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G. Abecasis
Researcher at University of Michigan
Publications - 6
Citations - 946
G. Abecasis is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Renal function. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications receiving 831 citations.
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Genome-wide association study shows BCL11A associated with persistent fetal hemoglobin and amelioration of the phenotype of β-thalassemia
Manuela Uda,Renzo Galanello,Serena Sanna,Guillaume Lettre,Guillaume Lettre,Vijay G. Sankaran,Wei-Min Chen,Gianluca Usala,Fabio Busonero,Andrea Maschio,Giuseppe Albai,Maria Grazia Piras,Natascia Sestu,Sandra Lai,Mariano Dei,Antonella Mulas,Laura Crisponi,Silvia Naitza,Isadora Asunis,Manila Deiana,Ramaiah Nagaraja,Lucia Perseu,Stefania Satta,Maria Dolores Cipollina,Carla Sollaino,Paolo Moi,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Stuart H. Orkin,G. Abecasis,David Schlessinger,Antonio Cao +31 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that BCL11A variants, by modulating HbF levels, act as an important ameliorating factor of the β-thalassemia phenotype, and it is likely they could helpAmeliorate other hemoglobin disorders.
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Meta-analysis identifies multiple loci associated with kidney function–related traits in east Asian populations
Yukinori Okada,Xueling Sim,Xueling Sim,Min Jin Go,Jer-Yuarn Wu,Jer-Yuarn Wu,Dongfeng Gu,Fumihiko Takeuchi,Atsushi Takahashi,Shiro Maeda,Tatsuhiko Tsunoda,Peng Chen,Su Chi Lim,Su Chi Lim,Tien Yin Wong,Tien Yin Wong,Tien Yin Wong,Jianjun Liu,Terri L. Young,Tin Aung,Tin Aung,Mark Seielstad,Yik Ying Teo,Yik Ying Teo,Young-Jin Kim,Jong-Young Lee,Bok Ghee Han,Daehee Kang,Chien Hsiun Chen,Chien Hsiun Chen,Fuu Jen Tsai,Li-Ching Chang,S. J. Fann,Hao Mei,Dabeeru C. Rao,James E. Hixson,Shufeng Chen,Tomohiro Katsuya,Motohide Isono,Toshio Ogihara,Toshio Ogihara,John C. Chambers,Weihua Zhang,Jaspal S. Kooner,E Albrecht,Kazuhiko Yamamoto,Michiaki Kubo,Yusuke Nakamura,Kamatani Naoyuki,Norihiro Kato,Jiang He,Yuan-Tsong Chen,Yoon Shin Cho,E-Shyong Tai,Toshihiro Tanaka,Graham M. Lord,P. van der Harst,Debbie A Lawlor,Jobanpreet Sehmi,Daniel P. Gale,Mark N. Wass,Kourosh R. Ahmadi,Stephan J. L. Bakker,Jacqui Beckmann,Hjg Bilo,Murielle Bochud,Morris J. Brown,M. J. Caulfield,Jmc Connell,H.T. Cook,Ioana Cotlarciuc,George Davey Smith,R. de Silva,G. Deng,Olivier Devuyst,L. D. Dikkeschei,N. Dimkovic,M. Dockrell,Anna F. Dominiczak,S Ebrahim,Thomas Eggermann,Martin Farrall,L Ferrucci,Juergen Floege,Nita G. Forouhi,Ron T. Gansevoort,X. Han,Bo Hedblad,J. J. van der Heide,Bouke G. Hepkema,Maria P. Hernandez-Fuentes,Elina Hyppönen,Toby Johnson,P. E. De Jong,Nanno Kleefstra,Vasiliki Lagou,Marta Lapsley,Yun Li,Ruth J. F. Loos,Jian'an Luan,Karin Luttropp,Céline Maréchal,Olle Melander,Patricia B. Munroe,Louise Nordfors,Afshin Parsa,Leena Peltonen,B.W.J.H. Penninx,Esperanza Perucha,A Pouta,Inga Prokopenko,Paul Roderick,Aimo Ruokonen,Nilesh J. Samani,Serena Sanna,Martin Schalling,David Schlessinger,Georg Schlieper,Marc A. Seelen,A. R. Shuldiner,Marketa