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    Analysis of potential protein-modifying variants in 9000 endometriosis patients and 150000 controls of European ancestry 
    Sapkota, Yadav; De Vivo, Immaculata; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Fassbender, Amelie; Bowdler, Lisa; Buring, Julie E.; Edwards, Todd L.; Jones, Sarah; Dorien, O.; Peterse, Danielle; Rexrode, Kathryn M.; Ridker, Paul M.; Schork, Andrew J.; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Wallace, Leanne M.; Kraft, Peter; Morris, Andrew P.; Nyholt, Dale R.; Edwards, Digna R. Velez; Nyegaard, Mette; D'Hooghe, Thomas; Chasman, Daniel I.; Stefansson, Kari; Missmer, Stacey A.; Montgomery, Grant W. (Springer Nature, 2017-09)
    Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified 19 independent common risk loci for endometriosis. Most of the GWA variants are non-coding and the genes responsible for the association signals have not been identified. Herein, we aimed to assess ...
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    Assessing thyroid cancer risk using polygenic risk scores 
    Liyanarachchi, Sandya; Gudmundsson, Julius; Ferkingstad, Egil; He, Huiling; Jónasson, Jón Gunnlaugur; Tragante, Vinicius; Asselbergs, Folkert W.; Xu, Li; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Netea-Maier, Romana T.; Mayordomo, Jose I.; Plantinga, Theo S.; Hjartarson, Hannes; Hrafnkelsson, Jón; Sturgis, Erich M.; Brock, Pamela; Nabhan, Fadi; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Ringel, Matthew D.; Stefansson, Kari; de la Chapelle, Albert (2020-03-17)
    Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified at least 10 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) risk. Most of these SNPs are common variants with small to moderate effect sizes. Here we assessed ...
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    Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes 
    Clark, David W; Okada, Yukinori; Moore, Kristjan H S; Mason, Dan; Pirastu, Nicola; Gandin, Ilaria; Mattsson, Hannele; Barnes, Catriona L K; Lin, Kuang; Zhao, Jing Hua; Deelen, Patrick; Rohde, Rebecca; Schurmann, Claudia; Guo, Xiuqing; Giulianini, Franco; Zhang, Weihua; Medina-Gomez, Carolina; Karlsson, Robert; Bao, Yanchun; Bartz, Traci M; Baumbach, Clemens; Biino, Ginevra; Bixley, Matthew J; Brumat, Marco; Chai, Jin-Fang; Corre, Tanguy; Cousminer, Diana L; Dekker, Annelot M; Eccles, David A; van Eijk, Kristel R; Fuchsberger, Christian; Gao, He; Germain, Marine; Gordon, Scott D; de Haan, Hugoline G; Harris, Sarah E; Hofer, Edith; Huerta-Chagoya, Alicia; Igartua, Catherine; Jansen, Iris E; Jia, Yucheng; Kacprowski, Tim; Karlsson, Torgny; Kleber, Marcus E; Li, Shengchao Alfred; Li-Gao, Ruifang; Mahajan, Anubha; Matsuda, Koichi; Meidtner, Karina; Meng, Weihua; Montasser, May E; van der Most, Peter J; Munz, Matthias; Nutile, Teresa; Palviainen, Teemu; Prasad, Gauri; Prasad, Rashmi B; Priyanka, Tallapragada Divya Sri; Rizzi, Federica; Salvi, Erika; Sapkota, Bishwa R; Shriner, Daniel; Skotte, Line; Smart, Melissa C; Smith, Albert Vernon; van der Spek, Ashley; Spracklen, Cassandra N; Strawbridge, Rona J; Tajuddin, Salman M; Trompet, Stella; Turman, Constance; Verweij, Niek; Viberti, Clara; Wang, Lihua; Warren, Helen R; Wootton, Robyn E; Yanek, Lisa R; Yao, Jie; Yousri, Noha A; Zhao, Wei; Adeyemo, Adebowale A; Afaq, Saima; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos Alberto; Akiyama, Masato; Albert, Matthew L; Allison, Matthew