Franco Giulianini

Large-Scale Gene-Smoking Interactions and Fine Mapping Study Identifies Multiple Novel Blood Pressure Loci in over 1 Million Individuals

This study identifies twelve novel blood pressure loci and shows smoking modifies genetic effects on BP through immune-related pathways in over 1 million individuals.

Implicating genes, pleiotropy and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis

This study identifies 118 candidate causal genes and 21 novel lipid loci on the X chromosome through a multi-ancestry meta-analysis of blood lipid levels, revealing sex-biased effects and pleiotropy with cardiovascular and hormonal traits.

Cross-Ancestry Investigation of Venous Thromboembolism Genomic Predictors

This study identifies 135 genomic loci associated with venous thromboembolism risk through cross-ancestry GWAS and provides insights into biological pathways and potential therapeutic targets.

A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids

This paper integrates GWAS data with functional genomic datasets to identify regulatory mechanisms and causal genes underlying lipid-related traits.

Variance-quantitative trait loci enable systematic discovery of gene-environment interactions for cardiometabolic serum biomarkers

The paper identifies variance-quantitative trait loci (vQTLs) and gene-environment interactions (GEIs) for cardiometabolic serum biomarkers using UK Biobank data.

A Saturated Map of Common Genetic Variants Associated with Human Height from 5.4 Million Individuals of Diverse Ancestries

This study identifies 12,111 SNPs associated with height from 5.4 million individuals, explaining most common SNP-based heritability and showing ancestry-specific prediction accuracy.

Genetic loci associated with prevalent and incident myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease in the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium

This study identifies new genetic loci associated with myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease using genome-wide association analyses across multiple cohorts.

The Trans-Ancestral Genomic Architecture of Glycaemic Traits

This study identifies 242 genetic loci for glycaemic traits using trans-ancestry meta-analysis, finding 99 novel loci and improved fine-mapping resolution compared to single-ancestry analyses.

Tissue-Specific Alteration of Metabolic Pathways Influences Glycemic Regulation

The paper identifies genetic variants and transcripts associated with glycemic traits by analyzing exome-array data from 144,600 individuals, highlighting tissue-specific roles in glucose regulation.

Genome-wide association study provides new insights into the genetic architecture and pathogenesis of heart failure

This study conducts a large GWAS on heart failure, identifying 12 genetic loci with associations to CAD, atrial fibrillation, and reduced left ventricular function, and provides causal evidence for several risk factors.

Evaluation of the causal effect of fibrinogen on incident coronary heart disease via Mendelian randomization

This paper evaluates the causal effect of fibrinogen on coronary heart disease using Mendelian randomization, finding a small effect with multi-variant methods but not with single variant approaches.

Novel blood pressure locus and gene discovery using GWAS and expression datasets from blood and the kidney

This study identifies 6 new blood pressure loci and 48 genes involved in BP regulation using GWAS and gene expression data from blood and kidney tissues.