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Astradur B. Hreidarsson
Researcher at RMIT University
Publications - 18
Citations - 5936
Astradur B. Hreidarsson is an academic researcher from RMIT University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Type 2 diabetes. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 18 publications receiving 5242 citations. Previous affiliations of Astradur B. Hreidarsson include University of Iceland.
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Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes
Andrew P. Morris,Benjamin F. Voight,Benjamin F. Voight,Tanya M. Teslovich,Teresa Ferreira,Ayellet V. Segrè,Ayellet V. Segrè,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Rona J. Strawbridge,Hassan Khan,Harald Grallert,Anubha Mahajan,Inga Prokopenko,Hyun Min Kang,Christian Dina,Tõnu Esko,Ross M. Fraser,Stavroula Kanoni,Ashok Kumar,Vasiliki Lagou,Claudia Langenberg,Jian'an Luan,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Martina Müller-Nurasyid,Sonali Pechlivanis,N. William Rayner,Laura J. Scott,S Wiltshire,Loic Yengo,Leena Kinnunen,Elizabeth J. Rossin,Elizabeth J. Rossin,Elizabeth J. Rossin,Soumya Raychaudhuri,Soumya Raychaudhuri,Andrew D. Johnson,Antigone S. Dimas,Antigone S. Dimas,Antigone S. Dimas,Ruth J. F. Loos,Sailaja Vedantam,Sailaja Vedantam,Han Chen,Jose C. Florez,Jose C. Florez,Caroline S. Fox,Caroline S. Fox,Ching-Ti Liu,Denis Rybin,David Couper,Wen Hong L. Kao,Man Li,Marilyn C. Cornelis,Peter Kraft,Qi Sun,Rob M. van Dam,Rob M. van Dam,Heather M. Stringham,Peter S. Chines,Krista Fischer,Pierre Fontanillas,Oddgeir L. Holmen,Sarah E. Hunt,Anne U. Jackson,Augustine Kong,Robert W. Lawrence,Julia Meyer,John R. B. Perry,John R. B. Perry,Carl G. P. Platou,Simon C. Potter,Emil Rehnberg,Neil Robertson,Suthesh Sivapalaratnam,Alena Stančáková,Kathleen Stirrups,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Emmi Tikkanen,Emmi Tikkanen,Andrew R. Wood,Peter Almgren,Mustafa Atalay,Rafn Benediktsson,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Noël P. Burtt,Jason Carey,Guillaume Charpentier,Andrew Crenshaw,Alex S. F. Doney,Mozhgan Dorkhan,Sarah Edkins,Valur Emilsson,Elodie Eury,Tom Forsén,Karl Gertow,Bruna Gigante,George B. Grant,Christopher J. Groves,Candace Guiducci,Christian Herder,Astradur B. Hreidarsson,Jennie Hui,Jennie Hui,Alan James,Alan James,Anna Jonsson,Wolfgang Rathmann,Norman Klopp,Jasmina Kravic,Kaarel Krjutškov,Cordelia Langford,Karin Leander,Eero Lindholm,Stéphane Lobbens,Satu Männistö,Ghazala Mirza,Thomas W. Mühleisen,Bill Musk,Bill Musk,Melissa Parkin,Loukianos S. Rallidis,Jouko Saramies,Bengt Sennblad,Sonia Shah,Gunnar Sigurðsson,Angela Silveira,Gerald Steinbach,Barbara Thorand,Joseph Trakalo,Fabrizio Veglia,Roman Wennauer,Wendy Winckler,Delilah Zabaneh,Harry Campbell,Cornelia M. van Duijn,André G. Uitterlinden,Albert Hofman,Eric