Peltonen, Leena

A global reference for human genetic variation

The 1000 Genomes Project Consortium, authors, C., Auton, A., Abecasis, G. R., Steering committee, Altshuler, D. M., Durbin, R. M., Abecasis, G. R., Bentley, D. R., Chakravarti, A., et al. (2015) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyForensic and Genetic Research

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Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

Teslovich, T. M., Musunuru, K., Smith, A. V., Edmondson, A. C., Stylianou, I. M., Koseki, M., Pirruccello, J. P., Ripatti, S., Chasman, D. I., Willer, C. J., et al. (2010) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

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Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

MAGIC, Speliotes, E. K., on behalf of Procardis Consortium, Willer, C. J., Berndt, S. I., Monda, K. L., Thorleifsson, G., Jackson, A. U., Allen, H. L., Lindgren, C. M., et al. (2010) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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LDL Receptor-Related Protein 5 (LRP5) Affects Bone Accrual and Eye Development

Gong, Y., Slee, R. B., Fukai, N., Rawadi, G., Roman-Roman, S., Reginato, A. M., Wang, H., Cundy, T., Glorieux, F. H., Lev, D., et al. (2001) · Cell

Bone health and osteoporosis researchBone Metabolism and Diseases

Cited by 2,235

Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

Lango Allen, H., Estrada, K., Lettre, G., Berndt, S. I., Weedon, M. N., Rivadeneira, F., Willer, C. J., Jackson, A. U., Vedantam, S., Raychaudhuri, S., et al. (2010) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

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Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

the DIAbetes Genetics Replication And Meta-analysis (DIAGRAM) Consortium, Morris, A. P., Voight, B. F., Teslovich, T. M., Ferreira, T., Segrè, A. V., Steinthorsdottir, V., Strawbridge, R. J., Khan, H., Grallert, H., et al. (2012) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Positionally cloned gene for a novel glomerular protein--nephrin--is mutated in congenital nephrotic syndrome

Kestilä, M., Lenkkeri, U., Männikkö, M., Lamerdin, J., McCready, P., Putaala, H., Ruotsalainen, V., Morita, T., Nissinen, M., Herva, R., et al. (1998) · Molecular Cell

Renal Diseases and GlomerulopathiesRenal and related cancers

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Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia.

GROUP, Stefansson, H., Rujescu, D., Cichon, S., Pietiläinen, O. P. H., Ingason, A., Steinberg, S., Fossdal, R., Sigurdsson, E., Sigmundsson, T., et al. (2008) · Nature

Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalitiesSchizophrenia research and treatment

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Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

†Genetic Risk and Outcome in Psychosis (GROUP), Stefansson, H., Ophoff, R. A., Steinberg, S., Andreassen, O. A., Cichon, S., Rujescu, D., Werge, T., Pietiläinen, O. P. H., Mors, O., et al. (2009) · Nature

Schizophrenia research and treatmentGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Six new loci associated with blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans

Kathiresan, S., Melander, O., Guiducci, C., Surti, A., Burtt, N. P., Rieder, M. J., Cooper, G. M., Roos, C., Voight, B. F., Havulinna, A. S., et al. (2008) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Cited by 1,386

Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia

Kathiresan, S., Willer, C. J., Peloso, G. M., Demissie, S., Musunuru, K., Schadt, E. E., Kaplan, L., Bennett, D., Li, Y., Tanaka, T., et al. (2009) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Cited by 1,364

Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Newton-Cheh, C., Johnson, T., Gateva, V., Tobin, M. D., Bochud, M., Coin, L., Najjar, S. S., Zhao, J. H., Heath, S. C., et al. (2009) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Cited by 1,215

Classical twin studies and beyond

Boomsma, D., Busjahn, A., & Peltonen, L. (2002) · Nature Reviews Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy

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Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

