Tarun Veer Singh Ahluwalia

Tarun Veer Singh Ahluwalia

Associate Professor


  1. 2016
  2. Published

    New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

    Lu, Y., Day, F. R., Gustafsson, S., Buchkovich, M. L., Na, J., Bataille, V., Cousminer, D. L., Dastani, Z., Drong, A. W., Esko, T., Evans, D. M., Falchi, M., Feitosa, M. F., Ferreira, T., Hedman, Å. K., Haring, R., Hysi, P. G., Iles, M. M., Justice, A. E., Kanoni, S. & 239 others, Lagou, V., Li, R., Li, X., Locke, A., Lu, C., Mägi, R., Perry, J. R. B., Pers, Tune H, Qi, Q., Sanna, M., Schmidt, E. M., Scott, W. R., Shungin, D., Teumer, A., Vinkhuyzen, A. A. E., Walker, R. W., Westra, H., Zhang, M., Zhang, W., Zhao, J. H., Zhu, Z., Afzal, U., Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Bakker, S. J. L., Bellis, C., Bonnefond, A., Borodulin, K., Buchman, A. S., Cederholm, T., Choh, A. C., Choi, H. J., Curran, J. E., de Groot, L. C. P. G. M., De Jager, P. L., Dhonukshe-Rutten, R. A. M., Enneman, A. W., Eury, E., Evans, D. S., Forsen, T., Friedrich, N., Fumeron, F., Garcia, M. E., Gärtner, S., Han, B., Havulinna, A. S., Hayward, C., Hernandez, D., Hillege, H., Ittermann, T., Kent, J. W., Kolcic, I., Laatikainen, T., Lahti, J., Mateo Leach, I., Lee, C. G., Lee, J., Liu, T., Liu, Y., Lobbens, S., Loh, M., Lyytikäinen, L., Medina-Gomez, C., Michaëlsson, K., Nalls, M. A., Nielson, C. M., Oozageer, L., Pascoe, L., Paternoster, L., Polašek, O., Ripatti, S., Sarzynski, M. A., Shin, C. S., Narančić, N. S., Spira, D., Srikanth, P., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Sung, Y. J., Swart, K. M. A., Taittonen, L., Tanaka, T., Tikkanen, E., van der Velde, N., van Schoor, N. M., Verweij, N., Wright, A. F., Yu, L., Zmuda, J. M., Eklund, N., Forrester, T., Grarup, N., Jackson, A. U., Kristiansson, K., Kuulasmaa, T., Kuusisto, J., Lichtner, P., Luan, J., Mahajan, A., Männistö, S., Palmer, C. D., Ried, J. S., Scott, R. A., Stancáková, A., Wagner, P. J., Demirkan, A., Döring, A., Gudnason, V., Kiel, D. P., Kühnel, B., Mangino, M., Mcknight, B., Menni, C., O'Connell, J. R., Oostra, B. A., Shuldiner, A. R., Song, K., Vandenput, L., van Duijn, C. M., Vollenweider, P., White, C. C., Boehnke, M., Boettcher, Y., Cooper, R. S., Forouhi, N. G., Gieger, C., Grallert, H., Hingorani, A., Jørgensen, T., Jousilahti, P., Kivimaki, M., Kumari, M., Laakso, M., Langenberg, C., Linneberg, Allan René, Luke, A., Mckenzie, C. A., Palotie, A., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Peters, A., Strauch, K., Tayo, B. O., Wareham, N. J., Bennett, D. A., Bertram, L., Blangero, J., Blüher, M., Bouchard, C., Campbell, H., Cho, N. H., Cummings, S. R., Czerwinski, S. A., Demuth, I., Eckardt, R., Eriksson, J. G., Ferrucci, L., Franco, O. H., Froguel, P., Gansevoort, R. T., Hansen, Torben, Harris, T. B., Hastie, N., Heliövaara, M., Hofman, A., Jordan, J. M., Jula, A., Kähönen, M., Kajantie, E., Knekt, P. B., Koskinen, S., Kovacs, P., Lehtimäki, T., Lind, L., Liu, Y., Orwoll, E. S., Osmond, C., Perola, M., Pérusse, L., Raitakari, O. T., Rankinen, T., Rao, D. C., Rice, T. K., Rivadeneira, F., Rudan, I., Salomaa, V., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Stumvoll, M., Tönjes, A., Towne, B., Tranah, G. J., Tremblay, A., Uitterlinden, A. G., van der Harst, P., Vartiainen, E., Viikari, J. S., Vitart, V., Vohl, M., Völzke, H., Walker, M., Wallaschofski, H., Wild, S., Wilson, J. F., Yengo, L., Bishop, D. T., Borecki, I. B., Chambers, J. C., Cupples, L. A., Dehghan, A., Deloukas, P., Fatemifar, G., Fox, C., Furey, T. S., Franke, L., Han, J., Hunter, D. J., Karjalainen, J., Karpe, F., Kaplan, R. C., Kooner, J. S., McCarthy, M. I., Murabito, J. M., Morris, A. P., Bishop, J. A. N., North, K. E., Ohlsson, C., Ong, K. K., Prokopenko, I., Richards, J. B., Schadt, E. E., Spector, T. D., Widén, E., Willer, C. J., Yang, J., Ingelsson, E., Mohlke, K. L., Hirschhorn, J. N., Pospisilik, J. A., Zillikens, M. C., Lindgren, C., Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O. & Loos, Ruth, 1 Feb 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, p. 1-15 15 p., 10495.

