattaro C, Köttgen A, Turner ST, Rettig R, Chen MH, Dehghan A, Bastardot F, Schmidt R, Vollenweider P, Schunkert H, Reilly MP, Fornage M, Launer LJ, Verwoert GC, Mitchell GF, Bis JC, O’Donnell CJ, Cheng CY, Sim X, Siscovick DS, Coresh J, Kao WH, Fox CS, O’Seaghdha CM; AortaGen, CARDIoGRAM, CHARGE Eye, CHARGE IMT, ICBP, NeuroCHARGE, and CKDGen Consortia. Overlap Between Common Genetic Polymorphisms Underpinning Kidney Traits and Cardiovascular Disease Phenotypes: The CKDGen Consortium. Am J Kidney Dis 2013; 61(6):889-898.

87. Pichler I, Schwienbacher C, Zanon A, Fuchsberger C, Serafin A, Facheris MF, Marroni F, Pattaro C, Shen Y, Tellgren-Roth C, Gyllensten U, Gusella JF, Hicks AA, Pramstaller PP. Fine-Mapping of Restless Legs Locus 4 (RLS4) Identifies a Haplotype over the SPATS2L and KCTD18 Genes. J Mol Neurosci 2013. 49(3):600-605.

88. Minelli C, De Grandi A, Weichenberger CX, Gögele M, Modenese M, Attia J, Barrett JH, Boehnke M, Borsani G, Casari G, Fox CS, Freina T, Hicks AA, Marroni F, Parmigiani G, Pastore A, Pattaro C, Pfeufer A, Ruggeri F, Schwienbacher C, Taliun D, Pramstaller PP, Domingues FS, Thompson JR. Importance of Different Types of Prior Knowledge in Selecting Genome-Wide Findings for Follow-Up. Genet Epidemiol 2013; 37(2):205-213.

89. Thompson JR, Gögele M, Weichenberger CX, Modenese M, Attia J, Barrett JH, Boehnke M, De Grandi A, Domingues FS, Hicks AA, Marroni F, Pattaro C, Ruggeri F, Borsani G, Casari G, Parmigiani G, Pastore A, Pfeufer A, Schwienbacher C, Taliun D, Consortium C, Fox CS, Pramstaller PP, Minelli C. SNP Prioritization Using a Bayesian Probability of Association. Genet Epidemiol 2013; 37(2):214-221.

90. Chasman DI, Fuchsberger C, Pattaro C, Teumer A, Böger CA, Endlich K, Olden M, Chen MH, Tin A, Taliun D, Li M, Gao X, Gorski M, Yang Q, Hundertmark C, Foster MC, O’Seaghdha CM, Glazer N, Isaacs A, Liu CT, Smith AV, O’Connell JR, Struchalin M, Tanaka T, Li G, Johnson AD, Gierman HJ, Feitosa MF, Hwang SJ, Atkinson EJ, Lohman K, Cornelis MC, Johansson Å, Tönjes A, Dehghan A, Lambert JC, Holliday EG, Sorice R, Kutalik Z, Lehtimäki T, Esko T, Deshmukh H, Ulivi S, Chu AY, Murgia F, Trompet S, Imboden M, Coassin S, Pistis G; CARDIoGRAM Consortium; ICBP Consortium; the CARe Consortium; WTCCC2, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Mitchell BD, Boerwinkle E, Schmidt H, Cavalieri M, Rao M, Hu F, Demirkan A, Oostra BA, de Andrade M, Turner ST, Ding J, Andrews JS, Freedman BI, Giulianini F, Koenig W, Illig T, Meisinger C, Gieger C, Zgaga L, Zemunik T, Boban M, Minelli C, Wheeler HE, Igl W, Zaboli G, Wild SH, Wright AF, Campbell H, Ellinghaus D, Nöthlings U, Jacobs G, Biffar R, Ernst F, Homuth G, Kroemer HK, Nauck M, Stracke S, Völker U, Völzke H, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Mägi R, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Rivadeneira F, Aulchenko YS, Polasek O, Hastie N, Vitart V, Helmer C, Wang JJ, Stengel B, Ruggiero D, Bergmann S, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Nikopensius T, Province M, Ketkar S, Colhoun H, Doney A, Robino A, Krämer BK, Portas L, Ford I, Buckley BM, Adam M, Thun GA, Paulweber B, Haun M, Sala C, Mitchell P, Ciullo M, Kim SK, Vollenweider P, Raitakari O, Metspalu A, Palmer C, Gasparini P, Pirastu M, Jukema JW, Probst-Hensch NM, Kronenberg F, Toniolo D, Gudnason V, Shuldiner AR, Coresh J, Schmidt R, Ferrucci L, Siscovick DS, van Duijn CM, Borecki IB, Kardia SL, Liu Y, Curhan GC, Rudan I, Gyllensten U, Wilson JF, Franke A, Pramstaller PP, Rettig R, Prokopenko I, Witteman J, Hayward C, Ridker PM, Parsa A, Bochud M, Heid IM, Kao WL, Fox CS, Köttgen A. Integration of Genome-Wide Association Studies with Biological Knowledge Identifies Six Novel Genes Related to Kidney Function. Hum Mol Genet 2012; 21(24):5329-5343.

