Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Willer, Cristen J."
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Age-of-onset information helps identify 76 genetic variants associated with allergic disease
Ferreira, Manuel A R; Vonk, Judith M.; Baurecht, Hansjörg; Marenholz, Ingo; Tian, Chao; Hoffman, Joshua D.; Helmer, Quinta; Tillander, Annika; Ullemar, Vilhelmina; Lu, Yi; Grosche, Sarah; Ruschendorf, Franz; Granell, Raquel; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Fritsche, Lars; Bhatta, Laxmi; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Zhou, Wei; Hveem, Kristian; Langhammer, Arnulf; Holmen, Oddgeir; Løset, Mari; Abecasis, Goncalo; Willer, Cristen J.; Emami, Nima C.; Cavazos, Taylor B.; Witte, John S.; Szwajda, Agnieszka; 23andMe Research Team, ,; collaborators of SHARE study, ,; Hinds, David A.; Hubner, Norbert; Weidinger, Stephan; Magnusson, Patrik KE; Jorgenson, Eric; Karlsson, Robert; Paternoster, Lavinia; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Almqvist, Catarina; Lee, Young-Ae; Koppelman, Gerard H.; Esparza-Gordillo, Jorge; Hummel, Oliver; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Willemsen, Gonneke; Rodríguez, Elke; Hotze, Melanie; Franke, Andre; Matheson, Melanie C.; Dharmage, Shyamali Chandrika; Arnold, Andreas; Homuth, Georg; Schmidt, Carsten O; Thompson, Philip J.; Martin, Nicholas G; Duffy, David L.; Novak, Natalija; Schulz, Holger; Karrasch, Stefan; Gieger, Christian; Strauch, Konstantin; Melles, Ronald B (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Risk factors that contribute to inter-individual differences in the age-of-onset of allergic diseases are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to identify genetic risk variants associated with the age at which ... -
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 ... -
Cross-Ancestry Investigation of Venous Thromboembolism Genomic Predictors
Thibord, Florian; Klarin, Derek; Brody, Jennifer A.; Chen, Ming-Huei; Levin, Michael G.; Chasman, Daniel I.; Goode, Ellen L.; Hveem, Kristian; Teder-Laving, Maris; Martinez-Perez, Angel; Aïssi, Dylan; Daian-Bacq, Delphine; Ito, Kaoru; Natarajan, Pradeep; Lutsey, Pamela L.; Nadkarni, Girish N.; de Vries, Paul S.; Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel; Wolford, Brooke N.; Pattee, Jack W.; Kooperberg, Charles; Brækkan, Sigrid Kufaas; Li-Gao, Ruifang; Saut, Noemie; Sept, Corriene; Germain, Marine; Judy, Renae L.; Wiggins, Kerri L.; Ko, Darae; O'Donnell, Christopher J.; Taylor, Kent D.; Giulianini, Franco; De Andrade, Mariza; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Boland, Anne; Empana, Jean-Philippe; Koyama, Satoshi; Gilliland, Thomas; Do, Ron; Huffman, Jennifer E.; Wang, Xin; Zhou, Wei; Manuel Soria, Jose; Carlos Souto, Juan; Pankratz, Nathan; Haessler, Jeffery; Hindberg, Kristian Dalsbø; Rosendaal, Frits R; Turman, Constance; Olaso, Robert; Kember, Rachel L.; Bartz, Traci M.; Lynch, Julie A.; Heckbert, Susan R.; Armasu, Sebastian M.; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Smadja, David M.; Jouven, Xavier; Komuro, Issei; Clapham, Katharine R.; Loos, Ruth J F; Willer, Cristen J.; Sabater-Lleal, Maria; Pankow, James S.; Reiner, Alexander P.; Morelli, Vania Maris; Ridker, Paul M.; Vlieg, Astrid van Hylckama; Deleuze, Jean-François; Kraft, Peter; Rader, Daniel J.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Emmerich, Joseph; Suchon, Pierre; Rich, Stephen S.; Vy, Ha My T; Tang, Weihong; Jackson, Rebecca D.; Hansen, John Bjarne; Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel; Kabrhel, Christopher; Trégouët, David-Alexandre; Damrauer, Scott M.; Johnson, Andrew D.; Smith, Nicholas L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a life-threatening vascular event with environmental and genetic determinants. Recent VTE genome-wide association studies (GWAS) meta-analyses involved nearly 30 000 VTE cases ... -
Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals
Winkler, Thomas W.; Rasheed, Humaira; Teumer, Alexander; Gorski, Mathias; Rowan, Bryce X.; Stanzick, Kira J.; Thomas, Laurent; Tin, Adrienne; Hoppmann, Anselm; Chu, Audrey Y.; Tayo, Bamidele; Thio, Chris H. L.; Cusi, Daniele; Chai, Jin-Fang; Sieber, Karsten B.; Horn, Katrin; Li, Man; Scholz, Markus; Cocca, Massimiliano; Wuttke, Matthias; van der Most, Peter J.; Yang, Qiong; Ghasemi, Sahar; Nutile, Teresa; Li, Yong; Pontali, Giulia; Günther, Felix; Dehghan, Abbas; Correa, Adolfo; Parsa, Afshin; Feresin, Agnese; de Vries, Aiko P. J.; Zonderman, Alan B.; Smith, Albert V.; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; De Grandi, Alessandro; Rosenkranz, Alexander R.; Franke, Andre; Teren, Andrej; Metspalu, Andres; Hicks, Andrew A.; Morris, Andrew P.; Tönjes, Anke; Morgan, Anna; Podgornaia, Anna I.; Peters, Annette; Körner, Antje; Mahajan, Anubha; Campbell, Archie; Freedman, Barry I.; Spedicati, Beatrice; Ponte, Belen; Schöttker, Ben; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Banas, Bernhard; Krämer, Bernhard K.; Jung, Bettina; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Smith, Blair H.; Ning, Boting; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.; Vanderwerff, Brett R.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Kammerer, Candace M.; Langefeld, Carl D.; Hayward, Caroline; Spracklen, Cassandra N.; Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne; Hartman, Catharina A.; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Wang, Chaolong; Sabanayagam, Charumathi; Heng, Chew-Kiat; Lanzani, Chiara; Khor, Chiea-Chuen; Cheng, Ching-Yu; Fuchsberger, Christian; Gieger, Christian; Shaffer, Christian M.; Schulz, Christina-Alexandra; Willer, Cristen J.; Chasman, Daniel I.; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Ruggiero, Daniela; Toniolo, Daniela; Czamara, Darina; Porteous, David J.; Waterworth, Dawn M.; Mascalzoni, Deborah; Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.; Reilly, Dermot F.; Daw, E. Warwick; Hofer, Edith; Boerwinkle, Eric; Salvi, Erika; Bottinger, Erwin P.; Tai, E-Shyong; Catamo, Eulalia; Rizzi, Federica; Guo, Feng; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Guilianini, Franco; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Ehret, Georg; Waeber, Gerard; Biino, Ginevra; Girotto, Giorgia; Pistis, Giorgio; Nadkarni, Girish N.; Delgado, Graciela E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Snieder, Harold; Campbell, Harry; White, Harvey D.; Gao, He; Stringham, Heather M.; Schmidt, Helena; Li, Hengtong; Brenner, Hermann; Holm, Hilma; Kirsten, Holgen; Kramer, Holly; Rudan, Igor; Nolte, Ilja M.; Tzoulaki, Ioanna; Olafsson, Isleifur; Martins, Jade; Cook, James P.; Wilson, James F.; Halbritter, Jan; Felix, Janine F.; Divers, Jasmin; Kooner, Jaspal S.; Lee, Jeannette Jen-Mai; O’Connell, Jeffrey; Rotter, Jerome I.; Liu, Jianjun; Xu, Jie; Thiery, Joachim; Ärnlöv, Johan; Kuusisto, Johanna; Jakobsdottir, Johanna; Tremblay, Johanne; Chambers, John C.; Whitfield, John B.; Gaziano, John M.; Marten, Jonathan; Coresh, Josef; Jonas, Jost B.; Mychaleckyj, Josyf C.; Christensen, Kaare; Eckardt, Kai-Uwe; Mohlke, Karen L.; Endlich, Karlhans; Dittrich, Katalin; Ryan, Kathleen A.; Rice, Kenneth M.; Taylor, Kent D.; Ho, Kevin; Nikus, Kjell; Matsuda, Koichi; Strauch, Konstantin; Miliku, Kozeta; Hveem, Kristian; Lind, Lars; Wallentin, Lars; Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M.; Raffield, Laura M.; Phillips, Lawrence S.; Launer, Lenore J.; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Lange, Leslie A.; Citterio, Lorena; Klaric, Lucija; Ikram, M. Arfan; Ising, Marcus; Kleber, Marcus E.; Francescatto, Margherita; Concas, Maria Pina; Ciullo, Marina; Piratsu, Mario; Orho-Melander, Marju; Laakso, Markku; Loeffler, Markus; Perola, Markus; de Borst, Martin H.; Gögele, Martin; Bianca, Martina La; Lukas, Mary Ann; Feitosa, Mary F.; Biggs, Mary L.; Wojczynski, Mary K.; Kavousi, Maryam; Kanai, Masahiro; Akiyama, Masato; Yasuda, Masayuki; Nauck, Matthias; Waldenberger, Melanie; Chee, Miao-Li; Chee, Miao-Ling; Boehnke, Michael; Preuss, Michael H.; Stumvoll, Michael; Province, Michael A.; Evans, Michele K.; O’Donoghue, Michelle L.; Kubo, Michiaki; Kähönen, Mika; Kastarinen, Mika; Nalls, Mike A.; Kuokkanen, Mikko; Ghanbari, Mohsen; Bochud, Murielle; Josyula, Navya Shilpa; Martin, Nicholas G.; Tan, Nicholas Y. Q.; Palmer, Nicholette D.; Pirastu, Nicola; Schupf, Nicole; Verweij, Niek; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Mononen, Nina; Bansal, Nisha; Devuyst, Olivier; Melander, Olle; Raitakari, Olli