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Mika Kähönen
Researcher at University of Tampere
Publications - 928
Citations - 75635
Mika Kähönen is an academic researcher from University of Tampere. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Genome-wide association study. The author has an hindex of 117, co-authored 873 publications receiving 63585 citations. Previous affiliations of Mika Kähönen include Wake Forest University & University of Oulu.
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Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels
Cristen J. Willer,Ellen M. Schmidt,Sebanti Sengupta,Gina M. Peloso,Gina M. Peloso,Gina M. Peloso,Stefan Gustafsson,Stavroula Kanoni,Andrea Ganna,Andrea Ganna,Jin Chen,Martin L. Buchkovich,Samia Mora,Jacques S. Beckmann,Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham,Hsing-Yi Chang,Ayse Demirkan,Heleen M. den Hertog,Ron Do,Louise A. Donnelly,Georg Ehret,Georg Ehret,Tõnu Esko,Tõnu Esko,Mary F. Feitosa,Teresa Ferreira,Krista Fischer,Pierre Fontanillas,Ross M. Fraser,Daniel F. Freitag,Deepti Gurdasani,Deepti Gurdasani,Kauko Heikkilä,Elina Hyppönen,Aaron Isaacs,Anne U. Jackson,Åsa Johansson,Toby Johnson,Marika Kaakinen,Johannes Kettunen,Johannes Kettunen,Marcus E. Kleber,Marcus E. Kleber,Xiaohui Li,Jian'an Luan,Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen,Patrik K. E. Magnusson,Massimo Mangino,Evelin Mihailov,May E. Montasser,Martina Müller-Nurasyid,Ilja M. Nolte,Jeffrey R. O'Connell,Cameron D. Palmer,Cameron D. Palmer,Markus Perola,Markus Perola,Markus Perola,Ann-Kristin Petersen,Serena Sanna,Richa Saxena,Sonia Shah,Dmitry Shungin,Dmitry Shungin,Carlo Sidore,Carlo Sidore,Ci Song,Ci Song,Rona J. Strawbridge,Ida Surakka,Ida Surakka,Toshiko Tanaka,Tanya M. Teslovich,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Evita G. Van Den Herik,Benjamin F. Voight,Kelly A. Volcik,Lindsay L. Waite,Andrew Wong,Ying Wu,Weihua Zhang,Weihua Zhang,Devin Absher,Gershim Asiki,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Latonya F. Been,Jennifer L. Bolton,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Paolo Brambilla,Mary Susan Burnett,Giancarlo Cesana,Maria Dimitriou,Alex S. F. Doney,Angela Döring,Paul Elliott,Paul Elliott,Stephen E. Epstein,Gudmundur I. Eyjolfsson,Bruna Gigante,Mark O. Goodarzi,Harald Grallert,Martha L. Gravito,Christopher J. Groves,Göran Hallmans,Anna-Liisa Hartikainen,Caroline Hayward,Dena G. Hernandez,Andrew A. Hicks,Hilma Holm,Yi Jen Hung,Thomas Illig,Matthew Jones,Pontiano Kaleebu,John J.P. Kastelein,Kay-Tee Khaw,Eric Kim,Norman Klopp,Pirjo Komulainen,Meena Kumari,Claudia Langenberg,Terho Lehtimäki,Shih-Yi Lin,Jaana Lindström,Ruth J. F. Loos,Ruth J. F. Loos,François Mach,Wendy L. McArdle,Christa Meisinger,Braxton D. Mitchell,Gabrielle Müller,Ramaiah Nagaraja,Narisu Narisu,Tuomo Nieminen,Rebecca N. Nsubuga,Isleifur Olafsson,Ken K. Ong,Ken K. Ong,Aarno Palotie,Aarno Palotie,Theodore Papamarkou,Theodore Papamarkou,Theodore Papamarkou,Cristina Pomilla,Cristina Pomilla,Anneli Pouta,Anneli Pouta,Daniel J. Rader,Muredach P. Reilly,Paul M. Ridker,Fernando Rivadeneira,Igor Rudan,Aimo Ruokonen,Nilesh J. Samani,Nilesh J. Samani,Hubert Scharnagl,Janet Seeley,Janet Seeley,Kaisa Silander,Kaisa Silander,Alena Stančáková,Kathleen Stirrups,Amy J. Swift,Laurence Tiret,André G. Uitterlinden,L. Joost van Pelt,Sailaja Vedantam,Sailaja Vedantam,Nicholas W.J. Wainwright,Nicholas W.J. Wainwright,Cisca Wijmenga,Sarah H. Wild,Gonneke Willemsen,Tom Wilsgaard,James F. Wilson,Elizabeth H. Young,Elizabeth H. Young,Jing Hua Zhao,Linda S. Adair,Dominique Arveiler,Themistocles L. Assimes,Stefania Bandinelli,Franklyn I. Bennett,Murielle Bochud,Bernhard O. Boehm,Bernhard O. Boehm,Dorret I. Boomsma,Ingrid B. Borecki,Stefan R. Bornstein,Pascal Bovet,Michel Burnier,Harry Campbell,Aravinda Chakravarti,John C. Chambers,John C. Chambers,John C. Chambers,Yii-Der Ida Chen,Yii-Der Ida Chen,Francis S. Collins,Richard S. Cooper,John Danesh,George Dedoussis,Ulf de Faire,Alan B. Feranil,Jean Ferrières,Luigi Ferrucci,Nelson B. Freimer,Christian Gieger,Leif Groop,Leif Groop,Vilmundur Gudnason,Ulf Gyllensten,Anders Hamsten,Tamara B. Harris,Aroon D. Hingorani,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Albert Hofman,G. Kees Hovingh,Chao A. Hsiung,Steve E. Humphries,Steven C. Hunt,Kristian Hveem,Carlos