91. Quaglio G, Pattaro C, Gerra G, Mathewson S, Verbanck P, Des Jarlais DC, Lugoboni F. High dose benzodiazepine dependence: Description of 29 patients treated with flumazenil infusion and stabilised with clonazepam. Psychiatry Res 2012; 198(3):457-462.

92. Brüggemann N, Külper W, Hagenah J, Bauer P, Pattaro C, Tadic V, Lohnau T, Winkler S, Tönnies H, Sprenger A, Pramstaller P, Rolfs A, Siebert R, Riess O, Vieregge P, Lohmann K, Klein C. Autosomal dominant Parkinson’s disease in a large German pedigree. Acta Neurol Scand 2012; 126(2):129-137.

93. Pattaro C^*, Köttgen A^*, Teumer A^*, Garnaas M^*, Böger CA^*, Fuchsberger C, Olden M, Chen MH, Tin A, Taliun D, Li M, Gao X, Gorski M, Yang Q, Hundertmark C, Foster MC, O’Seaghdha CM, Glazer N, Isaacs A, Liu CT, Smith AV, O’Connell JR, Struchalin M, Tanaka T, Li G, Johnson AD, Gierman HJ, Feitosa M, Hwang SJ, Atkinson EJ, Lohman K, Cornelis MC, Johansson Å, Tönjes A, Dehghan A, Chouraki V, Holliday EG, Sorice R, Kutalik Z, Lehtimäki T, Esko T, Deshmukh H, Ulivi S, Chu AY, Murgia F, Trompet S, Imboden M, Kollerits B, Pistis G; CARDIoGRAM Consortium; ICBP Consortium; CARe Consortium; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2 (WTCCC2), Harris TB, Launer LJ, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Mitchell BD, Boerwinkle E, Schmidt H, Cavalieri M, Rao M, Hu FB, Demirkan A, Oostra BA, de Andrade M, Turner ST, Ding J, Andrews JS, Freedman BI, Koenig W, Illig T, Döring A, Wichmann HE, Kolcic I, Zemunik T, Boban M, Minelli C, Wheeler HE, Igl W, Zaboli G, Wild SH, Wright AF, Campbell H, Ellinghaus D, Nöthlings U, Jacobs G, Biffar R, Endlich K, Ernst F, Homuth G, Kroemer HK, Nauck M, Stracke S, Völker U, Völzke H, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Mägi R, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Rivadeneira F, Aulchenko YS, Polasek O, Hastie N, Vitart V, Helmer C, Wang JJ, Ruggiero D, Bergmann S, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Nikopensius T, Province M, Ketkar S, Colhoun H, Doney A, Robino A, Giulianini F, Krämer BK, Portas L, Ford I, Buckley BM, Adam M, Thun GA, Paulweber B, Haun M, Sala C, Metzger M, Mitchell P, Ciullo M, Kim SK, Vollenweider P, Raitakari O, Metspalu A, Palmer C, Gasparini P, Pirastu M, Jukema JW, Probst-Hensch NM, Kronenberg F, Toniolo D, Gudnason V, Shuldiner AR, Coresh J, Schmidt R, Ferrucci L, Siscovick DS, van Duijn CM, Borecki I, Kardia SL, Liu Y, Curhan GC, Rudan I, Gyllensten U, Wilson JF, Franke A, Pramstaller PP, Rettig R, Prokopenko I, Witteman JC, Hayward C, Ridker P, Parsa A, Bochud M, Heid IM, Goessling W, Chasman DI, Kao WH, Fox CS. Genome-wide association and functional follow-up reveals new Loci for kidney function. PLoS Genet 2012; 8(3):e1002584.

