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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE consortium identifies common variants associated with carotid intima media thickness and plaque.
Bis JC, Kavousi M, Franceschini N, Isaacs A, Abecasis GR, Schminke U, Post WS, Smith AV, Cupples LA, Markus HS, Schmidt R, Huffman JE, Lehtimäki T, Baumert J, Münzel T, Heckbert SR, Dehghan A, North K, Oostra B, Bevan S, Stoegerer EM, Hayward C, Raitakari O, Meisinger C, Schillert A, Sanna S, Völzke H, Cheng YC, Thorsson B, Fox CS, Rice K, Rivadeneira F, Nambi V, Halperin E, Petrovic KE, Peltonen L, Wichmann HE, Schnabel RB, Dörr M, Parsa A, Aspelund T, Demissie S, Kathiresan S, Reilly MP, Taylor K, Uitterlinden A, Couper DJ, Sitzer M, Kähönen M, Illig T, Wild PS, Orru M, Lüdemann J, Shuldiner AR, Eiriksdottir G, White CC, Rotter JI, Hofman A, Seissler J, Zeller T, Usala G, Ernst F, Launer LJ, D'Agostino RB Sr, O'Leary DH, Ballantyne C, Thiery J, Ziegler A, Lakatta EG, Chilukoti RK, Harris TB, Wolf PA, Psaty BM, Polak JF, Li X, Rathmann W, Uda M, Boerwinkle E, Klopp N, Schmidt H, Wilson JF, Viikari J, Koenig W, Blankenberg S, Newman AB, Witteman J, Heiss G, Duijn Cv, Scuteri A, Homuth G, Mitchell BD, Gudnason V, O'Donnell CJ; CARDIoGRAM Consortium. Bis JC, et al. Among authors: usala g. Nat Genet. 2011 Sep 11;43(10):940-7. doi: 10.1038/ng.920. Nat Genet. 2011. PMID: 21909108 Free PMC article.
Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits.
Scuteri A, Sanna S, Chen WM, Uda M, Albai G, Strait J, Najjar S, Nagaraja R, Orrú M, Usala G, Dei M, Lai S, Maschio A, Busonero F, Mulas A, Ehret GB, Fink AA, Weder AB, Cooper RS, Galan P, Chakravarti A, Schlessinger D, Cao A, Lakatta E, Abecasis GR. Scuteri A, et al. Among authors: usala g. PLoS Genet. 2007 Jul;3(7):e115. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030115. PLoS Genet. 2007. PMID: 17658951 Free PMC article.
Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution.
Heid IM, Jackson AU, Randall JC, Winkler TW, Qi L, Steinthorsdottir V, Thorleifsson G, Zillikens MC, Speliotes EK, Mägi R, Workalemahu T, White CC, Bouatia-Naji N, Harris TB, Berndt SI, Ingelsson E, Willer CJ, Weedon MN, Luan J, Vedantam S, Esko T, Kilpeläinen TO, Kutalik Z, Li S, Monda KL, Dixon AL, Holmes CC, Kaplan LM, Liang L, Min JL, Moffatt MF, Molony C, Nicholson G, Schadt EE, Zondervan KT, Feitosa MF, Ferreira T, Lango Allen H, Weyant RJ, Wheeler E, Wood AR; MAGIC; Estrada K, Goddard ME, Lettre G, Mangino M, Nyholt DR, Purcell S, Smith AV, Visscher PM, Yang J, McCarroll SA, Nemesh J, Voight BF, Absher D, Amin N, Aspelund T, Coin L, Glazer NL, Hayward C, Heard-Costa NL, Hottenga JJ, Johansson A, Johnson T, Kaakinen M, Kapur K, Ketkar S, Knowles JW, Kraft P, Kraja AT, Lamina C, Leitzmann MF, McKnight B, Morris AP, Ong KK, Perry JR, Peters MJ, Polasek O, Prokopenko I, Rayner NW, Ripatti S, Rivadeneira F, Robertson NR, Sanna S, Sovio U, Surakka I, Teumer A, van Wingerden S, Vitart V, Zhao JH, Cavalcanti-Proença C, Chines PS, Fisher E, Kulzer JR, Lecoeur C, Narisu N, Sandholt C, Scott LJ, Silander K, Stark K, Tammesoo ML, Teslovich TM, Timpson NJ, Watanabe RM, Welch R, Chasman … See abstract for full author list ➔ Heid IM, et al. Among authors: usala g. Nat Genet. 2010 Nov;42(11):949-60. doi: 10.1038/ng.685. Epub 2010 Oct 10. Nat Genet. 2010. PMID: 20935629 Free PMC article.
