Publications

2024

Journal Articles

Prevalence of actionable pharmacogenetic variants and high-risk drug prescriptions: A Swiss hospital-based cohort study

F. Hodel; M. B. De Min; C. W. Thorball; C. Redin; P. Vollenweider et al. 

CTS-CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE. 2024. Vol. 17, num. 9. DOI : 10.1111/cts.70009.

Joint host-pathogen genomic analysis identifies hepatitis B virus mutations associated with human NTCP and HLA class I variation

Z. M. Xu; G. E. Gnouamozi; S. Rueger; P. R. Shea; M. Buti et al. 

American Journal Of Human Genetics. 2024. Vol. 111, num. 6. DOI : 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.04.013.

Diagnostic accuracy of a sequence-specific Mtb-DNA hybridization assay in urine: a case-control study including subclinical TB cases

Y. Tschan; M. Sasamalo; H. Hiza; J. Fellay; S. Gagneux et al. 

Microbiology Spectrum. 2024. DOI : 10.1128/spectrum.00426-24.

Bacterial diversity dominates variable macrophage responses of tuberculosis patients in Tanzania

H. Hiza; M. Zwyer; J. Hella; A. Arbues; M. Sasamalo et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2024. Vol. 14, num. 1, p. 9287. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-024-60001-0.

A common NFKB1 variant detected through antibody analysis in UK Biobank predicts risk of infection and allergy

A. Y. Chong; N. Brenner; A. Jimenez-Kaufmann; A. Cortes; M. Hill et al. 

American Journal Of Human Genetics. 2024. Vol. 111, num. 2. DOI : 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.12.013.

Rare predicted loss-of-function variants of type I IFN immunity genes are associated with life-threatening COVID-19 (vol 15, 22, 2023)

D. Matuozzo; E. Talouarn; A. Marchal; P. Zhang; J. Manry et al. 

Genome Medicine. 2024. Vol. 16, num. 1, p. 6. DOI : 10.1186/s13073-023-01278-0.

Reply to Dages et al: You AIn’t using it right-artificial intelligence progress in allergy

D. Lawless 

Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology. 2024. Vol. 153, num. 1, p. 355 – 356. DOI : 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.09.023.

Conference Papers

Mitochondria-specific signature of oxidative damage in human cancers: an excess of A>G on heavy chain of the mitochondrial genome in slow-dividing normoxic tissues

B. Efimenko; A. Mikhailova; K. Popadin 

2024. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 718 – 718.

Aneuploid human embryos are associated with increased maternal age, poor embryo morphology, high mitochondrial content and advanced development day of the biopsy: an analysis of 15’000 embryonic genomes

M. Ri; N. Ree; M. Tofilo; A. Kirillova; I. Zvereva et al. 

2024. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 354 – 354.

Low mitochondrial content marks high health status of human euploid embryos

K. Popadin; M. Ri; N. Ree; M. Tofilo; I. Zvereva et al. 

2024. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 101 – 101.

Prevalence of clonal hematopoiesis in people living with HIV

V. Timonina; K. Popadin; J. Fellay 

2024. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 443 – 444.

The impact of human genetics on Mycobacterium tuberculosis intra-host evolution

Z. M. Xu; M. Zwyer; D. Brites; H. Hiza; M. Reinhard et al. 

2024. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 346 – 346.

Inborn errors of type I interferon immunity in patients with severe acute hepatitis E

A. Saadat; J. Gouttenoire; D. Moradpour; J. Fellay; M. F. Christinet 

2024. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 451 – 451.

Prevalence of actionable pharmacogenetic variants in a Swiss hospital cohort

F. Hodel; M. De Min; C. Thorball; J. Fellay 

2024. 56th Annual Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Glasgow, SCOTLAND, JUN 10-13, 2023. p. 700 – 700.

2023

Journal Articles

Reanalysis of mtDNA mutations of human primordial germ cells (PGCs) reveals NUMT contamination and suggests that selection in PGCs may be positive

Z. Fleischmann; A. C-‘Heureux; M. Franco; S. Oreshkov; S. Annis et al. 

Mitochondrion. 2023. Vol. 74, p. 101817. DOI : 10.1016/j.mito.2023.10.005.

The HLA-B*57:01 allele corresponds to a very large MHC haploblock likely explaining its massive effect for HIV-1 elite control

M. Rahmouni; L. De Marco; J-L. Spadoni; M. Tison; R. Medina-Santos et al. 

Frontiers In Immunology. 2023. Vol. 14, p. 1305856. DOI : 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1305856.

Inborn errors of type I interferon immunity in patients with symptomatic acute hepatitis E

A. Saadat; J. Gouttenoire; P. Ripellino; D. Semela; S. Amar et al. 

Hepatology. 2023. DOI : 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000701.

Predicting type 2 diabetes risk before and after solid organ transplantation using polygenic scores in a Danish cohort

Q. dos Santos; P. Leung; C. W. Thorball; B. Ledergerber; J. Fellay et al. 

Frontiers In Molecular Biosciences. 2023. Vol. 10, p. 1282412. DOI : 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1282412.

Genomics of Preaxostyla Flagellates Illuminates the Path Towards the Loss of Mitochondria

L. V. F. Novak; S. C. Treitli; J. Pyrih; P. Halakuc; S. V. Pipaliya et al. 

Plos Genetics. 2023. Vol. 19, num. 12, p. e1011050. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011050.

Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in humans with alternative NF-κB pathway deficiency

T. Le Voyer; A. V. Parent; X. Liu; A. Cederholm; A. Gervais et al. 

Nature. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-023-06717-x.

Variation in African genomes linked to control of HIV

P. J. McLaren; J. Fellay 

Nature. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/d41586-023-02277-2.

Africa-specific human genetic variation near CHD1L associates with HIV-1 load

P. J. J. McLaren; I. Porreca; G. Iaconis; H. P. Mok; S. Mukhopadhyay et al. 

Nature. 2023. Vol. 620, p. 1025 – 1030. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-023-06370-4.

A metagenome-wide association study of HIV disease progression in HIV controllers

L. M. Real; M. E. Saez; A. Corma-Gomez; A. Gonzalez-Perez; C. Thorball et al. 

Iscience. 2023. Vol. 26, num. 7, p. 107214. DOI : 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107214.

Prevalence of CFTR variants in primary immunodeficiency patients with bronchiectasis is an important modifying cofactor

D. Lawless; H. L. Allen; J. E. D. Thaventhiran; S. Goddard; O. S. Burren et al. 

Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology. 2023. Vol. 152, num. 1, p. 257 – 265. DOI : 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.01.035.

Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs underlie West Nile virus encephalitis in & SIM;40% of patients

A. Gervais; F. Rovida; M. A. Avanzini; S. Croce; A. Marchal et al. 

Journal Of Experimental Medicine. 2023. Vol. 220, num. 9, p. e20230661. DOI : 10.1084/jem.20230661.

Multiancestry sex-stratified genomic associations with HIV viral load and controller status from the ICGH

C. Vergara; J. F. Tuff; J. Int Collaboration Genomics HIV ICGH; J. Fellay; P. Duggal et al. 

Jci Insight. 2023. Vol. 8, num. 11, p. 170068. DOI : 10.1172/jci.insight.170068.

Association of a Polygenic Risk Score With Osteoporosis in People Living With HIV: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

J. M. Schwenke; C. W. Thorball; I. C. Schoepf; L. Ryom; B. Hasse et al. 

Journal Of Infectious Diseases. 2023. DOI : 10.1093/infdis/jiad179.

Secondary structure of the human mitochondrial genome affects formation of deletions

V. Shamanskiy; A. A. Mikhailova; E. O. Tretiakov; K. Ushakova; A. G. Mikhailova et al. 

Bmc Biology. 2023. Vol. 21, num. 1, p. 103. DOI : 10.1186/s12915-023-01606-1.

Epigenetic ageing accelerates before antiretroviral therapy and decelerates after viral suppression in people with HIV in Switzerland: a longitudinal study over 17 years

I. C. Schoepf; A. Esteban-Cantos; C. W. Thorball; B. Rodes; P. Reiss et al. 

Lancet Healthy Longevity. 2023. Vol. 4, num. 5, p. E211 – E218. DOI : 10.1016/S2666-7568(23)00037-5.

Viral Genetic Determinants of Prolonged Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Among Infants in a Healthy Term Birth Cohort

D. Lawless; C. G. McKennan; S. R. Das; T. Junier; Z. M. Xu et al. 

Journal Of Infectious Diseases. 2023. Vol. 227, num. 10, p. 1194 – 1202. DOI : 10.1093/infdis/jiac442.

Rare predicted loss-of-function variants of type I IFN immunity genes are associated with life-threatening COVID-19

D. Matuozzo; E. Talouarn; A. Marchal; P. Zhang; J. Manry et al. 

Genome Medicine. 2023. Vol. 15, num. 1, p. 22. DOI : 10.1186/s13073-023-01173-8.

Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

M. Zwyer; L. Rutaihwa; E. Windels; J. Hella; F. Menardo et al. 

Plos Pathogens. 2023. Vol. 19, num. 4, p. e1010893. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010893.

Live Birth of a Healthy Child in a Couple with Identical mtDNA Carrying a Pathogenic c.471_477delTTTAAAAinsG Variant in the MOCS2 Gene

M. Tofilo; N. Voronova; L. Nigmatullina; E. Kuznetsova; V. Timonina et al. 

Genes. 2023. Vol. 14, num. 3, p. 720. DOI : 10.3390/genes14030720.