94. Gögele M, Minelli C, Thakkinstian A, Yurkiewich A, Pattaro C, Pramstaller PP, Little J, Attia J, Thompson JR. Methods for Meta-Analyses of Genome-wide Association Studies: Critical Assessment of Empirical Evidence. Am J Epidemiol 2012; 175(8):739-749.

95. Demirkan A, van Duijn CM, Ugocsai P, Isaacs A, Pramstaller PP, Liebisch G, Wilson JF, Johansson Å, Rudan I, Aulchenko YS, Kirichenko AV, Janssens AC, Jansen RC, Gnewuch C, Domingues FS, Pattaro C, Wild SH, Jonasson I, Polasek O, Zorkoltseva IV, Hofman A, Karssen LC, Struchalin M, Floyd J, Igl W, Biloglav Z, Broer L, Pfeufer A, Pichler I, Campbell S, Zaboli G, Kolcic I, Rivadeneira F, Huffman J, Hastie ND, Uitterlinden A, Franke L, Franklin CS, Vitart V; DIAGRAM Consortium, Nelson CP, Preuss M; CARDIoGRAM Consortium, Bis JC, O’Donnell CJ, Franceschini N; CHARGE Consortium, Witteman JC, Axenovich T, Oostra BA, Meitinger T, Hicks AA, Hayward C, Wright AF, Gyllensten U, Campbell H, Schmitz G; EUROSPAN consortium. Genome-wide association study identifies novel loci associated with circulating phospho- and sphingolipid concentrations. PLoS Genet 2012; 8(2):e1002490.

96. Palmer ND, <285 authors>, Pattaro C, <102 authors>, Sladek R A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans. PLoS One 2012; 7(1):e29202.

97. Fuchsberger C, Taliun D, Pramstaller PP, Pattaro C, CKDGen Consortium. GWAtoolbox: an R package for fast quality control and handling of genome-wide association studies meta-analysis data. Bioinformatics 2012; 28(3):444-445.

98. International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-Wide Association Studies, (incl. Pattaro C). Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. Nature 2011; 478(7367):103-109.

99. Volpato CB, De Grandi A, Gögele M, Taliun D, Fuchsberger C, Facheris MF, Minelli C, Pattaro C, Pramstaller PP, Hicks AA. Linkage and association analysis of hyperthyrotropinaemia in an Alpine population reveal two novel loci on chromosomes 3q28-29 and 6q26-27. J Med Genet 2011; 48(8):549-556.

100. Fox, ER, et al. Association of genetic variation with systolic and diastolic blood pressure among African Americans: the Candidate Gene Association Resource study. Hum Mol Genet 2011; 20(11):2273-2284.

101. Böger CA, Chen MH, Tin A, Olden M, Köttgen A, de Boer IH, Fuchsberger C, O’Seaghdha CM, Pattaro C, Teumer A, Liu CT, Glazer NL, Li M, O’Connell JR, Tanaka T, Peralta CA, Kutalik Z, Luan J, Zhao JH, Hwang SJ, Akylbekova E, Kramer H, van der Harst P, Smith AV, Lohman K, de Andrade M, Hayward C, Kollerits B, Tönjes A, Aspelund T, Ingelsson E, Eiriksdottir G, Launer LJ, Harris TB, Shuldiner AR, Mitchell B, Arking DE, Franceschini N, Boerwinkle E, Egan J, Hernandez D, Reilly M, Townsend RR, Lumley T, Siscovick DS, Psaty BM, Kestenbaum B, Haritunians T, Bergmann S, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Mooser V, Waterworth D, Johnson AD, Florez JC, Meigs JB, Lu X, Turner ST, Atkinson EJ, Leak TS, Aasarød K, Skorpen F, Syvänen AC, Illig T, Baumert J, Koenig W, Krämer BK, Devuyst O, Mychaleckyj JG, Minelli C, Bakker SJL, Kedenko L, Paulweber B, Coassin S, Endlich K, Kroemer HK, Biffar R, Stracke S, Völzke H, Stumvoll M, Mägi R, Campbell H, Vitart V, Hastie ND, Gudnason V, Kardia SLR, Liu Y, Polasek O, Curhan G, Kronenberg F, Prokopenko I, Rudan I, ärnlöv J, Hallan S, Gerjan Navis G, the CKDGen Consortium, Parsa A, Ferrucci L, Coresh J, Shlipak MG, Bull SB, Paterson AD, on behalf of DCCT/EDIC, Wichmann HE, Wareham NJ, Loos RJF, Rotter JI, Pramstaller PP, Cupples LA, Beckmann JS, Yang Q, Heid IM, Rettig R, Dreisbach AW, Bochud M, Fox CS, Kao WHL. CUBN Is a Gene Locus for Albuminuria. J Am Soc Nephrol 2011; 22(3):555-570.

