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  1. Consumption of Stilbenes and Flavonoids is Linked to Reduced Risk of Obesity Independently of Fiber Intake

    Article • Nutrients, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Cristina Menni

  2. Circulating levels of the anti-oxidant indoleproprionic acid are associated with higher gut microbiome diversity

    Article • Gut Microbes, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Cristina Menni

  3. Metabolomic markers of fatigue: Association between circulating metabolome and fatigue in women with chronic widespread pain

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Cristina Menni

  4. Hippurate as a metabolomic marker of gut microbiome diversity: Modulation by diet and relationship to metabolic syndrome

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2017, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  5. Omega-3 fatty acids correlate with gut microbiome diversity and production of N-carbamylglutamate in middle aged and elderly women

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2017, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  6. Association of the resolvin precursor 17-HDHA, but not D- or E- series resolvins, with heat pain sensitivity and osteoarthritis pain in humans

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2017, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  7. Metabolomic Profiling of Long-Term Weight Change: Role of Oxidative Stress and Urate Levels in Weight Gain

    Article • Obesity, July 2017, Wiley

    Dr Cristina Menni

  8. Novel Blood Pressure Locus and Gene Discovery Using Genome-Wide Association Study and Expression Data Sets From Blood and the KidneyNovelty and Significance

    Article • Hypertension, July 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Cristina Menni, Dr Stefan Enroth

  9. Effects of statins on the immunoglobulin G glycome

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Cristina Menni

  10. Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2017, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  11. Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Article • Nature Genetics, April 2017, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  12. Molecular pathways associated with blood pressure and hexadecanedioate levels

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2017, PLOS

    Dr Cristina Menni

  13. Untangling the relationship between diet and visceral fat mass through blood metabolomics and gut microbiome profiling

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, March 2017, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  14. Gut microbiome diversity and high-fibre intake are related to lower long-term weight gain

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, March 2017, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  15. Mixing omics: combining genetics and metabolomics to study rheumatic diseases

    Article • Nature Reviews Rheumatology, February 2017, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  16. Lessons on dietary biomarkers from twin studies

    Article • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society, January 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Cristina Menni

  17. Exploring the molecular basis of age-related disease comorbidities using a multi-omics graphical model

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2016, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  18. Genome-wide association study of caffeine metabolites provides new insights to caffeine metabolism and dietary caffeine-consumption behavior

    Article • Human Molecular Genetics, October 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Cristina Menni

  19. The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

    Article • Nature Genetics, September 2016, Nature

    Dr Stefan Enroth, Dr Cristina Menni

  20. Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension

    Article • Nature Genetics, September 2016, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni, Giovanni Veronesi, Annemari Käräjämäki

  21. [OP.LB.02.07] BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEXADECANEDIOATE

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, September 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Cristina Menni

  22. Metabolites of milk intake: a metabolomic approach in UK twins with findings replicated in two European cohorts

    Article • Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Cristina Menni

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

    Article • PLoS Genetics, June 2016, PLOS

    Dr Stefan Enroth, Dr Cristina Menni, Jari Lahti

  24. Characterizing Blood Metabolomics Profiles Associated with Self-Reported Food Intakes in Female Twins

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2016, PLOS

    Dr Cristina Menni

  25. Metabolomic profiling to dissect the role of visceral fat in cardiometabolic health

    Article • Obesity, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Cristina Menni

  26. The Pharmacogenetic Footprint of ACE Inhibition: A Population-Based Metabolomics Study

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2016, PLOS

    Dr Cristina Menni

  27. Genetic Influences on Metabolite Levels: A Comparison across Metabolomic Platforms

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2016, PLOS

    Dr Cristina Menni

  28. Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Cotinine Levels in Cigarette Smokers Identifies Locus at 4q13.2

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2016, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni, Professor Marcus R Munafo

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

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2016, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni, Jari Lahti

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

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2016, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni, Jari Lahti

  31. Blood, urine and faecal metabolite profiles in the study of adult renal disease

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Cristina Menni

  32. Integrated multiomics approach identifies calcium and integrin-binding protein-2 as a novel gene for pulse wave velocity

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, January 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Cristina Menni

  33. Association of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Decreased Immunosuppressive Potential of the IgG Glycome

    Article • Arthritis & Rheumatology, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr Cristina Menni

  34. A Metabolome-Wide Association Study of Kidney Function and Disease in the General Population

    Article • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, October 2015, American Society of Nephrology

    Dr Cristina Menni

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

    Article • PLoS Genetics, October 2015, PLOS

    Dr Stefan Enroth, Dr Cristina Menni, Dr Karina Banasik, Jari Lahti

  36. Food Preference Patterns in a UK Twin Cohort

    Article • Twin Research and Human Genetics, September 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Cristina Menni

  37. Integration of ‘omics’ data in aging research: from biomarkers to systems biology

    Article • Aging Cell, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Cristina Menni

  38. Gut-Microbiota-Metabolite Axis in Early Renal Function Decline

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2015, PLOS

    Dr Cristina Menni

  39. Glycosylation Profile of IgG in Moderate Kidney Dysfunction

    Article • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, July 2015, American Society of Nephrology

    Dr Cristina Menni

  40. Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

    Article • Nature, July 2015, Nature

    Dr Stefan Enroth, Dr Cristina Menni, Jari Lahti

  41. Metabolomic Identification of a Novel Pathway of Blood Pressure Regulation Involving HexadecanedioateNovelty and Significance

