Minimally invasive biomarkers in human population biology research, part 2
An introduction to the special issue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19459487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey Snodgra (0000-0002-7021-777X, Global Health Biomarker Laboratory, Department of Anthropology University of Oregon Eugene Oregon USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | e23822-e23822 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Human Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1042-0533 • E-ISSN: 1520-6300 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajhb.23822 |
| PMID | 36256677 |
| OpenAlex | W4306729592 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 58 |
Over the past several decades, biomarkers have become indispensable tools in human biology, allowing researchers to investigate biocultural and evolutionary questions and to generate basic data on health and well‐being. Human biologists are central players in biomarker methods development, pioneering the creation of “field friendly,” minimally invasively collected biomarker approaches, as well as leading the innovative use of biomarkers, most notably to map the complex pathways from social and environmental conditions to altered physiology to health effects. This special issue, Part 2 of a collection focused on minimally invasively collected biomarkers, is comprised of nine papers that jointly contribute to driving the science of biomarker methods development and application. This compilation of papers engages with topics such as biological normalcy, ecoimmunology, and the ethics of working with vulnerable and underserved populations. It also focuses attention on research areas at present not emphasized in human biology such as bone turnover markers as a window onto osteoporosis and osteoarthritis and the use of cancer‐related biomarkers in population screening and epidemiology. Taken together, these papers help draw the roadmap for future biomarker work, emphasizing: (1) the need for systematic and transparent approaches to assay validation, with open access publication; (2) simultaneous measurement of multiple biomarkers and expanded use of instrument platforms that increase the range of physiological, genomics, and omics markers available to researchers; and, (3) increased attention to ethics and researcher responsibilities, encouraging a mindset that recognizes our obligation to provide benefits to individuals and communities and to help redress past abuses
Biology · Biomarker · Biomarker discovery · Data science · Engineering ethics · Environmental health · Political science · Population · Proteomics · Redress · Computer Science · Engineering · Immune responses and vaccinations · Medicine · Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease · Vitamin D Research Studies
Study Protocol
Salivary/Serum Progesterone Ratio Differs Between Menstrual Cycle Phases but Not Between Populations
Doing More With Less
Navigating Practical, Political, and Ethical Challenges of Long‐Term Human Biology Field Research
Bioethics Recommendations to Increase Culturally Informed Global Health Survey Research
Discrimination-Related Stress, Blood Pressure and Epstein-Barr Virus Antibodies Among Latin American Immigrants in Oregon, Us
Longitudinal evidence that fatherhood decreases testosterone in human males
Tradeoffs between immune function and childhood growth among Amazonian forager-horticulturalists
A framework for enhancing ethical genomic research with Indigenous communities
Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Medicine
Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador
Energetics and reproductive effort
A dried blood spot‐based method to measure levels of tartrate‐resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRACP‐5b), a marker of bone resorption
Applying minimally invasive biomarkers of chronic stress across complex ecological contexts
Field methods and strategies for assessing female reproductive functioning
More voices are always better
Physical activity patterns and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease risk in hunter‐gatherers
Seasonal and socioeconomic influences on thyroid function among the Yakut (Sakha) of Eastern Siberia
The utility of dried blood spot measurement of bone turnover markers in biological anthropology
Field and laboratory methods in human milk research
Current and future applications of biomarkers in samples collected through minimally invasive methods for cancer medicine and population‐based research
Measuring attack on self
Age‐related patterns of cytomegalovirus antibodies accompanying Epstein‐Barr virus co‐infection
Telomere length analysis from minimally‐invasively collected samples
Bringing the lab bench to the field
Early life trauma, post‐traumatic stress disorder, and allostatic load in a sample of American Indian adults
Maternal hair cortisol concentrations across pregnancy and the early postpartum period in a Puerto Rican sample
Adiponectin, hemoglobin, and cardiovascular risk in an indigenous siberian population
Ecoimmunology in the field
Biocultural approaches to transgender and gender diverse experience and health
Circumpolar adaptation, social change, and the development of autoimmune thyroid disorders among the Yakut (Sakha) of Siberia
Novel applications of minimally invasive biomarkers in human biology research
After Theranos
Shortened telomere length is associated with unfair treatment attributed to race in African Americans living in Tallahassee, Florida
Reproductive hormone measurement from minimally invasive sample types
Challenging the binary
Mind the gap
The Tsimane Health and Life History Project
Reproductive ecology and life history of the human male
Centering human milk composition as normal human biological variation
Pearl lecture
Minimally invasive biomarkers in human and non‐human primate evolutionary biology
Recognizing normal reproductive biology
Analysis of variability of high sensitivity C‐reactive protein in lowland ecuador reveals no evidence of chronic low‐grade inflammation
Biological costs of economic transition
What a drop can do
Implications of market integration for cardiovascular and metabolic health among an indigenous Amazonian Ecuadorian population
Life history theory and the immune system
Health of Indigenous Peoples
The Ecoimmunology of Health and Disease
Aging, Life History, and Human Evolution
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |