Yadav Sapkota, PhD

Poudel S, Shrestha H, Pan Y, Li Q, Im C, Dixon SB, Ehrhardt MJ, Mulrooney DA, Zhou S, Tan H, High A, Burridge PW, Bhatia S, Jefferies JL, Ness KK, Hudson MM, Robison LL, Armstrong GT, Peng J, Ky B, Yasui Y, Sapkota Y*. Serum proteins predict treatment-related cardiomyopathy among survivors of childhood cancer. JACC CardioOncol. Dec 03, 2024. Epublished DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2024.10.004. *Senior & corresponding author.

Im C, Neupane A, Baedke JL, Delaney A, Doxin SB, Chow EJ, Mostoufi-Moab S, Rochard MA, Gramatges MM, Lupo PJ, Sharafeldin N, Bhatia S, Armstrong GT, Hudson MM, Ness KK, Robison LL, Yasui Y, Wilson CL, Sapkota Y*. Trans-ancestral genetic study of diabetes mellitus risk in survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort and the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Jul 1;42(19):2306-2316. PMID: 38652878. *Senior & corresponding author.

Rahmioglu N, Mortlock S, Ghiasi M, Møller PL, Stefansdottir L, Galarneau G, Turman C, Danning R, Law MH, Sapkota Y, Christofidou P, Skarp S, Giri A, Banasik K, Krassowski M, Lepamets M, Marciniak B, Nõukas M, Perro D, Sliz E, Sobalska-Kwapis M, Thorleifsson G, Topbas-Selcuki NF, Vitonis A, Westergaard D, Arnadottir R, Burgdorf KS, Campbell A, Cheuk CSK, Clementi C, Cook J, De Vivo I, DiVasta A, Dorien O, Donoghue JF, Edwards T, Fontanillas P, Fung JN, Geirsson RT, Girling JE, Harkki P, Harris HR, Healey M, Heikinheimo O, Holdsworth-Carson S, Hostettler IC, Houlden H, Houshdaran S, Irwin JC, Jarvelin MR, Kamatani Y, Kennedy SH, Kepka E, Kettunen J, Kubo M, Kulig B, Kurra V, Laivuori H, Laufer MR, Lindgren CM, MacGregor S, Mangino M, Martin NG, Matalliotaki C, Matalliotakis M, Murray AD, Ndungu A, Nezhat C, Olsen CM, Opoku-Anane J, Padmanabhan S, Paranjpe M, Peters M, Polak G, Porteous DJ, Rabban J, Rexrode KM, Romanowicz H, Saare M, Saavalainen L, Schork AJ, Sen S, Shafrir AL, Siewierska-Górska A, Słomka M, Smith BH, Smolarz B, Szaflik T, Szyłło K, Takahashi A, Terry KL, Tomassetti C, Treloar SA, Vanhie A, Vincent K, Vo KC, Werring DJ, Zeggini E, Zervou MI; DBDS Genomic Consortium; FinnGen Study; FinnGen Endometriosis Taskforce; Celmatix Research Team; 23andMe Research Team; Adachi S, Buring JE, Ridker PM, D'Hooghe T, Goulielmos GN, Hapangama DK, Hayward C, Horne AW, Low SK, Martikainen H, Chasman DI, Rogers PAW, Saunders PT, Sirota M, Spector T, Strapagiel D, Tung JY, Whiteman DC, Giudice LC, Velez-Edwards DR, Uimari O, Kraft P, Salumets A, Nyholt DR, Mägi R, Stefansson K, Becker CM, Yurttas-Beim P, Steinthorsdottir V, Nyegaard M, Missmer SA, Montgomery GW, Morris AP, Zondervan KT. The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions. Nat Genet. 2023 Mar;55(3):423-436. PMID: 36914876.

