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Yongmei Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

Yongmei Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Prevention
Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research
Sticht Center on Aging
Center for Diabetes Research
Nephrology

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-9503 | Department: 336-716-2011

Email: yoliu@wakehealth.edu

Education & Training

  • M.D., Free Standing Institute-China , 1991
  • Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health , 2004
  • M.H.S., Springfield College , 1996
  • Fellowship, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, 1998
Yongmei Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

Yongmei Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Prevention Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research
Sticht Center on Aging
Center for Diabetes Research
Nephrology

Research Interests

aging, cognition/learning, diabetes, genetics/genome, neurosciences/behavior

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-9503 | Department: 336-716-2011

Email: yoliu@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Smith JG, Avery CL, Evans DS, Nalls MA, Meng YA, Smith EN, Palmer C, Tanaka T, Mehra R, Butler AM, Young T, Buxbaum SG, Kerr KF, Berenson GS, Schnabel RB, Li G, Ellinor PT, Magnani JW, Chen W, Bis JC, Curb JD, Hsueh WC,. Impact of ancestry and common genetic variants on QT interval in African Americans. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2013;5(6):647-655.

Richardson K, Nettleton JA, Rotllan N, Tanaka T, Smith CE, Lai CQ, Parnell LD, Lee YC, Lahti J, Lemaitre RN, Manichaikul A, Keller M, Mikkila V, Ngwa J, van Rooij FJ, Ballentyne CM, Borecki IB, Cupples LA, Garcia M, Hofman A, Ferrucci L,. Gain-of-function lipoprotein lipase variant rs13702 modulates lipid traits through disruption of a microRNA-410 seed site. Am J Hum Genet. 2013;92(1):5-14.

Subramanyam MA, Diez-Roux AV, Pilsner JR, Villamor E, Donohue KM, Liu Y, Jenny NS. Social factors and leukocyte DNA methylation of repetitive sequences: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54018.

Hruby A, Ngwa JS, Renstrom F, Wojczynski MK, Ganna A, Hallmans G, Houston DK, Jacques PF, Kanoni S, Lehtimaki T, Lemaitre RN, Manichaikul A, North KE, Ntalla I, Sonestedt E, Tanaka T, van Rooij FJ, Bandinelli S, Djousse L, Grigoriou E,. Higher magnesium intake is associated with lower fasting glucose and insulin, with no evidence of interaction with select genetic loci, in a meta-analysis of 15 CHARGE Consortium Studies. J Nutr. 2013;143(3):345-353.

Thanassoulis G, Campbell CY, Owens DS, Smith JG, Smith AV, Peloso GM, Kerr KF, Pechlivanis S, Budoff MJ, Harris TB, Malhotra R, O'Brien KD, Kamstrup PR, Nordestgaard BG, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Allison MA, Aspelund T, Criqui MH,. Genetic associations with valvular calcification and aortic stenosis. N Engl J Med. 2013;368(6):503-512.

Mitchell GF, Verwoert GC, Tarasov KV, Isaacs A, Smith AV, Liu Y, Andrews JS, Howard TD, Herrington DM, Ding J, et al. Common genetic variation in the 3'-BCL11B gene desert is associated with carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and excess cardiovascular disease risk: the AortaGen Consortium. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2012;5(1):81-90.

Qayyum R, Snively BM, Ziv E, Nalls MA, Liu Y, Tang W, Yanek LR, Lange L, Evans MK, Ganesh S, Austin MA, Lettre G, Becker DM, Zonderman AB, Singleton AB, Harris TB, Mohler ER, Logsdon BA, Kooperberg C, Folsom AR, Wilson JG, Becker LC, Reiner AP. A meta-analysis and genome-wide association study of platelet count and mean platelet volume in African Americans. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(3):e1002491.

Murabito JM, White CC, Kavousi M, Sun YV, Feitosa MF, Nambi V, Lamina C, Schillert A, Coassin S, Bis JC, Broer L, Crawford DC, Franceschini N, Frikke-Schmidt R, Haun M, Holewijn S, Huffman JE, Hwang S-J, Kiechl S, Kollerits B, Montasser ME,. Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2012;5(1):100-112.