J.G. Sijbrands,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Katharine R. Owen,Eleftheria Zeggini,Mieke D. Trip,Nita G. Forouhi,Ann-Christine Syvänen,Johan G. Eriksson,Johan G. Eriksson,Leena Peltonen,Markus M. Nöthen,Beverley Balkau,Colin N. A. Palmer,Valeriya Lyssenko,Tiinamaija Tuomi,Bo Isomaa,David J. Hunter,Lu Qi,Alan R. Shuldiner,Alan R. Shuldiner,Michael Roden,Inês Barroso,Tom Wilsgaard,John Beilby,John Beilby,Kees Hovingh,Jackie F. Price,James F. Wilson,Rainer Rauramaa,Timo A. Lakka,Lars Lind,George Dedoussis,Inger Njølstad,Nancy L. Pedersen,Kay-Tee Khaw,Nicholas J. Wareham,Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi,Timo Saaristo,Eeva Korpi-Hyövälti,Juha Saltevo,Markku Laakso,Johanna Kuusisto,Andres Metspalu,Francis S. Collins,Karen L. Mohlke,Richard N. Bergman,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Bernhard O. Boehm,Christian Gieger,Kristian Hveem,Stéphane Cauchi,Philippe Froguel,Philippe Froguel,Damiano Baldassarre,Elena Tremoli,Steve E. Humphries,Danish Saleheen,John Danesh,Erik Ingelsson,Samuli Ripatti,Samuli Ripatti,Samuli Ripatti,Veikko Salomaa,Raimund Erbel,Karl-Heinz Jöckel,Susanne Moebus,Annette Peters,Thomas Illig,Ulf de Faire,Anders Hamsten,Andrew D. Morris,Peter Donnelly,Timothy M. Frayling,Andrew T. Hattersley,Eric Boerwinkle,Eric Boerwinkle,Olle Melander,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Peter M. Nilsson,Panos Deloukas,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Leif Groop,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,Frank B. Hu,James S. Pankow,Josée Dupuis,Josée Dupuis,James B. Meigs,James B. Meigs,David Altshuler,David Altshuler,Michael Boehnke,Mark I. McCarthy +232 more
TL;DR: This article conducted a meta-analysis of genetic variants on the Metabochip, including 34,840 cases and 114,981 controls, overwhelmingly of European descent, and identified ten previously unreported T2D susceptibility loci, including two showing sex-differentiated association.
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Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.
Anubha Mahajan,Min Jin Go,Weihua Zhang,Jennifer E. Below,Kyle J. Gaulton,Teresa Ferreira,Momoko Horikoshi,Andrew D. Johnson,Maggie C.Y. Ng,Inga Prokopenko,Inga Prokopenko,Danish Saleheen,Xu Wang,Eleftheria Zeggini,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Linda S. Adair,Peter Almgren,Mustafa Atalay,Tin Aung,Tin Aung,Damiano Baldassarre,Beverley Balkau,Beverley Balkau,Yuqian Bao,Anthony H. Barnett,Anthony H. Barnett,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Abdul Basit,Latonya F. Been,John Beilby,John Beilby,Graeme I. Bell,Rafn Benediktsson,Richard N. Bergman,Bernhard OBoehm,Bernhard OBoehm,Eric Boerwinkle,Eric Boerwinkle,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Noël P. Burtt,Qiuyin Cai,Harry Campbell,Jason Carey,Stéphane Cauchi,Mark J. Caulfield,Juliana C.N. Chan,Li