Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

An integrative multiomic network model links lipid metabolism to glucose regulation in coronary artery disease

  • Ariella T. Cohain,
  • William T. Barrington,
  • Daniel M. Jordan,
  • Noam D. Beckmann,
  • Carmen A. Argmann,
  • Sander M. Houten,
  • Alexander W. Charney,
  • Raili Ermel,
  • Katyayani Sukhavasi,
  • Oscar Franzen,
  • Simon Koplev,
  • Carl Whatling,
  • Gillian M. Belbin,
  • Jialiang Yang,
  • Ke Hao,
  • Eimear E. Kenny,
  • Zhidong Tu,
  • Jun Zhu,
  • Li-Ming Gan,
  • Ron Do,
  • Chiara Giannarelli,
  • Jason C. Kovacic,
  • Arno Ruusalepp,
  • Aldons J. Lusis,
  • Johan L. M. Bjorkegren,
  • Eric E. Schadt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20750-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Some cholesterol-lowering drugs can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, but the mechanism behind this is not fully understood. Here the authors show that there is a single genetic regulatory module that influences both cholesterol levels and glucose levels, providing a link between cholesterol levels and diabetes.