Associations of genetic and infectious risk factors with coronary heart disease

F. Hodel; Z. M. Xu; C. W. Thorball; R. de la Harpe; P. Letang-Mathieu et al. 

Elife. 2023. Vol. 12, p. e79742. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.79742.

Leukocyte Count and Coronary Artery Disease Events in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Longitudinal Study

E. F. Avery; J. N. Kleynhans; B. Ledergerber; I. C. Schoepf; C. W. Thorball et al. 

Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2023. DOI : 10.1093/cid/ciad033.

Combining European and US risk prediction models with polygenic risk scores to refine cardiovascular prevention: the CoLaus|PsyCoLaus Study

R. de La Harpe; C. W. Thorball; C. Redin; S. Fournier; O. Mueller et al. 

European Journal Of Preventive Cardiology. 2023. DOI : 10.1093/eurjpc/zwad012.

Genetic features and genomic targets of human KRAB-zinc finger proteins

J. de Tribolet-Hardy; C. W. Thorball; R. Forey; E. Planet; J. Duc et al. 

Genome Research. 2023. DOI : 10.1101/gr.277722.123.

Conference Papers

Inborn Errors of Type I Interferon Immunity in Patients with Severe Acute Hepatitis E

A. Saadat; J. Gouttenoire; P. Ripellino; D. Semela; S. Amar et al. 

2023.  p. 14S – 14S.

Deamination of adenine to guanine is a signature of oxidative damage in mitochondrial DNA

A. Mikhailova; E. Tretiakov; V. Shamanskiy; D. Iliushchenko; V. Yurov et al. 

2023. 55th European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Vienna, AUSTRIA, JUN 11-14, 2022. p. 648 – 648.

A polygenic risk score to predict sudden cardiac arrest in patients with cardiovascular disease

E. Porcu; C. Thorball; A. P. Porretta; E. Pruvot; K. Wiskott et al. 

2023. 55th European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Vienna, AUSTRIA, JUN 11-14, 2022. p. 691 – 691.

A polygenic risk score improves the prediction of cardiovascular risk associated with obstructive sleep-apnoea

C. Thorball; M. Berger; G. Solelhac; A. Waeber; C. Redin et al. 

2023. 55th European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Vienna, AUSTRIA, JUN 11-14, 2022. p. 145 – 146.

Host genomic susceptibility to severe respiratory syncytial virus infection

A. Saadat; D. Lawless; J. Fellay 

2023. 55th European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG) Conference, Vienna, AUSTRIA, JUN 11-14, 2022. p. 163 – 164.

Theses

Host-Pathogen Interactions Through the Genomic Lens

Z. M. Xu / J. Fellay (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

2022

Journal Articles

Visual masking deficits in schizophrenia: a view into the genetics of the disease through an endophenotype

A. Shaqiri; F. Hodel; J. R. da Cruz; M. Roinishvili; E. Chkonia et al. 

Translational Psychiatry. 2022. Vol. 12, num. 1, p. 1 – 10, 529. DOI : 10.1038/s41398-022-02275-4.

Variability of Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome Is Driven by Interferon alpha and Interferon alpha Blood Levels Are Associated With the Class II HLA-DQ Locus

D. Trutschel; P. Bost; X. Mariette; V. Bondet; A. Llibre et al. 

Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/art.42265.

The combined impact of persistent infections and human genetic variation on C-reactive protein levels

F. Hodel; O. Naret; C. Bonnet; N. Brenner; N. Bender et al. 

Bmc Medicine. 2022. Vol. 20, num. 1, p. 416. DOI : 10.1186/s12916-022-02607-7.

A mitochondria-specific mutational signature of aging: increased rate of A > G substitutions on the heavy strand

A. G. Mikhailova; A. A. Mikhailova; K. Ushakova; E. O. Tretiakov; D. Iliushchenko et al. 

Nucleic Acids Research. 2022. DOI : 10.1093/nar/gkac779.

Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease in Persons Living With HIV: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

I. C. Schoepf; C. W. Thorball; H. Kovari; B. Ledergerber; R. R. Buechel et al. 

Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022. DOI : 10.1093/cid/ciac758.

A Phylogeny-aware GWAS Framework to Correct for Heritable Pathogen Effects on Infectious Disease Traits

S. Nadeau; C. W. Thorball; R. Kouyos; H. F. Guenthard; J. Boeni et al. 

Molecular Biology And Evolution. 2022. Vol. 39, num. 8, p. msac163. DOI : 10.1093/molbev/msac163.

A Baseline Cellular Antiviral State Is Maintained by cGAS and Its Most Frequent Naturally Occurring Variant rs610913

J. Kazmierski; C. Elsner; K. Doehner; S. Xu; A. Ducroux et al. 

Journal Of Immunology. 2022. Vol. 209, num. 3, p. 535 – 547. DOI : 10.4049/jimmunol.2100685.

Dynamics of the most common pathogenic mtDNA variant m.3243A > G demonstrate frequency-dependency in blood and positive selection in the germline

M. Franco; S. J. Pickett; Z. Fleischmann; M. Khrapko; A. Cote-L’Heureux et al. 

Human Molecular Genetics. 2022. DOI : 10.1093/hmg/ddac149.

Improving polygenic prediction with genetically inferred ancestry

O. Naret; Z. Kutalik; F. Hodel; Z. M. Xu; P. Marques-Vidal et al. 

Human Genetics And Genomics Advances. 2022. Vol. 3, num. 3, p. 100109. DOI : 10.1016/j.xhgg.2022.100109.

The risk of COVID-19 death is much greater and age dependent with type I IFN autoantibodies

J. Manry; P. Bastard; A. Gervais; T. Le Voyer; J. Rosain et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2022. Vol. 119, num. 21, p. e2200413119. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2200413119.

Mitochondrial Pseudogenes Suggest Repeated Inter-Species Hybridization among Direct Human Ancestors

K. Popadin; K. Gunbin; L. Peshkin; S. Annis; Z. Fleischmann et al. 

Genes. 2022. Vol. 13, num. 5, p. 810. DOI : 10.3390/genes13050810.

Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with Ph-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms

O. Borsani; P. Bastard; J. Rosain; A. Gervais; E. Sant’Antonio et al. 

Blood. 2022. Vol. 139, num. 17, p. 2716 – 2720. DOI : 10.1182/blood.2021014890.

Identifying and Characterizing Trans Women in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study as an Epidemiologically Distinct Risk Group (vol 74, pg 1468, 2022)

H. Nguyen; B. Hampel; D. G. Nunez; M. Battegay; A. Hachfeld et al. 

Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022. DOI : 10.1093/cid/ciac242.

CD38 Expression by Antigen-Specific CD4 T Cells Is Significantly Restored 5 Months After Treatment Initiation Independently of Sputum Bacterial Load at the Time of Tuberculosis Diagnosis

H. Hiza; J. Hella; A. Arbues; M. Sasamalo; V. Misana et al. 

Frontiers In Medicine. 2022. Vol. 9, p. 821776. DOI : 10.3389/fmed.2022.821776.

Phylogenetic estimation of the viral fitness landscape of HIV-1 set-point viral load

L. Zhao; C. Wymant; F. Blanquart; T. Golubchik; A. Gall et al. 

Virus Evolution. 2022. Vol. 8, num. 1, p. veac022. DOI : 10.1093/ve/veac022.

Incomplete Recovery of Zebrafish Retina Following Cryoinjury

D. Dzulova; D. Lawless; G. G. Pinton; N. A. Renner; D. F. Schorderet 

Cells. 2022. Vol. 11, num. 8, p. 1373. DOI : 10.3390/cells11081373.

A highly virulent variant of HIV-1 circulating in the Netherlands

C. Wymant; D. Bezemer; F. Blanquart; L. Ferretti; A. Gall et al. 

Science. 2022. Vol. 375, num. 6580, p. 540 – 545. DOI : 10.1126/science.abk1688.

Increased prevalence of clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential amongst people living with HIV

A. G. Bick; K. Popadin; C. W. Thorball; M. M. Uddin; M. Zanni et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2022. Vol. 12, num. 1, p. 577. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-04308-2.

Identifying and Characterizing Trans Women in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study as an Epidemiologically Distinct Risk Group

Huyen Nguyen; B. Hampel; D. G. Nunez; M. Battegay; A. Hachfeld et al. 

Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022. Vol. 74, num. 8, p. 1468 – 1475. DOI : 10.1093/cid/ciab628.

A global effort to dissect the human genetic basis of resistance to SARS-CoV-2 infection

E. Andreakos; L. Abel; D. C. Vinh; E. Kaja; B. A. Drolet et al. 

Nature Immunology. 2022. Vol. 23, p. 159 – 164. DOI : 10.1038/s41590-021-01030-z.

Using population-specific add-on polymorphisms to improve genotype imputation in underrepresented populations

Z. M. Xu; S. Rueger; M. Zwyer; D. Brites; H. Hiza et al. 

Plos Computational Biology. 2022. Vol. 18, num. 1, p. e1009628. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009628.

PUS3-related disorder: Report of a novel patient and delineation of the phenotypic spectrum

A. Borghesi; M. Plumari; E. Rossi; C. Vigano; R. M. Cerbo et al. 

American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A. 2022. Vol. 188, num. 2, p. 635 – 641. DOI : 10.1002/ajmg.a.62547.

