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Stefan T Palsson
Researcher at deCODE genetics
Publications - 12
Citations - 6469
Stefan T Palsson is an academic researcher from deCODE genetics. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Odds ratio. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 12 publications receiving 6181 citations.
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A high-resolution recombination map of the human genome
Augustine Kong,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Jesus Sainz,Gudrun M. Jonsdottir,Sigurjon A. Gudjonsson,Bjorgvin Richardsson,Sigrun Sigurdardottir,John Barnard,Bjorn Hallbeck,Gisli Masson,Adam Shlien,Stefan T Palsson,Michael L. Frigge,Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Kari Stefansson +15 more
TL;DR: Recombination rates are significantly correlated with both cytogenetic structures and sequence and paternal chromosomes show many differences in locations of recombination maxima, suggesting that there is some underlying component determined by both genetic and environmental factors that affects maternal recombination rates.
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A Common Variant on Chromosome 9p21 Affects the Risk of Myocardial Infarction
Anna Helgadottir,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Andrei Manolescu,Solveig Gretarsdottir,Thorarinn Blondal,Aslaug Jonasdottir,Abalbjorg Jonasdottir,Asgeir Sigurdsson,Adam Baker,Arnar Palsson,Gisli Masson,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Kristinn P. Magnusson,Karl Andersen,Allan I. Levey,Valgerdur M Backman,Sigurborg Matthiasdottir,Thorbjorg Jonsdottir,Stefan T Palsson,Helga Einarsdottir,Steinunn Gunnarsdottir,Arnaldur Gylfason,Viola Vaccarino,W. Craig Hooper,Muredach P. Reilly,Christopher B. Granger,Harland Austin,Daniel J. Rader,Svati H. Shah,Arshed A. Quyyumi,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Gudmundur Thorgeirsson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Augustine Kong,Kari Stefansson +34 more
TL;DR: An association between myocardial infarction and a common sequence variant on chromosome 9p21 was associated with the disease with high significance and approximately 21% of individuals in the population are homozygous for this variant, and their estimated risk of suffering myocardious disease is 1.64 times as great as that of noncarriers.
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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture
Karol Estrada,Unnur Styrkarsdottir,Evangelos Evangelou,Yi-Hsiang Hsu,Emma L. Duncan,Evangelia E. Ntzani,Ling Oei,Omar M. E. Albagha,Najaf Amin,John P. Kemp,Daniel L. Koller,Guo Shuai Li,Ching-Ti Liu,Ryan L. Minster,Alireza Moayyeri,Liesbeth Vandenput,Dana Willner,Su-Mei Xiao,Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong,Hou-Feng Zheng,Nerea Alonso,Joel Eriksson,Candace M. Kammerer,Stephen Kaptoge,Paul Leo,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Scott Wilson,Scott Wilson,James F. Wilson,Ville Aalto,Ville Aalto,Markku Alen,Aaron K. Aragaki,Thor Aspelund,Zoe H. Dailiana,David Duggan,Melissa Nolan Garcia,Natalia Garcia-Giralt,Sylvie Giroux,Göran Hallmans,Lynne J. Hocking,L. B. Husted,Karen A. Jameson,Khusainova Ri,Ghi Su Kim,Charles Kooperberg,Theodora Koromila,Marcin Kruk,Marika Laaksonen,Andrea Z. LaCroix,Seung-Hun Lee,P. C. Leung,Joshua R. Lewis,Laura Masi,Simona Mencej-Bedrač,Tuan V. Nguyen,Tuan V. Nguyen,Xavier Nogués,Millan S. Patel,Janez Prezelj,Lynda M. Rose,Serena Scollen,Kristin Siggeirsdottir,Albert V. Smith,Olle Svensson,Stella Trompet,Olivia Trummer,Natasja M. van Schoor,Jean Woo,Kun Zhu,Susana Balcells,Maria Luisa Brandi,Brendan M. Buckley,Sulin Cheng,Claus Christiansen,Cyrus Cooper,George Dedoussis,Ian Ford,Morten Frost,Morten Frost,David Goltzman,Jesús González-Macías,Mika Kähönen,Magnus Karlsson,Elza Khusnutdinova,Jung-Min Koh,Panagoula Kollia,Bente L. Langdahl,William D. Leslie,Paul Lips,Östen Ljunggren,Roman S. Lorenc,Janja Marc,Dan Mellström,Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch,José M. Olmos,Ulrika Pettersson-Kymmer,David