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Gieger C, Radhakrishnan A, Cvejic A, Tang W, Porcu E, Pistis G, Serbanovic-Canic J, Elling U, Goodall AH, Labrune Y, Lopez LM, Maegi R, Meacham S, Okada Y, Pirastu N, Sorice R, Teumer A, Voss K, Zhang W, Ramirez-Solis R, Bis JC, Ellinghaus D, Goegele M, Hottenga J-J, Langenberg C, Kovacs P, O'Reilly PF, Shin S-Y, Esko T, Hartiala J, Kanoni S, Murgia F, Parsa A, Stephens J, van der Harst P, van der Schoot CE, Allayee H, Attwood A, Balkau B, Bastardot F, Basu S, Baumeister SE, Biino G, Bomba L, Bonnefond A, Cambien F, Chambers JC, Cucca F, D'Adamo P, Davies G, de Boer RA, de Geus EJC, Doering A, Elliott P, Erdmann J, Evans DM, Falchi M, Feng W, Folsom AR, Frazer IH, Gibson QD, Glazer NL, Hammond C, Hartikainen A-L, Heckbert SR, Hengstenberg C, Hersch M, Illig T, Loos RJF, Jolley J, Khaw KT, Kuehnel B, Kyrtsonis M-C, Lagou V, Lloyd-Jones H, Lumley T, Mangino M, Maschio A, Leach IM, McKnight B, Memari Y, Mitchell BD, Montgomery GW, Nakamura Y, Nauck M, Navis G, Noethlings U, Nolte IM, Porteous DJ, Pouta A, Pramstaller PP, Pullat J, Ring SM, Rotter JI, Ruggiero D, Ruokonen A, Sala C, Samani NJ, Sambrook J, Schlessinger D, Schreiber S, Schunkert H, Scott J, Smith NL, Snieder H, Starr JM, Stumvoll M, Takahashi A, Tang WHW, Taylor K, Tenesa A, Thein SL, Toenjes A, Uda M, Ulivi S, van Veldhuisen DJ, Visscher PM, Voelker U, Wichmann H-E, Wiggins KL, Willemsen G, Yang T-P, Zhao JH, Zitting P, Bradley JR, Dedoussis GV, Gasparini P, Hazen SL, Metspalu A, Pirastu M, Shuldiner AR, van Pelt LJ, Zwaginga J-J, Boomsma DI, Deary IJ, Franke A, Froguel P, Ganesh SK, Jarvelin M-R, Martin NG, Meisinger C, Psaty BM, Spector TD, Wareham NJ, Akkerman J-WN, Ciullo M, Deloukas P, Greinacher A, Jupe S, Kamatani N, Khadake J, Kooner JS, Penninger J, Prokopenko I, Stemple D, Toniolo D, Wernisch L, Sanna S, Hicks AA, Rendon A, Ferreira MA, Ouwehand WH, Soranzo Net al., 2011, New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation, NATURE, Vol: 480, Pages: 201-208, ISSN: 0028-0836