Iribarren,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Antti Jula,Mika Kähönen,Jaakko Kaprio,Jaakko Kaprio,Antero Kesäniemi,Mika Kivimäki,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,Peter J. Koudstaal,Ronald M. Krauss,Diana Kuh,Johanna Kuusisto,Kirsten Ohm Kyvik,Markku Laakso,Timo A. Lakka,Timo A. Lakka,Lars Lind,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Nicholas G. Martin,Winfried März,Winfried März,Winfried März,Mark I. McCarthy,Colin A. McKenzie,Pierre Meneton,Andres Metspalu,Leena Moilanen,Andrew D. Morris,Patricia B. Munroe,Inger Njølstad,Nancy L. Pedersen,Chris Power,Peter P. Pramstaller,Peter P. Pramstaller,Jackie F. Price,Bruce M. Psaty,Bruce M. Psaty,Thomas Quertermous,Rainer Rauramaa,Rainer Rauramaa,Danish Saleheen,Danish Saleheen,Veikko Salomaa,Dharambir K. Sanghera,Jouko Saramies,Peter Schwarz,Wayne Huey-Herng Sheu,Alan R. Shuldiner,Alan R. Shuldiner,Agneta Siegbahn,Tim D. Spector,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,David P. Strachan,Bamidele O. Tayo,Elena Tremoli,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Matti Uusitupa,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Peter Vollenweider,Lars Wallentin,Nicholas J. Wareham,John Whitfield,Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel,Jose M. Ordovas,Jose M. Ordovas,Eric Boerwinkle,Colin N. A. Palmer,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Daniel I. Chasman,Jerome I. Rotter,Paul W. Franks,Paul W. Franks,Paul W. Franks,Samuli Ripatti,Samuli Ripatti,Samuli Ripatti,L. Adrienne Cupples,L. Adrienne Cupples,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Stephen S. Rich,Michael Boehnke,Panos Deloukas,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Karen L. Mohlke,Erik Ingelsson,Erik Ingelsson,Gonçalo R. Abecasis +319 more
TL;DR: It is found that loci associated with blood lipid levels are often associated with cardiovascular and metabolic traits, including coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, blood pressure, waist-hip ratio and body mass index.
Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index
Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Cristen J. Willer,Sonja I. Berndt,Keri L. Monda,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Anne U. Jackson,H Lango Allen,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Jian'an Luan,Reedik Mägi,Joshua C. Randall,Sailaja Vedantam,Thomas W. Winkler,Lu Qi,Tsegaselassie Workalemahu,Iris M. Heid,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Heather M. Stringham,Michael N. Weedon,Eleanor Wheeler,Andrew R. Wood,Teresa Ferreira,Robert J. Weyant,Ayellet V. Segrè,K. Estrada,Liming Liang,James Nemesh,Ju-Hyun Park,Stefan Gustafsson,Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen,Jian Yang,Nabila Bouatia-Naji,Tõnu Esko,Mary F. Feitosa,Zoltán Kutalik,Massimo Mangino,Soumya Raychaudhuri,André Scherag,Albert V. Smith,Ryan P. Welch,Jing Hua Zhao,Katja K.H. Aben,Devin Absher,Najaf Amin,Anna L. Dixon,Eva Fisher,Nicole L. Glazer,Michael E. Goddard,Nancy L. Heard-Costa,Volker Hoesel,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Åsa Johansson,Toby Johnson,Shamika Ketkar,Claudia Lamina,Shengxu Li,MF Moffatt,Richard H. Myers,Narisu Narisu,John R. B. Perry,Maire Peters,Michael Preuss,Samuli Ripatti,Fernando Rivadeneira,Camilla H. Sandholt,Laura J. Scott,Nicholas J. Timpson,Jonathan Tyrer,S. van Wingerden,Richard M. Watanabe,Charles L. White,Fredrik Wiklund,Cristina Barlassina,Daniel I. Chasman,Mark E. Cooper,John-Olov Jansson,Robert W. Lawrence,Niina Pellikka,Inga Prokopenko,Jianxin Shi,Elisabeth Thiering,Helene Alavere,Maria Teresa Sciarrone Alibrandi,Peter Almgren,Andreas Arnold,Thor Aspelund,Larry D. Atwood,Beverley Balkau,Anthony J. Balmforth,Amanda J. Bennett,Yoav Ben-Shlomo,Richard N. Bergman,Sven Bergmann,Heike Biebermann,Alexandra I. F. Blakemore,Tanja Boes,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Stefan R. Bornstein,Michael Brown,Thomas A. Buchanan,Fabio Busonero,Harry Campbell,Francesco P. Cappuccio,Christine Cavalcanti-Proença,Y. D. Chen,C. M. Chen,Peter S. Chines,Robert Clarke,Lachlan J. M. Coin,John M. C. Connell,Ian N.M. Day,M. den Heijer,Jubao Duan,Shah Ebrahim,Paul Elliott,Roberto Elosua,G. Eiriksdottir,Mike Erdos,Johan G. Eriksson,Maurizio Facheris,Stephan B. Felix,Pamela Fischer-Posovszky,Aaron R. Folsom,Nele Friedrich,Nelson B. Freimer,Mao Fu,Stéphane Gaget,Pablo V. Gejman,Eco J. C. de Geus,Christian Gieger,Anette P. Gjesing,Anuj Goel,Philippe Goyette,Harald Grallert,Jürgen Grässler,Danielle M. Greenawalt,C J Groves,Vilmundur Gudnason,Candace Guiducci,A.