Quality control and conduct of genome-wide association meta-analyses.
Winkler TW, Day FR, Croteau-Chonka DC, Wood AR, Locke AE, Mägi R, Ferreira T, Fall T, Graff M, Justice AE, Luan J, Gustafsson S, Randall JC, Vedantam S, Workalemahu T, Kilpeläinen TO, Scherag A, Esko T, Kutalik Z, Heid IM, Loos RJ; Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium. Winkler TW, et al. Nat Protoc. 2014 May;9(5):1192-212. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2014.071. Epub 2014 Apr 24. Nat Protoc. 2014. PMID: 24762786 Free PMC article.
Multi-ethnic fine-mapping of 14 central adiposity loci.
Liu CT, Buchkovich ML, Winkler TW, Heid IM; African Ancestry Anthropometry Genetics Consortium; GIANT Consortium; Borecki IB, Fox CS, Mohlke KL, North KE, Adrienne Cupples L. Liu CT, et al. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Sep 1;23(17):4738-44. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu183. Epub 2014 Apr 23. Hum Mol Genet. 2014. PMID: 24760767 Free PMC article.
Common variants at ten loci modulate the QT interval duration in the QTSCD Study.
Pfeufer A, Sanna S, Arking DE, Müller M, Gateva V, Fuchsberger C, Ehret GB, Orrú M, Pattaro C, Köttgen A, Perz S, Usala G, Barbalic M, Li M, Pütz B, Scuteri A, Prineas RJ, Sinner MF, Gieger C, Najjar SS, Kao WH, Mühleisen TW, Dei M, Happle C, Möhlenkamp S, Crisponi L, Erbel R, Jöckel KH, Naitza S, Steinbeck G, Marroni F, Hicks AA, Lakatta E, Müller-Myhsok B, Pramstaller PP, Wichmann HE, Schlessinger D, Boerwinkle E, Meitinger T, Uda M, Coresh J, Kääb S, Abecasis GR, Chakravarti A. Pfeufer A, et al. Among authors: usala g. Nat Genet. 2009 Apr;41(4):407-14. doi: 10.1038/ng.362. Epub 2009 Mar 22. Nat Genet. 2009. PMID: 19305409 Free PMC article.
Common variants in the GDF5-UQCC region are associated with variation in human height.
Sanna S, Jackson AU, Nagaraja R, Willer CJ, Chen WM, Bonnycastle LL, Shen H, Timpson N, Lettre G, Usala G, Chines PS, Stringham HM, Scott LJ, Dei M, Lai S, Albai G, Crisponi L, Naitza S, Doheny KF, Pugh EW, Ben-Shlomo Y, Ebrahim S, Lawlor DA, Bergman RN, Watanabe RM, Uda M, Tuomilehto J, Coresh J, Hirschhorn JN, Shuldiner AR, Schlessinger D, Collins FS, Davey Smith G, Boerwinkle E, Cao A, Boehnke M, Abecasis GR, Mohlke KL. Sanna S, et al. Among authors: usala g. Nat Genet. 2008 Feb;40(2):198-203. doi: 10.1038/ng.74. Epub 2008 Jan 13. Nat Genet. 2008. PMID: 18193045 Free PMC article.
The GLUT9 gene is associated with serum uric acid levels in Sardinia and Chianti cohorts.
Li S, Sanna S, Maschio A, Busonero F, Usala G, Mulas A, Lai S, Dei M, Orrù M, Albai G, Bandinelli S, Schlessinger D, Lakatta E, Scuteri A, Najjar SS, Guralnik J, Naitza S, Crisponi L, Cao A, Abecasis G, Ferrucci L, Uda M, Chen WM, Nagaraja R. Li S, et al. Among authors: usala g. PLoS Genet. 2007 Nov;3(11):e194. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030194. PLoS Genet. 2007. PMID: 17997608 Free PMC article.
Phosphodiesterase 8B gene variants are associated with serum TSH levels and thyroid function.
Arnaud-Lopez L, Usala G, Ceresini G, Mitchell BD, Pilia MG, Piras MG, Sestu N, Maschio A, Busonero F, Albai G, Dei M, Lai S, Mulas A, Crisponi L, Tanaka T, Bandinelli S, Guralnik JM, Loi A, Balaci L, Sole G, Prinzis A, Mariotti S, Shuldiner AR, Cao A, Schlessinger D, Uda M, Abecasis GR, Nagaraja R, Sanna S, Naitza S. Arnaud-Lopez L, et al. Among authors: usala g. Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Jun;82(6):1270-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.04.019. Am J Hum Genet. 2008. PMID: 18514160 Free PMC article.
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