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    Genome-wide association meta-analysis yields 20 loci associated with gallstone disease 
    Ferkingstad, Egil; Oddsson, Asmundur; Gretarsdottir, Solveig; Benonisdottir, Stefania; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Deaton, Aimee M.; Jónsson, Stefán; Stefánsson, Ólafur A.; Norðdahl, Guðmundur L.; Zink, Florian; Arnadottir, Gudny; Gunnarsson, Bjarni; Halldorsson, Gisli; Helgadottir, Anna; Jensson, Brynjar Örn; Kristjánsson, Ragnar P.; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Sverrisson, Davíð A.; Másson, Gísli; Olafsson, Isleifur; Eyjólfsson, Guðmundur I.; Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf; Holm, Hilma; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Ólafsson, Sigurður; Steingrimsdottir, Thora; Rafnar, Thorunn; Björnsson, Einar Stefán; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; sulem, patrick; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018-11-30)
    Gallstones are responsible for one of the most common diseases in the Western world and are commonly treated with cholecystectomy. We perform a meta-analysis of two genomewide association studies of gallstone disease in Iceland and the UK, totaling ...
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    A genome-wide association study yields five novel thyroid cancer risk loci 
    Guðmundsson, Júlíus; Þorleifsson, Guðmar; Sigurðsson, Jón K.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Jónasson, Jón G.; Guðjónsson, Sigurjón Axel; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Másson, Gísli; Jóhannsdóttir, Hrefna; Halldórsson, Gísli H.; Stacey, Simon N.; Helgason, Hannes; sulem, patrick; Senter, Leigha; He, Huiling; Liyanarachchi, Sandya; Ringel, Matthew D.; Aguillo, Esperanza; Panadero, Angeles; Prats, Enrique; Garcia-Castaño, Almudena; De Juan, Ana; Rivera, Fernando; Xu, Li; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Eyjólfsson, Guðmundur I.; Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf; Ólafsson, Ísleifur; Kristvinsson, Höskuldur; Netea-Maier, Romana T.; Jónsson, Þorvaldur; Mayordomo, Jose I.; Plantinga, Theo S.; Hjartarson, Hannes; Hrafnkelsson, Jón; Sturgis, Erich M.; Þorsteinsdóttir, Unnur; Rafnar, Thorunn; de la Chapelle, Albert; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Nature, 2017-02-14)
    The great majority of thyroid cancers are of the non-medullary type. Here we report findings from a genome-wide association study of non-medullary thyroid cancer, including in total 3,001 patients and 287,550 controls from five study groups of European ...
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    Genome-wide associations for benign prostatic hyperplasia reveal a genetic correlation with serum levels of PSA 
    Gudmundsson, Julius; Sigurðsson, Jón K.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Agnarsson, Bjarni A.; Ísaksson, Helgi J.; Stefánsson, Ólafur A.; Guðjónsson, Sigurjón Axel; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Másson, Gísli; Frigge, Michael L.; Stacey, Simon N.; sulem, patrick; Halldorsson, Gisli; Tragante, Vinicius; Holm, Hilma; Eyjólfsson, Guðmundur I.; Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf; Olafsson, Isleifur; Jónsson, Þorvaldur; Jónsson, Eirikur; Barkardottir, Rosa Bjork; Hilmarsson, Rafn; Asselbergs, Folkert W.; Geirsson, Guðmundur; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Rafnar, Thorunn; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018-11-08)
    Benign prostatic hyperplasia and associated lower urinary tract symptoms (BPH/LUTS) are common conditions affecting the majority of elderly males. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study of symptomatic BPH/LUTS in 20,621 patients ...
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    A genome-wide cross-phenotype meta-analysis of the association of blood pressure with migraine 
    Guo, Yanjun; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-07-06)
    Blood pressure (BP) was inconsistently associated with migraine and the mechanisms of BP-lowering medications in migraine prophylaxis are unknown. Leveraging large-scale summary statistics for migraine (Ncases/Ncontrols = 59,674/316,078) and BP ...