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  3. Published

    Genetic associations with viral respiratory illnesses and asthma control in children

    Loisel, D. A., Du, G., Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Tisler, C. J., Evans, M. D., Myers, R. A., Gangnon, R. E., Kreiner-Møller, E., Bønnelykke, K., Bisgaard, H., Jackson, D. J., Lemanske, R. F., Nicolae, D. L. & Ober, C., Jan 2016, In: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 46, 1, p. 112-24 13 p.

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  4. Published

    A meta-analysis of 120 246 individuals identifies 18 new loci for fibrinogen concentration

    de Vries, P. S., Chasman, D. I., Sabater-Lleal, M., Chen, M-H., Huffman, J. E., Steri, M., Tang, W., Teumer, A., Marioni, R. E., Grossmann, V., Hottenga, J. J., Trompet, S., Müller-Nurasyid, M., Zhao, J. H., Brody, J. A., Kleber, M. E., Guo, X., Wang, J. J., Auer, P. L., Attia, J. R. & 111 others, Yanek, L. R., Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Lahti, J., Venturini, C., Tanaka, T., Bielak, L. F., Joshi, P. K., Rocanin-Arjo, A., Kolcic, I., Navarro, P., Rose, L. M., Oldmeadow, C., Riess, H., Mazur, J., Basu, S., Goel, A., Yang, Q., Ghanbari, M., Willemsen, G., Rumley, A., Fiorillo, E., de Craen, A. J. M., Grotevendt, A., Scott, R., Taylor, K. D., Delgado, G. E., Yao, J., Kifley, A., Kooperberg, C., Qayyum, R., Lopez, L. M., Berentzen, T. L., Räikkönen, K., Mangino, M., Bandinelli, S., Peyser, P. A., Wild, S., Trégouët, D., Wright, A. F., Marten, J., Zemunik, T., Morrison, A. C., Sennblad, B., Tofler, G., de Maat, M. P. M., de Geus, E. J. C., Lowe, G. D., Zoledziewska, M., Sattar, N., Binder, H., Völker, U., Waldenberger, M., Khaw, K., McKnight, B., Huang, J., Jenny, N. S., Holliday, E. G., Qi, L., McEvoy, M. G., Becker, D. M., Starr, J. M., Sarin, A., Hysi, P. G., Hernandez, D. G., Jhun, M. A., Campbell, H., Hamsten, A., Rivadeneira, F., McArdle, W. L., Slagboom, P. E., Zeller, T., Koenig, W., Psaty, B. M., Haritunians, T., Liu, J., Palotie, A., Uitterlinden, A. G., Stott, D. J., Hofman, A., Franco, O. H., Polasek, O., Rudan, I., Morange, P., Wilson, J. F., Kardia, S. L. R., Ferrucci, L., Spector, T. D., Eriksson, J. G., Hansen, Torben, Deary, I. J., Becker, L. C., Scott, R. J., Mitchell, P., März, W., Wareham, N. J., Peters, A., Greinacher, A., Wild, P. S., Jukema, J. W., Boomsma, D. I., Hayward, C., Cucca, F., Tracy, R., Watkins, H., Reiner, A. P., Folsom, A. R., Ridker, P. M., O'Donnell, C. J., Smith, N. L., Strachan, D. P. & Dehghan, A., 2016, In: Human Molecular Genetics. 25, 2, p. 358-370 13 p.

