<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chen, Lei</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abel, Haley J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Das, Indraniel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Larson, David E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ganel, Liron</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kanchi, Krishna L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Regier, Allison A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Young, Erica P</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kang, Chul Joo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Scott, Alexandra J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chiang, Colby</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wang, Xinxin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lu, Shuangjia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Christ, Ryan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Service, Susan K</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chiang, Charleston W K</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Havulinna, Aki S</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kuusisto, Johanna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boehnke, Michael</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Laakso, Markku</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Palotie, Aarno</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ripatti, Samuli</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Freimer, Nelson B</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Locke, Adam E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stitziel, Nathan O</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hall, Ira M</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Association of structural variation with cardiometabolic traits in Finns.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Am J Hum Genet</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Am J Hum Genet</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alleles</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cardiovascular Diseases</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cholesterol</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DNA Copy Number Variations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Finland</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genome, Human</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genomic Structural Variation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genotype</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mitochondrial Proteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Promoter Regions, Genetic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pyruvate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide)-Phosphatase</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pyruvic Acid</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Serum Albumin, Human</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021 04 01</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">108</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">583-596</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The contribution of genome structural variation (SV) to quantitative traits associated with cardiometabolic diseases remains largely unknown. Here, we present the results of a study examining genetic association between SVs and cardiometabolic traits in the Finnish population. We used sensitive methods to identify and genotype 129,166 high-confidence SVs from deep whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data of 4,848 individuals. We tested the 64,572 common and low-frequency SVs for association with 116 quantitative traits and tested candidate associations using exome sequencing and array genotype data from an additional 15,205 individuals. We discovered 31 genome-wide significant associations at 15 loci, including 2 loci at which SVs have strong phenotypic effects: (1) a deletion of the ALB promoter that is greatly enriched in the Finnish population and causes decreased serum albumin level in carriers (p = 1.47 × 10) and is also associated with increased levels of total cholesterol (p = 1.22 × 10) and 14 additional cholesterol-related traits, and (2) a multi-allelic copy number variant (CNV) at PDPR that is strongly associated with pyruvate (p = 4.81 × 10) and alanine (p = 6.14 × 10) levels and resides within a structurally complex genomic region that has accumulated many rearrangements over evolutionary time. We also confirmed six previously reported associations, including five led by stronger signals in single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and one linking recurrent HP gene deletion and cholesterol levels (p = 6.24 × 10), which was also found to be strongly associated with increased glycoprotein level (p = 3.53 × 10). Our study confirms that integrating SVs in trait-mapping studies will expand our knowledge of genetic factors underlying disease risk.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33798444?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kasela, Silva</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ortega, Victor E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Martorella, Molly</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Garudadri, Suresh</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nguyen, Jenna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ampleford, Elizabeth</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pasanen, Anu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nerella, Srilaxmi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Buschur, Kristina L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Barjaktarevic, Igor Z</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Barr, R Graham</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bleecker, Eugene R</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bowler, Russell P</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Comellas, Alejandro P</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cooper, Christopher B</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Couper, David J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Criner, Gerard J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Curtis, Jeffrey L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Han, MeiLan K</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hansel, Nadia N</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hoffman, Eric A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kaner, Robert J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Krishnan, Jerry A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Martinez, Fernando J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">McDonald, Merry-Lynn N</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meyers, Deborah A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paine, Robert</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peters, Stephen P</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Castro, Mario</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Denlinger, Loren C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Erzurum, Serpil C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fahy, John V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Israel, Elliot</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jarjour, Nizar N</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Levy, Bruce D</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Li, Xingnan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moore, Wendy C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wenzel, Sally E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zein, Joe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Langelier, Charles</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Woodruff, Prescott G</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lappalainen, Tuuli</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Christenson, Stephanie A</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NHLBI SubPopulations and InteRmediate Outcome Measures In COPD Study (SPIROMICS)</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic and non-genetic factors affecting the expression of COVID-19-relevant genes in the large airway epithelium.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genome Med</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genome Med</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aged, 80 and over</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asthma</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bronchi</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cardiovascular Diseases</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">COVID-19</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gene Expression</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic Variation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Middle Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Obesity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quantitative Trait Loci</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Respiratory Mucosa</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk Factors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SARS-CoV-2</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Smoking</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021 04 21</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">66</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;BACKGROUND: &lt;/b&gt;The large airway epithelial barrier provides one of the first lines of defense against respiratory viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19. Substantial inter-individual variability in individual disease courses is hypothesized to be partially mediated by the differential regulation of the genes that interact with the SARS-CoV-2 virus or are involved in the subsequent host response. Here, we comprehensively investigated non-genetic and genetic factors influencing COVID-19-relevant bronchial epithelial gene expression.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;METHODS: &lt;/b&gt;We analyzed RNA-sequencing data from bronchial epithelial brushings obtained from uninfected individuals. We related ACE2 gene expression to host and environmental factors in the SPIROMICS cohort of smokers with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and replicated these associations in two asthma cohorts, SARP and MAST. To identify airway biology beyond ACE2 binding that may contribute to increased susceptibility, we used gene set enrichment analyses to determine if gene expression changes indicative of a suppressed airway immune response observed early in SARS-CoV-2 infection are also observed in association with host factors. To identify host genetic variants affecting COVID-19 susceptibility in SPIROMICS, we performed expression quantitative trait (eQTL) mapping and investigated the phenotypic associations of the eQTL variants.