Wang X, Singh P, Zhou L, Sharafeldin N, Landier W, Hageman L, Burridge P, Yasui Y, Sapkota Y, Blanco JG, Oeffinger KC, Hudson MM, Chow EJ, Armenian SH, Neglia JP, Ritchey AK, Hawkins DS, Ginsberg JP, Robison LL, Armstrong GT, Bhatia S. Genome-wide association study identifies ROBO2 as a novel susceptibility gene for anthracycline-related cardiomyopathy in childhood cancer survivors. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Mar 20;41(9):1758-1769. PMID: 36508697.

Sapkota Y*, Ehrhardt MJ, Qin N, Wang Z, Liu Q, Qiu W, Shelton K, Shao Y, Plyler E, Mulder HL, Easton J, Michael JR, Burridge PW, Wang X, Wilson CL, Jefferies JL, Chow EJ, Oeffinger KC, Morton LM, Li C, Yang JL, Zhang J, Bhatia S, Mulrooney DA, Hudson MM, Robison LL, Armstrong GT, Yasui Y. A Novel Locus on 6p21.2 for Cancer Treatment-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction Among Childhood Cancer Survivors. J Natl Cancer Inst Aug;114(8):1109-1116, 2022. PMID: 35698272. *First & corresponding author

Sapkota Y*, Qiu W, Dixon SB, Wilson CL, Wang Z, Zhang J, Leisenring W, Chow EJ, Bhatia S, Armstrong GT, Robison LL, Hudson MM, Delaney A, Yasui Y. Genetic Risk Score Enhances the Risk Prediction of Severe Obesity in Adult Survivors Of Childhood Cancer. Nat Med Aug;28(8):1590-1598, 2022. PMID: 35879615. *First & corresponding author

Sapkota Y*, Liu Q, Li N, Bhatt NS, Ehrhardt MJ, Wilson CL, Wang Z, Jefferies JL, Zhang J, Armstrong GT, Hudson MM, Robison LL, Mulrooney DA, Yasui Y. Contribution of genome-wide polygenic score to risk of coronary artery disease in childhood cancer survivors. JACC CardioOncol Jun 21;4(2):258-267, 2022[GT1] . PMID: 35818558. *First & co-corresponding author

Magdy T, Jiang Z, Jouni M, Fonoudi H, Lyra-Leite D, Jung G, Romero-Tejeda M, Kuo HH, Fetterman KA, Gharib M, Burmeister BT, Zhao M, Sapkota Y, Ross CJ, Carleton BC, Bernstein D, Burridge PW. RARG variant predictive of doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity identifies a cardioprotective therapy. Cell Stem Cell Dec 2;28(12):2076-2089.e7, 2021. PMID: 34525346.

Sapkota Y*, Li N, Pierzynski J, Mulrooney DA, Ness KK, Morton LM, Michael JR, Zhang J, Bhatia S, Armstrong GT, Hudson MM, Robison LL, Yasui Y. Contribution of polygenic risk to hypertension among long-term survivors of childhood cancer. JACC CardioOncol Mar;3(1):76-84, 2021. PMID: 33842896. *First & corresponding author

Sapkota Y*, Qin N, Ehrhardt MJ, Wang Z, Chen Y, Wilson CL, Estepp J, Rai P, Hankins JS, Burridge PW, Jefferies JL, Zhang J, Hudson MM, Robison LL, Armstrong GT, Mulrooney DA, Yasui Y. Genetic variants associated with therapy-related cardiomyopathy among childhood cancer survivors of African Ancestry. Cancer Res 2021 May 1;81(9):2556-2565.. PMID: 33288658. *First & corresponding author

Sapkota Y*, Wilson CL, Zaidi AK, Moon W, Fon Tacer K, Lu L, Liu Q, Baedke J, Dhaduk R, Wang Z, Chemaitilly W, Krasin MJ, Berry FB, Zhang J, Hudson MM, Robison LL, Green DM, Yasui Y. A novel locus predicts spermatogenic recovery among childhood cancer survivors exposed to alkylating agents. Cancer Res Sep 1;80(17):3755-3764, 2020. PMID: 32554749. *First & corresponding author