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  5. Published

    Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index

    Felix, J. F., Bradfield, J. P., Monnereau, C., van der Valk, R. J. P., Stergiakouli, E., Chesi, A., Gaillard, R., Feenstra, B., Thiering, E., Kreiner-Møller, E., Mahajan, A., Pitkänen, N., Joro, R., Cavadino, A., Huikari, V., Franks, S., Groen-Blokhuis, M. M., Cousminer, D. L., Marsh, J. A., Lehtimäki, T. & 31 others, Curtin, J. A., Vioque, J., Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Myhre, R., Price, T. S., Vilor-Tejedor, N., Yengo, L., Grarup, N., Ntalla, I., Ang, W., Atalay, M., Bisgaard, H., Blakemore, A. I., Bonnefond, A., Carstensen, L., Eriksson, J., Flexeder, C., Franke, L., Geller, F., Geserick, M., Hartikainen, A., Haworth, C. M. A., Hirschhorn, J. N., Holm, Jens-Christian, Kadarmideen, H. N., Pers, Tune H, Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Hansen, Torben, Melbye, M., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study (BMDCS) Consortium, B. M. D. I. C. S. (. C., 2016, In: Human Molecular Genetics. 25, 2, p. 389-403

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  6. Published

    Genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers novel loci influencing circulating leptin levels

    Kilpeläinen, T. O., Carli, J. F. M., Skowronski, A. A., Sun, Q., Kriebel, J., Feitosa, M. F., Hedman, Å. K., Drong, A. W., Hayes, J. E., Zhao, J., Pers, T. H., Schick, U., Grarup, N., Kutalik, Z., Trompet, S., Mangino, M., Kristiansson, K., Beekman, M., Lyytikäinen, L-P., Eriksson, J. & 157 others, Henneman, P., Lahti, J., Tanaka, T., Luan, J., Greco M, F. D., Pasko, D., Renström, F., Willems, S. M., Mahajan, A., Rose, L. M., Guo, X., Liu, Y., Kleber, M. E., Pérusse, L., Gaunt, T., Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Ju Sung, Y., Ramos, Y. F., Amin, N., Amuzu, A., Barroso, I., Bellis, C., Blangero, J., Buckley, B. M., Böhringer, S., I Chen, Y., de Craen, A. J. N., Crosslin, D. R., Dale, C. E., Dastani, Z., Day, F. R., Deelen, J., Delgado, G. E., Demirkan, A., Finucane, F. M., Ford, I., Garcia, M. E., Gieger, C., Gustafsson, S., Hallmans, G., Hankinson, S. E., Havulinna, A. S., Herder, C., Hernandez, D., Hicks, A. A., Hunter, D. J., Illig, T., Ingelsson, E., Ioan-Facsinay, A., Jansson, J., Jenny, N. S., Jørgensen, M. E., Jørgensen, T., Karlsson, M., Koenig, W., Kraft, P., Kwekkeboom, J., Laatikainen, T., Ladwig, K., LeDuc, C. A., Lowe, G., Lu, Y., Marques-Vidal, P., Meisinger, C., Menni, C., Morris, A. P., Myers, R. H., Männistö, S., Nalls, M. A., Paternoster, L., Peters, A., Pradhan, A. D., Rankinen, T., Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J., Rathmann, W., Rice, T. K., Brent Richards, J., Ridker, P. M., Sattar, N., Savage, D. B., Söderberg, S., Timpson, N. J., Vandenput, L., van Heemst, D., Uh, H., Vohl, M., Walker, M., Wichmann, H., Widén, E., Wood, A. R., Yao, J., Zeller, T., Zhang, Y., Meulenbelt, I., Kloppenburg, M., Astrup, A., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Sarzynski, M. A., Rao, D. C., Jousilahti, P., Vartiainen, E., Hofman, A., Rivadeneira, F., Uitterlinden, A. G., Kajantie, E., Osmond, C., Palotie, A., Eriksson, J. G., Heliövaara, M., Knekt, P. B., Koskinen, S., Jula, A., Perola, M., Huupponen, R. K., Viikari, J. S., Kähönen, M., Lehtimäki, T., Raitakari, O. T., Mellström, D., Lorentzon, M., Casas, J. P., Bandinelli, S., März, W., Isaacs, A., van Dijk, K. W., van Duijn, C. M., Harris, T. B., Bouchard, C., Allison, M. A., Chasman, D. I., Ohlsson, C., Lind, L., Scott, R. A., Langenberg, C., Wareham, N. J., Ferrucci, L., Frayling, T. M., Pramstaller, P. P., Borecki, I. B., Waterworth, D. M., Bergmann, S., Waeber, G., Vollenweider, P., drb459, drb459, Hansen, Torben, Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Hu, F. B., Eline Slagboom, P., Grallert, H., Spector, T. D., Jukema, J. W., Klein, R. J., Schadt, E. E., Franks, P. W., Lindgren, C. M., Leibel, R. L. & Loos, Ruth, 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 14 p., 10494.