Sjögren,J.H. Smit,Harold Snieder,Nicola Soranzo,Tim D. Spector,Peter Stenvinkel,Michael J.E. Sternberg,R. Swaminathan,L.J. Ubink-Veltmaat,Manuela Uda,Peter Vollenweider,Chris Wallace,Dawn M. Waterworth,Klaus Zerres,Gérard Waeber,Nicholas J. Wareham,Patrick H. Maxwell,Mark I. McCarthy,M-R Jarvelin,Vincent Mooser,G. Abecasis,Liz Lightstone,Jemima Scott,Gerjan Navis,Paul Elliott,Anna Köttgen,C. Pattaro,Carsten A. Böger,Christian Fuchsberger,Matthias Olden,Nicole L. Glazer,X. Gao,Qiong Yang,Albert V. Smith,Jeffery R. O'Connell,Man Li,H. Schmidt,A Isaacs,Shamika Ketkar,Shih-Jen Hwang,Andrew D. Johnson,Abbas Dehghan,A. Teumer,Guillaume Paré,Elizabeth J. Atkinson,Tanja Zeller,Kurt Lohman,Marilyn C. Cornelis,Nicole Probst-Hensch,Florian Kronenberg,A Tönjes,Caroline Hayward,Thor Aspelund,G. Eiriksdottir,L. J. Launer,T.B. Harris,Evandine Rampersaud,B. D. Mitchell,D.E. Arking,Eric Boerwinkle,Maksim Struchalin,Margherita Cavalieri,AB Singleton,Francesco Giallauria,Jeffrey Metter,I. H. de Boer,Talin Haritunians,Thomas Lumley,David S. Siscovick,Bruce M. Psaty,M. C. Zillikens,B.A. Oostra,Mary F. Feitosa,M. A. Province,M. De Andrade,Stephen T. Turner,Arne Schillert,Anette-G. Ziegler,Philipp S. Wild,Renate B. Schnabel,Sandra Wilde,Thomas Münzel,Tennille S. Leak,Thomas Illig,N. Klopp,Christine Meisinger,Heinz Erich Wichmann,Wolfgang Koenig,Lina Zgaga,Tatijana Zemunik,Ivana Kolcic,Cosetta Minelli,Frank B. Hu,Johansson,Wilmar Igl,Ghazal Zaboli,Sarah H. Wild,A. F. Wright,Hannah Campbell,David Ellinghaus,Stuart L. Schreiber,Y S Aulchenko,Janine F. Felix,F. Rivadeneira,A.G. Uitterlinden,A. Hofman,Medea Imboden,Dorothea Nitsch,Anita Brandstätter,Barbara Kollerits,Lyudmyla Kedenko,Reedik Mägi,Michael Stumvoll,Peter Kovacs,Mladen Boban,Sharon Campbell,Karlhans Endlich,Henry Völzke,Heyo K. Kroemer,Matthias Nauck,Uwe Völker,Ozren Polašek,Veronique Vitart,Sunita Badola,Alex Parker,Paul M. Ridker,Sharon L.R. Kardia,Stefan Blankenberg,Yongmei Liu,G. C. Curhan,Andre Franke,Tatiana Rochat,B. Paulweber,W. Wang,Vilmundur Gudnason,Josef Coresh,Reinhold E. Schmidt,Michael G. Shlipak,C M van Duijn,Ingrid B. Borecki,Bernhard K. Krämer,Igor Rudan,Ulf Gyllensten,J.F. Wilson,J. C. M. Witteman,Peter P. Pramstaller,Rainer Rettig,Nicholas D. Hastie,Daniel I. Chasman,W. H. Kao,I. M. Heid,Caroline S. Fox,Jan Krumsiek,Claudia Hundertmark,Giorgio Pistis,Daniela Ruggiero,M. O'seaghdha,T. Haller,Z. Kutalik,Julia Shi,P. S. Middelberg,Angelo L. Gaffo,Nicola Pirastu,Guo Li,Jennifer E. Huffman,Loic Yengo,Jing Hua Zhao,Ayse Demirkan,M. F. Feitosa,Xuan Liu,Giovanni Malerba,Lorna M. Lopez,Xinzhong Li,Marcus E. Kleber,Andrew A. Hicks,Ilja M. Nolte,Åsa Johansson,Federico Murgia,J F Peden,Maristella Steri,Albert Tenesa,Perttu Salo,Massimo Mangino,Lynda M. Rose,Terho Lehtimäki,Owen M. Woodward,Adrienne Tin,Craig Muller,Christopher Oldmeadow,Margus Putku,Darina Czamara,Peter Kraft,Laura Frogheri,Gian Andri Thun,Anne Grotevendt,Gauti Kjartan Gislason,Patrick F. McArdle,Michael Schallert,N. G. Martin,Grant W. Montgomery,David R. Jacobs,Kiang Liu,Pio D'Adamo,S. Ulivi,Jerome I. Rotter,P. Navaro,B. Balkau,Philippe Froguel,Tõnu Esko,Andres Salumets,Kay-Tee Khaw,Claudia Langenberg,Aldi