-L. Hartikainen,N Hassanali,Alistair S. Hall,Aki S. Havulinna,Caroline Hayward,Andrew C. Heath,Christian Hengstenberg,Andrew A. Hicks,Anke Hinney,Albert Hofman,G. Homuth,Jennie Hui,Wilmar Igl,Carlos Iribarren,Bo Isomaa,Kevin B. Jacobs,Ivonne Jarick,Elizabeth S. Jewell,Ulrich John,Torben Jørgensen,P. Jousilahti,A. Jula,Marika Kaakinen,Eero Kajantie,Lee M. Kaplan,Sekar Kathiresan,Johannes Kettunen,Leena Kinnunen,Joshua W. Knowles,Ivana Kolcic,Inke R. König,Seppo Koskinen,Peter Kovacs,Johanna Kuusisto,Peter Kraft,Kirsti Kvaløy,Jaana Laitinen,Olivier Lantieri,Chiara Lanzani,Lenore J. Launer,Cécile Lecoeur,Terho Lehtimäki,Guillaume Lettre,Jianjun Liu,Marja-Liisa Lokki,Mattias Lorentzon,Robert Luben,Barbara Ludwig,Paolo Manunta,Diana Marek,Michel Marre,Nicholas G. Martin,Wendy L. McArdle,Alun D. McCarthy,Barbara McKnight,Thomas Meitinger,Olle Melander,David Meyre,Kristian Midthjell,Grant W. Montgomery,M. A. Morken,Andrew P. Morris,Rosanda Mulić,Julius S. Ngwa,Mari Nelis,Matt Neville,Dale R. Nyholt,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Stephen O'Rahilly,Ken K. Ong,Ben A. Oostra,Guillaume Paré,Alex N. Parker,Markus Perola,Irene Pichler,Kirsi H. Pietiläinen,Carl Platou,Ozren Polasek,A Pouta,Suzanne Rafelt,Olli T. Raitakari,Nigel W. Rayner,Martin Ridderstråle,Winfried Rief,Aimo Ruokonen,Neil R. Robertson,Peter Rzehak,Veikko Salomaa,Alan R. Sanders,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Serena Sanna,Jouko Saramies,Markku J. Savolainen,S. Scherag,Sabine Schipf,Stefan Schreiber,Heribert Schunkert,Kaisa Silander,Juha Sinisalo,David S. Siscovick,J.H. Smit,Nicole Soranzo,Ulla Sovio,J. Stephens,Ida Surakka,Amy J. Swift,M. L. Tammesoo,Jean-Claude Tardif,Maris Teder-Laving,Tanya M. Teslovich,John R. Thompson,Brian Thomson,A Tönjes,Tiinamaija Tuomi,J.B. van Meurs,G.J.B. van Ommen,Vincent Vatin,Jorma Viikari,Sophie Visvikis-Siest,Veronique Vitart,Charlotte Vogel,Benjamin F. Voight,Lindsay L. Waite,Henri Wallaschofski,G B Walters,E. Widen,Susanna Wiegand,Sarah H. Wild,Gonneke Willemsen,Daniel R. Witte,Jacqueline C. M. Witteman,Jianfeng Xu,Qunyuan Zhang,Lina Zgaga,Andreas Ziegler,P. Zitting,John Beilby,I S Farooqi,Johannes Hebebrand,Heikki V. Huikuri,Alan L. James,Mika Kähönen,Douglas F. Levinson,Fabio Macciardi,Markku S. Nieminen,Claes Ohlsson,Lyle J. Palmer,Paul M. Ridker,Michael Stumvoll,Jacques S. Beckmann,H. Boeing,Eric Boerwinkle,Dorret I. Boomsma,Mark J. Caulfield,Stephen J. Chanock,Francis S. Collins,L. A. Cupples,George Davey Smith,Jeanette Erdmann,Philippe Froguel,Henrik Grönberg,Ulf Gyllensten,Per Hall,Torben Hansen,Tamara B. Harris,Andrew T. Hattersley,Richard B. Hayes,Joachim Heinrich,Frank B. Hu,Kristian Hveem,Thomas Illig,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Jaakko Kaprio,Fredrik Karpe,Kay-Tee Khaw,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Heiko Krude,Markku Laakso,Debbie A Lawlor,Andres Metspalu,Patricia B. Munroe,Willem H. Ouwehand,Oluf Pedersen,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Annette Peters,Peter P. Pramstaller,Thomas Quertermous,Thomas Reinehr,A. Rissanen,Igor Rudan,Nilesh J. Samani,Peter Schwarz,Alan R. Shuldiner,Tim D. Spector,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Manuela Uda,André G. Uitterlinden,Valle Tt,Martin Wabitsch,G. Waeber,Nicholas J. Wareham,Hugh Watkins,James F. Wilson,Alan F. Wright,M. C. Zillikens,Nilanjan Chatterjee,Steven A. McCarroll,Shaun Purcell,Eric E. Schadt,Peter M. Visscher,Themistocles L. Assimes,Ingrid B. Borecki,Panos Deloukas,Caroline S. Fox,Leif Groop,Talin Haritunians,David J. Hunter,Robert C. Kaplan,Karen L. Mohlke,Jeffrey R. O'Connell,Leena Peltonen,David Schlessinger,David P. Strachan,C M van Duijn,H. E. Wichmann,Timothy M. Frayling,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Inês Barroso,Michael Boehnke,Kari Stefansson,Kari E. North,Mark I. McCarthy,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Erik Ingelsson,Ruth J. F. Loos +374 more
TL;DR: 18 new loci associated with body mass index are identified, one of which includes a copy number variant near GPRC5B, and genes in other newly associated loci may provide new insights into human body weight regulation.