Sapkota Y*, Cheung YT, Moon W, Shelton K, Wilson CL, Wang Z, Mulrooney DA, Zhang J, Armstrong GT, Hudson MM, Robison LL, Krull KR, Yasui Y. Whole-genome sequencing of childhood cancer survivors treated with cranial radiation therapy identifies 5p15.33 locus for stroke: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort study. Clin Cancer Res Nov 15;25(22):6700-6708, 2019. PMID: 31462438. *First & corresponding author

Sapkota Y*, Turcotte LM, Ehrhardt MJ, Howell RM, Arnold MA, Wilson CL, Leisenring W, Wang Z, Sampson J, Dagnall CL, Karlins E, Li SA, Hicks BD, Weathers R, Smith SA, Shelton K, Liu Q, Tucker MA, Chanock SJ, Zhang J, Hudson MM, Neglia JP, Armstrong GT, Robison LL, Morton LM, Bhatia S, Yasui Y. Genome-wide association study in irradiated childhood cancer survivors identifies HTR2A for subsequent basal cell carcinoma. J Invest Dermatol 2019 Sep;139(9):2042-2045.e8.. PMID: 30910758. *First & corresponding author

Gabbett MT, Laporte J, Sekar R, Nandini A, McGrath P, Sapkota Y, Jiang P, Zhang H, Burgess T, Montgomery GW, Chiu R, Fisk NM. Molecular support for heterogonesis resulting in sesquizygotic twinning. N Engl J Med Feb 28;380(9):842-849, 2019. PMID: 30811910.

