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Jan Hillert
Researcher at Karolinska Institutet
Publications - 420
Citations - 28992
Jan Hillert is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Multiple sclerosis & Population. The author has an hindex of 74, co-authored 420 publications receiving 25296 citations. Previous affiliations of Jan Hillert include Boston Children's Hospital & University College London.
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Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis
Stephen Sawcer,Garrett Hellenthal,Matti Pirinen,Chris C. A. Spencer,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Loukas Moutsianas,Alexander T. Dilthey,Zhan Su,Colin Freeman,Sarah E. Hunt,Sarah Edkins,Emma Gray,David R. Booth,Simon C. Potter,An Goris,Gavin Band,Annette Bang Oturai,A. Strange,Janna Saarela,Céline Bellenguez,Bertrand Fontaine,Matthew W. Gillman,Bernhard Hemmer,Rhian Gwilliam,Frauke Zipp,Alagurevathi Jayakumar,Roland Martin,Stephen Leslie,Stanley Hawkins,Eleni Giannoulatou,Sandra D'Alfonso,Hannah Blackburn,Filippo Martinelli Boneschi,Jennifer Liddle,Hanne F. Harbo,Hanne F. Harbo,M. Perez,Anne Spurkland,Matthew Waller,Marcin P. Mycko,Michelle Ricketts,Manuel Comabella,Naomi Hammond,Ingrid Kockum,O. T. McCann,Maria Ban,Pamela Whittaker,Anu Kemppinen,Paul A. Weston,Clive Hawkins,Sara Widaa,John Zajicek,John Zajicek,Serge Dronov,Neil Robertson,Suzannah Bumpstead,Lisa F. Barcellos,Lisa F. Barcellos,Rathi Ravindrarajah,Roby Abraham,Lars Alfredsson,Kristin G. Ardlie,Cristin Aubin,Amie Baker,K Baker,Sergio E. Baranzini,Laura Bergamaschi,Roberto Bergamaschi,Allan L. Bernstein,Achim Berthele,Mike Boggild,Jonathan P. Bradfield,David Brassat,Simon Broadley,Dorothea Buck,Helmut Butzkueven,Ruggero Capra,William M. Carroll,Paola Cavalla,Elisabeth Gulowsen Celius,Sabine Cepok,Rosetta M. Chiavacci,Françoise Clerget-Darpoux,Katleen Clysters,Giancarlo Comi,Mark D. Cossburn,Isabelle Cournu-Rebeix,M. B. Cox,Wendy Cozen,Bruce A.C. Cree,Anne H. Cross,Daniele Cusi,Mark J. Daly,Mark J. Daly,Emma J. Davis,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Marc Debouverie,Marie B. D'hooghe,K Dixon,Rita Dobosi,Bénédicte Dubois,David Ellinghaus,Irina Elovaara,Federica Esposito,Claire Fontenille,Simon J. Foote,Andre Franke,Daniela Galimberti,Angelo Ghezzi,Joseph T. Glessner,Refujia Gomez,Olivier Gout,Colin A. Graham,Struan F.A. Grant,Struan F.A. Grant,Franca Rosa Guerini,Hakon Hakonarson,Hakon Hakonarson,Per Hall,Anders Hamsten,Hans-Peter Hartung,Robert Heard,Simon Heath,Jeremy Hobart,Jeremy Hobart,Muna Hoshi,Carmen Infante-Duarte,Gillian Ingram,Wendy Ingram,Wendy Ingram,Talat Islam,Maja Jagodic,Michael Kabesch,Allan G. Kermode,Trevor J. Kilpatrick,Cecilia Kim,Norman Klopp,Keijo Koivisto,Malin Larsson,Mark Lathrop,Jeannette Lechner-Scott,Maurizio Leone,Virpi M. Leppä,Ulrika Liljedahl,Izaura Lima Bomfim,Robin R. Lincoln,Jenny Link,Jianjun Liu,Åslaug