Conference Papers

Risk of mitochondrial deletions is affected by the global secondary structure of the mitochondrial genome

V. Shamanskiy; A. A. Mikhailova; K. Ushakova; A. G. Mikhailova; S. Oreshkov et al. 

2022.  p. 438 – 439.

A billion-year trend of amino acid substitutions in the mitochondrial genome

A. A. Mikhailova; A. G. Mikhailova; V. Shamanskiy; K. Ushakova; A. Galieva et al. 

2022.  p. 535 – 535.

Mitochondrial mutational spectrum in human cancers is sensitive to cellular hypoxia

A. G. Mikhailova; P. Lisitsa; A. A. Mikhailova; K. Ushakova; E. Tretiakov et al. 

2022.  p. 413 – 414.

Increased CHIP prevalence amongst people living with HIV

K. Popadin; A. G. Bick; C. W. Thorball; M. M. Uddin; M. Zanni et al. 

2022.  p. 75 – 75.

A polygenic risk score to predict sudden cardiac arrest in patients with cardiovascular disease

E. Porcu; C. Thorball; A. P. Porretta; E. Pruvot; K. Wiskott et al. 

2022. 50th European Mathematical Genetics Meeting (EMGM), Univ Cambridge, MRC Biostatist Unit, Cambridge, ENGLAND, April 21-22, 2022. p. 28 – 28.

Reviews

Host genomics of SARS-CoV-2 infection

C. Redin; C. W. Thorball; J. Fellay 

European Journal Of Human Genetics. 2022. Vol. 30, p. 908 – 914. DOI : 10.1038/s41431-022-01136-4.

Neonatal Manifestations of Chronic Granulomatous Disease: MAS/HLH and Necrotizing Pneumonia as Unusual Phenotypes and Review of the Literature

A. Marzollo; F. Conti; L. Rossini; B. Rivalta; L. Leonardi et al. 

Journal Of Clinical Immunology. 2022. Vol. 42, p. 299 – 311. DOI : 10.1007/s10875-021-01159-4.

Theses

The interplay between human genetic variation, chronic inflammation and persistent infection: relevance for cardiovascular morbidity

F. A. S. Hodel / J. Fellay (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

2021

Journal Articles

Telomere Length Declines in Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Before Antiretroviral Therapy Start but Not After Viral Suppression: A Longitudinal Study Over >17 Years

I. C. Schoepf; C. W. Thorball; B. Ledergerber; N. A. Kootstra; P. Reiss et al. 

Journal Of Infectious Diseases. 2021. Vol. 225, num. 9, p. 1581 – 1591. DOI : 10.1093/infdis/jiab603.

Biallelic mutations in calcium release activated channel regulator 2A (CRACR2A) cause a primary immunodeficiency disorder

B. Wu; L. Rice; J. Shrimpton; D. Lawless; K. Walker et al. 

Elife. 2021. Vol. 10, p. e72559. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.72559.

Human genomics of the humoral immune response against polyomaviruses

F. Hodel; A. Y. Chong; P. Scepanovic; Z. M. Xu; O. Naret et al. 

Virus Evolution. 2021. Vol. 7, num. 2, p. veab058. DOI : 10.1093/ve/veab058.

Coronary Artery Disease-Associated and Longevity-Associated Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease Events in Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

I. C. Schoepf; C. W. Thorball; B. Ledergerber; T. Engel; M. Raffenberg et al. 

Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021. Vol. 73, num. 9, p. 1597 – 1604. DOI : 10.1093/cid/ciab521.

Viral genome wide association study identifies novel hepatitis C virus polymorphisms associated with sofosbuvir treatment failure

D. A. Smith; A. Magri; R. Bowden; N. Chaturvedi; J. Fellay et al. 

Nature Communications. 2021. Vol. 12, num. 1, p. 6105. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-021-25649-6.

Truly privacy-preserving federated analytics for precision medicine with multiparty homomorphic encryption

D. Froelicher; J. R. Troncoso-Pastoriza; J. L. Raisaro; M. A. Cuendet; J. S. Sousa et al. 

Nature Communications. 2021. Vol. 12, num. 1, p. 5910. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-021-25972-y.

A high-resolution HLA reference panel capturing global population diversity enables multi-ancestry fine-mapping in HIV host response

Y. Luo; M. Kanai; W. Choi; X. Li; S. Sakaue et al. 

Nature Genetics. 2021. Vol. 53, num. 10, p. 1504 – 1516. DOI : 10.1038/s41588-021-00935-7.

Genetic variation near CXCL12 is associated with susceptibility to HIV-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma

C. W. Thorball; T. Oudot-Mellakh; N. Ehsan; C. Hammer; F. A. Santoni et al. 

Haematologica. 2021. Vol. 106, num. 8, p. 2233 – 2241. DOI : 10.3324/haematol.2020.247023.

Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in similar to 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for similar to 20% of COVID-19 deaths

P. Bastard; A. Gervais; T. Le Voyer; J. Rosain; Q. Philippot et al. 

Science Immunology. 2021. Vol. 6, num. 62, p. eabl4340. DOI : 10.1126/sciimmunol.abl4340.

Rapid Progression of Kidney Dysfunction in People Living With HIV: Use of Polygenic and Data Collection on Adverse Events of Anti-HIV Drugs (D:A:D) Risk Scores

L. G. Dietrich; C. W. Thorball; L. Ryom; F. Burkhalter; B. Hasse et al. 

Journal Of Infectious Diseases. 2021. Vol. 223, num. 12, p. 2145 – 2153. DOI : 10.1093/infdis/jiaa695.

Systematic screening of viral and human genetic variation identifies antiretroviral resistance and immune escape link

H. Nguyen; C. W. Thorball; J. Fellay; J. Boni; S. Yerly et al. 

Elife. 2021. Vol. 10, p. e67388. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.67388.

Neonatal-Onset Familial Mediterranean Fever in an Infant with Human Parainfluenza Virus-4 Infection

A. Michev; A. Borghesi; C. Tretti; M. Martella; A. Di Comite et al. 

Neonatology. 2021. Vol. 118, num. 3, p. 359 – 363. DOI : 10.1159/000514694.

The influence of human genetic variation on Epstein–Barr virus sequence diversity

S. Rüeger; C. Hammer; A. Loetscher; P. J. McLaren; D. Lawless et al. 

Scientific Reports. 2021. Vol. 11, num. 1, p. 4586. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-84070-7.

Revolutionizing Medical Data Sharing Using Advanced Privacy-Enhancing Technologies: Technical, Legal, and Ethical Synthesis

J. Scheibner; J. R. Troncoso-Pastoriza; M. Ienca; J. Fellay; E. Vayena et al. 

Journal Of Medical Internet Research. 2021. Vol. 23, num. 2, p. e25120. DOI : 10.2196/25120.

Dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is associated to a SIGLEC1 null variant that limits antigen exchange via trafficking extracellular vesicles

S. Benet; C. Galvez; F. Drobniewski; I. Kontsevaya; L. Arias et al. 

Journal Of Extracellular Vesicles. 2021. Vol. 10, num. 3, p. e12046. DOI : 10.1002/jev2.12046.

Blood virosphere in febrile Tanzanian children

S. Cordey; F. Laubscher; M-A. Hartley; T. Junier; K. Keitel et al. 

Emerging Microbes & Infections. 2021. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 982 – 993. DOI : 10.1080/22221751.2021.1925161.

Reviews

Immunological lessons from genome-wide association studies of infections

C. W. Thorball; J. Fellay; A. Borghesi 

Current Opinion In Immunology. 2021. Vol. 72, p. 119 – 125. DOI : 10.1016/j.coi.2021.03.017.

HIV-1 and human genetic variation

P. J. McLaren; J. Fellay 

Nature Reviews Genetics. 2021. Vol. 22, p. 645 – 657. DOI : 10.1038/s41576-021-00378-0.

Theses

The genetic architecture of complex human traits at the dawn of genomic medicine

O. N. M. Naret / J. Fellay (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

2020

Journal Articles

Host Genomics of the HIV-1 Reservoir Size and Its Decay Rate During Suppressive Antiretroviral Treatment

C. W. Thorball; A. Borghesi; N. Bachmann; C. Von Siebenthal; V. Vongrad et al. 

Jaids-Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2020. Vol. 85, num. 4, p. 517 – 524. DOI : 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002473.

Whole-exome Sequencing for the Identification of Rare Variants in Primary Immunodeficiency Genes in Children With Sepsis: A Prospective, Population-based Cohort Study

A. Borghesi; J. Trueck; S. Asgari; V. Sancho-Shimizu; P. K. A. Agyeman et al. 

Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020. Vol. 71, num. 10, p. E614 – E623. DOI : 10.1093/cid/ciaa290.

HLA tapasin independence: broader peptide repertoire and HIV control

A. A. Bashirova; M. Viard; V. Naranbhai; A. Grifoni; W. Garcia-Beltran et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2020. Vol. 117, num. 45, p. 28232 – 28238. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2013554117.

Heritability of the HIV-1 reservoir size and decay under long-term suppressive ART

C. Wan; N. Bachmann; V. Mitov; F. Blanquart; S. P. Cespedes et al. 

Nature Communications. 2020. Vol. 11, num. 1, p. 5542. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-020-19198-7.

Virosaurus A Reference to Explore and Capture Virus Genetic Diversity

A. Gleizes; F. Laubscher; N. Guex; C. Iseli; T. Junier et al. 

Viruses-Basel. 2020. Vol. 12, num. 11, p. 1248. DOI : 10.3390/v12111248.

Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19

Q. Zhang; P. Bastard; Z. Liu; J. Le Pen; M. Moncada-Velez et al. 

Science. 2020. Vol. 370, num. 6515, p. 422. DOI : 10.1126/science.abd4570.

Polygenic modelling of treatment effect heterogeneity

Z. M. Xu; S. Burgess 

Genetic Epidemiology. 2020. Vol. 44, num. 8, p. 868 – 879. DOI : 10.1002/gepi.22347.

Assessing the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Switzerland

J. C. Lemaitre; F. J. Perez-Saez; A. S. Azman; A. Rinaldo; J. Fellay 

Swiss Medical Weekly. 2020. Vol. 150, p. w20295. DOI : 10.4414/smw.20295.

HLA Heterozygote Advantage against HIV-1 Is Driven by Quantitative and Qualitative Differences in HLA Allele-Specific Peptide Presentation

J. Arora; F. Pierini; P. J. McLaren; M. Carrington; J. Fellay et al. 

Molecular Biology And Evolution. 2020. Vol. 37, num. 3, p. 639 – 650. DOI : 10.1093/molbev/msz249.

Contribution of Genetic Background and Data Collection on Adverse Events of Anti-human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Drugs (D:A:D) Clinical Risk Score to Chronic Kidney Disease in Swiss HIV-infected Persons With Normal Baseline Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate

L. G. Dietrich; C. Barcelo; C. W. Thorball; L. Ryom; F. Burkhalter et al. 

Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020. Vol. 70, num. 5, p. 890 – 897. DOI : 10.1093/cid/ciz280.

Impact of Genetic and Nongenetic Factors on Body Mass Index and Waist-Hip Ratio Change in HIV-Infected Individuals Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy

C. Barcelo; M. Guidi; C. W. Thorball; C. Hammer; A. Chaouch et al. 

Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2020. Vol. 7, num. 1, p. ofz464. DOI : 10.1093/ofid/ofz464.

Data protection and ethics requirements for multisite research with health data: a comparative examination of legislative governance frameworks and the role of data protection technologies

J. Scheibner; M. Ienca; S. Kechagia; J. R. Troncoso-Pastoriza; J. L. Raisaro et al. 

Journal Of Law And The Biosciences. 2020. Vol. 7, num. 1, p. lsaa010. DOI : 10.1093/jlb/lsaa010.

Conference Papers

Genome-to-genome analysis identifies an Asian-specific variant in the gene encoding NTCP that leads to specific HBV escape mutations during chronic infection

Z. Xu; S. Rueger; P. Shea; M. Buti; H. L. Y. Chan et al. 

2020.  p. 316 – 317.

Using reference-fixed principal components to improve polygenic risk score prediction

O. Naret; J. Fellay 

2020.  p. 134 – 135.

An indel in the promoter region of NFKB1 confers protection against infection but increases risk of allergy

A. Y. Chong; N. Brenner; A. Jimenez Kaufmann; A. Cortes; R. Almond et al. 

2020.  p. 311 – 312.

Human genomics of the humoral response against polyomaviruses

F. Hodel; A. Y. Chong; P. Scepanovic; C. W. Thorball; Z. M. Xu et al. 

2020.  p. 312 – 313.

Is Competition for Resource between Genes a Driving Force of the Omnigenic Architecture?

O. Naret 

2020. 48th European Mathematical Genetics Meeting (EMGM), Lausanne, SWITZERLAND, Apr 16-17, 2020. p. 217 – 218.

Designing a Tanzanian Specific SNP Array Add-On to Capture Population-Specific Genetic Variations and to Improve Genotype Imputation

Z. Xu; S. Rueeger; U. Portevin; S. Gagneux; J. Fellay 

2020. 48th European Mathematical Genetics Meeting (EMGM), Lausanne, SWITZERLAND, Apr 16-17, 2020. p. 227 – 227. DOI : 10.1159/000507248.

SPHN/PHRT – MedCo in Action: Empowering the Swiss Molecular Tumor Board with Privacy-Preserving and Real-Time Patient Discovery

J. L. Raisaro; J. R. Troncoso-Pastoriza; S. Pradervand; M. Cuendet; M. Misbach et al. 

2020. 30th Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) Conference, Geneva, SWITZERLAND, Apr, 2020. p. 1161 – 1162. DOI : 10.3233/SHTI200345.

Reviews

Susceptibility to infection in early life: a growing role for human genetics

A. Borghesi; A. Marzollo; A. Michev; J. Fellay 

Human Genetics. 2020. Vol. 139, num. 6-7, p. 733 – 743. DOI : 10.1007/s00439-019-02109-2.

Exploring the interactions between the human and viral genomes

J. Fellay; V. Pedergnana 

Human Genetics. 2020. Vol. 139, num. 6-7, p. 777 – 781. DOI : 10.1007/s00439-019-02089-3.

Theses

HIV host genomics in the era of effective antiretroviral therapy

C. A. W. Thorball / J. Fellay; D. Trono (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. 

2019

Journal Articles

Predicting the Occurrence of Variants in RAG1 and RAG2

D. Lawless; H. L. Allen; J. Thaventhiran; F. Hodel; R. Anwar et al. 

Journal Of Clinical Immunology. 2019. Vol. 39, num. 7, p. 688 – 701. DOI : 10.1007/s10875-019-00670-z.

A comprehensive assessment of demographic, environmental, and host genetic associations with gut microbiome diversity in healthy individuals

P. Scepanovic; F. Hodel; S. Mondot; V. Partula; A. Byrd et al. 

Microbiome. 2019. Vol. 7, num. 1, p. 130. DOI : 10.1186/s40168-019-0747-x.

Adaptation of hepatitis C virus to interferon lambda polymorphism across multiple viral genotypes

N. Chaturvedi; E. S. Svarovskaia; H. Mo; A. O. Osinusi; D. M. Brainard et al. 

Elife. 2019. Vol. 8, p. e42542. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.42542.

HIV Transmission Chains Exhibit Greater HLA-B Homogeneity Than Randomly Expected

Huyen Nguyen; C. W. Thorball; J. Fellay; J. Boni; S. Yerly et al. 

Jaids-Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2019. Vol. 81, num. 5, p. 508 – 515. DOI : 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002077.

Determinants of HIV-1 reservoir size and long-term dynamics during suppressive ART

N. Bachmann; C. von Siebenthal; V. Vongrad; T. Turk; K. Neumann et al. 

Nature Communications. 2019. Vol. 10, p. 3193. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-10884-9.

Associations between usual diet and gut microbiota composition: results from the Milieu Interieur cross-sectional study

V. Partula; S. Mondot; M. J. Torres; E. Kesse-Guyot; M. Deschasaux et al. 

American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition. 2019. Vol. 109, num. 5, p. 1472 – 1483. DOI : 10.1093/ajcn/nqz029.

Human genomics of acute liver failure due to hepatitis B virus infection: An exome sequencing study in liver transplant recipients

S. Asgari; N. Chaturvedi; P. Scepanovic; C. Hammer; N. Semmo et al. 

Journal Of Viral Hepatitis. 2019. Vol. 26, num. 2, p. 271 – 277. DOI : 10.1111/jvh.13019.

Blacklisting variants common in private cohorts but not in public databases optimizes human exome analysis

P. Maffucci; B. Bigio; F. Rapaport; A. Cobat; A. Borghesi et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2019. Vol. 116, num. 3, p. 950 – 959. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1808403116.

HIV peptidome-wide association study reveals patient-specific epitope repertoires associated with HIV control

J. Arora; P. J. McLare; N. Chaturvedi; M. Carrington; J. Fellay et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2019. Vol. 116, num. 3, p. 944 – 949. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1812548116.

HIV-1 Vpu is a potent transcriptional suppressor of NF-κB-elicited antiviral immune responses

S. Langer; C. Hammer; K. Hopfensperger; L. Klein; D. Hotter et al. 

eLife. 2019. Vol. 8, p. e41930. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.41930.

Conference Papers

Human genetic determinants of chronic low-grade inflammation in the general population

F. Hodel; P. Marques-Vidal; P. Vollenweider; J. Fellay 

2019. 52nd Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Gothenburg, SWEDEN, Jun 15-18, 2019. p. 1747 – 1748.

Rare variants in antiviral response genes drive severe viral respiratory infections in children

D. Lawless; S. Asgari; L. Schlapbach; J. Fellay 

2019. 52nd Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Gothenburg, SWEDEN, Jun 15-18, 2019. p. 1374 – 1375.

Genome-to-genome analysis of Epstein-Barr virus infection

S. Rueger; C. Hammer; A. Loetscher; E. Zdobnov; J. Fellay 

2019. 52nd Conference of the European-Society-of-Human-Genetics (ESHG), Gothenburg, SWEDEN, Jun 15-18, 2019. p. 1365 – 1365.

Systems Biology in 874 Patients with Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome Indicates the Predominant Role of Interferon Alpha Compared to Interferon Gamma, Its Association with Systemic Complications, and a New Aspect of the Genetic Contribution of HLA

P. Bost; X. Mariette; V. Bondet; A. Llibre; C. Posseme et al. 

2019. 

Reviews

Gender medicine and oncology: report and consensus of an ESMO workshop

A. D. Wagner; S. Oertelt-Prigione; A. Adjei; T. Buclin; V. Cristina et al. 

Annals Of Oncology. 2019. Vol. 30, num. 12, p. 1914 – 1924. DOI : 10.1093/annonc/mdz414.