T.; Polasek, Ozren; Manunta, Paolo; Gasparini, Paolo; Mishra, Pashupati P.; Sulem, Patrick; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Elliott, Paul; Ridker, Paul M.; Hamet, Pavel; Svensson, Per O.; Joshi, Peter K.; Kovacs, Peter; Pramstaller, Peter P.; Rossing, Peter; Vollenweider, Peter; van der Harst, Pim; Dorajoo, Rajkumar; Sim, Ralene Z. H.; Burkhardt, Ralph; Tao, Ran; Noordam, Raymond; Mägi, Reedik; Schmidt, Reinhold; de Mutsert, Renée; Rueedi, Rico; van Dam, Rob M.; Carroll, Robert J.; Gansevoort, Ron T.; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Felicita, Sala Cinzia; Sedaghat, Sanaz; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Freitag-Wolf, Sandra; Pendergrass, Sarah A.; Graham, Sarah E.; Gordon, Scott D.; Hwang, Shih-Jen; Kerr, Shona M.; Vaccargiu, Simona; Patil, Snehal B.; Hallan, Stein; Bakker, Stephan J. L.; Lim, Su-Chi; Lucae, Susanne; Vogelezang, Suzanne; Bergmann, Sven; Corre, Tanguy; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Lehtimäki, Terho; Boutin, Thibaud S.; Meitinger, Thomas; Wong, Tien-Yin; Bergler, Tobias; Rabelink, Ton J.; Esko, Tõnu; Haller, Toomas; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Völker, Uwe; Foo, Valencia Hui Xian; Salomaa, Veikko; Vitart, Veronique; Giedraitis, Vilmantas; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Huang, Wei; Zhang, Weihua; Wei, Wen Bin; Kiess, Wieland; März, Winfried; Koenig, Wolfgang; Lieb, Wolfgang; Gao, Xin; Sim, Xueling; Wang, Ya Xing; Friedlander, Yechiel; Tham, Yih-Chung; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Okada, Yukinori; Milaneschi, Yuri; Yu, Zhi; Thio, Chris H. L.; van der Most, Peter J.; de Borst, Martin H.; Ho, Kevin; Josyula, Navya Shilpa; Pendergrass, Sarah A.; Rowan, Bryce X.; Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne; Gaziano, John M.; Phillips, Lawrence S.; Tao, Ran; Hung, Adriana M.; Stark, Klaus J.; Stefansson, Kari; Böger, Carsten A.; Hung, Adriana M.; Kronenberg, Florian; Köttgen, Anna; Pattaro, Cristian; Heid, Iris M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) can progress to kidney failure. Risk factors include genetics and diabetes mellitus (DM), but little is known about their interaction. We conducted genome-wide association meta-analyses ... -
Discovery and prioritization of variants and genes for kidney function in >1.2 million individuals
Stanzick, Kira J.; Li, Yong; Schlosser, Pascal; Gorski, Mathias; Wuttke, Matthias; Thomas, Laurent F.; Rasheed, Humaira; Rowan, Bryce X.; Graham, Sarah E.; Vanderweff, Brett R.; Patil, Snehal B.; Robinson-Cohen, Cassiane; Gaziano, John M.; O’Donnell, Christopher J.; Willer, Cristen J.; Hallan, Stein; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Gessner, Andre; Hung, Adriana M.; Pattaro, Cristian; Köttgen, Anna; Stark, Klaus; Heid, Iris M.; Winkler, Thomas W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Genes underneath signals from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for kidney function are promising targets for functional studies, but prioritizing variants and genes is challenging. By GWAS meta-analysis for ... -
Discovery and systematic characterization of risk variants and genes for coronary artery disease in over a million participants
Aragam, Krishna G.; Jiang, Tao; Goel, Anuj; Kanoni, Stavroula; Wolford, Brooke N.; Atri, Deepak S.; Weeks, Elle M.; Wang, Minxian; Hindy, George; Zhou, Wei; Grace, Christopher; Roselli, Carolina; Marston, Nicholas A.; Kamanu, Frederick K.; Surakka, Ida; Venegas, Loreto Muñoz; Sherliker, Paul; Koyama, Satoshi; Ishigaki, Kazuyoshi; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Brown, Michael R.; Brumpton, Ben Michael; de Vries, Paul S.; Giannakopoulou, Olga; Giardoglou, Panagiota; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Güldener, Ulrich; Haider, Syed M. Ijlal; Helgadottir, Anna; Ibrahim, Maysson; Kastrati, Adnan; Kessler, Thorsten; Kyriakou, Theodosios; Konopka, Tomasz; Li, Ling; Ma, Lijiang; Meitinger, Thomas; Mucha, Sören; Munz, Matthias; Murgia, Federico; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Nöthen, Markus