102. Del Greco-M. F^*, Pattaro C^*, Luchner A^*, Pichler I, Winkler T, Hicks AA, Fuchsberger C, Franke A, Melville SA, Peters A, Wichmann HE, Schreiber S, Heid IM, Krawczak M, Minelli C, Wiedermann CJ, Pramstaller PP. Genome-wide association analysis and fine mapping of NT-proBNP level provide novel insight into the role of the MTHFR-CLCN6-NPPA-NPPB gene cluster. Hum Mol Genet 2011; 20(8):1660-1671.

103. Pichler I, Minelli C, Sanna S, Tanaka T, Schwienbacher C, Naitza S, Porcu E, Pattaro C, Busonero F, Zanon A, Maschio A, Melville SA, Piras MG, Longo DL, Guralnik J, Dena Hernandez D, Bandinelli S, Aigner E, Murphy AT, Wroblewski V, Marroni F, Theurl I, Gnewuch C, Schadt E, Mitterer M, Schlessinger D, Ferrucci L, Witcher DR, Hicks AA, Weiss G, Uda M, Pramstaller PP. Identification of a common variant in the TFR2 gene implicated in the physiological regulation of serum iron levels. Hum Mol Genet 2011; 20(6):1232-1240.

104. Facheris MF, Hicks AA, Minelli C, Hagenah JM, Kostic V, Campbell S, Hayward C, Volpato CB, Pattaro C, Vitart V, Wright A, Campbell H, Klein C, Pramstaller PP.Variation in the Uric Acid Transporter Gene SLC2A9 and Its Association with AAO of Parkinson’s Disease J Mol Neurosci 2011; 43(3):246-250.

105. Montesu MA, Dessì-Fulgheri C, Pattaro C, Ventura V, Satta R, Cottoni F. Association Between Psoriasis and Coeliac Disease? A Case-control Study. Acta Derm Venereol 2011; 91(1):92-93.

106. Gögele M, Pattaro C, Fuchsberger C, Minelli C, Pramstaller PP, Wjst M. Heritability Analysis of Life Span in a Semi-isolated Population Followed Across Four Centuries Reveals the Presence of Pleiotropy Between Life Span and Reproduction. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2011; 66(1):26-37.

107. Teslovich TM, et al. Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids. Nature 2010; 466(7307):707-713.

108. Bisoffi Z, Sirima SB, Menten J, Pattaro C, Angheben A, Gobbi F, Tinto H, Lodesani C, Neya B, Gobbo M, Van den Ende J. Accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test on the diagnosis of malaria infection and of malaria-attributable fever during low and high transmission season in Burkina Faso. Malar J 2010;9:192.

109. Quaglio G, Pattaro C, Gerra G, Mezzelani P, Montanari L, Des Jerlais DC, Lugoboni F. Buprenorphine in Maintenance Treatment: Experience among Italian Physicians in Drug Addiction Centers. Am J Addict 2010; 19:222-230.