Effect of Fc Receptor Genetic Diversity on HIV-1 Disease Pathogenesis

D. E. Geraghty; C. W. Thorball; J. Fellay; R. Thomas 

Frontiers In Immunology. 2019. Vol. 10, p. 970. DOI : 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00970.

2018

Journal Articles

Interferon lambda 3/4 polymorphisms are associated with AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma

S. Bibert; A. Wojtowicz; P. Taffe; P. E. Tarr; E. Bernasconi et al. 

Aids. 2018. Vol. 32, num. 18, p. 2759 – 2765. DOI : 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002004.

Memory B Cells Activate Brain-Homing, Autoreactive CD4(+) T Cells in Multiple Sclerosis

I. Jelcic; F. Al Nimer; J. Wang; V. Lentsch; R. Planas et al. 

Cell. 2018. Vol. 175, num. 1, p. 100.e1. DOI : 10.1016/j.cell.2018.08.011.

Human genetic variants and age are the strongest predictors of humoral immune responses to common pathogens and vaccines

P. Scepanovic; C. Alanio; C. Hammer; F. Hodel; J. Bergstedt et al. 

Genome Medicine. 2018. Vol. 10, num. 1, p. 59. DOI : 10.1186/s13073-018-0568-8.

Easy and accurate reconstruction of whole HIV genomes from short-read sequence data with shiver

C. Wymant; F. Blanquart; T. Golubchik; A. Gall; M. Bakker et al. 

Virus Evolution. 2018. Vol. 4, num. 1, p. vey007. DOI : 10.1093/ve/vey007.

Killer cell immunoglobulin–like receptor 3DL1 variation modifies HLA-B*57 protection against HIV-1

M. P. Martin; V. Naranbhai; P. R. Shea; Y. Qi; V. Ramsuran et al. 

Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2018. Vol. 128, num. 5, p. 1903 – 1912. DOI : 10.1172/JCI98463.

Natural variation in the parameters of innate immune cells is preferentially driven by genetic factors

E. Patin; M. Hasan; J. Bergstedt; V. Rouilly; V. Libri et al. 

Nature Immunology. 2018. Vol. 19, num. 3, p. 302 – 314. DOI : 10.1038/s41590-018-0049-7.

Detection of novel astroviruses MLB1 and MLB2 in the sera of febrile Tanzanian children

S. Cordey; M-A. Hartley; K. Keitel; F. Laubscher; F. Brito et al. 

Emerging Microbes & Infections. 2018. Vol. 7, num. 1, p. 1 – 3. DOI : 10.1038/s41426-018-0025-1.

Are privacy-enhancing technologies for genomic data ready for the clinic? A survey of medical experts of the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

J-L. Raisaro; P. J. McLaren; J. Fellay; M. Cavassini; C. Klersy et al. 

Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 2018. Vol. 79, p. 1 – 6. DOI : 10.1016/j.jbi.2017.12.013.

Elevated HLA-A expression impairs HIV control through inhibition of NKG2A-expressing cells

V. Ramsuran; V. Naranbhai; A. Horowitz; Y. Qi; M. P. Martin et al. 

Science. 2018. Vol. 359, num. 6371, p. 86 – 90. DOI : 10.1126/science.aam8825.

Correcting for Population Stratification Reduces False Positive and False Negative Results in Joint Analyses of Host and Pathogen Genomes

O. Naret; N. Chaturvedi; I. Bartha; C. Hammer; J. Fellay 

Frontiers in Genetics. 2018. Vol. 9, p. 266. DOI : 10.3389/fgene.2018.00266.

Dissecting HIV Virulence: Heritability of Setpoint Viral Load, CD4+ T Cell Decline and Per-Parasite Pathogenicity

F. Bertels; A. Marzel; G. Leventhal; V. Mitov; J. Fellay et al. 

Molecular biology and evolution. 2018. Vol. 35, num. 1, p. 27 – 37. DOI : 10.1093/molbev/msx246.

Differential immunodominance hierarchy of CD8+ T cell responses in HLA-B*27:05 and B*27:02-mediated control of HIV-1 infection

E. Adland; M. Hill; N. Lavandier; A. Csala; A. Edwards et al. 

Journal of virology. 2018. Vol. 92, num. 4, p. e01685 – 17. DOI : 10.1128/JVI.01685-17.

Genetics of human susceptibility to active and latent tuberculosis: present knowledge and future perspectives

L. Abel; J. Fellay; D. W. Haas; E. Schurr; G. Srikrishna et al. 

The Lancet. Infectious Diseases. 2018. Vol. 18, num. 3, p. E64 – E75. DOI : 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30623-0.

The human noncoding genome defined by genetic diversity

J. di Iulio; I. Bartha; E. Wong; H. Yu; V. Lavrenko et al. 

Nature Genetics. 2018. Vol. 50, num. 3, p. 333 – 337. DOI : 10.1038/s41588-018-0062-7.

Conference Papers

B – T cell interactions activate and maintain brain-homing T cells in multiple sclerosis.

I. Jelcic; F. Al Nimer; J. Wang; V. Lentsch; R. Planas et al. 

2018. 34th Congress of the European-Committee-for-Treatment-and-Research-in-Multiple-Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), Berlin, GERMANY, Oct 10-12, 2018. p. 56 – 56.

The Serotonin receptor 3E subunit variant HTR3E c.*76G> A is confirmed as a risk factor for IBS-D in females

B. Niesler; N. Hattensperger; C. Martinez; S. Schmitteckert; L. A. Houghton et al. 

2018. 

Theses

Genetic determinants of healthy human immune variance: from humoral response to microbiome diversity

P. Scepanovic / J. Fellay; B. Deplancke (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

2017

Journal Articles

HLA-B*14:02-Restricted Env-Specific CD8+ T-Cell Activity Has Highly Potent Antiviral Efficacy Associated with Immune Control of HIV Infection

E. M. Leitman; C. B. Willberg; M-H. Tsai; H. Chen; S. Buus et al. 

Journal of virology. 2017. Vol. 91, num. 22, p. e00544 – 17. DOI : 10.1128/JVI.00544-17.

Genome-to-genome analysis highlights the effect of the human innate and adaptive immune systems on the hepatitis C virus

M. A. Ansari; V. Pedergnana; C. L. C. Ip; A. Magri; A. Von Delft et al. 

Nature Genetics. 2017. Vol. 49, num. 5, p. 666 – +. DOI : 10.1038/ng.3835.

Severe viral respiratory infections in children with IFIH1 loss-of-function mutations

S. Asgari; L. J. Schlapbach; S. Anchisi; C. Hammer; I. Bartha et al. 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2017. Vol. 114, num. 31, p. 8342 – 8347. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1704259114.

No Evidence for Association of beta-Defensin Genomic Copy Number with HIV Susceptibility, HIV Load during Clinical Latency, or Progression to AIDS

R. Abujaber; P. R. Shea; P. J. Mclaren; S. Lakhi; J. Gilmour et al. 

Annals Of Human Genetics. 2017. Vol. 81, num. 1, p. 27 – 34. DOI : 10.1111/ahg.12182.

Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Disease in Otherwise Healthy Infants: Failure of Specific Neonatal Immune Responses

A. Borghesi; M. Stronati; J. Fellay 

Frontiers In Immunology. 2017. Vol. 8, p. 215. DOI : 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00215.

Viral genetic variation accounts for a third of variability in HIV-1 set-point viral load in Europe

F. Blanquart; C. Wymant; M. Cornelissen; A. Gall; M. Bakker et al. 

Plos Biology. 2017. Vol. 15, num. 6, p. e2001855. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pbio.2001855.

Distinctive roles of age, sex, and genetics in shaping transcriptional variation of human immune responses to microbial challenges

B. Piasecka; D. Duffy; A. Urrutia; H. Quach; E. Patin et al. 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2017. Vol. 115, num. 3, p. E488 – E497. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1714765115.

Estimating the Respective Contributions of Human and Viral Genetic Variation to HIV Control

I. Bartha; P. J. Mclaren; C. Brumme; R. Harrigan; A. Telenti et al. 

PLoS Computational Biology. 2017. Vol. 13, num. 2, p. e1005339. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005339.

Evaluating the Impact of Functional Genetic Variation on HIV-1 Control

P. J. McLaren; S. L. Pulit; D. Gurdasani; I. Bartha; P. R. Shea et al. 

The Journal of infectious diseases. 2017. Vol. 216, num. 9, p. 1063 – 1069. DOI : 10.1093/infdis/jix470.

SQC: Secure Quality Control for Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies

Z. Huang; H. Lin; J. Fellay; Z. Kutalik; J-P. Hubaux 

Bioinformatics. 2017. Vol. 33, num. 15, p. 2273 – 2280. DOI : 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx193.

2016

Journal Articles

A privacy-preserving solution for compressed storage and selective retrieval of genomic data

Z. Huang; E. Ayday; H. Lin; R. S. Aiyar; A. Molyneaux et al. 

Genome Research. 2016. Vol. 26, num. 12, p. 1687 – 1696. DOI : 10.1101/gr.206870.116.

Contribution of Genetic Background and Clinical Risk Factors to Low-Trauma Fractures in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Positive Persons: The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

T. Junier; M. Rotger; E. Biver; B. Ledergerber; C. Barcelo et al. 

Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2016. Vol. 3, num. 2, p. ofw101. DOI : 10.1093/ofid/ofw101.

