Jian-Min Yuan, MD, PhD

Dr. Yuan’s research focuses on the etiologic and protective roles of environmental exposures and genetic factors, and their interaction in the development of cancers. He is Principal Investigator (PI) of both the Shanghai Cohort Study and the Singapore Chinese Health Study ─ two population-based prospective cohort studies of more than 80,000 middle-aged men and women with available biospecimens collected at baseline and under surveillance for more than 25 years. He is also the current PI of the Pittsburgh Lung Screening Study that has collected repeated annual blood samples and biannual low-dose CT scans on a cohort of 3600 smokers at high risk for lung cancer.  The ultimate goal of Dr. Yuan’s research is to discover and validate biomarkers that can characterize individuals at high risk for cancer and early detection of cancer, and to identify natural agents for primary cancer prevention.  Dr. Yuan is passionate about teaching and training on graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. He is the Director of the Translational Research Training in Cancer Etiology and Prevention Program, a multi-disciplinary cross-college training program at University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and the Department of Epidemiology, and is PI  of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded T32 training grant.

1983 | Shanghai Medical University | MD, Medicine
1986 | Shanghai Medical University | MPH, Public Health/Epidemiology
1996 | University of Southern California | PhD, Epidemiology

• Environmental exposure and gene-environmental interaction in the etiology of cancer
• Biomarkers for cancer risk assessment and early detection
• Chemopreventive effect of dietary agents for primary prevention of cancer 

Principal Investigator

9/16/2014-08/31/2019
NIH/NCI  UM1CA182876
Cancer Epidemiology Cohorts in Singapore and Shanghai

6/14/2017-05/31/2022
NIH/NCI R01CA213123
Randomized Clinical Trial of Lung Cancer Chemoprevention with Sulforaphane in Former Smokers

08/05/2014-07/31/2024
NIH/NCI T32
Translational Research Training in Cancer Etiology and Prevention

Co-Principal Investigator (Subaward) and Project Leader

9/10/1997-7/31/2020
NIH/NCI P30CA047904
Cancer Center Support Grant

09/21/16 – 08/20/2021
NIH/NCI P01CA138338
Mechanisms of Ethnic/Racial Differences in Lung Cancer Due to Cigarette Smoking

04/10/2015-03/31/2020
NIH/NCI R01CA186566
Genome-wide Association Study in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
09/25/2016-08/31/2021NIH/NCI   P01CA203654
Integrative Analysis of Lung Cancer Etiology and Risk  (Project 2)
09/01/2017-07/31/2022 NIH/NCI   U01 CA213285 
Development of Risk and Early Detection Biomarkers for Small Cell Lung Cancer

Co-Investigator

09/05/2016 - 08/31/2021
NIH/NCI U01CA214165
Ultrasensitive Detection of Tumor Specific DNA Methylation Changes for the Early Detection of Lung Cancer
 

• Bassig BA, Willhauck-Fleckenstein M, Shu XO, Koh WP, Gao YT, Purdue MP, Xiang YB, Adams-Haduch J, Wang R, Brenner N, Waterboer T, Michel A, Ji BT, Hosgood HD, Rabkin CS, Yang G, Wong JYY, Zhang J, Hu W, Seow WJ, Chow WH, Pawlita M, Zheng W, Yuan J-M, Lan Q, Rothman N. Serologic markers of viral infection and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A pooled study of three prospective cohorts in China and Singapore. Int J Cancer, 143(3):570-579, 2018. [Indexed for MEDLINE]
• Chang X, Dorajoo R, Sun Y, Han Y, Wang L, Khor CC, Sim X, Tai ES, Liu J, Yuan J-M, Koh WP, van Dam RM, Friedlander Y, Heng CK. Gene-diet interaction effects on BMI levels in the Singapore Chinese population. Nutr J 17:31, 2018. PMC6389173
• Chen GC, Koh WP, Yuan J-M, Qin LQ, van Dam RM. Green leafy and cruciferous vegetable consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from the Singapore Chinese Health Study and meta-analysis. Br J Nutr 119(9):1-11, 2018. [Indexed for MEDLINE]