110. Köttgen A^*, Pattaro C^*, Böger CA^*, Fuchsberger C^*, Olden M, Glazer NL, Parsa A, Gao X, Yang Q, Smith AV, O’Connell JR, Li M, Schmidt H, Tanaka T, Isaacs A, Ketkar S, Hwang SJ, Johnson AD, Dehghan A, Teumer A, Paré G, Atkinson EJ, Zeller T, Lohman K, Cornelis MC, Probst-Hensch NM, Kronenberg F, Tönjes A, Hayward C, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Launer L, Harris TB, Rapmersaud E, Mitchell BD, Boerwinkle E, Struchalin M, Cavalieri M, Singleton A, Giallauria F, Metter J, de Boer I, Haritunians T, Lumley T, Siscovick D, Psaty BM, Zillikens MC, Oostra BA, Feitosa M, Province M, de Andrade M, Turner ST, Schillert A, Ziegler A, Wild PS, Schnabel RB, Wilde S, Muenzel TF, Leak TS, Illig T, Klopp N, Meisinger C, Wichmann HE, Koenig W, Zgaga L, Zemunik T, Kolcic I, Minelli C, Hu FB, Johansson Å, Igl W, Zaboli G, Wild SH, Wright AF, Campbell H, Ellinghaus D, Schreiber S, Aulchenko YS, Felix JF, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, Imboden M, Nitsch D, Brandstätter A, Kollerits B, Kedenko L, Mägi R, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, Boban M, Campbell S, Endlich K, Völzke H, Kroemer HK, Nauck M, Völker U, Polasek O, Vitart V, Badola S, Parker AN, Ridker PM, Kardia SLR, Blankenberg S, Liu Y, Curhan GC, Franke A, Rochat T, Paulweber B, Prokopenko I, Wang W, Gudnason V, Shuldiner AR, Coresh J, Schmidt R, Ferrucci L, Shlipak MG, van Duijn CM, Borecki I, Krämer BK, Rudan I, Gyllensten U, Wilson JF, Witteman JC, Pramstaller PP, Rettig R, Hastie N, Chasman DI, Kao WH, Heid IM, Fox CS. New Loci Associated with Kidney Function and Chronic Kidney Disease: The CKDGen Consortium. Nat Genet 2010; 42(5):376-384.

111. Johansson Å, Marroni F, Hayward C, Franklin CS, Kirichenko AV, Jonasson I, Hicks AA, Vitart V, Isaacs A, Axenovich T, Campbell S, Floyd J, Hastie N, Knott S, Lauc G, Pichler I, Rotim K, Wild SH, Zorkoltseva IV, Wilson JF, Rudan I, Campbell H, Pattaro C, Pramstaller P, Oostra BA, Wright AF, van Duijn CM, Aulchenko YS, Gyllensten U; for the EUROSPAN Consortium. Linkage and Genome-wide Association Analysis of Obesity-related Phenotypes: Association of Weight With the MGAT1 Gene. Obesity 2010; 18(4):803-808.

112. Pattaro C, De Grandi A, Vitart V, Hayward C, Franke A, Aulchenko YS, Johansson Å, Wild SH, Melville SA, Isaacs A, Polasek O, Ellinghaus D, Kolcic I, Nöthlings U, Zgaga L, Zemunik T, Gnewuch C, Schreiber S, Campbell S, Hastie N, Boban M, Meitinger T, Oostra BA, Riegler P, Minelli C, Wright AF, Campbell H, van Duijn CM, Gyllensten U, Wilson JF, Krawczak M, Rudan I, Pramstaller PP. A meta-analysis of genome-wide data from five European isolates reveals an association of COL22A1, SYT1, and GABRR2 with serum creatinine level. BMC Med Genet 2010; 11(1):41.

113. Dupuis J, et al. New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk. Nat Genet 2010; 42(2):105-116.

114. Pichler I, Marroni F, Pattaro C, Lohmann K, de Grandi A, Klein C, Hicks AA, Pramstaller PP. Parkin gene modifies the effect of RLS4 on the age at onset of restless legs syndrome (RLS). Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2010; 153B(1):350-355.

115. Hicks AA, Pramstaller PP, Johansson Å, Vitart V, Rudan I, Ugocsai P, Aulchenko Y, Franklin CS, Liebisch G, Erdmann J, Jonasson I, Zorkoltseva IV, Pattaro C, Hayward C, Isaacs A, Hengstenberg C, Campbell S, Gnewuch C, Janssens AC, Kirichenko AV, König IR, Marroni F, Polasek O, Demirkan A, Kolcic I, Schwienbacher C, Igl W, Biloglav Z, Witteman JC, Pichler I, Zaboli G, Axenovich TI, Peters A, Schreiber S, Wichmann HE, Schunkert H, Hastie N, Oostra BA, Wild SH, Meitinger T, Gyllensten U, van Duijn CM, Wilson JF, Wright A, Schmitz G, Campbell H. Genetic determinants of circulating sphingolipid concentrations in European populations. PLoS Genet 2009; 5(10):e1000672.

