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Christopher Newton-Cheh, M.D., MPH.

Selected Publications

Becker ML, Aarnoudse AJ, Newton-Cheh C, Hofman A, Witteman JC, Uitterlinden AG, Visser LE, Stricker BH. Common variation in the NOS1AP gene is associated with reduced glucose-lowering effect and with increased mortality in users of sulfonylurea.
Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2008 Jul;18(7):591-597.

 
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Schnabel R, Larson MG, Dupuis J, Lunetta KL, Lipinska I, Meigs JB, Yin X, Rong J, Vita JA, Newton-Cheh C, Levy D, Keaney JF Jr, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF, Benjamin EJ. Relations of inflammatory biomarkers and common genetic variants with arterial stiffness and wave reflection.
Hypertension. 2008 Jun;51(6):1651-7. Epub 2008 Apr 21.

Ji W, Foo JN, O'Roak BJ, Zhao H, Larson MG, Simon DB, Newton-Cheh C, State MW, Levy D, Lifton RP. Rare independent mutations in renal salt handling genes contribute to blood pressure variation.
Nat Genet. 2008 May;40(5):592-9. Epub 2008 Apr 6.

Kathiresan S, Melander O, Anevski D, Guiducci C, Burtt NP, Roos C, Hirschhorn JN, Berglund G, Hedblad B, Groop L, Altshuler DM, Newton-Cheh C, Orho-Melander M. Polymorphisms associated with cholesterol and risk of cardiovascular events. N Engl J Med. 2008 Mar 20;358(12):1240-9.

Lehtinen AB, Newton-Cheh C, Ziegler JT, Langefeld CD, Freedman BI, Daniel KR, Herrington DM, Bowden DW. Association of NOS1AP genetic variants with QT interval duration in families from the Diabetes Heart Study. Diabetes. 2008 Apr;57(4):1108-14. Epub 2008 Jan 30.

Kathiresan S, Melander O, Guiducci C, Surti A, Burtt NP, Rieder MJ, Cooper GM, Roos C, Voight BF, Havulinna AS, Wahlstrand B, Hedner T, Corella D, Tai ES, Ordovas JM, Berglund G, Vartiainen E, Jousilahti P, Hedblad B, Taskinen MR, Newton-Cheh C, Salomaa V, Peltonen L, Groop L, Altshuler DM, Orho-Melander M. Six new loci associated with blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans. Nat Genet. 2008 Feb;40(2):189-97. Epub 2008 Jan 13.

Vasan RS, Larson MG, Aragam J, Wang TJ, Mitchell GF, Kathiresan S, Newton-Cheh C, Vita JA, Keyes MJ, O'Donnell CJ, Levy D, Benjamin EJ.
Genome-wide association of echocardiographic dimensions, brachial artery endothelial function and treadmill exercise responses in the Framingham Heart Study. BMC Med Genet. 2007 Sep 19;8 Suppl 1:S2.

Newton-Cheh C, Guo CY, Wang TJ, O'donnell CJ, Levy D, Larson MG. Genome-wide association study of electrocardiographic and heart rate variability traits: the Framingham Heart Study. BMC Med Genet. 2007 Sep 19;8 Suppl 1:S7.

Larson MG, Atwood LD, Benjamin EJ, Cupples LA, D'Agostino RB Sr, Fox CS, Govindaraju DR, Guo CY, Heard-Costa NL, Hwang SJ, Murabito JM, Newton-Cheh C, O'Donnell CJ, Seshadri S, Vasan RS, Wang TJ, Wolf PA, Levy D. Framingham Heart Study 100K project: genome-wide associations for cardiovascular disease outcomes.
BMC Med Genet. 2007 Sep 19;8 Suppl 1:S5.

Levy D, Larson MG, Benjamin EJ, Newton-Cheh C, Wang TJ, Hwang SJ, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF. Framingham Heart Study 100K Project: genome-wide associations for blood pressure and arterial stiffness.
BMC Med Genet. 2007 Sep 19;8 Suppl 1:S3.