A; Alver, Maris; Aung, Tin; Azizi, Fereidoun; Bentley, Amy R; Boeing, Heiner; Boerwinkle, Eric; Borja, Judith B; de Borst, Gert J; Bottinger, Erwin P; Broer, Linda; Campbell, Harry; Chanock, Stephen; Chee, Miao-Li; Chen, Guanjie; Chen, Yii-Der I; Chen, Zhengming; Chiu, Yen-Feng; Cocca, Massimiliano; Collins, Francis S; Concas, Maria Pina; Corley, Janie; Cugliari, Giovanni; van Dam, Rob M; Damulina, Anna; Daneshpour, Maryam S; Day, Felix R; Delgado, Graciela E; Dhana, Klodian; Doney, Alexander S F; Dörr, Marcus; Doumatey, Ayo P; Dzimiri, Nduna; Ebenesersdóttir, Sigríður Sunna; Elliott, Joshua; Elliott, Paul; Ewert, Ralf; Felix, Janine F; Fischer, Krista; Freedman, Barry I; Girotto, Giorgia; Goel, Anuj; Gögele, Martin; Goodarzi, Mark O; Graff, Mariaelisa; Granot-Hershkovitz, Einat; Grodstein, Francine; Guarrera, Simonetta; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Guity, Kamran; Gunnarsson, Bjarni; Guo, Yu; Hagenaars, Saskia P; Haiman, Christopher A; Halevy, Avner; Harris, Tamara B; Hedayati, Mehdi; van Heel, David A; Hirata, Makoto; Höfer, Imo; Hsiung, Chao Agnes; Huang, Jinyan; Hung, Yi-Jen; Ikram, M Arfan; Jagadeesan, Anuradha; Jousilahti, Pekka; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Kanai, Masahiro; Kerrison, Nicola D; Kessler, Thorsten; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Khor, Chiea Chuen; de Kleijn, Dominique P V; Koh, Woon-Puay; Kolcic, Ivana; Kraft, Peter; Krämer, Bernhard K; Kutalik, Zoltán; Kuusisto, Johanna; Langenberg, Claudia; Launer, Lenore J; Lawlor, Deborah A; Lee, I-Te; Lee, Wen-Jane; Lerch, Markus M; Li, Liming; Liu, Jianjun; Loh, Marie; London, Stephanie J; Loomis, Stephanie; Lu, Yingchang; Luan, Jian’an; Mägi, Reedik; Manichaikul, Ani W; Manunta, Paolo; Másson, Gísli; Matoba, Nana; Mei, Xue W; Meisinger, Christa; Meitinger, Thomas; Mezzavilla, Massimo; Milani, Lili; Millwood, Iona Y; Momozawa, Yukihide; Moore, Amy; Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel; Moreno-Macías, Hortensia; Mori, Trevor A; Morrison, Alanna C; Muka, Taulant; Murakami, Yoshinori; Murray, Alison D; de Mutsert, Renée; Mychaleckyj, Josyf C; Nalls, Mike A; Nauck, Matthias; Neville, Matt J; Nolte, Ilja M; Ong, Ken K; Orozco, Lorena; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Pálsson, Gunnar; Pankow, James S; Pattaro, Cristian; Pattie, Alison; Polasek, Ozren; Poulter, Neil; Pramstaller, Peter P; Quintana-Murci, Lluis; Räikkönen, Katri; Ralhan, Sarju; Rao, Dabeeru C; van Rheenen, Wouter; Rich, Stephen S; Ridker, Paul M; Rietveld, Cornelius A; Robino, Antonietta; van Rooij, Frank J A; Ruggiero, Daniela; Saba, Yasaman; Sabanayagam, Charumathi; Sabater-Lleal, Maria; Sala, Cinzia Felicita; Salomaa, Veikko; Sandow, Kevin; Schmidt, Helena; Scott, Laura J; Scott, William R; Sedaghati-Khayat, Bahareh; Sennblad, Bengt; van Setten, Jessica; Sever, Peter J; Sheu, Wayne H-H; Shi, Yuan; Shrestha, Smeeta; Shukla, Sharvari Rahul; Sigurðsson, Jón K.; Sikka, Timo Tonis; Singh, Jai Rup; Smith, Blair H.; Stančáková, Alena; Stanton, Alice; Starr, John M; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Straker, Leon; sulem, patrick; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Swertz, Morris A; Taylor, Adele M; Taylor, Kent D; Terzikhan, Natalie; Tham, Yih-Chung; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Tillander, Annika; Tracy, Russell P; Tusié-Luna, Teresa; Tzoulaki, Ioanna; Vaccargiu, Simona; Vangipurapu, Jagadish; Veldink, Jan H; Vitart, Veronique; Völker, Uwe; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Wakil, Salma