Meine Forschung

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The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on its Metabolism and the Vitamin D Metabolite Ratio.
Francic V, Ursem SR, Dirks NF, Keppel MH, Theiler-Schwetz V, Trummer C, Pandis M, Borzan V, Grübler MR, Verheyen ND, März W, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Heijboer AC, Obermayer-Pietsch B.
Nutrients. 2019 Oct 21;11(10). pii: E2539. doi: 10.3390/nu11102539.

Diagnostic Accuracy of the Aldosterone-to-Active Renin Ratio for Detecting Primary Aldosteronism.
Pilz S, Keppel MH, Trummer C, Theiler-Schwetz V, Pandis M, Borzan V, Pittrof M, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Grübler MR, Verheyen N, Stepan V, Meinitzer A, Voelkl J, März W, Tomaschitz A.
J Endocr Soc. 2019 Jul 19;3(9):1748-1758. doi: 10.1210/js.2019-00145. eCollection 2019 Sep 1.

The effect of vitamin D supplementation on plasma non-oxidised PTH in a randomised clinical trial.
Ursem S, Francic V, Keppel M, Schwetz V, Trummer C, Pandis M, Aberer F, Grübler MR, Verheyen ND, März W, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Heijboer AC.
Endocr Connect. 2019 May 1;8(5):518-527. doi: 10.1530/EC-19-0097.

Iron Metabolism, Hepcidin, and Mortality (the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study).
Grammer TB, Scharnagl H, Dressel A, Kleber ME, Silbernagel G, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Koenig W, Mueller-Myhsok B, März W, Strnad P.
Clin Chem. 2019 Jul;65(7):849-861. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.297242. Epub 2019 Mar 27.

The endogenous cardiotonic steroid Marinobufagenin and decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate at follow-up in patients with arterial hypertension.
Keppel MH, Piecha G, März W, Cadamuro J, Auer S, Felder TK, Mrazek C, Oberkofler H, Trummer C, Grübler MR, Schwetz V, Verheyen N, Pandis M, Borzan V, Haschke-Becher E, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
PLoS One. 2019 Feb 28;14(2):e0212973. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212973. eCollection 2019.

Vitamin D deficiency in patients with diastolic dysfunction or heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Nolte K, Herrmann-Lingen C, Platschek L, Holzendorf V, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Düngen HD, Angermann CE, Hasenfuß G, Pieske B, Wachter R, Edelmann F.
ESC Heart Fail. 2019 Apr;6(2):262-270. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.12413. Epub 2019 Feb 19.

Effect of Genetically Low 25-Hydroxyvitamin D on Mortality Risk: Mendelian Randomization Analysis in 3 Large European Cohorts.
Aspelund T, Grübler MR, Smith AV, Gudmundsson EF, Keppel M, Cotch MF, Harris TB, Jorde R, Grimnes G, Joakimsen R, Schirmer H, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Løchen ML, März W, Kleber ME, Tomaschitz A, Grove-Laugesen D, Rejnmark L, Swart KMA, Brouwer IA, Lips P, van Schoor NM, Sempos CT, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Škrabáková Z, Dowling KG, Cashman KD, Kiely M, Pilz S, Gudnason V, Eiriksdottir G.
Nutrients. 2019 Jan 2;11(1). pii: E74. doi: 10.3390/nu11010074.

Association of allostatic load with health-related quality of life in patients with arterial hypertension: a cross-sectional analysis.
Matzer F, Fazekas C, Vajda C, Pilz S, Schwetz V, Trummer C, Pandis M, Tomaschitz A, Petsch I, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Pieber T, Kapfhammer HP.
Swiss Med Wkly. 2018 Dec 15;148:w14689. doi: 10.4414/smw.2018.14689. eCollection 2018 Dec 3.

Rationale and Plan for Vitamin D Food Fortification: A Review and Guidance Paper.
Pilz S, März W, Cashman KD, Kiely ME, Whiting SJ, Holick MF, Grant WB, Pludowski P, Hiligsmann M, Trummer C, Schwetz V, Lerchbaum E, Pandis M, Tomaschitz A, Grübler MR, Gaksch M, Verheyen N, Hollis BW, Rejnmark L, Karras SN, Hahn A, Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Reichrath J, Jorde R, Elmadfa I, Vieth R, Scragg R, Calvo MS, van Schoor NM, Bouillon R, Lips P, Itkonen ST, Martineau AR, Lamberg-Allardt C, Zittermann A.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2018 Jul 17;9:373. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00373. eCollection 2018. Review.

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on markers for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Swart KM, Lips P, Brouwer IA, Jorde R, Heymans MW, Grimnes G, Grübler MR, Gaksch M, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Eiriksdottir G, Gudnason V, Wamberg L, Rejnmark L, Sempos CT, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Dowling KG, Hull G, Škrabáková Z, Kiely M, Cashman KD, van Schoor NM.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2018 Jun 1;107(6):1043-1053. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy078.

Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockers and Aldosterone to Renin Ratio: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Observational Data.
Pilz S, Trummer C, Verheyen N, Schwetz V, Pandis M, Aberer F, Grübler MR, Meinitzer A, Bachmann A, Voelkl J, Alesutan I, Catena C, Sechi LA, März W, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Tomaschitz A.
Horm Metab Res. 2018 May;50(5):375-382. doi: 10.1055/a-0604-3249. Epub 2018 May 3.

Zinc Inhibits Phosphate-Induced Vascular Calcification through TNFAIP3-Mediated Suppression of NF-κB.
Voelkl J, Tuffaha R, Luong TTD, Zickler D, Masyout J, Feger M, Verheyen N, Blaschke F, Kuro-O M, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Pasch A, Eckardt KU, Scherberich JE, Lang F, Pieske B, Alesutan I.
J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 Jun;29(6):1636-1648. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2017050492. Epub 2018 Apr 13.

Vitamin D supplementation and lipoprotein metabolism: A randomized controlled trial.
Schwetz V, Scharnagl H, Trummer C, Stojakovic T, Pandis M, Grübler MR, Verheyen N, Gaksch M, Zittermann A, Aberer F, Lerchbaum E, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Pieber TR, März W, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
J Clin Lipidol. 2018 May – Jun;12(3):588-596.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2018.03.079. Epub 2018 Mar 15.

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on FGF23: a randomized-controlled trial.
Trummer C, Schwetz V, Pandis M, Grübler MR, Verheyen N, Gaksch M, Zittermann A, März W, Aberer F, Steinkellner J, Friedl C, Brandenburg V, Voelkl J, Alesutan I, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Pieber TR, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
Eur J Nutr. 2019 Mar;58(2):697-703. doi: 10.1007/s00394-018-1672-7. Epub 2018 Mar 30.

Vitamin D: Current Guidelines and Future Outlook.
Pilz S, Trummer C, Pandis M, Schwetz V, Aberer F, Grübler M, Verheyen N, Tomaschitz A, März W.
Anticancer Res. 2018 Feb;38(2):1145-1151. Review.

The Synergistic Interplay between Vitamins D and K for Bone and Cardiovascular Health: A Narrative Review.
van Ballegooijen AJ, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Grübler MR, Verheyen N.
Int J Endocrinol. 2017;2017:7454376. doi: 10.1155/2017/7454376. Epub 2017 Sep 12. Review.

Effect of eplerenone on markers of bone turnover in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism – The randomized, placebo-controlled EPATH trial.
Verheyen N, Grübler MR, Meinitzer A, Trummer C, Schwetz V, Amrein K, Dimai HP, März W, Catena C, von Lewinski D, Voelkl J, Alesutan I, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Brussee H, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A.
Bone. 2017 Dec;105:212-217. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2017.08.030. Epub 2017 Sep 14.

Plasma parathyroid hormone and cardiovascular disease in treatment-naive patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: The EPATH trial.
Wetzel J, Pilz S, Grübler MR, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Dimai HP, von Lewinski D, Kolesnik E, Perl S, Trummer C, Schwetz V, Meinitzer A, Belyavskiy E, Völkl J, Catena C, Brandenburg V, März W, Pieske B, Brussee H, Tomaschitz A, Verheyen ND.
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2017 Nov;19(11):1173-1180. doi: 10.1111/jch.13064. Epub 2017 Aug 20.

Refining Long-Term Prediction of Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes – The VILDIA Score.
Goliasch G, Silbernagel G, Kleber ME, Grammer TB, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Bartko PE, Maurer G, Koenig W, Niessner A, März W.
Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 5;7(1):4700. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04935-8.

Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on IGF-1 and Calcitriol: A Randomized-Controlled Trial.Trummer C, Schwetz V, Pandis M, Grübler MR, Verheyen N, Gaksch M, Zittermann A, März W, Aberer F, Lang A, Friedl C, Tomaschitz A, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Pieber TR, Pilz S, Treiber G.
Nutrients. 2017 Jun 17;9(6). pii: E623. doi: 10.3390/nu9060623.

Involvement Of Vascular Aldosterone Synthase In Phosphate-Induced Osteogenic Transformation Of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
Alesutan I, Voelkl J, Feger M, Kratschmar DV, Castor T, Mia S, Sacherer M, Viereck R, Borst O, Leibrock C, Gawaz M, Kuro-O M, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Odermatt A, Pieske B, Wagner CA, Lang F.
Sci Rep. 2017 May 17;7(1):2059. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01882-2.

Vitamin-D concentrations, cardiovascular risk and events – a review of epidemiological evidence.
Grübler MR, März W, Pilz S, Grammer TB, Trummer C, Müllner C, Schwetz V, Pandis M, Verheyen N, Tomaschitz A, Fiordelisi A, Laudisio D, Cipolletta E, Iaccarino G.
Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2017 Jun;18(2):259-272. doi: 10.1007/s11154-017-9417-0. Review.

Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Bone Turnover Markers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Schwetz V, Trummer C, Pandis M, Grübler MR, Verheyen N, Gaksch M, Zittermann A, März W, Aberer F, Lang A, Treiber G, Friedl C, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Pieber TR, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
Nutrients. 2017 Apr 27;9(5). pii: E432. doi: 10.3390/nu9050432.

Low-grade inflammation and tryptophan-kynurenine pathway activation are associated with adverse cardiac remodeling in primary hyperparathyroidism: the EPATH trial.
Verheyen N, Meinitzer A, Grübler MR, Ablasser K, Kolesnik E, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Belyavskiy E, Trummer C, Schwetz V, Pieske-Kraigher E, Voelkl J, Alesutan I, Catena C, Sechi LA, Brussee H, Lewinski DV, März W, Pieske B, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A.
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2017 Jun 27;55(7):1034-1042. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2016-1159.