Cupples LA, Arruda HT, Benjamin EJ, D'Agostino RB Sr, Demissie S, DeStefano AL, Dupuis J, Falls KM, Fox CS, Gottlieb DJ, Govindaraju DR, Guo CY, Heard-Costa NL, Hwang SJ, Kathiresan S, Kiel DP, Laramie JM, Larson MG, Levy D, Liu CY, Lunetta KL, Mailman MD, Manning AK, Meigs JB, Murabito JM, Newton-Cheh C, O'Connor GT, O'Donnell CJ, Pandey M, Seshadri S, Vasan RS, Wang ZY, Wilk JB, Wolf PA, Yang Q, Atwood LD.
The Framingham Heart Study 100K SNP genome-wide association study resource: overview of 17 phenotype working group reports.
BMC Med Genet. 2007;8 Suppl 1:S1.

Parikh NI, Gona P, Larson MG, Wang TJ, Newton-Cheh C, Levy D, Benjamin EJ, Kannel WB, Vasan RS. Plasma renin and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality: the Framingham Heart Study. Eur Heart J. 2007 Nov;28(21):2644-52. Epub 2007 Sep 25.

Newton-Cheh C, Guo CY, Larson MG, Musone SL, Surti A, Camargo AL, Drake JA, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, D'Agostino RB Sr, Hirschhorn JN, O'donnell CJ.
Common genetic variation in KCNH2 is associated with QT interval duration: the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation. 2007 Sep 4;116(10):1128-36. Epub 2007 Aug 20. Erratum in: Circulation. 2008 Jan 1/8;117(1):e9.

Aarnoudse AJ, Newton-Cheh C, de Bakker PI, Straus SM, Kors JA, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Witteman JC, Stricker BH. Common NOS1AP variants are associated with a prolonged QTc interval in the Rotterdam Study.
Circulation. 2007 Jul 3;116(1):10-6. Epub 2007 Jun 18.

Ingelsson E, Larson MG, Vasan RS, O'Donnell CJ, Yin X, Hirschhorn JN,
Newton-Cheh C, Drake JA, Musone SL, Heard-Costa NL, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, Atwood LD, Wang TJ, Kathiresan S. Heritability, linkage, and genetic associations of exercise treadmill test responses. Circulation. 2007 Jun 12;115(23):2917-24. Epub 2007 Jun 4.

Newton-Cheh C, Shah R. Genetic determinants of QT interval variation and sudden cardiac death. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2007 Jun;17(3):213-21. Epub 2007 Apr 30. Review.

Diabetes Genetics Initiative of Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Lund University, and Novartis Institutes of BioMedical Research, Saxena R, Voight BF, Lyssenko V, Burtt NP, de Bakker PI, Chen H, Roix JJ, Kathiresan S, Hirschhorn JN, Daly MJ, Hughes TE, Groop L, Altshuler D, Almgren P, Florez JC, Meyer J, Ardlie K, Bengtsson Boström K, Isomaa B, Lettre G, Lindblad U, Lyon HN, Melander O, Newton-Cheh C, Nilsson P, Orho-Melander M, Råstam L, Speliotes EK, Taskinen MR, Tuomi T, Guiducci C, Berglund A, Carlson J, Gianniny L, Hackett R, Hall L, Holmkvist J, Laurila E, Sjögren M, Sterner M, Surti A, Svensson M, Svensson M, Tewhey R, Blumenstiel B, Parkin M, Defelice M, Barry R, Brodeur W, Camarata J, Chia N, Fava M, Gibbons J, Handsaker B, Healy C, Nguyen K, Gates C, Sougnez C, Gage D, Nizzari M, Gabriel SB, Chirn GW, Ma Q, Parikh H, Richardson D, Ricke D, Purcell S. Genome-wide association analysis identifies loci for type 2 diabetes and triglyceride levels. Science. 2007 Jun 1;316(5829):1331-6. Epub 2007 Apr 26.

Mitchell GF, Guo CY, Kathiresan S, Vasan RS, Larson MG, Vita JA, Keyes MJ, Vyas M, Newton-Cheh C, Musone SL, Camargo AL, Drake JA, Levy D, O'Donnell CJ, Hirschhorn JN, Benjamin EJ. Vascular stiffness and genetic variation at the endothelial nitric oxide synthase locus: the Framingham Heart study. Hypertension. 2007 Jun;49(6):1285-90. Epub 2007 Apr 2.

Newton-Cheh C, Guo CY, Gona P, Larson MG, Benjamin EJ, Wang TJ, Kathiresan S, O'Donnell CJ, Musone SL, Camargo AL, Drake JA, Levy D, Hirschhorn JN, Vasan RS. Clinical and genetic correlates of aldosterone-to-renin ratio and relations to blood pressure in a community sample. Hypertension. 2007 Apr;49(4):846-56. Epub 2007 Feb 12.

