• Gallbladder cancer risk and indigenous south american mapuche ancestry: instrumental variable analysis using ancestry-informative markers 

    Zollner, Linda; Boekstegers, Felix; Barahona-Ponce, Carol; Scherer, Dominique; Marcelain, Katherine; Gárate-Calderón, Valentina; Waldenberger, Melanie; Morales-Mejías, Erik; Rojas, Armando ORCID; Munoz, César; Retamales, Javier; De Toro, Gonzalo; Vera Kortmann, Allan; Barajas, Olga; Rivera, María Teresa; Cortés, Analía; Loader, Denisse; Saavedra, Javiera; Gutiérrez, Lorena; Ortega, Alejandro; Bertrán, María E.; Bartolotti, Leonardo; Gabler, F.; Campos, Mónica; Alvarado, Juan; Moisán, Fabricio; Spencer, Loreto; Nervi, Bruno; Carvajal, Daniel; Losada, Héctor; Almau, Mauricio; Fernández, Plinio; Olloquequi, Jordi; Carter, Alice R.; Miquel Poblete, Juan Francisco; Bustos, Bernabe Ignacio; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; González-José, Rolando; Bortolini, María C.; Acuña-Alonzo, Victor; Gallo, Carla; Ruiz-Linares, Andres; Rothhammer, Francisco; Lorenzo-Bermejo, Justo (2023)
    A strong association between the proportion of indigenous South American Mapuche ancestry and the risk of gallbladder cancer (GBC) has been reported in observational studies. Chileans show the highest incidence of GBC ...

  • Gallstones, body mass index, C-reactive protein, and gallbladder cancer: Mendelian randomization analysis of Chilean and European genotype data 

    Barahona-Ponce, Carol; Scherer, Dominique; Brinster, Regina; Boekstegers, Felix; Marcelain, Katherine; Gárate-Calderón, Valentina; Müller, Bettina; De Toro, Gonzalo; Retamales, Javier; Barajas, Olga; Ahumada, Monica; Morales, Erik; Rojas, Armando ORCID; Sanhueza, Verónica; Loader, Denisse; Rivera, María T.; Gutiérrez, Lorena; Bernal, Giuliano; Ortega, Alejandro; Montalvo, Domingo; Portiño, Sergio; Bertrán, María E.; Gabler, F.; Spencer, Loreto; Olloquequi, Jordi; Fischer, Christine; Jenab, Mazda; Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Katzke, Verena; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Bonet, Catalina; Moradi, Tahereh; Fischer, Krista; Bossers, Willem; Brenner, Hermann; Hveem, Kristian; Eklund, Niina; Völker, Uwe; Waldenberger, Melanie; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; González-José, Rolando; Bedoya, Gabriel; Bortolini, María C.; Canizales, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; Ruiz-Linares, Andres; Rothhammer, Francisco; Lorenzo-Bermejo, Justo (2021)
    Background and Aims: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a neglected disease with substantial geographical variability: Chile shows the highest incidence worldwide, while GBC is relatively rare in Europe. Here, we investigate the ...