Relationship between bone turnover and left ventricular function in primary hyperparathyroidism: The EPATH trial.
Verheyen N, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Belyavskiy E, Gruebler MR, Dimai HP, Amrein K, Ablasser K, Martensen J, Catena C, Pieske-Kraigher E, Colantonio C, Voelkl J, Lang F, Alesutan I, Meinitzer A, März W, Brussee H, Pieske B, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A.
PLoS One. 2017 Apr 13;12(4):e0173799. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173799. eCollection 2017.

Myeloperoxidase, asymmetric dimethyl-arginine and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system in cardiovascular risk patients: Cross-sectional findings from the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) study.
Zelzer S, Enko D, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, März W, Meinitzer A.
Clin Biochem. 2017 Sep;50(13-14):739-745. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.03.013. Epub 2017 Mar 18.

Vitamin D and mortality: Individual participant data meta-analysis of standardized 25-hydroxyvitamin D in 26916 individuals from a European consortium.
Gaksch M, Jorde R, Grimnes G, Joakimsen R, Schirmer H, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Løchen ML, März W, Kleber ME, Tomaschitz A, Grübler M, Eiriksdottir G, Gudmundsson EF, Harris TB, Cotch MF, Aspelund T, Gudnason V, Rutters F, Beulens JW, van ‘t Riet E, Nijpels G, Dekker JM, Grove-Laugesen D, Rejnmark L, Busch MA, Mensink GB, Scheidt-Nave C, Thamm M, Swart KM, Brouwer IA, Lips P, van Schoor NM, Sempos CT, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Škrabáková Z, Dowling KG, Cashman KD, Kiely M, Pilz S.
PLoS One. 2017 Feb 16;12(2):e0170791. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170791. eCollection 2017.

Effects of Vitamin D3 on asymmetric- and symmetric dimethylarginine in arterial hypertension.
Grübler MR, Gaksch M, Kienreich K, Verheyen ND, Schmid J, Müllner C, Richtig G, Scharnagl H, Trummer C, Schwetz V, Meinitzer A, Pieske B, März W, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2018 Jan;175:157-163. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.12.014. Epub 2016 Dec 24.

Beneficial Effects of UV-Radiation: Vitamin D and beyond.
Trummer C, Pandis M, Verheyen N, Grübler MR, Gaksch M, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Tomaschitz A, Pieber TR, Pilz S, Schwetz V.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Oct 19;13(10). pii: E1028. Review.

Clinical-Pathological Conference Series from the Medical University of Graz : Case No 160: 33-year-old woman with tetraparesis on Easter Sunday.
Fabian E, Schiller D, Tomaschitz A, Langner C, Pilz S, Quasthoff S, Raggam RB, Schoefl R, Krejs GJ.
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2016 Oct;128(19-20):719-727. Epub 2016 Sep 28. No abstract available.

Parathyroid hormone, aldosterone-to-renin ratio and fibroblast growth factor-23 as determinants of nocturnal blood pressure in primary hyperparathyroidism: the eplerenone in primary hyperparathyroidism trial.Verheyen N, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Pieske B, Meinitzer A, Belyavskiy E, Wetzel J, Gaksch M, Grübler MR, Catena C, Sechi LA, Van Ballegooijen AJ, Brandenburg VM, Scharnagl H, Perl S, Brussee H, März W, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A.
J Hypertens. 2016 Sep;34(9):1778-86. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001004.

The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Smokers and Non-Smokers of the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) Study.
Delgado GE, Siekmeier R, Krämer BK, Grübler M, Tomaschitz A, März W, Kleber ME.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016;935:75-82. doi: 10.1007/5584_2016_39.

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on glycated haemoglobin and fasting glucose levels in hypertensive patients: a randomized controlled trial.
Grübler MR, Gaksch M, Kienreich K, Verheyen N, Schmid J, Ó Hartaigh B, Richtig G, Scharnagl H, Meinitzer A, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, März W, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
Diabetes Obes Metab. 2016 Oct;18(10):1006-12. doi: 10.1111/dom.12709. Epub 2016 Jul 28.

Dietary Salt Intake Is a Determinant of Cardiac Changes After Treatment of Primary Aldosteronism: A Prospective Study.
Catena C, Colussi G, Novello M, Verheyen ND, Bertin N, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Sechi LA.
Hypertension. 2016 Jul;68(1):204-12. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07615. Epub 2016 May 31.

Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease prevention.
Pilz S, Verheyen N, Grübler MR, Tomaschitz A, März W.
Nat Rev Cardiol. 2016 Jul;13(7):404-17. doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2016.73. Epub 2016 May 6. Review.

Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Plasma Aldosterone and Renin-A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.
Grübler MR, Gaksch M, Kienreich K, Verheyen N, Schmid J, Ó Hartaigh BW, Richtig G, Scharnagl H, Meinitzer A, Pieske B, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, März W, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2016 Jul;18(7):608-13. doi: 10.1111/jch.12825. Epub 2016 Apr 21.

Effect of eplerenone on parathyroid hormone levels in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: results from the EPATH randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
Tomaschitz A, Verheyen N, Meinitzer A, Pieske B, Belyavskiy E, Brussee H, Haas J, März W, Pieske-Kraigher E, Verheyen S, Ofner-Ziegenfuss L, Hartaigh BÓ, Schwetz V, Aberer F, Grübler M, Lang F, Alesutan I, Voelkl J, Gaksch M, Horina JH, Dimai HP, Rus-Machan J, Stiegler C, Ritz E, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Pilz S.
J Hypertens. 2016 Jul;34(7):1347-56. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000927.

Vitamin D Supplementation and Hemoglobin Levels in Hypertensive Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Ernst JB, Tomaschitz A, Grübler MR, Gaksch M, Kienreich K, Verheyen N, März W, Pilz S, Zittermann A.
Int J Endocrinol. 2016;2016:6836402. doi: 10.1155/2016/6836402. Epub 2016 Feb 23.

Augmentation of phosphate-induced osteo-/chondrogenic transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells by homoarginine.
Alesutan I, Feger M, Tuffaha R, Castor T, Musculus K, Buehling SS, Heine CL, Kuro-O M, Pieske B, Schmidt K, Tomaschitz A, Maerz W, Pilz S, Meinitzer A, Voelkl J, Lang F.
Cardiovasc Res. 2016 Jun 1;110(3):408-18. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvw062. Epub 2016 Mar 21.

Vitamin D and Mortality.
Pilz S, Grübler M, Gaksch M, Schwetz V, Trummer C, Hartaigh BÓ, Verheyen N, Tomaschitz A, März W.
Anticancer Res. 2016 Mar;36(3):1379-87. Review.

GDF-15, soluble ST2 and Troponin-I: Biomarkers of Subclinical Vascular Disease?
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, März W.
Atherosclerosis. 2016 May;248:255-6. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.02.008. Epub 2016 Feb 9. No abstract available.

Aldosterone-to-Renin Ratio Is Associated With Reduced 24-Hour Heart Rate Variability and QTc Prolongation in Hypertensive Patients.
Grübler MR, Kienreich K, Gaksch M, Verheyen N, Hartaigh BÓ, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, März W, Schmid J, Oberreither EM, Wetzel J, Catena C, Sechi LA, Pieske B, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Feb;95(8):e2794. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002794.

Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function.
Pattaro C, Teumer A, Gorski M, Chu AY, Li M, Mijatovic V, Garnaas M, Tin A, Sorice R, Li Y, Taliun D, Olden M, Foster M, Yang Q, Chen MH, Pers TH, Johnson AD, Ko YA, Fuchsberger C, Tayo B, Nalls M, Feitosa MF, Isaacs A, Dehghan A, d’Adamo P, Adeyemo A, Dieffenbach AK, Zonderman AB, Nolte IM, van der Most PJ, Wright AF, Shuldiner AR, Morrison AC, Hofman A, Smith AV, Dreisbach AW, Franke A, Uitterlinden AG, Metspalu A, Tonjes A, Lupo A, Robino A, Johansson Å, Demirkan A, Kollerits B, Freedman BI, Ponte B, Oostra BA, Paulweber B, Krämer BK, Mitchell BD, Buckley BM, Peralta CA, Hayward C, Helmer C, Rotimi CN, Shaffer CM, Müller C, Sala C, van Duijn CM, Saint-Pierre A, Ackermann D, Shriner D, Ruggiero D, Toniolo D, Lu Y, Cusi D, Czamara D, Ellinghaus D, Siscovick DS, Ruderfer D, Gieger C, Grallert H, Rochtchina E, Atkinson EJ, Holliday EG, Boerwinkle E, Salvi E, Bottinger EP, Murgia F, Rivadeneira F, Ernst F, Kronenberg F, Hu FB, Navis GJ, Curhan GC, Ehret GB, Homuth G, Coassin S, Thun GA, Pistis G, Gambaro G, Malerba G, Montgomery GW, Eiriksdottir G, Jacobs G, Li G, Wichmann HE, Campbell H, Schmidt H, Wallaschofski H, Völzke H, Brenner H, Kroemer HK, Kramer H, Lin H, Leach IM, Ford I, Guessous I, Rudan I, Prokopenko I, Borecki I, Heid IM, Kolcic I, Persico I, Jukema JW, Wilson JF, Felix JF, Divers J, Lambert JC, Stafford JM, Gaspoz JM, Smith JA, Faul JD, Wang JJ, Ding J, Hirschhorn JN, Attia J, Whitfield JB, Chalmers J, Viikari J, Coresh J, Denny JC, Karjalainen J, Fernandes JK, Endlich K, Butterbach K, Keene KL, Lohman K, Portas L, Launer LJ, Lyytikäinen LP, Yengo L, Franke L, Ferrucci L, Rose LM, Kedenko L, Rao M, Struchalin M, Kleber ME, Cavalieri M, Haun M, Cornelis MC, Ciullo M, Pirastu M, de Andrade M, McEvoy MA, Woodward M, Adam M, Cocca M, Nauck M, Imboden M, Waldenberger M, Pruijm M, Metzger M, Stumvoll M, Evans MK, Sale MM, Kähönen M, Boban M, Bochud M, Rheinberger M, Verweij N, Bouatia-Naji N, Martin NG, Hastie N, Probst-Hensch N, Soranzo N, Devuyst O, Raitakari O, Gottesman O, Franco OH, Polasek O, Gasparini P, Munroe PB, Ridker PM, Mitchell P, Muntner P, Meisinger C, Smit JH; ICBP Consortium; AGEN Consortium; CARDIOGRAM; CHARGe-Heart Failure Group; ECHOGen Consortium, Kovacs P, Wild PS, Froguel P, Rettig R, Mägi R, Biffar R, Schmidt R, Middelberg RP, Carroll RJ, Penninx BW, Scott RJ, Katz R, Sedaghat S, Wild SH, Kardia SL, Ulivi S, Hwang SJ, Enroth S, Kloiber S, Trompet S, Stengel B, Hancock SJ, Turner ST, Rosas SE, Stracke S, Harris TB, Zeller T, Zemunik T, Lehtimäki T, Illig T, Aspelund T, Nikopensius T, Esko T, Tanaka T, Gyllensten U, Völker U, Emilsson V, Vitart V, Aalto V, Gudnason V, Chouraki V, Chen WM, Igl W, März W, Koenig W, Lieb W, Loos RJ, Liu Y, Snieder H, Pramstaller PP, Parsa A, O’Connell JR, Susztak K, Hamet P, Tremblay J, de Boer IH, Böger CA, Goessling W, Chasman DI, Köttgen A, Kao WH, Fox CS.
Nat Commun. 2016 Jan 21;7:10023. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10023.