M; Waldenberger, Melanie; Wander, Gurpreet S; Wang, Ya Xing; Wareham, Nicholas J; Wild, Sarah; Yajnik, Chittaranjan S; Yuan, Jian-Min; Zeng, Lingyao; Zhang, Liang; Zhou, Jie; Amin, Najaf; Asselbergs, Folkert W; Bakker, Stephan J L; Becker, Diane M; Lehne, Benjamin; Bennett, David A; van den Berg, Leonard H; Berndt, Sonja I; Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan; Bielak, Lawrence F; Bochud, Murielle; Boehnke, Mike; Bouchard, Claude; Bradfield, Jonathan P; Brody, Jennifer A; Campbell, Archie; Carmi, Shai; Caulfield, Mark J; Cesarini, David; Chambers, John C; Chandak, Giriraj Ratan; Cheng, Ching-Yu; Ciullo, Marina; Cornelis, Marilyn; Cusi, Daniele; Smith, George Davey; Deary, Ian J; Dorajoo, Rajkumar; van Duijn, Cornelia M; Ellinghaus, David; Erdmann, Jeanette; Eriksson, Johan G; Evangelou, Evangelos; Evans, Michele K; Faul, Jessica D; Feenstra, Bjarke; Feitosa, Mary; Foisy, Sylvain; Franke, Andre; Friedlander, Yechiel; Gasparini, Paolo; Gieger, Christian; Gonzalez, Clicerio; Goyette, Philippe; Grant, Struan F A; Griffiths, Lyn R; Groop, Leif; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Gyllensten, Ulf; Hakonarson, Hakon; Hamsten, Anders; van der Harst, Pim; Heng, Chew-Kiat; Hicks, Andrew A; Hochner, Hagit; Huikuri, Heikki; Hunt, Steven C; Jaddoe, Vincent W V; De Jager, Philip L; Johannesson, Magnus; Johansson, Åsa; Jonas, Jost B; Jukema, J. Wouter; Junttila, Juhani; Kaprio, Jaakko; Kardia, Sharon L. R.; Karpe, Fredrik; Kumari, Meena; Laakso, Markku; van der Laan, Sander W; Lahti, Jari; Laudes, Matthias; Lea, Rodney A; Lieb, Wolfgang; Lumley, Thomas; Martin, Nicholas G; März, Winfried; Matullo, Giuseppe; McCarthy, Mark I; Medland, Sarah E; Merriman, Tony R; Metspalu, Andres; Meyer, Brian F; Mohlke, Karen L; Montgomery, Grant W; Mook-Kanamori, Dennis; Munroe, Patricia B; North, Kari E; Nyholt, Dale R; O’connell, Jeffery R; Ober, Carole; Oldehinkel, Albertine J; Palmas, Walter; Palmer, Colin; Pasterkamp, Gerard G; Patin, Etienne; Pennell, Craig E; Perusse, Louis; Peyser, Patricia A; Pirastu, Mario; Polderman, Tinca J. C.; Porteous, David J; Posthuma, Danielle; Psaty, Bruce M; Rioux, John D; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Rotimi, Charles; Rotter, Jerome I; Rudan, Igor; Den Ruijter, Hester M; Sanghera, Dharambir K; Sattar, Naveed; Schmidt, Reinhold; Schulze, Matthias B; Schunkert, Heribert; Scott, Robert A; Shuldiner, Alan R; Sim, Xueling; Small, Neil; Smith, Jennifer A; Sotoodehnia, Nona; Tai, E-Shyong; Teumer, Alexander; Timpson, Nicholas J; Toniolo, Daniela; Tregouet, David-Alexandre; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Vollenweider, Peter; Wang, Carol A; Weir, David R; Whitfield, John B; Wijmenga, Cisca; Wong, Tien-Yin; Wright, John; Yang, Jingyun; Yu, Lei; Zemel, Babette S; Zonderman, Alan B; Perola, Markus; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Uitterlinden, André G; Kooner, Jaspal S; Chasman, Daniel I; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Franceschini, Nora; Franke, Lude; Haley, Chris S; Hayward, Caroline; Walters, Robin G; Perry, John R. B.; Esko, Tōnu; Helgason, Agnar; Stefansson, Kari; Joshi, Peter K; Kubo, Michiaki; Wilson, James F (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019-10-31)
    In many species, the offspring of related parents suffer reduced reproductive success, a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression. In humans, the importance of this effect has remained unclear, partly because reproduction between close relatives is ...