Turcot V, Lu Y, Highland HM, Schurmann C, Justice AE, Fine RS, Bradfield JP, Esko T, Giri A, Graff M, Guo X, Hendricks AE, Karaderi T, Lempradl A, Locke AE, Mahajan A, Marouli E, Sivapalaratnam S, Young KL, Alfred T, Feitosa MF, Masca NGD, Manning AK, Medina-Gomez C, Mudgal P, Ng MCY, Reiner AP, Vedantam S, Willems SM, Winkler TW, Abecasis G, Aben KK, Alam DS, Alharthi SE, Allison M, Amouyel P, Asselbergs FW, Auer PL, Balkau B, Bang LE, Barroso I, Bastarache L, Benn M, Bergmann S, Bielak LF, Blüher M, Boehnke M, Boeing H, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Bork-Jensen J, Bots ML, Bottinger EP, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Breen G, Brilliant MH, Broer L, Brumat M, Burt AA, Butterworth AS, Campbell PT, Cappellani S, Carey DJ, Catamo E, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chasman DI, Chen YI, Chowdhury R, Christensen C, Chu AY, Cocca M, Collins FS, Cook JP, Corley J, Corominas Galbany J, Cox AJ, Crosslin DS, Cuellar-Partida G, D'Eustacchio A, Danesh J, Davies G, Bakker PIW, Groot MCH, Mutsert R, Deary IJ, Dedoussis G, Demerath EW, Heijer M, Hollander AI, Ruijter HM, Dennis JG, Denny JC, Di Angelantonio E, Drenos F, Du M, Dubé MP, Dunning AM, Easton DF, Edwards TL, Ellinghaus D, Ellinor PT, Elliott P, Evangelou E, Farmaki AE, Farooqi IS, Faul JD, Fauser S, Feng S, Ferrannini E, Ferrieres J, Florez JC, Ford I, Fornage M, Franco OH, Franke A, Franks PW, Friedrich N, Frikke-Schmidt R, Galesloot TE, Gan W, Gandin I, Gasparini P, Gibson J, Giedraitis V, Gjesing AP, Gordon-Larsen P, Gorski M, Grabe HJ, Grant SFA, Grarup N, Griffiths HL, Grove ML, Gudnason V, Gustafsson S, Haessler J, Hakonarson H, Hammerschlag AR, Hansen T, Harris KM, Harris TB, Hattersley AT, Have CT, Hayward C, He L, Heard-Costa NL, Heath AC, Heid IM, Helgeland Ø, Hernesniemi J, Hewitt AW, Holmen OL, Hovingh GK, Howson JMM, Hu Y, Huang PL, Huffman JE, Ikram MA, Ingelsson E, Jackson AU, Jansson JH, Jarvik GP, Jensen GB, Jia Y, Johansson S, Jørgensen ME, Jørgensen T, Jukema JW, Kahali B, Kahn RS, Kähönen M, Kamstrup PR, Kanoni S, Kaprio J, Karaleftheri M, Kardia SLR, Karpe F, Kathiresan S, Kee F, Kiemeney LA, Kim E, Kitajima H, Komulainen P, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Korhonen T, Kovacs P, Kuivaniemi H, Kutalik Z, Kuulasmaa K, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Lakka TA, Lamparter D, Lange EM, Lange LA, Langenberg C, Larson EB, Lee NR, Lehtimäki T, Lewis CE, Li H, Li J, Li-Gao R, Lin H, Lin KH, Lin LA, Lin X, Lind L, Lindström J, Linneberg A, Liu CT, Liu DJ, Liu Y, Lo KS, Lophatananon A, Lotery AJ, Loukola A, Luan J, Lubitz SA, Lyytikäinen LP, Männistö S, Marenne G, Mazul AL, McCarthy MI, McKean-Cowdin R, Medland SE, Meidtner K, Milani L, Mistry V, Mitchell P, Mohlke KL, Moilanen L, Moitry M, Montgomery GW, Mook-Kanamori DO, Moore C, Mori TA, Morris AD, Morris AP, Müller-Nurasyid M, Munroe PB, Nalls MA, Narisu N, Nelson CP, Neville M, Nielsen SF, Nikus K, Njølstad PR, Nordestgaard BG, Nyholt DR, O'Connel JR, O'Donoghue ML, Olde Loohuis LM, Ophoff RA, Owen KR, Packard CJ, Padmanabhan S, Palmer CNA, Palmer ND, Pasterkamp G, Patel AP, Pattie A, Pedersen O, Peissig PL, Peloso GM, Pennell CE, Perola M, Perry JA, Perry JRB, Pers TH, Person TN, Peters A, Petersen ERB, Peyser PA, Pirie A, Polasek O, Polderman TJ, Puolijoki H, Raitakari OT, Rasheed A, Rauramaa R, Reilly DF, Renström F, Rheinberger M, Ridker PM, Rioux JD, Rivas MA, Roberts DJ, Robertson NR, Robino A, Rolandsson O, Rudan I, Ruth KS, Saleheen D, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Sapkota Y, Sattar N, Schoen RE, Schreiner PJ, Schulze MB, Scott RA, Segura-Lepe MP, Shah SH, Sheu WH, Sim X, Slater AJ, Small KS, Smith AV, Southam L, Spector TD, Speliotes EK, Starr JM, Stefansson K, Steinthorsdottir V, Stirrups KE, Strauch K, Stringham HM, Stumvoll M, Sun L, Surendran P, Swift AJ, Tada H, Tansey KE, Tardif JC, Taylor KD, Teumer A, Thompson DJ, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Thuesen BH, Tönjes A, Tromp G, Trompet S, Tsafantakis E, Tuomilehto J, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Tyrer JP, Uher R, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, Laan SW, Duijn CM, Leeuwen N, van Setten J, Vanhala M, Varbo A, Varga TV, Varma R, Velez Edwards DR, Vermeulen SH, Veronesi G, Vestergaard H, Vitart V, Vogt TF, Völker U, Vuckovic D, Wagenknecht LE, Walker M, Wallentin L, Wang F, Wang CA, Wang S, Wang Y, Ware EB, Wareham NJ, Warren HR, Waterworth DM, Wessel J, White HD, Willer CJ, Wilson JG, Witte DR, Wood AR, Wu Y, Yaghootkar H, Yao J, Yao P, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Young R, Zeggini E, Zhan X, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhao W, Zhou W, Zondervan KT; CHD Exome+ Consortium; EPIC-CVD Consortium; ExomeBP Consortium; Global Lipids Genetic Consortium; GoT2D Genes Consortium; EPIC InterAct Consortium; INTERVAL Study; ReproGen Consortium; T2D-Genes Consortium; MAGIC Investigators; Understanding Society Scientific Group, Rotter JI, Pospisilik JA, Rivadeneira F, Borecki IB, Deloukas P, Frayling TM, Lettre G, North KE, Lindgren CM, Hirschhorn JN, Loos RJF. Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity. Nat Genet Jan;50(1):26-41, 2018. PMID: 29273807.