Pattaro C, Kottgen A, Teumer A, Garnaas M, Boger CA, Fuchsberger C, Olden M, Chen M-H, Tin A, Taliun D, Li M, Gao X, Gorski M, Yang Q, Hundertmark C, Foster MC, Lohman K, Ding J, Andrews JS, Freedman BI, Liu Y, et al. Genome-wide association and functional follow-up reveals new loci for kidney function. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(3):e1002584.

Dastani Z, Hivert M-F, Timpson N, Perry JRB, Yuan X, Scott RA, Henneman P, Heid IM, Kizer JR, Lyytikainen L-P, Fuchsberger C, Tanaka T, Morris AP, Small K, Isaacs A, Beekman M, Coassin S, Lohman K, Qi L, Kanoni S, Pankow JS,. Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(3):e1002607.

Ellinor PT, Lunetta KL, Albert CM, Glazer NL, Ritchie MD, Smith AV, Arking DE, Muller-Nurasyid M, Krijthe BP, Lubitz SA, Bis JC, Chung MK, Dorr M, Ozaki K, Roberts JD, Smith JG, Pfeufer A, Sinner MF, Lohman K, Ding J, Smith NL, Smith JD. Meta-analysis identifies six new susceptibility loci for atrial fibrillation. Nat Genet. 2012;44(6):670-675.

Estrada K, Styrkarsdottir U, Evangelou E, Hsu YH, Duncan EL, Ntzani EE, Oei L, Albagha OM, Amin N, Kemp JP, Koller DL, Li G, Liu CT, Minster RL, Moayyeri A, Vandenput L, Willner D, Xiao SM, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Zheng HF,. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture. Nat Genet. 2012;44(5):491-501.

Manning AK, Hivert MF, Scott RA, Grimsby JL, Bouatia-Naji N, Chen H, Rybin D, Liu CT, Bielak LF, Prokopenko I, Amin N, Barnes D, Cadby G, Hottenga JJ, Ingelsson E, Jackson AU, Johnson T, Kanoni S, Ladenvall C, Lagou V, Lahti J,. A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance. Nat Genet. 2012;44(6):659-669.

Aldrich MC, Kumar R, Colangelo LA, Williams LK, Sen S, Kritchevsky SB, Meibohm B, Galanter J, Hu D, Gignoux CR, Liu Y, Harris TB, Ziv E, Zmuda J, Garcia M, Leak TS, Foreman MG, Smith LJ, Fornage M, Liu K, Burchard EG. Genetic ancestry-smoking interactions and lung function in African Americans: a cohort study. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(6):e39541.

Fox CS, Liu Y, White CC, Feitosa M, Smith AV, Heard-Costa N, Lohman K, Johnson AD, Foster MC, Greenawalt DM, Griffin P, Ding J, Newman AB, Tylavsky F, Miljkovic I, Kritchevsky SB, Launer L, Garcia M, Eiriksdottir G, Carr JJ,. Genome-wide association for abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose reveals a novel locus for visceral fat in women. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(5):e1002695.

Coviello AD, Haring R, Wellons M, Vaidya D, Lehtimaki T, Keildson S, Lunetta KL, He C, Fornage M, Lagou V, Mangino M, Onland-Moret NC, Chen B, Eriksson J, Garcia M, Liu YM, Koster A, Lohman K, Lyytikainen L-P, Petersen A-K, Prescott J, Stolk L,. A genome-wide association meta-analysis of circulating sex hormone-binding globulin reveals multiple loci implicated in sex steroid hormone regulation. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(7):e1002805.

Scott RA, Lagou V, Welch RP, Wheeler E, Montasser ME, Luan J, Magi R, Strawbridge RJ, Rehnberg E, Gustafsson S, Kanoni S, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Yengo L, Lecoeur C, Shungin D, Sanna S, Sidore C, Johnson PCD, Jukema JW, Johnson T,. Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways. Nat Genet. 2012;44(9):991-1005.

van den Borst B, Gosker HR, Koster A, Yu B, Kritchevsky SB, Liu Y, Meibohm B, Rice TB, Shlipak M, Yende S, Harris TB, Schols AM. The influence of abdominal visceral fat on inflammatory pathways and mortality risk in obstructive lung disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012;96(3):516-526.