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    Cartilage Acidic Protein 1 in Plasma Associates With Prevalent Osteoarthritis and Predicts Future Risk as Well as Progression to Joint Replacements : Results From the UK Biobank Resource 
    Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Lund, Sigrun H; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Saevarsdottir, Saedis; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Stefansson, Kari (2023-04)
    OBJECTIVE: The level of cartilage acidic protein 1 (CRTAC1) in plasma was recently discovered to be associated with osteoarthritis (OA) risk and progression to joint replacement in Iceland. This study was undertaken to validate these findings in an ...
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    Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations 
    arcOGEN consortium; HUNT All-In Pain; ARGO Consortium; Regeneron Genetics Center; Babis, George C; Cheung, Jason Pui Yin; Kang, Jae Hee; Kraft, Peter; Lietman, Steven A; Samartzis, Dino; Slagboom, P Eline; Stefansson, Kari; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Tobias, Jonathan H; Uitterlinden, André G; Winsvold, Bendik; Zwart, John-Anker; Davey Smith, George; Sham, Pak Chung; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Gaunt, Tom R; Morris, Andrew P; Valdes, Ana M; Tsezou, Aspasia; Cheah, Kathryn S E; Ikegawa, Shiro; Hveem, Kristian; Esko, Tõnu; Wilkinson, J Mark; Meulenbelt, Ingrid; Lee, Ming Ta Michael; van Meurs, Joyce B J; Styrkársdóttir, Unnur; Zeggini, Eleftheria (2021-09-01)
    Osteoarthritis affects over 300 million people worldwide. Here, we conduct a genome-wide association study meta-analysis across 826,690 individuals (177,517 with osteoarthritis) and identify 100 independently associated risk variants across 11 ...
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    Fourteen sequence variants that associate with multiple sclerosis discovered by meta-analysis informed by genetic correlations 
    Ólafsson, Sigurgeir; Stridh, Pernilla; Bos, Steffan Daniël; Ingason, Andrés; Euesden, Jack; sulem, patrick; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Gústafsson, Ómar; Jóhannesson, Ari; Geirsson, Árni J.; Þórsson, Árni V.; Sigurgeirsson, Bárður; Ludviksson, Bjorn; Ólafsson, Elías; Kristjansdottir, Helga; Jónasson, Jón G.; Ólafsson, Jón Hjaltalín; Örvar, Kjartan B.; Benediktsson, Rafn; Bjarnason, Ragnar Grímur; Kristjánsdóttir, Sjöfn; Gislason, Thorarinn; Valdimarsson, Trausti; Mikaelsdóttir, Evgenía; Sigurðsson, Snævar; Jonsson, Stefan; Rafnar, Thorunn; Aarsland, Dag; Djurovic, Srdjan; Fladby, Tormod; Knudsen, Gun Peggy; Celius, Elisabeth G.; Myhr, Kjell-Morten; Gröndal, Gerður; Steinsson, Kristján; Valdimarsson, Helgi; Björnsson, Sigurður; Björnsdóttir, Unnur Steina; Björnsson, Einar Stefán; Nilsson, Bjorn; Andreassen, Ole A.; Alfredsson, Lars; Hillert, Jan; Kockum, Ingrid Skelton; Másson, Gísli; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Stefansson, Hreinn; Hjaltason, Haukur; Harbo, Hanne F.; Olsson, Tomas; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Nature, 2017-08-08)
    A meta-analysis of publicly available summary statistics on multiple sclerosis combined with three Nordic multiple sclerosis cohorts (21,079 cases, 371,198 controls) revealed seven sequence variants associating with multiple sclerosis, not reported ...
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    Functional dissection of inherited non-coding variation influencing multiple myeloma risk 
    Ajore, Ram; Niroula, Abhishek; Pertesi, Maroulio; Cafaro, Caterina; Thodberg, Malte; Went, Molly; Bao, Erik L.; Duran-Lozano, Laura; Lopez de Lapuente Portilla, Aitzkoa; Olafsdottir, Thorunn; Ugidos-Damboriena, Nerea; Magnusson, Olafur; Samur, Mehmet; Lareau, Caleb A.; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Norddahl, Gudmundur L.; Gunnarsdottir, Kristbjorg; Försti, Asta; Goldschmidt, Hartmut; Hemminki, Kari; van Rhee, Frits; Kimber, Scott; Sperling, Adam S.; Kaiser, Martin; Anderson, Kenneth; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Munshi, Nikhil; Rafnar, Thorunn; Waage, Anders; Weinhold, Niels; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Sankaran, Vijay G.; Stefansson, Kari; Houlston, Richard; Nilsson, Björn (2022-01-10)
    Thousands of non-coding variants have been associated with increased risk of human diseases, yet the causal variants and their mechanisms-of-action remain obscure. In an integrative study combining massively parallel reporter assays (MPRA), expression ...