Plasma Parathyroid Hormone Is Independently Related to Nocturnal Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Patients: The Styrian Hypertension Study.
Verheyen ND, Kienreich K, Gaksch M, van Ballegooijen AJ, Grübler MR, Hartaigh BÓ, Schmid J, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Kraigher-Krainer E, Colantonio C, Belyavskiy E, Treiber G, Catena C, Brussee H, Pieske B, März W, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2016 Jun;18(6):543-50. doi: 10.1111/jch.12710. Epub 2015 Oct 12.

Soluble klotho and mortality: the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study.
Brandenburg VM, Kleber ME, Vervloet MG, Larsson TE, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Stojakovic T, Delgado G, Grammer TB, Marx N, März W, Scharnagl H.
Atherosclerosis. 2015 Oct;242(2):483-9. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.08.017. Epub 2015 Aug 13.

Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 Is an Independent and Specific Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction.
Koller L, Kleber ME, Brandenburg VM, Goliasch G, Richter B, Sulzgruber P, Scharnagl H, Silbernagel G, Grammer TB, Delgado G, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Berger R, Mörtl D, Hülsmann M, Pacher R, März W, Niessner A.
Circ Heart Fail. 2015 Nov;8(6):1059-67. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002341. Epub 2015 Aug 13.

Association of Post-Saline Load Plasma Aldosterone Levels With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Primary Hypertension.
Catena C, Verheyen ND, Url-Michitsch M, Kraigher-Krainer E, Colussi G, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Pieske B, Sechi LA.
Am J Hypertens. 2016 Mar;29(3):303-10. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpv104. Epub 2015 Jul 10.

Homoarginine in the renal and cardiovascular systems.
Pilz S, Meinitzer A, Gaksch M, Grübler M, Verheyen N, Drechsler C, Hartaigh BÓ, Lang F, Alesutan I, Voelkl J, März W, Tomaschitz A.
Amino Acids. 2015 Sep;47(9):1703-13. doi: 10.1007/s00726-015-1993-2. Epub 2015 May 1. Review.

Plasma aldosterone and left ventricular diastolic function in treatment-naïve patients with hypertension: tissue-Doppler imaging study.
Catena C, Verheyen N, Pilz S, Kraigher-Krainer E, Tomaschitz A, Sechi LA, Pieske B.
Hypertension. 2015 Jun;65(6):1231-7. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05285. Epub 2015 Mar 23.

Effects of vitamin D on blood pressure and cardiovascular risk factors: a randomized controlled trial.
Pilz S, Gaksch M, Kienreich K, Grübler M, Verheyen N, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Treiber G, Drechsler C, Ó Hartaigh B, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Schwetz V, Aberer F, Mader J, Scharnagl H, Meinitzer A, Lerchbaum E, Dekker JM, Zittermann A, März W, Tomaschitz A.
Hypertension. 2015 Jun;65(6):1195-201. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05319. Epub 2015 Mar 23.

Interrelated aldosterone and parathyroid hormone mutually modify cardiovascular mortality risk.
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Rus-Machan J, Meinitzer A, Brandenburg VM, Scharnagl H, Kapl M, Grammer T, Ritz E, Horina JH, Kleber ME, Pieske B, Kraigher-Krainer E, Hartaigh BÓ, Toplak H, van Ballegooijen AJ, Amrein K, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, März W.
Int J Cardiol. 2015 Apr 1;184:710-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.062. Epub 2015 Mar 4.

Circulating brain-derived neurotrophic factor concentrations and the risk of cardiovascular disease in the community.
Kaess BM, Preis SR, Lieb W, Beiser AS, Yang Q, Chen TC, Hengstenberg C, Erdmann J, Schunkert H, Seshadri S, Vasan RS; CARDIoGRAM, Assimes TL, Deloukas P, Holm H, Kathiresan S, König IR, McPherson R, Reilly MP, Roberts R, Samani NJ, Stewart AF.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2015 Mar 11;4(3):e001544. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001544. Erratum in: J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Jul;5(7). pii: e002098. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.002098.

Homoarginine and Clinical Outcomes in Renal Transplant Recipients: Results From the Assessment of Lescol in Renal Transplantation Study.
Drechsler C, Pihlstrøm H, Meinitzer A, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Abedini S, Fellstrom B, Jardine AG, Wanner C, März W, Holdaas H.
Transplantation. 2015 Jul;99(7):1470-6. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000568.

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution.
Shungin D, Winkler TW, Croteau-Chonka DC, Ferreira T, Locke AE, Mägi R, Strawbridge RJ, Pers TH, Fischer K, Justice AE, Workalemahu T, Wu JMW, Buchkovich ML, Heard-Costa NL, Roman TS, Drong AW, Song C, Gustafsson S, Day FR, Esko T, Fall T, Kutalik Z, Luan J, Randall JC, Scherag A, Vedantam S, Wood AR, Chen J, Fehrmann R, Karjalainen J, Kahali B, Liu CT, Schmidt EM, Absher D, Amin N, Anderson D, Beekman M, Bragg-Gresham JL, Buyske S, Demirkan A, Ehret GB, Feitosa MF, Goel A, Jackson AU, Johnson T, Kleber ME, Kristiansson K, Mangino M, Leach IM, Medina-Gomez C, Palmer CD, Pasko D, Pechlivanis S, Peters MJ, Prokopenko I, Stančáková A, Sung YJ, Tanaka T, Teumer A, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Yengo L, Zhang W, Albrecht E, Ärnlöv J, Arscott GM, Bandinelli S, Barrett A, Bellis C, Bennett AJ, Berne C, Blüher M, Böhringer S, Bonnet F, Böttcher Y, Bruinenberg M, Carba DB, Caspersen IH, Clarke R, Daw EW, Deelen J, Deelman E, Delgado G, Doney AS, Eklund N, Erdos MR, Estrada K, Eury E, Friedrich N, Garcia ME, Giedraitis V, Gigante B, Go AS, Golay A, Grallert H, Grammer TB, Gräßler J, Grewal J, Groves CJ, Haller T, Hallmans G, Hartman CA, Hassinen M, Hayward C, Heikkilä K, Herzig KH, Helmer Q, Hillege HL, Holmen O, Hunt SC, Isaacs A, Ittermann T, James AL, Johansson I, Juliusdottir T, Kalafati IP, Kinnunen L, Koenig W, Kooner IK, Kratzer W, Lamina C, Leander K, Lee NR, Lichtner P, Lind L, Lindström J, Lobbens S, Lorentzon M, Mach F, Magnusson PK, Mahajan A, McArdle WL, Menni C, Merger S, Mihailov E, Milani L, Mills R, Moayyeri A, Monda KL, Mooijaart SP, Mühleisen TW, Mulas A, Müller G, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nagaraja R, Nalls MA, Narisu N, Glorioso N, Nolte IM, Olden M, Rayner NW, Renstrom F, Ried JS, Robertson NR, Rose LM, Sanna S, Scharnagl H, Scholtens S, Sennblad B, Seufferlein T, Sitlani CM, Smith AV, Stirrups K, Stringham HM, Sundström J, Swertz MA, Swift AJ, Syvänen AC, Tayo BO, Thorand B, Thorleifsson G, Tomaschitz A, Troffa C, van Oort FV, Verweij N, Vonk JM, Waite LL, Wennauer R, Wilsgaard T, Wojczynski MK, Wong A, Zhang Q, Zhao JH, Brennan EP, Choi M, Eriksson P, Folkersen L, Franco-Cereceda A, Gharavi AG, Hedman ÅK, Hivert MF, Huang J, Kanoni S, Karpe F, Keildson S, Kiryluk K, Liang L, Lifton RP, Ma B, McKnight AJ, McPherson R, Metspalu A, Min JL, Moffatt MF, Montgomery GW, Murabito JM, Nicholson G, Nyholt DR, Olsson C, Perry JR, Reinmaa E, Salem RM, Sandholm N, Schadt EE, Scott RA, Stolk L, Vallejo EE, Westra HJ, Zondervan KT; ADIPOGen Consortium; CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium; CKDGen Consortium; GEFOS Consortium; GENIE Consortium; GLGC; ICBP; International Endogene Consortium; LifeLines Cohort Study; MAGIC Investigators; MuTHER Consortium; PAGE Consortium; ReproGen Consortium, Amouyel P, Arveiler D, Bakker SJ, Beilby J, Bergman RN, Blangero J, Brown MJ, Burnier M, Campbell H, Chakravarti A, Chines PS, Claudi-Boehm S, Collins FS, Crawford DC, Danesh J, de Faire U, de Geus EJ, Dörr M, Erbel R, Eriksson JG, Farrall M, Ferrannini E, Ferrières J, Forouhi NG, Forrester T, Franco OH, Gansevoort RT, Gieger C, Gudnason V, Haiman CA, Harris TB, Hattersley AT, Heliövaara M, Hicks AA, Hingorani AD, Hoffmann W, Hofman A, Homuth G, Humphries SE, Hyppönen E, Illig T, Jarvelin MR, Johansen B, Jousilahti P, Jula AM, Kaprio J, Kee F, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi SM, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Kovacs P, Kraja AT, Kumari M, Kuulasmaa K, Kuusisto J, Lakka TA, Langenberg C, Le Marchand L, Lehtimäki T, Lyssenko V, Männistö S, Marette A, Matise TC, McKenzie CA, McKnight B, Musk AW, Möhlenkamp S, Morris AD, Nelis M, Ohlsson C, Oldehinkel AJ, Ong KK, Palmer LJ, Penninx BW, Peters A, Pramstaller PP, Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rao DC, Rice TK, Ridker PM, Ritchie MD, Rudan I, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Saramies J, Sarzynski MA, Schwarz PE, Shuldiner AR, Staessen JA, Steinthorsdottir V, Stolk RP, Strauch K, Tönjes A, Tremblay A, Tremoli E, Vohl MC, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Wilson JF, Witteman JC, Adair LS, Bochud M, Boehm BO, Bornstein SR, Bouchard C, Cauchi S, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chasman DI, Cooper RS, Dedoussis G, Ferrucci L, Froguel P, Grabe HJ, Hamsten A, Hui J, Hveem K, Jöckel KH, Kivimaki M, Kuh D, Laakso M, Liu Y, März W, Munroe PB, Njølstad I, Oostra BA, Palmer CN, Pedersen NL, Perola M, Pérusse L, Peters U, Power C, Quertermous T, Rauramaa R, Rivadeneira F, Saaristo TE, Saleheen D, Sinisalo J, Slagboom PE, Snieder H, Spector TD, Stefansson K, Stumvoll M, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, van der Harst P, Veronesi G, Walker M, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Wichmann HE, Abecasis GR, Assimes TL, Berndt SI, Boehnke M, Borecki IB, Deloukas P, Franke L, Frayling TM, Groop LC, Hunter DJ, Kaplan RC, O’Connell JR, Qi L, Schlessinger D, Strachan DP, Thorsteinsdottir U, van Duijn CM, Willer CJ, Visscher PM, Yang J, Hirschhorn JN, Zillikens MC, McCarthy MI, Speliotes EK, North KE, Fox CS, Barroso I, Franks PW, Ingelsson E, Heid IM, Loos RJ, Cupples LA, Morris AP, Lindgren CM, Mohlke KL.
Nature. 2015 Feb 12;518(7538):187-196. doi: 10.1038/nature14132.