R. Lorentzen,Åslaug R. Lorentzen,Sara Lupoli,Fabio Macciardi,Fabio Macciardi,Thomas M. Mack,Mark Marriott,Vittorio Martinelli,Deborah F. Mason,Jacob L. McCauley,Frank D. Mentch,Inger-Lise Mero,Tania Mihalova,Xavier Montalban,John Mottershead,Kjell-Morten Myhr,Paola Naldi,William E R Ollier,Alison Page,Aarno Palotie,Jean Pelletier,Laura Piccio,Trevor Pickersgill,Fredrik Piehl,Susan Pobywajlo,Hong L. Quach,Patricia P. Ramsay,Mauri Reunanen,Richard Reynolds,John D. Rioux,John D. Rioux,Mariaemma Rodegher,Sabine Roesner,Justin P. Rubio,Ina-Maria Rueckert,Marco Salvetti,Erika Salvi,Adam Santaniello,Catherine Schaefer,Stefan Schreiber,Christian Schulze,Rodney J. Scott,Finn Sellebjerg,Krzysztof Selmaj,David Sexton,Ling Shen,Brigid Simms-Acuna,Sheila Skidmore,Patrick M. A. Sleiman,C. Smestad,Per Soelberg Sørensen,Helle Bach Søndergaard,Jim Stankovich,Richard C. Strange,Anna-Maija Sulonen,Emilie Sundqvist,Ann-Christine Syvaenen,Francesca Taddeo,Bruce V. Taylor,Jenefer M. Blackwell,Jenefer M. Blackwell,Jenefer M. Blackwell,Pentti J. Tienari,Elvira Bramon,Ayman Tourbah,Matthew A. Brown,Ewa Tronczynska,Juan P. Casas,Niall Tubridy,Aiden Corvin,Jane Vickery,Jane Vickery,Janusz Jankowski,Pablo Villoslada,Hugh S. Markus,Kai Wang,Christopher G. Mathew,James Wason,Colin N. A. Palmer,H-Erich Wichmann,H-Erich Wichmann,Robert Plomin,Ernest Willoughby,Anna Rautanen,Juliane Winkelmann,Michael Wittig,Richard C. Trembath,J. Yaouanq,Ananth C. Viswanathan,Ananth C. Viswanathan,Haitao Zhang,Nicholas W. Wood,Rebecca L. Zuvich,Panos Deloukas,Cordelia Langford,Audrey Duncanson,Jorge R. Oksenberg,Margaret A. Pericak-Vance,Jonathan L. Haines,Tomas Olsson,Jan Hillert,Adrian J. Ivinson,Philip L. De Jager,Philip L. De Jager,Philip L. De Jager,Leena Peltonen,Graeme J. Stewart,David A. Hafler,David A. Hafler,Stephen L. Hauser,Gil McVean,Peter Donnelly,Peter Donnelly,Alastair Compston +265 more
TL;DR: In this article, a collaborative GWAS involving 9,772 cases of European descent collected by 23 research groups working in 15 different countries, they have replicated almost all of the previously suggested associations and identified at least a further 29 novel susceptibility loci.
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Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis
Ashley Beecham,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Dionysia K. Xifara,Mary F. Davis,Anu Kemppinen,Chris Cotsapas,Chris Cotsapas,Tejas S. Shah,Chris C. A. Spencer,David R. Booth,An Goris,Annette Bang Oturai,Janna Saarela,Bertrand Fontaine,Bernhard Hemmer,C. Martin,Frauke Zipp,Sandra D'Alfonso,Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi,Bruce V. Taylor,Hanne F. Harbo,Ingrid Kockum,Jan Hillert,Tomas Olsson,Maria Ban,Jorge R. Oksenberg,Rogier Q. Hintzen,Lisa F. Barcellos,Lisa F. Barcellos,Lisa F. Barcellos,Cristina Agliardi,Lars Alfredsson,Mehdi Alizadeh,Carl A. Anderson,Robert Andrews,Helle Bach