Sapkota Y*, Vivo I, Steinthorsdottir V, Fassbender A, Bowdler L, Buring JE, Edwards TL, Jones S, O D, Peterse D, Rexrode KM, Ridker PM, Schork AJ, Thorleifsson G, Wallace LM; iPSYCH-SSI-Broad Group, Kraft P, Morris AP, Nyholt DR, Edwards DRV, Nyegaard M, D'Hooghe T, Chasman DI, Stefansson K, Missmer SA, Montgomery GW. Analysis of potential protein-modifying variants in 9000 endometriosis patients and 150000 controls of European ancestry. Sci Rep Sep 12;7(1):11380, 2017. PMID: 28900119*First & corresponding author

Sapkota Y*, Steinthorsdottir V, Morris AP, Fassbender A, Rahmioglu N, De Vivo I, Buring JE, Zhang F, Edwards TL, Jones S, O D, Peterse D, Rexrode KM, Ridker PM, Schork AJ, MacGregor S, Martin NG, Becker CM, Adachi S, Yoshihara K, Enomoto T, Takahashi A, Kamatani Y, Matsuda K, Kubo M, Thorleifsson G, Geirsson RT, Thorsteinsdottir U, Wallace LM; iPSYCH-SSI-Broad Group., Yang J, Velez Edwards DR, Nyegaard M, Low SK, Zondervan KT, Missmer SA, D'Hooghe T, Montgomery GW, Chasman DI, Stefansson K, Tung JY, Nyholt DR. Meta-analysis identifies five novel loci associated with endometriosis highlighting key genes involved in hormone metabolism. Nat Commun May 24;8:15539, 2017. PMID: 28537267. *First & corresponding author

Fung JN, Girling JE, Lukowski SW, Sapkota Y, Wallace L, Holdsworth-Carson SJ, Henders AK, Healey M, Rogers PAW, Powell JE, Montgomery GW. The genetic regulation of transcription in human endometrial tissue. Hum Reprod Apr 1;32(4):893-904, 2017. PMID: 28177073.

