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    Effects of fish movement assumptions on the design of a marine protected area to protect an overfished stock 
    Cornejo-Donoso, Jorge; Einarsson, Baldvin; Birnir, Bjorn; Gaines, Steven D. (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-12)
    Marine Protected Areas (MPA) are important management tools shown to protect marine organisms, restore biomass, and increase fisheries yields. While MPAs have been successful in meeting these goals for many relatively sedentary species, highly mobile ...
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    The Effects of Habitat Type and Volcanic Eruptions on the Breeding Demography of Icelandic Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus 
    Katrínardóttir, Borgný; Alves, Jose; Sigurjónsdóttir, Hrefna; Hersteinsson, Páll; Gunnarsson, Tomas Gretar (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-07-10)
    Distinct preference of species for habitats is most often driven by long term differences in demographic rates between habitats. Estimating variation in those rates is key for developing successful conservation strategies. Stochastic events can interact ...
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    Elevated visual dependency in young adults after chemotherapy in childhood 
    Einarsson, Einar Jón; Patel, Mitesh; Petersen, Hannes; Wiebe, Thomas; Fransson, Per-Anders; Magnusson, Måns; Moëll, Christian (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-02-21)
    Chemotherapy in childhood can result in long-term neurophysiological side-effects, which could extend to visual processing, specifically the degree to which a person relies on vision to determine vertical and horizontal (visual dependency). We investigated ...
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    Fatness but Not Fitness Relative to the Fat-Free Mass Is Related to C-Reactive Protein in 18 Year-Old Adolescents 
    Hinriksdóttir, Gunnhildur; Tryggvadóttir, Ágústa; Ólafsdóttir, Anna Sigríður; Arngrímsson, Sigurbjörn Árni (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-06-15)
    Introduction The interaction between fatness, fitness, and C-reactive protein (CRP) in adolescents is not well characterized but may be important to prevent low grade inflammation. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between ...
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    High expression of the vacuole membrane protein 1 (VMP1) is a potential marker of poor prognosis in HER2 positive breast cancer 
    Amirfallah, Arsalan; Arason, Adalgeir; Einarsson, Hjörleifur; Guðmundsdóttir, Eydís Þórunn; Freysteinsdóttir, Edda Sigríður; Ólafsdóttir, Kristrún Auður; Jóhannsson, Óskar Þór; Agnarsson, Bjarni A.; Barkardottir, Rosa Bjork; Reynisdottir, Inga (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-23)
    Background: Fusion genes result from genomic structural changes, which can lead to alterations in gene expression that supports tumor development. The aim of the study was to use fusion genes as a tool to identify new breast cancer (BC) genes with a ...
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    Host-Parasite Interactions and Population Dynamics of Rock Ptarmigan 
    Stenkewitz, Ute; Nielsen, Ólafur K.; Skirnisson, Karl; Stefánsson, Gunnar (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-11-21)
    Populations of rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in Iceland fluctuate in multiannual cycles with peak numbers c. every 10 years. We studied the ptarmigan-parasite community and how parasites relate to ptarmigan age, body condition, and population density. ...
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    Hyperuricemia is associated with intermittent hand joint pain in a cross sectional study of elderly females: The AGES-Reykjavik Study 
    Jonsson, Helgi; Aspelund, Thor; Eiriksdottir, Gudny; Harris, Tamara B.; Launer, Lenore J.; Gudnason, Vilmundur (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-08-23)
    Background: The debate whether "asymptomatic hyperuricemia" should be treated is still ongoing. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to analyze whether hyperuricema in the elderly is associated with joint pain. Methods and findings: Participants ...
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    The impact of APOE genotype on survival: Results of 38,537 participants from six population-based cohorts (E2-CHARGE) 
    Wolters, Frank J.; Yang, Qiong; Biggs, Mary L.; Jakobsdottir, Johanna; Li, Shuo; Evans, Daniel S.; Bis, Joshua C.; Harris, Tamara B.; Vasan, Ramachandran S.; Zilhao, Nuno R.; Ghanbari, Mohsen; Ikram, M. Arfan; Launer, Lenore; Psaty, Bruce M.; Tranah, Gregory J.; Kulminski, Alexander M.; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Seshadri, Sudha (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-07-29)
    Background Apolipoprotein E is a glycoprotein best known as a mediator and regulator of lipid transport and uptake. The APOE-e4 allele has long been associated with increased risks of Alzheimer's disease and mortality, but the effect of the less prevalent ...
