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Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Researcher at University of Michigan
Publications - 629
Citations - 271012
Gonçalo R. Abecasis is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Population. The author has an hindex of 179, co-authored 595 publications receiving 230323 citations. Previous affiliations of Gonçalo R. Abecasis include Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics.
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Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation
Cristen J. Willer,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Ruth J. F. Loos,Shengxu Li,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Iris M. Heid,Sonja I. Berndt,Amanda F. Elliott,Amanda F. Elliott,Anne U. Jackson,Claudia Lamina,Guillaume Lettre,Guillaume Lettre,Noha Lim,Helen N. Lyon,Helen N. Lyon,Steven A. McCarroll,Steven A. McCarroll,Konstantinos A. Papadakis,Lu Qi,Joshua C. Randall,Rosa Maria Roccasecca,Serena Sanna,Paul Scheet,Michael N. Weedon,Eleanor Wheeler,Jing Hua Zhao,Leonie C. Jacobs,Inga Prokopenko,Nicole Soranzo,Nicole Soranzo,Toshiko Tanaka,Nicholas J. Timpson,Peter Almgren,Amanda J. Bennett,Richard N. Bergman,Sheila Bingham,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Morris Brown,Noël P. Burtt,Peter S. Chines,Lachlan J. M. Coin,Francis S. Collins,John M. C. Connell,Cyrus Cooper,George Davey Smith,Elaine M. Dennison,Parimal Deodhar,Paul Elliott,Michael R. Erdos,Karol Estrada,David M. Evans,Lauren Gianniny,Christian Gieger,Christopher J. Gillson,Candace Guiducci,Rachel Hackett,David Hadley,Alistair S. Hall,Aki S. Havulinna,Johannes Hebebrand,Albert Hofman,Bo Isomaa,Kevin B. Jacobs,Toby Johnson,Toby Johnson,Pekka Jousilahti,Zorica Jovanovic,Zorica Jovanovic,Kay-Tee Khaw,Peter Kraft,Mikko Kuokkanen,Mikko Kuokkanen,Johanna Kuusisto,Jaana Laitinen,Edward G. Lakatta,Jian'an Luan,Robert Luben,Massimo Mangino,Wendy L. McArdle,Thomas Meitinger,Antonella Mulas,Patricia B. Munroe,Narisu Narisu,Andy R Ness,Kate Northstone,Stephen O'Rahilly,Stephen O'Rahilly,Carolin Purmann,Carolin Purmann,Matthew G. Rees,Martin Ridderstråle,Susan M. Ring,Fernando Rivadeneira,Aimo Ruokonen,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Jouko Saramies,Laura J. Scott,Angelo Scuteri,Kaisa Silander,Matthew A. Sims,Kijoung Song,Jonathan Stephens,Suzanne Stevens,Heather M. Stringham,Y. C. Loraine Tung,Y. C. Loraine Tung,Timo T. Valle,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Karani Santhanakrishnan Vimaleswaran,Karani Santhanakrishnan Vimaleswaran,Peter Vollenweider,Gérard Waeber,Chris Wallace,Richard M. Watanabe,Dawn M. Waterworth,Nicholas A. Watkins,Jacqueline C. M. Witteman,Eleftheria Zeggini,Guangju Zhai,M. Carola Zillikens,David Altshuler,David Altshuler,Mark J. Caulfield,Stephen J. Chanock,I. Sadaf Farooqi,I. Sadaf Farooqi,Luigi Ferrucci,Jack M. Guralnik,Andrew T. Hattersley,Frank B. Hu,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Markku Laakso,Vincent Mooser,Ken K. Ong,Willem H. Ouwehand,Willem H. Ouwehand,Veikko Salomaa,Nilesh J. Samani,Tim D. Spector,Tiinamaija Tuomi,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Manuela Uda,André G. Uitterlinden,Nicholas J. Wareham,Panagiotis Deloukas,Timothy M. Frayling,Leif Groop,Leif Groop,Richard B. Hayes,David J. Hunter,David J. Hunter,Karen L. Mohlke,Leena Peltonen,Leena Peltonen,Leena Peltonen,David Schlessinger,David P. Strachan,H-Erich Wichmann,Mark I. McCarthy,Michael Boehnke,Inês Barroso,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Joel N. Hirschhorn +166 more
TL;DR: Several of the likely causal genes are highly expressed or known to act in the central nervous system (CNS), emphasizing, as in rare monogenic forms of obesity, the role of the CNS in predisposition to obesity.
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Evolution and functional impact of rare coding variation from deep sequencing of human exomes
Jacob A. Tennessen,Abigail W. Bigham,Timothy D. O’Connor,Wenqing Fu,Eimear E. Kenny,Simon Gravel,Sean McGee,Ron Do,Ron Do,Xiaoming Liu,Goo Jun,Hyun Min Kang,Daniel M. Jordan,Suzanne M. Leal,Stacey Gabriel,Mark J. Rieder,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,David Altshuler,Deborah A. Nickerson,Eric Boerwinkle,Eric Boerwinkle,Shamil R. Sunyaev,Shamil R. Sunyaev,Carlos Bustamante,Michael J. Bamshad,Joshua M. Akey +25 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that most human variation is rare, not shared between populations, and that rare variants are likely to play a role in human health, and show that large sample sizes will be required to associate rare variants with complex traits.