116. Gögele M, Pattaro C, Fuchsberger C, Pramstaller PP. Fertility pattern and family structure in three Alpine settlements in South Tyrol (italy): marriage cohorts from 1750 to 1949. J Biosoc Sci 2009; 41(5):697-701.

117. De Grandi A, Volpato CB, Bedin E, Pattaro C, Marroni F, Pichler I, Hicks AA, Casari G, Pramstaller PP. ParkScreen: A Low-Cost Rapid Linkage Marker Panel for Parkinson’s Disease. J Mol Neurosci 2009; 39(1-2):235-241.

118. Marroni F, Pfeufer A, Aulchenko YS, Franklin CS, Isaacs A, Pichler I, Wild SH, Oostra BA, Wright AF, Campbell H, Witteman JCM, Kääb S, Hicks AA, Gyllensten U, Rudan I, Meitinger T, Pattaro C, van Duijn CM, Wilson JF, Pramstaller PP. A genome–wide association scan of RR and QT interval duration in three European genetically isolated populations. The EUROSPAN project. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2009; 2(4):322-328.

119. Pattaro C, Aulchenko YS, Isaacs A, Vitart V, Hayward C, Franklin CS, Polasek O, Kolcic I, Biloglav Z, Campbell S, Hastie N, Lauc G, Meitinger T, Oostra BA, Gyllensten U, Wilson JF, Pichler I, Hicks AA, Campbell H, Wright AF, Rudan I, van Duijn CM, Riegler P, Marroni F, Pramstaller PP, on behalf of the EUROSPAN consortium. Genome-wide linkage analysis of Serum Creatinine in three European isolated European populations. Kidney Int 2009; 76:297-306.

120. Heard-Costa NL, et al. NRXN3 is a novel locus for waist circumference: a genome-wide association study from the CHARGE Consortium. PLoS Genet 2009; 5(6):e1000539.

121. Pfeufer A, Sanna S, Arking DE, Müller M, Gateva V, Fuchsberger C, Ehret GB, Orrù M, Pattaro C, Köttgen A, Perz S, Usala G, Barbalic M, Li M, Pütz B, Scuteri A, Prineas RJ, Sinner MF, Gieger C, Najjar SS, Kao WH, Mühleisen TW, Dei M, Happle C, Möhlenkamp S, Crisponi L, Erbel R, Jöckel KH, Naitza S, Steinbeck G, Marroni F, Hicks AA, Lakatta E, Müller-Myhsok B, Pramstaller PP, Wichmann HE, Schlessinger D, Boerwinkle E, Meitinger T, Uda M, Coresh J, Kääb S, Abecasis GR, Chakravarti A. Common variants at ten loci modulate the QT interval duration in the QTSCD Study. Nat Genet 2009; 41(4):407-414.

122. Johansson Å, Marroni F, Hayward C, Franklin CS, Kirichenko AV, Jonasson I, Hicks AA, Vitart V, Isaacs A, Axenovich T, Campbell S, Dunlop MG, Floyd J, Hastie N, Hofman A, Knott S, Kolcic I, Pichler I, Polasek O, Rivadeneira F, Tenesa A, Uitterlinden AG, Wild SH, Zorkoltseva IV, Meitinger T, Wilson JF, Rudan I, Campbell H, Pattaro C, Pramstaller P, Oostra BA, Wright AF, Duijn CM, Aulchenko YS, Gyllensten U; on behalf of the EUROSPAN Consortium. Common variants in the JAZF1 gene associated with height identified by linkage and genome-wide association analysis. Hum Mol Genet 2009; 18(2):373-380.

123. Quaglio GL, Pattaro C, Ramadani N, Bertinato L, Elezi Y, Dentico P, Volpe A, Ciotti M, Rezza G, Putoto G. Viral hepatitis, HIV, human herpes virus and Treponema pallidum infection in haemodialysis patients from Kosovo, 2005. Euro Surveill 2009; 14(49):19439.