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Chambers JC, Zhang W, Sehmi J, Li X, Wass MN, Van der Harst P, Holm H, Sanna S, Kavousi M, Baumeister SE, Coin LJ, Deng G, Gieger C, Heard-Costa NL, Hottenga J-J, Kuehnel B, Kumar V, Lagou V, Liang L, Luan J, Vidal PM, Leach IM, O'Reilly PF, Peden JF, Rahmioglu N, Soininen P, Speliotes EK, Yuan X, Thorleifsson G, Alizadeh BZ, Atwood LD, Borecki IB, Brown MJ, Charoen P, Cucca F, Das D, de Geus EJC, Dixon AL, Doering A, Ehret G, Eyjolfsson GI, Farrall M, Forouhi NG, Friedrich N, Goessling W, Gudbjartsson DF, Harris TB, Hartikainen A-L, Heath S, Hirschfield GM, Hofman A, Homuth G, Hyppoenen E, Janssen HLA, Johnson T, Kangas AJ, Kema IP, Kuehn JP, Lai S, Lathrop M, Lerch MM, Li Y, Liang TJ, Lin J-P, Loos RJF, Martin NG, Moffatt MF, Montgomery GW, Munroe PB, Musunuru K, Nakamura Y, O'Donnell CJ, Olafsson I, Penninx BW, Pouta A, Prins BP, Prokopenko I, Puls R, Ruokonen A, Savolainen MJ, Schlessinger D, Schouten JNL, Seedorf U, Sen-Chowdhry S, Siminovitch KA, Smit JH, Spector TD, Tan W, Teslovich TM, Tukiainen T, Uitterlinden AG, Van der Klauw MM, Vasan RS, Wallace C, Wallaschofski H, Wichmann H-E, Willemsen G, Wuertz P, Xu C, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Abecasis GR, Ahmadi KR, Boomsma DI, Caulfield M, Cookson WO, van Duijn CM, Froguel P, Matsuda K, McCarthy MI, Meisinger C, Mooser V, Pietilainen KH, Schumann G, Snieder H, Sternberg MJE, Stolk RP, Thomas HC, Thorsteinsdottir U, Uda M, Waeber G, Wareham NJ, Waterworth DM, Watkins H, Whitfield JB, Witteman JCM, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Fox CS, Ala-Korpela M, Stefansson K, Vollenweider P, Voelzke H, Schadt EE, Scott J, Jarvelin M-R, Elliott P, Kooner JSet al., 2011, Genome-wide association study identifies loci influencing concentrations of liver enzymes in plasma, NATURE GENETICS, Vol: 43, Pages: 1131-1138, ISSN: 1061-4036

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Ehret GB, Munroe PB, Rice KM, Bochud M, Johnson AD, Chasman DI, Smith AV, Tobin MD, Verwoert GC, Hwang S-J, Pihur V, Vollenweider P, O'Reilly PF, Amin N, Bragg-Gresham JL, Teumer A, Glazer NL, Launer L, Zhao JH, Aulchenko Y, Heath S, Sober S, Parsa A, Luan J, Arora P, Dehghan A, Zhang F, Lucas G, Hicks AA, Jackson AU, Peden JF, Tanaka T, Wild SH, Rudan I, Igl W, Milaneschi Y, Parker AN, Fava C, Chambers JC, Fox ER, Kumari M, Go MJ, van der Harst P, Kao WHL, Sjogren M, Vinay DG, Alexander M, Tabara Y, Shaw-Hawkins S, Whincup PH, Liu Y, Shi G, Kuusisto J, Tayo B, Seielstad M, Sim X, Khanh-Dung HN, Lehtimaki T, Matullo G, Wu Y, Gaunt TR, Onland-Moret NC, Cooper MN, Platou CGP, Org E, Hardy R, Dahgam S, Palmen J, Vitart V, Braund PS, Kuznetsova T, Uiterwaal CSPM, Adeyemo A, Palmas W, Campbell H, Ludwig B, Tomaszewski M, Tzoulaki I, Palmer ND, Aspelund T, Garcia M, Chang Y-PC, O'Connell JR, Steinle NI, Grobbee DE, Arking DE, Kardia SL, Morrison AC, Hernandez D, Najjar S, McArdle WL, Hadley D, Brown MJ, Connell JM, Hingorani AD, Day INM, Lawlor DA, Beilby JP, Lawrence RW, Clarke R, Hopewell JC, Ongen H, Dreisbach AW, Li Y, Young JH, Bis JC, Kahonen M, Viikari J, Adair LS, Lee NR, Chen M-H, Olden M, Pattaro C, Bolton JAH, Koettgen A, Bergmann S, Mooser V, Chaturvedi N, Frayling TM, Islam M, Jafar TH, Erdmann J, Kulkarni SR, Bornstein SR, Graessler J, Groop L, Voight BF, Kettunen J, Howard P, Taylor A, Guarrera S, Ricceri F, Emilsson V, Plump A, Barroso IS, Khaw K-T, Weder AB, Hunt SC, Sun YV, Bergman RN, Collins FS, Bonnycastle LL, Scott LJ, Stringham HM, Peltonen L, Perola M, Vartiainen E, Brand S-M, Staessen JA, Wang TJ, Burton PR, Artigas MS, Dong Y, Snieder H, Wang X, Zhu H, Lohman KK, Rudock ME, Heckbert SR, Smith NL, Wiggins KL, Doumatey A, Shriner D, Veldre G, Viigimaa M, Kinra S, Prabhakaran D, Tripathy V, Langefeld CD, Rosengren A, Thelle DS, Corsi AM, Singleton A, Forrester T, Hilton G, McKenzie CA, Salako T, Iwai N, Kita Y, Ogihara T, Ohkubo T, Okamura T, Ueshimet al., 2011, Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk, NATURE, Vol: 478, Pages: 103-109, ISSN: 0028-0836