• Dai Z, Jin A, Soh AZ, Ang LW, Yuan J-M, Koh WP. Coffee and tea drinking in relation to risk of hip fracture in the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Bone 112:51-57, 2018. PMC5970083
• Fanidi A, Muller DC, Yuan J-M, Stevens VL, Weinstein SJ, Albanes D, Prentice R, Thomsen CA, Pettinger M, Cai Q, Blot WJ, Wu J, Arslan AA, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, McCullough ML, Le Marchand L, Wilkens LR, Haiman CA, Zhang X, Han J, Stampfer MJ, Smith-Warner SA, Giovannucci E, Giles GG, Hodge AM, Severi G, Johansson M, Grankvist K, Langhammer A, Krokstad S, Naess M, Wang R, Gao YT, Butler LM, Koh WP, Shu XO, Xiang YB, Li H, Zheng W, Lan Q, Visvanathan K, Bolton JH, Ueland PM, Midttun O, Ulvik A, Caporaso NE, Purdue M, Ziegler RG, Freedman ND, Buring JE, Lee IM, Sesso HD, Gaziano JM, Manjer J, Ericson U, Relton C, Brennan P, Johansson M. Circulating Folate, Vitamin B6, and Methionine in Relation to Lung Cancer Risk in the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3). J Natl Cancer Inst 110, 2018. PMC5989622
• Huang JY, Butler LM, Midttun O, Ulvik A, Wang R, Jin A, Gao YT, Ueland PM, Koh WP, Yuan J-M. A prospective evaluation of serum kynurenine metabolites and risk of pancreatic cancer. PLoS ONE 13(5):e0196465, 2018. PMC5937773
• Katz TA, Wu AH, Stanczyk FZ, Wang R, Koh WP, Yuan J-M, Oesterreich S, Butler LM. Determinants of prolactin in postmenopausal Chinese women in Singapore. Cancer Causes Control 29:51-62, 2018. PMC5962355
• Koh AS, Gao F, Liu J, Fridianto KT, Ching J, Tan RS, Wong JI, Chua SJ, Leng S, Zhong L, Keng BM, Huang FQ, Yuan J-M, Koh WP, Kovalik JP. Metabolomic profile of arterial stiffness in aged adults. Diab Vasc Dis Res 15:74-80, 2018. [Indexed for MEDLIINE]
• Leng S, Diergaarde B, Picchi MA, Wilson DO, Gilliland FD, Yuan J-M, Siegfried JM, Belinsky SA. Gene Promoter Hypermethylation Detected in Sputum Predicts FEV1 Decline and All-cause Mortality in Smokers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 198(2):187-196, 2018. PMC6058990
• Liu Y, Shu XO, Wen W, Saito E, Rahman MS, Tsugane S, Tamakoshi A, Xiang YB, Yuan J-M, Gao YT, Tsuji I, Kanemura S, Nagata C, Shin MH, Pan WH, Koh WP, Sawada N, Cai H, Li HL, Tomata Y, Sugawara Y, Wada K, Ahn YO, Yoo KY, Ashan H, Chia KS, Boffetta P, Inoue M, Kang D, Potter JD, Zheng W. Association of leisure-time physical activity with total and cause-specific mortality: a pooled analysis of nearly a half million adults in the Asia Cohort Consortium. Int J Epidemiol, doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy024. [Epub ahead of print], 2018. PMC6005114
• Lu Y, Wang Y, Zou L, Liang X, Ong CN, Tavintharan S, Yuan J-M, Koh WP, Pan A. Serum Lipids in Association With Type 2 Diabetes Risk and Prevalence in a Chinese Population. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 103:671-680, 2018. PMC5800830.
• Muller DC, Hodge AM, Fanidi A, Albanes D, Mai XM, Shu XO, Weinstein SJ, Larose TL, Zhang X, Han J, Stampfer MJ, Smith-Warner SA, Ma J, Gaziano JM, Sesso HD, Stevens VL, McCullough ML, Layne TM, Prentice R, Pettinger M, Thomson CA, Zheng W, Gao YT, Rothman N, Xiang YB, Cai H, Wang R, Yuan J-M, Koh WP, Butler LM, Cai Q, Blot WJ, Wu J, Ueland PM, Midttun O, Langhammer A, Hveem K, Johansson M, Hultdin J, Grankvist K, Arslan AA, Le Marchand L, Severi G, Johansson M, Brennan P. No association between circulating concentrations of vitamin D and risk of lung cancer: An analysis in 20 prospective studies in the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3). Ann Oncol 29(6):1468-1475, 2018. PMC6005063
• Palliyaguru DL, Yuan J-M, Kensler TW, Fahey JW. Isothiocyanates: Translating the Power of Plants to People. Mol Nutr Food Res 62(18):e1700965, 2018. PMC6226005
• Sanikini H, Yuan J-M, Butler LM, Koh WP, Gao YT, Steffen A, Johansson M, Vineis P, Goodman GE, Barnett MJ, Hung RJ, Chen C, Stucker I. Body mass index and lung cancer risk: a pooled analysis based on nested case-control studies from four cohort studies. BMC Cancer 18:220, 2018. PMC5824613.