Liu CT, Ng MCY, Rybin D, Adeyemo A, Bielinski SJ, Boerwinkle E, Borecki I, Cade B, Chen YDI, Djousse L, Fornage M, Goodarzi MO, Grant SFA, Guo X, Harris T, Kabagambe E, Kizer JR, Liu Y, Lunetta KL, Mukamal K, Nettleton JA,. Transferability and fine-mapping of glucose and insulin quantitative trait loci across populations: CARe, the Candidate Gene Association Resource. Diabetologia. 2012;55(11):2970-2984.

Liu CT, Estrada K, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Amin N, Evangelou E, Li G, Minster RL, Carless MA, Kammerer CM, Oei L, Zhou Y, Alonso N, Dailiana Z, Eriksson J, Garcia-Giralt N, Giroux S, Husted LB, Khusainova RI, Koromila T, Kung AW,. Assessment of gene-by-sex interaction effect on bone mineral density. J Bone Miner Res. 2012;27(10):2051-2064.

Wilk JB, Shrine NR, Loehr LR, Zhao JH, Manichaikul A, Lopez LM, Smith AV, Heckbert SR, Smolonska J, Tang W, Loth DW, Curjuric I, Hui J, Cho MH, Latourelle JC, Henry AP, Aldrich M, Bakke P, Beaty TH, Bentley AR,. Genome-wide association studies identify CHRNA5/3 and HTR4 in the development of airflow obstruction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012;186(7):622-632.

Levin GP, Robinson-Cohen C, de Boer IH, Houston DK, Lohman K, Liu Y, Kritchevsky SB, Cauley JA, Tanaka T, Ferrucci L, Bandinelli S, Patel KV, Hagstrom E, Michaelsson K, Melhus H, Wang T, Wolf M, Psaty BM, Siscovick D, Kestenbaum B. Genetic variants and associations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations with major clinical outcomes. JAMA. 2012;308(18):1898-1905.

Tranah GJ, Nalls MA, Katzman SM, Yokoyama JS, Lam ET, Zhao Y, Mooney S, Thomas F, Newman AB, Liu Y, Cummings SR, Harris TB, Yaffe K. Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation associated with dementia and cognitive function in the elderly. J Alzheimers Dis. 2012;32(2):357-372.

Chasman DI, Fuchsberger C, Pattaro C, Teumer A, Boger 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,. 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.

Mangino M, Hwang SJ, Spector TD, Hunt SC, Kimura M, Fitzpatrick AL, Christiansen L, Petersen I, Elbers CC, Harris T, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Kark JD, Benetos A, El Shamieh S, Visvikis-Siest S, Christensen K, Berenson GS, Valdes AM,. Genome-wide meta-analysis points to CTC1 and ZNF676 as genes regulating telomere homeostasis in humans. Hum Mol Genet. 2012;21(24):5385-5394.

Qi Q, Menzaghi C, Smith S, Liang L, de Rekeneire N, Garcia ME, Lohman KK, Miljkovic I, Strotmeyer ES, Cummings SR, Kanaya AM, Tylavsky FA, Satterfield S, Ding J, Rimm EB, Trischitta V, Hu FB, Liu Y, Qi L. Genome-wide association analysis identifies TYW3/CRYZ and NDST4 loci associated with circulating resistin levels. Hum Mol Genet. 2012;21(21):4774-4780.

Butler AM, Yin X, Evans DS, Nalls MA, Smith EN, Tanaka T, Li G, Buxbaum SG, Whitsel EA, Alonso A, Arking DE, Benjamin EJ, Berenson GS, Bis JC, Chen W, Deo R, Ellinor PT, Heckbert SR, Heiss G, Hsueh WC, Keating BJ, Kerr KF, Li Y,. Novel loci associated with PR interval in a genome-wide association study of 10 African American cohorts. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2012;5(6):639-646.

Chen YD, Chen WM, Cupples LA, Cushman M, Duan Y, Duggan D, Evans MK, Fernandes JK, Fornage M, Garcia M, Garvey WT, Glazer N, Gomez F, Harris TB, Halder I, Howard VJ, Keller MF, Kamboh MI, Kooperberg C, Kritchevsky SB,. Gene-centric meta-analysis of lipid traits in African, East Asian and Hispanic populations. PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e50198.