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;RESULTS: &lt;/b&gt;We found that ACE2 expression was higher in relation to active smoking, obesity, and hypertension that are known risk factors of COVID-19 severity, while an association with interferon-related inflammation was driven by the truncated, non-binding ACE2 isoform. We discovered that expression patterns of a suppressed airway immune response to early SARS-CoV-2 infection, compared to other viruses, are similar to patterns associated with obesity, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, which may thus contribute to a COVID-19-susceptible airway environment. eQTL mapping identified regulatory variants for genes implicated in COVID-19, some of which had pheWAS evidence for their potential role in respiratory infections.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CONCLUSIONS: &lt;/b&gt;These data provide evidence that clinically relevant variation in the expression of COVID-19-related genes is associated with host factors, environmental exposures, and likely host genetic variation.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33883027?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Khera, Amit V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hegele, Robert A</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">What Is Familial Hypercholesterolemia, and Why Does It Matter?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Circulation</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Circulation</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atherosclerosis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cardiovascular Diseases</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cholesterol, LDL</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prevalence</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020 06 02</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">141</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1760-1763</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">22</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32479201?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Li, Chang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Grove, Megan L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yu, Bing</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jones, Barbara C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morrison, Alanna</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boerwinkle, Eric</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Liu, Xiaoming</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic variants in microRNA genes and targets associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors in the African-American population.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hum Genet</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hum Genet</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3' Untranslated Regions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Black or African American</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cardiovascular Diseases</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic Predisposition to Disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genotyping Techniques</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MicroRNAs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Middle Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk Factors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Whole Genome Sequencing</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018 Jan</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">137</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">85-94</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this study is to identify microRNA (miRNA) related polymorphism, including single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in mature miRNA-encoding sequences or in miRNA-target sites, and their association with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in African-American population. To achieve our objective, we examined 1900 African-Americans from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study using SNVs identified from whole-genome sequencing data. A total of 971 SNVs found in 726 different mature miRNA-encoding sequences and 16,057 SNVs found in the three prime untranslated region (3'UTR) of 3647 protein-coding genes were identified and interrogated their associations with 17 CVD risk factors. Using single-variant-based approach, we found 5 SNVs in miRNA-encoding sequences to be associated with serum Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or triglycerides, and 2 SNVs in miRNA-target sites to be associated with Lp(a) and HDL, all with false discovery rates of 5%. Using a gene-based approach, we identified 3 pairs of associations between gene NSD1 and platelet count, gene HSPA4L and cardiac troponin T, and gene AHSA2 and magnesium. We successfully validated the association between a variant specific to African-American population, NR_039880.1:n.18A&gt;C, in mature hsa-miR-4727-5p encoding sequence and serum HDL level in an independent sample of 2135 African-Americans. Our study provided candidate miRNAs and their targets for further investigation of their potential contribution to ethnic disparities in CVD risk factors.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29264654?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Auer, Paul L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stitziel, Nathan O</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic association studies in cardiovascular diseases: Do we have enough power?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trends Cardiovasc Med</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trends Cardiovasc Med</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cardiovascular Diseases</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Data Accuracy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Data Interpretation, Statistical</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic Association Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic Markers</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic Predisposition to Disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic Variation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phenotype</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reproducibility of Results</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Research Design</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk Assessment</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk Factors</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017 Aug</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">27</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">397-404</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Genetic association studies have a long history of delivering insightful results for cardiovascular disease (CVD) research. Beginning with early candidate gene studies, to genome-wide association studies, and now on to newer whole-genome sequencing studies, research in human genetics has enriched our understanding of the pathobiology of CVD. As these studies continue to expand, the issue of statistical power plays an important role in study design as well as the interpretation of results. We provide an overview of the component parts that determine statistical power and preview the future of CVD genetic association studies through this lens.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28456354?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stitziel, Nathan O</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Human genetic insights into lipoproteins and risk of cardiometabolic disease.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Curr Opin Lipidol</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Curr Opin Lipidol</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cardiovascular Diseases</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic Predisposition to Disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lipoproteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017 Apr</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">28</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">113-119</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;PURPOSE OF REVIEW: &lt;/b&gt;Human genetic studies have been successfully used to identify genes and pathways relevant to human biology. Using genetic instruments composed of loci associated with human lipid traits, recent studies have begun to clarify the causal role of major lipid fractions in risk of cardiometabolic disease.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;RECENT FINDINGS: &lt;/b&gt;The causal relationship between LDL cholesterol and coronary disease has been firmly established. Of the remaining two major fractions, recent studies have found that HDL cholesterol is not likely to be a causal particle in atherogenesis, and have instead shifted the causal focus to triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. Subsequent results are refining this view to suggest that triglycerides themselves might not be causal, but instead may be a surrogate for the causal cholesterol content within this fraction. Other studies have used a similar approach to address the association between lipid fractions and risk of type 2 diabetes. Beyond genetic variation in the target of statin medications, reduced LDL cholesterol associated with multiple genes encoding current or prospective drug targets associated with increased diabetic risk. In addition, genetically lower HDL cholesterol and genetically lower triglycerides both appear to increase risk of type 2 diabetes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SUMMARY: &lt;/b&gt;Results of these and future human genetic studies are positioned to provide substantive insights into the causal relationship between lipids and human disease, and should highlight mechanisms with important implications for our understanding of human biology and future lipid-altering therapeutic development.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28059951?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>