• Singh KB, Hahm ER, Rigatti LH, Normolle DP, Yuan J-M, Singh SV. Inhibition of Glycolysis in Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention by Phenethyl Isothiocyanate. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 11(6):337-346, 2018. PMC5984685
• Soh AZ, Chee MWL, Yuan J-M, Koh WP. Sleep lengthening in late adulthood signals increased risk of mortality. Sleep 41(3), 2018. PMC5914333
• Sung YJ, Winkler TW, de Las Fuentes L, Bentley AR, Brown MR, Kraja AT, Schwander K, Ntalla I, Guo X, Franceschini N, Lu Y, Cheng CY, Sim X, Vojinovic D, Marten J, Musani SK, Li C, Feitosa MF, Kilpelainen TO, Richard MA, Noordam R, Aslibekyan S, Aschard H, Bartz TM, Dorajoo R, Liu Y, Manning AK, Rankinen T, Smith AV, Tajuddin SM, Tayo BO, Warren HR, Zhao W, Zhou Y, Matoba N, Sofer T, Alver M, Amini M, Boissel M, Chai JF, Chen X, Divers J, Gandin I, Gao C, Giulianini F, Goel A, Harris SE, Hartwig FP, Horimoto A, Hsu FC, Jackson AU, Kahonen M, Kasturiratne A, Kuhnel B, Leander K, Lee WJ, Lin KH, an Luan J, McKenzie CA, Meian H, Nelson CP, Rauramaa R, Schupf N, Scott RA, Sheu WHH, Stancakova A, Takeuchi F, van der Most PJ, Varga TV, Wang H, Wang Y, Ware EB, Weiss S, Wen W, Yanek LR, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Afaq S, Alfred T, Amin N, Arking D, Aung T, Barr RG, Bielak LF, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger EP, Braund PS, Brody JA, Broeckel U, Cabrera CP, Cade B, Caizheng Y, Campbell A, Canouil M, Chakravarti A, Group CNW, Chauhan G, Christensen K, Cocca M, Consortium CO-K, Collins FS, Connell JM, de Mutsert R, de Silva HJ, Debette S, Dorr M, Duan Q, Eaton CB, Ehret G, Evangelou E, Faul JD, Fisher VA, Forouhi NG, Franco OH, Friedlander Y, Gao H, Consortium G, Gigante B, Graff M, Gu CC, Gu D, Gupta P, Hagenaars SP, Harris TB, He J, Heikkinen S, Heng CK, Hirata M, Hofman A, Howard BV, Hunt S, Irvin MR, Jia Y, Joehanes R, Justice AE, Katsuya T, Kaufman J, Kerrison ND, Khor CC, Koh WP, Koistinen HA, Komulainen P, Kooperberg C, Krieger JE, Kubo M, Kuusisto J, Langefeld CD, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Lehne B, Lewis CE, Li Y, Lifelines Cohort S, Lim SH, Lin S, Liu CT, Liu J, Liu J, Liu K, Liu Y, Loh M, Lohman KK, Long J, Louie T, Magi R, Mahajan A, Meitinger T, Metspalu A, Milani L, Momozawa Y, Morris AP, Mosley TH, Jr., Munson P, Murray AD, Nalls MA, Nasri U, Norris JM, North K, Ogunniyi A, Padmanabhan S, Palmas WR, Palmer ND, Pankow JS, Pedersen NL, Peters A, Peyser PA, Polasek O, Raitakari OT, Renstrom F, Rice TK, Ridker PM, Robino A, Robinson JG, Rose LM, Rudan I, Sabanayagam C, Salako BL, Sandow K, Schmidt CO, Schreiner PJ, Scott WR, Seshadri S, Sever P, Sitlani CM, Smith JA, Snieder H, Starr JM, Strauch K, Tang H, Taylor KD, Teo YY, Tham YC, Uitterlinden AG, Waldenberger M, Wang L, Wang YX, Wei WB, Williams C, Wilson G, Wojczynski MK, Yao J, Yuan J-M, Zonderman AB, Becker DM, Boehnke M, Bowden DW, Chambers JC, Chen YI, de Faire U, Deary IJ, Esko T, Farrall M, Forrester T, Franks PW, Freedman BI, Froguel P, Gasparini P, Gieger C, Horta BL, Hung YJ, Jonas JB, Kato N, Kooner JS, Laakso M, Lehtimaki T, Liang KW, Magnusson PKE, Newman AB, Oldehinkel AJ, Pereira AC, Redline S, Rettig R, Samani NJ, Scott J, Shu XO, van der Harst P, Wagenknecht LE, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Weir DR, Wickremasinghe AR, Wu T, Zheng W, Kamatani Y, Laurie CC, Bouchard C, Cooper RS, Evans MK, Gudnason V, Kardia SLR, Kritchevsky SB, Levy D, O'Connell JR, Psaty BM, van Dam RM, Sims M, Arnett DK, Mook-Kanamori DO, Kelly TN, Fox ER, Hayward C, Fornage M, Rotimi CN, Province MA, van Duijn CM, Tai ES, Wong TY, Loos RJF, Reiner AP, Rotter JI, Zhu X, Bierut LJ, Gauderman WJ, Caulfield MJ, Elliott P, Rice K, Munroe PB, Morrison AC, Cupples LA, Rao DC, Chasman DI. A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure. Am J Hum Genet 102:375-400, 2018. PMC5985266
• Talaei M, Hosseini N, Koh AS, Yuan J-M, Koh WP. Association of "Elevated Blood Pressure" and "Stage 1 Hypertension" With Cardiovascular Mortality Among an Asian Population. J Am Heart Assoc pii: e008911. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.008911 7(8), 2018. PMC6015396
• Talaei M, Pan A, Yuan J-M, Koh WP. Dairy intake and risk of type 2 diabetes. Clin Nutr 37:712-718, 2018. PMC5591047.
• Thean LF, Low YS, Lo M, Teo YY, Koh WP, Yuan J-M, Chew MH, Tang CL, Cheah PY. Genome-wide association study identified copy number variants associated with sporadic colorectal cancer risk. J Med Genet 55(3):181-188, 2018. PMID29079706
• Theofylaktopoulou D, Midttun O, Ueland PM, Meyer K, Fanidi A, Zheng W, Shu XO, Xiang YB, Prentice R, Pettinger M, Thomson CA, Giles GG, Hodge A, Cai Q, Blot WJ, Wu J, Johansson M, Hultdin J, Grankvist K, Stevens VL, McCullough MM, Weinstein SJ, Albanes D, Ziegler R, Freedman ND, Langhammer A, Hveem K, Naess M, Sesso HD, Gaziano JM, Buring JE, Lee IM, Severi G, Zhang X, Stampfer MJ, Han J, Smith-Warner SA, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Le Marchand L, Yuan J-M, Wang R, Butler LM, Koh WP, Gao YT, Rothman N, Ericson U, Sonestedt E, Visvanathan K, Jones MR, Relton C, Brennan P, Johansson M, Ulvik A. Impaired functional vitamin B6 status is associated with increased risk of lung cancer. Int J Cancer 142:2425-2434, 2018. PMC5908731.