M.; Pang, Shichao; Reinberger, Tobias; Schnitzler, Gavin; Smedley, Damian; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; von Scheidt, Moritz; Ulirsch, Jacob C.; Danesh, John; Arnar, David O.; Burtt, Noël P.; Costanzo, Maria C.; Flannick, Jason; Ito, Kaoru; Jang, Dong-Keun; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Khera, Amit V.; Komuro, Issei; Kullo, Iftikhar J.; Lotta, Luca A.; Nelson, Christopher P.; Roberts, Robert; Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Webb, Thomas R.; Baras, Aris; Björkegren, Johan L. M.; Boerwinkle, Eric; Dedoussis, George; Holm, Hilma; Hveem, Kristian; Melander, Olle; Morrison, Alanna C.; Orho-Melander, Marju; Rallidis, Loukianos S.; Ruusalepp, Arno; Sabatine, Marc S.; Stefansson, Kari; Zalloua, Pierre; Ellinor, Patrick T.; Farrall, Martin; Danesh, John; Ruff, Christian T.; Finucane, Hilary K.; Hopewell, Jemma C.; Clarke, Robert; Gupta, Rajat M.; Erdmann, Jeanette; Samani, Nilesh J.; Schunkert, Heribert; Watkins, Hugh; Willer, Cristen J.; Deloukas, Panos; Kathiresan, Sekar; Butterworth, Adam S.; de Vries, Paul S.; von Scheidt, Moritz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The discovery of genetic loci associated with complex diseases has outpaced the elucidation of mechanisms of disease pathogenesis. Here we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for coronary artery disease (CAD) ... -
Exome-wide association analysis reveals novel coding sequence variants associated with lipid traits in Chinese
Tang, Clara S.; Zhang, He; Cheung, Chloe Y.Y.; Xu, Ming; Ho, Jenny C.Y.; Zhou, Wei; Cherny, Stacey S.; Zhang, Yan; Holmen, Oddgeir; Au, Ka-Wing; Yu, Haiyi; Xu, Lin; Jia, Jia; Porsch, Robert M.; Sun, Lijie; Xu, Weixian; Zheng, Huiping; Wong, Lai-Yung; Mu, Yiming; Dou, Jingtao; Fong, Carol H.Y.; Wang, Shuyu; Hong, Xueyu; Dong, Liguang; Liao, Yanhua; Wang, Jiansong; Lam, Levina S.M.; Su, Xi; Yan, Hua; Yang, Min-Lee; Chen, Jin; Siu, Chung-Wah; Xie, Gaoqiang; Woo, Yu-Cho; Wu, Yangfeng; Tan, Kathryn C.B.; Hveem, Kristian; Cheung, Bernard M.Y.; Zöllner, Sebastian; Xu, Aimin; Chen, Y. Eugene; Jiang, Chao Qiang; Zhang, Youyi; Lam, Tai-Hing; Ganesh, Santhi K.; Huo, Yong; Sham, Pak C.; Lam, Karen S.L.; Willer, Cristen J.; Tse, Hung-Fat; Gao, Wei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Blood lipids are important risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). Here we perform an exome-wide association study by genotyping 12,685 Chinese, using a custom Illumina HumanExome BeadChip, to identify additional ... -
Genetic associations with temporal shifts in obesity and severe obesity during the obesity epidemic in Norway: A longitudinal population-based cohort (the HUNT Study)
Brandkvist, Maria Charlotta; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Ødegård, Rønnaug; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Smith, George Davey; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Sund, Erik; Kvaløy, Kirsti; Willer, Cristen J.; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Obesity has tripled worldwide since 1975 as environments are becoming more obesogenic. Our study investigates how changes in population weight and obesity over time are associated with genetic predisposition ... -
Genetic inactivation of ANGPTL4 improves glucose homeostasis and is associated with reduced risk of diabetes
Gusarova, Viktoria; O'Dushlaine, Colm; Teslovich, Tanya M.; Benotti, Peter N.; Mirshahi, Tooraj; Gottesman, Omri; van Hout, Cristopher V.; Murray, Michael F.; Mahajan, Anubha; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Fritsche, Lars; Wulff, Anders Berg; Gudbjartsson, Daníel Fannar; Sjögren, Marketa; Emdin, Connor A.; Scott, Robert A.; Lee, Wen-Jane; Small, Aeron; Kwee, Lydia C.; Dwivedi, Om Prakash; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Bruse, Shannon; Lopez, Alexander E.; Penn, John; Marcketta, Anthony; Leader, Joseph B.; Still, Christopher D.; Kirchner, H. Lester; Mirshahi, Uyenlinh L.; Wardeh, Amr H.; Hartle, Cassandra M.; Habegger, Lukas; Fetterolf, Samantha N.; Tusie-Luna, Teresa; Morris, Andrew P.; Holm, Hilma; Steinthorsdóttir, Valgerdur; Sulem, Patrick; Thorsteinsdóttir, Unnur; Rotter, Jerome I.; Chuang, Lee-Ming; Damrauer, Scott; Birtwell, David; Brummett, Chad