Determinants of HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibody induction

P. Rusert; R. D. Kouyos; C. Kadelka; H. Ebner; M. Schanz et al. 

Nature Medicine. 2016. Vol. 22, num. 11, p. 1260 – 1267. DOI : 10.1038/nm.4187.

Familial segregation of group B streptococcal infection in a consanguineous kindred

F. Licciardi; D. Montin; A. Versace; G. Migliore; C. Tzialla et al. 

International Journal Of Infectious Diseases. 2016. Vol. 51, p. 22 – 24. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.010.

Exome Sequencing Reveals Primary Immunodeficiencies in Children with Community-Acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis

S. Asgari; P. J. Mclaren; J. Peake; M. Wong; R. Wong et al. 

Frontiers In Immunology. 2016. Vol. 7, p. 357. DOI : 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00357.

Privacy-preserving genomic testing in the clinic: a model using HIV treatment

P. J. McLaren; J. L. Raisaro; M. Aouri; M. Rotger; E. Ayday et al. 

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics. 2016. Vol. 18, p. 814 – 822. DOI : 10.1038/gim.2015.167.

Role of APOBEC3F Gene Variation in HIV-1 Disease Progression and Pneumocystis Pneumonia

P. An; S. Penugonda; C. W. Thorball; I. Bartha; J. J. Goedert et al. 

Plos Genetics. 2016. Vol. 12, num. 3, p. e1005921. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005921.

Identification of Siglec-1 null individuals infected with HIV-1

J. Martinez-Picado; P. J. Mclaren; I. Erkizia; M. P. Martin; S. Benet et al. 

Nature Communications. 2016. Vol. 7, p. 12412. DOI : 10.1038/ncomms12412.

Corrigendum: Exome Sequencing reveals Primary immunodeficiencies in Children with Community-Acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis (vol 7, 357, 2016)

S. Asgari; P. J. Mclaren; J. Peake; M. Wong; R. Wong et al. 

Frontiers In Immunology. 2016. Vol. 7, p. 447. DOI : 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00447.

Conference Papers

Multiple HCV Amino Acid Variants Associate with Interferon Lambda Polymorphism in Genotype 1a, 1b and 3a Infections

N. Chaturvedi; R. K. Chodavarapu; E. S. Svarovskaia; H. Mo; A. O. Osinusi et al. 

2016. 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-the-Study-of-Liver-Diseases (AASLD), Boston, MA, NOV 11-15, 2016. p. 33A – 33A.

Theses

Host and pathogen genomics of severe pediatric infections

S. Asgari / J. Fellay (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

Patents

Method for privacy-preserving medical risk test

J. L. Raisaro; E. Ayday; P. Mclaren; J-p. Hubaux; A. Telenti et al. 

US9524370; US2016125141; EP3016011.

2016.

2015

Journal Articles

Identification of potential HIV restriction factors by combining evolutionary genomic signatures with functional analyses

P. J. Mclaren; A. Gawanbacht; N. Pyndiah; C. Krapp; D. Hotter et al. 

Retrovirology. 2015. Vol. 12, p. 41. DOI : 10.1186/s12977-015-0165-5.

Human genetic variation in HIV disease: beyond genome-wide association studies

P. J. McLaren; J. Fellay 

Current opinion in HIV and AIDS. 2015. Vol. 10, num. 2, p. 110 – 5. DOI : 10.1097/COH.0000000000000133.

The Interplay Between Host Genetic Variation, Viral Replication, and Microbial Translocation in Untreated HIV-Infected Individuals

M. R. Perkins; I. Bartha; J. K. Timmer; J. C. Liebner; D. Wollinsky et al. 

The Journal of infectious diseases. 2015. Vol. 212, num. 4, p. 578 – 84. DOI : 10.1093/infdis/jiv089.

Privacy in the Genomic Era

M. Naveed; E. Ayday; E. Clayton; J. Fellay; C. Gunter et al. 

ACM Computing Surveys. 2015. Vol. 48, num. 1, p. 6. DOI : 10.1145/2767007.

The Characteristics of Heterozygous Protein Truncating Variants in the Human Genome

I. Bartha; A. Rausell; P. J. Mclaren; P. Mohammadi; M. Tardaguila et al. 

Plos Computational Biology. 2015. Vol. 11, num. 12, p. e1004647. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004647.

Amino Acid Variation in HLA Class II Proteins Is a Major Determinant of Humoral Response to Common Viruses

C. Hammer; M. Begemann; P. J. Mclaren; I. Bartha; A. Michel et al. 

American Journal Of Human Genetics. 2015. Vol. 97, num. 5, p. 738 – 743. DOI : 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.09.008.

Adaptation on a genomic scale

I. Bartha; J. Fellay 

eLife. 2015. Vol. 4, p. e06193. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.06193.

Polymorphisms of large effect explain the majority of the host genetic contribution to variation of HIV-1 virus load

P. J. Mclaren; C. Coulonges; I. Bartha; T. L. Lenz; A. J. Deutsch et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2015. Vol. 112, num. 47, p. 14658 – 14663. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1514867112.

Conference Papers

GenoGuard: Protecting Genomic Data against Brute-Force Attacks

Z. Huang; E. Ayday; J. Fellay; J-P. Hubaux; A. Juels 

2015. 36th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P 2015), San Jose, CA, USA, May 18-20, 2015. p. 447 – 462. DOI : 10.1109/SP.2015.34.

Quantifying Genomic Privacy via Inference Attack with High-Order SNV Correlations

S. Samani; Z. Huang; E. Ayday; M. Elliot; J. Fellay et al. 

2015. 2nd International Workshop on Genome Privacy and Security (in conjunction with IEEE S&P 2015), San Jose, CA, USA, May 21, 2015. p. 32 – 40. DOI : 10.1109/SPW.2015.21.

Reviews

The impact of host genetic variation on infection with HIV-1

P. J. Mclaren; M. Carrington 

Nature Immunology. 2015. Vol. 16, num. 6, p. 577 – 583. DOI : 10.1038/ni.3147.

Reports

GenoGuard: Protecting Genomic Data Against Brute-Force Attacks

Z. Huang; E. Ayday; J. Fellay; J-P. Hubaux; A. Juels 

2015

2014

Journal Articles

Médecine génomique et Maladies infectieuses [Genomic medicine and infectious diseases]

J. Fellay 

Praxis. 2014. Vol. 103, num. 10, p. 587 – 90. DOI : 10.1024/1661-8157/a001658.

GuavaH: a compendium of host genomic data in HIV biology and disease

I. Bartha; P. J. Mclaren; A. Ciuffi; J. Fellay; A. Telenti 

Retrovirology. 2014. Vol. 11, p. 6. DOI : 10.1186/1742-4690-11-6.

Dynamics of HIV Latency and Reactivation in a Primary CD4+T Cell Model

P. Mohammadi; J. Di Iulio; M. Munoz; R. Martinez; I. Bartha et al. 

Plos Pathogens. 2014. Vol. 10, num. 5, p. e1004156. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004156.

Analysis of Stop-Gain and Frameshift Variants in Human Innate Immunity Genes

A. Rausell; P. Mohammadi; P. J. Mclaren; I. Bartha; I. Xenarios et al. 

Plos Computational Biology. 2014. Vol. 10, num. 7, p. e1003757. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003757.

A Novel Acute Retroviral Syndrome Severity Score Predicts the Key Surrogate Markers for HIV-1 Disease Progression

D. L. Braun; R. Kouyos; C. Oberle; C. Grube; B. Joos et al. 

Plos One. 2014. Vol. 9, num. 12, p. e114111. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0114111.

Disentangling human tolerance and resistance against HIV

R. R. Regoes; P. J. McLaren; M. Battegay; E. Bernasconi; A. Calmy et al. 

PLoS biology. 2014. Vol. 12, num. 9, p. e1001951. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001951.

HLA class I and KIR genes do not protect against HIV type 1 infection in highly exposed uninfected individuals with hemophilia A

N. Vince; A. A. Bashirova; A. Lied; X. Gao; L. Dorrell et al. 

The Journal of infectious diseases. 2014. Vol. 210, num. 7, p. 1047 – 51. DOI : 10.1093/infdis/jiu214.

LILRB2 Interaction with HLA Class I Correlates with Control of HIV-1 Infection

A. A. Bashirova; E. Martin-Gayo; D. C. Jones; Y. Qi; R. Apps et al. 

Plos Genetics. 2014. Vol. 10, num. 3, p. e1004196. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004196.

Posters

Practical Solutions for Protecting Individual Genomic Privacy

J. Fellay; J. L. Raisaro; Z. Huang; M. Humbert; E. Ayday et al. 

American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), San Diego, CA, USA, October 2014.

2013

Journal Articles

A genome-to-genome analysis of associations between human genetic variation, HIV-1 sequence diversity, and viral control

I. Bartha; J. M. Carlson; C. J. Brumme; P. J. Mclaren; Z. L. Brumme et al. 

Elife. 2013. Vol. 2, p. e01123. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.01123.

On stand by: host genetics of HIV control

M. Carrington; A. A. Bashirova; P. J. Mclaren 

Aids. 2013. Vol. 27, num. 18, p. 2831 – 2839. DOI : 10.1097/01.aids.0000432536.85335.c8.

Influence of HLA-C Expression Level on HIV Control

R. Apps; Y. Qi; J. M. Carlson; H. Chen; X. Gao et al. 

Science. 2013. Vol. 340, num. 6128, p. 87 – 91. DOI : 10.1126/science.1232685.