T. Kraja,Qunyuan Zhang,Rodney J. Scott,Elizabeth G. Holliday,Elin Org,Margus Viigimaa,Stefania Bandinelli,Jeffery Metter,Antonio Lupo,Elisabetta Trabetti,Rossella Sorice,Angela Döring,Eva Lattka,Konstantin Strauch,Fabian J. Theis,M. Waldenberger,G. Davies,Alan J. Gow,Marcel Bruinenberg,Ronald P. Stolk,Winkelmann Br,B O Boehm,Susanne Lucae,G. Curhan,Poorva Mudgal,Robert M. Plenge,Laura Portas,Ivana Persico,Mirna Kirin,I. Mateo Leach,W. H. Van Gilst,Anuj Goel,Halit Ongen,A. von Eckardstein,Francesco Cucca,Ramaiah Nagaraja,Maria Grazia Piras,Claudia Schurmann,Klemens Budde,Florian Ernst,Susan M. Farrington,Evropi Theodoratou,A. Jula,M. Perola,V. Salomaa,So-Youn Shin,Cinzia Sala,Mika Kähönen,Jorma Viikari,Christian Hengstenberg,Christopher P. Nelson,James F. Meschia,Michael A. Nalls,Pankaj Sharma,Andrew B. Singleton,Michel Burnier,John Attia,Maris Laan,Hans L. Hillege,Stefan Kloiber,Hyon K. Choi,Mario Pirastu,Silvia Tore,John Whitfield,Myriam Fornage,Paolo Gasparini,David S. Siscovick,Nabila Bouatia-Naji,Andres Metspalu,Ingrid B. Borecki,Giovanni Gambaro,Ian J. Deary,Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel,W. März,Hugh Watkins,Sabine Schipf,Malcolm G. Dunlop,S. Ripatti,Daniela Toniolo,Olli T. Raitakari,Marina Ciullo,Mark J. Caulfield,C Gieger +414 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for kidney function–related traits, including 71,149 east Asian individuals from 18 studies in 11 population-, hospital- or family-based cohorts, conducted as part of the Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network (AGEN), identified 17 loci newly associated with kidney function-related traits.
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Variants of the serotonin transporter gene and NEO-PI-R Neuroticism: No association in the BLSA and SardiNIA samples
Antonio Terracciano,Lenuta Balaci,Jason Thayer,Matthew Scally,Sarah Kokinos,Luigi Ferrucci,Toshiko Tanaka,Alan B. Zonderman,Serena Sanna,Nazario Olla,Maria Antonietta Zuncheddu,Silvia Naitza,Fabio Busonero,Manuela Uda,David Schlessinger,G. Abecasis,Paul T. Costa +16 more
TL;DR: The association of variants in the serotonin transporter gene is examined in a sample from a genetically isolated population within Sardinia (Italy) that is several times larger than previous samples that used the NEO‐PI‐R and no significant association is found.
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Clonal hematopoiesis in sickle cell disease
Liggett La,Liggett La,Cato Ld,Cato Ld,Joshua S. Weinstock,Yingze Zhang,Seyed Mehdi Nouraie,Mark T. Gladwin,Melanie E. Garrett,Allison E. Ashley-Koch,Marilyn J. Telen,Marilyn J. Telen,Custer B,Shannon Kelly,Carla Luana Dinardo,Ester Cerdeira Sabino,Loureiro P,AB Carneiro-Proietti,Claudia Maximo,Alexander P. Reiner,Alexander P. Reiner,G. Abecasis,Williams Da,Pradeep Natarajan,Pradeep Natarajan,Alexander G. Bick,Vijay G. Sankaran,Vijay G. Sankaran +27 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors leverage 74,190 whole-genome sequences to robustly study CH in sickle cell disease (SCD) and find no variation in rate or clone properties between individuals affected by SCD and controls.
