Nelis, Mari

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

Study, T. L. C., Locke, A. E., The ADIPOGen Consortium, The AGEN-BMI Working Group, The CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, The CKDGen Consortium, The, G. L. G. C., The, I. C. B. P., The MAGIC Investigators, The MuTHER Consortium, et al. (2015) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population

Kurki, M. I., Karjalainen, J., Palta, P., Sipilä, T. P., Kristiansson, K., Donner, K. M., Reeve, M. P., Laivuori, H., Aavikko, M., Kaunisto, M. A., et al. (2023) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenomics and Rare Diseases

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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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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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Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Consortium, Wood, A. R., The MIGen Consortium, The PAGE Consortium, Study, T. L. C., Esko, T., Yang, J., Vedantam, S., Pers, T. H., Gustafsson, S., et al. (2014) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

Cited by 1,853

Systematic identification of trans eQTLs as putative drivers of known disease associations

Westra, H.-J., Peters, M. J., Esko, T., Yaghootkar, H., Schurmann, C., Kettunen, J., Christiansen, M. W., Fairfax, B. P., Schramm, K., Powell, J. E., et al. (2013) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 1,658

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

The ADIPOGen Consortium, Shungin, D., The CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, The CKDGen Consortium, The GEFOS Consortium, The GENIE Consortium, The, G. L. G. C., The, I. C. B. P., The International Endogene Consortium, Study, T. L. C., et al. (2015) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

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Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

Vilhjálmsson, B. J., Yang, J., Finucane, H. K., Gusev, A., Lindström, S., Ripke, S., Genovese, G., Loh, P.-R., Bhatia, G., Do, R., et al. (2015) · The American Journal of Human Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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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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Partitioning Heritability of Regulatory and Cell-Type-Specific Variants across 11 Common Diseases

Gusev, A., Lee, S. H., Trynka, G., Finucane, H., Vilhjálmsson, B. J., Xu, H., Zang, C., Ripke, S., Bulik-Sullivan, B., Stahl, E., et al. (2014) · The American Journal of Human Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics

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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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Common variants in KCNN3 are associated with lone atrial fibrillation

Ellinor, P. T., Lunetta, K. L., Glazer, N. L., Pfeufer, A., Alonso, A., Chung, M. K., Sinner, M. F., de Bakker, P. I. W., Mueller, M., Lubitz, S. A., et al. (2010) · Nature Genetics

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes

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Genetic evidence of assortative mating in humans

Robinson, M. R., Kleinman, A., Graff, M., Vinkhuyzen, A. A. E., Couper, D., Miller, M. B., Peyrot, W. J., Abdellaoui, A., Zietsch, B. P., Nolte, I. M., et al. (2017) · Nature Human Behaviour

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

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Evolution of the Pygmy Phenotype: Evidence of Positive Selection from Genome-wide Scans in African, Asian, and Melanesian Pygmies

Migliano, A. B., Romero, I. G., Metspalu, M., Leavesley, M., Pagani, L., Antao, T., Huang, D.-W., Sherman, B. T., Siddle, K., Scholes, C., et al. (2013) · Human Biology

Forensic and Genetic ResearchGenetic diversity and population structure

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Neandertal introgression partitions the genetic landscape of neuropsychiatric disorders and associated behavioral phenotypes

Dannemann, M., Milaneschi, Y., Yermakovich, D., Stiglbauer, V., Kariis, H. M., Krebs, K., Friese, M. A., Otte, C., Estonian Biobank Research Team, Esko, T., et al. (2022) · Translational Psychiatry

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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Genetic determinants of plasma protein levels in the Estonian population

Kalnapenkis, A., Jõeloo, M., Lepik, K., Kukuškina, V., Kals, M., Alasoo, K., Estonian Biobank Research Team, Metspalu, A., Milani, L., Nelis, M., et al. (2024) · Scientific Reports

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Characterization of prevalent genetic variants in the Estonian Biobank body-mass index GWAS

Abner, E., Batool, K., Taba, N., Nikopensius, T., Läll, K., Alekseienko, A., Eriksson, A., Rämö, J., Haapaniemi, H., Kariis, H. M., et al. (2025) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyRegulation of Appetite and Obesity

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