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Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk
Georg Ehret,Georg Ehret,Georg Ehret,Patricia B. Munroe,Kenneth Rice,Murielle Bochud,Andrew D. Johnson,Daniel I. Chasman,Albert V. Smith,Martin D. Tobin,Germaine C. Verwoert,Shih-Jen Hwang,Vasyl Pihur,Peter Vollenweider,Paul F. O'Reilly,Najaf Amin,Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham,Alexander Teumer,Nicole L. Glazer,Lenore J. Launer,Jing Hua Zhao,Yurii S. Aulchenko,Simon Heath,Siim Sõber,Afshin Parsa,Jian'an Luan,Pankaj Arora,Abbas Dehghan,Feng Zhang,Gavin Lucas,Andrew A. Hicks,Anne U. Jackson,John F. Peden,Toshiko Tanaka,Sarah H. Wild,Igor Rudan,Igor Rudan,Wilmar Igl,Yuri Milaneschi,Alex Parker,Cristiano Fava,Cristiano Fava,John C. Chambers,John C. Chambers,Ervin R. Fox,Meena Kumari,Min Jin Go,Pim van der Harst,Wen Hong Linda Kao,Marketa Sjögren,D. G. Vinay,Myriam Alexander,Yasuharu Tabara,Sue Shaw-Hawkins,Peter H. Whincup,Yongmei Liu,Gang Shi,Johanna Kuusisto,Bamidele O. Tayo,Mark Seielstad,Mark Seielstad,Xueling Sim,Khanh-Dung H. Nguyen,Terho Lehtimäki,Giuseppe Matullo,Ying Wu,Tom R. Gaunt,N. Charlotte Onland-Moret,Mark E. Cooper,Carl G. P. Platou,Elin Org,Rebecca Hardy,Santosh Dahgam,Jutta Palmen,Veronique Vitart,Peter S. Braund,Peter S. Braund,Tatiana Kuznetsova,Cuno S.P.M. Uiterwaal,Adebowale Adeyemo,Walter Palmas,Harry Campbell,Barbara Ludwig,Maciej Tomaszewski,Maciej Tomaszewski,Ioanna Tzoulaki,Ioanna Tzoulaki,Nicholette D. Palmer,Thor Aspelund,Melissa Garcia,Yen Pei C. Chang,Jeffrey R. O'Connell,Nanette I. Steinle,Diederick E. Grobbee,Dan E. Arking,Sharon L.R. Kardia,Alanna C. Morrison,Dena G. Hernandez,Samer S. Najjar,Samer S. Najjar,Wendy L. McArdle,David Hadley,David Hadley,Morris J. Brown,John M. C. Connell,Aroon D. Hingorani,Ian N. M. Day,Debbie A Lawlor,John Beilby,Robert W. Lawrence,Robert Clarke,Jemma C. Hopewell,Halit Ongen,Albert W. Dreisbach,Yali Li,J. Hunter Young,Joshua C. Bis,Mika Kähönen,Jorma Viikari,Linda S. Adair,Nanette R. Lee,Ming-Huei Chen,Matthias Olden,Cristian Pattaro,Judith A. Hoffman Bolton,Anna Köttgen,Anna Köttgen,Sven Bergmann,Sven Bergmann,Vincent Mooser,Nish Chaturvedi,Timothy M. Frayling,Muhammad Islam,Tazeen H. Jafar,Jeanette Erdmann,Smita R. Kulkarni,Stefan R. Bornstein,Jürgen Grässler,Leif Groop,Benjamin F. Voight,Johannes Kettunen,Philip Howard,Andrew M. Taylor,Simonetta Guarrera,Fulvio Ricceri,Valur Emilsson,Andrew S. Plump,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Kay-Tee Khaw,Alan B. Weder,Steven C. Hunt,Yan V. Sun,Richard N. Bergman,Francis S. Collins,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Laura J. Scott,Heather M. Stringham,Leena Peltonen,Markus Perola,Erkki Vartiainen,Stefan Martin Brand,Jan A. Staessen,Thomas J. Wang,Thomas J. Wang,Paul Burton,Paul Burton,María Soler Artigas,Yanbin Dong,Harold Snieder,Harold Snieder,Xiaoling Wang,Haidong Zhu,Kurt Lohman,Megan E. Rudock,Susan R. Heckbert,Susan R. Heckbert,Nicholas L. Smith,Nicholas L. Smith,Nicholas L. Smith,Kerri L. Wiggins,Ayo P. Doumatey,Daniel Shriner,Gudrun Veldre,Margus Viigimaa,Sanjay Kinra,Dorairaj Prabhakaran,Vikal Tripathy,Carl D. Langefeld,Annika Rosengren,Dag S. Thelle,Anna Maria Corsi,Andrew B. Singleton,Terrence Forrester,Gina Hilton,Colin A. McKenzie,Tunde Salako,Naoharu Iwai,Yoshikuni Kita,Toshio Ogihara,Takayoshi Ohkubo,Takayoshi Ohkubo,Tomonori Okamura,Hirotsugu Ueshima,Satoshi Umemura,Susana Eyheramendy,Thomas Meitinger,H.