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  7. 2015
  8. Published

    The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Winkler, T. W., Justice, A. E., Graff, M., Barata, L., Feitosa, M. F., Chu, S., Czajkowski, J., Esko, T., Fall, T., Kilpeläinen, T. O., Lu, Y., Mägi, R., Mihailov, E., Pers, T. H., Rüeger, S., Teumer, A., Ehret, G. B., Ferreira, T., Heard-Costa, N. L., Karjalainen, J. & 31 others, Lagou, V., Mahajan, A., Neinast, M. D., Prokopenko, I., Simino, J., Teslovich, T. M., Jansen, R., Westra, H., White, C. C., Absher, D., Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Ahmad, S., Albrecht, E., Alves, A. C., Bragg-Gresham, J. L., de Craen, A. J. M., Bis, J. C., Bonnefond, A., Boucher, G., Banasik, Karina, Grarup, N., Hansen, Torben, Jørgensen, T., Krarup, N. T., Linneberg, Allan René, Ribel-Madsen, R., Sparsø, T. H., Melbye, M., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & CHARGE Consortium, C. C., 1 Oct 2015, In: P L o S Genetics. 11, 10, p. 1-42 42 p., e1005378.

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  9. Published

    Gene-Environment Interactions of Circadian-Related Genes for Cardiometabolic Traits

    Dashti, H. S., Follis, J. L., Smith, C. E., Tanaka, T., Garaulet, M., Gottlieb, D. J., Hruby, A., Jacques, P. F., Kiefte-de Jong, J. C., Lamon-Fava, S., Scheer, F. A. J. L., Bartz, T. M., Kovanen, L., Wojczynski, M. K., Frazier-Wood, A. C., Ahluwalia, T. V. S., Perälä, M-M., Jonsson, A., Muka, T., Kalafati, I. P. & 3 others, Mikkilä, V., Ordovás, J. M. & CHARGE Nutrition Study Group, C. N. S. G., Aug 2015, In: Diabetes Care. 38, 8, p. 1456-66 11 p.

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  10. Published

    Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

    Joshi, P. K., Esko, T., Mattsson, H., Eklund, N., Gandin, I., Nutile, T., Jackson, A. U., Schurmann, C., Smith, A. V., Zhang, W., Okada, Y., Stančáková, A., Faul, J. D., Zhao, W., Bartz, T. M., Concas, M. P., Franceschini, N., Enroth, S., Vitart, V., Trompet, S. & 31 others, Guo, X., Chasman, D. I., O'Connel, J. R., Corre, T., Nongmaithem, S. S., Chen, Y., Mangino, M., Ruggiero, D., Traglia, M., Farmaki, A., Kacprowski, T., Bjonnes, A., van der Spek, A., Wu, Y., Giri, A. K., Yanek, L. R., Wang, L., Hofer, E., Rietveld, C. A., McLeod, O., Cornelis, M. C., Pattaro, C., Verweij, N., Baumbach, C., Abdellaoui, A., Warren, H. R., Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Melbye, M., Bisgaard, H., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & BioBank Japan Project, B. J. P., 23 Jul 2015, In: Nature. 523, p. 459-62 4 p.

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  11. Published

    Discovery of coding genetic variants influencing diabetes-related serum biomarkers and their impact on risk of type 2 diabetes

    Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Allin, K. H., Sandholt, C. H., Sparsø, T. H., Jørgensen, M. E., Rowe, M., Christensen, C., Brandslund, I., Lauritzen, T., Linneberg, Allan René, Husemoen, L., Jørgensen, T., Hansen, Torben, Grarup, N. & Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Apr 2015, In: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 100, 4, p. E664-71

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  12. Published

    Common variants in LEPR, IL6, AMD1, and NAMPT do not associate with risk of juvenile and childhood obesity in Danes: a case-control study

    Hollensted, M., Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Have, C. T., Grarup, N., Fonvig, C. E., Nielsen, T. R. H., Trier, C., Paternoster, L., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Holm, Jens-Christian, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Hansen, Torben, 2015, In: BMC Medical Genetics. 16, 9 p., 105.

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