Wang TJ, Gona P, Larson MG, Levy D, Benjamin EJ, Tofler GH, Jacques PF, Meigs JB, Rifai N, Selhub J, Robins SJ, Newton-Cheh C, Vasan RS. Multiple biomarkers and the risk of incident hypertension. Hypertension. 2007 Mar;49(3):432-8. Epub 2007 Jan 22.

Wang TJ, Gona P, Larson MG, Tofler GH, Levy D, Newton-Cheh C, Jacques PF, Rifai N, Selhub J, Robins SJ, Benjamin EJ, D'Agostino RB, Vasan RS.
Multiple biomarkers for the prediction of first major cardiovascular events and death. N Engl J Med. 2006 Dec 21;355(25):2631-9.

Arking DE, Pfeufer A, Post W, Kao WH, Newton-Cheh C, Ikeda M, West K, Kashuk C, Akyol M, Perz S, Jalilzadeh S, Illig T, Gieger C, Guo CY, Larson MG, Wichmann HE, Marbán E, O'Donnell CJ, Hirschhorn JN, Kääb S, Spooner PM, Meitinger T,Chakravarti A. A common genetic variant in the NOS1 regulator NOS1AP modulates cardiac repolarization. Nat Genet. 2006 Jun;38(6):644-51. Epub 2006 Apr 30.

Kathiresan S, Larson MG, Vasan RS, Guo CY, Gona P, Keaney JF Jr, Wilson PW, Newton-Cheh C, Musone SL, Camargo AL, Drake JA, Levy D, O'Donnell CJ, Hirschhorn JN, Benjamin EJ. Contribution of clinical correlates and 13 C-reactive protein gene polymorphisms to interindividual variability in serum C-reactive protein level. Circulation. 2006 Mar 21;113(11):1415-23. Epub 2006 Mar 13.

Kathiresan S, Gona P, Larson MG, Vita JA, Mitchell GF, Tofler GH, Levy D, Newton-Cheh C, Wang TJ, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS. Cross-sectional relations of multiple biomarkers from distinct biological pathways to brachial artery endothelial function. Circulation. 2006 Feb 21;113(7):938-45. Epub 2006 Feb 13. Erratum in: Circulation. 2006 Apr 4;113(13):e680.

Drake JA, Bird C, Nemesh J, Thomas DJ, Newton-Cheh C, Reymond A, Excoffier L, Attar H, Antonarakis SE, Dermitzakis ET, Hirschhorn JN. Conserved noncoding sequences are selectively constrained and not mutation cold spots. Nat Genet. 2006 Feb;38(2):223-7. Epub 2005 Dec 25.

Kathiresan S, Larson MG, Vasan RS, Guo CY, Vita JA, Mitchell GF, Keyes MJ, Newton-Cheh C, Musone SL, Lochner AL, Drake JA, Levy D, O'Donnell CJ, Hirschhorn JN, Benjamin EJ. Common genetic variation at the endothelial nitric oxide synthase locus and relations to brachial artery vasodilator function in the community. Circulation. 2005 Sep 6;112(10):1419-27. Epub 2005 Aug 29.

Newton-Cheh C, Larson MG, Corey DC, Benjamin EJ, Herbert AG, Levy D,
D'Agostino RB, O'Donnell CJ. QT interval is a heritable quantitative trait with evidence of linkage to chromosome 3 in a genome-wide linkage analysis: The Framingham Heart Study. Heart Rhythm. 2005 Mar;2(3):277-84.

Newton-Cheh C, Hirschhorn JN. Genetic association studies of complex traits: design and analysis issues. Mutat Res. 2005 Jun 3;573(1-2):54-69. Review.

Kathiresan S, Newton-Cheh C, Gerszten RE. On the interpretation of genetic association studies. Eur Heart J. 2004 Aug;25(16):1378-81. No abstract available.

Newton-Cheh C, O'Donnell CJ. Sex differences and genetic associations with myocardial infarction. JAMA. 2004 Jun 23;291(24):3008-10. No abstract available.

Newton-Cheh C, Larson M, Kathiresan S, O'Donnell C. On the significance of linkage studies of complex traits. Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Jul;75(1):151-2; author reply 152-4. No abstract available.