Hancock DB, Artigas MS, Gharib SA, Henry A, Manichaikul A, Ramasamy A, Loth DW, Imboden M, Koch B, McArdle WL, Smith AV, Smolonska J, Sood A, Tang W, Wilk JB, Zhai G, Zhao JH, Aschard H, Burkart KM, Curjuric I, Eijgelsheim M,. Genome-wide joint meta-analysis of SNP and SNP-by-smoking interaction identifies novel loci for pulmonary function. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(12):e1003098.

Huang J, Sabater-Lleal M, Asselbergs FW, Tregouet D, Shin SY, Ding J, Baumert J, Oudot-Mellakh T, Folkersen L, Johnson AD, Smith NL, Williams SM, Ikram MA, Kleber ME, Becker DM, Truong V, Mychaleckyj JC, Tang W, Yang Q,. Genome-wide association study for circulating levels of PAI-1 provides novel insights into its regulation. Blood. 2012;120(24):4873-4881.

Manning AK, LaValley M, Liu C-T, Rice K, An P, Liu Y, Miljikovic I, Rasmussen-Torvik L, Harris TB, Province MA, et al. Meta-analysis of gene-environment interaction: joint estimation of SNP and SNP ? environment regression coefficients. Genet Epidemiol. 2011;35(1):11-18.

Dehghan A, Dupuis J, Barbalic M, Bis JC, Eiriksdottir G, Lu C, Pellikka N, Wallaschofski H, Rudock ME, Liu Y, et al. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in greater than 80 000 subjects identifies multiple loci for C-reactive protein levels. Circulation. 2011;123(7):731-738.

Lettre G, Palmer CD, Young T, Ejebe KG, Allayee H, Benjamin EJ, Bowden DW, Kritchevsky SB, Rudock ME, Liu Y, et al. Genome-wide association study of coronary heart disease and its risk factors in 8,090 African Americans: the NHLBI CARe Project. PLoS Genet. 2011;7(2):e1001300.

Smith JG, Magnani JW, Palmer C, Meng YA, Soliman EZ, Musani SK, Kerr KF, Schnabel RB, Lubitz SA, Liu Y, et al. Genome-wide association studies of the PR interval in African Americans. PLoS Genet. 2011;7(2):e1001304.

Boger CA, Chen M-H, Tin A, Olden M, Kottgen A, de Boer IH, Fuchsberger C, O'Seaghdha CM, Lohman K, Liu Y, et al. CUBN is a gene locus for albuminuria. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011;22(3):555-570.

Ohlsson C, Wallaschofski H, Lunetta KL, Stolk L, Perry JRB, Annemarie K, Petersen AK, Eriksson J, Lehtimaki T, Liu Y, et al. Genetic determinants of serum testosterone concentrations in men [abstract]. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2011;49(Suppl 1):S424.

Zhai G, Teumer A, Stolk L, Perry JRB, Vandenput L, Coviello AD, Koster A, Bandinelli S, Bell JT, Liu Y, et al. Eight common genetic variants associated with serum DHEAS levels suggests a key role in ageing mechanisms [abstract]. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2011;49(Suppl 1):S425.

Zhai G, Teumer A, Stolk L, Perry JRB, Vandenput L, Coviello AD, Koster A, Bell JT, Bhasin S, Liu Y, et al. Eight common genetic variants associated with serum DHEAS levels suggest a key role in ageing mechanisms. PLoS Genet. 2011;7(4):e1002025.

Hixson JE, Shimmin LC, Montasser ME, Kim D-K, Zhong Y, Howard T, Langefeld C, Liu Y, Herrington D, et al. Common variants in the periostin gene influence development of atherosclerosis in young persons. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2011;31(7):1661-1667.

Nalls MA, Couper DJ, Tanaka T, van Rooij FJA, Chen M-H, Smith AV, Toniolo D, Zakai NA, Yang Q, Liu Y, et al. Multiple loci are associated with white blood cell phenotypes. PLoS Genet. 2011;7(6):e1002113.