Vitamin D in preventive medicine.
Pilz S, Gaksch M, Hartaigh BÓ, Tomaschitz A, März W.
Anticancer Res. 2015 Feb;35(2):1161-70. Review.

Homoarginine in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.
Tomaschitz A, Verheyen N, Gaksch M, Meinitzer A, Pieske B, Kraigher-Krainer E, Colantonio C, März W, Schmidt A, Belyavskiy E, Rus-Machan J, van Ballegooijen AJ, Stiegler C, Amrein K, Ritz E, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Pilz S.
Am J Med Sci. 2015 Apr;349(4):306-11. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0000000000000419.

Galectin-3, Renal Function, and Clinical Outcomes: Results from the LURIC and 4D Studies.
Drechsler C, Delgado G, Wanner C, Blouin K, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Kleber ME, Dressel A, Willmes C, Krane V, Krämer BK, März W, Ritz E, van Gilst WH, van der Harst P, de Boer RA.
J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Sep;26(9):2213-21. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2014010093. Epub 2015 Jan 7.

Von Willebrand factor improves risk prediction in addition to N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in patients referred to coronary angiography and signs and symptoms of heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.
Kleber ME, Koller L, Goliasch G, Sulzgruber P, Scharnagl H, Silbernagel G, Grammer TB, Delgado G, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, März W, Niessner A.
Circ Heart Fail. 2015 Jan;8(1):25-32. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.114.001478. Epub 2014 Oct 23.

Heart ‘omics’ in AGEing (HOMAGE): design, research objectives and characteristics of the common database.
Jacobs L, Thijs L, Jin Y, Zannad F, Mebazaa A, Rouet P, Pinet F, Bauters C, Pieske B, Tomaschitz A, Mamas M, Diez J, McDonald K, Cleland JG, Brunner-La Rocca HP, Heymans S, Latini R, Masson S, Sever P, Delles C, Pocock S, Collier T, Kuznetsova T, Staessen JA.
J Biomed Res. 2014 Sep;28(5):349-59. doi: 10.7555/JBR.28.20140045. Epub 2014 Jul 31.

Associations of daytime, nighttime, and 24-hour heart rate with four distinct markers of inflammation in hypertensive patients: the Styrian Hypertension Study.
O Hartaigh B, Gaksch M, Kienreich K, Grübler MR, Verheyen N, März W, Tomaschitz A, Gill TM, Pilz S.
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014 Dec;16(12):856-61. doi: 10.1111/jch.12420. Epub 2014 Sep 30.

Associations of methylarginines and homoarginine with diastolic dysfunction and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.
Pilz S, Edelmann F, Meinitzer A, Gelbrich G, Döner U, Düngen HD, Tomaschitz A, Kienreich K, Gaksch M, Duvinage A, Stahrenberg R, Kunde J, Schmidt A, März W, Wachter R, Pieske B.
J Card Fail. 2014 Dec;20(12):923-30. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.09.004. Epub 2014 Sep 16.

Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and mortality: the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study.
Brandenburg VM, Kleber ME, Vervloet MG, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Stojakovic T, Delgado G, Grammer TB, Marx N, März W, Scharnagl H.
Atherosclerosis. 2014 Nov;237(1):53-9. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.08.037. Epub 2014 Aug 28.

Evolving biomarkers improve prediction of long-term mortality in patients with stable coronary artery disease: the BIO-VILCAD score.
Kleber ME, Goliasch G, Grammer TB, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Silbernagel G, Maurer G, März W, Niessner A.
J Intern Med. 2014 Aug;276(2):184-94.

Hemoglobin, iron metabolism and angiographic coronary artery disease (The Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study).
Grammer TB, Kleber ME, Silbernagel G, Pilz S, Scharnagl H, Tomaschitz A, König W, März W.
Atherosclerosis. 2014 Oct;236(2):292-300. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.07.002. Epub 2014 Jul 24.

Development of a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the determination of the neurotoxic quinolinic acid in human serum.
Meinitzer A, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Truber M, Zechner G, Gaksch M, Prietl B, Treiber G, Schwarz M, Baranyi A.
Clin Chim Acta. 2014 Sep 25;436:268-72. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.06.010. Epub 2014 Jun 21.

C-reactive protein predicts mortality in patients referred for coronary angiography and symptoms of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Koller L, Kleber M, Goliasch G, Sulzgruber P, Scharnagl H, Silbernagel G, Grammer T, Delgado G, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, März W, Niessner A.
Eur J Heart Fail. 2014 Jul;16(7):758-66. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.104. Epub 2014 May 7.

Marinobufagenin in essential hypertension and primary aldosteronism: a cardiotonic steroid with clinical and diagnostic implications.
Tomaschitz A, Piecha G, Ritz E, Meinitzer A, Haas J, Pieske B, Wiecek A, Rus-Machan J, Toplak H, März W, Verheyen N, Gaksch M, Amrein K, Kraigher-Krainer E, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Pilz S.
Clin Exp Hypertens. 2015;37(2):108-15. doi: 10.3109/10641963.2014.913604. Epub 2014 Apr 30.

Sclerostin in institutionalized elderly women: associations with quantitative bone ultrasound, bone turnover, fractures, and mortality.
Amrein K, Dobnig H, Wagner D, Piswanger-Sölkner C, Pieber TR, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Dimai HP, Fahrleitner-Pammer A.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Jun;62(6):1023-9. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12791. Epub 2014 Apr 29.

Vitamin D and prevention of diabetes: is lifelong endogenous vitamin D needed?
Pilz S, Gaksch M, Tomaschitz A.
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2014 Apr;2(4):267-8. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(13)70220-1. Epub 2014 Jan 28. No abstract available.

Aldosterone to active renin ratio is associated with nocturnal blood pressure in obese and treated hypertensive patients: the Styrian Hypertension Study.
Grübler MR, Kienreich K, Gaksch M, Verheyen N, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Schmid J, Grogorenz J, Ablasser K, Pieske B, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014 Apr;16(4):289-94. doi: 10.1111/jch.12274. Epub 2014 Mar 26.

Copper, ceruloplasmin, and long-term cardiovascular and total mortality (the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study).
Grammer TB, Kleber ME, Silbernagel G, Pilz S, Scharnagl H, Lerchbaum E, Tomaschitz A, Koenig W, März W.
Free Radic Res. 2014 Jun;48(6):706-15. doi: 10.3109/10715762.2014.901510. Epub 2014 Apr 3.

Low-density lipoprotein particle diameter and mortality: the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study.
Grammer TB, Kleber ME, März W, Silbernagel G, Siekmeier R, Wieland H, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Koenig W, Scharnagl H.
Eur Heart J. 2015 Jan 1;36(1):31-8. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu055. Epub 2014 Feb 25.

Novel genetic approach to investigate the role of plasma secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2)-V isoenzyme in coronary heart disease: modified Mendelian randomization analysis using PLA2G5 expression levels.
Holmes MV, Exeter HJ, Folkersen L, Nelson CP, Guardiola M, Cooper JA, Sofat R, Boekholdt SM, Khaw KT, Li KW, Smith AJ, Van’t Hooft F, Eriksson P, Franco-Cereceda A, Asselbergs FW, Boer JM, Onland-Moret NC, Hofker M, Erdmann J, Kivimaki M, Kumari M, Reiner AP, Keating BJ, Humphries SE, Hingorani AD, Mallat Z, Samani NJ, Talmud PJ; CARDIoGRAM Consortium.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2014 Apr;7(2):144-50. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.113.000271. Epub 2014 Feb 21.

Aldosterone to active Renin ratio as screening test for primary aldosteronism: reproducibility and influence of orthostasis and salt loading.
Pilz S, Kienreich K, Gaksch M, Grübler M, Verheyen N, Bersuch LA, Schmid J, Drechsler C, Ritz E, Moosbrugger A, Stepan V, Pieber TR, Meinitzer A, März W, Tomaschitz A.
Horm Metab Res. 2014 Jun;46(6):427-32. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1367033. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

Novel genetic markers associate with atrial fibrillation risk in Europeans and Japanese.
Lubitz SA, Lunetta KL, Lin H, Arking DE, Trompet S, Li G, Krijthe BP, Chasman DI, Barnard J, Kleber ME, Dörr M, Ozaki K, Smith AV, Müller-Nurasyid M, Walter S, Agarwal SK, Bis JC, Brody JA, Chen LY, Everett BM, Ford I, Franco OH, Harris TB, Hofman A, Kääb S, Mahida S, Kathiresan S, Kubo M, Launer LJ, MacFarlane PW, Magnani JW, McKnight B, McManus DD, Peters A, Psaty BM, Rose LM, Rotter JI, Silbernagel G, Smith JD, Sotoodehnia N, Stott DJ, Taylor KD, Tomaschitz A, Tsunoda T, Uitterlinden AG, Van Wagoner DR, Völker U, Völzke H, Murabito JM, Sinner MF, Gudnason V, Felix SB, März W, Chung M, Albert CM, Stricker BH, Tanaka T, Heckbert SR, Jukema JW, Alonso A, Benjamin EJ, Ellinor PT.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Apr 1;63(12):1200-1210. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.12.015. Epub 2014 Jan 30.