• Wang Y, Meng RW, Kunutsor SK, Chowdhury R, Yuan J-M, Koh WP, Pan A. Plasma adiponectin levels and type 2 diabetes risk: a nested case-control study in a Chinese population and an updated meta-analysis. Sci Rep 8:406, 2018. PMC5762808.
• Yuan J-M, Beckman KB, Wang R, Bull C, Adams-Haduch J, Huang JY, Jin A, Opresko P, Newman AB, Zheng YL, Fenech M, Koh WP. Leukocyte telomere length in relation to risk of lung adenocarcinoma incidence: Findings from the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Int J Cancer 142:2234-2243, 2018. PMC5893405.
• Yuan J-M, Grouls M, Carmella SG, Wang R, Heskin A, Yang J, Tan YT, Adams-Haduch J, Gao YT, Hecht SS. Prediagnostic levels of urinary 8-epi-prostaglandin F2α and prostaglandin E2 metabolite, biomarkers of oxidative damage and inflammation, and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. Carcinogenesis, doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgy180. [Epub ahead of print] 2018. PMID30615102
• Dai J, Li Z, Amos CI, Hung RJ, Tardon A, Andrew AS, Chen C, Christiani DC, Albanes D, van der Heijden EHFM, Duell EJ, Rennert G, Mckay JD, Yuan JM, Field JK, Manjer J, Grankvist K, Le Marchand L, Teare MD, Schabath MB, Aldrich MC, Tsao MS, Lazarus P, Lam S, Bojesen SE, Arnold S, Wu X, Haugen A, Janout V, Johansson M, Brhane Y, Fernandez-Somoano A, Kiemeney LA, Davies MPA, Zienolddiny S, Hu Z, Shen H. Systematic analyses of regulatory variants in DNase I hypersensitive sites identified two novel lung cancer susceptibility loci. Carcinogenesis. 2019 May 14;40(3):432-440. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgy187. PMID: 30590402
• Bassig BA, Shu XO, Sjödin A, Koh WP, Gao YT, Adams-Haduch J, Davis M, Wang R, Xiang YB, Engel LS, Purdue MP, Ji BT, Yang G, Jones RS, Langseth H, Hosgood HD, Grimsrud TK, Seow WJ, Wong JYY, Hu W, Chen D, Zheng W, Yuan JM, Lan Q, Rothman N. Prediagnostic blood levels of organochlorines and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in three prospective cohorts in China and Singapore. Int J Cancer. 2019 Apr 19. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32350. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31001807
• Samavat H, Xun X, Jin A, Wang R, Koh WP, Yuan JM. Association between prediagnostic leukocyte telomere length and breast cancer risk: the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Breast Cancer Res. 2019 Apr 17;21(1):50. doi: 10.1186/s13058-019-1133-0. PMC6471852
• Marklund M, Wu JHY, Imamura F, Del Gobbo LC, Fretts A, de Goede J, Shi P, Tintle N, Wennberg M, Aslibekyan S, Chen TA, de Oliveira Otto MC, Hirakawa Y, Eriksen HH, Kröger J, Laguzzi F, Lankinen M, Murphy RA, Prem K, Samieri C, Virtanen J, Wood AC, Wong K, Yang WS, Zhou X, Baylin A, Boer JMA, Brouwer IA, Campos H, Chaves PHM, Chien KL, de Faire U, Djoussé L, Eiriksdottir G, El-Abbadi N, Forouhi NG, Gaziano JM, Geleijnse JM, Gigante B, Giles G, Guallar E, Gudnason V, Harris T, Harris WS, Helmer C, Hellénius ML, Hodge A, Hu FB, Jacques PF, Jansson JH, Kalsbeek A, Khaw KT, Koh WP, Laakso M, Leander K, Lin HJ, Lind L, Luben R, Luo J, McKnight B, Mursu J, Ninomiya T, Overvad K, Psaty BM, Rimm E, Schulze MB, Siscovick D, Skjelbo Nielsen M, Smith AV, Steffen BT, Steffen L, Sun Q, Sundström J, Tsai MY, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Uusitupa MIJ, van Dam RM, Veenstra J, Verschuren WMM, Wareham N, Willett W, Woodward M, Yuan JM, Micha R, Lemaitre RN, Mozaffarian D, Risérus U; Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Fatty Acids and Outcomes Research Consortium (FORCE). Biomarkers of Dietary Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: An Individual-Level Pooled Analysis of 30 Cohort Studies. Circulation. 2019 Apr 11. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.038908. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30971107
• Yang JJ, Yu D, Wen W, Saito E, Rahman S, Shu XO, Chen Y, Gupta PC, Gu D, Tsugane S, Xiang YB, Gao YT, Yuan JM, Tamakoshi A, Irie F, Sadakane A, Tomata Y, Kanemura S, Tsuji I, Matsuo K, Nagata C, Chen CJ, Koh WP, Shin MH, Park SK, Wu PE, Qiao YL, Pednekar MS, He J, Sawada N, Li HL, Gao J, Cai H, Wang R, Sairenchi T, Grant E, Sugawara Y, Zhang S, Ito H, Wada K, Shen CY, Pan WH, Ahn YO, You SL, Fan JH, Yoo KY, Ashan H, Chia KS, Boffetta P, Inoue M, Kang D, Potter JD, Zheng W. Association of Diabetes With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Asia: A Pooled Analysis of More Than 1 Million Participants. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Apr 5;2(4):e192696. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.2696. PMC6481439