-Erich Wichmann,Yoon Shin Cho,Hyung Lae Kim,Jong-Young Lee,James Scott,Joban Sehmi,Joban Sehmi,Weihua Zhang,Bo Hedblad,Peter M. Nilsson,George Davey Smith,Andrew Wong,Narisu Narisu,Alena Stančáková,Leslie J. Raffel,Jie Yao,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Stephen M. Schwartz,M. Arfan Ikram,W. T. Longstreth,Thomas H. Mosley,Sudha Seshadri,Nick Shrine,Louise V. Wain,Mario A. Morken,Amy J. Swift,Jaana Laitinen,Inga Prokopenko,Inga Prokopenko,Paavo Zitting,Jackie A. Cooper,Steve E. Humphries,John Danesh,Asif Rasheed,Anuj Goel,Anders Hamsten,Hugh Watkins,Stephan J. L. Bakker,Wiek H. van Gilst,C. S. Janipalli,K. Radha Mani,Chittaranjan S. Yajnik,Albert Hofman,Francesco U.S. Mattace-Raso,Ben A. Oostra,Ayse Demirkan,Aaron Isaacs,Fernando Rivadeneira,Edward G. Lakatta,Marco Orrù,Angelo Scuteri,Mika Ala-Korpela,Mika Ala-Korpela,Antti J. Kangas,Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen,Pasi Soininen,Pasi Soininen,Taru Tukiainen,Taru Tukiainen,Taru Tukiainen,Peter Würtz,Peter Würtz,Peter Würtz,Rick Twee-HeeOng,Rick Twee-HeeOng,Marcus Dörr,Heyo K. Kroemer,Uwe Völker,Henry Völzke,Pilar Galan,Serge Hercberg,Mark Lathrop,Diana Zelenika,Panos Deloukas,Massimo Mangino,Tim D. Spector,Guangju Zhai,James F. Meschia,Mike A. Nalls,Pankaj Sharma,Janoš Terzić,M.V. Kranthi Kumar,Matthew Denniff,Ewa Zukowska-Szczechowska,Lynne E. Wagenknecht,F. Gerald R. Fowkes,Fadi J. Charchar,Peter Schwarz,Caroline Hayward,Xiuqing Guo,Charles N. Rotimi,Michiel L. Bots,Eva Brand,Nilesh J. Samani,Nilesh J. Samani,Ozren Polasek,Philippa J. Talmud,Fredrik Nyberg,Fredrik Nyberg,Diana Kuh,Maris Laan,Kristian Hveem,Lyle J. Palmer,Lyle J. Palmer,Yvonne T. van der Schouw,Juan P. Casas,Karen L. Mohlke,Paolo Vineis,Olli T. Raitakari,Santhi K. Ganesh,Tien Yin Wong,Tien Yin Wong,E. Shyong Tai,Richard S. Cooper,Markku Laakso,Dabeeru C. Rao,Tamara B. Harris,Richard W Morris,Anna F. Dominiczak,Mika Kivimäki,Michael Marmot,Tetsuro Miki,Danish Saleheen,Giriraj R. Chandak,Josef Coresh,Gerjan Navis,Veikko Salomaa,Bok Ghee Han,Xiaofeng Zhu,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,Olle Melander,Paul M. Ridker,Stefania Bandinelli,Ulf Gyllensten,Alan F. Wright,James F. Wilson,Luigi Ferrucci,Martin Farrall,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Peter P. Pramstaller,Roberto Elosua,Nicole Soranzo,Nicole Soranzo,Eric J.G. Sijbrands,David Altshuler,David Altshuler,Ruth J. F. Loos,Alan R. Shuldiner,Alan R. Shuldiner,Christian Gieger,Pierre Meneton,André G. Uitterlinden,Nicholas J. Wareham,Vilmundur Gudnason,Jerome I. Rotter,Rainer Rettig,Manuela Uda,David P. Strachan,Jacqueline C. M. Witteman,Anna-Liisa Hartikainen,Jacques S. Beckmann,Eric Boerwinkle,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Michael Boehnke,Martin G. Larson,Martin G. Larson,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Bruce M. Psaty,Bruce M. Psaty,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Aravinda Chakravarti,Paul Elliott,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Daniel Levy,Mark J. Caulfield,Toby Johnson +391 more
TL;DR: A genetic risk score based on 29 genome-wide significant variants was associated with hypertension, left ventricular wall thickness, stroke and coronary artery disease, but not kidney disease or kidney function, and these findings suggest potential novel therapeutic pathways for cardiovascular disease prevention.