Association Study of Common Genetic Variants and HIV-1 Acquisition in 6,300 Infected Cases and 7,200 Controls

P. J. Mclaren; C. Coulonges; S. Ripke; L. Van Den Berg; S. Buchbinder et al. 

PLoS Pathogens. 2013. Vol. 9, num. 7, p. e1003515. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003515.

Contribution of Genetic Background, Traditional Risk Factors, and HIV-Related Factors to Coronary Artery Disease Events in HIV-Positive Persons

M. Rotger; T. R. Glass; T. Junier; J. Lundgren; J. D. Neaton et al. 

Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2013. Vol. 57, num. 1, p. 112 – 121. DOI : 10.1093/cid/cit196.

A genome-wide association study of resistance to HIV infection in highly exposed uninfected individuals with hemophilia A

J. Lane; P. J. Mclaren; L. Dorrell; K. V. Shianna; A. Stemke et al. 

Human Molecular Genetics. 2013. Vol. 22, num. 9, p. 1903 – 1910. DOI : 10.1093/hmg/ddt033.

Genetic interplay between HLA-C and MIR148A in HIV control and Crohn disease

S. Kulkarni; Y. Qi; C. O’Huigin; F. Pereyra; V. Ramsuran et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2013. Vol. 110, num. 51, p. 20705 – 20710. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1312237110.

Conference Papers

Privacy-Preserving Computation of Disease Risk by Using Genomic, Clinical, and Environmental Data

E. Ayday; J. L. Raisaro; M. Laren; P. Jack; J. Fellay et al. 

2013. USENIX Security Workshop on Health Information Technologies (HealthTech ’13), Washington, DC, USA, August.

Reviews

European genetic diversity and susceptibility to pathogens

P. J. McLaren; J. Fellay; A. Telenti 

Human heredity. 2013. Vol. 76, num. 3-4, p. 187 – 93. DOI : 10.1159/000357758.

Posters

Privacy-Preserving Computation of Disease Risk by Using Genomic, Clinical, and Environmental Data (poster version)

E. Ayday; J. L. Raisaro; M. Laren; P. Jack; J. Fellay et al. 

USENIX Security Workshop on Health Information Technologies (HealthTech ’13), Washington, DC, USA, August, 2013.

2012

Journal Articles

The association of genetic variants with hepatic steatosis in patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C infection

P. J. Clark; A. J. Thompson; Q. Zhu; D. M. Vock; M. Zhu et al. 

Digestive diseases and sciences. 2012. Vol. 57, num. 8, p. 2213 – 21. DOI : 10.1007/s10620-012-2171-y.

Role of retroviral restriction factors in the interferon- -mediated suppression of HIV-1 in vivo

S. K. Pillai; M. Abdel-Mohsen; J. Guatelli; M. Skasko; A. Monto et al. 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2012. Vol. 109, num. 8, p. 3035 – 3040. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1111573109.

Interleukin 28B polymorphisms are the only common genetic variants associated with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in genotype-1 chronic hepatitis C and determine the association between LDL-C and treatment response

P. J. Clark; A. J. Thompson; M. Zhu; D. M. Vock; Q. Zhu et al. 

Journal of viral hepatitis. 2012. Vol. 19, num. 5, p. 332 – 40. DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2011.01553.x.

HLA-Bw4 identifies a population of HIV-infected patients with an increased capacity to control viral replication after structured treatment interruption

M. Stern; K. Czaja; A. Rauch; M. Rickenbach; H. F. Günthard et al. 

HIV Medicine. 2012. Vol. 13, num. 10, p. 589 – 595. DOI : 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2012.01019.x.

2011

Journal Articles

Personalized hepatitis C therapy: opportunities and pitfalls

A. Rauch; J. Fellay 

Expert review of molecular diagnostics. 2011. Vol. 11, num. 2, p. 127 – 9. DOI : 10.1586/erm.10.116.

Estimating the net contribution of IL28B variation to spontaneous hepatitis C virus clearance

J. di Iulio; A. Ciuffi; K. Fitzmaurice; D. Kelleher; M. Rotger et al. 

Hepatology. 2011. Vol. 53, num. 5, p. 1446 – 1454. DOI : 10.1002/hep.24263.

Comparative transcriptomics of extreme phenotypes of human HIV-1 infection and SIV infection in sooty mangabey and rhesus macaque

M. Rotger; J. Dalmau; A. Rauch; P. McLaren; S. Bosinger et al. 

The Journal of clinical investigation. 2011. Vol. 121, num. 6, p. 2391 – 2400. DOI : 10.1172/JCI45235.

Genome-wide association study identifies single nucleotide polymorphism in DYRK1A associated with replication of HIV-1 in monocyte-derived macrophages

S. M. Bol; P. D. Moerland; S. Limou; Y. van Remmerden; C. Coulonges et al. 

PloS One. 2011. Vol. 6, num. 2, p. e17190. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0017190.

Inosine triphosphate protects against ribavirin-induced adenosine triphosphate loss by adenylosuccinate synthase function

Y. Hitomi; E. T. Cirulli; J. Fellay; J. G. McHutchison; A. J. Thompson et al. 

Gastroenterology. 2011. Vol. 140, num. 4, p. 1314 – 21. DOI : 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.12.038.

Mapping of positive selection sites in the HIV-1 genome in the context of RNA and protein structural constraints

J. Snoeck; J. Fellay; I. Bartha; D. C. Douek; A. Telenti 

Retrovirology. 2011. Vol. 8, p. 87. DOI : 10.1186/1742-4690-8-87.

Copy Number Variation of KIR Genes Influences HIV-1 Control

K. Pelak; A. C. Need; J. Fellay; K. V. Shianna; S. Feng et al. 

Plos Biology. 2011. Vol. 9, num. 11, p. e1001208. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001208.

Host genetic determinants of T cell responses to the MRKAd5 HIV-1 gag/pol/nef vaccine in the step trial

J. Fellay; N. Frahm; K. V. Shianna; E. T. Cirulli; D. R. Casimiro et al. 

The Journal of infectious diseases. 2011. Vol. 203, num. 6, p. 773 – 9. DOI : 10.1093/infdis/jiq125.

A polymorphism in the leptin gene promoter is associated with anemia in patients with HIV disease

G. J. Vanasse; J-Y. Jeong; J. Tate; H. Bathulapalli; D. Anderson et al. 

Blood. 2011. Vol. 118, p. 5401 – 5408. DOI : 10.1182/blood-2011-06-362194.

Common human genetic variants and HIV-1 susceptibility: a genome-wide survey in a homogeneous African population

S. Petrovski; J. Fellay; K. V. Shianna; N. Carpenetti; J. Kumwenda et al. 

AIDS. 2011. Vol. 25, num. 4, p. 513 – 8. DOI : 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328343817b.

Impact of Phenotype Definition on Genome-Wide Association Signals: Empirical Evaluation in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection

E. Evangelou; J. Fellay; S. Colombo; J. Martinez-Picado; N. Obel et al. 

American Journal of Epidemiology. 2011. Vol. 173, num. 11, p. 1336 – 1342. DOI : 10.1093/aje/kwr024.

Reviews

Hepatitis C pharmacogenetics: state of the art in 2010

N. H. Afdhal; J. G. McHutchison; S. Zeuzem; A. Mangia; J-M. Pawlotsky et al. 

Hepatology. 2011. Vol. 53, num. 1, p. 336 – 45. DOI : 10.1002/hep.24052.

2010

Journal Articles

Role of human leukocyte antigen class I alleles in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

S. Gheuens; J. Fellay; D. B. Goldstein; I. J. Koralnik 

Journal of neurovirology. 2010. Vol. 16, num. 1, p. 41 – 7. DOI : 10.3109/13550280903552438.

Young and Early Career Investigators: Report from a Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise Working Group

D. H. Barouch; T. Ndung’u; G. Alter; T. Cardozo; B. Chohan et al. 

Nature Precedings. 2010. DOI : 10.1038/npre.2010.4800.2.

IL28B genotype is associated with differential expression of intrahepatic interferon-stimulated genes in patients with chronic hepatitis C

T. J. Urban; A. J. Thompson; S. S. Bradrick; J. Fellay; D. Schuppan et al. 

Hepatology. 2010. Vol. 52, num. 6, p. 1888 – 96. DOI : 10.1002/hep.23912.

Counteraction of HLA-C-mediated immune control of HIV-1 by Nef

A. Specht; A. Telenti; R. Martinez; J. Fellay; E. Bailes et al. 

Journal of virology. 2010. Vol. 84, num. 14, p. 7300 – 11. DOI : 10.1128/JVI.00619-10.

Variants in the ITPA gene protect against ribavirin-induced hemolytic anemia and decrease the need for ribavirin dose reduction

A. J. Thompson; J. Fellay; K. Patel; H. L. Tillmann; S. Naggie et al. 

Gastroenterology. 2010. Vol. 139, num. 4, p. 1181 – 9. DOI : 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.06.016.

How the human genome can predict response to Hepatitis C therapy

A. J. Thompson; J. Fellay; J. G. McHutchison 

Current Hepatitis Reports. 2010. Vol. 9, num. 1, p. 1 – 8. DOI : 10.1007/s11901-010-0029-3.

ITPA gene variants protect against anaemia in patients treated for chronic hepatitis C

J. Fellay; A. J. Thompson; D. Ge; C. E. Gumbs; T. J. Urban et al. 

Nature. 2010. Vol. 464, num. 7287, p. 405 – 8. DOI : 10.1038/nature08825.