M.; Khera, Amit V.; Natarajan, Pradeep; Orho-Melander, Marju; Flannick, Jason; Lotta, Luca A.; Willer, Cristen J.; Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas; Ritchie, Marylyn D.; Ledbetter, David H.; Murphy, Andrew J.; Borecki, Ingrid B.; Reid, Jeffrey G.; Overton, John D.; Hansson, Ola; Groop, Leif; Shah, Svati H.; Kraus, William E.; Rader, Daniel J.; Chen, Yii-Der Ida; Hveem, Kristian; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Kathiresan, Sekar; Melander, Olle; Stefansson, Kari; Nordestgaard, Børge G.; Tybjærg-Hansen, Anne; Abecasis, Goncalo; Altshuler, David; Florez, Jose C.; Boehnke, Michael; McCarthy, Mark I.; Yancopoulos, George D.; Carey, David J.; Shuldiner, Alan R.; Baras, Aris; Dewey, Frederick E.; Gromada, Jesper (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) is an endogenous inhibitor of lipoprotein lipase that modulates lipid levels, coronary atherosclerosis risk, and nutrient partitioning. We hypothesize that loss of ANGPTL4 function might improve ... -
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 loci and prioritization of genes for kidney function decline derived from a meta-analysis of 62 longitudinal genome-wide association studies
Gorski, Mathias; Rasheed, Humaira; Teumer, Alexander; Thomas, Laurent; Graham, Sarah E.; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Winkler, Thomas W.; Günther, Felix; Stark, Klaus J.; Chai, Jin-Fang; Tayo, Bamidele O.; Wuttke, Matthias; Li, Yong; Tin, Adrienne; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Ärnlöv, Johan; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Bakker, Stephan J.L.; Banas, Bernhard; Bansal, Nisha; Biggs, Mary L.; Biino, Ginevra; Böhnke, Michael; Boerwinkle, Eric; Bottinger, Erwin P.; Brenner, Hermann; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Carroll, Robert J.; Chaker, Layal; Chalmers, John; Chee, Miao-Li; Chee, Miao-Ling; Cheng, Ching-Yu; Chu, Audrey Y.; Ciullo, Marina; Cocca, Massimiliano; Cook, James P.; Coresh, Josef; Cusi, Daniele; de Borst, Martin H.; Degenhardt, Frauke; Eckardt, Kai-Uwe; Endlich, Karlhans; Evans, Michele K.; Feitosa, Mary F.; Franke, Andre; Freitag-Wolf, Sandra; Fuchsberger, Christian; Gampawar, Piyush; Gansevoort, Ron T.; Ghanbari, Mohsen; Ghasemi, Sahar; Giedraitis, Vilmantas; Gieger, Christian; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Hallan, Stein; Hamet, Pavel; Hishida, Asahi; Ho, Kevin; Hofer, Edith; Holleczek, Bernd; Holm, Hilma; Hoppmann, Anselm; Horn, Katrin; Hutri-Kähönen, Nina; Hveem, Kristian; Hwang, Shih-Jen; Ikram, M. Arfan; Josyula, Navya Shilpa; Jung, Bettina; Kähönen, Mika; Karabegović, Irma; Khor, Chiea-Chuen; Koenig, Wolfgang; Kramer, Holly; Krämer, Bernhard K.; Kühnel, Brigitte; Kuusisto, Johanna; Laakso, Markku; Lange, Leslie A.; Lehtimäki, Terho; Li, Man; Lieb, Wolfgang; Lind, Lars; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Loos, Ruth J.F.; Lukas, Mary Ann; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Mahajan, Anubha; Matias-Garcia, Pamela R.; Meisinger, Christa; Meitinger, Thomas; Melander, Olle; Milaneschi, Yuri; Mishra, Pashupati P.; Mononen, Nina; Morris, Andrew P.; Mychaleckyj, Josyf C.; Nadkarni, Girish N.; Naito, Mariko; Nakatochi, Masahiro; Nalls, Mike A.; Nauck, Matthias; Nikus, Kjell; Ning, Boting; Nolte, Ilja M.; Nutile, Teresa; O'Donoghue, Michelle L.; O'Connell, Jeffrey; Olafsson, Isleifur; Orho-Melander, Marju; Parsa, Afshin; Pendergrass, Sarah A.; Penninx, Brenda W.J.H.; Pirastu, Mario; Preuss, Michael H.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Raffield, Laura M.; Raitakari, Olli T.; Rheinberger, Myriam; Rice, Kenneth M.; Rizzi, Federica; Rosenkranz, Alexander R.; Rossing, Peter; Rotter, Jerome I.; Ruggiero, Daniela; Ryan, Kathleen A.; Sabanayagam, Charumathi; Salvi, Erika; Schmidt, Helena; Schmidt, Reinhold; Scholz, Markus; Schöttker, Ben; Schulz, Christina-Alexandra; Sedaghat, Sanaz; Shaffer, Christian M.; Sieber, Karsten B.; Sim, Xueling; Sims, Mario; Snieder, Harold; Stanzick, Kira J.