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Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height
Hana Lango Allen,Karol Estrada,Guillaume Lettre,Sonja I. Berndt,Michael N. Weedon,Fernando Rivadeneira,Cristen J. Willer,Anne U. Jackson,Sailaja Vedantam,Sailaja Vedantam,Soumya Raychaudhuri,Soumya Raychaudhuri,Teresa Ferreira,Andrew R. Wood,Robert J. Weyant,Ayellet V. Segrè,Ayellet V. Segrè,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Eleanor Wheeler,Nicole Soranzo,Nicole Soranzo,Ju-Hyun Park,Jian Yang,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Nancy L. Heard-Costa,Joshua C. Randall,Lu Qi,Albert V. Smith,Reedik Mägi,Tomi Pastinen,Liming Liang,Iris M. Heid,Jian'an Luan,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Thomas W. Winkler,Michael E. Goddard,Michael E. Goddard,Ken Sin Lo,Cameron D. Palmer,Cameron D. Palmer,Tsegaselassie Workalemahu,Yurii S. Aulchenko,Åsa Johansson,Åsa Johansson,M. Carola Zillikens,Mary F. Feitosa,Tõnu Esko,Tõnu Esko,Toby Johnson,Toby Johnson,Toby Johnson,Shamika Ketkar,Peter Kraft,Massimo Mangino,Inga Prokopenko,Devin Absher,Eva Albrecht,Florian Ernst,Nicole L. Glazer,Caroline Hayward,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Kevin B. Jacobs,Joshua W. Knowles,Zoltán Kutalik,Zoltán Kutalik,Keri L. Monda,Ozren Polasek,Michael Preuss,Nigel W. Rayner,Neil R. Robertson,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Jonathan Tyrer,Benjamin F. Voight,Benjamin F. Voight,Fredrik Wiklund,Jianfeng Xu,Jing Hua Zhao,Dale R. Nyholt,Niina Pellikka,Niina Pellikka,Markus Perola,Markus Perola,John Perry,Ida Surakka,Ida Surakka,Mari Liis Tammesoo,Elizabeth L. Altmaier,Elizabeth L. Altmaier,Najaf Amin,Thor Aspelund,Tushar Bhangale,Gabrielle Boucher,Daniel I. Chasman,Constance Chen,Lachlan J. M. Coin,Mark E. Cooper,Anna L. Dixon,Quince Gibson,Elin Grundberg,Elin Grundberg,Ke Hao,M. Juhani Junttila,Lee M. Kaplan,Johannes Kettunen,Johannes Kettunen,Inke R. König,Tony Kwan,Robert W. Lawrence,Douglas F. Levinson,Mattias Lorentzon,Barbara McKnight,Andrew P. Morris,Martina Müller,Julius S. Ngwa,Shaun Purcell,Shaun Purcell,Suzanne Rafelt,Rany M. Salem,Rany M. Salem,Erika Salvi,Serena Sanna,Jianxin Shi,Ulla Sovio,John R. Thompson,John R. Thompson,Michael C. Turchin,Michael C. Turchin,Liesbeth Vandenput,Dominique J. Verlaan,Veronique Vitart,Charles C. White,Andreas Ziegler,Peter Almgren,Anthony J. Balmforth,Harry Campbell,Lorena Citterio,Alessandro De Grandi,Anna F. Dominiczak,Jubao Duan,Paul Elliott,Roberto Elosua,Johan G. Eriksson,Nelson B. Freimer,Eco J. C. de Geus,Nicola Glorioso,Shen Haiqing,Anna-Liisa Hartikainen,Aki S. Havulinna,Andrew A. Hicks,Jennie Hui,Jennie Hui,Wilmar Igl,Thomas Illig,Antti Jula,Eero Kajantie,Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen,Markku Koiranen,Ivana Kolcic,Seppo Koskinen,Peter Kovacs,Jaana Laitinen,Jianjun Liu,Marja-Liisa Lokki,Ana Marušić,Andrea Maschio,Thomas Meitinger,Antonella Mulas,Guillaume Paré,Alex N. Parker,John F. Peden,Astrid Petersmann,Irene Pichler,Kirsi H. Pietiläinen,Anneli Pouta,Anneli Pouta,Martin Ridderstråle,Jerome I. Rotter,Jennifer G. Sambrook,Jennifer G. Sambrook,Alan R. Sanders,Carsten Oliver Schmidt,Juha Sinisalo,Jan Smit,Heather M. Stringham,G. Bragi Walters,Elisabeth Widen,Sarah H. Wild,Gonneke Willemsen,Laura Zagato,Lina Zgaga,Paavo Zitting,Helene Alavere,Martin Farrall,Wendy L. McArdle,Mari Nelis,Mari Nelis,Marjolein J. Peters,Samuli Ripatti,Samuli Ripatti,Joyce B. J. van Meurs,Katja K.H. Aben,Kristin G. Ardlie,Jacques S. Beckmann,John Beilby,John Beilby,Richard N. Bergman,Sven Bergmann,Sven Bergmann,Francis S. Collins,Daniele Cusi,Martin den Heijer,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Pablo V. Gejman,Alistair S. Hall,Anders Hamsten,Heikki V. Huikuri,Carlos Iribarren,Carlos Iribarren,Mika Kähönen,Jaakko Kaprio,Jaakko Kaprio,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Thomas D. Kocher,Lenore