Gieger, Christian

The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids

Graham, S. E., Clarke, S. L., Wu, K.-H. H., Kanoni, S., Zajac, G. J. M., Ramdas, S., Surakka, I., Ntalla, I., Vedantam, S., Winkler, T. W., et al. (2021) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

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Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

Wahl, S., Drong, A., Lehne, B., Loh, M., Scott, W. R., Kunze, S., Tsai, P.-C., Ried, J. S., Zhang, W., Yang, Y., et al. (2017) · Nature

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease

CARDIoGRAM consortium, Codd, V., Nelson, C. P., Albrecht, E., Mangino, M., Deelen, J., Buxton, J. L., Hottenga, J. J., Fischer, K., Esko, T., et al. (2013) · Nature Genetics

Telomeres, Telomerase, and SenescenceGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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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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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

Cited by 827

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

Cited by 825

Tobacco smoking leads to extensive genome-wide changes in DNA methylation

Zeilinger, S., Kühnel, B., Klopp, N., Baurecht, H., Kleinschmidt, A., Gieger, C., Weidinger, S., Lattka, E., Adamski, J., Peters, A., et al. (2013) · PLoS ONE

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationSmoking Behavior and Cessation

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Connecting genetic risk to disease end points through the human blood plasma proteome

Suhre, K., Arnold, M., Bhagwat, A. M., Cotton, R. J., Engelke, R., Raffler, J., Sarwath, H., Thareja, G., Wahl, A., DeLisle, R. K., et al. (2017) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyBioinformatics and Genomic Networks

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DNA methylation and body-mass index: a genome-wide analysis

Dick, K. J., Nelson, C. P., Tsaprouni, L., Sandling, J. K., Aïssi, D., Wahl, S., Meduri, E., Morange, P.-E., Gagnon, F., Grallert, H., et al. (2014) · The Lancet

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Genome-wide study for circulating metabolites identifies 62 loci and reveals novel systemic effects of LPA

Kettunen, J., Demirkan, A., Würtz, P., Draisma, H. H. M., Haller, T., Rawal, R., Vaarhorst, A., Kangas, A. J., Lyytikäinen, L.-P., Pirinen, M., et al. (2016) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Cited by 738

Genetics meets metabolomics: a genome-wide association study of metabolite profiles in human serum

Gieger, C., Geistlinger, L., Altmaier, E., Hrabé de Angelis, M., Kronenberg, F., Meitinger, T., Mewes, H.-W., Wichmann, H.-E., Weinberger, K. M., Adamski, J., et al. (2008) · PLoS Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Cited by 737

Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation

Mahajan, A., Spracklen, C. N., Zhang, W., Ng, M. C. Y., Petty, L. E., Kitajima, H., Yu, G. Z., Rüeger, S., Speidel, L., Kim, Y. J., et al. (2022) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Novel biomarkers for pre-diabetes identified by metabolomics

Wang‐Sattler, R., Yu, Z., Herder, C., Messias, A. C., Floegel, A., He, Y., Heim, K., Campillos, M., Holzapfel, C., Thorand, B., et al. (2012) · Molecular Systems Biology

Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Cited by 701

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

Cited by 689

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

A genome-wide perspective of genetic variation in human metabolism

Illig, T., Gieger, C., Zhai, G., Römisch-Margl, W., Wang-Sattler, R., Prehn, C., Altmaier, E., Kastenmüller, G., Kato, B. S., Mewes, H.-W., et al. (2010) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Cited by 653

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

Cited by 646

Genetic drivers of heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology

Suzuki, K., Hatzikotoulas, K., Southam, L., Taylor, H. J., Yin, X., Lorenz, K. M., Mandla, R., Huerta-Chagoya, A., Melloni, G. E. M., Kanoni, S., et al. (2024) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 606

Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

Study, A. O. C., Perry, J. R. B., The GENICA Network, kConFab, Study, T. L. C., The InterAct Consortium, Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, Day, F., Elks, C. E., Sulem, P., et al. (2014) · Nature

Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 604

Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

Study, T. L. C., Day, F. R., The InterAct Consortium, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium, Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, PRACTICAL consortium, Thompson, D. J., Helgason, H., Chasman, D. I., et al. (2017) · Nature Genetics

Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 587

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

Cited by 545

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

Cited by 504

Correlation between Genetic and Geographic Structure in Europe

Lao, O., Lu, T. T., Nothnagel, M., Junge, O., Freitag-Wolf, S., Caliebe, A., Balascakova, M., Bertranpetit, J., Bindoff, L. A., Comas, D., et al. (2008) · Current Biology

Forensic and Genetic ResearchGenetic diversity and population structure

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