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Kooner JS, Saleheen D, Sim X, Sehmi J, Zhang W, Frossard P, Been LF, Chia K-S, Dimas AS, Hassanali N, Jafar T, Jowett JBM, Li X, Radha V, Rees SD, Takeuchi F, Young R, Aung T, Basit A, Chidambaram M, Das D, Grundberg E, Hedman AK, Hydrie ZI, Islam M, Khor C-C, Kowlessur S, Kristensen MM, Liju S, Lim W-Y, Matthews DR, Liu J, Morris AP, Nica AC, Pinidiyapathirage JM, Prokopenko I, Rasheed A, Samuel M, Shah N, Shera AS, Small KS, Suo C, Wickremasinghe AR, Wong TY, Yang M, Zhang F, Abecasis GR, Barnett AH, Caulfield M, Deloukas P, Frayling TM, Froguel P, Kato N, Katulanda P, Kelly MA, Liang J, Mohan V, Sanghera DK, Scott J, Seielstad M, Zimmet PZ, Elliott P, Teo YY, McCarthy MI, Danesh J, Tai ES, Chambers JCet al., 2011, Genome-wide association study in individuals of South Asian ancestry identifies six new type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci, NATURE GENETICS, Vol: 43, Pages: 984-U94, ISSN: 1061-4036

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Wain LV, Verwoert GC, O'Reilly PF, Shi G, Johnson T, Johnson AD, Bochud M, Rice KM, Henneman P, Smith AV, Ehret GB, Amin N, Larson MG, Mooser V, Hadley D, Doerr M, Bis JC, Aspelund T, Esko T, Janssens ACJW, Zhao JH, Heath S, Laan M, Fu J, Pistis G, Luan J, Arora P, Lucas G, Pirastu N, Pichler I, Jackson AU, Webster RJ, Zhang F, Peden JF, Schmidt H, Tanaka T, Campbell H, Igl W, Milaneschi Y, Hottenga J-J, Vitart V, Chasman DI, Trompet S, Bragg-Gresham JL, Alizadeh BZ, Chambers JC, Guo X, Lehtimaki T, Kuehnel B, Lopez LM, Polasek O, Boban M, Nelson CP, Morrison AC, Pihur V, Ganesh SK, Hofman A, Kundu S, Mattace-Raso FUS, Rivadeneira F, Sijbrands EJG, Uitterlinden AG, Hwang S-J, Vasan RS, Wang TJ, Bergmann S, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Laitinen J, Pouta A, Zitting P, McArdle WL, Kroemer HK, Voelker U, Voelzke H, Glazer NL, Taylor KD, Harris TB, Alavere H, Haller T, Keis A, Tammesoo M-L, Aulchenko Y, Barroso I, Khaw K-T, Galan P, Hercberg S, Lathrop M, Eyheramendy S, Org E, Sober S, Lu X, Nolte IM, Penninx BW, Corre T, Masciullo C, Sala C, Groop L, Voight BF, Melander O, O'Donnell CJ, Salomaa V, d'Adamo AP, Fabretto A, Faletra F, Ulivi S, Del Greco FM, Facheris M, Collins FS, Bergman RN, Beilby JP, Hung J, Musk AW, Mangino M, Shin S-Y, Soranzo N, Watkins H, Goel A, Hamsten A, Gider P, Loitfelder M, Zeginigg M, Hernandez D, Najjar SS, Navarro P, Wild SH, Corsi AM, Singleton A, de Geus EJC, Willemsen G, Parker AN, Rose LM, Buckley B, Stott D, Orru M, Uda M, van der Klauw MM, Zhang W, Li X, Scott J, Chen Y-DI, Burke GL, Kahonen M, Viikari J, Doering A, Meitinger T, Davies G, Starr JM, Emilsson V, Plump A, Lindeman JH, 't Hoen PAC, Koenig IR, Felix JF, Clarke R, Hopewell JC, Ongen H, Breteler M, Debette S, DeStefano AL, Fornage M, Mitchell GF, Smith NL, Holm H, Stefansson K, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Samani NJ, Preuss M, Rudan I, Hayward C, Deary IJ, Wichmann H-E, Raitakari OT, Palmas W, Kooner JS, Stolk RP, Jukema JW, Wright AF, Boomsma DI, Bandinelli S, Gyllensteet al., 2011, Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure, NATURE GENETICS, Vol: 43, Pages: 1005-U122, ISSN: 1061-4036