• Chen GC, Neelakantan N, Martín-Calvo N, Koh WP, Yuan JM, Bonaccio M, Iacoviello L, Martínez-González MA, Qin LQ, van Dam RM. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risk of stroke and stroke subtypes. Eur J Epidemiol. 2019 Apr;34(4):337-349. doi: 10.1007/s10654-019-00504-7. Epub 2019 Mar 2. PMID: 30826941
• Samavat H, Wu AH, Ursin G, Torkelson CJ, Wang R, Yu MC, Yee D, Kurzer MS, Yuan JM. Green Tea Catechin Extract Supplementation Does Not Influence Circulating Sex Hormones and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis Proteins in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Postmenopausal Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer. J Nutr. 2019 Apr 1;149(4):619-627. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy316. PMC6461722
• Bentley AR, Sung YJ, Brown MR, Winkler TW, Kraja AT, Ntalla I, Schwander K, Chasman DI, Lim E, Deng X, Guo X, Liu J, Lu Y, Cheng CY, Sim X, Vojinovic D, Huffman JE, Musani SK, Li C, Feitosa MF, Richard MA, Noordam R, Baker J, Chen G, Aschard H, Bartz TM, Ding J, Dorajoo R, Manning AK, Rankinen T, Smith AV, Tajuddin SM, Zhao W, Graff M, Alver M, Boissel M, Chai JF, Chen X, Divers J, Evangelou E, Gao C, Goel A, Hagemeijer Y, Harris SE, Hartwig FP, He M, Horimoto ARVR, Hsu FC, Hung YJ, Jackson AU, Kasturiratne A, Komulainen P, Kühnel B, Leander K, Lin KH, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, Matoba N, Nolte IM, Pietzner M, Prins B, Riaz M, Robino A, Said MA, Schupf N, Scott RA, Sofer T, Stancáková A, Takeuchi F, Tayo BO, van der Most PJ, Varga TV, Wang TD, Wang Y, Ware EB, Wen W, Xiang YB, Yanek LR, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Adeyemo A, Afaq S, Amin N, Amini M, Arking DE, Arzumanyan Z, Aung T, Ballantyne C, Barr RG, Bielak LF, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger EP, Broeckel U, Brown M, Cade BE, Campbell A, Canouil M, Charumathi S, Chen YI, Christensen K; COGENT-Kidney Consortium, Concas MP, Connell JM, de Las Fuentes L, de Silva HJ, de Vries PS, Doumatey A, Duan Q, Eaton CB, Eppinga RN, Faul JD, Floyd JS, Forouhi NG, Forrester T, Friedlander Y, Gandin I, Gao H, Ghanbari M, Gharib SA, Gigante B, Giulianini F, Grabe HJ, Gu CC, Harris TB, Heikkinen S, Heng CK, Hirata M, Hixson JE, Ikram MA; EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Jia Y, Joehanes R, Johnson C, Jonas JB, Justice AE, Katsuya T, Khor CC, Kilpeläinen TO, Koh WP, Kolcic I, Kooperberg C, Krieger JE, Kritchevsky SB, Kubo M, Kuusisto J, Lakka TA, Langefeld CD, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Lehne B, Lewis CE, Li Y, Liang J, Lin S, Liu CT, Liu J, Liu K, Loh M, Lohman KK, Louie T, Luzzi A, Mägi R, Mahajan A, Manichaikul AW, McKenzie CA, Meitinger T, Metspalu A, Milaneschi Y, Milani L, Mohlke KL, Momozawa Y, Morris AP, Murray AD, Nalls MA, Nauck M, Nelson CP, North KE, O'Connell JR, Palmer ND, Papanicolau GJ, Pedersen NL, Peters A, Peyser PA, Polasek O, Poulter N, Raitakari OT, Reiner AP, Renström F, Rice TK, Rich SS, Robinson JG, Rose LM, Rosendaal FR, Rudan I, Schmidt CO, Schreiner PJ, Scott WR, Sever P, Shi Y, Sidney S, Sims M, Smith JA, Snieder H, Starr JM, Strauch K, Stringham HM, Tan NYQ, Tang H, Taylor KD, Teo YY, Tham YC, Tiemeier H, Turner ST, Uitterlinden AG; Understanding Society Scientific Group, van Heemst D, Waldenberger M, Wang H, Wang L, Wang L, Wei WB, Williams CA, Wilson G Sr, Wojczynski MK, Yao J, Young K, Yu C, Yuan JM, Zhou J, Zonderman AB, Becker DM, Boehnke M, Bowden DW, Chambers JC, Cooper RS, de Faire U, Deary IJ, Elliott P, Esko T, Farrall M, Franks PW, Freedman BI, Froguel P, Gasparini P, Gieger C, Horta BL, Juang JJ, Kamatani Y, Kammerer CM, Kato N, Kooner JS, Laakso M, Laurie CC, Lee IT, Lehtimäki T; Lifelines Cohort, Magnusson PKE, Oldehinkel AJ, Penninx BWJH, Pereira AC, Rauramaa R, Redline S, Samani NJ, Scott J, Shu XO, van der Harst P, Wagenknecht LE, Wang JS, Wang YX, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Weir DR, Wickremasinghe AR, Wu T, Zeggini E, Zheng W, Bouchard C, Evans MK, Gudnason V, Kardia SLR, Liu Y, Psaty BM, Ridker PM, van Dam RM, Mook-Kanamori DO, Fornage M, Province MA, Kelly TN, Fox ER, Hayward C, van Duijn CM, Tai ES, Wong TY, Loos RJF, Franceschini N, Rotter JI, Zhu X, Bierut LJ, Gauderman WJ, Rice K, Munroe PB, Morrison AC, Rao DC, Rotimi CN, Cupples LA. Multi-ancestry genome-wide gene-smoking interaction study of 387,272 individuals identifies new loci associated with serum lipids. Nat Genet. 2019 Apr;51(4):636-648. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0378-y. Epub 2019 Mar. PMC6467258
• Wang Y, Koh WP, Jensen MK, Yuan JM, Pan A. Plasma Fetuin-A Levels and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in A Chinese Population: A Nested Case-Control Study. Diabetes Metab J. 2019 Mar 20. doi: 10.4093/dmj.2018.0171. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30968617
• Leung YY, Talaei M, Ang LW, Yuan JM, Koh WP. Reproductive factors and risk of total knee replacement due to severe knee osteoarthritis in women, the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2019 Mar 19. pii: S1063-4584(19)30899-4. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2019.03.002. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30902701
• Raghu VK, Zhao W, Pu J, Leader JK, Wang R, Herman J, Yuan JM, Benos PV, Wilson DO. Feasibility of lung cancer prediction from low-dose CT scan and smoking factors using causal models. Thorax. 2019 Mar 12. pii: thoraxjnl-2018-212638. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212638. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30862725
• Talaei M, Koh WP, Yuan JM, van Dam RM. DASH Dietary Pattern, Mediation by Mineral Intakes, and the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease and Stroke Mortality. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Mar 5;8(5):e011054. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011054. PMC6474936
• Yang JJ, Yu D, Wen W, Shu XO, Saito E, Rahman S, Gupta PC, He J, Tsugane S, Xiang YB, Gao YT, Koh WP, Tamakoshi A, Irie F, Sadakane A, Tsuji I, Kanemura S, Matsuo K, Nagata C, Chen CJ, Yuan JM, Shin MH, Park SK, Pan WH, Qiao YL, Pednekar MS, Gu D, Sawada N, Li HL, Gao J, Cai H, Grant E, Tomata Y, Sugawara Y, Ito H, Wada K, Shen CY, Wang R, Ahn YO, You SL, Yoo KY, Ashan H, Chia KS, Boffetta P, Inoue M, Kang D, Potter JD, Zheng W. Tobacco Smoking and Mortality in Asia: A Pooled Meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Mar 1;2(3):e191474. PMC6450311
• Oh CC, Jin A, Yuan JM, Koh WP. Coffee, tea, caffeine, and risk of non-melanoma skin cancer in a Chinese population: The Singapore Chinese Health Study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Feb 4. pii: S0190-9622(19)30195-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.01.084. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30731173
• Perez-Paramo YX, Chen G, Ashmore JH, Watson CJW, Nasrin S, Adams-Haduch J, Wang R, Gao YT, Koh WP, Yuan JM, Lazarus P. Nicotine-N'-Oxidation by Flavin Monooxygenase Enzymes. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 Feb;28(2):311-320. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0669. Epub 2018 Oct 31. PMC6363832
• Yii AC, Soh AZ, Chee CBE, Wang YT, Yuan JM, Koh WP. Asthma, Sinonasal Disease, and the Risk of Active Tuberculosis. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Feb;7(2):641-648.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2018.07.036. Epub 2018 Aug 18. PMC6363891
• Geng TT, Jafar TH, Yuan JM, Koh WP. Sleep duration and risk of end-stage renal disease: the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Sleep Med. 2019 Feb;54:22-27. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2018.10.007. Epub 2018 Oct 24. PMC6380914
• de Vries PS, Brown MR, Bentley AR, Sung YJ, Winkler TW, Ntalla I, Schwander K, Kraja AT, Guo X, Franceschini N, Cheng CY, Sim X, Vojinovic D, Huffman JE, Musani SK, Li C, Feitosa MF, Richard MA, Noordam R, Aschard H, Bartz TM, Bielak LF, Deng X, Dorajoo R, Lohman KK, Manning AK, Rankinen T, Smith AV, Tajuddin SM, Evangelou E, Graff M, Alver M, Boissel M, Chai JF, Chen X, Divers J, Gandin I, Gao C, Goel A, Hagemeijer Y, Harris SE, Hartwig FP, He M, Horimoto ARVR, Hsu FC, Jackson AU, Kasturiratne A, Komulainen P, Kühnel B, Laguzzi F, Lee JH, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, Matoba N, Nolte IM, Pietzner M, Riaz M, Said MA, Scott RA, Sofer T, Stancáková A, Takeuchi F, Tayo BO, van der Most PJ, Varga TV, Wang Y, Ware EB, Wen W, Yanek