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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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Unraveling the polygenic architecture of complex traits using blood eQTL metaanalysis

Võsa, U., Claringbould, A., Westra, H.-J., Bonder, M. J., Deelen, P., Zeng, B., Kirsten, H., Saha, A., Kreuzhuber, R., Kasela, S., et al. (2018) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 2,607

Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

Võsa, U., Claringbould, A., Westra, H.-J., Bonder, M. J., Deelen, P., Zeng, B., Kirsten, H., Saha, A., Kreuzhuber, R., Yazar, S., et al. (2021) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Association analyses identify 38 susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease and highlight shared genetic risk across populations

Liu, J. Z., van Sommeren, S., Huang, H., Ng, S. C., Alberts, R., Takahashi, A., Ripke, S., Lee, J. C., Jostins, L., Shah, T., et al. (2015) · Nature Genetics

Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 2,603

Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes

The ENCODE Project Consortium, Abascal, F., Acosta, R., Addleman, N. J., Adrian, J., Afzal, V., Ai, R., Aken, B., Akiyama, J. A., Jammal, O. A., et al. (2020) · Nature

Genomics and Chromatin DynamicsEpigenetics and DNA Methylation

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Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis contributes to biology and drug discovery

the RACI consortium, Okada, Y., the GARNET consortium, Wu, D., Trynka, G., Raj, T., Terao, C., Ikari, K., Kochi, Y., Ohmura, K., et al. (2014) · Nature

Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 2,310

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

Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

Kurilshikov, A., Medina-Gomez, C., Bacigalupe, R., Radjabzadeh, D., Wang, J., Demirkan, A., Le Roy, C. I., Raygoza Garay, J. A., Finnicum, C. T., Liu, X., et al. (2021) · Nature Genetics

Gut microbiota and healthGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 1,786

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

Cited by 1,580

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

Okbay, A., Beauchamp, J. P., Fontana, M. A., Lee, J. J., Pers, T. H., Rietveld, C. A., Turley, P., Chen, G.-B., Emilsson, V., Meddens, S. F. W., et al. (2016) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyCognitive Abilities and Testing

Cited by 1,297

Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

Study, L. C., Okbay, A., Baselmans, B. M. L., De Neve, J.-E., Turley, P., Nivard, M. G., Fontana, M. A., Meddens, S. F. W., Linnér, R. K., Rietveld, C. A., et al. (2016) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 1,013

GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

Rietveld, C. A., Medland, S. E., Derringer, J., Yang, J., Esko, T., Martin, N. W., Westra, H.-J., Shakhbazov, K., Abdellaoui, A., Agrawal, A., et al. (2013) · Science

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyCognitive Abilities and Testing

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Biological interpretation of genome-wide association studies using predicted gene functions

Pers, T. H., Karjalainen, J. M., Chan, Y., Westra, H.-J., Wood, A. R., Yang, J., Lui, J. C., Vedantam, S., Gustafsson, S., Esko, T., et al. (2015) · Nature Communications

Bioinformatics and Genomic NetworksGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 787

Analysis of five chronic inflammatory diseases identifies 27 new associations and highlights disease-specific patterns at shared loci

The International IBD Genetics Consortium (IIBDGC), Ellinghaus, D., International Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis Consortium (IGAS), International PSC Study Group (IPSCSG), Genetic Analysis of Psoriasis Consortium (GAPC), Psoriasis Association Genetics Extension (PAGE), Jostins, L., Spain, S. L., Cortes, A., Bethune, J., et al. (2016) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyInflammatory Bowel Disease

Cited by 751

The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

Peters, M. J., Joehanes, R., Pilling, L. C., Schurmann, C., Conneely, K. N., Powell, J., Reinmaa, E., Sutphin, G. L., Zhernakova, A., Schramm, K., et al. (2015) · Nature Communications

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsEpigenetics and DNA Methylation

Cited by 725

Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals

Folkersen, L., Gustafsson, S., Wang, Q., Hansen, D. H., Hedman, Å. K., Schork, A., Page, K., Zhernakova, D. V., Wu, Y., Peters, J., et al. (2020) · Nature Metabolism

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 705

Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

Okbay, A., Wu, Y., Wang, N., Jayashankar, H., Bennett, M., Nehzati, S. M., Sidorenko, J., Kweon, H., Goldman, G., Gjorgjieva, T., et al. (2022) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Cited by 654

High-density genetic mapping identifies new susceptibility loci for rheumatoid arthritis

Syndicate, B. I. R. A. G. A. G. S., Eyre, S., Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Bowes, J., Diogo, D., Lee, A., Barton, A., Martin, P., Zhernakova, A., Stahl, E., et al. (2012) · Nature Genetics

Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 653

Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology

van Rheenen, W., van der Spek, R. A. A., Bakker, M. K., van Vugt, J. J. F. A., Hop, P. J., Zwamborn, R. A. J., de Klein, N., Westra, H.-J., Bakker, O. B., Deelen, P., et al. (2021) · Nature Genetics

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 542

Identification of context-dependent expression quantitative trait loci in whole blood

Zhernakova, D. V., Deelen, P., Vermaat, M., van Iterson, M., van Galen, M., Arindrarto, W., van 't Hof, P., Mei, H., van Dijk, F., Westra, H.-J., et al. (2017) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 416

The impact of low-frequency and rare variants on lipid levels

ENGAGE Consortium, Surakka, I., Horikoshi, M., Mägi, R., Sarin, A.-P., Mahajan, A., Lagou, V., Marullo, L., Ferreira, T., Miraglio, B., et al. (2015) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Cited by 351

Gene expression analysis identifies global gene dosage sensitivity in cancer

Fehrmann, R. S. N., Karjalainen, J. M., Krajewska, M., Westra, H.-J., Maloney, D., Simeonov, A., Pers, T. H., Hirschhorn, J. N., Jansen, R. C., Schultes, E. A., et al. (2015) · Nature Genetics

Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalitiesGene expression and cancer classification

Cited by 347

Mendelian randomization integrating GWAS and eQTL data reveals genetic determinants of complex and clinical traits.

Porcu, E., Rüeger, S., Lepik, K., eQTLGen Consortium, Agbessi, M., Ahsan, H., Alves, I., Andiappan, A., Arindrarto, W., Awadalla, P., et al. (2019) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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