Ke Hao

Sep 12, 2024 | nature.com | Sizhao Lu |Yang Xu |Shouneng Peng |Adrien Georges |Aya Nomura-Kitabayashi |Robert Wiener | +5 more

AbstractFibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a poorly understood disease affecting 3–5% of adult females. The pathobiology of FMD involves arterial lesions of stenosis, dissection, tortuosity, dilation and aneurysm, which can lead to hypertension, stroke, myocardial infarction and even death. Currently, there are no animal models for FMD and few insights as to its pathobiology.

Oct 5, 2023 | nature.com | Robin Beaumont |Christopher Flatley |Marc Vaudel |JING CHEN |Gunn-Helen Moen |Line Skotte | +52 more

AbstractA well-functioning placenta is essential for fetal and maternal health throughout pregnancy. Using placental weight as a proxy for placental growth, we report genome-wide association analyses in the fetal (n = 65,405), maternal (n = 61,228) and paternal (n = 52,392) genomes, yielding 40 independent association signals. Twenty-six signals are classified as fetal, four maternal and three fetal and maternal. A maternal parent-of-origin effect is seen near KCNQ1.

May 15, 2023 | nature.com | Gianluca Ursini |Shizhong Han |Carmen J. Marsit |Ke Hao |Giovanna Punzi

AbstractOur earlier work has shown that genomic risk for schizophrenia converges with early life complications in affecting risk for the disorder and sex-biased neurodevelopmental trajectories. Here, we identify specific genes and potential mechanisms that, in placenta, may mediate such outcomes.