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Claudia B. Volpato
Researcher at University of Lübeck
Publications - 24
Citations - 2708
Claudia B. Volpato is an academic researcher from University of Lübeck. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Genetic linkage. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 23 publications receiving 2560 citations. Previous affiliations of Claudia B. Volpato include European Academy of Bozen.
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Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution
Iris M. Heid,Anne U. Jackson,Joshua C. Randall,Tthomas W. Winkler,Llu Qi,Valgerdur Ssteinthorsdottir,Ggudmar Tthorleifsson,Ccarola Zillikens,Eelizabeth K. Sspeliotes,Eelizabeth K. Sspeliotes,Reedik Mägi,Tsegaselassie Workalemahu,Charles S. White,Nabila Bouatia-Naji,Nabila Bouatia-Naji,Tamara B. Harris,Ssonja I. Berndt,Eerik Ingelsson,Cristen J. Willer,Michael N. Weedon,Jian'an Luan,Ssailaja Vedantam,Ssailaja Vedantam,Tõnu Eesko,Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen,Zoltán Kutalik,Zoltán Kutalik,Sshengxu Li,Keri L. Monda,Anna L. Dixon,Christopher Holmes,Lee M. Kaplan,Liming Liang,J L Min,Miriam F. Moffatt,Cliona Molony,Ggeorge Nicholson,Eeric E. Sschadt,Eeric E. Sschadt,Krina T. Zondervan,Mary F. Feitosa,Teresa Ferreira,Hana Lango Allen,Robert J. Weyant,Eeleanor Wheeler,Andrew R. Wood,Karol Eestrada,Micheal E. Goddard,Micheal E. Goddard,Guillaume Lettre,Massimo Mangino,Dale R. Nyholt,Sshaun Purcell,Sshaun Purcell,Albert Vernon Ssmith,Peter M. Visscher,Jian Yang,Ssteven A. McCcarroll,Ssteven A. McCcarroll,James Nemesh,Benjamin F. Voight,Benjamin F. Voight,Devin Absher,Najaf Amin,Thor Aspelund,Lachlan J. M. Coin,Nicole L. Glazer,Caroline Hayward,Nancy Heard-Ccosta,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Åsa Johansson,Åsa Johansson,Toby Johnson,Toby Johnson,Toby Johnson,Marika Kaakinen,Karen Kapur,Karen Kapur,Sshamika Ketkar,Joshua W. Knowles,Peter Kraft,Aldi T. Kraja,Claudia Lamina,Micheal F. Leitzmann,Barbara McKknight,Andrew P. Morris,Ken Oong,John R. B. Perry,Marjolein J. Peters,Oozren Polasek,Inga Prokopenko,Nigel W. Rayner,Ssamuli Ripatti,Ssamuli Ripatti,Fernando Rivadeneira,Neil R. Robertson,Serena Sanna,Ulla Sovio,Ida Surakka,Ida Surakka,Alexander Teumer,Sophie H. Van Wingerden,Veronique Vitart,Jing Hua Zhao,Christine Cavalcanti-Proença,Christine Cavalcanti-Proença,Peter S. Chines,Eeva Fisher,Jennifer R. Kulzer,Cécile Lecoeur,Cécile Lecoeur,Narisu Narisu,Camilla H. Sandholt,Laura J. Scott,Kaisa Silander,Kaisa Silander,Klaus Stark,Mari Lliis Tammesoo,Tanya M. Teslovich,Nicholas J. Timpson,Richard M. Watanabe,Ryan P. Welch,Daniel I. Chasman,Mark E. Cooper,John Oolov Jansson,Johannes Kettunen,Johannes Kettunen,Robert Wlawrence,Niina Pellikka,Niina Pellikka,Markus Perola,Markus Perola,Liesbeth Vandenput,Helene Alavere,Peter Almgren,Larry D. Atwood,Amanda J. Bennett,Reiner Biffar,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Stefan R. Bornstein,Thomas A. Buchanan,Harry Campbell,Ian N. M. Day,Mariano Dei,Marcus Dörr,Paul Eelliott,Paul Eelliott,Michael R. Eerdos,Johan G. Eeriksson,Nelson B. Freimer,Mao Fu,Stefan Gaget,Stefan Gaget,Eeco J.C. Geus,Anette P. Gjesing,Harald Grallert,Jürgen Gräßler,Christopher J. Groves,Candace Guiducci,Anna Lliisa Hartikainen,Neelam Hassanali,Aki S. Havulinna,Karl-Heinz Herzig,Karl-Heinz Herzig,Andrew A. Hicks,Jennie Hui,Jennie