A genome-wide association meta-analysis of cholesterol synthesis intermediates identifies three associations for lanosterol
This investigation was primarily funded by the ministry for science and health of the Rhineland-Palatinate through the CoAGE graduate programme. A complete list of funding organisations is provided in the acknowledgements.
Authors
- Ronny Baber
- Pashupati P. Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5177-3431)
- Berend Isermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0714-6160)
- Janne Pott
- Markus Scholz
- Uta Ceglarek
- Anke Tönjes
- Helena Gylling
- Winfried März
- Markus Loeffler
- Mika Kähönen
- Terho Lehtimäki
- Katrin Horn
- Graciela E. Delgado
- Christian Gieger
- Annette Peters
- Franz Förster
- Olli Raitakari
- Joachim Thiery
- Melanie Waldenberger
- Michael Stumvoll
- Holger Kirsten
- Marcus E. Kleber
- Peter Kovacs
- Angela Patricia Moissl-Blanke
- Harald Grallert
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Tampere University of Applied Sciences (FI)
- University of Mannheim (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Kantonsspital St. Gallen (CH)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Turku University Hospital (FI)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Helmholtz Zentrum München (DE)
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE)
- University Hospital Leipzig (DE)
- Tampere University Hospital (FI)
- Synlab (Germany) (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
- German Center for Lung Research (DE)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Fimlab (Finland) (FI)
- MRC Biostatistics Unit (GB)
- Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. (DE)
- University Medical Centre Mannheim (DE)
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- Leipzig University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- EBioMedicine
- Published
- 2026-01-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106144
- Primary Topic
- Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00