We investigated the cumulative contribution of rare, exonic genetic variants on the concentration of 1,487 metabolites and 53,714 metabolite ratios in urine by performing gene-based tests based on 226,233 variants from up to 4,864 participants of the German Chronic Kidney Disease (GCKD)...
Genetic interactions are fundamental to the architecture of complex traits, yet the molecular mechanisms by which variant combinations influence cellular pathways remain poorly understood. Here, we answer the question of whether interactions between genetic variants can activate unique pathways a...
Background: Recent findings from our group indicate that sex differences in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with idiopathic conditions or carrying pathogenic mutations significantly influence the blood occurrence of D and L-amino acids, lipids, antioxidants, and energy-related metabolites when ...
Antibiotic treatment failure in Staphylococcus aureus infections is frequently associated with antimicrobial resistance or the emergence of small-colony variants (SCVs), a metabolically quiescent phenotype that complicates infection management. Here, we show that ciprofloxacin induces a stable SC...