Numerous genetic loci have been associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in Europeans1,2,3. We now report genome-wide association studies of pulse pressure (PP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP). In discovery (N = 74,064) and follow-up studies (N = 48,607), we identified at genome-wide significance (P = 2.7 × 10−8 to P = 2.3 × 10−13) four new PP loci (at 4q12 near CHIC2, 7q22.3 near PIK3CG, 8q24.12 in NOV and 11q24.3 near ADAMTS8), two new MAP loci (3p21.31 in MAP4 and 10q25.3 near ADRB1) and one locus associated with both of these traits (2q24.3 near FIGN) that has also recently been associated with SBP in east Asians. For three of the new PP loci, the estimated effect for SBP was opposite of that for DBP, in contrast to the majority of common SBP- and DBP-associated variants, which show concordant effects on both traits. These findings suggest new genetic pathways underlying blood pressure variation, some of which may differentially influence SBP and DBP.

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Butterworth AS, Braund PS, Farrall M, Hardwick RJ, Saleheen D, Peden JF, Soranzo N, Chambers JC, Sivapalaratnam S, Kleber ME, Keating B, Qasim A, Klopp N, Erdmann J, Assimes TL, Ball SG, Balmforth AJ, Barnes TA, Basart H, Baumert J, Bezzina CR, Boerwinkle E, Boehm BO, Brocheton J, Bugert P, Cambien F, Clarke R, Codd V, Collins R, Couper D, Cupples LA, de Jong JS, Diemert P, Ejebe K, Elbers CC, Elliott P, Fornage M, Franzosi M-G, Frossard P, Garner S, Goel A, Goodall AH, Hengstenberg C, Hunt SE, Kastelein JJP, Klungel OH, Klueter H, Koch K, Koenig IR, Kooner AS, Laaksonen R, Lathrop M, Li M, Liu K, McPherson R, Musameh MD, Musani S, Nelson CP, O'Donnell CJ, Ongen H, Papanicolaou G, Peters A, Peters BJM, Potter S, Psaty BM, Qu L, Rader DJ, Rasheed A, Rice C, Scott J, Seedorf U, Sehmi JS, Sotoodehnia N, Stark K, Stephens J, van der Schoot CE, van der Schouw YT, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tomaszewski M, van der Harst P, Vasan RS, Wilde AAM, Willenborg C, Winkelmann BR, Zaidi M, Zhang W, Ziegler A, de Bakker PIW, Koenig W, Maerz W, Trip MD, Reilly MP, Kathiresan S, Schunkert H, Hamsten A, Hall AS, Kooner JS, Thompson SG, Thompson JR, Deloukas P, Ouwehand WH, Watkins H, Danesh J, Samani NJet al., 2011, Large-scale gene-centric analysis identifies novel variants for coronary Artery disease, PLoS Genetics, Vol: 7, ISSN: 1553-7390