Ching Chang,Tien-Jyun Chang,Yi-Cheng Chang,Guillaume Charpentier,Chien-Hsiun Chen,Chien-Hsiun Chen,Han Chen,Yuan-Tsong Chen,Kee Seng Chia,Manickam Chidambaram,Peter S. Chines,Nam H. Cho,Young Min Cho,Lee-Ming Chuang,Francis S. Collins,Marilyn C. Cornelis,David Couper,Andrew Crenshaw,Rob M. van Dam,Rob M. van Dam,John Danesh,Debashish Das,Ulf de Faire,George Dedoussis,Panos Deloukas,Antigone S. Dimas,Christian Dina,Christian Dina,Alex S. F. Doney,Peter Donnelly,Mozhgan Dorkhan,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Josée Dupuis,Josée Dupuis,Sarah Edkins,Paul Elliott,Paul Elliott,Valur Emilsson,Raimund Erbel,Johan G. Eriksson,Jorge Escobedo,Tõnu Esko,Tõnu Esko,Elodie Eury,Jose C. Florez,Jose C. Florez,Pierre Fontanillas,Nita G. Forouhi,Tom Forsén,Caroline S. Fox,Caroline S. Fox,Ross M. Fraser,Timothy M. Frayling,Philippe Froguel,Philippe Froguel,Philippe M. Frossard,Yu-Tang Gao,Karl Gertow,Christian Gieger,Bruna Gigante,Harald Grallert,George B. Grant,Leif Groop,Christopher J. Groves,Elin Grundberg,Elin Grundberg,Elin Grundberg,Candace Guiducci,Anders Hamsten,Bok Ghee Han,Hara Kazuo,Neelam Hassanali,Andrew T. Hattersley,Caroline Hayward,Åsa K. Hedman,Christian Herder,Albert Hofman,Oddgeir L. Holmen,Kees Hovingh,Astradur B. Hreidarsson,Cheng Hu,Frank B. Hu,Jennie Hui,Jennie Hui,Steve E. Humphries,Sarah E. Hunt,David J. Hunter,Kristian Hveem,Zafar I. Hydrie,Hiroshi Ikegami,Thomas Illig,Erik Ingelsson,Erik Ingelsson,Muhammed Islam,Bo Isomaa,Anne U. Jackson,Tazeen H. Jafar,Alan James,Alan James,Weiping Jia,Karl-Heinz Jöckel,Anna Jonsson,Jeremy B M Jowett,Takashi Kadowaki,Hyun Min Kang,Stavroula Kanoni,Wen Hong L. Kao,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Norihiro Kato,Prasad Katulanda,Prasad Katulanda,Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi,Ann M. Kelly,Ann M. Kelly,Hassan Khan,Kay-Tee Khaw,Chiea Chuen Khor,Chiea Chuen Khor,Chiea Chuen Khor,Hyung Lae Kim,Sangsoo Kim,Young Jin Kim,Leena Kinnunen,Norman Klopp,Augustine Kong,Eeva Korpi-Hyövälti,Sudhir Kowlessur,Peter Kraft,Jasmina Kravic,Malene M. Kristensen,S. Krithika,Ashok Kumar,Jesús Kumate,Johanna Kuusisto,Soo Heon Kwak,Markku Laakso,Vasiliki Lagou,Timo A. Lakka,Claudia Langenberg,Cordelia Langford,Robert W. Lawrence,Karin Leander,Jen Mai Lee,Nanette R. Lee,Man Li,Xinzhong Li,Yun Li,Junbin Liang,Samuel Liju,Wei-Yen Lim,Lars Lind,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Eero Lindholm,Ching-Ti Liu,Jianjun Liu,Stéphane Lobbens,Jirong Long,Ruth J. F. Loos,Ruth J. F. Loos,Wei Lu,Jian'an Luan,Valeriya Lyssenko,Ronald C. WMa,Shiro Maeda,Reedik Mägi,Satu Männistö,David R. Matthews,James B. Meigs,James B. Meigs,Olle Melander,Andres Metspalu,Julia Meyer,Ghazala Mirza,Evelin Mihailov,Susanne Moebus,Viswanathan Mohan,Viswanathan Mohan,Karen L. Mohlke,Andrew D. Morris,Thomas WMühleisen,Martina Müller-Nurasyid,Martina Müller-Nurasyid,Bill