Telomeres Mendelian Randomization Collaboration, Haycock PC, Burgess S, Nounu A, Zheng J, Okoli GN, Bowden J, Wade KH, Timpson NJ, Evans DM, Willeit P, Aviv A, Gaunt TR, Hemani G, Mangino M, Ellis HP, Kurian KM, Pooley KA, Eeles RA, Lee JE, Fang S, Chen WV, Law MH, Bowdler LM, Iles MM, Yang Q, Worrall BB, Markus HS, Hung RJ, Amos CI, Spurdle AB, Thompson DJ, O'Mara TA, Wolpin B, Amundadottir L, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Trichopoulou A, Onland-Moret NC, Lund E, Duell EJ, Canzian F, Severi G, Overvad K, Gunter MJ, Tumino R, Svenson U, van Rij A, Baas AF, Bown MJ, Samani NJ, van t'Hof FNG, Tromp G, Jones GT, Kuivaniemi H, Elmore JR, Johansson M, Mckay J, Scelo G, Carreras-Torres R, Gaborieau V, Brennan P, Bracci PM, Neale RE, Olson SH, Gallinger S, Li D, Petersen GM, Risch HA, Klein AP, Han J, Abnet CC, Freedman ND, Taylor PR, Maris JM, Aben KK, Kiemeney LA, Vermeulen SH, Wiencke JK, Walsh KM, Wrensch M, Rice T, Turnbull C, Litchfield K, Paternoster L, Standl M, Abecasis GR, SanGiovanni JP, Li Y, Mijatovic V, Sapkota Y, Low SK, Zondervan KT, Montgomery GW, Nyholt DR, van Heel DA, Hunt K, Arking DE, Ashar FN, Sotoodehnia N, Woo D, Rosand J, Comeau ME, Brown WM, Silverman EK, Hokanson JE, Cho MH, Hui J, Ferreira MA, Thompson PJ, Morrison AC, Felix JF, Smith NL, Christiano AM, Petukhova L, Betz RC, Fan X, Zhang X, Zhu C, Langefeld CD, Thompson SD, Wang F, Lin X, Schwartz DA, Fingerlin T, Rotter JI, Cotch MF, Jensen RA, Munz M, Dommisch H, Schaefer AS, Han F, Ollila HM, Hillary RP, Albagha O, Ralston SH, Zeng C, Zheng W, Shu XO, Reis A, Uebe S, Hüffmeier U, Kawamura Y, Otowa T, Sasaki T, Hibberd ML, Davila S, Xie G, Siminovitch K, Bei JX, Zeng YX, Försti A, Chen B, Landi S, Franke A, Fischer A, Ellinghaus D, Flores C, Noth I, Ma SF, Foo JN, Liu J, Kim JW, Cox DG, Delattre O, Mirabeau O, Skibola CF, Tang CS, Garcia-Barcelo M, Chang KP, Su WH, Chang YS, Martin NG, Gordon S, Wade TD, Lee C, Kubo M, Cha PC, Nakamura Y, Levy D, Kimura M, Hwang SJ, Hunt S, Spector T, Soranzo N, Manichaikul AW, Barr RG, Kahali B, Speliotes E, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Cheng CY, Jonas JB, Wong TY, Fogh I, Lin K, Powell JF, Rice K, Relton CL, Martin RM, Davey Smith G. Association between telomere length and risk of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases: A mendelian randomization study. JAMA Oncol May 1;3(5):636-651, 2017. PMID: 28241208.