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    Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies eight new susceptibility loci for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma 
    Sarin, Kavita Y.; Lin, Yuan; Daneshjou, Roxana; Ziyatdinov, Andrey; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Rubin, Adam; Pardo, Luba M.; Wu, Wenting; Khavari, Paul A.; Uitterlinden, Andre; Nijsten, Tamar; Toland, Amanda E.; Ólafsson, Jón H.; Sigurgeirsson, Bárður; Þórisdóttir, Kristín; Jorgensen, Eric; Whittemore, Alice S.; Kraft, Peter; Stacey, Simon; Stefansson, Kari; Asgari, Maryam M.; Han, Jiali (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-02-10)
    Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is one of the most common cancers in the United States. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 14 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with cutaneous SCC. Here, we report the ...
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    GraphTyper2 enables population-scale genotyping of structural variation using pangenome graphs 
    Eggertsson, Hannes; Kristmundsdóttir, Snædís; Beyter, Doruk; Jónsson, Hákon; Skúladóttir, Ástrós; Hardarson, Marteinn; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Stefansson, Kari; Halldórsson, Bjarni; Melsted, Páll (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-11-27)
    Analysis of sequence diversity in the human genome is fundamental for genetic studies. Structural variants (SVs) are frequently omitted in sequence analysis studies, although each has a relatively large impact on the genome. Here, we present GraphTyper2, ...
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    GWAS and colocalization analyses implicate carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque loci in cardiovascular outcomes 
    Smith, Albert Vernon; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Grétarsdóttir, Sólveig; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018-12)
    Carotid artery intima media thickness (cIMT) and carotid plaque are measures of subclinical atherosclerosis associated with ischemic stroke and coronary heart disease (CHD). Here, we undertake meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in ...
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    GWAS of bone size yields twelve loci that also affect height, BMD, osteoarthritis or fractures 
    Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Stefansson, Olafur A.; Gunnarsdottir, Kristbjorg; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Lund, Sigrún Helga; Stefansdottir, Lilja; Juliusson, Kristinn; Ágústsdóttir, Arna B.; Zink, Florian; Halldorsson, Gisli; Ivarsdottir, Erna V.; Benonisdottir, Stefania; Jonsson, Hakon; Gylfason, Arnaldur; Norland, Kristjan; Trajanoska, Katerina; Boer, Cindy G.; Southam, Lorraine; Leung, Jason C. S.; Tang, Nelson L. S.; Kwok, Timothy C. Y.; Lee, Jenny S. W.; Ho, Suzanne C.; Byrjalsen, Inger; Center, Jacqueline R.; Lee, Seung Hun; Koh, Jung-Min; Lohmander, L. Stefan; Ho-Pham, Lan T.; Nguyen, Tuan V.; Eisman, John A.; Woo, Jean; Leung, Ping-C.; Loughlin, John; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Christiansen, Claus; Rivadeneira, Fernando; van Meurs, Joyce; Uitterlinden, Andre G.; Mogensen, Brynjólfur; Jonsson, Helgi; Ingvarsson, Þorvaldur; Sigurdsson, Gunnar; Benediktsson, Rafn; sulem, patrick; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Másson, Gísli; Holm, Hilma; Norddahl, Gudmundur L.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-05-03)
    Bone area is one measure of bone size that is easily derived from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans. In a GWA study of DXA bone area of the hip and lumbar spine (N ≥ 28,954), we find thirteen independent association signals at twelve loci ...
