Willer, Cristen J.

Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

Do, R., Willer, C. J., Schmidt, E. M., Sengupta, S., Gao, C., Peloso, G. M., Gustafsson, S., Kanoni, S., Ganna, A., Chen, J., et al. (2013) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

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A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

Yengo, L., Vedantam, S., Marouli, E., Sidorenko, J., Bartell, E., Sakaue, S., Graff, M., Eliasen, A. U., Jiang, Y., Raghavan, S., et al. (2022) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

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Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes

Bick, A. G., Weinstock, J. S., Nandakumar, S. K., Fulco, C. P., Bao, E. L., Zekavat, S. M., Szeto, M. D., Liao, X., Leventhal, M. J., Nasser, J., et al. (2020) · Nature

Acute Myeloid Leukemia ResearchGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Berndt, S. I., Gustafsson, S., Mägi, R., Ganna, A., Wheeler, E., Feitosa, M. F., Justice, A. E., Monda, K. L., Croteau-Chonka, D. C., Day, F. R., et al. (2013) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

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Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

Marouli, E., Graff, M., Medina-Gomez, C., Lo, K. S., Wood, A. R., Kjaer, T. R., Fine, R. S., Lu, Y., Schurmann, C., Highland, H. M., et al. (2017) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

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Exome sequencing and characterization of 49,960 individuals in the UK Biobank

Van Hout, C. V., Tachmazidou, I., Backman, J. D., Hoffman, J. D., Liu, D., Pandey, A. K., Gonzaga-Jauregui, C., Khalid, S., Ye, B., Banerjee, N., et al. (2020) · Nature

Genomics and Rare DiseasesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Shared genetic origin of asthma, hay fever and eczema elucidates allergic disease biology

23andMe Research Team, Ferreira, M. A., collaborators, A., BIOS consortium, Study, L. C., Vonk, J. M., Baurecht, H., Marenholz, I., Tian, C., Hoffman, J. D., et al. (2017) · Nature Genetics

Asthma and respiratory diseasesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 550

Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease

Zanoni, P., Khetarpal, S. A., Larach, D. B., Hancock-Cerutti, W. F., Millar, J. S., Cuchel, M., DerOhannessian, S., Kontush, A., Surendran, P., Saleheen, D., et al. (2016) · Science

Cholesterol and Lipid MetabolismLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

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Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes

Mahajan, A., Wessel, J., Willems, S. M., Zhao, W., Robertson, N. R., Chu, A. Y., Gan, W., Kitajima, H., Taliun, D., Rayner, N. W., et al. (2018) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenomics and Rare Diseases

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Responsible use of polygenic risk scores in the clinic: potential benefits, risks and gaps

Polygenic Risk Score Task Force of the International Common Disease Alliance, Adeyemo, A., Balaconis, M. K., Darnes, D. R., Fatumo, S., Granados Moreno, P., Hodonsky, C. J., Inouye, M., Kanai, M., Kato, K., et al. (2021) · Nature Medicine

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyRace, Genetics, and Society

Cited by 413

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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Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension

CHARGE-Heart Failure Consortium, Surendran, P., EchoGen Consortium, METASTROKE Consortium, GIANT Consortium, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Study, L. C., Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Understanding Society Scientific Group, EPIC-CVD Consortium, et al. (2016) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

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Mendelian Randomization Analysis Dissects the Relationship between NAFLD, T2D, and Obesity and Provides Implications to Precision Medicine

Liu, Z., Zhang, Y., Graham, S., Pique-Regi, R., Dong, X. C., Chen, Y. E., Willer, C., & Liu, W. (2019) · Journal of Hepatology

Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 250

Phenotypic Characterization of Genetically Lowered Human Lipoprotein(a) Levels

Emdin, C. A., Khera, A. V., Natarajan, P., Klarin, D., Won, H.-H., Peloso, G. M., Stitziel, N. O., Nomura, A., Zekavat, S. M., Bick, A. G., et al. (2016) · Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 244

Association of rare and common variation in the lipoprotein lipase gene with coronary artery disease

Khera, A. V., Won, H.-H., Peloso, G. M., O’Dushlaine, C., Liu, D., Stitziel, N. O., Natarajan, P., Nomura, A., Emdin, C. A., Gupta, N., et al. (2017) · JAMA

Lipid metabolism and disordersLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

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Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study

Voight, B. F., Peloso, G. M., Orho-Melander, M., Frikke-Schmidt, R., Barbalic, M., Jensen, M. K., Hindy, G., Hólm, H., Ding, E. L., Johnson, T., et al. (2012) · The Lancet

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Cited by 148

GWAS of thyroid stimulating hormone highlights pleiotropic effects and inverse association with thyroid cancer

Zhou, W., Brumpton, B., Kabil, O., Gudmundsson, J., Thorleifsson, G., Weinstock, J., Zawistowski, M., Nielsen, J. B., Chaker, L., Medici, M., et al. (2020) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyThyroid Disorders and Treatments

Cited by 129

A deep catalogue of protein-coding variation in 983,578 individuals

Sun, K. Y., Bai, X., Chen, S., Bao, S., Zhang, C., Kapoor, M., Backman, J., Joseph, T., Maxwell, E., Mitra, G., et al. (2024) · Nature

Genomics and Rare DiseasesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 127

Genome-wide analysis yields new loci associating with aortic valve stenosis

Helgadottir, A., Thorleifsson, G., Gretarsdottir, S., Stefansson, O. A., Tragante, V., Thorolfsdottir, R. B., Jonsdottir, I., Bjornsson, T., Steinthorsdottir, V., Verweij, N., et al. (2018) · Nature Communications

Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 125

The HUNT Study: a population-based cohort for genetic research

Brumpton, B. M., Graham, S., Surakka, I., Skogholt, A. H., Løset, M., Fritsche, L. G., Wolford, B., Zhou, W., Nielsen, J. B., Holmen, O. L., et al. (2021) · Cell Genomics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging

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Whole exome sequencing and characterization of coding variation in 49,960 individuals in the UK Biobank

Van Hout, C. V., Tachmazidou, I., Backman, J. D., Hoffman, J. X., Ye, B., Pandey, A. K., Gonzaga-Jauregui, C., Khalid, S., Liu, D., Banerjee, N., et al. (2019) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Genomics and Rare DiseasesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of the Plasma Proteome in Black Adults Provides Novel Insights Into Cardiovascular Disease

Katz, D. H., Tahir, U. A., Bick, A. G., Pampana, A., Ngo, D., Benson, M. D., Yu, Z., Robbins, J. M., Chen, Z.-Z., Cruz, D. E., et al. (2022) · Circulation

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Multi-trait analysis characterizes the genetics of thyroid function and identifies causal associations with clinical implications.

Sterenborg, R. B. T. M., Steinbrenner, I., Li, Y., Bujnis, M. N., Naito, T., Marouli, E., Galesloot, T. E., Babajide, O., Andreasen, L., Astrup, A., et al. (2024) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyThyroid Disorders and Treatments

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Whole-genome association analyses of sleep-disordered breathing phenotypes in the NHLBI TOPMed program

Cade, B. E., Lee, J., Sofer, T., Wang, H., Zhang, M., Chen, H., Gharib, S. A., Gottlieb, D. J., Guo, X., Lane, J. M., et al. (2021) · Genome Medicine

Obstructive Sleep Apnea ResearchGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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