J. Launer,Terho Lehtimäki,Olle Melander,Thomas H. Mosley,Arthur W. Musk,Arthur W. Musk,Markku S. Nieminen,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Claes Ohlsson,Ben A. Oostra,Lyle J. Palmer,Lyle J. Palmer,Olli T. Raitakari,Paul M. Ridker,John D. Rioux,Aila Rissanen,Carlo Rivolta,Heribert Schunkert,Alan R. Shuldiner,Alan R. Shuldiner,David S. Siscovick,Michael Stumvoll,Anke Tönjes,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Gert-Jan B. van Ommen,Jorma Viikari,Andrew C. Heath,Nicholas G. Martin,Grant W. Montgomery,Michael A. Province,Manfred Kayser,Alice M. Arnold,Larry D. Atwood,Eric Boerwinkle,Stephen J. Chanock,Panos Deloukas,Christian Gieger,Henrik Grönberg,Per Hall,Andrew T. Hattersley,Christian Hengstenberg,Wolfgang Hoffman,G. Mark Lathrop,Veikko Salomaa,Stefan Schreiber,Manuela Uda,Dawn M. Waterworth,Alan F. Wright,Themistocles L. Assimes,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Albert Hofman,Karen L. Mohlke,Dorret I. Boomsma,Mark J. Caulfield,L. Adrienne Cupples,Jeanette Erdmann,Caroline S. Fox,Vilmundur Gudnason,Ulf Gyllensten,Tamara B. Harris,Richard B. Hayes,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Vincent Mooser,Patricia B. Munroe,Willem H. Ouwehand,Willem H. Ouwehand,Willem H. Ouwehand,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Peter P. Pramstaller,Thomas Quertermous,Igor Rudan,Igor Rudan,Nilesh J. Samani,Nilesh J. Samani,Tim D. Spector,Henry Völzke,Hugh Watkins,James F. Wilson,Leif Groop,Talin Haritunians,Frank B. Hu,Robert C. Kaplan,Andres Metspalu,Andres Metspalu,Kari E. North,David Schlessinger,Nicholas J. Wareham,David J. Hunter,Jeffrey R. O'Connell,David P. Strachan,H.-Erich Wichmann,Ingrid B. Borecki,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Eric E. Schadt,Eric E. Schadt,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Leena Peltonen,André G. Uitterlinden,Peter M. Visscher,Nilanjan Chatterjee,Ruth J. F. Loos,Michael Boehnke,Mark I. McCarthy,Erik Ingelsson,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,Timothy M. Frayling,Joel N. Hirschhorn,Joel N. Hirschhorn +344 more
TL;DR: It is shown that hundreds of genetic variants, in at least 180 loci, influence adult height, a highly heritable and classic polygenic trait, and indicates that GWA studies can identify large numbers of loci that implicate biologically relevant genes and pathways.
Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height
Hana Lango Allen,Karol Estrada,Guillaume Lettre,Sonja I. Berndt,Michael N. Weedon,Fernando Rivadeneira,Cristen J. Willer,Anne U. Jackson,Sailaja Vedantam,Soumya Raychaudhuri,Teresa Ferreira,Andrew R. Wood,Robert J. Weyant,Ayellet V. Segrè,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Eleanor Wheeler,Nicole Soranzo,Ju-Hyun Park,Jian Yang,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Nancy L. Heard-Costa,Joshua C. Randall,Lu Qi,Albert V. Smith,Reedik Maegi,Tomi Pastinen,Liming Liang,Iris M. Heid,Jian'an Luan,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Thomas W. Winkler,Michael E. Goddard,Ken Sin Lo,Cameron D. Palmer,Tsegaselassie Workalemahu,Yurii S. Aulchenko,Åsa Johansson,M. Carola Zillikens,Mary F. Feitosa,Tõnu Esko,Toby Johnson,Shamika Ketkar,Peter Kraft,Massimo Mangino,Inga Prokopenko,Devin Absher,Eva Albrecht,Florian Ernst,Nicole L. Glazer,Caroline Hayward,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Kevin B. Jacobs,Joshua W. Knowles,Zoltán Kutalik,Keri L. Monda,Ozren Polasek,Michael Preuss,Nigel W. Rayner,Neil R. Robertson,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Jonathan Tyrer,Benjamin F. Voight,Fredrik Wiklund,Jianfeng Xu,Jing Hua Zhao,Dale R. Nyholt,Niina Pellikka,Markus Perola,John R. B. Perry,Ida Surakka,Mari-Liis Tammesoo,Elizabeth L. Altmaier,Najaf Amin,Thor Aspelund,Tushar Bhangale,Gabrielle Boucher,Daniel I. Chasman,Constance Chen,Lachlan J. M. Coin,Mark E. Cooper,Anna L. Dixon,Quince Gibson,Elin