Kilpelainen TO, Zillikens MC, Stancakova A, Finucane FM, Ried JS, Langenberg C, Zhang W, Beckmann JS, Luan J, Liu Y, et al. Genetic variation near IRS1 associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile. Nat Genet. 2011;43(8):753-760.

Hsu F-C, Sides EG, Mychaleckyj JC, Worrall BB, Elias GA, Liu Y, Chen W-M, Coull BM, Toole JF, Rich SS, et al. Transcobalamin 2 variant associated with poststroke homocysteine modifies recurrent stroke risk. Neurology. 2011;77(16):1543-1550.

Kanoni S, Nettleton JA, Hivert M-F, Ye Z, van Rooij FJA, Anderson JS, Saylor G, Houston DK, Liu Y, Kritchevsky SB, et al. Total zinc intake may modify the glucose-raising effect of a zinc transporter (SLC30A8) variant: a 14-cohort meta-analysis. Diabetes. 2011;60(9):2407-2416.

Walter S, Atzmon G, Demerath EW, Garcia ME, Kaplan RC, Kumari M, Lunetta KL, Milaneschi Y, Lohman KK, Liu Y, et al. A genome-wide association study of aging. Neurobiol Aging. 2011;32(11):e15-e28.

Reiner AP, Lettre G, Nalls MA, Ganesh SK, Mathias R, Austin MA, Lohman K, Yang L, Liu Y, Snively BM, et al. Genome-wide association study of white blood cell count in 16,388 African Americans: the Continental Origins and Genetic Epidemiology Network (COGENT). PLoS Genet. 2011;7(6):e1002108.

Ehret GB, Munroe PB, Rice KM, Liu Y, Palmer ND, Lohman KK, Rudock ME, Langefeld CD, Prokopenko I, Wagenknecht LE, et al. Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. Nature. 2011;478(7367):103-109.

Liu C-T, Garnaas MK, Tin A, Kottgen A, Franceschini N, Peralta CA, de Boer IH, Lu X, Ding J, Liu Y, et al. Genetic association for renal traits among participants of African ancestry reveals new loci for renal function. PLoS Genet. 2011;7(9):e1002264.

Artigas MS, Loth DW, Wain LV, Gharib SA, Obeidat M, Tang W, Zhai G, Kritchevsky SB, Liu Y, Lohman K, et al. Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function. Nat Genet. 2011;43(11):1082-1090.

N'Diaye A, Chen GK, Palmer CD, Ge B, Tayo B, Mathias RA, Ding J, Nalls MA, Kritchevsky SB, Lohman K, Liu Y, et al. Identification, replication, and fine-mapping of loci associated with adult height in individuals of African ancestry. PLoS Genet. 2011;7(10):e1002298.

Ohlsson C, Wallaschofski H, Lunetta KL, Stolk L, Perry JRB, Koster A, Petersen A-K, Eriksson J, Lehtimaki T, Liu Y, et al. Genetic determinants of serum testosterone concentrations in men. PLoS Genet. 2011;7(10):e1002313.

Tranah GJ, Manini TM, Lohman KK, Nalls MA, Kritchevsky S, Newman AB, Harris TB, Miljkovic I, Biffi A, Cummings SR, Liu Y. Mitochondrial DNA variation in human metabolic rate and energy expenditure. Mitochondrion. 2011;11(6):855-861.

van den Borst B, Koster A, Yu B, Gosker HR, Meibohm B, Bauer DC, Kritchevsky SB, Liu Y, Newman AB, Harris TB, Schols AMWJ. Is age-related decline in lean mass and physical function accelerated by obstructive lung disease or smoking?. Thorax. 2011;66(11):961-969.

O'Donnell CJ, Kavousi M, Smith AV, Kardia SLR, Feitosa MF, Hwang S-J, Sun YV, Herrington DM, Howard TD, Liu Y, et al. Genome-wide association study for coronary artery calcification with follow-up in myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2011;124(25):2855-2864.

Crews DC, Sozio SM, Liu Y, Coresh J, Powe NR. Inflammation and the paradox of racial differences in dialysis survival. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011;22(12):2279-2286.