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Stocker, Hannah; Strauch, Konstantin; Stringham, Heather M.; Sulem, Patrick; Szymczak, Silke; Taylor, Kent D.; Thio, Chris H.L.; Tremblay, Johanne; Vaccargiu, Simona; van der Harst, Pim; van der Most, Peter J.; Verweij, Niek; Völker, Uwe; Wakai, Kenji; Waldenberger, Melanie; Wallentin, Lars; Wallner, Stefan; Wang, Judy; Waterworth, Dawn M.; White, Harvey D.; Willer, Cristen J.; Wong, Tien-Yin; Woodward, Mark; Yang, Qiong; Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M.; Zimmermann, Martina; Zonderman, Alan B.; Bergler, Tobias; Stefansson, Kari; Böger, Carsten A.; Pattaro, Cristian; Köttgen, Anna; Kronenberg, Florian; Heid, Iris M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reflects kidney function. Progressive eGFR-decline can lead to kidney failure, necessitating dialysis or transplantation. Hundreds of loci from genome-wide association studies ... -
Genome-wide analysis identifies impaired axonogenesis in chronic overlapping pain conditions
Khoury, Samar; Parisien, Marc; Thompson, Scott J.; Vachon-Presseau, Etienne; Roy, Mathieu; Mitchell, Amy; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Willer, Cristen J.; Fors, Egil Andreas; Heuch, Ingrid; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Storheim, Kjersti; Hagen, Knut; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Hveem, Kristian; Fritsche, Lars; Thomas, Laurent; Pedersen, Linda Margareth; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Lie, Marie; Holmen, Oddgeir; Børte, Sigrid; Stensland, Synne; Zhou, Wei; Mundal, Ingunn Pernille; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Kania, Artur; Mogil, Jeffrey S.; Diatchenko, Luda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Chronic pain is often present at more than one anatomical location, leading to chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPC). Whether COPC represents a distinct pathophysiology from the occurrence of pain at only one site is ... -
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 ... -
Genome-wide association analysis of self-reported daytime sleepiness identifies 42 loci that suggest biological subtypes
Wang, Heming; Lane, Jacqueline M.; Jones, Samuel E.; Dashti, Hassan S.; Ollila, Hanna M.; Wood, Andrew R.; van Hees, Vincent T.; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Kantojärvi, Katri; Palviainen, Teemu; Cade, Brian E.; Sofer, Tamar; Song, Yanwei; Patel, Krunal; Anderson, Simon G.; Bechtold, David A.; Bowden, Jack; Emsley, Richard; Kyle, Simon D.; Little, Max A.; Loudon, Andrew S.; Scheer, Frank A.J.L.; Purcell, Shaun M.; Richmond, Rebecca C.; Spiegelhalder, Kai; Tyrrell, Jessica; Zhu, Xiaofeng; Hublin, Christer; Kaprio, Jaakko A.; Kristiansson, Kati; Sulkava, Sonja; Paunio, Tiina; Hveem, Kristian; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Willer, Cristen J.; Zwart, John-Anker; Strand, Linn B; Frayling, Timothy M.; Ray, David; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Rutter, Martin K.; Weedon, Michael N.; Redline, Susan; Saxena, Richa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) affects 10–20% of the population and is associated with substantial functional deficits. Here, we identify 42 loci for self-reported daytime sleepiness in GWAS of 452,071 individuals from ... -
Genome-wide association study of intracranial aneurysms identifies 17 risk loci and genetic overlap with clinical risk factors
Bakker, Mark K.; Spek, Rick A.A. var der; Rheenen, Wouter van; Morel, Sandrine; Bourcier, Romain; Hostettler, Isabel C.; Varinder, S. Alg; Eijk, Kristel R. van; Koido, Masaru; Akiyama, Masato; Terao, Chikashi; Matsuda, Koichi; Walters, Robin G.; Lin, Kuang; Li, Liming; Millwood, Iona Y.; Chen, Zhengming; Rouleau, Guy A.; Zhou, Sirui; Rannikmae, Kristiina; Sudlow, Cathie L.M.; Houlden, Henry; Berg, Leonard H. van den; Dina, Christian; Naggara, Olivier; Gentric, Jean-Christophe; Shotar, Eimad; Eugène, François; Desal, Hubert; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Børte, Sigrid; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Sandvei, Marie Søfteland; Willer, Cristen J.; Hveem, Kristian; Zwart, John-Anker; Verschuren, W.M. Monique; Friedrich, Christoph M.; Hirsch, Sven; Schilling, Sabine; Dauvillier, Jérôme; Martin, Olivier; Jones, Gregory T.; Bown, Matthew J.; Ko, Nerissa U.; Kim, Helen; Coleman, Jonathan R. I.; Breen, Gerome; Zaroff, Jonathan G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Rupture of an intracranial aneurysm leads to subarachnoid hemorrhage, a severe type of stroke. To discover new risk loci and the genetic architecture of intracranial aneurysms, we performed a cross-ancestry, genome-wide ... -
