David Westergaard

David Westergaard

Assistant Professor


  1. Published

    Genetic effects on the timing of parturition and links to fetal birth weight: [Inkl. Correction]

    Solé-Navais, P., Flatley, C., Steinthorsdottir, V., Vaudel, M., Juodakis, J., Chen, J., Laisk, T., LaBella, A. L., Westergaard, D., Bacelis, J., Brumpton, B., Skotte, L., Borges, M. C., Helgeland, Ø., Mahajan, A., Wielscher, M., Lin, F., Briggs, C., Wang, C. A., Moen, G. H. & 33 others, Beaumont, R. N., Bradfield, J. P., Abraham, A., Thorleifsson, G., Gabrielsen, M. E., Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Modzelewska, D., Nohr, E. A., Hypponen, E., Srivastava, A., Talbot, O., Allard, C., Williams, S. M., Menon, R., Shields, B. M., Sveinbjornsson, G., Xu, H., Melbye, M., Lowe, W., Bouchard, L., Oken, E., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Gudbjartsson, D. F., Erikstrup, C., Sørensen, E., McCarthy, M. I., Lie, R. T., Ullum, H., Nyegaard, Mette, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, Early Growth Genetics Consortium, E. G. G. C., Estonian Biobank Research Team, E. B. R. T. & Danish Blood Donor Study Genomic Consortium, D. B. D. S. G. C., 2023, In: Nature Genetics. 55, p. 559–567

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Genetic insight into sick sinus syndrome

    Thorolfsdottir, R. B., Sveinbjornsson, G., Aegisdottir, H. M., Benonisdottir, S., Stefansdottir, L., Ivarsdottir, E. V., Halldorsson, G. H., Sigurdsson, J. K., Torp-Pedersen, C., Weeke, P. E., Brunak, S., Westergaard, D., Pedersen, O. B., Sørensen, E., Nielsen, K. R., Burgdorf, K. S., Banasik, K., Brumpton, B., Zhou, W., Oddsson, A. & 25 others, Tragante, V., Hjorleifsson, K. E., Davidsson, O. B., Rajamani, S., Jonsson, S., Torfason, B., Valgardsson, A. S., Thorgeirsson, G., Frigge, M. L., Thorleifsson, G., Norddahl, G. L., Helgadottir, A., Gretarsdottir, S., Sulem, P., Jonsdottir, I., Willer, C. J., Hveem, K., Bundgård, Henning, Ullum, H., Arnar, D. O., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Gudbjartsson, D. F., Holm, H., Stefansson, K. & DBDS Genomic Consortium, D. G. C., 2021, In: European Heart Journal. 42, 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Genome-wide association study of febrile seizures implicates fever response and neuronal excitability genes

    Skotte, L., Fadista, J., Bybjerg-Grauholm, J., Appadurai, V., Hildebrand, M. S., Hansen, T. F., Banasik, K., Grove, J., Albiñana, C., Geller, F., Bjurström, C. F., Vilhjálmsson, B. J., Coleman, M., Damiano, J. A., Burgess, R., Scheffer, I. E., Pedersen, O. B. V., Erikstrup, C., Westergaard, D., Nielsen, K. R. & 19 others, Sørensen, E., Bruun, M. T., Liu, X., Hjalgrim, Henrik, Pers, Tune H, Mortensen, P. B., Mors, O., Nordentoft, Merete, Dreier, J. W., Børglum, A. D., Christensen, J., Hougaard, D. M., Buil, A., Hviid, Anders Peter, Melbye, M., Ullum, H., Berkovic, S. F., Werge, Thomas & Feenstra, B., 2022, In: Brain. 145, 2, p. 555–568

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Genome-wide association study of placental weight identifies distinct and shared genetic influences between placental and fetal growth