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    GWAS of thyroid stimulating hormone highlights pleiotropic effects and inverse association with thyroid cancer 
    Zhou, Wei; Brumpton, Ben; Kabil, Omer; Gudmundsson, Julius; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Weinstock, Josh; Zawistowski, Matthew; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Chaker, Layal; Medici, Marco; Teumer, Alexander; Naitza, Silvia; Sanna, Serena; Schultheiss, Ulla T.; Cappola, Anne; Karjalainen, Juha; Kurki, Mitja; Oneka, Morgan; Taylor, Peter; Fritsche, Lars G.; Graham, Sarah E.; Wolford, Brooke N.; Overton, William; Rasheed, Humaira; Haug, Eirin B.; Gabrielsen, Maiken E.; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Surakka, Ida; Davey Smith, George; Pandit, Anita; Roychowdhury, Tanmoy; Hornsby, Whitney E.; Jonasson, Jon G.; Senter, Leigha; Liyanarachchi, Sandya; Ringel, Matthew D.; Xu, Li; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; He, Huiling; Netea-Maier, Romana T.; Mayordomo, Jose I.; Plantinga, Theo S.; Hrafnkelsson, Jon; Hjartarson, Hannes; Sturgis, Erich M.; Palotie, Aarno; Daly, Mark; Citterio, Cintia E.; Arvan, Peter; Brummett, Chad M.; Boehnke, Michael; de la Chapelle, Albert; Stefansson, Kari; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-08-07)
    Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is critical for normal development and metabolism. To better understand the genetic contribution to TSH levels, we conduct a GWAS meta-analysis at 22.4 million genetic markers in up to 119,715 individuals and identify ...
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    A homozygous loss-of-function mutation leading to CYBC1 deficiency causes chronic granulomatous disease 
    Arnadottir, Gudny; Norðdahl, Guðmundur L.; Gudmundsdottir, Steinunn; Ágústsdóttir, Arna B.; Sigurðsson, Snævar; Jensson, Brynjar Örn; Bjarnadóttir, Kristbjörg; Theodórs, Fannar; Benonisdottir, Stefania; Ívarsdóttir, Erna V.; Oddsson, Asmundur; Kristjánsson, Ragnar P.; Sulem, Gerald; Alexandersson, Kristján F.; Júlíusdóttir, Þórhildur; Guðmundsson, Kjartan R.; Sæmundsdóttir, Jóna; Jónasdóttir, Aðalbjörg; Jónasdóttir, Áslaug; Sigurðsson, Ásgeir; Manzanillo, Paolo; Guðjónsson, Sigurjón Axel; Thorisson, Gudmundur A.; Magnússon, Ólafur Þ.; Másson, Gísli; Örvar, Kjartan B.; Holm, Hilma; Björnsson, Sigurður; Arngrimsson, Reynir; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Haraldsson, Ásgeir; sulem, patrick; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018-10-25)
    Mutations in genes encoding subunits of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase complex are recognized to cause chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), a severe primary immunodeficiency. Here we describe how deficiency of CYBC1, a previously uncharacterized protein ...
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    Identification of Lynch syndrome risk variants in the Romanian population 
    Iordache, Paul; Mates, Dana; Gunnarsson, Bjarni; Eggertsson, Hannes; sulem, patrick; Benonisdottir, Stefania; Csiki, Irma Eva; Rascu, Stefan; Radavoi, Daniel; Ursu, Radu; Staicu, Catalin; Calota, Violeta; Voinoiu, Angelica; Jinga, Mariana; Rosoga, Gabriel; Danau, Razvan; Sima, Sorin Cristian; Badescu, Daniel; Suciu, Nicoleta; Radoi, Viorica; Mates, Ioan Nicolae; Dobra, Mihai; Nicolae, Camelia; Kristjansdottir, Sigrun; Jónasson, Jón G.; Manolescu, Andrei; Arnadottir, Gudny; Jensson, Brynjar Örn; Jonasdottir, Aslaug; Sigurdsson, Asgeir; le Roux, Louise; Johannsdottir, Hrefna; Rafnar, Thorunn; Halldórsson, Bjarni; Jinga, Viorel; Stefansson, Kari (Wiley, 2018-10-16)
    Two familial forms of colorectal cancer (CRC), Lynch syndrome (LS) and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), are caused by rare mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2) and the genes APC and MUTYH, respectively. No information ...
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    Integrated analysis of environmental and genetic influences on cord blood DNA methylation in new-borns 
    Czamara, Darina; Sigurdsson, Engilbert; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-06-11)
    Epigenetic processes, including DNA methylation (DNAm), are among the mechanisms allowing integration of genetic and environmental factors to shape cellular function. While many studies have investigated either environmental or genetic contributions ...