LR, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Afaq S, Amin N, Amini M, Arking DE, Aung T, Ballantyne C, Boerwinkle E, Broeckel U, Campbell A, Canouil M, Charumathi S, Chen YI, Connell JM, de Faire U, de Las Fuentes L, de Mutsert R, de Silva HJ, Ding J, Dominiczak AF, Duan Q, Eaton CB, Eppinga RN, Faul JD, Fisher V, Forrester T, Franco OH, Friedlander Y, Ghanbari M, Giulianini F, Grabe HJ, Grove ML, Gu CC, Harris TB, Heikkinen S, Heng CK, Hirata M, Hixson JE, Howard BV, Ikram MA; InterAct Consortium, Jacobs DR Jr, Johnson C, Jonas JB, Kammerer CM, Katsuya T, Khor CC, Kilpeläinen TO, Koh WP, Koistinen HA, Kolcic I, Kooperberg C, Krieger JE, Kritchevsky SB, Kubo M, Kuusisto J, Lakka TA, Langefeld CD, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Lehne B, Lemaitre RN, Li Y, Liang J, Liu J, Liu K, Loh M, Louie T, Mägi R, Manichaikul AW, McKenzie CA, Meitinger T, Metspalu A, Milaneschi Y, Milani L, Mohlke KL, Mosley TH Jr, Mukamal KJ, Nalls MA, Nauck M, Nelson CP, Sotoodehnia N, O'Connell JR, Palmer ND, Pazoki R, Pedersen NL, Peters A, Peyser PA, Polasek O, Poulter N, Raffel LJ, Raitakari OT, Reiner AP, Rice TK, Rich SS, Robino A, Robinson JG, Rose LM, Rudan I, Schmidt CO, Schreiner PJ, Scott WR, Sever P, Shi Y, Sidney S, Sims M, Smith BH, Smith JA, Snieder H, Starr JM, Strauch K, Tan N, Taylor KD, Teo YY, Tham YC, Uitterlinden AG, van Heemst D, Vuckovic D, Waldenberger M, Wang L, Wang Y, Wang Z, Wei WB, Williams C, Wilson G Sr, Wojczynski MK, Yao J, Yu B, Yu C, Yuan JM, Zhao W, Zonderman AB, Becker DM, Boehnke M, Bowden DW, Chambers JC, Deary IJ, Esko T, Farrall M, Franks PW, Freedman BI, Froguel P, Gasparini P, Gieger C, Horta BL, Kamatani Y, Kato N, Kooner JS, Laakso M, Leander K, Lehtimäki T; Lifelines Cohort, Groningen, The Netherlands (Lifelines Cohort Study), Magnusson PKE, Penninx B, Pereira AC, Rauramaa R, Samani NJ, Scott J, Shu XO, van der Harst P, Wagenknecht LE, Wang YX, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Weir DR, Wickremasinghe AR, Zheng W, Elliott P, North KE, Bouchard C, Evans MK, Gudnason V, Liu CT, Liu Y, Psaty BM, Ridker PM, van Dam RM, Kardia SLR, Zhu X, Rotimi CN, Mook-Kanamori DO, Fornage M, Kelly TN, Fox ER, Hayward C, van Duijn CM, Tai ES, Wong TY, Liu J, Rotter JI, Gauderman WJ, Province MA, Munroe PB, Rice K, Chasman DI, Cupples LA, Rao DC, Morrison AC. Multi-Ancestry Genome-Wide Association Study of Lipid Levels Incorporating Gene-Alcohol Interactions. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 Jan 29. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz005. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30698716
• Kilpeläinen TO, Bentley AR, Noordam R, Sung YJ, Schwander K, Winkler TW, Jakupović H, Chasman DI, Manning A, Ntalla I, Aschard H, Brown MR, de Las Fuentes L, Franceschini N, Guo X, Vojinovic D, Aslibekyan S, Feitosa MF, Kho M, Musani SK, Richard M, Wang H, Wang Z, Bartz TM, Bielak LF, Campbell A, Dorajoo R, Fisher V, Hartwig FP, Horimoto ARVR, Li C, Lohman KK, Marten J, Sim X, Smith AV, Tajuddin SM, Alver M, Amini M, Boissel M, Chai JF, Chen X, Divers J, Evangelou E, Gao C, Graff M, Harris SE, He M, Hsu FC, Jackson AU, Zhao JH, Kraja AT, Kühnel B, Laguzzi F, Lyytikäinen LP, Nolte IM, Rauramaa R, Riaz M, Robino A, Rueedi R, Stringham HM, Takeuchi F, van der Most PJ, Varga TV, Verweij N, Ware EB, Wen W, Li X, Yanek LR, Amin N, Arnett DK, Boerwinkle E, Brumat M, Cade B, Canouil M, Chen YI, Concas MP, Connell J, de Mutsert R, de Silva HJ, de Vries PS, Demirkan A, Ding J, Eaton CB, Faul JD, Friedlander Y, Gabriel KP, Ghanbari M, Giulianini F, Gu CC, Gu D, Harris TB, He J, Heikkinen S, Heng CK, Hunt SC, Ikram MA, Jonas JB, Koh WP, Komulainen P, Krieger JE, Kritchevsky SB, Kutalik Z, Kuusisto J, Langefeld CD, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Leander K, Lemaitre RN, Lewis CE, Liang J; Lifelines Cohort Study, Liu J, Mägi R, Manichaikul A, Meitinger T, Metspalu A, Milaneschi Y, Mohlke KL, Mosley TH Jr, Murray AD, Nalls MA, Nang EK, Nelson CP, Nona S, Norris JM, Nwuba CV, O'Connell J, Palmer ND, Papanicolau GJ, Pazoki R, Pedersen NL, Peters A, Peyser PA, Polasek O, Porteous DJ, Poveda A, Raitakari OT, Rich SS, Risch N, Robinson JG, Rose LM, Rudan I, Schreiner PJ, Scott RA, Sidney SS, Sims M, Smith JA, Snieder H, Sofer T, Starr JM, Sternfeld B, Strauch K, Tang H, Taylor KD, Tsai MY, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, van