Marouli E, Graff M, Medina-Gomez C, Lo KS, Wood AR, Kjaer TR, Fine RS, Lu Y, Schurmann C, Highland HM, Rüeger S, Thorleifsson G, Justice AE, Lamparter D, Stirrups KE, Turcot V, Young KL, Winkler TW, Esko T, Karaderi T, Locke AE, Masca NG, Ng MC, Mudgal P, Rivas MA, Vedantam S, Mahajan A, Guo X, Abecasis G, Aben KK, Adair LS, Alam DS, Albrecht E, Allin KH, Allison M, Amouyel P, Appel EV, Arveiler D, Asselbergs FW, Auer PL, Balkau B, Banas B, Bang LE, Benn M, Bergmann S, BielakLF, Blüher M, Boeing H, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Bonnycastle LL, Bork-Jensen J, Bots ML, Bottinger EP, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Breen G, Brilliant MH, Broer L, Burt AA, Butterworth AS, Carey DJ, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chasman DI, Chen YI, Chowdhury R, Christensen C, Chu AY, Cocca M, Collins FS, Cook JP, Corley J, Galbany JC, Cox AJ, Cuellar-Partida G, Danesh J, Davies G, de Bakker PI, de Borst GJ, de Denus S, de Groot MC, de Mutsert R, Deary IJ, Dedoussis G, Demerath EW, den Hollander AI, Dennis JG, Di Angelantonio E, Drenos F, Du M, Dunning AM, Easton DF, Ebeling T, Edwards TL, Ellinor PT, Elliott P, Evangelou E, Farmaki AE, Faul JD, Feitosa MF, Feng S, Ferrannini E, Ferrario MM, Ferrieres J, Florez JC, Ford I, Fornage M, Franks PW, Frikke-Schmidt R, Galesloot TE, Gan W, Gandin I, Gasparini P, Giedraitis V, Giri A, Girotto G, Gordon SD, Gordon-Larsen P, Gorski M, Grarup N, Grove ML, Gudnason V, Gustafsson S, Hansen T, Harris KM, Harris TB, Hattersley AT, Hayward C, He L, Heid IM, Heikkilä K, Helgeland Ø, Hernesniemi J, Hewitt AW, Hocking LJ, Hollensted M, Holmen OL, Hovingh GK, Howson JM, Hoyng CB, Huang PL, Hveem K, Ikram MA, Ingelsson E, Jackson AU, Jansson JH, Jarvik GP, Jensen GB, Jhun MA, Jia Y, Jiang X, Johansson S, Jørgensen ME, Jørgensen T, Jousilahti P, Jukema JW, Kahali B, Kahn RS, Kähönen M, Kamstrup PR, Kanoni S, Kaprio J, Karaleftheri M, Kardia SL, Karpe F, Kee F, Keeman R, Kiemeney LA, Kitajima H, Kluivers KB, Kocher T, Komulainen P, Kontto J, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Kovacs P, Kriebel J, Kuivaniemi H, Küry S, Kuusisto J, La Bianca M, Laakso M, Lakka TA, Lange EM, Lange LA, Langefeld CD, Langenberg C, Larson EB, Lee IT, Lehtimäki T, Lewis CE, Li H, Li J, Li-Gao R, Lin H, Lin LA, Lin X, Lind L, Lindström J, Linneberg A, Liu Y, Liu Y, Lophatananon A, Luan J, Lubitz SA, Lyytikäinen LP, Mackey DA, Madden PA, Manning AK, Männistö S, Marenne G, Marten J, Martin NG, Mazul AL, Meidtner K, Metspalu A, Mitchell P, Mohlke KL, Mook-Kanamori DO, Morgan A, Morris AD, Morris AP, Müller-Nurasyid M, Munroe PB, Nalls MA, Nauck M, Nelson CP, Neville M, Nielsen SF, Nikus K, Njølstad PR, Nordestgaard BG, Ntalla I, O'Connel JR, Oksa H, Loohuis LM, Ophoff RA, Owen KR, Packard CJ, Padmanabhan S, Palmer CN, Pasterkamp G, Patel AP, Pattie A, Pedersen O, Peissig PL, Peloso GM, Pennell CE, Perola M, Perry JA, Perry JR, Person TN, Pirie A, Polasek O, Posthuma D, Raitakari OT, Rasheed A, Rauramaa R, Reilly DF, Reiner AP, Renström F, Ridker PM, Rioux JD, Robertson N, Robino A, Rolandsson O, Rudan I, Ruth KS, Saleheen D, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Sandow K, Sapkota Y, Sattar N, Schmidt MK, Schreiner PJ, Schulze MB, Scott RA, Segura-Lepe MP, Shah S, Sim X, Sivapalaratnam S, Small KS, Smith AV, Smith JA, Southam L, Spector TD, Speliotes EK, Starr JM, Steinthorsdottir V, Stringham HM, Stumvoll M, Surendran P, 't Hart LM, Tansey KE, Tardif JC, Taylor KD, Teumer A, Thompson DJ, Thorsteinsdottir U, Thuesen BH, Tönjes A, Tromp G, Trompet S, Tsafantakis E, Tuomilehto J, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Tyrer JP, Uher R, Uitterlinden AG, Ulivi S, van der Laan SW, Van Der Leij AR, van Duijn CM, van Schoor NM, van Setten J, Varbo A, Varga TV, Varma R, Edwards DR, Vermeulen SH, Vestergaard H, Vitart V, Vogt TF, Vozzi D, Walker M, Wang F, Wang CA, Wang S, Wang Y, Wareham NJ, Warren HR, Wessel J, Willems SM, Wilson JG, Witte DR, Woods MO, Wu Y, Yaghootkar H, Yao J, Yao P, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Young R, Zeggini E, Zhan X, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhao W, Zheng H, Zhou W; EPIC-InterAct Consortium; CHD Exome+ Consortium; ExomeBP Consortium; T2D-Genes Consortium; GoT2D Genes Consortium; Global Lipids Genetics Consortium; ReproGen Consortium; MAGIC Investigators, Rotter JI, Boehnke M, Kathiresan S, McCarthy MI, Willer CJ, Stefansson K, Borecki IB, Liu DJ, North KE, Heard-Costa NL, Pers TH, Lindgren CM, Oxvig C, Kutalik Z, Rivadeneira F, Loos RJ, Frayling TM, Hirschhorn JN, Deloukas P, Lettre G. Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height. Nature Feb 9;542(7640):186-190, 2017. PMID: 28146470.

