Yao 2018 FHS

URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05512-x

Publications: Yao, C., Chen, G., Song, C. et al. Genome‐wide mapping of plasma protein QTLs identifies putatively causal genes and pathways for cardiovascular disease.

Funding/Acknowledgements: The Framingham Heart Study is funded by National Institutes of Health contract N01-HC-25195. This project was funded in part by the Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD. The views expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institutes of Health; or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. JEH is supported in part by NIH grant K23-HL116780 and a Massachusetts General Hospital Hassenfeld Research Scholar Award. The KORA study was initiated and financed by the Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and by the State of Bavaria. Furthermore, KORA research was supported within the Munich Center of Health Sciences (MC-Health), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, as part of LMUinnovativ. The KORA Study Group consists of A. Peters (speaker), J. Heinrich, R. Holle, R. Leidl, C. Meisinger, K. Strauch, and their co-workers, who are responsible for the design and conduct of the KORA studies. The INTERVAL study is funded by NHSBT (11-01-GEN) and has been supported by the NIHR-BTRU in Donor Health and Genomics (NIHR BTRU-2014-10024) at the University of Cambridge in partnership with NHSBT. This study was partially funded by Merck and Co., Kenilworth, NJ, USA. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, the Department of Health of England, or NHSBT. The MRC/BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit is supported by the UK Medical Research Council (G0800270), British Heart Foundation (SP/09/002), UK National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, European Research Council (268834), and European Commission Framework Programme 7 (HEALTH-F2-2012-279233). B.B.S. is funded by the Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine MRC/Sackler Prize PhD Studentship (MR/K50127X/1) and supported by the Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine MB-PhD programme. J.D. is a British Heart Foundation Professor, European Research Council Senior Investigator, and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator. KS was supported by ‘Biomedical Research Program’ funds at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar, a program funded by the Qatar Foundation.