Sylvain Sebert

Nov 20, 2024 | nature.com | Kimberley Burrows |Anni Heiskala |Mathilde Boissel |Yee-Ming Chan |Philippe Froguel |Hakon Hakonarson | +8 more

AbstractGenetic effects on changes in human traits over time are understudied and may have important pathophysiological impact. We propose a framework that enables data quality control, implements mixed models to evaluate trajectories of change in traits, and estimates phenotypes to identify age-varying genetic effects in GWAS.

Aug 7, 2024 | nature.com | Ahmed Elhakeem |Monika Frysz |Ana Goncalves Soares |Tim Cole |Sylvain Sebert |Kate Tilling | +1 more

AbstractPubertal timing is heritable, varies between individuals, and has implications for life-course health. There are many different indicators of pubertal timing, and how they relate to each other is unclear. Our aim was to quantitatively compare nine indicators of pubertal timing.

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.