Homoarginine, kidney function and cardiovascular mortality risk.
Tomaschitz A, Meinitzer A, Pilz S, Rus-Machan J, Genser B, Drechsler C, Grammer T, Krane V, Ritz E, Kleber ME, Pieske B, Kraigher-Krainer E, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Wanner C, Boehm BO, März W.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Mar;29(3):663-71. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gft512. Epub 2014 Jan 6.

Homoarginine and mortality in an older population: the Hoorn study.
Pilz S, Teerlink T, Scheffer PG, Meinitzer A, Rutters F, Tomaschitz A, Drechsler C, Kienreich K, Nijpels G, Stehouwer CD, März W, Dekker JM.
Eur J Clin Invest. 2014 Feb;44(2):200-8. doi: 10.1111/eci.12208. Epub 2013 Dec 14.

Dysfunctional nitric oxide signalling increases risk of myocardial infarction.
Erdmann J, Stark K, Esslinger UB, Rumpf PM, Koesling D, de Wit C, Kaiser FJ, Braunholz D, Medack A, Fischer M, Zimmermann ME, Tennstedt S, Graf E, Eck S, Aherrahrou Z, Nahrstaedt J, Willenborg C, Bruse P, Brænne I, Nöthen MM, Hofmann P, Braund PS, Mergia E, Reinhard W, Burgdorf C, Schreiber S, Balmforth AJ, Hall AS, Bertram L, Steinhagen-Thiessen E, Li SC, März W, Reilly M, Kathiresan S, McPherson R, Walter U; CARDIoGRAM, Ott J, Samani NJ, Strom TM, Meitinger T, Hengstenberg C, Schunkert H.
Nature. 2013 Dec 19;504(7480):432-6. doi: 10.1038/nature12722. Epub 2013 Nov 10.

Aldosterone and the kidney: a rapidly moving frontier (an update).
Ritz E, Tomaschitz A.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Nov;29(11):2012-9. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gft035. Epub 2013 Nov 4. Review.

Interplay between sodium and calcium regulatory hormones: a clinically relevant research field.
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
Hypertension. 2014 Feb;63(2):212-4. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.02253. Epub 2013 Nov 4. No abstract available.

The role of vitamin D deficiency in cardiovascular disease: where do we stand in 2013?
Pilz S, Gaksch M, O’Hartaigh B, Tomaschitz A, März W.
Arch Toxicol. 2013 Dec;87(12):2083-103. doi: 10.1007/s00204-013-1152-z. Epub 2013 Oct 31. Review.

Genome-wide association study on dimethylarginines reveals novel AGXT2 variants associated with heart rate variability but not with overall mortality.
Seppälä I, Kleber ME, Lyytikäinen LP, Hernesniemi JA, Mäkelä KM, Oksala N, Laaksonen R, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Silbernagel G, Boehm BO, Grammer TB, Koskinen T, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Alfthan G, Viikari JS, Kähonen M, Raitakari OT, März W, Meinitzer A, Lehtimäki T; AtheroRemo Consortium.
Eur Heart J. 2014 Feb;35(8):524-31. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht447. Epub 2013 Oct 24.

Aldosterone and parathyroid hormone interactions as mediators of metabolic and cardiovascular disease.
Tomaschitz A, Ritz E, Pieske B, Rus-Machan J, Kienreich K, Verheyen N, Gaksch M, Grübler M, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Mrak P, Toplak H, Kraigher-Krainer E, März W, Pilz S.
Metabolism. 2014 Jan;63(1):20-31. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.08.016. Epub 2013 Oct 2. Review.

Genome-wide association study identifies 3 genomic loci significantly associated with serum levels of homoarginine: the AtheroRemo Consortium.
Kleber ME, Seppälä I, Pilz S, Hoffmann MM, Tomaschitz A, Oksala N, Raitoharju E, Lyytikäinen LP, Mäkelä KM, Laaksonen R, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Huang J, Kienreich K, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Drechsler C, Krane V, Boehm BO, Koenig W, Wanner C, Lehtimäki T, März W, Meinitzer A.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2013 Oct;6(5):505-13. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.113.000108. Epub 2013 Sep 18.

Common genetic variation at the IL1RL1 locus regulates IL-33/ST2 signaling.
Ho JE, Chen WY, Chen MH, Larson MG, McCabe EL, Cheng S, Ghorbani A, Coglianese E, Emilsson V, Johnson AD, Walter S, Franceschini N, O’Donnell CJ; CARDIoGRAM Consortium; CHARGE Inflammation Working Group, Dehghan A, Lu C, Levy D, Newton-Cheh C; CHARGE Heart Failure Working Group, Lin H, Felix JF, Schreiter ER, Vasan RS, Januzzi JL, Lee RT, Wang TJ.
J Clin Invest. 2013 Oct;123(10):4208-18. doi: 10.1172/JCI67119. Epub 2013 Sep 3.

Multiethnic meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in >100 000 subjects identifies 23 fibrinogen-associated Loci but no strong evidence of a causal association between circulating fibrinogen and cardiovascular disease.
Sabater-Lleal M, Huang J, Chasman D, Naitza S, Dehghan A, Johnson AD, Teumer A, Reiner AP, Folkersen L, Basu S, Rudnicka AR, Trompet S, Mälarstig A, Baumert J, Bis JC, Guo X, Hottenga JJ, Shin SY, Lopez LM, Lahti J, Tanaka T, Yanek LR, Oudot-Mellakh T, Wilson JF, Navarro P, Huffman JE, Zemunik T, Redline S, Mehra R, Pulanic D, Rudan I, Wright AF, Kolcic I, Polasek O, Wild SH, Campbell H, Curb JD, Wallace R, Liu S, Eaton CB, Becker DM, Becker LC, Bandinelli S, Räikkönen K, Widen E, Palotie A, Fornage M, Green D, Gross M, Davies G, Harris SE, Liewald DC, Starr JM, Williams FM, Grant PJ, Spector TD, Strawbridge RJ, Silveira A, Sennblad B, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Franco OH, Hofman A, van Dongen J, Willemsen G, Boomsma DI, Yao J, Swords Jenny N, Haritunians T, McKnight B, Lumley T, Taylor KD, Rotter JI, Psaty BM, Peters A, Gieger C, Illig T, Grotevendt A, Homuth G, Völzke H, Kocher T, Goel A, Franzosi MG, Seedorf U, Clarke R, Steri M, Tarasov KV, Sanna S, Schlessinger D, Stott DJ, Sattar N, Buckley BM, Rumley A, Lowe GD, McArdle WL, Chen MH, Tofler GH, Song J, Boerwinkle E, Folsom AR, Rose LM, Franco-Cereceda A, Teichert M, Ikram MA, Mosley TH, Bevan S, Dichgans M, Rothwell PM, Sudlow CL, Hopewell JC, Chambers JC, Saleheen D, Kooner JS, Danesh J, Nelson CP, Erdmann J, Reilly MP, Kathiresan S, Schunkert H, Morange PE, Ferrucci L, Eriksson JG, Jacobs D, Deary IJ, Soranzo N, Witteman JC, de Geus EJ, Tracy RP, Hayward C, Koenig W, Cucca F, Jukema JW, Eriksson P, Seshadri S, Markus HS, Watkins H, Samani NJ; VTE Consortium; STROKE Consortium; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2 (WTCCC2); C4D Consortium; CARDIoGRAM Consortium, Wallaschofski H, Smith NL, Tregouet D, Ridker PM, Tang W, Strachan DP, Hamsten A, O’Donnell CJ.
Circulation. 2013 Sep 17;128(12):1310-24. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002251. Epub 2013 Aug 22.

Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease.
Kienreich K, Tomaschitz A, Verheyen N, Pieber T, Gaksch M, Grübler MR, Pilz S.
Nutrients. 2013 Jul 31;5(8):3005-21. doi: 10.3390/nu5083005. Review.

Cystatin C is independently associated with total and cardiovascular mortality in individuals undergoing coronary angiography. The Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) study.
Woitas RP, Kleber ME, Meinitzer A, Grammer TB, Silbernagel G, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Weihrauch G, Dobnig H, März W, Scharnagl H.
Atherosclerosis. 2013 Aug;229(2):541-8. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.04.027. Epub 2013 May 3.

Vitamin D, arterial hypertension & cerebrovascular disease.
Kienreich K, Grubler M, Tomaschitz A, Schmid J, Verheyen N, Rutters F, Dekker JM, Pilz S.
Indian J Med Res. 2013 Apr;137(4):669-79. Review.

The shared allelic architecture of adiponectin levels and coronary artery disease.
Dastani Z, Johnson T, Kronenberg F, Nelson CP, Assimes TL, März W; CARDIoGRAM Consortium; ADIPOGen Consortium, Richards JB.
Atherosclerosis. 2013 Jul;229(1):145-8. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.03.034. Epub 2013 Apr 22.

Genome-wide and gene-centric analyses of circulating myeloperoxidase levels in the charge and care consortia.
Reiner AP, Hartiala J, Zeller T, Bis JC, Dupuis J, Fornage M, Baumert J, Kleber ME, Wild PS, Baldus S, Bielinski SJ, Fontes JD, Illig T, Keating BJ, Lange LA, Ojeda F, Müller-Nurasyid M, Munzel TF, Psaty BM, Rice K, Rotter JI, Schnabel RB, Tang WH, Thorand B, Erdmann J; CARDIoGRAM Consortium, Jacobs DR Jr, Wilson JG, Koenig W, Tracy RP, Blankenberg S, März W, Gross MD, Benjamin EJ, Hazen SL, Allayee H.
Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Aug 15;22(16):3381-93. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddt189. Epub 2013 Apr 24.

Evaluation of 9 biomarkers for predicting 10-year cardiovascular risk in patients undergoing coronary angiography: findings from the LUdwigshafen RIsk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) study.
Omicron Hartaigh B, Thomas GN, Bosch JA, Hemming K, Pilz S, Loerbroks A, Kleber ME, Grammer TB, Fischer JE, Silbernagel G, Tomaschitz A, März W.
Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 3;168(3):2609-15. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.043. Epub 2013 Apr 16.