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    Large meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies five loci for lean body mass 
    Zillikens, M. Carola; Demissie, Serkalem; Hsu, Yi-Hsiang; Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M.; Chou, Wen-Chi; Stolk, Lisette; Livshits, Gregory; Broer, Linda; Johnson, Toby; Koller, Daniel L.; Kutalik, Zoltán; Luan, Jian’an; Malkin, Ida; Ried, Janina S.; Smith, Albert Vernon; Þorleifsson, Guðmar; Vandenput, Liesbeth; Hua Zhao, Jing; Zhang, Weihua; Aghdassi, Ali; Åkesson, Kristina; Amin, Najaf; Baier, Leslie J.; Barroso, Inês; Bennett, David A.; Bertram, Lars; Biffar, Reiner; Bochud, Murielle; Boehnke, Michael; Borecki, Ingrid; Buchman, Aron S.; Byberg, Liisa; Campbell, Harry; Campos Obanda, Natalia; Cauley, Jane A.; Cawthon, Peggy M.; Cederberg, Henna; Chen, Zhao; Cho, Nam H.; Jin Choi, Hyung; Claussnitzer, Melina; Collins, Francis; Cummings, Steven R.; De Jager, Philip L.; Demuth, Ilja; Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie A. M.; Diatchenko, Luda; Eiríksdóttir, Guðný; Enneman, Anke W.; Erdos, Mike; Eriksson, Johan G.; Eriksson, Joel; Estrada, Karol; Evans, Daniel S.; Feitosa, Mary F.; Fu, Mao; Garcia, Melissa; Gieger, Christian; Girke, Thomas; Glazer, Nicole L.; Grallert, Harald; Grewal, Jagvir; Han, Bok-Ghee; Hanson, Robert L.; Hayward, Caroline; Hofman, Albert; Hoffman, Eric P.; Homuth, Georg; Hsueh, Wen-Chi; Hubal, Monica J.; Hubbard, Alan; Huffman, Kim M.; Husted, Lise B.; Illig, Thomas; Ingelsson, Erik; Ittermann, Till; Jansson, John-Olov; Jordan, Joanne M.; Jula, Antti; Karlsson, Magnus; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O.; Klopp, Norman; Kloth, Jacqueline S. L.; Koistinen, Heikki A.; Kraus, William E.; Kritchevsky, Stephen; Kuulasmaa, Teemu; Kuusisto, Johanna; Laakso, Markku; Lahti, Jari; Lang, Thomas; Langdahl, Bente L.; Launer, Lenore J.; Lee, Jong-Young; Lerch, Markus M.; Lewis, Joshua R.; Lind, Lars; Lindgren, Cecilia; Liu, Yongmei; Liu, Tian; Liu, Youfang; Ljunggren, Östen; Lorentzon, Mattias; Luben, Robert; Maixner, William; McGuigan, Fiona E.; Medina-Gomez, Carolina; Meitinger, Thomas; Melhus, Håkan; Mellström, Dan; Melov, Simon; Michaëlsson, Karl; Mitchell, Braxton D.; Morris, Andrew P.; Mosekilde, Leif; Newman, Anne; Nielson, Carrie M.; O’Connell, Jeffrey R.; Oostra, Ben A.; Orwoll, Eric S.; Palotie, Aarno; Parker, Stephan; Peacock, Munro; Perola, Markus; Peters, Annette; Polasek, Ozren; Prince, Richard L.; Räikkönen, Katri; Ralston, Stuart H.; Ripatti, Samuli; Robbins, John A.; Rotter, Jerome I.; Rudan, Igor; Salomaa, Veikko; Satterfield, Suzanne; Schadt, Eric E.; Schipf, Sabine; Scott, Laura; Sehmi, Joban; Shen, Jian; Soo Shin, Chan; Sigurdsson, Gunnar; Smith, Shad; Soranzo, Nicole; Stančáková, Alena; Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth; Streeten, Elizabeth A.; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Swart, Karin M. A.; Tan, Sian-Tsung; Tarnopolsky, Mark A.; Thompson, Patricia; Thomson, Cynthia A.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Tikkanen, Emmi; Tranah, Gregory J.; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; van Schoor, Natasja M.; Verma, Arjun; Vollenweider, Peter; Völzke, Henry; Wactawski-Wende, Jean; Walker, Mark; Weedon, Michael N.; Welch, Ryan; Wichmann, H.-Erich; Widen, Elisabeth; Williams, Frances M. K.; Wilson, James F.; Wright, Nicole C.; Xie, Weijia; Yu, Lei; Zhou, Yanhua; Chambers, John C.; Döring, Angela; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Econs, Michael J.; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Kooner, Jaspal S.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Spector, Timothy D.; Stefansson, Kari; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Uitterlinden, André G.; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Ossowski, Vicky; Waterworth, Dawn; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Karasik, David; Harris, Tamara B.; Ohlsson, Claes; Kiel, Douglas P. (Springer Nature, 2017-07-19)
    Lean body mass, consisting mostly of skeletal muscle, is important for healthy aging. We performed a genome-wide association study for whole body (20 cohorts of European ancestry with n = 38,292) and appendicular (arms and legs) lean body mass (n = 28,330) ...