M. Reid,José A. Riancho,Paul M. Ridker,François Rousseau,P. Eline Slagboom,Nelson Ls Tang,Roser Urreizti,Wim Van Hul,Jorma Viikari,María T. Zarrabeitia,Yurii S. Aulchenko,Martha C. Castaño-Betancourt,Elin Grundberg,Elin Grundberg,Lizbeth Herrera,Thorvaldur Ingvarsson,Hrefna Johannsdottir,Tony Kwan,Rui Jian Li,Robert Luben,Carolina Medina-Gomez,Stefan T Palsson,Sjur Reppe,Jerome I. Rotter,Gunnar Sigurdsson,Joyce B. J. van Meurs,Dominique J. Verlaan,Frances M K Williams,Andrew R. Wood,Yanhua Zhou,Kaare M. Gautvik,Tomi Pastinen,Soumya Raychaudhuri,Soumya Raychaudhuri,Jane A. Cauley,Daniel I. Chasman,Graeme R. Clark,Steven R. Cummings,Patrick Danoy,Elaine M. Dennison,Richard Eastell,John A. Eisman,John A. Eisman,Vilmundur Gudnason,Albert Hofman,Rebecca D. Jackson,Graeme Jones,J. Wouter Jukema,Kay-Tee Khaw,Terho Lehtimäki,Yongmei Liu,Mattias Lorentzon,Eugene V. McCloskey,Braxton D. Mitchell,Kannabiran Nandakumar,Geoffrey C. Nicholson,Ben A. Oostra,Munro Peacock,Huibert A. P. Pols,Richard L. Prince,Olli T. Raitakari,Olli T. Raitakari,Ian R. Reid,John A Robbins,Philip N. Sambrook,Pak C. Sham,Alan R. Shuldiner,Frances A. Tylavsky,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Nicholas J. Wareham,L. Adrienne Cupples,Michael J. Econs,David M. Evans,Tamara B. Harris,Annie W.C. Kung,Bruce M. Psaty,Jonathan Reeve,Tim D. Spector,Elizabeth A. Streeten,M. Carola Zillikens,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Claes Ohlsson,David Karasik,J. Brent Richards,Matthew A. Brown,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,André G. Uitterlinden,Stuart H. Ralston,John P. A. Ioannidis,John P. A. Ioannidis,Douglas P. Kiel,Fernando Rivadeneira +190 more
TL;DR: Light is shed on the genetic architecture and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying BMD variation and fracture susceptibility and within the RANK-RANKL-OPG, mesenchymal stem cell differentiation, endochondral ossification and Wnt signaling pathways.
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A genetic risk factor for periodic limb movements in sleep
Hreinn Stefansson,David B. Rye,Andrew A. Hicks,H. Petursson,Andres Ingason,Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson,Stefan T Palsson,Thordur Sigmundsson,Albert P. Sigurdsson,Ingibjorg Eiriksdottir,Emilia Soebech,Donald L. Bliwise,Joseph M. Beck,Ami Rosen,Salina P. Waddy,Lynn Marie Trotti,Alex Iranzo,Madhav Thambisetty,Gudmundur A. Hardarson,Kristleifur Kristjansson,Larus J. Gudmundsson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Augustine Kong,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Kari Stefansson +25 more
TL;DR: The inverse correlation of the variant with iron stores is consistent with the suspected involvement of iron depletion in the pathogenesis of the disease and is associated with susceptibility to periodic limb movements in sleep.
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A common variant on chromosome 9p21 affects the risk of myocardial infarction
Anna Helgadottir,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Andrei Manolescu,Solveig Gretarsdottir,Thorarinn Blondal,Aslaug Jonasdottir,Abalbjorg Jonasdottir,Asgeir Sigurdsson,Adam Baker,Arnar Palsson,Gisli Masson,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Kristinn P. Magnusson,Karl Andersen,Allan I. Levey,Valgerdur M Backman,Sigurborg Matthiasdottir,Thorbjorg Jonsdottir,Stefan T Palsson,Helga Einarsdottir,Steinunn Gunnarsdottir,Arnaldur Gylfason,Viola Vaccarino,W. Craig Hooper,Muredach P. Reilly,Christopher B. Granger,Harland Austin,Daniel J. Rader,Svati H. Shah,Arshed A. Quyyumi,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Gudmundur Thorgeirsson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Augustine Kong,Kari Stefansson +34 more
TL;DR: An association between myocardial infarction and a common sequence variant on chromosome 9p21 was associated with the disease with high significance and approximately 21% of individuals in the population are homozygous for this variant, and their estimated risk of suffering myocardious disease is 1.64 times as great as that of noncarriers.