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  1. Pulmonary Function and Blood DNA Methylation: A Multiancestry Epigenome-Wide Association Meta-analysis

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, August 2022, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  2. Female sex hormones and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea in European women of a population-based cohort

    Article • PLOS One, June 2022, PLOS

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  3. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sickness absence for mental ill health in National Health Service staff

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2021, BMJ

    Rhiannon Edge, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  4. Ethnic differences in risk of severe Covid-19: To what extent are they driven by exposure?

    Article • Journal of Public Health, September 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Rhiannon Edge, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  5. Changing patterns of sickness absence among healthcare workers in England during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • Journal of Public Health, September 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Rhiannon Edge, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  6. Risk factors for COVID-19 sickness absence in healthcare staff

    Article • September 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  7. Risks of COVID-19 by occupation in NHS workers in England

    Article • Occupational and Environmental Medicine, August 2021, BMJ

    Rhiannon Edge, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  8. Genetic correlation and causal relationships between cardio-metabolic traits and lung function impairment

    Article • Genome Medicine, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat, Andre FS Amaral

  9. Changing patterns of sickness absence among healthcare workers in England during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • April 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  10. ERS International Congress 2020: highlights from the Epidemiology and Environment Assembly

    Article • ERJ Open Research, January 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Orianne Dumas, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  11. Epigenome-wide association study identifies DNA methylation markers for asthma remission in whole blood and nasal epithelium

    Article • Clinical and Translational Allergy, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  12. Interaction between VGDF exposure and antioxidant genes on COPD in UK Biobank

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  13. A cross-omics integrative study of metabolic signatures of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  14. Lung function changes over 8 years and testosterone markers in both sexes: UK Biobank

    Article • ERJ Open Research, July 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  15. Epigenome-wide association study identifies DNA methylation markers for asthma remission in blood and nasal epithelium

    Article • June 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  16. Low serum DHEA-S is associated with impaired lung function in women

    Article • EClinicalMedicine, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  17. Recommended Reading from the Genomic and Environmental Medicine Section

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, April 2020, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  18. Polycystic ovary syndrome and lung function: a Mendelian randomization study

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  19. Mendelian randomisation supports causal link between obesity and asthma

    Article • Thorax, January 2020, BMJ

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  20. Antioxidant genes and susceptibility to air pollution for respiratory and cardiovascular health

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  21. DNA methylation is associated with lung function in never smokers

    Article • December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  22. Analyzing degraded DNA and challenging samples using the ForenSeq™ DNA Signature Prep Kit

    Article • Science & Justice, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  23. Novel Rare Genetic Variants Associated with Airflow Obstruction in the General Population

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, October 2019, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  24. Polycystic ovary syndrome and lung function: a Mendelian randomization study

    Article • September 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  25. Age at menopause and lung function: a Mendelian randomisation study

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, August 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Andre FS Amaral, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  26. Epigenome-wide association study of lung function level and its change

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, May 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Prof. John W Holloway, Andre FS Amaral, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  27. Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in neonates reveals widespread differential DNA methylation associated with birthweight

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. John W Holloway, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat, Jari Lahti

  28. Occupational exposure to gases/fumes and mineral dust affect DNA methylation levels of genes regulating expression

    Article • Human Molecular Genetics, April 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  29. Limited overlap in significant hits between genome-wide association studies on two airflow obstruction definitions in the same population

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  30. Genome-wide interaction study of gene-by-occupational exposures on respiratory symptoms

    Article • Environment International, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  31. From blood to lung tissue: effect of cigarette smoke on DNA methylation and lung function

    Article • November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  32. Puberty and asthma

    Article • PLoS Medicine, August 2018, PLOS

    Andre FS Amaral, Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  33. No association between DNA methylation and COPD in never and current smokers

    Article • BMJ Open Respiratory Research, June 2018, BMJ

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  34. A Genome-Wide Linkage Study for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Dutch Genetic Isolate Identifies Novel Rare Candidate Variants

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, April 2018, Frontiers

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  35. Occupational exposure to pesticides is associated with differential DNA methylation

    Article • Occupational and Environmental Medicine, February 2018, BMJ

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  36. Understanding the role of the chromosome 15q25.1 in COPD through epigenetics and transcriptomics

    Article • European Journal of Human Genetics, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  37. Long-term Air Pollution Exposure, Genome-wide DNA Methylation and Lung Function in the LifeLines Cohort Study

    Article • Environmental Health Perspectives, February 2018, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  38. COPD GWAS variant at 19q13.2 in relation with DNA methylation and gene expression

    Article • Human Molecular Genetics, October 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  39. Genome-wide association study on the FEV 1 /FVC ratio in never-smokers identifies HHIP and FAM13A

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  40. The Well-Known GeneHHIPand Novel GeneMECRAre Implicated in Small Airway Obstruction

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, November 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  41. Novel Genetic Susceptibility Loci for FEV1in the Context of Occupational Exposure in Never-Smokers

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, September 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat

  42. Air pollution exposure is associated with restrictive ventilatory patterns

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, August 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Diana A van der Plaat