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    Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria 
    Day, Felix; Karaderi, Tugce; Jones, Michelle R.; Meun, Cindy; He, Chunyan; Drong, Alex; Kraft, Peter; Lin, Nan; Huang, Hongyan; Broer, Linda; Magi, Reedik; Saxena, Richa; Laisk, Triin; Urbanek, Margrit; Hayes, M. Geoffrey; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Fernandez-Tajes, Juan; Mahajan, Anubha; Mullin, Benjamin H.; Stuckey, Bronwyn G. A.; Spector, Timothy D.; Wilson, Scott G.; Goodarzi, Mark O.; Davis, Lea; Obermayer-Pietsch, Barbara; Uitterlinden, André G.; Anttila, Verneri; Neale, Benjamin M.; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Fauser, Bart; Kowalska, Irina; Visser, Jenny A.; Andersen, Marianne; Ong, Ken; Stener-Victorin, Elisabet; Ehrmann, David; Legro, Richard S.; Salumets, Andres; McCarthy, Mark I.; Morin-Papunen, Laure; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Stefansson, Kari; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Perry, John R. B.; Dunaif, Andrea; Laven, Joop; Franks, Steve; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Welt, Corrine K. (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-12-19)
    Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder characterized by hyperandrogenism, ovulatory dysfunction and polycystic ovarian morphology. Affected women frequently have metabolic disturbances including insulin resistance and dysregulation of glucose ...
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    Lipoprotein(a) Concentration and Risks of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes 
    Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; sulem, patrick; Helgadottir, Anna; Gylfason, Arnaldur; Sæmundsdóttir, Jóna; Björnsson, Eyþór; Norðdahl, Guðmundur L.; Jónasdóttir, Áslaug; Jónasdóttir, Aðalbjörg; Eggertsson, Hannes; Grétarsdóttir, Sólveig; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Indridason, Olafur Skuli; Palsson, Runolfur; Jónasson, Friðbert; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Eyjólfsson, Guðmundur I.; Sigurðardóttir, Ólöf; Ólafsson, Ísleifur; Danielsen, Ragnar; Matthíasson, Stefán E.; Kristmundsdóttir, Snædís; Halldórsson, Bjarni V.; Hreiðarsson, Ástráður Benedikt; Valdimarsson, Einar M.; Gudnason, Thorarinn; Benediktsson, Rafn; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Holm, Hilma; Stefansson, Kari (Elsevier BV, 2019-12-17)
    Background: Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a causal risk factor for cardiovascular diseases that has no established therapy. The attribute of Lp(a) that affects cardiovascular risk is not established. Low levels of Lp(a) have been associated with type 2 ...