Hui,Wilmar Igl,Pekka Jousilahti,Antti Jula,Eeero Kajantie,Leena Kinnunen,Ivana Kolcic,Seppo Koskinen,Peter Kovacs,Heyo K. Kroemer,Vjekoslav Krzelj,Johanna Kuusisto,Kirsti Kvaløy,Jaana Laitinen,Oolivier Lantieri,Mark Lathrop,Marja Llokki Lokki,Robert Luben,Barbara Ludwig,Wendy L. McArdle,Anne McCcarthy,Mario A. Morken,Mari Nelis,Mari Nelis,Matt Neville,Guillaume Paré,Alex N. Parker,John F. Peden,Irene Pichler,Kirsi H. Pietiläinen,Carl G. P. Platou,Anneli Pouta,Anneli Pouta,Martin Ridderstråle,Nilesh J. Samani,Nilesh J. Samani,Jouko Saramies,Juha Sinisalo,Jan Smit,Rona J. Strawbridge,Heather M. Stringham,Amy J. Swift,Maris Teder-Llaving,Maris Teder-Llaving,Brian Thomson,Gianluca Usala,Joyce B.J. Van Mmeurs,Gert-Jan B. van Ommen,Vincent Vatin,Vincent Vatin,Claudia B. Volpato,Henri Wallaschofski,Bragi Walters,Eelisabeth Widen,Sarah H. Wild,Gonneke Willemsen,Deniel R. Witte,Lina Zgaga,Paavo Zitting,John Beilby,John Beilby,Alan L. James,Alan L. James,Mika Kähönen,Terho Lehtimäki,Markku S. Nieminen,Claes Ohlsson,Lyle J. Palmer,Lyle J. Palmer,Olli T. Raitakari,Paul M. Ridker,Micheal Stumvoll,Anke Tönjes,Jorma Viikari,Beverley Balkau,Yoav Ben-Shlomo,Richard N. Bergman,Heiner Boeing,George Ddavey Smith,Shah Eebrahim,Philippe Froguel,Philippe Froguel,Philippe Froguel,Torben Hansen,Torben Hansen,Christian Hengstenberg,Kristian Hveem,Bo Isomaa,Torben Jørgensen,Fredrik Karpe,Kay Ttee Khaw,Markku Laakso,Debbie A Lawlor,Michel Marre,Michel Marre,Thomas Meitinger,Andres Metspalu,Andres Metspalu,Kristian Midthjell,Oluf Pedersen,Oluf Pedersen,Oluf Pedersen,Veikko Salomaa,Peter Schwarz,Tiinamaija Tuomi,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Timo T. Valle,Nicholas J. Wareham,Alice M. Arnold,Jacques S. Beckmann,Sven Bergmann,Sven Bergmann,Eeric Boerwinkle,Dorret I. Boomsma,Mark J. Caulfield,Francis S. Collins,Gudny Eeiriksdottir,Vilmundur Gudnason,Ulf Gyllensten,Anders Hamsten,Andrew T. Hattersley,Albert Hofman,Frank B. Hu,Thomas Illig,Carlos Iribarren,Carlos Iribarren,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,W. H. Linda Kao,Jaakko Kaprio,Jaakko Kaprio,Lenore J. Launer,Patricia B. Munroe,Ben A. Oostra,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Peter P. Pramstaller,Bruce M. Psaty,Bruce M. Psaty,Thomas Quertermous,Aila Rissanen,Igor Rudan,Igor Rudan,Alan R. Shuldiner,Alan R. Shuldiner,Nicole Soranzo,Nicole Soranzo,Tim D. Spector,Ann Cchristine Syvanen,Manuela Uda,André G. Uitterlinden,Henry Völzke,Peter Vollenweider,James F. Wilson,Jacqueline C. M. Witteman,Alan F. Wright,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,M Boehnke,Ingrid B. Borecki,Panos Deloukas,Timothy M. Frayling,Leif Groop,Talin Haritunians,David J. Hunter,Robert C. Kaplan,Kari E. North,Jeffrey R. O'Cconnell,Leena Peltonen,David Schlessinger,David P. Strachan,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Themistocles L. Assimes,H. Eerich Wichmann,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Cornelia Van Dduijn,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,Adrienne Cupples,Ruth J. F. Loos,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Mark I. McCcarthy,Caroline S. Fox,Karen L. Mohlke,Cecilia M. Lindgren +355 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for WHR adjusted for body mass index provides evidence for multiple loci that modulate body fat distribution independent of overall adiposity and reveal strong gene-by-sex interactions.
Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution
Iris M. Heid,Anne U. Jackson,Joshua C. Randall,Thomas W. Winkler,Lu Qi,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Gudmar Thorleifsson,M. Carola Zillikens,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Reedik Maegi,Tsegaselassie Workalemahu,Charles C. White,Nabila Bouatia-Naji,Tamara B. Harris,Sonja I. Berndt,Erik Ingelsson,Cristen J. Willer,Michael N. Weedon,Jian'an Luan,Sailaja Vedantam,Tõnu Esko,Tuomas O. Kilpelaeinen,Zoltán Kutalik,Shengxu Li,Keri L. Monda,Anna L. Dixon,Christopher Holmes,Lee M. Kaplan,Liming Liang,Josine L. Min,Miriam F. Moffatt,Cliona Molony,George Nicholson,Eric E. Schadt,Krina T. Zondervan,Mary F. Feitosa,Teresa Ferreira,Hana Lango Allen,Robert J. Weyant,Eleanor Wheeler,Andrew R. Wood,Karol Estrada,Michael E. Goddard,Guillaume Lettre,Massimo Mangino,Dale R. Nyholt,Shaun Purcell,Albert V. Smith,Peter M. Visscher,Jian Yang,Steven A. McCarroll,James Nemesh,Benjamin F. Voight,Devin Absher,Najaf Amin,Thor Aspelund,Lachlan J. M. Coin,Nicole L. Glazer,Caroline Hayward,Nancy L. Heard-Costa,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Åsa Johansson,Toby Johnson,Marika Kaakinen,Karen Kapur,Shamika Ketkar,Joshua W. Knowles,Peter Kraft,Aldi T. Kraja,Claudia Lamina,Michael F. Leitzmann,Barbara McKnight,Andrew P. Morris,Ken K. Ong,John R. B. Perry,Marjolein J. Peters,Ozren Polasek,Inga Prokopenko,Nigel W. Rayner,Samuli Ripatti,Fernando Rivadeneira,Neil R. Robertson,Serena Sanna,Ulla Sovio,Ida Surakka,Alexander Teumer,Sophie van Wingerden,Veronique Vitart,Jing Hua Zhao,Christine Cavalcanti-Proença,Peter S. Chines,Eva Fisher,Jennifer R. Kulzer,Cécile Lecoeur,Narisu Narisu,Camilla H. Sandholt,Laura J. Scott,Kaisa Silander,Klaus Stark,Mari-Liis Tammesoo,Tanya M. Teslovich,Nicholas J. Timpson,Richard M. Watanabe,Ryan P. Welch,Daniel I. Chasman,Mark E. Cooper,John-Olov Jansson,Johannes Kettunen,Robert Lawrence,Niina Pellikka,Markus Perola,Liesbeth Vandenput,Helene Alavere,Peter Almgren,Larry D. Atwood,Amanda J. Bennett,Reiner Biffar,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Stefan R. Bornstein,Thomas A. Buchanan,Harry Campbell,Ian N.M. Day,Mariano Dei,Marcus Doerr,Paul Elliott,Michael R. Erdos,Johan G. Eriksson,Nelson B. Freimer,Mao Fu,Stefan Gaget,Eco J. C. de Geus,Anette P. Gjesing,Harald Grallert,Juergen Graessler,Christopher J. Groves,Candace Guiducci,Anna-Liisa Hartikainen,Neelam Hassanali,Aki S. Havulinna,Karl-Heinz Herzig,Andrew A. Hicks,Jennie Hui,Wilmar Igl,Pekka Jousilahti,Antti Jula,Eero Kajantie,Leena Kinnunen,Ivana Kolcic,Seppo Koskinen,Peter Kovacs,Heyo K. Kroemer,Vjekoslav Krzelj,Johanna Kuusisto,Kirsti Kvaløy,Jaana Laitinen,Olivier Lantieri,G. Mark Lathrop,Marja-Liisa Lokki,Robert Luben,Barbara Ludwig,Wendy L. McArdle,Anne Marie McCarthy,Mario A. Morken,Mari Nelis,Matt Neville,Guillaume Paré,Alex N. Parker,John F. Peden,Irene Pichler,Kirsi H. Pietiläinen,Carl G. P. Platou,Anneli Pouta,Martin Ridderstråle,Nilesh J. Samani,Jouko Saramies,Juha Sinisalo,Jan Smit,Rona J. Strawbridge,Heather M. Stringham,Amy J. Swift,Maris Teder-Laving,Brian Thomson,Gianluca Usala,Joyce B. J. van Meurs,Gert-Jan B. van Ommen,Vincent Vatin,Claudia B. Volpato,Henri Wallaschofski,G. Bragi Walters,Elisabeth Widen,Sarah H. Wild,Gonneke Willemsen,Daniel R. Witte,Lina Zgaga,Paavo Zitting,John Beilby,Alan L. James,Mika Kähönen,Terho Lehtimäki,Markku S. Nieminen,Claes Ohlsson,Lyle J. Palmer,Olli T. Raitakari,Paul