Coronary artery disease (CAD) has a significant genetic contribution that is incompletely characterized. To complement genome-wide association (GWA) studies, we conducted a large and systematic candidate gene study of CAD susceptibility, including analysis of many uncommon and functional variants. We examined 49,094 genetic variants in ∼2,100 genes of cardiovascular relevance, using a customised gene array in 15,596 CAD cases and 34,992 controls (11,202 cases and 30,733 controls of European descent; 4,394 cases and 4,259 controls of South Asian origin). We attempted to replicate putative novel associations in an additional 17,121 CAD cases and 40,473 controls. Potential mechanisms through which the novel variants could affect CAD risk were explored through association tests with vascular risk factors and gene expression. We confirmed associations of several previously known CAD susceptibility loci (eg, 9p21.3:p<10−33; LPA:p<10−19; 1p13.3:p<10−17) as well as three recently discovered loci (COL4A1/COL4A2, ZC3HC1, CYP17A1:p<5×10−7). However, we found essentially null results for most previously suggested CAD candidate genes. In our replication study of 24 promising common variants, we identified novel associations of variants in or near LIPA, IL5, TRIB1, and ABCG5/ABCG8, with per-allele odds ratios for CAD risk with each of the novel variants ranging from 1.06–1.09. Associations with variants at LIPA, TRIB1, and ABCG5/ABCG8 were supported by gene expression data or effects on lipid levels. Apart from the previously reported variants in LPA, none of the other ∼4,500 low frequency and functional variants showed a strong effect. Associations in South Asians did not differ appreciably from those in Europeans, except for 9p21.3 (per-allele odds ratio: 1.14 versus 1.27 respectively; P for heterogeneity = 0.003). This large-scale gene-centric analysis has identified several novel genes for CAD that relate to diverse bioc

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Kilpelainen TO, Zillikens MC, Stancakova A, Finucane FM, Ried JS, Langenberg C, Zhang W, Beckmann JS, Luan J, Vandenput L, Styrkarsdottir U, Zhou Y, Smith AV, Zhao J-H, Amin N, Vedantam S, Shin S-Y, Haritunians T, Fu M, Feitosa MF, Kumari M, Halldorsson BV, Tikkanen E, Mangino M, Hayward C, Song C, Arnold AM, Aulchenko YS, Oostra BA, Campbell H, Cupples LA, Davis KE, Doering A, Eiriksdottir G, Estrada K, Manuel Fernandez-Real J, Garcia M, Gieger C, Glazer NL, Guiducci C, Hofman A, Humphries SE, Isomaa B, Jacobs LC, Jula A, Karasik D, Karlsson MK, Khaw K-T, Kim LJ, Kivimaeki M, Klopp N, Kuehnel B, Kuusisto J, Liu Y, Ljunggren O, Lorentzon M, Luben RN, McKnight B, Mellstrom D, Mitchell BD, Mooser V, Maria Moreno J, Mannisto S, O'Connell JR, Pascoe L, Peltonen L, Peral B, Perola M, Psaty BM, Salomaa V, Savage DB, Semple RK, Skaric-Juric T, Sigurdsson G, Song KS, Spector TD, Syvanen A-C, Talmud PJ, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Uitterlinden AG, van Duijn CM, Vidal-Puig A, Wild SH, Wright AF, Clegg DJ, Schadt E, Wilson JF, Rudan I, Ripatti S, Borecki IB, Shuldiner AR, Ingelsson E, Jansson J-O, Kaplan RC, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Groop L, Kiel DP, Rivadeneira F, Walker M, Barroso I, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Chambers JC, Kooner JS, Soranzo N, Hirschhorn JN, Stefansson K, Wichmann H-E, Ohlsson C, O'Rahilly S, Wareham NJ, Speliotes EK, Fox CS, Laakso M, Loos RJFet al., 2011, Genetic variation near <i>IRS1</i> associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile, NATURE GENETICS, Vol: 43, Pages: 753-U58, ISSN: 1061-4036