Genome-wide association study of placental weight identifies distinct and shared genetic influences between placental and fetal growth
Beaumont, Robin N.; Flatley, Christopher; Vaudel, Marc; Wu, Xiaoping; Chen, Jing; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Skotte, Line; Helgeland, Øyvind; Solé-Navais, Pol; Banasik, Karina; Albiñana, Clara; Ronkainen, Justiina; Fadista, João; Stinson, Sara Elizabeth; Trajanoska, Katerina; Wang, Carol A.; Westergaard, David; Srinivasan, Sundararajan; Sánchez-Soriano, Carlos; Bilbao, Jose Ramon; Allard, Catherine; Groleau, Marika; Kuulasmaa, Teemu; Leirer, Daniel J.; White, Frédérique; Jacques, Pierre-Étienne; Cheng, Haoxiang; Hao, Ke; Andreassen, Ole; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Atalay, Mustafa; Bhatta, Laxmi; Bouchard, Luigi; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Brunak, Søren; Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas; Ebbing, Cathrine; Elliott, Paul; Engelbrechtsen, Line; Erikstrup, Christian; Estarlich, Marisa; Franks, Stephen; Gaillard, Romy; Geller, Frank; Grove, Jakob; Hougaard, David M.; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Morgen, Camilla S.; Nøhr, Ellen Aagaard; Nyegaard, Mette; Palmer, Colin N. A.; Pedersen, Ole Birger; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Sebert, Sylvain; Shields, Beverley M.; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Surakka, Ida; Thørner, Lise Wegner; Ullum, Henrik; Vaarasmaki, Marja; Vilhjalmsson, Bjarni J.; Willer, Cristen J.; Lakka, Timo A.; Gybel-Brask, Dorte; Bustamante, Mariona; Hansen, Torben; Pearson, Ewan R.; Reynolds, Rebecca M.; Ostrowski, Sisse R.; Pennell, Craig E.; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Felix, Janine F.; Hattersley, Andrew T.; Melbye, Mads; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Hveem, Kristian; Werge, Thomas; Nielsen, Henriette Svarre; Magnus, Per Minor; Evans, David M.; Jacobsson, Bo; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Zhang, Ge; Hivert, Marie-France; Johansson, Stefan; Freathy, Rachel M.; Feenstra, Bjarke; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A well-functioning placenta is essential for fetal and maternal health throughout pregnancy. Using placental weight as a proxy for placental growth, we report genome-wide association analyses in the fetal (n = 65,405), ... -
Genome-wide meta-analysis of iron status biomarkers and the effect of iron on all-cause mortality in HUNT
Moksnes, Marta Riise; Graham, Sarah E.; Wu, Kuan-Han; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Gagliano Taliun, Sarah A.; Zhou, Wei; Thorstensen, Ketil; Fritsche, Lars; Gill, Dipender; Mason, Amy; Cucca, Francesco; Schlessinger, David; Abecasis, Gonçalo R.; Burgess, Stephen; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J.; Brumpton, Ben Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Iron is essential for many biological processes, but iron levels must be tightly regulated to avoid harmful effects of both iron deficiency and overload. Here, we perform genome-wide association studies on four iron-related ... -
Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative: Powering genetic discovery across human disease
Zhou, Wei; Kanai, Masahiro; Wu, Kuan-Han H.; Rasheed, Humaira; Tsuo, Kristin; Hirbo, Jibril B.; Wang, Ying; Bhattacharya, Arjun; Zhao, Huiling; Namba, Shinichi; Surakka, Ida; Wolford, Brooke; Lo Faro, Valeria; Lopera-Maya, Esteban A.; Läll, Kristi; Favé, Marie-Julie; Partanen, Juulia J.; Chapman, Sinéad B.; Karjalainen, Juha; Kurki, Mitja; Maasha, Mutaamba; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Chavan, Sameer; Chen, Tzu-Ting; Daya, Michelle; Ding, Yi; Feng, Yen-Chen A.; Guare, Lindsay A.; Gignoux, Christopher R.; Graham, Sarah E.; Hornsby, Whitney E.; Ingold, Nathan; Ismail, Said I.; Johnson, Ruth; Laisk, Triin; Lin, Kuang; Lv, Jun; Millwood, Iona Y.; Moreno-Grau, Sonia; Nam, Kisung; Palta, Priit; Pandit, Anita; Preuss, Michael