124. Aulchenko YS, Ripatti S, Lindqvist I, Boomsma D, Heid IM, Pramstaller PP, Penninx BW, Janssens AC, Wilson JF, Spector T, Martin NG, Pedersen NL, Kyvik KO, Kaprio J, Hofman A, Freimer NB, Jarvelin MR, Gyllensten U, Campbell H, Rudan I, Johansson Å, Marroni F, Hayward C, Vitart V, Jonasson I, Pattaro C, Wright A, Hastie N, Pichler I, Hicks AA, Falchi M, Willemsen G, Hottenga JJ, de Geus EJ, Montgomery GW, Whitfield J, Magnusson P, Saharinen J, Perola M, Silander K, Isaacs A, Sijbrands EJ, Uitterlinden AG, Witteman JC, Oostra BA, Elliott P, Ruokonen A, Sabatti C, Gieger C, Meitinger T, Kronenberg F, Döring A, Wichmann HE, Smit JH, McCarthy MI, van Duijn CM, Peltonen L; ENGAGE Consortium. Loci influencing lipid levels and coronary heart disease risk in 16 European population cohorts. Nat Genet 2009; 41(1):47-55.

125. Facheris MF, Vogl FD, Hollmann S, Sixt G, Pattaro C, Schönhuber R, Pramstaller PP. Adapted Finnish Migraine-Specific Questionnaire for family studies (FMSQ): a validation study in two languages. Eur J Neurol 2008; 15(10):1071-1074.

126. Riegler A, Marroni F, Pattaro C, Gueresi P, Pramstaller PP. Isolation and marriage patterns in four South Tyrolean villages (Italy) during the nineteenth century. J Biosoc Sci 2008; 40(5):787-791.

127. Pattaro C, Ruczinski I, Fallin DM, Parmigiani G. Haplotype block partitioning as a tool for dimensionality reduction in SNP association studies. BMC Genomics 2008; 9:405.

128. Quaglio G, Ramadani N, Pattaro C, Cami A, Dentico P, Volpe A, Pellizzer G, Berisha A, Smacchia C, Figliomeni M, Schinaia N, Rezza G, Putoto G. Prevalence and risk factors for viral hepatitis in the Kosovarian population: implications for health policy. J Med Virol 2008; 80(5):833-840.

129. Quaglio G, Lugoboni F, Pattaro C, Melara B; G.I.C.S, Mezzelani P, Des Jarlais DC. Erectile dysfunction in male heroin users, receiving methadone and buprenorphine maintenance treatment. Drug Alcohol Depend 2008; 94(1-3):12-18.

130. Marroni F, Grazio D, Pattaro C, Devoto M, Pramstaller P. Estimates of genetic and environmental contribution to 43 quantitative traits support sharing of a homogeneous environment in an isolated population from South Tyrol, Italy. Hum Hered 2008; 65(3):175-182.

131. Pattaro C, Locatelli F, Sunyer J, de Marco R. Using the age at onset may increase the reliability of longitudinal asthma assessment. J Clin Epidemiol 2007; 60(7):704-711.

132. Pattaro C, Marroni F, Riegler A, Mascalzoni D, Pichler I, Volpato CB, Dal Cero U, De Grandi A, Egger C, Eisendle A, Fuchsberger C, Gögele M, Pedrotti S, Pinggera GK, Stefanov SA, Vogl FD, Wiedermann CJ, Meitinger T, Pramstaller PP. The genetic study of three population microisolates in South Tyrol (MICROS): study design and epidemiological perspectives. BMC Med Genet 2007; 8:29.

133. Zanotti R, Ambrosetti A, Lestani M, Ghia P, Pattaro C, Remo A, Zanetti F, Stella S, Perbellini O, Prato G, Guida G, Caligaris-Cappio F, Menestrina F, Pizzolo G, Chilosi M. ZAP-70 expression, as detected by immunohistochemistry on bone marrow biopsies from early-phase CLL patients, is a strong adverse prognostic factor. Leukemia 2007; 21(1):102-109.

134. Cottoni F, Masala MV, Pattaro C, Pirodda C, Montesu MA, Satta R, Cerimele D, de Marco R. Classic Kaposi sarcoma in northern Sardinia: a prospective epidemiologic overview (1977-2003) correlated with malaria prevalence (1934). J Am Acad Dermatol 2006; 55(6):990-995.

135. Santo A, Genestreti G, Terzi A, Azzoni P, Sava T, Manno P, Molino A, Pattaro C, Micciolo R, Cetto GL. Gemcitabine (GEM) and vindesine (VDS) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a phase II study in elderly or poor performance status patients. Lung Cancer 2006; 53(3):355-360.

