• Coding variants in RPL3L and MYZAP increase risk of atrial fibrillation 

      Thorolfsdottir, Rosa B; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Sulem, Patrick; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Jonsson, Stefan; Halldorsson, Gisli H; Melsted, Pall; Ivarsdottir, Erna V; Davidsson, Olafur B; Kristjansson, Ragnar P; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Helgadottir, Anna; Gretarsdottir, Solveig; Norddahl, Gudmundur; Rajamani, Sridharan; Torfason, Bjarni; Valgardsson, Atli S; Sverrisson, Jon T.; Tragante, Vinicius; Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas; Asselbergs, Folkert W; Roden, Dan M; Darbar, Dawood; Pedersen, Terje Rolf; Sabatine, Marc S.; Willer, Cristen J.; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Halldorsson, Bjarni V; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Hveem, Kristian; Arnar, David O; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Holm, Hilma; Stefansson, Kari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Most sequence variants identified hitherto in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of atrial fibrillation are common, non-coding variants associated with risk through unknown mechanisms. We performed a meta-analysis of ...
    • 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 ...
    • Genetic insight into sick sinus syndrome 

      Thorolfsdottir, Rosa B.; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Aegisdottir, Hildur M.; Benonisdottir, Stefania; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Ivarsdottir, Erna V.; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Sigurdsson, Jon K.; Torp-Pedersen, Christian; Weeke, Peter E.; Brunak, Søren; Westergaard, David; Pedersen, Ole B.; Sorensen, Erik; Nielsen, Kaspar R.; Burgdorf, Kristoffer S.; Banasik, Karina; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Zhou, Wei; Oddsson, Asmundur; Tragante, Vinicius; Hjorleifsson, Kristjan E.; Davidsson, Olafur B.; Rajamani, Sridharan; Jonsson, Stefan; Torfason, Bjarni; Valgardsson, Atli S.; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Frigge, Michael L.; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Norddahl, Gudmundur L.; Helgadottir, Anna; Gretarsdotti, Solveig; Sulem, Patrick; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Willer, Cristen J.; Hveem, Kristian; Bundgaard, Henning; Ullum, Henrik; Arnar, David O.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Holm, Hilma; Stefansson, Kari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
    • Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women 

      Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; McGinnis, Ralph; Williams, Nicholas O.; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Shooter, Scott; Fadista, João; Sigurdsson, Jon K.; Auro, Kirsi; Berezina, Galina; Borges, Maria-Carolina; Bumpstead, Suzannah; Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas; Colgiu, Irina; Dolby, Vivien A.; Dudbridge, Frank; Engel, Stephanie M.; Franklin, Christopher S.; Frigge, Michael L; Frisbaek, Yr; Geirsson, Reynir T.; Geller, Frank; Gretarsdottir, Solveig; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Harmon, Quaker; Hougaard, David Michael; Hegay, Tatyana; Helgadottir, Anna; Hjartardóttir, Sigrún; Jääskeläinen, Tiina; Johannsdottir, Hrefna; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Juliusdottir, Thorhildur; Kalsheker, Noor; Kasimov, Abdumadjit; Kemp, John P.; Kivinen, Katja; Klungsøyr, Kari; Lee, Wai K; Melbye, Mads; Miedzybrodska, Zosia; Moffett, Ashley; Najmutdinova, Dilbar; Nishanova, Firuza; Olafsdottir, Thorunn; Perola, Markus; Pipkin, Fiona Broughton; Poston, Lucilla; Prescott, Gordon; Saevarsdottir, Saedis; Salimbayeva, Damilya; Scaife, Paula Juliet; Skotte, Line; Staines-Urias, Eleonora; Stefansson, Olafur A.; Sørensen, Karina Meden; Thomsen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim; Tragante, Vinicius; Trogstad, Lill; Simpson, Nigel A.B.; Aripova, Tamara; Casas, Juan P; Dominiczak, Anna F; Walker, James J.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte; Feenstra, Bjarke; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Boyd, Heather Allison; Magnus, Per; Laivuori, Hannele; Zakhidova, Nodira; Syvatova, Gulnara; Stefansson, Kari; Morgan, Linda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy, affecting both maternal and fetal health. In genome-wide association meta-analysis of European and Central Asian mothers, we identify sequence variants that associate ...
    • Genome-wide analysis yields new loci associating with aortic valve stenosis 

      Helgadottir, Anna; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Gretarsdottir, Solveig; Stefansson, Olafur A.; Tragante, Vinicius; Thorolfsdottir, Rosa B.; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Bjornsson, Thorsteinn; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Verweij, Niek; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Zhou, Wei; Folkersen, Lasse; Martinsson, Andreas; Heydarpour, Mahyar; Prakash, Siddharth; Oskarsson, Gylfi; Gudbjartsson, Tomas; Geirsson, Arnar; Olafsson, Isleifur; Sigurdsson, Emil L.; Almgren, Peter; Melander, Olle; Franco-Cereceda, Anders; Hamsten, Anders; Fritsche, Lars; Lin, Maoxuan; Yang, Bo; Hornsby, Whitney; Guo, Dongchuan; Brummett, Chad M.; Abecasis, Goncalo; 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 F.; Holm, Hilma; Stefansson, Kari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      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 ...
    • Multiomics analysis of rheumatoid arthritis yields sequence variants that have large effects on risk of the seropositive subset 

      Saevarsdottir, Saedis; Stefansdottir, Lilja; Sulem, Patrick; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Ferkingstad, Egil; Rutsdottir, Gudrun; Glintborg, Bente; Westerlind, Helga; Grondal, Gerdur; Loft, Isabella C; Sorensen, Signe Bek; Lie, Benedicte Alexandra; Brink, Mikael; Arlestig, Lisbeth; Arnthorsson, Asgeir Orn; Baecklund, Eva; Banasik, Karina; Bank, Steffen; Bjorkman, Lena I; Ellingsen, Torkell; Erikstrup, Christian; Frei, Oleksandr; Gjertsson, Inger; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F; Gudjonsson, Sigurjon A; Halldorsson, Gisli H; Hendricks, Oliver; Hillert, Jan; Hogdall, Estrid; Jacobsen, Søren; Jensen, Dorte Vendelbo; Jonsson, Helgi Freyr; Kastbom, Alf; Kockum, Ingrid; Kristensen, Salome; Kristjansdottir, Helga; Larsen, Margit H; Linauskas, Asta; Hauge, Ellen-Margrethe; Loft, Anne G; Ludviksson, Bjorn R; Lund, Sigrun H; Markusson, Thorsteinn; Masson, Gisli; Melsted, Pall; Moore, Kristjan H S; Munk, Heidi; Nielsen, Kaspar R; Norddahl, Gudmundur L; Oddsson, Asmundur; Olafsdottir, Thorunn A; Olason, Pall I; Olsson, Tomas; Ostrowski, Sisse Rye; Hørslev-Petersen, Kim; Rognvaldsson, Solvi; Sanner, Helga; Silberberg, Gilad N; Stefansson, Hreinn; Sørensen, Erik; Sørensen, Inge J; Turesson, Carl; Bergman, Thomas; Alfredsson, Lars; Kvien, Tore Kristian; Brunak, Søren; Steinsson, Kristján; Andersen, Vibeke; Andreassen, Ole; Rantapää-Dahlqvist, Solbritt; Hetland, Merete Lund; Klareskog, Lars; Askling, Johan; Padyukov, Leonid; Pedersen, Ole Bv; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Stefansson, Kari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objectives To find causal genes for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its seropositive (RF and/or ACPA positive) and seronegative subsets. Methods We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 31 313 RA cases (68% ...