Sapkota Y*, Narasimhan A, Kumaran M, Sehrawat BS, Damaraju S. A genome-wide association study to identify potential germline copy number variants for sporadic breast cancer susceptibility. Cytogenet Genome Res 149(3):156-164, 2016. PMID: 27668787. *First & corresponding author

Powell JE, Fung JN, Shakhbazov K, Sapkota Y, Cloonan N, Hemani G, Hillman KM, Kaufmann S, Luong HT, Bowdler L, Painter JN, Holdsworth-Carson SJ, Visscher PM, Dinger ME, Healey M, Nyholt DR, French JD, Edwards SL, Rogers PA, Montgomery GW. Endometriosis risk alleles at 1p36.12 act through inverse regulation of CDC42 and LINC00339. Hum Mol Genet Nov 15;25(22):5046-5058, 2016. PMID: 28171565.

Sapkota Y*, Fassbender A, Bowdler L, Fung JN, Peterse D, O D, Montgomery GW, Nyholt DR, D'Hooghe TM. Independent replication and meta-analysis for endometriosis risk loci. Twin Res. and Hum Genet Oct;18(5):518-525, 2015. PMID: 26337243. *First & corresponding author

Sapkota Y*, Attia J, Gordon SD, Henders AK, Holliday EG, Rahmioglu N, MacGregor S, Martin NG, McEvoy M, Morris AP, Scott RJ, Zondervan KT, Montgomery GW, Nyholt DR. Genetic burden associated with varying degrees of disease severity in endometriosis. Mol Hum Reprod Jul;21(7):594-602, 2015. PMID: 25882541. *First & corresponding author

Fung JN, Holdsworth-Carson SJ, Sapkota Y, Zhao ZZ, Jones L, Girling JE, Paiva P, Healey M, Nyholt DR, Rogers PA, Montgomery GW. Functional evaluation of genetic variants associated with endometriosis near GREB1. Hum Reprod May;30(5):1263-1275, 2015. PMID: 25788566.

Sapkota Y*, Low SK, Attia J, Gordon SD, Henders AK, Holliday EG, MacGregor S, Martin NG, McEvoy M, Morris AP, Takahashi A, Scott RJ, Kubo M, Zondervan KT, Montgomery GW, Nyholt DR. Association between endometriosis and the interleukin 1A (IL1A) locus. Hum Reprod Jan;30(1):239-248, 2015. PMID: 25336714. *First & corresponding author

Sapkota Y*. Germline DNA variations in breast cancer predisposition and prognosis: A systematic review of the literature. Cytogenet Genome Res 144(2):77-91, 2014. PMID: 25401968. *Sole author

Hajilo M, Sapkota Y, Mackey JR, Robson PJ, Greiner R, Damaraju S. ETHNOPRED: A novel machine learning method for accurate continental and sub-continental ancestry identification and population stratification correction. BMC Bioinformatics Feb 22;14:61, 2013. PMID: 23432980.