Musk,Bill Musk,Jiro Nakamura,Eitaro Nakashima,Pau Navarro,Peng Keat Ng,Alexandra C. Nica,Peter M. Nilsson,Inger Njølstad,Markus M. Nöthen,Keizo Ohnaka,Twee Hee Ong,Katharine R. Owen,Colin N. A. Palmer,James S. Pankow,Kyong Soo Park,Melissa Parkin,Sonali Pechlivanis,Nancy L. Pedersen,Leena Peltonen,John R. B. Perry,John R. B. Perry,Annette Peters,Janani Pinidiyapathirage,Carl G. P. Platou,Simon C. Potter,Jackie F. Price,Lu Qi,Venkatesan Radha,Loukianos S. Rallidis,Asif Rasheed,Wolfgang Rathmann,Rainer Rauramaa,Soumya Raychaudhuri,N. William Rayner,Simon D. Rees,Simon D. Rees,Emil Rehnberg,Samuli Ripatti,Samuli Ripatti,Samuli Ripatti,Neil Robertson,Michael Roden,Elizabeth J. Rossin,Elizabeth J. Rossin,Elizabeth J. Rossin,Igor Rudan,Denis Rybin,Timo Saaristo,Veikko Salomaa,Juha Saltevo,Maria Samuel,Dharambir KSanghera,Jouko Saramies,James Scott,Laura J. Scott,Robert A. Scott,Ayellet V. Segrè,Ayellet V. Segrè,Joban Sehmi,Joban Sehmi,Bengt Sennblad,Nabi Shah,Sonia Shah,A. Samad Shera,Xiao-Ou Shu,Alan R. Shuldiner,Gunnar Sigurosson,Eric J.G. Sijbrands,Angela Silveira,Xueling Sim,Xueling Sim,Suthesh Sivapalaratnam,Kerrin S. Small,Kerrin S. Small,Wing-Yee So,Alena Stančáková,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,Gerald Steinbach,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Kathleen Stirrups,Rona J. Strawbridge,Heather M. Stringham,Qi Sun,Chen Suo,Ann-Christine Syvänen,Ryoichi Takayanagi,Fumihiko Takeuchi,Wan Ting Tay,Tanya M. Teslovich,Barbara Thorand,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Emmi Tikkanen,Emmi Tikkanen,Joseph Trakalo,Elena Tremoli,Mieke D. Trip,Fuu Jen Tsai,Tiinamaija Tuomi,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Jaakko Tuomilehto,André G. Uitterlinden,Adan Valladares-Salgado,Sailaja Vedantam,Sailaja Vedantam,Fabrizio Veglia,Benjamin F. Voight,Benjamin F. Voight,Congrong Wang,Nicholas J. Wareham,Roman Wennauer,Ananda R. Wickremasinghe,Tom Wilsgaard,James F. Wilson,S Wiltshire,Wendy Winckler,Tien Yin Wong,Tien Yin Wong,Tien Yin Wong,Andrew R. Wood,Jer-Yuarn Wu,Jer-Yuarn Wu,Ying Wu,Ken Yamamoto,Toshimasa Yamauchi,Mingyu Yang,Loic Yengo,Mitsuhiro Yokota,Robin Young,Delilah Zabaneh,Fan Zhang,Rong Zhang,Wei Zheng,Paul Zimmet,David Altshuler,David Altshuler,Donald W. Bowden,Donald W. Bowden,Yoon Shin Cho,Nancy J. Cox,Miguel Cruz,Craig L. Hanis,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jong-Young Lee,Mark Seielstad,Mark Seielstad,Mark Seielstad,Yik Ying Teo,Yik Ying Teo,Michael Boehnke,Esteban J. Parra,John C. Chambers,John C. Chambers,John C. Chambers,E. Shyong Tai,Mark I. McCarthy,Andrew P. Morris,Andrew P. Morris +395 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors aggregated published meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), including 26,488 cases and 83,964 controls of European, east Asian, south Asian and Mexican and Mexican American ancestry.