Genetic predisposition to higher blood pressure increases coronary artery disease risk.
Lieb W, Jansen H, Loley C, Pencina MJ, Nelson CP, Newton-Cheh C, Kathiresan S, Reilly MP, Assimes TL, Boerwinkle E, Hall AS, Hengstenberg C, Laaksonen R, McPherson R, Thorsteinsdottir U, Ziegler A, Peters A, Thompson JR, König IR, Erdmann J, Samani NJ, Vasan RS, Schunkert H; CARDIoGRAM.
Hypertension. 2013 May;61(5):995-1001. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00275. Epub 2013 Mar 11.

Cinacalcet hydrochloride for the treatment of hyperparathyroidism.
Verheyen N, Pilz S, Eller K, Kienreich K, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Pieske B, Ritz E, Tomaschitz A.
Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2013 Apr;14(6):793-806. doi: 10.1517/14656566.2013.777041. Epub 2013 Mar 4. Review.

Smoking, apolipoprotein E genotypes, and mortality (the Ludwigshafen RIsk and Cardiovascular Health study).
Grammer TB, Hoffmann MM, Scharnagl H, Kleber ME, Silbernagel G, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Lerchbaum E, Siekmeier R, März W.
Eur Heart J. 2013 May;34(17):1298-305. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht001. Epub 2013 Feb 4.

Vitamin D and arterial hypertension: treat the deficiency!
Kienreich K, Tomaschitz A, Verheyen N, Pieber TR, Pilz S.
Am J Hypertens. 2013 Feb;26(2):158. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hps058. Epub 2012 Dec 27. No abstract available.

Circulating aldosterone and mortality in female nursing home residents.
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Pieske B, Ritz E, März W, Meinitzer A, Dobnig H, Amrein K, Kienreich K, Verheyen N, Kraigher-Krainer E, Drechsler C, Colantonio C, Wagner D, Fahrleitner-Pammer A.
Exp Gerontol. 2013 Mar;48(3):313-8. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.01.004. Epub 2013 Jan 16.

Complementary treatment of obesity and overweight with salacia reticulata and vitamin d.
Ofner M, Tomaschitz A, Wonisch M, Litscher G.
Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2013;83(4):216-23. doi: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000162.

Role of vitamin D in the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
Pilz S, Kienreich K, Rutters F, de Jongh R, van Ballegooijen AJ, Grübler M, Tomaschitz A, Dekker JM.
Curr Diab Rep. 2013 Apr;13(2):261-70. doi: 10.1007/s11892-012-0358-4. Review.

Aldosterone and cortisol affect the risk of sudden cardiac death in haemodialysis patients.
Drechsler C, Ritz E, Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Schönfeld S, Blouin K, Bidlingmaier M, Hammer F, Krane V, März W, Allolio B, Fassnacht M, Wanner C.
Eur Heart J. 2013 Feb;34(8):578-87. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs361. Epub 2012 Dec 4.

Vitamin D and cancer mortality: systematic review of prospective epidemiological studies.
Pilz S, Kienreich K, Tomaschitz A, Ritz E, Lerchbaum E, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Matzi V, Lindenmann J, März W, Gandini S, Dekker JM.
Anticancer Agents Med Chem. 2013 Jan;13(1):107-17. Review.

Effect of eplerenone on parathyroid hormone levels in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Tomaschitz A, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Pieske B, Verheyen N, Amrein K, Ritz E, Kienreich K, Horina JH, Schmidt A, Kraigher-Krainer E, Colantonio C, Meinitzer A, Pilz S.
BMC Endocr Disord. 2012 Sep 13;12:19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-12-19.

Genome-wide association study in Han Chinese identifies four new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease.
Lu X, Wang L, Chen S, He L, Yang X, Shi Y, Cheng J, Zhang L, Gu CC, Huang J, Wu T, Ma Y, Li J, Cao J, Chen J, Ge D, Fan Z, Li Y, Zhao L, Li H, Zhou X, Chen L, Liu D, Chen J, Duan X, Hao Y, Wang L, Lu F, Liu Z, Yao C, Shen C, Pu X, Yu L, Fang X, Xu L, Mu J, Wu X, Zheng R, Wu N, Zhao Q, Li Y, Liu X, Wang M, Yu D, Hu D, Ji X, Guo D, Sun D, Wang Q, Yang Y, Liu F, Mao Q, Liang X, Ji J, Chen P, Mo X, Li D, Chai G, Tang Y, Li X, Du Z, Liu X, Dou C, Yang Z, Meng Q, Wang D, Wang R, Yang J, Schunkert H, Samani NJ, Kathiresan S, Reilly MP, Erdmann J; Coronary ARtery DIsease Genome-Wide Replication And Meta-Analysis (CARDIoGRAM) Consortium, Peng X, Wu X, Liu D, Yang Y, Chen R, Qiang B, Gu D.
Nat Genet. 2012 Jul 1;44(8):890-4. doi: 10.1038/ng.2337.

Routinely available biomarkers improve prediction of long-term mortality in stable coronary artery disease: the Vienna and Ludwigshafen Coronary Artery Disease (VILCAD) risk score.
Goliasch G, Kleber ME, Richter B, Plischke M, Hoke M, Haschemi A, Marculescu R, Endler G, Grammer TB, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Silbernagel G, Maurer G, Wagner O, Huber K, März W, Mannhalter C, Niessner A.
Eur Heart J. 2012 Sep;33(18):2282-9. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs164. Epub 2012 Jun 28.

Circulating dopamine and C-peptide levels in fasting nondiabetic hypertensive patients: the Graz Endocrine Causes of Hypertension study.
Tomaschitz A, Ritz E, Kienreich K, Pieske B, März W, Boehm BO, Drechsler C, Meinitzer A, Pilz S.
Diabetes Care. 2012 Aug;35(8):1771-3. doi: 10.2337/dc11-2384. Epub 2012 Jun 14.

Correspondence (letter to the editor): Appeal for vitamin D therapy.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Kienreich K, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, März W.
Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2012 May;109(19):359; author reply 359-60. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0359a. Epub 2012 May 11. No abstract available.

Vitamin D status, incident diabetes and prospective changes in glucose metabolism in older subjects: the Hoorn study.
Pilz S, van den Hurk K, Nijpels G, Stehouwer CD, Van’t Riet E, Kienreich K, Tomaschitz A, Dekker JM.
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2012 Oct;22(10):883-9. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2012.03.008. Epub 2012 Jun 5.

Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease: update and outlook.
Pilz S, Kienreich K, Tomaschitz A, Lerchbaum E, Meinitzer A, März W, Zittermann A, Dekker JM.
Scand J Clin Lab Invest Suppl. 2012;243:83-91. doi: 10.3109/00365513.2012.681972. Review.

Homoarginine deficiency is associated with increased bone turnover.
Pilz S, Meinitzer A, Tomaschitz A, Kienreich K, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Drechsler C, Boehm BO, März W.
Osteoporos Int. 2012 Nov;23(11):2731-2. doi: 10.1007/s00198-012-1904-2. Epub 2012 Apr 14. No abstract available.

Associations of Sun Exposure with 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Levels in a Cohort of Hypertensive Patients: The Graz Endocrine Causes of Hypertension (GECOH) Study.
Pilz S, Kienreich K, Stückler D, Meinitzer A, Tomaschitz A.
Int J Endocrinol. 2012;2012:732636. doi: 10.1155/2012/732636. Epub 2012 Feb 16.

Associations of homoarginine with bone metabolism and density, muscle strength and mortality: cross-sectional and prospective data from 506 female nursing home patients.
Pilz S, Meinitzer A, Tomaschitz A, Kienreich K, Dobnig H, Schwarz M, Wagner D, Drechsler C, Piswanger-Sölkner C, März W, Fahrleitner-Pammer A.
Osteoporos Int. 2013 Jan;24(1):377-81. doi: 10.1007/s00198-012-1950-9. Epub 2012 Mar 17.

Genome-wide association study identifies novel loci associated with circulating phospho- and sphingolipid concentrations.
Demirkan A, van Duijn CM, Ugocsai P, Isaacs A, Pramstaller PP, Liebisch G, Wilson JF, Johansson Å, Rudan I, Aulchenko YS, Kirichenko AV, Janssens AC, Jansen RC, Gnewuch C, Domingues FS, Pattaro C, Wild SH, Jonasson I, Polasek O, Zorkoltseva IV, Hofman A, Karssen LC, Struchalin M, Floyd J, Igl W, Biloglav Z, Broer L, Pfeufer A, Pichler I, Campbell S, Zaboli G, Kolcic I, Rivadeneira F, Huffman J, Hastie ND, Uitterlinden A, Franke L, Franklin CS, Vitart V; DIAGRAM Consortium, Nelson CP, Preuss M; CARDIoGRAM Consortium, Bis JC, O’Donnell CJ, Franceschini N; CHARGE Consortium, Witteman JC, Axenovich T, Oostra BA, Meitinger T, Hicks AA, Hayward C, Wright AF, Gyllensten U, Campbell H, Schmitz G; EUROSPAN consortium.
PLoS Genet. 2012;8(2):e1002490. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002490. Epub 2012 Feb 16.

Aldosterone and parathyroid hormone: a precarious couple for cardiovascular disease.
Tomaschitz A, Ritz E, Pieske B, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Kienreich K, Horina JH, Drechsler C, März W, Ofner M, Pieber TR, Pilz S.
Cardiovasc Res. 2012 Apr 1;94(1):10-9. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvs092. Epub 2012 Feb 13. Review.

Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with increased mortality in female nursing home residents.
Pilz S, Dobnig H, Tomaschitz A, Kienreich K, Meinitzer A, Friedl C, Wagner D, Piswanger-Sölkner C, März W, Fahrleitner-Pammer A.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Apr;97(4):E653-7. doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-3043. Epub 2012 Feb 8.

RANTES/CCL5 and risk for coronary events: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg case-cohort, Athero-Express and CARDIoGRAM studies.
Herder C, Peeters W, Illig T, Baumert J, de Kleijn DP, Moll FL, Poschen U, Klopp N, Müller-Nurasyid M, Roden M, Preuss M; CARDIoGRAM Consortium, Karakas M, Meisinger C, Thorand B, Pasterkamp G, Koenig W, Assimes TL, Deloukas P, Erdmann J, Holm H, Kathiresan S, König IR, McPherson R, Reilly MP, Roberts R, Samani NJ, Schunkert H, Stewart AF.
PLoS One. 2011;6(12):e25734. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025734. Epub 2011 Dec 6.

