Gabriel Cuéllar-Partida

2018

Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity.

Nature genetics ·doi:10.1038/s41588-017-0011-x

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified >250 loci for body mass index (BMI), implicating pathways related to neuronal biology. Most GWAS loci represent clusters of common, noncoding variants from which pinpointing causal gene…

2016

Association of vitamin D levels and risk of ovarian cancer: a Mendelian randomization study.

International journal of epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/ije/dyw207

BackgroundIn vitro and observational epidemiological studies suggest that vitamin D may play a role in cancer prevention. However, the relationship between vitamin D and ovarian cancer is uncertain, with observational studies generating con…

article 2015

Shared genetics underlying epidemiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated associations between endometriosis and certain histotypes of ovarian cancer, including clear cell, low-grade serous and endometrioid carcinomas. We aimed to determine whether the observed associatio…

article 2015

Shared genetics underlying epidemiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer

Human molecular genetics ·doi:10.1093/hmg/ddv306

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated associations between endometriosis and certain histotypes of ovarian cancer, including clear cell, low-grade serous and endometrioid carcinomas. We aimed to determine whether the observed associatio…