    Article • Hypertension, June 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Cristina Menni

  42. Blood pressure pharmacogenomics

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, June 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Cristina Menni

  43. Circulating Levels of Antioxidant Vitamins Correlate with Better Lung Function and Reduced Exposure to Ambient Pollution

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, May 2015, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Cristina Menni

  44. Erratum: A rare variant in APOC3 is associated with plasma triglyceride and VLDL levels in Europeans

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2015, Nature

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Cristina Menni

  45. Metabolomic study of carotid–femoral pulse-wave velocity in women

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, April 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Cristina Menni

  46. The Genetic Architecture of the Human Immune System: A Bioresource for Autoimmunity and Disease Pathogenesis

    Article • Cell, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Cristina Menni

  47. Age- and Sex-Specific Causal Effects of Adiposity on Cardiovascular Risk Factors

    Article • Diabetes, February 2015, American Diabetes Association

    Professor Dorret I Boomsma, Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Cristina Menni, Giovanni Veronesi

  48. Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Article • Nature, February 2015, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni, Professor Dorret I Boomsma, Prof Alexander P Maxwell, Jari Lahti, Henrik Falhammar

  49. New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

    Article • Nature, February 2015, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni, Prof Alexander P Maxwell, Jari Lahti, Giovanni Veronesi, Henrik Falhammar

  50. Biological interpretation of genome-wide association studies using predicted gene functions

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2015, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  51. Twin studies advance the understanding of gene–environment interplay in human nutrigenomics

    Article • Nutrition Research Reviews, December 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Cristina Menni

  52. Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Article • Nature Genetics, October 2014, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  53. A rare variant in APOC3 is associated with plasma triglyceride and VLDL levels in Europeans

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Cristina Menni

  54. Circulating Proteomic Signatures of Chronological Age

    Article • The Journals of Gerontology Series A, August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Cristina Menni

  55. An atlas of genetic influences on human blood metabolites

    Article • Nature Genetics, May 2014, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni

  56. Lipidomics Profiling and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Prospective Population-Based Bruneck Study

    Article • Circulation, May 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Cristina Menni, Manuel Mayr

  57. Long term conservation of human metabolic phenotypes and link to heritability

    Article • Metabolomics, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Cristina Menni

  58. Glycans Are a Novel Biomarker of Chronological and Biological Ages

    Article • The Journals of Gerontology Series A, December 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Cristina Menni

  59. Glycosylation of Immunoglobulin G: Role of Genetic and Epigenetic Influences

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2013, PLOS

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Cristina Menni

  60. Heritability analyses show visit-to-visit blood pressure variability reflects different pathological phenotypes in younger and older adults

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, December 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Cristina Menni

  61. Biomarkers for Type 2 Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose Using a Nontargeted Metabolomics Approach

    Article • Diabetes, July 2013, American Diabetes Association

    Dr Cristina Menni

  62. Metabolomic markers reveal novel pathways of ageing and early development in human populations

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, July 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Cristina Menni

  63. Does the 9p region affect arterial stiffness? Results from a cohort of hypertensive individuals

    Article • Blood Pressure, February 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Cristina Giannattasio, Dr Cristina Menni

  64. The BRC Allergene Project: heritability of nickel allergy and genetic determinants

    Article • The Lancet, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Cristina Menni

  65. Genes Contributing to Pain Sensitivity in the Normal Population: An Exome Sequencing Study

    Article • PLoS Genetics, December 2012, PLOS

    Dr Cristina Menni

  66. Variant on chromosome 9p is associated with left ventricular mass

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, November 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Cristina Giannattasio, Dr Cristina Menni

  67. Targeted metabolomics profiles are strongly correlated with nutritional patterns in women

    Article • Metabolomics, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Cristina Menni

  68. Novel genetic variants associated with lumbar disc degeneration in northern Europeans: a meta-analysis of 4600 subjects

    Article • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, September 2012, BMJ

    Dr Cristina Menni

  69. Short and Long Term Variation in Ultraviolet Radiation and Multiple Sclerosis

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, February 2012, MDPI AG

    Dr Cristina Menni

  70. Association between ADRA1A gene and the metabolic syndrome: candidate genes and functional counterpart in the PAMELA population

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, June 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Cristina Giannattasio, Dr Cristina Menni

  71. Evaluation of How Gene-Job Strain Interaction Affects Blood Pressure in the PAMELA Study

    Article • Psychosomatic Medicine, May 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Cristina Menni

  72. Genome-Wide Association Study of Blood Pressure Extremes Identifies Variant near UMOD Associated with Hypertension

    Article • PLoS Genetics, October 2010, PLOS

    Dr Cristina Menni

  73. The effects of sex and method of blood pressure measurement on genetic associations with blood pressure in the PAMELA study

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, March 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Cristina Menni

  74. Association between Protective and Deleterious HLA Alleles with Multiple Sclerosis in Central East Sardinia

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2009, PLOS

    Dr Cristina Menni

  75. Hypertension and genome-wide association studies: combining high fidelity phenotyping and hypercontrols

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, July 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Cristina Menni

  76. Biological consequences of stress: conflicting findings on the association between job strain and blood pressure

    Article • Ergonomics, November 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Cristina Menni

  77. Work Stress and Health in the Context of Social Inequality

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Dr Cristina Menni