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    MAP1B mutations cause intellectual disability and extensive white matter deficit 
    Walters, G. Bragi; Gústafsson, Ómar; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Eiriksdottir, Valgerdur Kristin; Ágústsdóttir, Arna B.; Jónsdóttir, Guðrún A.; Steinberg, Stacy; Gunnarsson, Árni F.; Magnússon, Magnús I.; Unnsteinsdóttir, Unnur; Lee, Amy L.; Jónasdóttir, Aðalbjörg; Sigurðsson, Ásgeir; Jónasdóttir, Áslaug; Skúladóttir, Ástrós; Jonsson, Lina; Nawaz, Muhammad S.; sulem, patrick; Frigge, Mike; Ingason, Andrés; Love, Askell; Norðdahl, Guðmundur L.; Zervas, Mark; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Ulfarsson, Magnus; Sæmundsen, Evald E.; Stefansson, Hreinn; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018-08-27)
    Discovery of coding variants in genes that confer risk of neurodevelopmental disorders is an important step towards understanding the pathophysiology of these disorders. Wholegenome sequencing of 31,463 Icelanders uncovers a frameshift variant ...
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    Meta-analysis identifies five novel loci associated with endometriosis highlighting key genes involved in hormone metabolism 
    Sapkota, Yadav; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Morris, Andrew P.; Fassbender, Amelie; Rahmioglu, Nilufer; De Vivo, Immaculata; Buring, Julie E.; Zhang, Futao; Edwards, Todd L.; Jones, Sarah; O, Dorien; Peterse, Daniëlle; Rexrode, Kathryn M.; Ridker, Paul M.; Schork, Andrew J.; MacGregor, Stuart; Martin, Nicholas G.; Becker, Christian M.; Adachi, Sosuke; Yoshihara, Kosuke; Enomoto, Takayuki; Takahashi, Atsushi; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Matsuda, Koichi; Kubo, Michiaki; Þorleifsson, Guðmar; Geirsson, Reynir T.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Wallace, Leanne M.; Werge, Thomas M.; Thompson, Wesley K.; Yang, Jian; Velez Edwards, Digna R.; Nyegaard, Mette; Low, Siew-Kee; Zondervan, Krina T.; Missmer, Stacey A.; D'Hooghe, Thomas; Montgomery, Grant W.; Chasman, Daniel I.; Stefansson, Kari; Tung, Joyce Y.; Nyholt, Dale R. (Springer Nature, 2017-05-24)
    Endometriosis is a heritable hormone-dependent gynecological disorder, associated with severe pelvic pain and reduced fertility; however, its molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here we perform a meta-analysis of 11 genome-wide association ...
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    The mother’s risk of premature death after child loss across two centuries 
    Valdimarsdottir, Unnur; Lu, Donghao; Lund, Sigrún Helga; Fall, Katja; Fang, Fang; Kristjánsson, Þórður; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Helgason, Agnar; Stefansson, Kari (eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2019-11-12)
    While the rare occurrence of child loss is accompanied by reduced life expectancy of parents in contemporary affluent populations, its impact in developing societies with high child mortality rates is unclear. We identified all parents in Iceland born ...
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    Multi-ancestry GWAS of the electrocardiographic PR interval identifies 202 loci underlying cardiac conduction 
    Ntalla, Ioanna; Weng, Lu-Chen; Cartwright, James H.; Hall, Amelia Weber; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Tucker, Nathan R.; Choi, Seung Hoan; Chaffin, Mark D.; Roselli, Carolina; Barnes, Michael R.; Mifsud, Borbala; Warren, Helen R.; Hayward, Caroline; Marten, Jonathan; Cranley, James J.; Concas, Maria Pina; Gasparini, Paolo; Boutin, Thibaud; Kolcic, Ivana; Polasek, Ozren; Rudan, Igor; Araujo, Nathalia M.; Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda; Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P.; Souza, Renan P.; Tarazona-Santos, Eduardo; Giedraitis, Vilmantas; Ingelsson, Erik; Mahajan, Anubha; Morris, Andrew P.; Del Greco M, Fabiola; Foco, Luisa; Gögele, Martin; Hicks, Andrew A.; Cook, James