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Joel Naom Hirschhorn, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital
Concordia Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School.
617-919-2129
Hirschhorn Lab Website
Exome-Wide Analysis Identifies a Rare EXD3 Missense Variant Associated With Diabetic Kidney Disease.
Authors: Authors: Sandholm N, Cole JB, Nair V, Brennan E, Giardini E, Haukka JK, Ha E, Syreeni A, Dahlström EH, Salem RM, Fermin D, Mercader J, Smyth L, Hill C, Mychaleckyj J, McGurnaghan S, Miller RG, Costacou T, Klein BEK, Snell-Bergeon J, Paterson AD, Verkauskiene R, Sokolovska J, Panduru NM, Zerbini G, Brismar K, Krolewski AS, Harjutsalo V, Rossing P, Hadjadj S, McKay G, McKnight AJ, Maxwell AP, Susztak K, Godson C, Kretzler M, Hirschhorn JN, Florez JC, Groop PH.
Kidney Int Rep
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Baseline metabolomic profile as potential biomarker for weight change after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery.
Authors: Authors: Thaker V, Gu W, Deng S, Stylopoulos N, Clish C, Hirschhorn J, Salem R.
Res Sq
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Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries.
Authors: Authors: Smit RAJ, Wade KH, Hui Q, Arias JD, Yin X, Christiansen MR, Yengo L, Preuss MH, Nakabuye M, Rocheleau G, Graham SE, Buchanan VL, Chittoor G, Graff M, Guindo-Martínez M, Lu Y, Marouli E, Sakaue S, Spracklen CN, Vedantam S, Wilson EP, Chen SH, Ferreira T, Ji Y, Karaderi T, Lüll K, Machado M, Malden DE, Medina-Gomez C, Moore A, Rüeger S, Akiyama M, Allison MA, Alvarez M, Andersen MK, Appadurai V, Arbeeva L, Bartell E, Bhaskar S, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Bollepalli S, Bork-Jensen J, Bradfield JP, Bradford Y, Brandl C, Braund PS, Brody JA, Broeckel U, Burgdorf KS, Cade BE, Cai Q, Camarda S, Campbell A, Cañadas-Garre M, Chai JF, Chesi A, Choi SH, Christofidou P, Couture C, Cuellar-Partida G, Danning R, Degenhardt F, Delgado GE, Delitala A, Demirkan A, Deng X, Dietl A, Dimitriou M, Dimitrov L, Dorajoo R, Eichelmann F, Eliasen AU, Engmann JE, Erdos MR, Fairhurst-Hunter Z, Farmaki AE, Faul JD, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Forer L, Frank M, Freitag-Wolf S, Fritsche LG, Fuchsberger C, Galesloot TE, Gao Y, Geller F, Giannakopoulou O, Giulianini F, Gjesing AP, Goel A, Gordon SD, Gorski M, Grove J, Guo X, Gustafsson S, Haessler J, Hansen TF, Havulinna AS, Haworth SJ, Heard-Costa N, Hemerich D, Highland HM, Hindy G, Ho YL, Hofer E, Holliday E, Horn K, Hornsby WE, Hottenga JJ, Huang H, Huang J, Huerta-Chagoya A, Huo S, Hwang MY, Hwu CM, Iha H, Ikeda DD, Isono M, Jackson AU, Jansen IE, Jiang Y, Johansson I, Jonsson A, Jørgensen T, Kalafati IP, Kanai M, Kanoni S, Kårhus LL, Kasturiratne A, Katsuya T, Kawaguchi T, Kember RL, Kentistou KA, Kim D, Kim HN, Kim YJ, Kleber ME, Knol MJ, Kurbasic A, Lauzon M, Le P, Lea R, Lee JY, Lee WJ, Leonard HL, Li H, Li SA, Li X, Li X, Liang J, Lin H, Lin K, Liu J, Liu X, Lo KS, Long J, Lores-Motta L, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Lyytikäinen LP, Mahajan A, Malik MZ, Mamakou V, Mangino M, Manichaikul A, Marten J, Mattheisen M, McDaid AF, Mei Q, Meiselbach H, Melendez TL, Milaneschi Y, Miller JE, Millwood IY, Mishra PP, Mitchell RE, Møllehave LT, Mononen N, Mucha S, Munz M, Mykkänen J, Nakatochi M, Nardone GG, Nelson CP, Nethander M, Nho CW, Nielsen AA, Nolte IM, Nongmaithem SS, Noordam R, Ntalla I, Nutile T, Pandit A, Pauper M, Petersen ERB, Petersen LV, Piluso F, Polašek O, Poveda A, Pyarajan S, Raffield LM, Rakugi H, Ramirez J, Rasheed A, Raven D, Rayner NW, Riveros C, Rohde R, Ruggiero D, Ruotsalainen SE, Ryan KA, Sabater-Lleal M, Santin A, Saxena R, Scholz M, Shen B, Shi J, Shin JH, Sidore C, Sidorenko J, Sim X, Slieker RC, Smith AV, Smith JA, Smyth LJ, Southam L, Steinthorsdottir V, Sun L, Takeuchi F, Taylor KD, Tayo BO, Tcheandjieu C, Terzikhan N, Tesolin P, Teumer A, Theusch E, Thompson DJ, Thorleifsson G, Timmers PRHJ, Trompet S, Turman C, Vaccargiu S, van der Laan SW, van der Most PJ, van Klinken JB, van Setten J, Verma SS, Verweij N, Veturi Y, Wang CA, Wang C, Wang JS, Wang L, Wang YX, Wang Z, Warren HR, Bin Wei W, Wen W, Wheeler WA, Wickremasinghe AR, Wielscher M, Winsvold BS, Wong A, Wuttke M, Xia R, Yamamoto K, Yang J, Yao