M. Ridker,Michael Stumvoll,Anke Toenjes,Jorma Viikari,Beverley Balkau,Yoav Ben-Shlomo,Richard N. Bergman,Heiner Boeing,George Davey Smith,Shah Ebrahim,Philippe Froguel,Torben Hansen,Christian Hengstenberg,Kristian Hveem,Bo Isomaa,Torben Jørgensen,Fredrik Karpe,Kay-Tee Khaw,Markku Laakso,Debbie A Lawlor,Michel Marre,Thomas Meitinger,Andres Metspalu,Kristian Midthjell,Oluf Pedersen,Veikko Salomaa,Peter Schwarz,Tiinamaija Tuomi,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Timo T. Valle,Nicholas J. Wareham,Alice M. Arnold,Jacques S. Beckmann,Sven Bergmann,Eric Boerwinkle,Dorret I. Boomsma,Mark J. Caulfield,Francis S. Collins,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Vilmundur Gudnason,Ulf Gyllensten,Anders Hamsten,Andrew T. Hattersley,Albert Hofman,Frank B. Hu,Thomas Illig,Carlos Iribarren,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,W. H. Linda Kao,Jaakko Kaprio,Lenore J. Launer,Patricia B. Munroe,Ben A. Oostra,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Peter P. Pramstaller,Bruce M. Psaty,Thomas Quertermous,Aila Rissanen,Igor Rudan,Alan R. Shuldiner,Nicole Soranzo,Tim D. Spector,Ann-Christine Syvänen,Manuela Uda,André G. Uitterlinden,Henry Voelzke,Peter Vollenweider,James F. Wilson,Jacqueline C. M. Witteman,Alan F. Wright,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Michael Boehnke,Ingrid B. Borecki,Panos Deloukas,Timothy M. Frayling,Leif Groop,Talin Haritunians,David J. Hunter,Robert C. Kaplan,Kari E. North,Jeffrey R. O'Connell,Leena Peltonen,David Schlessinger,David P. Strachan,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Themistocles L. Assimes,H-Erich Wichmann,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Kari Stefansson,L. Adrienne Cupples,Ruth J. F. Loos,Inês Barroso,Mark I. McCarthy,Caroline S. Fox,Karen L. Mohlke,Cecilia M. Lindgren +299 more
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Common variants in 22 loci are associated with QRS duration and cardiac ventricular conduction.
Nona Sotoodehnia,Aaron Isaacs,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Marcus Dörr,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Ilja M. Nolte,Pim van der Harst,Martina Müller,Mark Eijgelsheim,Alvaro Alonso,Andrew A. Hicks,Sandosh Padmanabhan,Caroline Hayward,Albert V. Smith,Ozren Polasek,Steven Giovannone,Jingyuan Fu,Jared W. Magnani,Jared W. Magnani,Kristin D. Marciante,Arne Pfeufer,Arne Pfeufer,Sina A. Gharib,Alexander Teumer,Man Li,Joshua C. Bis,Fernando Rivadeneira,Thor Aspelund,Anna Köttgen,Toby Johnson,Kenneth Rice,Mark P.S. Sie,Ying A. Wang,Ying A. Wang,Norman Klopp,Christian Fuchsberger,Sarah H. Wild,Irene Mateo Leach,Karol Estrada,Uwe Völker,Alan F. Wright,Folkert W. Asselbergs,Folkert W. Asselbergs,Jiaxiang Qu,Aravinda Chakravarti,Moritz F. Sinner,Jan A. Kors,Astrid Petersmann,Tamara B. Harris,Elsayed Z. Soliman,Patricia B. Munroe,Bruce M. Psaty,Ben A. Oostra,L. Adrienne Cupples,L. Adrienne Cupples,Siegfried Perz,Rudolf A. de Boer,André G. Uitterlinden,Henry Völzke,Tim D. Spector,Fangyu Liu,Eric Boerwinkle,Anna F. Dominiczak,Jerome I. Rotter,Gé van Herpen,Daniel Levy,H-Erich Wichmann,Wiek H. van Gilst,Jacqueline C.M. Witteman,Heyo K. Kroemer,W. H. Linda Kao,Susan R. Heckbert,Susan R. Heckbert,Thomas Meitinger,Albert Hofman,Harry Campbell,Aaron R. Folsom,Dirk J. van Veldhuisen,Christine Schwienbacher,Christine Schwienbacher,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Claudia B. Volpato,Mark J. Caulfield,John M. C. Connell,Lenore