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Schumann G, Coin LJ, Lourdusamy A, Charoen P, Berger KH, Stacey D, Desrivieres S, Aliev FA, Khan AA, Amin N, Aulchenko YS, Bakalkin G, Bakker SJ, Balkau B, Beulens JW, Bilbao A, de Boer RA, Beury D, Bots ML, Breetvelt EJ, Cauchi S, Cavalcanti-Proenca C, Chambers JC, Clarke T-K, Dahmen N, de Geus EJ, Dick D, Ducci F, Easton A, Edenberg HJ, Esko T, Fernandez-Medarde A, Foroud T, Freimer NB, Girault J-A, Grobbee DE, Guarrera S, Gudbjartsson DF, Hartikainen A-L, Heath AC, Hesselbrock V, Hofman A, Hottenga J-J, Isohanni MK, Kaprio J, Khaw K-T, Kuehnel B, Laitinen J, Lobbens S, Luan J, Mangino M, Maroteaux M, Matullo G, McCarthy MI, Mueller C, Navis G, Numans ME, Nunez A, Nyholt DR, Onland-Moret CN, Oostra BA, O'Reilly PF, Palkovits M, Penninx BW, Polidoro S, Pouta A, Prokopenko I, Ricceri F, Santos E, Smit JH, Soranzo N, Song K, Sovio U, Stumvoll M, Surakk I, Thorgeirsson TE, Thorsteinsdottir U, Troakes C, Tyrfingsson T, Toenjes A, Uiterwaal CS, Uitterlinden AG, van der Harst P, van der Schouw YT, Staehlin O, Vogelzangs N, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Wareham NJ, Waterworth DM, Whitfield JB, Wichmann EH, Willemsen G, Witteman JC, Yuan X, Zhai G, Zhao JH, Zhang W, Martin NG, Metspalu A, Doering A, Scott J, Spector TD, Loos RJ, Boomsma DI, Mooser V, Peltonen L, Stefansson K, van Duijn CM, Vineis P, Sommer WH, Kooner JS, Spanagel R, Heberlein UA, Jarvelin M-R, Elliott Pet al., 2011, Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify <i>autism susceptibility candidate 2</i> gene (AUTS2) in the regulation of alcohol consumption (vol 108, pg 7119, 2011), PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Vol: 108, Pages: 9316-9316, ISSN: 0027-8424

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Schumann G, Coin LJ, Lourdusamy A, Charoen P, Berger KH, Stacey D, Desrivieres S, Aliev FA, Khan AA, Amin N, Aulchenko YS, Bakalkin G, Bakker SJ, Balkau B, Beulens JW, Bilbao A, de Boer RA, Beury D, Bots ML, Breetvelt EJ, Cauchi S, Cavalcanti-Proenca C, Chambers JC, Clarke T-K, Dahmen N, de Geus EJ, Dick D, Ducci F, Easton A, Edenberg HJ, Esko T, Fernandez-Medarde A, Foroud T, Freimer NB, Girault J-A, Grobbee DE, Guarrera S, Gudbjartsson DF, Hartikainen A-L, Heath AC, Hesselbrock V, Hofman A, Hottenga J-J, Isohanni MK, Kaprio J, Khaw K-T, Kuehnel B, Laitinen J, Lobbens S, Luan J, Mangino M, Maroteaux M, Matullo G, McCarthy MI, Mueller C, Navis G, Numans ME, Nunez A, Nyholt DR, Onland-Moret CN, Oostra BA, O'Reilly PF, Palkovits M, Penninx BW, Polidoro S, Pouta A, Prokopenko I, Ricceri F, Santos E, Smit JH, Soranzo N, Song K, Sovio U, Stumvoll M, Surakk I, Thorgeirsson TE, Thorsteinsdottir U, Troakes C, Tyrfingsson T, Toenjes A, Uiterwaal CS, Uitterlinden AG, van der Harst P, van der Schouw YT, Staehlin O, Vogelzangs N, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Wareham NJ, Waterworth DM, Whitfield JB, Wichmann EH, Willemsen G, Witteman JC, Yuan X, Zhai G, Zhao JH, Zhang W, Martin NG, Metspalu A, Doering A, Scott J, Spector TD, Loos RJ, Boomsma DI, Mooser V, Peltonen L, Stefansson K, van Duijn CM, Vineis P, Sommer WH, Kooner JS, Spanagel R, Heberlein UA, Jarvelin M-R, Elliott Pet al., 2011, Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify <i>autism susceptibility candidate 2</i> gene (<i>AUTS2</i>) in the regulation of alcohol consumption, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Vol: 108, Pages: 7119-7124, ISSN: 0027-8424