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    Genetic variability in the absorption of dietary sterols affects the risk of coronary artery disease 
    Helgadottir, Anna; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Alexandersson, Kristjan F; Tragante, Vinicius; Þorsteinsdóttir, Margrét; Eiriksson, Finnur Freyr; Grétarsdóttir, Sólveig; Björnsson, Eyþór; Magnússon, Ólafur; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Ferkingstad, Egil; Jensson, Brynjar Ö; Stefansson, Hreinn; Olafsson, Isleifur; Christensen, Alex H; Torp-Pedersen, Christian; Køber, Lars; Pedersen, Ole B; Erikstrup, Christian; Sørensen, Erik; Brunak, Søren; Banasik, Karina; Hansen, Thomas F; Nyegaard, Mette; Eyjólfsson, Guðmundur I.; Sigurdardottir, Olof; Þórarinsson, Björn L; Matthíasson, Stefán E.; Steingrimsdottir, Thora; Björnsson, Einar Stefán; Danielsen, Ragnar; Asselbergs, Folkert W.; Arnar, David O; Ullum, Henrik; Bundgaard, Henning; sulem, patrick; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Holm, Hilma; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Stefansson, Kari (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020-07-21)
    Aims: To explore whether variability in dietary cholesterol and phytosterol absorption impacts the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) using as instruments sequence variants in the ABCG5/8 genes, key regulators of intestinal absorption of dietary ...
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    Genetic variability in the uptake of dietary sterols affects the risk of coronary artery disease 
    Eiríksson, Finnur Freyr; Helgadottir, Anna; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Alexandersson, Kristjan F.; Tragante, Vinicius; Þorsteinsdóttir, Margrét; Grétarsdóttir, Solveig; Björnsson, Eyþór; Magnússon, Ólafur; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Jónsdóttir, Ingileif; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Ferkingstad, Egil; Jensson, Brynjar Ö; Stefansson, Hreinn; Ólafsson, Ísleifur; Christensen, Alex H; Torp-Pedersen, Christian; Køber, Lars; Pedersen, Ole B; Erikstrup, Christian; Sorensen, Erik; Brunak, Søren; Banasik, Karina; Hansen, Thomas Folkmann; Nyegaard, Mette; Eyjolfssson, Gudmundur I; Sigurdardottir, Olof; Thorarinsson, Bjorn L; Matthiasson, Stefan E.; Steingrimsdottir, Thora; Bjornsson, Einar S; Danielsen, Ragnar; Asselbergs, Folkert W; Arnar, Davíð Ottó; Ullum, Henrik; Bundgaard, Henning; sulem, patrick; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Holm, Hilma; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F; Stefansson, Kari (2020)
    Aims To explore whether variability in dietary cholesterol and phytosterol absorption impacts the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) using as instruments sequence variants in the ABCG5/8 genes, key regulators of intestinal absorption of dietary ...
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    Genetics and epidemiology of mutational barcode-defined clonal hematopoiesis 
    Stacey, Simon N.; Zink, Florian; Halldórsson, Gísli Hreinn; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Guðjónsson, Sigurjón Axel; Einarsson, Gudmundur; Hjörleifsson, Grimur; Eiríksdóttir, Þjóðbjörg; Helgadottir, Anna; Björnsdottir, Gyda; Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E.; Ólafsdóttir, Þórunn Ásta; Jónsdóttir, Ingileif; Gretarsdottir, Solveig; Tragante, Vinicius; Magnússon, Magnús Karl; Jonsson, Hakon; Gudmundsson, Julius; Olafsson, Sigurgeir; Holm, Hilma; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Sulem, Patrick; Helgason, Agnar Sturla; Þorsteinsdóttir, Unnur; Tryggvadottir, Laufey; Rafnar, Thorunn; Melsted, Páll; Úlfarsson, Magnús Örn; Viðarsson, Brynjar; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Stefánsson, Kári (2023-11-06)
    Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) arises when a substantial proportion of mature blood cells is derived from a single hematopoietic stem cell lineage. Using whole-genome sequencing of 45,510 Icelandic and 130,709 UK Biobank participants combined with a mutational ...