J, Young H, Yousri NA, Yu L, Zeng L, Zhang W, Zhang X, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhou W, Zimmermann ME, Zoledziewska M, 't Hart LM, Adair LS, Adams HHH, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Al-Mulla F, Arnett DK, Asselbergs FW, Åsvold BO, Attia J, Banas B, Bandinelli S, Beilin LJ, Bennett DA, Bergler T, Bharadwaj D, Biino G, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Borja JB, Bouchard C, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Brumpton B, Buring JE, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chandak GR, Chanock SJ, Chaturvedi N, Ida Chen YD, Chen Z, Cheng CY, Cho YS, Christensen K, Christophersen IE, Ciullo M, Cole JW, Collins FS, Concas MP, Cooper RS, Cruz M, Cucca F, Cutler MJ, Damrauer SM, Dantoft TM, de Borst GJ, de Geus EJC, de Groot LCPGM, De Jager PL, de Kleijn DPV, de Silva HJ, Dedoussis GV, den Hollander AI, Du S, Easton DF, Eckardt KU, Elders PJM, Eliassen AH, Ellinor PT, Elmståhl S, Erdmann J, Evans MK, Fatkin D, Feenstra B, Feitosa MF, Ferrucci L, Florez JC, Ford I, Fornage M, Franke A, Franks PW, Freedman BI, Gieger C, Girotto G, Golightly YM, et al.
Nat Med
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Genome-Wide Association Study of Quantitative Kidney Function in 52,531 Individuals with Diabetes Identifies Five Diabetes-Specific Loci.
Authors: Authors: Cole JB, Dahlström EH, Fermin D, Gupta Y, Hill C, Smyth LJ, Liu H, Kreienkamp RJ, Pezzolesi MG, Cao JJ, Valo E, Chen WM, Onengut-Gumuscu S, Rich SS, Brennan EP, Andrews D, Kennedy C, Gu HF, Stechemesser L, Weitgasser R, Sokolovska J, Radzeviciene L, Verkauskiene R, Panduru NM, Rossing P, Ahluwalia TS, Zerbini G, Marre M, Hadjadj S, Costacou T, Miller RG, Klein BE, Lee KE, Snell-Bergeon JK, Caramori ML, Mauer M, Brismar K, Bjornstad P, McKnight AJ, McKay G, Nair V, Salem RM, Groop PH, Godson C, Susztak K, Kretzler M, Maxwell AP, Krolewski A, Paterson A, Sandholm-Lafferre N, Florez JC, Hirschhorn JN.
J Am Soc Nephrol
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The genetic basis of human height.
Authors: Authors: Bicknell LS, Hirschhorn JN, Savarirayan R.
Nat Rev Genet
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Insights from the largest diverse ancestry sex-specific disease map for genetically predicted height.
Authors: Authors: Papadopoulou A, Litkowski EM, Graff M, Wang Z, Smit RAJ, Chittoor G, Dinsmore I, Josyula NS, Lin M, Shortt J, Zhu W, Vedantam SL, Yengo L, Wood AR, Berndt SI, Holm IA, Mentch FD, Hakonarson H, Kiryluk K, Weng C, Jarvik GP, Crosslin D, Carrell D, Kullo IJ, Dikilitas O, Hayes MG, Wei W-, Edwards DRV, Assimes TL, Hirschhorn JN, Below JE, Gignoux CR, Justice AE, Loos RJF, Sun YV, Raghavan S, Deloukas P, North KE, Marouli E.
NPJ Genom Med
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Associations between phenotypes of childhood and adolescent obesity and incident hypertension in young adulthood.
Authors: Authors: St Fleur RG, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanovski JA, Horton NJ, Reich L, Chavarro JE, Hirschhorn JN, Ziobrowski HN, Field AE.
Int J Obes (Lond)
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Blood methylation biomarkers are associated with diabetic kidney disease progression in type 1 diabetes.
Authors: Authors: Syreeni A, Dahlström EH, Smyth LJ, Hill C, Mutter S, Gupta Y, Harjutsalo V, Chen Z, Natarajan R, Krolewski AS, Hirschhorn JN, Florez JC, Maxwell AP, Groop PH, McKnight AJ, Sandholm N.
medRxiv
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Functional genomics of human skeletal development and the patterning of height heritability.
Authors: Authors: Richard D, Muthuirulan P, Young M, Yengo L, Vedantam S, Marouli E, Bartell E, Hirschhorn J, Capellini TD.
Cell
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A Novel Role for FERM Domain-Containing Protein 3 (FRMD3) in CKD.
Authors: Authors: Kennedy C, Doyle R, Gough O, Mcevoy C, Anallen SM, Hughes M, Sheng X, Crifo B, Andrews D, Gaffney A, Rodriguez J, Kennedy S, Dillon E, Crean D, Zhang W, Yi Z, Nair V, Susztak K, Hirschhorn J, Florez J, Groop PH, Sandholm N, Kretzler M, Mckay GJ, Mcknight AJ, Maxwell AP, Matallanas D, Dorman A, Martin F, Conlon PJ, Sadlier DM, Brennan E, Godson C.
Kidney360
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