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Publisher Correction: Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.
Evangelos Evangelou,Evangelos Evangelou,Helen R. Warren,Helen R. Warren,David Mosen-Ansorena,Borbala Mifsud,Raha Pazoki,He Gao,Georgios Ntritsos,Niki Dimou,Claudia P. Cabrera,Claudia P. Cabrera,Ibrahim Karaman,Fu Liang Ng,Marina Evangelou,K. Witkowska,Evan Tzanis,Jacklyn N. Hellwege,Ayush Giri,D.R. Velez Edwards,Yan V. Sun,Kelly Cho,Kelly Cho,John Michael Gaziano,John Michael Gaziano,Wilson Pwf.,Philip S. Tsao,Csaba P. Kovesdy,Tõnu Esko,Tõnu Esko,Reedik Mägi,Lili Milani,Peter Almgren,Thibaud Boutin,Stéphanie Debette,Jun Ding,Franco Giulianini,Elizabeth G. Holliday,Anne U. Jackson,Ruifang Li-Gao,Lin W-Y.,Jian'an Luan,Massimo Mangino,Massimo Mangino,Christopher Oldmeadow,Bram P. Prins,Yong Qian,Muralidharan Sargurupremraj,Nabi Shah,Nabi Shah,Praveen Surendran,Sébastien Thériault,Sébastien Thériault,Niek Verweij,Niek Verweij,Niek Verweij,Sara M. Willems,Zhao J-H.,Philippe Amouyel,John M. C. Connell,R. de Mutsert,Doney Asf.,Martin Farrall,Martin Farrall,Cristina Menni,Andrew D. Morris,Raymond Noordam,Guillaume Paré,Neil R Poulter,Denis C. Shields,Alice Stanton,Simon Thom,G. Abecasis,Najaf Amin,Dan E. Arking,Kristin L. Ayers,Kristin L. Ayers,Caterina Barbieri,Chiara Batini,J. C. Bis,Tineka Blake,Murielle Bochud,Michael Boehnke,Eric Boerwinkle,Dorret I. Boomsma,Erwin P. Bottinger,Peter S. Braund,Peter S. Braund,Marco Brumat,Archie Campbell,Harry Campbell,Aravinda Chakravarti,John C. Chambers,Ganesh Chauhan,Marina Ciullo,Massimiliano Cocca,Frank H. Collins,Heather J. Cordell,Gary Davies,M. H. de Borst,E.J.C. de Geus,Ian J. Deary,Joris Deelen,Cumhur Y Demirkale,Marcus Dörr,Georg Ehret,Georg Ehret,Roberto Elosua,Stefan Enroth,A.M. Erzurumluoglu,Teresa Ferreira,Mattias Frånberg,Mattias Frånberg,Oscar H. Franco,Ilaria Gandin,Paolo Gasparini,Vilmantas Giedraitis,C Gieger,Giorgia Girotto,Anuj Goel,Anuj Goel,Alan J. Gow,Alan J. Gow,Vilmundur Gudnason,Xiuqing Guo,Ulf Gyllensten,Anders Hamsten,T.B. Harris,Sarah E. Harris,Catharina A. Hartman,Aki S. Havulinna,Aki S. Havulinna,Andrew A. Hicks,Edith Hofer,Albert Hofman,Albert Hofman,Hottenga J-J.,Jennifer E. Huffman,Jennifer E. Huffman,Hwang S-J.,Erik Ingelsson,Erik Ingelsson,Alan L. James,Alan L. James,Rick Jansen,Jarvelin M-R.,Roby Joehanes,Åsa Johansson,Andrew D. Johnson,Peter K. Joshi,Pekka Jousilahti,Joop Jukema,Antti Jula,Mika Kähönen,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Bernard Keavney,Bernard Keavney,Khaw K-T.,Paul Knekt,Joanne Knight,Ivana Kolcic,Jaspal S. Kooner,Seppo Koskinen,Kati Kristiansson,Zoltán Kutalik,Zoltán Kutalik,Maris Laan,Marty Larson,L. J. Launer,Benjamin Lehne,Terho Lehtimäki,Liewald