    Beaumont, R. N., Flatley, C., Vaudel, M., Wu, X., Chen, J., Moen, G. H., Skotte, L., Helgeland, Ø., Solé-Navais, P., Banasik, K., Albiñana, C., Ronkainen, J., Fadista, J., Stinson, S. E., Trajanoska, K., Wang, C. A., Westergaard, D., Srinivasan, S., Sánchez-Soriano, C., Bilbao, J. R. & 68 others, Allard, C., Groleau, M., Kuulasmaa, T., Leirer, D. J., White, F., Jacques, P. É., Cheng, H., Hao, K., Andreassen, O. A., Åsvold, B. O., Atalay, M., Bhatta, L., Bouchard, L., Brumpton, B. M., Brunak, Søren, Bybjerg-Grauholm, J., Ebbing, C., Elliott, P., pjx571, pjx571, Erikstrup, C., Estarlich, M., Franks, S., Gaillard, R., Geller, F., Grove, J., Hougaard, D. M., Kajantie, E., Morgen, C. S., Nohr, E. A., Nyegaard, Mette, Palmer, C. N. A., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Rivadeneira, F., Sebert, S., Shields, B. M., Stoltenberg, C., Surakka, I., Thørner, L. W., Ullum, H., Vaarasmaki, M., Vilhjalmsson, B. J., Willer, C. J., Lakka, T. A., Gybel-Brask, D., Bustamante, M., Hansen, Torben, Pearson, E. R., Reynolds, R. M., Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Pennell, C. E., Jaddoe, V. W. V., Felix, J. F., Hattersley, A. T., Melbye, M., Lawlor, D. A., Hveem, K., Werge, Thomas, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, Magnus, P., Evans, D. M., Jacobsson, B., Järvelin, M. R., Zhang, G., Hivert, M. F., Johansson, S., Freathy, R. M., Feenstra, B. & Njølstad, P. R., 2023, In: Nature Genetics. 55, 11, p. 1807-1819 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 infection is associated with suicidal behavior and first registered psychiatric diagnosis in a healthy population

    Nissen, J., Trabjerg, B., Pedersen, M. G., Banasik, K., Pedersen, O. B., Sørensen, E., Nielsen, K. R., Erikstrup, C., Petersen, M. S., Paarup, H. M., Bruun-Rasmussen, P., Westergaard, D., Hansen, T. F., Pedersen, C. B., Werge, T., Torrey, F., Hjalgrim, H., Mortensen, P. B., Yolken, R., Brunak, S. & 2 others, Ullum, H. & Burgdorf, K. S., Oct 2019, In: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 108, p. 150-154

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Identification of hyper-rewired genomic stress non-oncogene addiction genes across 15 cancer types

    Hjaltelin, Jessica Xin, Izarzugaza, J. M. G., Jensen, Lars Juhl, Russo, F., Westergaard, David & Brunak, Søren, 2019, In: npj Systems Biology and Applications. 5, 10 p., 27.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Identifying the druggable interactome of EWS-FLI1 reveals MCL-1 dependent differential sensitivities of Ewing sarcoma cells to apoptosis inducers

    Tsafou, K., Katschnig, A. M., Radic-Sarikas, B., Mutz, C. N., Iljin, K., Schwentner, R., Kauer, M. O., Mühlbacher, K., Aryee, D. N. T., Westergaard, David, Haapa-Paananen, S., Fey, V., Superti-Furga, G., Toretsky, J., Brunak, Søren & Kovar, H., 2018, In: OncoTarget. 9, 57, p. 31018-31031 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Impact of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies at delivery in women, partners and newborns

    Egerup, P., Olsen, L. F., Christiansen, A-MH., Westergaard, D., Severinsen, E. R., Hviid, K. V. R., Kolte, A. M., Boje, A. D., Bertelsen, M-LMF., Prætorius, L., Zedeler, A., Nielsen, J. R., Bang, D., Berntsen, S., Ethelberg-Findsen, J., Storm, D. M., Bello-Rodríguez, J., Ingham, A., Ollé-López, J., Hoffmann, E. R. & 7 others, Wilken-Jensen, C., Krebs, Lone, Jørgensen, F. S., Westh, Henrik T., Jørgensen, Henrik Løvendahl, Freiesleben, Nina la Cour & Nielsen, H. S., 2020, medRxiv, p. 1-20.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  9. Published

    Klinefelter syndrome comorbidities linked to increased X chromosome gene dosage and altered protein interactome activity

    Belling, K., Russo, F., Jensen, A. B., Dalgaard, M. D., Westergaard, David, Rajpert-De Meyts, E., Skakkebæk, Niels Erik, Juul, Anders & Brunak, Søren, 1 Apr 2017, In: Human Molecular Genetics. 26, 7, p. 1219-1229 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Large-scale study of Toxoplasma and Cytomegalovirus shows an association between infection and serious psychiatric disorders

    Burgdorf, K. S., Trabjerg, B., Giørtz Pedersen, M., Nissen, J., Banasik, K., Birger Pedersen, O., Sørensen, E., René Nielsen, K., Hørup Larsen, M., Erikstrup, C., Bruun-Rasmussen, P., Westergaard, D., Wegner Thørner, L., Hjalgrim, H., Martina Paarup, H., Brunak, S., Pedersen, C. B., Fuller Torrey, E., Werge, T., Bo Mortensen, P. & 2 others, Yolken, R. & Ullum, H., 2019, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 79, p. 152-158

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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