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    Genome-wide analysis yields new loci associating with aortic valve stenosis 
    Helgadottir, Anna; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Grétarsdóttir, Sólveig; Stefánsson, Ólafur A.; Tragante, Vinicius; Þórólfsdóttir, Rósa B.; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Björnsson, Þorsteinn; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Verweij, Niek; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Zhou, Wei; Folkersen, Lasse; Martinsson, Andreas; Heydarpour, Mahyar; Prakash, Siddharth; Óskarsson, Gylfi; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Geirsson, Arnar; Olafsson, Isleifur; Sigurðsson, Emil Lárus; Almgren, Peter; Melander, Olle; Franco-Cereceda, Anders; Hamsten, Anders; Fritsche, Lars; Lin, Maoxuan; Yang, Bo; Hornsby, Whitney; Guo, Dongchuan; Brummett, Chad M.; Abecasis, Gonçalo; Mathis, Michael; Milewicz, Dianna; Body, Simon C.; Eriksson, Per; Willer, Cristen J.; Hveem, Kristian; Newton-Cheh, Christopher; Smith, J. Gustav; Danielsen, Ragnar; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Holm, Hilma; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Nature, 2018-03-07)
    Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is the most common valvular heart disease, and valve replacement is the only definitive treatment. Here we report a large genome-wide association (GWA) study of 2,457 Icelandic AS cases and 349,342 controls with a follow-up ...
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    Genome-wide association identifies seven loci for pelvic organ prolapse in Iceland and the UK Biobank 
    Ólafsdóttir, Thorhildur; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; sulem, patrick; Stefánsson, Ólafur A.; Medek, Helga; Olafsson, Karl; Ingþórsson, Orri; Guðmundsson, Valur; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Halldorsson, Gisli; Kristjansson, Ragnar; Frigge, Michael L.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Sigurðsson, Jón K.; Oddsson, Asmundur; Sigurðsson, Ásgeir; Eggertsson, Hannes P.; Melsted, Páll; Halldórsson, Bjarni; Lund, Sigrún Helga; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Gudmundsson, Julius; Holm, Hilma; Tragante do O, Vinicius; Asselbergs, Folkert; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel; Jónsdóttir, Kristín; Rafnar, Thorunn; Stefansson, Kari (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020-03-17)
    Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a downward descent of one or more of the pelvic organs, resulting in a protrusion of the vaginal wall and/or uterus. We performed a genome-wide association study of POP using data from Iceland and the UK Biobank, a total ...
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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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    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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    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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    A genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers six sequence variants conferring risk of vertigo 
    Skuladottir, Astros Th; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Nawaz, Muhammad Sulaman; Petersen, Hannes; Rognvaldsson, Solvi; Moore, Kristjan Helgi Swerford; Olafsson, Pall I.; Magnusson, Sigurður H.; Bjornsdottir, Anna; Sveinsson, Olafur A.; Sigurdardottir, Gudrun R.; Sævarsdóttir, Sædís; Ivarsdottir, Erna V.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Gunnarsson, Bjarni; Muhlestein, Joseph B.; Knowlton, Kirk U.; Jones, David A.; Nadauld, Lincoln D.; Hartmann, Annette M.; Rujescu, Dan; Strupp, Michael; Walters, Guðmundur Bragi; Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E.; Jónsdóttir, Ingileif; Holm, Hilma; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Sulem, Patrick; Stefansson, Hreinn; Stefansson, Kari (2021-10-07)
    Vertigo is the leading symptom of vestibular disorders and a major risk factor for falls. In a genome-wide association study of vertigo (Ncases = 48,072, Ncontrols = 894,541), we uncovered an association with six common sequence variants in individuals ...
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    Germline variants at SOHLH2 influence multiple myeloma risk 
    Duran-Lozano, Laura; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Lopez de Lapuente Portilla, Aitzkoa; Niroula, Abhishek; Went, Molly; Thodberg, Malte; Pertesi, Maroulio; Ajore, Ram; Cafaro, Caterina; Olason, Pall I.; Stefansdottir, Lilja; Bragi Walters, G.; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Turesson, Ingemar; Kaiser, Martin F.; Weinhold, Niels; Abildgaard, Niels; Andersen, Niels Frost; Mellqvist, Ulf Henrik; Waage, Anders; Juul-Vangsted, Annette; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Hansson, Markus; Houlston, Richard; Rafnar, Thorunn; Stefansson, Kari; Nilsson, Björn (2021-04)
    Multiple myeloma (MM) is caused by the uncontrolled, clonal expansion of plasma cells. While there is epidemiological evidence for inherited susceptibility, the molecular basis remains incompletely understood. We report a genome-wide association study ...
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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 ...