Genome-wide association study for coronary artery calcification with follow-up in myocardial infarction.
O’Donnell CJ, Kavousi M, Smith AV, Kardia SL, Feitosa MF, Hwang SJ, Sun YV, Province MA, Aspelund T, Dehghan A, Hoffmann U, Bielak LF, Zhang Q, Eiriksdottir G, van Duijn CM, Fox CS, de Andrade M, Kraja AT, Sigurdsson S, Elias-Smale SE, Murabito JM, Launer LJ, van der Lugt A, Kathiresan S; CARDIoGRAM Consortium, Krestin GP, Herrington DM, Howard TD, Liu Y, Post W, Mitchell BD, O’Connell JR, Shen H, Shuldiner AR, Altshuler D, Elosua R, Salomaa V, Schwartz SM, Siscovick DS, Voight BF, Bis JC, Glazer NL, Psaty BM, Boerwinkle E, Heiss G, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Wild PS, Schnabel RB, Schillert A, Ziegler A, Münzel TF, White CC, Rotter JI, Nalls M, Oudkerk M, Johnson AD, Newman AB, Uitterlinden AG, Massaro JM, Cunningham J, Harris TB, Hofman A, Peyser PA, Borecki IB, Cupples LA, Gudnason V, Witteman JC.
Circulation. 2011 Dec 20;124(25):2855-64. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.974899. Epub 2011 Dec 5.

Relationship between plasma aldosterone concentration and soluble cellular adhesion molecules in patients referred to coronary angiography.
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Ritz E, Grammer T, Amrein K, Merger S, Meinitzer A, Winkelmann BR, Boehm BO, März W.
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 2011 Nov;119(10):649-55. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1287791. Epub 2011 Nov 8.

Hyperparathyroidism in patients with primary aldosteronism: cross-sectional and interventional data from the GECOH study.
Pilz S, Kienreich K, Drechsler C, Ritz E, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Gaksch M, Meinitzer A, März W, Pieber TR, Tomaschitz A.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Jan;97(1):E75-9. doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-2183. Epub 2011 Oct 19.

Sclerostin and its association with physical activity, age, gender, body composition, and bone mineral content in healthy adults.
Amrein K, Amrein S, Drexler C, Dimai HP, Dobnig H, Pfeifer K, Tomaschitz A, Pieber TR, Fahrleitner-Pammer A.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Jan;97(1):148-54. doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-2152. Epub 2011 Oct 12.

Post-genomic update on a classical candidate gene for coronary artery disease: ESR1.
Lucas G, Lluís-Ganella C, Subirana I, Sentí M, Willenborg C, Musameh MD, Schwartz SM, O’Donnell CJ, Melander O, Salomaa V, Elosua R; CARDIoGRAM Consortium.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2011 Dec;4(6):647-54. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.111.960583. Epub 2011 Oct 9.

Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.
International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-Wide Association Studies, Ehret GB, Munroe PB, Rice KM, Bochud M, Johnson AD, Chasman DI, Smith AV, Tobin MD, Verwoert GC, Hwang SJ, Pihur V, Vollenweider P, O’Reilly PF, Amin N, Bragg-Gresham JL, Teumer A, Glazer NL, Launer L, Zhao JH, Aulchenko Y, Heath S, Sõber S, Parsa A, Luan J, Arora P, Dehghan A, Zhang F, Lucas G, Hicks AA, Jackson AU, Peden JF, Tanaka T, Wild SH, Rudan I, Igl W, Milaneschi Y, Parker AN, Fava C, Chambers JC, Fox ER, Kumari M, Go MJ, van der Harst P, Kao WH, Sjögren M, Vinay DG, Alexander M, Tabara Y, Shaw-Hawkins S, Whincup PH, Liu Y, Shi G, Kuusisto J, Tayo B, Seielstad M, Sim X, Nguyen KD, Lehtimäki T, Matullo G, Wu Y, Gaunt TR, Onland-Moret NC, Cooper MN, Platou CG, Org E, Hardy R, Dahgam S, Palmen J, Vitart V, Braund PS, Kuznetsova T, Uiterwaal CS, Adeyemo A, Palmas W, Campbell H, Ludwig B, Tomaszewski M, Tzoulaki I, Palmer ND; CARDIoGRAM consortium; CKDGen Consortium; KidneyGen Consortium; EchoGen consortium; CHARGE-HF consortium, Aspelund T, Garcia M, Chang YP, O’Connell JR, Steinle NI, Grobbee DE, Arking DE, Kardia SL, Morrison AC, Hernandez D, Najjar S, McArdle WL, Hadley D, Brown MJ, Connell JM, Hingorani AD, Day IN, Lawlor DA, Beilby JP, Lawrence RW, Clarke R, Hopewell JC, Ongen H, Dreisbach AW, Li Y, Young JH, Bis JC, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Adair LS, Lee NR, Chen MH, Olden M, Pattaro C, Bolton JA, Köttgen A, Bergmann S, Mooser V, Chaturvedi N, Frayling TM, Islam M, Jafar TH, Erdmann J, Kulkarni SR, Bornstein SR, Grässler J, Groop L, Voight BF, Kettunen J, Howard P, Taylor A, Guarrera S, Ricceri F, Emilsson V, Plump A, Barroso I, Khaw KT, Weder AB, Hunt SC, Sun YV, Bergman RN, Collins FS, Bonnycastle LL, Scott LJ, Stringham HM, Peltonen L, Perola M, Vartiainen E, Brand SM, Staessen JA, Wang TJ, Burton PR, Soler Artigas M, Dong Y, Snieder H, Wang X, Zhu H, Lohman KK, Rudock ME, Heckbert SR, Smith NL, Wiggins KL, Doumatey A, Shriner D, Veldre G, Viigimaa M, Kinra S, Prabhakaran D, Tripathy V, Langefeld CD, Rosengren A, Thelle DS, Corsi AM, Singleton A, Forrester T, Hilton G, McKenzie CA, Salako T, Iwai N, Kita Y, Ogihara T, Ohkubo T, Okamura T, Ueshima H, Umemura S, Eyheramendy S, Meitinger T, Wichmann HE, Cho YS, Kim HL, Lee JY, Scott J, Sehmi JS, Zhang W, Hedblad B, Nilsson P, Smith GD, Wong A, Narisu N, Stančáková A, Raffel LJ, Yao J, Kathiresan S, O’Donnell CJ, Schwartz SM, Ikram MA, Longstreth WT Jr, Mosley TH, Seshadri S, Shrine NR, Wain LV, Morken MA, Swift AJ, Laitinen J, Prokopenko I, Zitting P, Cooper JA, Humphries SE, Danesh J, Rasheed A, Goel A, Hamsten A, Watkins H, Bakker SJ, van Gilst WH, Janipalli CS, Mani KR, Yajnik CS, Hofman A, Mattace-Raso FU, Oostra BA, Demirkan A, Isaacs A, Rivadeneira F, Lakatta EG, Orru M, Scuteri A, Ala-Korpela M, Kangas AJ, Lyytikäinen LP, Soininen P, Tukiainen T, Würtz P, Ong RT, Dörr M, Kroemer HK, Völker U, Völzke H, Galan P, Hercberg S, Lathrop M, Zelenika D, Deloukas P, Mangino M, Spector TD, Zhai G, Meschia JF, Nalls MA, Sharma P, Terzic J, Kumar MV, Denniff M, Zukowska-Szczechowska E, Wagenknecht LE, Fowkes FG, Charchar FJ, Schwarz PE, Hayward C, Guo X, Rotimi C, Bots ML, Brand E, Samani NJ, Polasek O, Talmud PJ, Nyberg F, Kuh D, Laan M, Hveem K, Palmer LJ, van der Schouw YT, Casas JP, Mohlke KL, Vineis P, Raitakari O, Ganesh SK, Wong TY, Tai ES, Cooper RS, Laakso M, Rao DC, Harris TB, Morris RW, Dominiczak AF, Kivimaki M, Marmot MG, Miki T, Saleheen D, Chandak GR, Coresh J, Navis G, Salomaa V, Han BG, Zhu X, Kooner JS, Melander O, Ridker PM, Bandinelli S, Gyllensten UB, Wright AF, Wilson JF, Ferrucci L, Farrall M, Tuomilehto J, Pramstaller PP, Elosua R, Soranzo N, Sijbrands EJ, Altshuler D, Loos RJ, Shuldiner AR, Gieger C, Meneton P, Uitterlinden AG, Wareham NJ, Gudnason V, Rotter JI, Rettig R, Uda M, Strachan DP, Witteman JC, Hartikainen AL, Beckmann JS, Boerwinkle E, Vasan RS, Boehnke M, Larson MG, Järvelin MR, Psaty BM, Abecasis GR, Chakravarti A, Elliott P, van Duijn CM, Newton-Cheh C, Levy D, Caulfield MJ, Johnson T.
Nature. 2011 Sep 11;478(7367):103-9. doi: 10.1038/nature10405.

Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure.
Wain LV, Verwoert GC, O’Reilly PF, Shi G, Johnson T, Johnson AD, Bochud M, Rice KM, Henneman P, Smith AV, Ehret GB, Amin N, Larson MG, Mooser V, Hadley D, Dörr M, Bis JC, Aspelund T, Esko T, Janssens AC, Zhao JH, Heath S, Laan M, Fu J, Pistis G, Luan J, Arora P, Lucas G, Pirastu N, Pichler I, Jackson AU, Webster RJ, Zhang F, Peden JF, Schmidt H, Tanaka T, Campbell H, Igl W, Milaneschi Y, Hottenga JJ, Vitart V, Chasman DI, Trompet S, Bragg-Gresham JL, Alizadeh BZ, Chambers JC, Guo X, Lehtimäki T, Kühnel B, Lopez LM, Polašek O, Boban M, Nelson CP, Morrison AC, Pihur V, Ganesh SK, Hofman A, Kundu S, Mattace-Raso FU, Rivadeneira F, Sijbrands EJ, Uitterlinden AG, Hwang SJ, Vasan RS, Wang TJ, Bergmann S, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Laitinen J, Pouta A, Zitting P, McArdle WL, Kroemer HK, Völker U, Völzke H, Glazer NL, Taylor KD, Harris TB, Alavere H, Haller T, Keis A, Tammesoo ML, Aulchenko Y, Barroso I, Khaw KT, Galan P, Hercberg S, Lathrop M, Eyheramendy S, Org E, Sõber S, Lu X, Nolte IM, Penninx BW, Corre T, Masciullo C, Sala C, Groop L, Voight BF, Melander O, O’Donnell CJ, Salomaa V, d’Adamo AP, Fabretto A, Faletra F, Ulivi S, Del Greco F, Facheris M, Collins FS, Bergman RN, Beilby JP, Hung J, Musk AW, Mangino M, Shin SY, Soranzo N, Watkins H, Goel A, Hamsten A, Gider P, Loitfelder M, Zeginigg M, Hernandez D, Najjar SS, Navarro P, Wild SH, Corsi AM, Singleton A, de Geus EJ, Willemsen G, Parker AN, Rose LM, Buckley B, Stott D, Orru M, Uda M; LifeLines Cohort Study, van der Klauw MM, Zhang W, Li X, Scott J, Chen YD, Burke GL, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Döring A, Meitinger T, Davies G, Starr JM, Emilsson V, Plump A, Lindeman JH, Hoen PA, König IR; EchoGen consortium, Felix JF, Clarke R, Hopewell JC, Ongen H, Breteler M, Debette S, Destefano AL, Fornage M; AortaGen Consortium, Mitchell GF; CHARGE Consortium Heart Failure Working Group, Smith NL; KidneyGen consortium, Holm H, Stefansson K, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U; CKDGen consortium; Cardiogenics consortium; CardioGram, Samani NJ, Preuss M, Rudan I, Hayward C, Deary IJ, Wichmann HE, Raitakari OT, Palmas W, Kooner JS, Stolk RP, Jukema JW, Wright AF, Boomsma DI, Bandinelli S, Gyllensten UB, Wilson JF, Ferrucci L, Schmidt R, Farrall M, Spector TD, Palmer LJ, Tuomilehto J, Pfeufer A, Gasparini P, Siscovick D, Altshuler D, Loos RJ, Toniolo D, Snieder H, Gieger C, Meneton P, Wareham NJ, Oostra BA, Metspalu A, Launer L, Rettig R, Strachan DP, Beckmann JS, Witteman JC, Erdmann J, van Dijk KW, Boerwinkle E, Boehnke M, Ridker PM, Jarvelin MR, Chakravarti A, Abecasis GR, Gudnason V, Newton-Cheh C, Levy D, Munroe PB, Psaty BM, Caulfield MJ, Rao DC, Tobin MD, Elliott P, van Duijn CM.
Nat Genet. 2011 Sep 11;43(10):1005-11. doi: 10.1038/ng.922.