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An Expanded Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in Europeans
Robert A. Scott,Laura J. Scott,Reedik Mägi,Letizia Marullo,Kyle J. Gaulton,Kyle J. Gaulton,Marika Kaakinen,Natalia Pervjakova,Tune H. Pers,Andrew D. Johnson,John D. Eicher,Anne U. Jackson,Teresa Ferreira,Yeji Lee,Clement Ma,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Lu Qi,Lu Qi,Natalie R. van Zuydam,Natalie R. van Zuydam,Anubha Mahajan,Han Chen,Peter Almgren,B F Voight,Harald Grallert,Martina Müller-Nurasyid,Janina S. Ried,Nigel W. Rayner,Nigel W. Rayner,Nigel W. Rayner,Neil Robertson,Neil Robertson,Lennart C. Karssen,Elisabeth M. van Leeuwen,Sara M. Willems,Sara M. Willems,Christian Fuchsberger,Phoenix Kwan,Tanya M. Teslovich,Pritam Chanda,Man Li,Yingchang Lu,Christian Dina,Dorothée Thuillier,Loic Yengo,Longda Jiang,Thomas Sparsø,Hans A. Kestler,Hans A. Kestler,Himanshu Chheda,Lewin Eisele,Stefan Gustafsson,Mattias Frånberg,Mattias Frånberg,Mattias Frånberg,Rona J. Strawbridge,Rafn Benediktsson,Astradur B. Hreidarsson,Augustine Kong,Gunnar Sigurðsson,Nicola D. Kerrison,Jian'an Luan,Liming Liang,Thomas Meitinger,Michael Roden,Barbara Thorand,Tõnu Esko,Tõnu Esko,Tõnu Esko,Evelin Mihailov,Caroline S. Fox,Ching-Ti Liu,Denis Rybin,Bo Isomaa,Valeriya Lyssenko,Tiinamaija Tuomi,David Couper,James S. Pankow,Niels Grarup,Christian Theil Have,Marit E. Jørgensen,Torben Jørgensen,Torben Jørgensen,Allan Linneberg,Allan Linneberg,Marilyn C. Cornelis,Rob M. van Dam,Rob M. van Dam,David J. Hunter,Peter Kraft,Qi Sun,Qi Sun,Sarah Edkins,Katharine R. Owen,Katharine R. Owen,John R. B. Perry,Andrew R. Wood,Eleftheria Zeggini,Juan Tajes-Fernandes,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Peter S. Chines,Heather M. Stringham,Heikki A. Koistinen,Heikki A. Koistinen,Heikki A. Koistinen,Leena Kinnunen,Leena Kinnunen,Leena Kinnunen,Bengt Sennblad,Bengt Sennblad,Thomas W. Mühleisen,Markus M. Nöthen,Sonali Pechlivanis,Damiano Baldassarre,Karl Gertow,Steve E. Humphries,Elena Tremoli,Norman Klopp,Julia Meyer,Gerald Steinbach,Roman Wennauer,Johan G. Eriksson,Satu Mӓnnistö,Leena Peltonen,Emmi Tikkanen,Guillaume Charpentier,E. Eury,Stéphane Lobbens,Bruna Gigante,Karin Leander,Olga McLeod,Erwin P. Bottinger,Omri Gottesman,Douglas M. Ruderfer,Matthias Blüher,Peter Kovacs,Anke Tönjes,Nisa M. Maruthur,Chiara Scapoli,Raimund Erbel,Karl-Heinz Jöckel,Susanne Moebus,Ulf de Faire,Anders Hamsten,Michael Stumvoll,Panagiotis Deloukas,Panagiotis Deloukas,Peter Donnelly,Peter Donnelly,Timothy M. Frayling,Andrew T. Hattersley,Samuli Ripatti,Veikko Salomaa,Nancy L. Pedersen,Bernhard O. Boehm,Richard N. Bergman,Francis S. Collins,Karen L. Mohlke,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Torben Hansen,Torben Hansen,Oluf Pedersen,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Lars Lannfelt,Erik Ingelsson,Erik Ingelsson,Lars Lind,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Stéphane Cauchi,Philippe Froguel,Philippe Froguel,Ruth J. F. Loos,Beverley Balkau,Beverley Balkau,Heiner Boeing,Paul W. Franks,Paul W. Franks,Aurelio Barricarte Gurrea,Domenico Palli,Yvonne T. van der Schouw,David Altshuler,Leif Groop,Leif Groop,Claudia Langenberg,Nicholas J. Wareham,Eric J.G. Sijbrands,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Jose C. Florez,Jose C. Florez,James B. Meigs,James B. Meigs,Eric Boerwinkle,Eric Boerwinkle,Christian Gieger,Konstantin Strauch,Andres Metspalu,Andrew D. Morris,Colin N. A. Palmer,Frank B. Hu,Frank B. Hu,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,Josée Dupuis,Andrew P. Morris,Michael Boehnke,Mark I. McCarthy,Mark I. McCarthy,Mark I. McCarthy,Inga Prokopenko,Inga Prokopenko,Inga Prokopenko +216 more
TL;DR: This article conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data from 26,676 T2D case and 132,532 control subjects of European ancestry after imputation using the 1000 Genomes multiethnic reference panel.