136. Quaglio G, Lugoboni F, Pattaro C, GICS, Montanari L, Lechi A, Mezzelani P, Des Jarlais DC. Patients in long-term maintenance therapy for drug use in Italy: analysis of some parameters of social integration and serological status for infectious diseases in a cohort of 1091 patients.BMC Public Health 2006; 6:216.

137. Pattaro C, Heinrich J, Werner M, de Marco R, Wjst M. Association between interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene and asthma-related traits in a German adult population. Allergy 2006; 61(2):239-244.

138. Caumo F, Gaioni MB, Bonetti F, Manfrin E, Remo A, Pattaro C. Occult inflammatory breast cancer: review of clinical, mammographic, US and pathologic signs. Radiol Med 2005; 109(4):308-320.

139. Quaglio G, Lugoboni F, Pajusco B, Fornasiero A, Lechi A, Mezzelani P, Pattaro C, Jarlais DC, Gruppo Intersert di Collaborazione Scientifica Investigators. Heterosexual relationships among heroin users in Italy. Drug Alcohol Depend 2004; 75(2):207-213.

140. Ambrosetti A, Zanotti R, Pattaro C, Lenzi L, Chilosi M, Caramaschi P, Arcaini L, Pasini F, Biasi D, Orlandi E, D’Adda M, Lucioni M, Pizzolo G. Most cases of primary salivary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma are associated either with Sjoegren syndrome or hepatitis C virus infection. Br J Haematol 2004; 126(1):43-49.

141. de Marco R, Pattaro C, Locatelli F, Svanes C, ECRHS Study Group. Influence of early life exposures on incidence and remission of asthma throughout life. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004; 113(5):845-852.

142. Zanolin ME, Pattaro C, Corsico A, Bugiani M, Carrozzi L, Casali L, Dallari R, Ferrari M, Marinoni A, Migliore E, Olivieri M, Pirina P, Verlato G, Villani S, Marco R; ISAYA Study Group. The role of climate on the geographic variability of asthma, allergic rhinitis and respiratory symptoms: results from the Italian study of asthma in young adults. Allergy 2004; 59(3):306-314.

Reviews, Editorials & Commentaries

1. Pattaro C, Ponte B. Genomics of kidney volumes: one size does not fit all. Kidney Int 2026; 109(2):266-268. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2025.12.003

2. Wuttke M, Pattaro C. GWAS Scorecard Prioritizes Kidney Genes Using Coding and Regulatory Variants. Nat Rev Nephrol 2025; 21(7):439-440. doi:10.1038/s41581-025-00952-3.

3. Fujii R, Pattaro C. Genetically-instrumented public health: facing obesity to prevent chronic kidney disease. Cardiovasc Res 2022; 118(15):3013-3015. DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvac168

4. Köttgen A, Pattaro C. The CKDGen Consortium: Ten Years of Insights into the Genetic Basis of Kidney Function. Kidney Int 2020; 97(2):236-242.

5. Foco L, Pattaro C. Genetics of blood pressure regulation: possible paths in the labyrinth. Am J Kidney Dis 2019; 74(3):421-424.

6. Mascalzoni D, Bentzen HB, Budin-Ljøsne I, Bygrave LA, Bell J, Dove ES, Fuchsberger C, Hveem K, Mayrhofer M, Meraviglia V, O’Brien DR, Pattaro C, Pramstaller PP, Rakić V, Rossini A, Shabani M, Svantesson DJB, Tomasi M, Ursin L, Wjst M, Kaye J. Are Requirements to Deposit Data in Research Repositories Compatible With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation? Ann Intern Med 2019; 170(5):332-334

7. Pattaro C. Genome-wide association studies of albuminuria: towards genetic stratification in diabetes?. J Nephrol 2018; 31(4): 475-487.

8. Devuyst O, Pattaro C. The UMOD locus: Pathogenesis and prognostic insights for kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 2018; 29(3): 713-726.

9. Sekula P, Del Greco-M F, Pattaro C, Köttgen A. Mendelian randomization: an approach to assess causality using observational data. J Am Soc Nephrol 2016; 27:3253-3265.

10. Pattaro C, Saint-Pierre A. Family-based studies to the rescue of genome-wide association studies in renal function. Kidney Int 2013; 83:196-198