Human metabolic individuality in biomedical and pharmaceutical research.
Suhre K, Shin SY, Petersen AK, Mohney RP, Meredith D, Wägele B, Altmaier E; CARDIoGRAM, Deloukas P, Erdmann J, Grundberg E, Hammond CJ, de Angelis MH, Kastenmüller G, Köttgen A, Kronenberg F, Mangino M, Meisinger C, Meitinger T, Mewes HW, Milburn MV, Prehn C, Raffler J, Ried JS, Römisch-Margl W, Samani NJ, Small KS, Wichmann HE, Zhai G, Illig T, Spector TD, Adamski J, Soranzo N, Gieger C.
Nature. 2011 Aug 31;477(7362):54-60. doi: 10.1038/nature10354.

Serum aldosterone and its relationship to left ventricular structure and geometry in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.
Edelmann F, Tomaschitz A, Wachter R, Gelbrich G, Knoke M, Düngen HD, Pilz S, Binder L, Stahrenberg R, Schmidt A, März W, Pieske B.
Eur Heart J. 2012 Jan;33(2):203-12. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr292. Epub 2011 Aug 19.

Wasting and sudden cardiac death in hemodialysis patients: a post hoc analysis of 4D (Die Deutsche Diabetes Dialyse Studie).
Drechsler C, Grootendorst DC, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Krane V, Dekker F, März W, Ritz E, Wanner C.
Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Oct;58(4):599-607. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.05.026. Epub 2011 Aug 5.

Homoarginine, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death in haemodialysis patients.
Drechsler C, Meinitzer A, Pilz S, Krane V, Tomaschitz A, Ritz E, März W, Wanner C.
Eur J Heart Fail. 2011 Aug;13(8):852-9. doi: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr056.

Vitamin D, cardiovascular disease and mortality.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, März W, Drechsler C, Ritz E, Zittermann A, Cavalier E, Pieber TR, Lappe JM, Grant WB, Holick MF, Dekker JM.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2011 Nov;75(5):575-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04147.x. Review.

Vitamin D status: to be considered in heart failure patients!
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A.
Eur J Heart Fail. 2011 Jun;13(6):595-6. doi: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr018. No abstract available.

Associations of plasma renin with 10-year cardiovascular mortality, sudden cardiac death, and death due to heart failure.
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Ritz E, Morganti A, Grammer T, Amrein K, Boehm BO, März W.
Eur Heart J. 2011 Nov;32(21):2642-9. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr150. Epub 2011 May 23.

Low homoarginine concentration is a novel risk factor for heart disease.
Pilz S, Meinitzer A, Tomaschitz A, Drechsler C, Ritz E, Krane V, Wanner C, Boehm BO, März W.
Heart. 2011 Aug;97(15):1222-7. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2010.220731. Epub 2011 May 10.

Eplerenone in mild heart failure.
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, März W.
N Engl J Med. 2011 Apr 7;364(14):1371; author reply 1372. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1101287. No abstract available.

Vitamin D status and mortality in chronic kidney disease.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Friedl C, Amrein K, Drechsler C, Ritz E, Boehm BO, Grammer TB, März W.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2011 Nov;26(11):3603-9. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfr076. Epub 2011 Mar 4.

Low serum homoarginine is a novel risk factor for fatal strokes in patients undergoing coronary angiography.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Meinitzer A, Drechsler C, Ritz E, Krane V, Wanner C, Böhm BO, März W.
Stroke. 2011 Apr;42(4):1132-4. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.603035. Epub 2011 Feb 10.

Association of plasma aldosterone with cardiovascular mortality in patients with low estimated GFR: the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) Study.
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Ritz E, Grammer T, Drechsler C, Boehm BO, März W.
Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Mar;57(3):403-14. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.10.047. Epub 2010 Dec 24.

Vitamin D deficiency and stroke: time to act!
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, März W.
Am J Cardiol. 2010 Dec 1;106(11):1674. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.09.021. No abstract available.

Role of vitamin D in arterial hypertension.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A.
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2010 Nov;8(11):1599-608. doi: 10.1586/erc.10.142. Review.

Vitamin D supplementation: a promising approach for the prevention and treatment of strokes.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Drechsler C, Zittermann A, Dekker JM, März W.
Curr Drug Targets. 2011 Jan;12(1):88-96. Review.

Aldosterone and parathyroid hormone: a complex and clinically relevant relationship.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, März W, Cavalier E, Ritz E.
Calcif Tissue Int. 2010 Oct;87(4):373-4. doi: 10.1007/s00223-010-9409-5. No abstract available.

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with sudden cardiac death, combined cardiovascular events, and mortality in haemodialysis patients.
Drechsler C, Pilz S, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Verduijn M, Tomaschitz A, Krane V, Espe K, Dekker F, Brandenburg V, März W, Ritz E, Wanner C.
Eur Heart J. 2010 Sep;31(18):2253-61. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq246. Epub 2010 Aug 5.

Vitamin D supplementation and regulatory T cells in apparently healthy subjects: vitamin D treatment for autoimmune diseases?
Prietl B, Pilz S, Wolf M, Tomaschitz A, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Graninger W, Pieber TR.
Isr Med Assoc J. 2010 Mar;12(3):136-9.

Independent association between 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D and the renin-angiotensin system: The Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) study.
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Ritz E, Grammer T, Drechsler C, Boehm BO, März W.
Clin Chim Acta. 2010 Sep 6;411(17-18):1354-60. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.05.037. Epub 2010 Jun 1.

Aldosterone/renin ratio determines peripheral and central blood pressure values over a broad range.
Tomaschitz A, Maerz W, Pilz S, Ritz E, Scharnagl H, Renner W, Boehm BO, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Weihrauch G, Dobnig H.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 May 11;55(19):2171-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.01.032.

Parathyroid hormone level is associated with mortality and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing coronary angiography.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Drechsler C, Ritz E, Boehm BO, Grammer TB, März W.
Eur Heart J. 2010 Jul;31(13):1591-8. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq109. Epub 2010 May 2.

Vitamin D deficiency and myocardial diseases.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Drechsler C, Dekker JM, März W.
Mol Nutr Food Res. 2010 Aug;54(8):1103-13. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.200900474. Review.

Aldosterone to renin ratio–a reliable screening tool for primary aldosteronism?
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S.
Horm Metab Res. 2010 Jun;42(6):382-91. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1248326. Epub 2010 Mar 11. Review.

Vitamin D deficiency and myocardial structure and function in older men and women: the Hoorn study.
Pilz S, Henry RM, Snijder MB, van Dam RM, Nijpels G, Stehouwer CD, Kamp O, Tomaschitz A, Pieber TR, Dekker JM.
J Endocrinol Invest. 2010 Oct;33(9):612-7. doi: 10.3275/6883. Epub 2010 Mar 5.

Plasma aldosterone levels are associated with increased cardiovascular mortality: the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) study.
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Ritz E, Meinitzer A, Boehm BO, März W.
Eur Heart J. 2010 May;31(10):1237-47. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq019. Epub 2010 Mar 2.

Aldosterone and arterial hypertension.
Tomaschitz A, Pilz S, Ritz E, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Pieber TR.
Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2010 Feb;6(2):83-93. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2009.263. Epub 2009 Dec 22. Review.

Vitamin D status and arterial hypertension: a systematic review.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Ritz E, Pieber TR.
Nat Rev Cardiol. 2009 Oct;6(10):621-30. doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2009.135. Epub 2009 Aug 18. Review.

Epidemiology of vitamin D insufficiency and cancer mortality.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Dobnig H, Pieber TR.
Anticancer Res. 2009 Sep;29(9):3699-704. Review.

Aldosterone, a vasculotoxic agent–novel functions for an old hormone.
Ritz E, Tomaschitz A.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009 Aug;24(8):2302-5. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfp206. Epub 2009 May 27. No abstract available.

Vitamin D deficiency and myocardial dysfunction.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 May 26;53(21):2011; author reply 2012-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.12.069. No abstract available.

Graz Endocrine Causes of Hypertension (GECOH) study: a diagnostic accuracy study of aldosterone to active renin ratio in screening for primary aldosteronism.
Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Stepan V, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Schweighofer N, Portugaller HR, Sourij H, Dobnig H, Meinitzer A, Pieber TR.
BMC Endocr Disord. 2009 Apr 7;9:11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-9-11.

25-hydroxyvitamin D is not associated with carotid intima-media thickness in older men and women.
Pilz S, Henry RM, Snijder MB, van Dam RM, Nijpels G, Stehouwer CD, Tomaschitz A, Pieber TR, Dekker JM.
Calcif Tissue Int. 2009 May;84(5):423-4. doi: 10.1007/s00223-009-9238-6. Epub 2009 Mar 24. No abstract available.