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    Leave or stay? Video-logger revealed foraging efficiency of humpback whales under temporal change in prey density 
    Akiyama, Yu; Akamatsu, Tomonari; Rasmussen, Marianne; Iversen, Maria R.; Iwata, Takashi; Goto, Yusuke; Aoki, Kagari; Sato, Katsufumi (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-02-05)
    Central place foraging theory (CPF) has been used to predict the optimal patch residence time for air-breathing marine predators in response to patch quality. Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) forage on densely aggregated prey, which may induce ...
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    Less physical activity and more varied and disrupted sleep is associated with a less favorable metabolic profile in adolescents 
    Rögnvaldsdóttir, Vaka; Brychta, Robert; Hrafnkelsdóttir, Soffía M.; Chen, Kong Y.; Arngrímsson, Sigurbjörn Árni; Johannsson, Erlingur; Gudmundsdottir, Sigridur Lara (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-05-15)
    Background: Sleep and physical activity are modifiable behaviors that play an important role in preventing overweight, obesity, and metabolic health problems. Studies of the association between concurrent objective measures of sleep, physical activity, ...
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    Less screen time and more frequent vigorous physical activity is associated with lower risk of reporting negative mental health symptoms among Icelandic adolescents 
    Hrafnkelsdóttir, Soffía Margrét; Brychta, Robert J.; Rögnvaldsdóttir, Vaka; Gestsdottir, Sunna; Chen, Kong Y.; Jóhannsson, Erlingur Sigurður; Guðmundsdóttir, Sigriður Lára; Arngrímsson, Sigurbjörn Árni (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-04-26)
    Objective Few studies have explored the potential interrelated associations of screen time and physical activity with mental health in youth, particularly using objective methods. We examined cross-sectional associations of these variables among ...
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    Lipidomic study of cell lines reveals differences between breast cancer subtypes 
    Eiríksson, Finnur F.; Nøhr, Martha Kampp; Costa, Margarida; Bodvarsdottir, Sigridur Klara; Ögmundsdóttir, Helga M.; Þorsteinsdóttir, Margrét (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-04-14)
    Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent type of cancer in women in western countries. BC mortality has not declined despite early detection by screening, indicating the need for better informed treatment decisions. Therefore, a novel noninvasive ...
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    Meal frequency patterns and glycemic properties of maternal diet in relation to preterm delivery: Results from a large prospective cohort study 
    Englund-Ögge, Linda; Birgisdottir, Bryndis Eva; Sengpiel, Verena; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Haugen, Margareta; Myhre, Ronny; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Jacobsson, Bo (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-03-01)
    Background Dietary habits are linked to high maternal glucose levels, associated with preterm delivery. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between meal frequency and glycemic properties of maternal diet in relation to preterm ...
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    A millennium of north-east Atlantic cod juvenile growth trajectories inferred from archaeological otoliths 
    Ólafsdóttir, Guðbjörg Ásta; Pétursdóttir, Gróa; Bardarson, Hlynur; Edvardsson, Ragnar (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-27)
    Archaeological excavations of historical fishing sites across the North Atlantic have recovered high quantities of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) bones. In the current study we use Atlantic cod otoliths from archaeological excavations of a historical ...
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    MITF and TFEB cross-regulation in melanoma cells 
    Ballesteros Alvarez, Josue; Dilshat, Ramile; Fock, Valerie; Möller, Katrin; Karl, Ludwig; LARUE, Lionel; Ogmundsdottir, Margret H; Steingrimsson, Eirikur (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-09-03)
    The MITF, TFEB, TFE3 and TFEC (MiT-TFE) proteins belong to the basic helix-loop-helix family of leucine zipper transcription factors. MITF is crucial for melanocyte development and differentiation, and has been termed a lineage-specific oncogene in ...
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    Naturally Occurring Deletions of Hunchback Binding Sites in the Even-Skipped Stripe 3+7 Enhancer 
    Wesolowska, Natalia; Reynisdóttir, Sigrún; Ludwig, Michael Z.; Kreitman, Martin; Palsson, Arnar (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-05-01)
    Changes in regulatory DNA contribute to phenotypic differences within and between taxa. Comparative studies show that many transcription factor binding sites (TFBS) are conserved between species whereas functional studies reveal that some mutations ...
