• 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 (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      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 ...
    • Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for multiple myeloma 

      Mitchell, Jonathan S; Li, Ni; Weinhold, Niels; Försti, Asta; Ali, Mina; Van Duin, Mark; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Johnson, David C; Chen, Bowang; Halvarsson, Britt-Marie; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Kuiper, Rowan; Stephens, Owen W; Bertsch, Uta; Broderick, Peter; Campo, Chiara; Einsele, Hermann; Gregory, Walter A; Gullberg, Urban; Henrion, Marc; Hillengass, Jens; Hoffmann, Per; Jackson, Graham H.; Johnsson, Ellinor; Jöud, Magnus; Kristinsson, Sigurdur Y; Lenhoff, Stig; Lenive, Oleg; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Migliorini, Gabriele; Nahi, Hareth; Nelander, Sven; Nickel, Jolanta; Nothen, Markus M; Rafnar, Thorunn; Ross, Fiona M; Da Silva Filho, Miguel Inacio; Swaminathan, Bhairavi; Thomsen, Hauke; Turesson, Ingemar; Vangsted, Annette; Vogel, Ulla; Waage, Anders; Walker, Brian A; Wihlborg, Anna-Karin; Broyl, Annemiek; Davies, Faith E; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Langer, Christian; Hansson, Markus; Kaiser, Martin; Sonneveld, Pieter; Stefansson, Kari; Morgan, Gareth J; Goldschmidt, Hartmut; Hemminki, Kari; Nilsson, Björn; Houlston, Richard S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell malignancy with a significant heritable basis. Genome-wide association studies have transformed our understanding of MM predisposition, but individual studies have had limited power ...
    • Identification of multiple risk loci and regulatory mechanisms influencing susceptibility to multiple myeloma 

      Went, Molly; Sud, Amit; Försti, Asta; Halvarsson, Britt-Marie; Weinhold, Niels; Kimber, Scott; van Duin, Mark; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Holroyd, Amy; Johnson, David C.; Li, Ni; Orlando, Giulia; Law, Philip J.; Ali, Mina; Chen, Bowang; Mitchell, Jonathan S.; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Kuiper, Rowan; Stephens, Owen W.; Bertsch, Uta; Broderick, Peter; Campo, Chiara; Bandapalli, Obul R.; Einsele, Hermann; Gregory, Walter A.; Gullberg, Urban; Hillengass, Jens; Hoffmann, Per; Jackson, Graham H.; Jöckel, Karl-Heinz; Johnsson, Ellinor; Kristinsson, Sigurður Y.; Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik; Nahi, Hareth; Easton, Douglas; Pharoah, Paul; Dunning, Alison; Peto, Julian; Canzian, Federico; Swerdlow, Anthony; Eeles, Rosalind A.; Kote-Jarai, ZSofia; Muir, Kenneth; Pashayan, Nora; Nickel, Jolanta; Nöthen, Markus M.; Rafnar, Thorunn; Ross, Fiona M.; da Silva Filho, Miguel Inacio; Thomsen, Hauke; Turesson, Ingemar; Vangsted, Annette; Andersen, Niels Frost; Waage, Anders; Walker, Brian A.; Wihlborg, Anna-Karin; Broyl, Annemiek; Davies, Faith E.; Thorsteinsdóttir, Unnur; Langer, Christian; Hansson, Markus; Goldschmidt, Hartmut; Kaiser, Martin; Sonneveld, Pieter; Stefansson, Kari; Morgan, Gareth J.; Hemminki, Kari; Nilsson, Björn; Houlston, Richard S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have transformed our understanding of susceptibility to multiple myeloma (MM), but much of the heritability remains unexplained. We report a new GWAS, a meta-analysis with previous ...
    • Update on genetic predisposition to colorectal cancer and polyposis 

      Valle, Laura; de Voer, Richarda M.; Goldberg, Yael; Sjursen, Wenche; Försti, Asta; Ruiz-Ponte, Clara; Caldés, Trinidad; Garré, Pilar; Olsen, Maren Fridtjofsen; Nordling, Margareta; Castellví-Bel, Sergi; Hemminki, Kari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The present article summarizes recent developments in the characterization of genetic predisposition to colorectal cancer (CRC). The main themes covered include new hereditary CRC and polyposis syndromes, non-CRC hereditary ...