Søndergaard,Amie Baker,Gavin Band,Sergio E. Baranzini,Nadia Barizzone,Jeffrey C. Barrett,Céline Bellenguez,Laura Bergamaschi,Luisa Bernardinelli,Achim Berthele,Viola Biberacher,Thomas M.C. Binder,Hannah Blackburn,Izaura Lima Bomfim,Paola Brambilla,Simon Broadley,Bruno Brochet,Lou Brundin,Dorothea Buck,Helmut Butzkueven,Helmut Butzkueven,Stacy J. Caillier,William Camu,Wassila Carpentier,Paola Cavalla,Elisabeth Gulowsen Celius,Irene Coman,Giancarlo Comi,Lucia Corrado,Leentje Cosemans,Isabelle Cournu-Rebeix,Bruce A.C. Cree,Daniele Cusi,Vincent Damotte,Gilles Defer,Silvia Delgado,Panos Deloukas,Alessia Di Sapio,Alexander T. Dilthey,Peter Donnelly,Bénédicte Dubois,Martin Duddy,Sarah Edkins,Irina Elovaara,Federica Esposito,Nikos Evangelou,Barnaby Fiddes,Judith Field,Andre Franke,Colin Freeman,Irene Y. Frohlich,Daniela Galimberti,Christian Gieger,Pierre-Antoine Gourraud,Christiane Graetz,Andrew Graham,Verena Grummel,Clara Guaschino,Athena Hadjixenofontos,Hakon Hakonarson,Christopher Halfpenny,Gillian L Hall,Per Hall,Anders Hamsten,James Harley,Timothy Harrower,Clive Hawkins,Garrett Hellenthal,Charles Hillier,Jeremy Hobart,M.-M. Hoshi,Sarah E. Hunt,Maja Jagodic,Ilijas Jelcic,Ilijas Jelcic,Angela Jochim,B. E. Kendall,Allan G. Kermode,Allan G. Kermode,Trevor J. Kilpatrick,Keijo Koivisto,Ioanna Konidari,Thomas Korn,Helena C. Kronsbein,Cordelia Langford,Malin Larsson,Mark Lathrop,Mark Lathrop,Christine Lebrun-Frenay,Jeannette Lechner-Scott,Michelle Lee,Maurizio Leone,Virpi Leppa,Giuseppe Liberatore,Benedicte A. Lie,Christina M. Lill,Christina M. Lill,Magdalena Lindén,Jenny Link,Felix Luessi,Jan Lycke,Fabio Macciardi,Fabio Macciardi,Satu Männistö,Clara P. Manrique,Roland Martin,Roland Martin,Vittorio Martinelli,Deborah F. Mason,Gordon Mazibrada,Cristin McCabe,Inger Lise Mero,Julia Y Mescheriakova,Loukas Moutsianas,Kjell-Morten Myhr,Guy Nagels,Richard Nicholas,Petra Nilsson,Fredrik Piehl,Matti Pirinen,Siân Price,Hong Quach,Mauri Reunanen,Wim Robberecht,Neil Robertson,Mariaemma Rodegher,David Rog,Marco Salvetti,Nathalie Schnetz-Boutaud,Finn Sellebjerg,Rebecca C. Selter,Catherine Schaefer,Sandip Shaunak,Ling Shen,Simon Shields,Volker Siffrin,Mark Slee,Per Soelberg Sørensen,Melissa Sorosina,Mireia Sospedra,Mireia Sospedra,Anne Spurkland,Amy Strange,Emilie Sundqvist,Vincent Thijs,J W Thorpe,Anna Ticca,Pentti J. Tienari,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Elizabeth Visser,Steve Vucic,Helga Westerlind,James S. Wiley,Alastair Wilkins,James F. Wilson,Juliane Winkelmann,John Zajicek,Eva Zindler,Jonathan L. Haines,Margaret A. Pericak-Vance,Adrian J. Ivinson,Graeme J. Stewart,David A. Hafler,David A. Hafler,Stephen L. Hauser,Alastair Compston,Gil McVean,Philip L. De Jager,Philip L. De Jager,Stephen Sawcer,Jacob L. McCauley +206 more
TL;DR: This study enhances the catalog of multiple sclerosis risk variants and illustrates the value of fine mapping in the resolution of GWAS signals.