der Ende MY, van Heemst D, Voortman T, Waldenberger M, Wennberg P, Wilson G, Xiang YB, Yao J, Yu C, Yuan JM, Zhao W, Zonderman AB, Becker DM, Boehnke M, Bowden DW, de Faire U, Deary IJ, Elliott P, Esko T, Freedman BI, Froguel P, Gasparini P, Gieger C, Kato N, Laakso M, Lakka TA, Lehtimäki T, Magnusson PKE, Oldehinkel AJ, Penninx BWJH, Samani NJ, Shu XO, van der Harst P, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Vollenweider P, Wagenknecht LE, Wang YX, Wareham NJ, Weir DR, Wu T, Zheng W, Zhu X, Evans MK, Franks PW, Gudnason V, Hayward C, Horta BL, Kelly TN, Liu Y, North KE, Pereira AC, Ridker PM, Tai ES, van Dam RM, Fox ER, Kardia SLR, Liu CT, Mook-Kanamori DO, Province MA, Redline S, van Duijn CM, Rotter JI, Kooperberg CB, Gauderman WJ, Psaty BM, Rice K, Munroe PB, Fornage M, Cupples LA, Rotimi CN, Morrison AC, Rao DC, Loos RJF. Multi-ancestry study of blood lipid levels identifies four loci interacting with physical activity. Nat Commun. 2019 Jan 22;10(1):376. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08008-w. PMC6342931
• Lu Y, Wang Y, Liang X, Zou L, Ong CN, Yuan JM, Koh WP, Pan A. Serum Amino Acids in Association with Prevalent and Incident Type 2 Diabetes in A Chinese Population. Metabolites. 2019 Jan 14;9(1). pii: E14. doi: 10.3390/metabo9010014. PMC6359471
• Wang Y, Sun L, Lin X, Yuan JM, Koh WP, Pan A. Retinol binding protein 4 and risk of type 2 diabetes in Singapore Chinese men and women: a nested case-control study. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2019 Jan 10;16:3. doi: 10.1186/s12986-018-0329-0. eCollection 2019. PMC6329092
• Geng TT, Jafar TH, Yuan JM, Koh WP. Long-term incense use and the risk of end-stage renal disease among Chinese in Singapore: the Singapore Chinese health study. BMC Nephrol. 2019 Jan 9;20(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-1186-9. PMC6325774
• Yuan JM, Grouls M, Carmella SG, Wang R, Heskin A, Jiang Y, Tan YT, Adams-Haduch J, Gao YT, Hecht SS. Prediagnostic levels of urinary 8-epi-prostaglandin F2α and prostaglandin E2 metabolite, biomarkers of oxidative damage and inflammation, and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. Carcinogenesis. 2019 Jan 5. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgy180. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30615102
• Muller DC, Larose TL, Hodge A, Guida F, Langhammer A, Grankvist K, Meyer K, Cai Q, Arslan AA, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Albanes D, Giles GG, Sesso HD, Lee IM, Gaziano JM, Yuan JM, Hoffman Bolton J, Buring JE, Visvanathan K, Le Marchand L, Purdue MP, Caporaso NE, Midttun Ø, Ueland PM, Prentice RL, Weinstein SJ, Stevens VL, Zheng W, Blot WJ, Shu XO, Zhang X, Xiang YB, Koh WP, Hveem K, Thomson CA, Pettinger M, Engström G, Brunnström H, Milne RL, Stampfer MJ, Han J, Johansson M, Brennan P, Severi G, Johansson M. Circulating high sensitivity C reactive protein concentrations and risk of lung cancer: nested case-control study within Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium. BMJ. 2019 Jan 3;364:k4981. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k4981. PMC6315896
• Wu J, Dong W, Pan XF, Feng L, Yuan JM, Pan A, Koh WP. Relation of cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking in midlife with risk of cognitive impairment in late life: the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Age Ageing. 2019 Jan 1;48(1):101-107. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afy166. PMC6322505
• Lontos K, Tsagianni A, Yuan JM, Normolle DP, Boyiadzis M, Hou JZ, Swerdlow SH, Dorritie KA. Location matters in early stage nodal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2019 Jan;60(1):250-253. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2018.1471600. Epub 2018 Jun 22. No abstract available. PMID: 29932787
• Seah JYH, Koh WP, Yuan JM, van Dam RM. Rice intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Eur J Nutr. 2018 Dec 10. doi: 10.1007/s00394-018-1879-7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30535795
• Chen GC, Koh WP, Neelakantan N, Yuan JM, Qin LQ, van Dam RM. Diet Quality Indices and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Singapore Chinese Health Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 Dec 1;187(12):2651-2661. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy183. PMID: 30165478