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Peden JF, Hopewell JC, Saleheen D, Chambers JC, Hager J, Soranzo N, Collins R, Danesh J, Elliott P, Farrall M, Stirrups K, Zhang W, Hamsten A, Parish S, Lathrop M, Watkins H, Clarke R, Deloukas P, Kooner JS, Goel A, Ongen H, Strawbridge RJ, Heath S, Malarstig A, Helgadottir A, Ohrvik J, Murtaza M, Potter S, Hunt SE, Delepine M, Jalilzadeh S, Axelsson T, Syvanen A-C, Gwilliam R, Bumpstead S, Gray E, Edkins S, Folkersen L, Kyriakou T, Franco-Cereceda A, Gabrielsen A, Seedorf U, Eriksson P, Offer A, Bowman L, Sleight P, Armitage J, Peto R, Abecasis G, Ahmed N, Caulfield M, Donnelly P, Froguel P, Kooner AS, McCarthy MI, Samani NJ, Scott J, Sehmi J, Silveira A, Hellenius M-L, van't Hooft FM, Olsson G, Rust S, Assmann G, Barlera S, Tognoni G, Franzosi MG, Linksted P, Green FR, Rasheed A, Zaidi M, Shah N, Samuel M, Mallick NH, Azhar M, Zaman KS, Samad A, Ishaq M, Gardezi AR, Memon F-U-R, Frossard PM, Spector T, Peltonen L, Nieminen MS, Sinisalo J, Salomaa V, Ripatti S, Bennett D, Leander K, Gigante B, de Faire U, Pietri S, Gori F, Marchioli R, Sivapalaratnam S, Kastelein JJP, Trip MD, Theodoraki EV, Dedoussis GV, Engert JC, Yusuf S, Anand SSet al., 2011, A genome-wide association study in Europeans and South Asians identifies five new loci for coronary artery disease, NATURE GENETICS, Vol: 43, Pages: 339-U89, ISSN: 1061-4036

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Waterworth DM, Ricketts SL, Song K, Chen L, Zhao JH, Ripatti S, Aulchenko YS, Zhang W, Yuan X, Lim N, Luan J, Ashford S, Wheeler E, Young EH, Hadley D, Thompson JR, Braund PS, Johnson T, Struchalin M, Surakka I, Luben R, Khaw K-T, Rodwell SA, Loos RJF, Boekholdt SM, Inouye M, Deloukas P, Elliott P, Schlessinger D, Sanna S, Scuteri A, Jackson A, Mohlke KL, Tuomilehto J, Roberts R, Stewart A, Kesaeniemi YA, Mahley RW, Grundy SM, McArdle W, Cardon L, Waeber G, Vollenweider P, Chambers JC, Boehnke M, Abecasis GR, Salomaa V, Jaervelin M-R, Ruokonen A, Barroso I, Epstein SE, Hakonarson HH, Rader DJ, Reilly MP, Witteman JCM, Hall AS, Samani NJ, Strachan DP, Barter P, van Duijn CM, Kooner JS, Peltonen L, Wareham NJ, McPherson R, Mooser V, Sandhu MSet al., 2010, Genetic Variants Influencing Circulating Lipid Levels and Risk of Coronary Artery Disease, ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY, Vol: 30, Pages: 2264-U566, ISSN: 1079-5642