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Variants conferring risk of atrial fibrillation on chromosome 4q25
Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,David O. Arnar,Anna Helgadottir,Solveig Gretarsdottir,Hilma Holm,Asgeir Sigurdsson,Adalbjorg Jonasdottir,Adam Baker,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Kristleifur Kristjansson,Arnar Palsson,Thorarinn Blondal,Patrick Sulem,Valgerdur M Backman,Gudmundur A. Hardarson,Ebba Palsdottir,Agnar Helgason,Runa Sigurjonsdottir,Jon Th. Sverrisson,Konstantinos Kostulas,Maggie C.Y. Ng,Larry Baum,Wing-Yee So,Ka Sing Wong,Juliana C.N. Chan,Karen L. Furie,Steven M. Greenberg,Michelle Sale,Peter J. Kelly,Calum A. MacRae,Eric E. Smith,Jonathan Rosand,Jan Hillert,Ronald C.W. Ma,Patrick T. Ellinor,Gudmundur Thorgeirsson,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Augustine Kong,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Kari Stefansson +39 more
TL;DR: A genome-wide association scan is performed, followed by replication studies in three populations of European descent and a Chinese population from Hong Kong and a strong association is found between two sequence variants on chromosome 4q25 and AF.
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Multiple Sclerosis Severity Score: Using disability and disease duration to rate disease severity
Richard Roxburgh,S. R. Seaman,T Masterman,Anke Hensiek,Stephen Sawcer,Sandra Vukusic,Iuliana Achiti,Christian Confavreux,M. Coustans,E. Le Page,Gilles Edan,G V McDonnell,Stanley Hawkins,Maria Trojano,Maria Liguori,Eleonora Cocco,Maria Giovanna Marrosu,Fabiana Tesser,Maurizio Leone,Alexandra Weber,Frauke Zipp,Bianca Miterski,Jörg T. Epplen,Annette Bang Oturai,P. Soelberg Sørensen,Elisabeth Gulowsen Celius,N. Téllez Lara,Xavier Montalban,Pablo Villoslada,Ana Martins da Silva,Monica Marta,Isabel Leite,Bénédicte Dubois,Justin P. Rubio,Helmut Butzkueven,Trevor J. Kilpatrick,Marcin P. Mycko,Krzysztof Selmaj,Maria Edite Rio,Maria José Sá,Giuseppe Salemi,Giovanni Savettieri,Jan Hillert,D. A. S. Compston +43 more
TL;DR: The Multiple Sclerosis Severity Score (MSSS) as mentioned in this paper measures the severity of a patient with multiple sclerosis using the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score.
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The same sequence variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm
Anna Helgadottir,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Kristinn P. Magnusson,Solveig Gretarsdottir,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Andrei Manolescu,Gregory T. Jones,Gabriel J.E. Rinkel,Jan D. Blankensteijn,Antti Ronkainen,Juha Jääskeläinen,Yoshiki Kyo,Guy M. Lenk,Natzi Sakalihasan,Konstantinos Kostulas,Anders Gottsäter,Andrea Flex,Hreinn Stefansson,Torben Hansen,Gitte Andersen,Shantel Weinsheimer,Knut Borch-Johnsen,Knut Borch-Johnsen,Torben Jørgensen,Svati H. Shah,Arshed A. Quyyumi,Christopher B. Granger,Muredach P. Reilly,Harland Austin,Allan I. Levey,Viola Vaccarino,Ebba Palsdottir,G. Bragi Walters,Thorbjorg Jonsdottir,Steinunn Snorradottir,Dana Magnusdottir,Gudmundur H. Gudmundsson,Robert E. Ferrell,Sigurlaug Sveinbjörnsdóttir,Juha Hernesniemi,Juha Hernesniemi,Mika Niemelä,Raymond Limet,Karl Andersen,Gunnar Sigurdsson,Rafn Benediktsson,Eric L.G. Verhoeven,Joep A.W. Teijink,Diederick E. Grobbee,Daniel J. Rader,David A. Collier,Oluf Pedersen,Roberto Pola,Jan Hillert,Bengt Lindblad,Einar M. Valdimarsson,Hulda B Magnadottir,Cisca Wijmenga,Gerard Tromp,Annette F. Baas,Ynte M. Ruigrok,Andre M. van Rij,Helena Kuivaniemi,Janet T. Powell,Stefan E Matthiasson,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Gudmundur Thorgeirsson,Augustine Kong,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Kari Stefansson +69 more
TL;DR: It is reported that rs10757278-G is associated with, in addition to CAD, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and intracranial aneurYSm, but not with T2D, and the role of this sequence variant is not confined to atherosclerotic diseases.