Genome-wide mRNA expression correlates of viral control in CD4+ T-cells from HIV-1-infected individuals

M. Rotger; K. K. Dang; J. Fellay; E. L. Heinzen; S. Feng et al. 

PLoS pathogens. 2010. Vol. 6, num. 2, p. e1000781. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000781.

Interleukin-28B polymorphism improves viral kinetics and is the strongest pretreatment predictor of sustained virologic response in genotype 1 hepatitis C virus

A. J. Thompson; A. J. Muir; M. S. Sulkowski; D. Ge; J. Fellay et al. 

Gastroenterology. 2010. Vol. 139, num. 1, p. 120 – 9. DOI : 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.04.013.

Hepatitis C trials that combine investigational agents with pegylated interferon should be stratified by interleukin-28B genotype

A. J. Thompson; A. J. Muir; M. S. Sulkowski; K. Patel; H. L. Tillmann et al. 

Hepatology. 2010. Vol. 52, num. 6, p. 2243 – 4. DOI : 10.1002/hep.23826.

Host determinants of HIV-1 control in African Americans

K. Pelak; D. B. Goldstein; N. M. Walley; J. Fellay; D. Ge et al. 

The Journal of infectious diseases. 2010. Vol. 201, num. 8, p. 1141 – 9. DOI : 10.1086/651382.

Evidence of dysregulation of dendritic cells in primary HIV infection

R. L. Sabado; M. O’Brien; A. Subedi; L. Qin; N. Hu et al. 

Blood. 2010. Vol. 116, num. 19, p. 3839 – 52. DOI : 10.1182/blood-2010-03-273763.

The characterization of twenty sequenced human genomes

K. Pelak; K. V. Shianna; D. Ge; J. M. Maia; M. Zhu et al. 

PLoS genetics. 2010. Vol. 6, num. 9, p. e1001111. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001111.

A polymorphism in the HCP5 gene associated with HLA-B*5701 does not restrict HIV-1 in vitro

W. Yoon; B-J. Ma; J. Fellay; W. Huang; S-M. Xia et al. 

AIDS. 2010. Vol. 24, num. 1, p. 155 – 7. DOI : 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833202f5.

Reviews

Host genetics and HIV-1: the final phase?

J. Fellay; K. V. Shianna; A. Telenti; D. B. Goldstein 

PLoS pathogens. 2010. Vol. 6, num. 10, p. e1001033. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001033.

2009

Journal Articles

Genetic variation in IL28B predicts hepatitis C treatment-induced viral clearance

D. Ge; J. Fellay; A. J. Thompson; J. S. Simon; K. V. Shianna et al. 

Nature. 2009. Vol. 461, num. 7262, p. 399 – 401. DOI : 10.1038/nature08309.

X chromosomal variation is associated with slow progression to AIDS in HIV-1-infected women

R. A. Siddiqui; U. Sauermann; J. Altmüller; E. Fritzer; M. Nothnagel et al. 

American journal of human genetics. 2009. Vol. 85, num. 2, p. 228 – 39. DOI : 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.07.013.

Challenges facing young investigators

G. Alter; J. Brenchley; J. Fellay 

IAVI report. 2009. Vol. 13, num. 1, p. 14 – 7.

HLA-C cell surface expression and control of HIV/AIDS correlate with a variant upstream of HLA-C

R. Thomas; R. Apps; Y. Qi; X. Gao; V. Male et al. 

Nature genetics. 2009. Vol. 41, num. 12, p. 1290 – 4. DOI : 10.1038/ng.486.

CCL3L1 and HIV/AIDS susceptibility

T. J. Urban; A. C. Weintrob; J. Fellay; S. Colombo; K. V. Shianna et al. 

Nature medicine. 2009. Vol. 15, num. 10, p. 1110 – 2. DOI : 10.1038/nm1009-1110.

Common genetic variation and the control of HIV-1 in humans

J. Fellay; D. Ge; K. V. Shianna; S. Colombo; B. Ledergerber et al. 

PLoS genetics. 2009. Vol. 5, num. 12, p. e1000791. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000791.

The Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines null promoter variant does not influence HIV-1 acquisition or disease progression

N. M. Walley; B. Julg; S. P. Dickson; J. Fellay; D. Ge et al. 

Cell host & microbe. 2009. Vol. 5, num. 5, p. 408 – 10. DOI : 10.1016/j.chom.2009.04.011.

Reviews

Host genetics influences on HIV type-1 disease

J. Fellay 

Antiviral therapy. 2009. Vol. 14, num. 6, p. 731 – 8. DOI : 10.3851/IMP1253.

2008

Journal Articles

The HCP5 single-nucleotide polymorphism: a simple screening tool for prediction of hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir

S. Colombo; A. Rauch; M. Rotger; J. Fellay; R. Martinez et al. 

The Journal of infectious diseases. 2008. Vol. 198, num. 6, p. 864 – 7. DOI : 10.1086/591184.

WGAViewer: software for genomic annotation of whole genome association studies

D. Ge; K. Zhang; A. C. Need; O. Martin; J. Fellay et al. 

Genome research. 2008. Vol. 18, num. 4, p. 640 – 3. DOI : 10.1101/gr.071571.107.

2007

Journal Articles

Efficacy and safety of universal valganciclovir prophylaxis combined with a tacrolimus/mycophenolate-based regimen in kidney transplantation

O. Manuel; J-P. Venetz; J. Fellay; J-B. Wasserfallen; N. Sturzenegger et al. 

Swiss medical weekly. 2007. Vol. 137, num. 47-48, p. 669 – 676. DOI : 10.4414/smw.2007.11961.

Adverse events to antiretrovirals in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: effect on mortality and treatment modification

O. Keiser; J. Fellay; M. Opravil; H. H. Hirsch; B. Hirschel et al. 

Antiviral therapy. 2007. Vol. 12, num. 8, p. 1157 – 64.

A whole-genome association study of major determinants for host control of HIV-1

J. Fellay; K. V. Shianna; D. Ge; S. Colombo; B. Ledergerber et al. 

Science. 2007. Vol. 317, num. 5840, p. 944 – 7. DOI : 10.1126/science.1143767.

Host genetics: fine-tuning innate signaling

J. Fellay; D. B. Goldstein 

Current biology. 2007. Vol. 17, num. 13, p. R516 – 8. DOI : 10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.052.

2006

Journal Articles

HIV and solid organ transplantation: the Swiss experience

N. J. Müller; H. Furrer; L. Kaiser; B. Hirschel; M. Cavassini et al. 

Swiss medical weekly. 2006. Vol. 136, num. 11-12, p. 194 – 6. DOI : 10.4414/smw.2006.11356.

Reviews

[HIV-AIDS: answers to new questions]

J. Fellay; M. Cavassini 

Revue médicale suisse. 2006. Vol. 2, num. 60, p. 912 – 7.

2005

Journal Articles

Variations of CYP3A activity induced by antiretroviral treatment in HIV-1 infected patients

J. Fellay; C. Marzolini; L. Decosterd; K. P. Golay; P. Baumann et al. 

European journal of clinical pharmacology. 2005. Vol. 60, num. 12, p. 865 – 73. DOI : 10.1007/s00228-004-0855-8.

Treatment of cytomegalovirus infection or disease in solid organ transplant recipients with valganciclovir

J. Fellay; J-P. Venetz; M. Pascual; J-D. Aubert; C. Seudoux et al. 

American journal of transplantation. 2005. Vol. 5, num. 7, p. 1781 – 2. DOI : 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00936.x.

2004

Journal Articles

CYP3A activity measured by the midazolam test is not related to 3435 C >T polymorphism in the multiple drug resistance transporter gene

C. B. Eap; J. Fellay; T. Buclin; G. Bleiber; K. P. Golay et al. 

Pharmacogenetics. 2004. Vol. 14, num. 4, p. 255 – 60. DOI : 10.1097/00008571-200404000-00005.

2003

Journal Articles

Population pharmacokinetics and effects of efavirenz in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

C. Csajka; C. Marzolini; K. Fattinger; L. A. Décosterd; J. Fellay et al. 

Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics. 2003. Vol. 73, num. 1, p. 20 – 30. DOI : 10.1067/mcp.2003.22.

2002

Journal Articles

HIV lipoatrophy and mosquito bites

G. Greub; J. Fellay; A. Telenti 

Clinical infectious diseases. 2002. Vol. 34, num. 2, p. 288 – 9. DOI : 10.1086/323014.

Response to antiretroviral treatment in HIV-1-infected individuals with allelic variants of the multidrug resistance transporter 1: a pharmacogenetics study

J. Fellay; C. Marzolini; E. R. Meaden; D. J. Back; T. Buclin et al. 

Lancet. 2002. Vol. 359, num. 9300, p. 30 – 6. DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07276-8.

Multidrug resistance and response to antiretroviral treatment

J. Fellay; D. Back; A. H. Schinkel; C. B. Eap; A. Telenti 

Lancet. 2002. Vol. 359, num. 9323, p. 2114 – 5. DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08922-5.

2001

Journal Articles

Prevalence of adverse events associated with potent antiretroviral treatment: Swiss HIV Cohort Study

J. Fellay; K. Boubaker; B. Ledergerber; E. Bernasconi; H. Furrer et al. 

Lancet. 2001. Vol. 358, num. 9290, p. 1322 – 7. DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06413-3.