DIAbetes Genetics Replication And Meta-analysis (DIAGRAM) Consortium, Mahajan, A., Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network Type 2 Diabetes (AGEN-T2D) Consortium, South Asian Type 2 Diabetes (SAT2D) Consortium, Mexican American Type 2 Diabetes (MAT2D) Consortium, Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Exploration by Next-generation sequencing in multi-Ethnic Samples (T2D-GENES) Consortium, Go, M. J., Zhang, W., Below, J. E., Gaulton, K. J., et al. (2014) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 1,034

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

MAGIC, Heid, I. M., Jackson, A. U., Randall, J. C., Winkler, T. W., Qi, L., Steinthorsdottir, V., Thorleifsson, G., Zillikens, M. C., Speliotes, E. K., et al. (2010) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Sequence variants at CHRNB3–CHRNA6 and CYP2A6 affect smoking behavior

The ENGAGE Consortium, Thorgeirsson, T. E., Gudbjartsson, D. F., Surakka, I., Vink, J. M., Amin, N., Geller, F., Sulem, P., Rafnar, T., Esko, T., et al. (2010) · Nature Genetics

Smoking Behavior and CessationGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Mutations in Two Genes Encoding Different Subunits of a Receptor Signaling Complex Result in an Identical Disease Phenotype

Paloneva, J., Manninen, T., Christman, G., Hovanes, K., Mandelin, J., Adolfsson, R., Bianchin, M., Bird, T., Miranda, R., Salmaggi, A., et al. (2002) · The American Journal of Human Genetics

Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune DisordersBone Metabolism and Diseases

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A multilocus genetic risk score for coronary heart disease: case-control and prospective cohort analyses

Ripatti, S., Tikkanen, E., Orho-Melander, M., Havulinna, A. S., Silander, K., Sharma, A., Guiducci, C., Perola, M., Jula, A., Sinisalo, J., et al. (2010) · The Lancet

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyNutrition, Genetics, and Disease

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Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci influencing human serum metabolite levels

Kettunen, J., Tukiainen, T., Sarin, A.-P., Ortega-Alonso, A., Tikkanen, E., Lyytikäinen, L.-P., Kangas, A. J., Soininen, P., Würtz, P., Silander, K., et al. (2012) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Cited by 553

Parkinsonism, premature menopause, and mitochondrial DNA polymerase γ mutations: clinical and molecular genetic study

Luoma, P., Melberg, A., Rinne, J. O., Kaukonen, J. A., Nupponen, N. N., Chalmers, R. M., Oldfors, A., Rautakorpi, I., Peltonen, L., Majamaa, K., et al. (2004) · The Lancet

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsMitochondrial Function and Pathology

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A new highly penetrant form of obesity due to deletions on chromosome 16p11.2

Walters, R. G., Jacquemont, S., Valsesia, A., de Smith, A. J., Martinet, D., Andersson, J., Falchi, M., Chen, F., Andrieux, J., Lobbens, S., et al. (2010) · Nature

Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalitiesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

The GIANT Consortium, Elks, C. E., Perry, J. R. B., Sulem, P., Chasman, D. I., Franceschini, N., He, C., Lunetta, K. L., Visser, J. A., Byrne, E. M., et al. (2010) · Nature Genetics

Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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New susceptibility locus for coronary artery disease on chromosome 3q22.3

Italian Atherosclerosis, T., Erdmann, J., Myocardial Infarction Genetics Consortium, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Cardiogenics Consortium, Großhennig, A., Braund, P. S., König, I. R., Hengstenberg, C., Hall, A. S., et al. (2009) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Disruption of the neurexin 1 gene is associated with schizophrenia

Rujescu, D., Ingason, A., Cichon, S., Pietiläinen, O. P. H., Barnes, M. R., Toulopoulou, T., Picchioni, M., Vassos, E., Ettinger, U., Bramon, E., et al. (2009) · Human Molecular Genetics

Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalitiesSchizophrenia research and treatment

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