Dcm.,Li Lin,Lars Lind,C M Lindgren,C M Lindgren,C M Lindgren,Yongmei Liu,Loos Rjf.,Loos Rjf.,Lorna M. Lopez,Lorna M. Lopez,Lorna M. Lopez,Yingchang Lu,Lyytikäinen L-P.,Anubha Mahajan,Crysovalanto Mamasoula,J. Marrugat,Jonathan Marten,Y. Milaneschi,Anna Morgan,Andrew P. Morris,Andrew P. Morris,A C Morrison,Peter J. Munson,Mike A. Nalls,Priyanka Nandakumar,Christopher P. Nelson,Christopher P. Nelson,Teemu J. Niiranen,Teemu J. Niiranen,Ilja M. Nolte,Teresa Nutile,Albertine J. Oldehinkel,Ben A. Oostra,Paul F. O'Reilly,Elin Org,Sandosh Padmanabhan,Sandosh Padmanabhan,Walter Palmas,Aarno Palotie,Aarno Palotie,Aarno Palotie,Alison Pattie,Penninx Bwjh.,Markus Perola,Markus Perola,Markus Perola,Annette Peters,Ozren Polasek,Peter P. Pramstaller,Quang Tri Nguyen,Olli T. Raitakari,Olli T. Raitakari,Meixia Ren,Rainer Rettig,Kenneth Rice,Paul M. Ridker,Paul M. Ridker,Janina S. Ried,Harriëtte Riese,Samuli Ripatti,Antonietta Robino,Lynda M. Rose,Jerome I. Rotter,Igor Rudan,Daniela Ruggiero,Yasaman Saba,Cinzia Sala,Veikko Salomaa,Nilesh J. Samani,Nilesh J. Samani,Sarin A-P.,Reinhold Schmidt,Helena Schmidt,Nick Shrine,David S. Siscovick,Albert V. Smith,Harold Snieder,Siim Sõber,Rossella Sorice,John M. Starr,David J. Stott,David P. Strachan,Rona J. Strawbridge,Johan Sundström,Morris A. Swertz,Kent D. Taylor,Alexander Teumer,Martin D. Tobin,Maciej Tomaszewski,Maciej Tomaszewski,Daniela Toniolo,Michela Traglia,Stella Trompet,J. Tuomilehto,Christophe Tzourio,André G. Uitterlinden,Ahmad Vaez,Ahmad Vaez,P. J. van der Most,C M van Duijn,Vergnaud A-C.,Germaine C. Verwoert,Veronique Vitart,Uwe Völker,Peter Vollenweider,Dragana Vuckovic,Dragana Vuckovic,Hugh Watkins,Hugh Watkins,Sarah H. Wild,Gonneke Willemsen,James F. Wilson,James F. Wilson,Alan F. Wright,Jie Yao,Tatijana Zemunik,Weihua Zhang,Weihua Zhang,John Attia,Adam S. Butterworth,Adam S. Butterworth,Daniel I. Chasman,Daniel I. Chasman,David Conen,David Conen,Francesco Cucca,Francesco Cucca,John Danesh,John Danesh,Caroline Hayward,Howson Jmm.,Markku Laakso,Edward G. Lakatta,Claudia Langenberg,Olle Melander,Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori,Palmer Cna.,Lorenz Risch,Robert A. Scott,R. J. Scott,Peter S. Sever,Tim D. Spector,P. van der Harst,Nicholas J. Wareham,Eleftheria Zeggini,Daniel Levy,Patricia B. Munroe,Patricia B. Munroe,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Morris J. Brown,Morris J. Brown,A. Metspalu,Adriana M. Hung,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Todd L. Edwards,Bruce M. Psaty,Bruce M. Psaty,Ioanna Tzoulaki,Ioanna Tzoulaki,Michael R. Barnes,Michael R. Barnes,Louise V. Wain,Louise V. Wain,Paul Elliott,Mark J. Caulfield,Mark J. Caulfield +340 more
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