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    Neonatal Immunization with a Single IL-4/Antigen Dose Induces Increased Antibody Responses after Challenge Infection with Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) at Weanling Age 
    Wagner, Bettina; Perkins, Gillian; Babasyan, Susanna; Freer, Heather; Keggan, Alison; Goodman, Laura B.; Glaser, Amy; Torsteinsdóttir, Sigurbjörg; Svansson, Vilhjálmur; Björnsdóttir, Sigríður (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-03)
    Neonatal foals respond poorly to conventional vaccines. These vaccines typically target T-helper (Th) cell dependent B-cell activation. However, Th2-cell immunity is impaired in foals during the first three months of life. In contrast, neonatal basophils ...
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    Non-skeletal health effects of vitamin D supplementation: A systematic review on findings from meta-analyses summarizing trial data 
    Rejnmark, Lars; Bislev, Lise Sofie; Cashman, Kevin D.; Eiríksdóttir, Guðný; Gaksch, Martin; Grübler, Martin; Grimnes, Guri; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Lips, Paul; Pilz, Stefan; van Schoor, Natasja M.; Kiely, Mairead; Jorde, Rolf (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-07)
    Background A large number of observational studies have reported harmful effects of low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels on non-skeletal outcomes. We performed a systematic quantitative review on characteristics of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) ...
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    Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries 
    Feitosa, Mary F.; Kraja, Aldi T.; Chasman, Daniel I.; Sung, Yun J.; Winkler, Thomas W.; Ntalla, Ioanna; Guo, Xiuqing; Franceschini, Nora; Cheng, Ching-Yu; Sim, Xueling; Vojinovic, Dina; Marten, Jonathan; Musani, Solomon K.; Li, Changwei; Bentley, Amy R.; Brown, Michael R.; Schwander, Karen; Richard, Melissa A.; Noordam, Raymond; Aschard, Hugues; Bartz, Traci M.; Bielak, Lawrence F.; Dorajoo, Rajkumar; Fisher, Virginia; Hartwig, Fernando P.; Horimoto, Andrea R. V. R.; Lohman, Kurt K.; Manning, Alisa K.; Rankinen, Tuomo; Smith, Albert Vernon; Tajuddin, Salman M.; Wojczynski, Mary K.; Alver, Maris; Boissel, Mathilde; Cai, Qiuyin; Campbell, Archie; Chai, Jin Fang; Chen, Xu; Divers, Jasmin; Gao, Chuan; Goel, Anuj; Hagemeijer, Yanick; Harris, Sarah E.; He, Meian; Hsu, Fang-Chi; Jackson, Anne U.; Kähönen, Mika; Kasturiratne, Anuradhani; Komulainen, Pirjo; Kühnel, Brigitte; Laguzzi, Federica; Luan, Jian'an; Matoba, Nana; Nolte, Ilja M.; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Riaz, Muhammad; Rueedi, Rico; Robino, Antonietta; Said, M. Abdullah; Scott, Robert A.; Sofer, Tamar; Stančáková, Alena; Takeuchi, Fumihiko; Tayo, Bamidele O.; van der Most, Peter J.; Varga, Tibor V.; Vitart, Veronique; Wang, Yajuan; Ware, Erin B.; Warren, Helen R.; Weiss, Stefan; Wen, Wanqing; Yanek, Lisa R.; Zhang, Weihua; Zhao, Jing Hua; Afaq, Saima; Amin, Najaf; Amini, Marzyeh; Arking, Dan E.; Aung, Tin; Boerwinkle, Eric; Borecki, Ingrid; Broeckel, Ulrich; Brown, Morris; Brumat, Marco; Burke, Gregory L.; Canouil, Mickaël; Chakravarti, Aravinda; Charumathi, Sabanayagam; Ida Chen, Yii-Der; Connell, John M.; Correa, Adolfo; de las Fuentes, Lisa; de Mutsert, Renée; de Silva, H. Janaka; Deng, Xuan; Ding, Jingzhong; Duan, Qing; Eaton, Charles B.; Ehret, Georg; Eppinga, Ruben N.; Evangelou, Evangelos; Faul, Jessica D.; Felix, Stephan B.; Forouhi, Nita G.; Forrester, Terrence; Franco, Oscar H.; Friedlander, Yechiel; Gandin, Ilaria; Gao, He; Ghanbari, Mohsen; Gigante, Bruna; Gu, C. Charles; Gu, Dongfeng; Hagenaars, Saskia P.; Hallmans, Göran; Harris, Tamara B.; He, Jiang; Heikkinen, Sami; Heng, Chew-Kiat; Hirata, Makoto; Howard, Barbara V.; Ikram, M. Arfan; John, Ulrich; Katsuya, Tomohiro; Khor, Chiea