P.; Lind, Lars; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Sundström, Johan; Nelson, Christopher P.; Riaz, Muhammad B.; Samani, Nilesh J.; Sinagra, Gianfranco; Ulivi, Sheila; Kähönen, Mika; Mishra, Pashupati P.; Mononen, Nina; Nikus, Kjell; Caulfield, Mark J.; Dominiczak, Anna; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Montasser, May E.; O’Connell, Jeff R.; Ryan, Kathleen; Shuldiner, Alan R.; Aeschbacher, Stefanie; Conen, David; Risch, Lorenz; Thériault, Sébastien; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Lehtimäki, Terho; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Raitakari, Olli T.; Barnes, Catriona L. K.; Campbell, Harry; Joshi, Peter K.; Wilson, James F.; Isaacs, Aaron; Kors, Jan A.; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Huang, Paul L.; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Harris, Tamara B.; Launer, Lenore J.; Smith, Albert Vernon; Bottinger, Erwin P.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Nadkarni, Girish N.; Preuss, Michael H.; Correa, Adolfo; Mei, Hao; Wilson, James; Meitinger, Thomas; Müller-Nurasyid, Martina; Peters, Annette; Waldenberger, Melanie; Mangino, Massimo; Spector, Timothy D.; Rienstra, Michiel; van de Vegte, Yordi J.; van der Harst, Pim; Verweij, Niek; Kääb, Stefan; Schramm, Katharina; Sinner, Moritz F.; Strauch, Konstantin; Cutler, Michael J.; Fatkin, Diane; London, Barry; Olesen, Morten; Roden, Dan M.; Benjamin Shoemaker, M.; Gustav Smith, J.; Biggs, Mary L.; Bis, Joshua C.; Brody, Jennifer A.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Rice, Kenneth; Sotoodehnia, Nona; De Grandi, Alessandro; Fuchsberger, Christian; Pattaro, Cristian; Pramstaller, Peter P.; Ford, Ian; Wouter Jukema, J.; Macfarlane, Peter W.; Trompet, Stella; Dörr, Marcus; Felix, Stephan B.; Völker, Uwe; Weiss, Stefan; Havulinna, Aki S.; Jula, Antti; Sääksjärvi, Katri; Salomaa, Veikko; Guo, Xiuqing; Heckbert, Susan R.; Lin, Henry J.; Rotter, Jerome I.; Taylor, Kent D.; Yao, Jie; de Mutsert, Renée; Maan, Arie C.; Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.; Noordam, Raymond; Cucca, Francesco; Ding, Jun; Lakatta, Edward G.; Qian, Yong; Tarasov, Kirill V.; Levy, Daniel; Lin, Honghuang; Newton-Cheh, Christopher H.; Lunetta, Kathryn L.; Murray, Alison D.; Porteous, David J.; Smith, Blair H.; Stricker, Bruno H.; Uitterlinden, André; van den Berg, Marten E.; Haessler, Jeffrey; Jackson, Rebecca D.; Kooperberg, Charles; Peters, Ulrike; Reiner, Alexander P.; Whitsel, Eric A.; Alonso, Alvaro; Arking, Dan E.; Boerwinkle, Eric; Ehret, Georg B.; Soliman, Elsayed Z.; Avery, Christy L.; Gogarten, Stephanie M.; Kerr, Kathleen F.; Laurie, Cathy C.; Seyerle, Amanda A.; Stilp, Adrienne; Assa, Solmaz; Abdullah Said, M.; Yldau van der Ende, M.; Lambiase, Pier D.; Orini, Michele; Ramirez, Julia; Van Duijvenboden, Stefan; Arnar, Davíð O.; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Holm, Hilma; sulem, patrick; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Thorolfsdottir, Rosa B; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Benjamin, Emelia J.; Tinker, Andrew; Stefansson, Kari; Ellinor, Patrick T.; Jamshidi, Yalda; Lubitz, Steven A.; Munroe, Patricia B. (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-05-21)
    The electrocardiographic PR interval reflects atrioventricular conduction, and is associated with conduction abnormalities, pacemaker implantation, atrial fibrillation (AF), and cardiovascular mortality. Here we report a multi-ancestry (N = 293,051) ...
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    A phenome-wide association and Mendelian Randomisation study of polygenic risk for depression in UK Biobank 
    Shen, Xueyi; Sigurdsson, Engilbert; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-05-08)
    Depression is a leading cause of worldwide disability but there remains considerable uncertainty regarding its neural and behavioural associations. Here, using non-overlapping Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) datasets as a reference, we estimate ...