Julia Höglund

Julia Höglund
Stockholm University | SU · Center for Palaeogenetics

Doctor of Philosophy
Currently in my second year of my PostDoc; always open for new contacts and scientific conversations.

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Introduction
I earned my PhD at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology (IGP) at Uppsala University in May 2022, mainly focusing on genetic epidemiology and statistical genetics. I used both genotyped, imputed, whole exome and whole genome sequencing data. I am currently working as a Post doc, focusing on developing an annotation tool with the goal of quantifying genetic load that can be used as a tool to quantify genetic load in endangered of already extinct species.
Additional affiliations
November 2022 - present
Wageningen University & Research
Position
  • PostDoc Position
Description
  • Joint position with SU
February 2018 - May 2022
Uppsala University
Position
  • PhD Student
Description
  • PhD studies
September 2013 - June 2017
Lund University
Position
  • BSc and MSc
Description
  • Bachelor and master studies
Education
February 2018 - April 2022
Uppsala University
Field of study
  • Medical Genetics
June 2015 - June 2017
Lund University
Field of study
  • Bioinformatics
June 2015 - June 2017
Lund University
Field of study
  • Biology

Publications

Publications (17)
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Introduction: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a complex disease, where 60 % of risk is due to genetic factors, such as the Factor V Leiden (FVL) variant. DVT is either asymptomatic or manifests with unspecific symptoms and, if left untreated, DVT leads to severe complications. The impact is dramatic and currently, there is still a research gap in DV...
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Obesity is associated with several types of cancer and fat distribution, which differs dramatically between sexes, has been suggested to be an independent risk factor. However, sex-specific effects on cancer risk have rarely been studied. Here we estimate the effects of fat accumulation and distribution on cancer risk in females and males. We perfo...
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Eosinophils play important roles in the release of cytokine mediators in response to inflammation. Many associations between common genetic variants and eosinophils have already been reported, using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array data. Here, we have analyzed 200,000 whole-exome sequences (WES) from the UK Biobank cohort and performed ge...
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Background: High levels of estrogen are associated with increased risk of breast and endometrial cancer and have been suggested to also play a role in the development of ovarian cancer. Cancerogenic effects of estradiol, the most prominent form of estrogen, have been highlighted as a side effect of estrogen-only menopausal hormone therapy. However...
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Despite the success of genome-wide association studies, much of the genetic contribution to complex traits remains unexplained. Here, we analyse high coverage whole-genome sequencing data, to evaluate the contribution of rare genetic variants to 414 plasma proteins. The frequency distribution of genetic variants is skewed towards the rare spectrum,...
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Background Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) is a common disease that can lead to serious complications such as pulmonary embolism and in-hospital mortality. More than 60% of DVT risk is influenced by genetic factors, such as Factor V Leiden (FVL) and prothrombin G20210A mutations (PTM). Characterising the genetic contribution and stratifying participants...
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Many circulating proteins are associated with the presence or severity of disease. However, whether these protein biomarkers are causal for disease development is usually unknown. We investigated the causal effect of 21 well-known or exploratory protein biomarkers of inflammation on 18 inflammatory diseases using two-sample Mendelian randomization....
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The ABO gene contains three major alleles that encodes different antigens; A, B, and O, which determine an individual's blood group. Previous studies have primarily focused on identifying associations between ABO blood groups and diseases risk. Here, we sought to test for association between ABO genotypes (OO, OA, AA; OB, BB, and AB) and a large se...
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Context Estradiol is the primary female sex hormone and plays an important role for skeletal health in both sexes. Several enzymes are involved in estradiol metabolism but few genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been performed to characterize the genetic contribution to variation in estrogen levels. Objective Identify genetic loci affectin...
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Context. Estradiol is the primary female sex hormone and plays an important role for skeletal health in both sexes. Several enzymes are involved in estradiol metabolism but few genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been performed to characterize the genetic contribution to variation in estrogen levels. Objective. Identify genetic loci affecti...
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Despite the success in identifying effects of common genetic variants, using genome-wide association studies (GWAS), much of the genetic contribution to complex traits remains unexplained. Here, we analysed high coverage whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data, to evaluate the contribution of rare genetic variants to 414 plasma proteins. The frequency d...
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The ABO gene contains three major alleles that encodes different antigens; A, B, and O, which determine an individual's blood group. Previous studies have primarily focused on identifying associations between ABO blood groups and diseases risk. Here, we sought to test for association between ABO genotypes (OO, OA, AA; OB, BB, and AB) and a large se...
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Oral contraceptive use has been suggested to influence the risk of breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancer. The purpose of this study is to clarify the time-dependent effects between long-term oral contraceptive use and cancer risk. We performed an observational study in 256,661 women from UK Biobank, born between 1939 and 1970. Information on canc...
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified associations between thousands of common genetic variants and human traits. However, common variants usually explain a limited fraction of the heritability of a trait. A powerful resource for identifying trait-associated variants is whole genome sequencing (WGS) data in cohorts comprised of fam...
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Visceral adipose tissue (VAT)—fat stored around the internal organs—has been suggested as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic disease1–3, as well as all-cause, cardiovascular-specific and cancer-specific mortality4,5. Yet, the contribution of genetics to VAT, as well as its disease-related effects, are largely unexplored due...
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Most diurnal birds have cone-dominated retinae and tetrachromatic colour vision based on ultra-violet/violet-sensitive UV/V cones expressing short wavelength-sensitive opsin 1 (SWS1), S cones expressing short wavelength-sensitive opsin 2 (SWS2), M cones expressing medium wavelength-sensitive opsin (RH2) and L cones expressing long wavelength-sensit...

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