Grundberg,Ke Hao,M. Juhani Junttila,Lee M. Kaplan,Johannes Kettunen,Inke R. Koenig,Tony Kwan,Robert Lawrence,Douglas F. Levinson,Mattias Lorentzon,Barbara McKnight,Andrew P. Morris,Martina Mueller,Julius S. Ngwa,Shaun Purcell,Suzanne Rafelt,Rany M. Salem,Erika Salvi,Serena Sanna,Jianxin Shi,Ulla Sovio,John R. Thompson,Michael C. Turchin,Liesbeth Vandenput,Dominique J. Verlaan,Veronique Vitart,Charles C. White,Andreas Ziegler,Peter Almgren,Anthony J. Balmforth,Harry Campbell,Lorena Citterio,Alessandro De Grandi,Anna F. Dominiczak,Jubao Duan,Paul Elliott,Roberto Elosua,Johan G. Eriksson,Nelson B. Freimer,Eco J. C. de Geus,Nicola Glorioso,Shen Haiqing,Anna-Liisa Hartikainen,Aki S. Havulinna,Andrew A. Hicks,Jennie Hui,Wilmar Igl,Thomas Illig,Antti Jula,Eero Kajantie,Tuomas O. Kilpelaeinen,Markku Koiranen,Ivana Kolcic,Seppo Koskinen,Peter Kovacs,Jaana Laitinen,Jianjun Liu,Marja-Liisa Lokki,Ana Marušić,Andrea Maschio,Thomas Meitinger,Antonella Mulas,Guillaume Paré,Alex N. Parker,John F. Peden,Astrid Petersmann,Irene Pichler,Kirsi H. Pietiläinen,Anneli Pouta,Martin Riddertrale,Jerome I. Rotter,Jennifer G. Sambrook,Alan R. Sanders,Carsten Oliver Schmidt,Juha Sinisalo,Jan Smit,Heather M. Stringham,G. Bragi Walters,Elisabeth Widen,Sarah H. Wild,Gonneke Willemsen,Laura Zagato,Lina Zgaga,Paavo Zitting,Helene Alavere,Martin Farrall,Wendy L. McArdle,Mari Nelis,Marjolein Peters,Samuli Ripatti,Joyce B. J. vVan Meurs,Katja K.H. Aben,Kristin G. Ardlie,Jacques S. Beckmann,John Beilby,Richard N. Bergman,Sven Bergmann,Francis S. Collins,Daniele Cusi,Martin den Heijer,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Pablo V. Gejman,Alistair S. Hall,Anders Hamsten,Heikki V. Huikuri,Carlos Iribarren,Mika Kähönen,Jaakko Kaprio,Sekar Kathiresan,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Thomas D. Kocher,Lenore J. Launer,Terho Lehtimäki,Olle Melander,Thomas H. Mosley,Arthur W. Musk,Markku S. Nieminen,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Claes Ohlsson,Ben A. Oostra,Lyle J. Palmer,Olli T. Raitakari,Paul M. Ridker,John D. Rioux,Aila Rissanen,Carlo Rivolta,Heribert Schunkert,Alan R. Shuldiner,David S. Siscovick,Michael Stumvoll,Anke Toenjes,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Gert-Jan B. van Ommen,Jorma Viikari,Andrew C. Heath,Nicholas G. Martin,Grant W. Montgomery,Michael A. Province,Manfred Kayser,Alice M. Arnold,Larry D. Atwood,Eric Boerwinkle,Stephen J. Chanock,Panos Deloukas,Christian Gieger,Henrik Grönberg,Per Hall,Andrew T. Hattersley,Christian Hengstenberg,Wolfgang Hoffman,G. Mark Lathrop,Veikko Salomaa,Stefan Schreiber,Manuela Uda,Dawn M. Waterworth,Alan F. Wright,Themistocles L. Assimes,Inês Barroso,Albert Hofman,Karen L. Mohlke,Dorret I. Boomsma,Mark J. Caulfield,L. Adrienne Cupples,Jeanette Erdmann,Caroline S. Fox,Vilmundur Gudnason,Ulf Gyllensten,Tamara B. Harris,Richard B. Hayes,Marjo-Ritta Jarvelin,Vincent Mooser,Patricia B. Munroe,Willem H. Ouwehand,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Peter P. Pramstaller,Thomas Quertermous,Igor Rudan,Nilesh J. Samani,Tim D. Spector,Henry Voelzke,Hugh Watkins,James F. Wilson,Leif Groop,Talin Haritunians,Frank B. Hu,Robert C. Kaplan,Andres Metspalu,Kari E. North,David Schlessinger,Nicholas J. Wareham,David J. Hunter,Jeffrey R. O'Connell,David P. Strachan,H. Erich Schadt,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Leena Peltonen,André G. Uitterlinden,Peter M. Visscher,Nilanjan Chatterjee,Ruth J. F. Loos,Michael Boehnke,Mark I. McCarthy,Erik Ingelsson,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Kari Stefansson,Timothy M. Frayling,Joel N. Hirschhorn +289 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that hundreds of genetic variants, in at least 180 loci, influence adult height, a highly heritable and classic polygenic trait, revealing patterns with important implications for genetic studies of common human diseases and traits.