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Parental origin of sequence variants associated with complex diseases
Augustine Kong,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Gisli Masson,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Patrick Sulem,Søren Besenbacher,Aslaug Jonasdottir,Asgeir Sigurdsson,Kari T. Kristinsson,Adalbjorg Jonasdottir,Michael L. Frigge,Arnaldur Gylfason,Pall I. Olason,Sigurjon A. Gudjonsson,Sverrir T. Sverrisson,Simon N. Stacey,Bardur Sigurgeirsson,Kristrun R. Benediktsdottir,Helgi Sigurdsson,Thorvaldur Jonsson,Rafn Benediktsson,Jón Ólafsson,Oskar T. Johannsson,Astradur B. Hreidarsson,Gunnar Sigurdsson,Anne C. Ferguson-Smith,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson +30 more
TL;DR: It is shown that for 38,167 Icelanders genotyped using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chips, the parental origin of most alleles can be determined and a novel association between the SNP rs2334499 at 11p15 and type 2 diabetes is observed.
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Loss-of-function mutations in SLC30A8 protect against type 2 diabetes
Jason Flannick,Jason Flannick,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Nicola L. Beer,Nicola L. Beer,Suzanne B.R. Jacobs,Niels Grarup,Noël P. Burtt,Anubha Mahajan,Christian Fuchsberger,Gil Atzmon,Rafn Benediktsson,John Blangero,Donald W. Bowden,Ivan Brandslund,Julia Brosnan,Frank Burslem,John C. Chambers,John C. Chambers,John C. Chambers,Yoon Shin Cho,Cramer Christensen,Desiree Douglas,Ravindranath Duggirala,Zachary Dymek,Yossi Farjoun,Timothy Fennell,Pierre Fontanillas,Tom Forsén,Stacey Gabriel,Benjamin Glaser,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Craig L. Hanis,Torben Hansen,Torben Hansen,Astradur B. Hreidarsson,Kristian Hveem,Erik Ingelsson,Erik Ingelsson,Bo Isomaa,Stefan Johansson,Torben Jørgensen,Torben Jørgensen,Marit E. Jørgensen,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Augustine Kong,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jasmina Kravic,Markku Laakso,Jong-Young Lee,Lars Lind,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Allan Linneberg,Gisli Masson,Thomas Meitinger,Karen L. Mohlke,Anders Molven,Andrew P. Morris,Andrew P. Morris,Shobha Potluri,Rainer Rauramaa,Rasmus Ribel-Madsen,Ann Marie Richard,Tim Rolph,Veikko Salomaa,Ayellet V. Segrè,Ayellet V. Segrè,Hanna Skärstrand,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Heather M. Stringham,Patrick Sulem,E. Shyong Tai,Yik Ying Teo,Yik Ying Teo,Tanya M. Teslovich,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Jeff K. Trimmer,Tiinamaija Tuomi,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Fariba Vaziri-Sani,Benjamin F. Voight,Benjamin F. Voight,James G. Wilson,Michael Boehnke,Mark I. McCarthy,Mark I. McCarthy,Pål R. Njølstad,Pål R. Njølstad,Oluf Pedersen,Leif Groop,Leif Groop,David R. Cox,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,David Altshuler,David Altshuler,David Altshuler +103 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified 12 rare protein-truncating variants in SLC30A8, which encodes an islet zinc transporter (ZnT8) and harbors a common variant (p.Trp325Arg) associated with T2D risk and glucose and proinsulin levels.