Gilmour J, Harris T, Houston DK, Kritchevsky SB, Lohman K, Liu Y, Reardon B, Cassano PA. Genetic variation in vitamin D response genes and pulmonary function [abstract]. Am J Epidemiol. 2011;173(Suppl 11):S13.

Burdon KP, Rudock ME, Lehtinen AB, Langefeld CD, Bowden DW, Register TC, Liu Y, Freedman BI, Carr JJ, Hedrick CC, et al. Human lipoxygenase pathway gene variation and association with markers of subclinical atherosclerosis in the Diabetes Heart Study. Mediators Inflamm. 2010;2010():170153.

Kottgen A, Pattaro C, Boger CA, Fuchsberger C, Olden M, Glazer NL, Parsa A, Gao X, Lohman K, Liu Y, et al. New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease. Nat Genet. 2010;42(5):376-384.

Kalogeroupoulos A, Georgiopoulou V, Psaty BM, Rodondi N, Smith AL, Harrison DG, Liu Y, Hoffmann U, Bauer DC, Kritchevsky SB, et al. Inflammatory markers and incident heart failure risk in older adults: the Health ABC (Health, Aging, and Body Composition) study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;55(19):2129-2137.

Kestenbaum B, Glazer NL, Kottgen A, Felix JF, Hwang S-J, Liu Y, Lohman K, Kritchevsky SB, Hausman DB, Petersen A-K, et al. Common genetic variants associate with serum phosphorus concentration. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;21(7):1223-1232.

Wang TJ, Zhang F, Richards JB, Kestenbaum B, van Meurs JB, Berry D, Houston DK, Burke GL, Liu YM, Kritchevsky SB, et al. Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study. Lancet. 2010;376(9736):180-188.

O'Seaghdha CM, Yang Q, Glazer NL, Leak TS, Dehghan A, Smith AV, Kao WHL, Lohman K, Hwang S-J, Liu YM, et al. Common variants in the calcium-sensing receptor gene are associated with total serum calcium levels. Hum Mol Genet. 2010;19(21):4296-4303.

Tranah GJ, Manini TM, Lohman KK, Nalls MA, Kritchevsky S, Newman AB, Harris TB, Biffi A, Cummings SR, Liu YM. Mitochondrial DNA variation in human metabolic rate, energy expenditure and mortality: the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study [abstract]. Genet Epidemiol. 2010;34(8):972-973.

Nettleton JA, McKeown NM, Kanoni S, Lemaitre RN, Hivert M-F, Anderson JS, Houston DK, Kritchevsky SB, Liu Y, Saylor G, et al. Interactions of dietary whole-grain intake with fasting glucose- and insulin-related genetic loci in individuals of European descent: a meta-analysis of 14 cohort studies. Diabetes Care. 2010;33(12):2684-2691.

Freedman BI, Hicks PJ, Bostrom MA, Cunningham ME, Liu Y, Divers J, Kopp JB, Winkler CA, Langefeld CD, Bowden DW, et al. Polymorphisms in the non-muscle myosin heavy chain 9 gene (MYH9) are strongly associated with end-stage renal disease historically attributed to hypertension in African Americans. Kidney Int. 2009;75(7):736-745.

Hsu F-C, Kritchevsky SB, Liu Y, Kanaya A, Newman AB, Perry SE, Visser M, Pahor M, Harris TB, Nicklas BJ. Association between inflammatory components and physical function in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study: a principal component analysis approach. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009;64(5):581-589.

Rudock ME, Liu Y, Ziegler JT, Allen SG, Lehtinen AB, Freedman BI, Carr JJ, Langefeld CD, Bowden DW. Association of polymorphisms in cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 with coronary and carotid calcium in the Diabetes Heart Study. Atherosclerosis. 2009;203(2):459-465.

Bielinski SJ, Pankow JS, Post W, Liu Y, Folsome AR, Hedrick CC. MCP-1 polymorphisms, subclinical atherosclerosis, and incident coronary heart disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) [abstract]. Circulation. 2009;119(10):e329-e330.

Ding J, Hsu F-C, Harris TB, Liu Y, Kritchevsky SB, Szklo M, Ouyang P, Espeland MA, Lohman KK, Carr JJ, et al. The association of pericardial fat with incident coronary heart disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am J Clin Nutr. 2009;90(3):499-504.

