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Hylke M. Blauw

Researcher at Utrecht University

Publications -  24
Citations -  2730

Hylke M. Blauw is an academic researcher from Utrecht University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & Genome-wide association study. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 24 publications receiving 2417 citations.

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Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Wouter van Rheenen, +187 more
- 01 Sep 2016 - 
TL;DR: Evidence of ALS being a complex genetic trait with a polygenic architecture is established and the SNP-based heritability is estimated at 8.5%, with a distinct and important role for low-frequency variants (frequency 1–10%).
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Genome-wide association study identifies 19p13.3 (UNC13A) and 9p21.2 as susceptibility loci for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Michael A. van Es, +61 more
- 01 Oct 2009 - 
TL;DR: A genome-wide association study among 2,323 individuals with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and 9,013 control subjects and evaluated all SNPs with P < 1.0 × 10−4 revealed genome- wide significance for one SNP, rs12608932, which maps to a haplotype block within the boundaries of UNC13A, which regulates the release of neurotransmitters at neuromuscular synapses.
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Reduced expression of the Kinesin-Associated Protein 3 (KIFAP3) gene increases survival in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

TL;DR: Findings support the view that genetic factors modify phenotypes in this disease and that cellular motor proteins are determinants of motor neuron viability.