Chuen; Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O.; Koh, Woon-Puay; Krieger, José E.; Kritchevsky, Stephen B.; Kubo, Michiaki; Kuusisto, Johanna; Lakka, Timo A.; Langefeld, Carl D.; Langenberg, Claudia; Launer, Lenore J.; Lehne, Benjamin; Lewis, Cora E.; Li, Yize; Lin, Shiow; Liu, Jianjun; Liu, Jingmin; Loh, Marie; Louie, Tin; Mägi, Reedik; McKenzie, Colin A.; Meitinger, Thomas; Metspalu, Andres; Milaneschi, Yuri; Milani, Lili; Mohlke, Karen L.; Momozawa, Yukihide; Nalls, Mike A.; Nelson, Christopher P.; Sotoodehnia, Nona; Norris, Jill M.; O'Connell, Jeff R.; Palmer, Nicholette D.; Perls, Thomas; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Peters, Annette; Peyser, Patricia A.; Poulter, Neil; Raffel, Leslie J.; Raitakari, Olli T.; Roll, Kathryn; Rose, Lynda M.; Rosendaal, Frits R.; Rotter, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Carsten O.; Schreiner, Pamela J.; Schupf, Nicole; Scott, William R.; Sever, Peter S.; Shi, Yuan; Sidney, Stephen; Sims, Mario; Sitlani, Colleen M.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Snieder, Harold; Starr, John M.; Strauch, Konstantin; Stringham, Heather M.; Tan, Nicholas Y. Q.; Tang, Hua; Taylor, Kent D.; Teo, Yik Ying; Tham, Yih Chung; Turner, Stephen T.; Uitterlinden, André G.; Vollenweider, Peter; Waldenberger, Melanie; Wang, Lihua; Wang, Ya Xing; Wei, Wen Bin; Williams, Christine; Yao, Jie; Yu, Caizheng; Yuan, Jian-Min; Zhao, Wei; Zonderman, Alan B.; Becker, Diane M.; Boehnke, Michael; Bowden, Donald W.; Chambers, John C.; Deary, Ian J.; Esko, Tõnu; Farrall, Martin; Franks, Paul W.; Freedman, Barry I.; Froguel, Philippe; Gasparini, Paolo; Gieger, Christian; Jonas, Jost Bruno; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Kato, Norihiro; Kooner, Jaspal S.; Kutalik, Zoltán; Laakso, Markku; Laurie, Cathy C.; Leander, Karin; Lehtimäki, Terho; Study, Lifelines Cohort; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.; Polasek, Ozren; Porteous, David J.; Rauramaa, Rainer; Samani, Nilesh J.; Scott, James; Shu, Xiao-Ou; van der Harst, Pim; Wagenknecht, Lynne E.; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Watkins, Hugh; Weir, David R.; Wickremasinghe, Ananda R.; Wu, Tangchun; Zheng, Wei; Bouchard, Claude; Christensen, Kaare; Evans, Michele K.; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Horta, Bernardo L.; Kardia, Sharon L. R.; Liu, Yongmei; Pereira, Alexandre C.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Ridker, Paul M.; van Dam, Rob M.; Gauderman, W. James; Zhu, Xiaofeng; Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.; Fornage, Myriam; Rotimi, Charles N.; Cupples, L. Adrienne; Kelly, Tanika N.; Fox, Ervin R.; Hayward, Caroline; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Tai, E Shyong; Wong, Tien Yin; Kooperberg, Charles; Palmas, Walter; Rice, Kenneth; Morrison, Alanna C.; Elliott, Paul; Caulfield, Mark J.; Munroe, Patricia B.; Rao, Dabeeru C.; Province, Michael A.; Levy, Daniel (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-06-18)
    Heavy alcohol consumption is an established risk factor for hypertension; the mechanism by which alcohol consumption impact blood pressure (BP) regulation remains unknown. We hypothesized that a genome-wide association study accounting for gene-alcohol ...
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    Oral glucose tolerance test predicts increased carotid plaque burden in patients with acute coronary syndrome 
    Bjarnason, Thorarinn Arni; Hafþórsson, Steinar O.; Kristinsdóttir, Linda B.; Óskarsdóttir, Erna S.; Aspelund, Thor; Sigurðsson, Sigurður; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Andersen, Karl (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-08-30)
    Background Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes are established risk factors for atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the atherosclerotic plaque burden in the carotid arteries of patients with acute coronary syndrome according to their ...