Miller DJ, Zhang Y, Yu G, Liu Y, Chen L, Langefeld CD, Herrington D, Wang Y. An algorithm for learning maximum entropy probability models of disease risk that efficiently searches and sparingly encodes multilocus genomic interactions. Bioinformatics. 2009;25(19):2478-2485.

McGeachie M, Ramoni RLB, Mychaleckyj JC, Furie KL, Dreyfuss JM, Liu Y, Herrington D, Guo X, Lima JA, Post W, et al. Integrative predictive model of coronary artery calcification in atherosclerosis. Circulation. 2009;120(24):2448-2454.

Lakoski SG, Liu Y, Brosnihan KB, Herrington DM. Interleukin-10 concentration and coronary heart disease (CHD) event risk in the Estrogen Replacement and Atherosclerosis (ERA) study. Atherosclerosis. 2008;197(1):443-447.

Sale MM, Furie KL, Hsu F-C, Mychaleckyj JC, Sides EG, Howard TD, Worrall BB, Liu Y, Coull BM, Toole JF, et al. Multiple variants in the transcobalamin 2 and cystathionine beta-synthase genes are associated with homocysteine levels in subjects from the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) trial [abstract]. Stroke. 2008;39(2):630.

Liu Y, Freedman BI, Burdon KP, Langefeld CD, Howard T, Herrington D, Goff DC Jr, Bowden DW, Wagenknecht LE, Rich SS, et al. Association of arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase genotype variation and glycemic control with albuminuria in type 2 diabetes. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008;52(2):242-250.

Bielinski SJ, Pankow JS, Foster CL, Miller MB, Hopkins PN, Eckfeldt JH, Hixson J, Liu Y, Register T, Myers RH, et al. Circulating soluble ICAM-1 levels shows linkage to ICAM gene cluster region on chromosome 19: the NHLBI Family Heart Study follow-up examination. Atherosclerosis. 2008;199(1):172-178.

Howard TD, Liu Y, Saylor G, Giles WH, Wozniak MA, Gallagher M, Steinberg KK, Macko RF, Cole JW, Kittner SJ. Promoter polymorphisms in the nitric oxide synthase 3 gene are associated with ischemic stroke in a replication population of young African-American women [abstract]. Stroke. 2007;38(2):528.

Bielinski SJ, Pankow JS, Miller MB, Hopkins PN, Eckfeldt JH, Hixson J, Liu Y, Register T, Myers RH, Arnett DK. Circulating MCP-1 levels shows linkage to chemokine receptor gene cluster on chromosome 3: the NHLBI Family Heart Study follow-up examination. Genes Immun. 2007;8(8):684-690.

Zhang L, Kao WHL, Bertheir-Schaad Y, Liu Y, Plantiga L, Jaar BG, Fink N, Powe N, Klag MJ, Smith MW, et al. Haplotype of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 gene predicts cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006;17(8):2285-2292.

Liu Y, Herrington D, Burdon KP, Langefeld CD, Rich SS, Bowden DW, Freedman BI, Wagenknecht LE. A functional polymorphism in the lymphotoxin-alpha gene is associated with carotid artery wall thickness: the Diabetes Heart Study. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2006;13(4):655-657.

Rich SS, Burdon KP, Langefeld CD, Liu Y, Freedman BI, Carr JJ, Hedrick CC, Bowden DW. Human lipoxygenase gene variation in subclinical atherosclerosis: the Diabetes Heart Study [abstract]. Atheroscler Suppl. 2006;7(3):335.

Lange LA, Burdon K, Langefeld CD, Liu Y, Beck SR, Rich SS, Freedman BI, Brosnihan KB, Herrington DM, Wagenknecht LE, Bowden DW. Heritability and expression of C-reactive protein in type 2 diabetes in the Diabetes Heart Study. Ann Hum Genet. 2006;70(Pt 6):717-725.

Liu Y, Berthier-Schaad Y, Plantinga L, Fink NE, Tracy RP, Kao WH, Klag MJ, Smith MW, Coresh J. Functional variants in the lymphotoxin-alpha gene predict cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006;17(11):3158-3166.

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