Georg Homuth

ORCID: 0000-0001-6839-0605 · 4 papers in corpus
other 2026
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) ·doi:10.1002/advs.77558

Pancreatitis is a life-threatening inflammatory disease of the pancreas. The cytokine interleukin-1α has been demonstrated to act as an alarmin released by necrotic cells. In the present study, we investigated the influence of IL-1α on the …

observational 2023
Nature human behaviour ·doi:10.1038/s41562-023-01528-6

Identifying genetic determinants of reproductive success may highlight mechanisms underlying fertility and identify alleles under present-day selection. Using data in 785,604 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 43 genomic loci a…

other 2016
Nature genetics ·doi:10.1038/ng.3698

The genetic architecture of human reproductive behavior-age at first birth (AFB) and number of children ever born (NEB)-has a strong relationship with fitness, human development, infertility and risk of neuropsychiatric disorders. However, …

meta-analysis 2015
Nature ·doi:10.1038/nature14132

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links…