H.; Saad, Chadi; Setia-Verma, Shefali; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Uzunovic, Jasmina; Verma, Anurag; Zawistowski, Matthew; Zhong, Xue; Afifi, Nahla; Al-Dabhani, Kawthar M.; Al Thani, Asma; Bradford, Yuki; Campbell, Archie; Crooks, Kristy; de Bock, Geertruida H.; Damrauer, Scott M.; Douville, Nicholas J.; Finer, Sarah; Fritsche, Lars; Fthenou, Eleni; Gonzalez-Arroyo, Gilberto; Griffiths, Christopher J.; Guo, Yu; Hunt, Karen A.; Ioannidis, Alexander; Jansonius, Nomdo M.; Konuma, Takahiro; Lee, Ming Ta Michael; Lopez-Pineda, Arturo; Matsuda, Yuta; Marioni, Riccardo E.; Moatamed, Babak; Nava-Aguilar, Marco A.; Numakura, Kensuke; Patil, Snehal; Rafaels, Nicholas; Richmond, Anne; Rojas-Muñoz, Agustin; Shortt, Jonathan A.; Straub, Peter; Tao, Ran; Vanderwerff, Brett; Vernekar, Manvi; Veturi, Yogasudha; Barnes, Kathleen C.; Boezen, Marike; Chen, Zhengming; Chen, Chia-Yen; Cho, Judy; Smith, George Davey; Finucane, Hilary K.; Franke, Lude; Gamazon, Eric R.; Ganna, Andrea; Gaunt, Tom R.; Ge, Tian; Huang, Hailiang; Huffman, Jennifer; Katsanis, Nicholas; Koskela, Jukka T.; Lajonchere, Clara; Law, Matthew H.; Li, Liming; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Loos, Ruth J.F.; MacGregor, Stuart; Matsuda, Koichi; Olsen, Catherine M.; Porteous, David J.; Shavit, Jordan A.; Snieder, Harold; Takano, Tomohiro; Trembath, Richard C.; Vonk, Judith M.; Whiteman, David C.; Wicks, Stephen J.; Wijmenga, Tjitske Nienke; Wright, John; Zheng, Jie; Zhou, Xiang; Awadalla, Philip; Boehnke, Michael; Bustamante, Carlos D.; Cox, Nancy J.; Fatumo, Segun; Geschwind, Daniel H.; Hayward, Caroline; Hveem, Kristian; Kenny, Eimear E.; Lee, Seunggeun; Lin, Yen-Feng; Mbarek, Hamdi; Mägi, Reedik; Martin, Hilary C.; Medland, Sarah E.; Okada, Yukinori; Palotie, Aarno V.; Pasaniuc, Bogdan; Rader, Daniel J.; Ritchie, Marylyn D.; Sanna, Serena; Smoller, Jordan W.; Stefansson, Kari; van Heel, David A.; Walters, Robin G.; Zöllner, Sebastian; Martin, Alicia R.; Willer, Cristen J.; Daly, Mark J.; Neale, Benjamin M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022) -
GWAS of thyroid stimulating hormone highlights pleiotropic effects and inverse association with thyroid cancer
Zhou, Wei; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Kabil, Omer; Gudmundsson, Julius; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Weinstock, Joshua; Zawistowski, Matthew; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Chaker, Layal; Medici, Marco; Teumer, Alexander; Naitza, Silvia; Sanna, Serena; Schultheiss, Ulla T.; Cappola, Anne R.; Karjalainen, Juha; Kurki, Mitja I.; Oneka, Morgan; Taylor, Peter; Fritsche, Lars; Graham, Sarah E.; Wolford, Brooke N.; Overton, William; Rasheed, Humaira; Bordal, Eirin Haug; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Surakka, Ida; Davey Smith, George; Pandit, Anita; Roychowdhury, Tanmoy; Hornsby, Whitney; Jonasson, Jon G.; Senter, Leigha; Liyanarachchi, Sandya; Ringel, Matthew D.; Xu, Li; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; He, Huiling; Netea-Maier, Romana; Mayordomo, Jose; Plantinga, Theo S.; Hrafnkelsson, Jon; Hjartarson, Hannes; Sturgis, Erich M.; Palotie, Aarno; Daly, Mark J.; Citterio, Cintia E.; Arvan, Peter; Brummett, Chad M.; Boehnke, Michael; de la Chapelle, Albert; Stefansson, Kari; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)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 ... -
The HUNT study: A population-based cohort for genetic research
Brumpton, Ben Michael; Graham, Sarah; Surakka, Ida; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Løset, Mari; Fritsche, Lars G.; Wolford, Brooke; Zhou, Wei; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Thomas, Laurent; Bhatta, Laxmi; Rasheed, Humaira; Zhang, He; Kang, Hyun Min; Hornsby, Whitney; Moksnes, Marta Riise; Coward, Eivind; Melbye, Mads; Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Fenstad, Jørn; Krokstad, Steinar; Næss, Marit; Langhammer, Arnulf; Boehnke, Michael; Abecasis, Gonçalo R.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) is a population-based cohort of ∼229,000 individuals recruited in four waves beginning in 1984 in Trøndelag County, Norway. Approximately 88,000 of these individuals have available genetic ...