J. Launer,Xiaowen Lu,Lude Franke,Lude Franke,Rudolf S N Fehrmann,Gerard J. te Meerman,Harry J.M. Groen,Rinse K. Weersma,Leonard H. van den Berg,Cisca Wijmenga,Roel A. Ophoff,Roel A. Ophoff,Gerjan Navis,Igor Rudan,Igor Rudan,Harold Snieder,Harold Snieder,James F. Wilson,Peter P. Pramstaller,David S. Siscovick,Thomas J. Wang,Thomas J. Wang,Vilmundur Gudnason,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Stephan B. Felix,Glenn I. Fishman,Yalda Jamshidi,Yalda Jamshidi,Bruno H. Stricker,Nilesh J. Samani,Nilesh J. Samani,Stefan Kääb,Dan E. Arking +117 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that SCN10A, a candidate gene at the most significantly associated locus in this study, is expressed in the mouse ventricular conduction system, and treatment with a selective SCN 10A blocker prolongs QRS duration.
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A meta-analysis of thyroid-related traits reveals novel loci and gender-specific differences in the regulation of thyroid function
Eleonora Porcu,Marco Medici,Giorgio Pistis,Claudia B. Volpato,Scott Wilson,Anne R. Cappola,Steffan D. Bos,Joris Deelen,Martin den Heijer,Rachel M. Freathy,Jari Lahti,Chunyu Liu,Lorna M. Lopez,Ilja M. Nolte,Jeffrey R. O'Connell,Toshiko Tanaka,Stella Trompet,Alice M. Arnold,Stefania Bandinelli,Marian Beekman,Stefan Böhringer,Suzanne J. Brown,Brendan M. Buckley,Clara Camaschella,Anton J. M. de Craen,Gail Davies,Marieke de Visser,Ian Ford,Tom Forsén,Timothy M. Frayling,Laura Fugazzola,Martin Gögele,Andrew T. Hattersley,Ad R. M. M. Hermus,Albert Hofman,Jeanine J. Houwing-Duistermaat,Richard A. Jensen,Eero Kajantie,Margreet Kloppenburg,Ee Mun Lim,Corrado Masciullo,Stefano Mariotti,Cosetta Minelli,Braxton D. Mitchell,Ramaiah Nagaraja,Romana T. Netea-Maier,Aarno Palotie,Luca Persani,Maria Grazia Piras,Bruce M. Psaty,Katri Räikkönen,J. Brent Richards,Fernando Rivadeneira,Cinzia Sala,Mona M. Sabra,Naveed Sattar,Beverley M. Shields,Nicole Soranzo,John M. Starr,David J. Stott,Fred C.G.J. Sweep,Gianluca Usala,Melanie M. van der Klauw,Diana van Heemst,Alies A. van Mullem,Sita H. Vermeulen,W. Edward Visser,John P. Walsh,Rudi G. J. Westendorp,Elisabeth Widen,Guangju Zhai,Francesco Cucca,Ian J. Deary,Johan G. Eriksson,Luigi Ferrucci,Caroline S. Fox,J. Wouter Jukema,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Peter P. Pramstaller,David Schlessinger,Alan R. Shuldiner,Eline Slagboom,André G. Uitterlinden,Bijay Vaidya,Theo J. Visser,Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel,Ingrid Meulenbelt,Jerome I. Rotter,Tim D. Spector,Andrew A. Hicks,Daniela Toniolo,Serena Sanna,Robin P. Peeters,Silvia Naitza +93 more
TL;DR: A large meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for serum levels of the highly heritable thyroid function markers TSH and FT4 improves the current knowledge of the regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis function and the consequences of genetic variation for hypo- or hyperthyroidism.
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Linkage Analysis Identifies a Novel Locus for Restless Legs Syndrome on Chromosome 2q in a South Tyrolean Population Isolate
Irene Pichler,Fabio Marroni,Claudia B. Volpato,James F. Gusella,Christine Klein,Giorgio Casari,Alessandro De Grandi,Peter P. Pramstaller +7 more
TL;DR: The findings reemphasize the genetic heterogeneity of the disorder and strongly support the identification of a novel locus for RLS on chromosome 2q.