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Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits.
Angelo Scuteri,Serena Sanna,Wei-Min Chen,Manuela Uda,Giuseppe Albai,James B. Strait,Samer S. Najjar,Ramaiah Nagaraja,Marco Orru,Gianluca Usala,Mariano Dei,Sandra Lai,Andrea Maschio,Fabio Busonero,Antonella Mulas,Georg Ehret,Ashley A Fink,Alan B. Weder,Richard S. Cooper,Pilar Galan,Aravinda Chakravarti,David Schlessinger,Antonio Cao,Edward G. Lakatta,Gonçalo R. Abecasis +24 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a genome-wide association scan was conducted to identify genetic variants associated with obesity-related quantitative traits in the genetically isolated population of Sardinia, and the results showed that common genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with substantial changes in body weight.
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Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease
Cristen J. Willer,Serena Sanna,Anne U. Jackson,Angelo Scuteri,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Robert Clarke,Simon Heath,Nicholas J. Timpson,Samer S. Najjar,Heather M. Stringham,James B. Strait,William L. Duren,Andrea Maschio,Fabio Busonero,Antonella Mulas,Giuseppe Albai,Amy J. Swift,Mario A. Morken,Narisu Narisu,Derrick A Bennett,Sarah Parish,Haiqing Shen,Pilar Galan,Pierre Meneton,Serge Hercberg,Diana Zelenika,Wei-Min Chen,Yun Li,Laura J. Scott,Paul Scheet,Jouko Sundvall,Richard M. Watanabe,Ramaiah Nagaraja,Shah Ebrahim,Debbie A Lawlor,Yoav Ben-Shlomo,George Davey-Smith,Alan R. Shuldiner,Rory Collins,Richard N. Bergman,Manuela Uda,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Antonio Cao,Francis S. Collins,Edward G. Lakatta,G. Mark Lathrop,Michael Boehnke,David Schlessinger,Karen L. Mohlke,Gonçalo R. Abecasis +50 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used genotype imputation and meta-analysis to identify genetic variants influencing plasma lipid concentrations, using three genome-wide scans totaling 8,816 individuals and comprising 6,068 individuals specific to their study.
Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study
Benjamin F. Voight,Gina M. Peloso,Marju Orho-Melander,Ruth Frikke-Schmidt,Maja Barbalić,Majken K. Jensen,George Hindy,Hilma Holm,Eric L. Ding,Toby Johnson,Heribert Schunkert,Nilesh J. Samani,Robert Clarke,Jemma C. Hopewell,John F. Thompson,Mingyao Li,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Kiran Musunuru,James P. Pirruccello,Danish Saleheen,Li Chen,Alexandre F.R. Stewart,Arne Schillert,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Gudmundur Thorgeirsson,Sonia S. Anand,James C. Engert,Thomas M. Morgan,John A. Spertus,Monika Stoll,Klaus Berger,Nicola Martinelli,Domenico Girelli,Pascal P. McKeown,Christopher Patterson,Stephen E. Epstein,Joseph M. Devaney,Mary-Susan Burnett,Vincent Mooser,Samuli Ripatti,Ida Surakka,Markku S. Nieminen,Juha Sinisalo,Marja-Liisa Lokki,Markus Perola,Aki S. Havulinna,Ulf de Faire,Bruna Gigante,Erik Ingelsson,Tanja Zeller,Philipp S. Wild,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Olaf H. Klungel,Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee,Bas J M Peters,Anthonius de Boer,Diederick E. Grobbee,Pieter Willem Kamphuisen,Vera H.M. Deneer,Clara C. Elbers,N. Charlotte Onland-Moret,Marten H. Hofker,Cisca Wijmenga,W. M. Monique Verschuren,Jolanda M. A. Boer,Yvonne T. van der Schouw,Asif Rasheed,Philippe M. Frossard,Serkalem Demissie,Cristen J. Willer,Ron Do,Jose M. Ordovas,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Michael Boehnke,Karen L. Mohlke,Mark J. Daly,Candace Guiducci,Noël P. Burtt,Aarti Surti,Elena Gonzalez,Shaun Purcell,Stacey Gabriel,Jaume Marrugat,John F. Peden,Jeanette Erdmann,Patrick Diemert,Christina Willenborg,Inke R. Koenig,Marcus Fischer,Christian Hengstenberg,Andreas Ziegler,Ian Buysschaert,Diether Lambrechts,Frans Van de Werf,Keith A.A. Fox,Nour Eddine El Mokhtari,Diana Rubin,Juergen Schrezenmeir,Stefan Schreiber,Arne S. Schaefer,John Danesh,Stefan Blankenberg,Robert Roberts,Ruth McPherson,Hugh Watkins,Alistair S. Hall,Kim Overvad,Eric B. Rimm,Eric Boerwinkle,Anne Tybjærg-Hansen,L. Adrienne Cupples,Muredach P. Reilly,Olle Melander,Pier Mannuccio Mannucci,Diego Ardissino,David S. Siscovick,Roberto Elosua,Kari Stefansson,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Veikko Salomaa,Daniel J. Rader,Leena Peltonen,Stephen M. Schwartz,David Altshuler,Sekar Kathiresan +125 more
TL;DR: Mendelian randomisation analyses challenge the concept that raising of plasma HDL cholesterol will uniformly translate into reductions in risk of myocardial infarction.