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Teslovich TM, Musunuru K, Smith AV, Edmondson AC, Stylianou IM, Koseki M, Pirruccello JP, Ripatti S, Chasman DI, Willer CJ, Johansen CT, Fouchier SW, Isaacs A, Peloso GM, Barbalic M, Ricketts SL, Bis JC, Aulchenko YS, Thorleifsson G, Feitosa MF, Chambers J, Orho-Melander M, Melander O, Johnson T, Li X, Guo X, Li M, Cho YS, Go MJ, Kim YJ, Lee J-Y, Park T, Kim K, Sim X, Ong RT-H, Croteau-Chonka DC, Lange LA, Smith JD, Song K, Zhao JH, Yuan X, Luan J, Lamina C, Ziegler A, Zhang W, Zee RYL, Wright AF, Witteman JCM, Wilson JF, Willemsen G, Wichmann H-E, Whitfield JB, Waterworth DM, Wareham NJ, Waeber G, Vollenweider P, Voight BF, Vitart V, Uitterlinden AG, Uda M, Tuomilehto J, Thompson JR, Tanaka T, Surakka I, Stringham HM, Spector TD, Soranzo N, Smit JH, Sinisalo J, Silander K, Sijbrands EJG, Scuteri A, Scott J, Schlessinger D, Sanna S, Salomaa V, Saharinen J, Sabatti C, Ruokonen A, Rudan I, Rose LM, Roberts R, Rieder M, Psaty BM, Pramstaller PP, Pichler I, Perola M, Penninx BWJH, Pedersen NL, Pattaro C, Parker AN, Pare G, Oostra BA, O'Donnell CJ, Nieminen MS, Nickerson DA, Montgomery GW, Meitinger T, McPherson R, McCarthy MI, McArdle W, Masson D, Martin NG, Marroni F, Mangino M, Magnusson PKE, Lucas G, Luben R, Loos RJF, Lokki M-L, Lettre G, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Lakatta EG, Laaksonen R, Kyvik KO, Kronenberg F, Koenig IR, Khaw K-T, Kaprio J, Kaplan LM, Johansson A, Jarvelin M-R, Janssens ACJW, Ingelsson E, Igi W, Hovingh GK, Hottenga J-J, Hofman A, Hicks AA, Hengstenberg C, Heid IM, Hayward C, Havulinna AS, Hastie ND, Harris TB, Haritunians T, Hall AS, Gyllensten U, Guiducci C, Groop LC, Gonzalez E, Gieger C, Freimer NB, Ferrucci L, Erdmann J, Elliott P, Ejebe KG, Doering A, Dominiczak AF, Demissie S, Deloukas P, de Geus EJC, de Faire U, Crawford G, Collins FS, Chen Y-DI, Caulfield MJ, Campbell H, Burtt NP, Bonnycastle LL, Boomsma DI, Boekholdt SM, Bergman RN, Barroso I, Bandinelli S, Ballantyne CM, Assimes TL, Quertermous T, Altshuler D, Seielstad M, Wong TY, Tai Eet al., 2010, Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids, Nature, Vol: 466, Pages: 707-713, ISSN: 0028-0836

Plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides are among the most important risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) and are targets for therapeutic intervention. We screened the genome for common variants associated with plasma lipids in >100,000 individuals of European ancestry. Here we report 95 significantly associated loci (P < 5 × 10−8), with 59 showing genome-wide significant association with lipid traits for the first time. The newly reported associations include single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) near known lipid regulators (for example, CYP7A1, NPC1L1 and SCARB1) as well as in scores of loci not previously implicated in lipoprotein metabolism. The 95 loci contribute not only to normal variation in lipid traits but also to extreme lipid phenotypes and have an impact on lipid traits in three non-European populations (East Asians, South Asians and African Americans). Our results identify several novel loci associated with plasma lipids that are also associated with CAD. Finally, we validated three of the novel genes—GALNT2, PPP1R3B and TTC39B—with experiments in mouse models. Taken together, our findings provide the foundation to develop a broader biological understanding of lipoprotein metabolism and to identify new therapeutic opportunities for the prevention of CAD.

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Kapur K, Johnson T, Beckmann ND, Sehmi J, Tanaka T, Kutalik Z, Styrkarsdottir U, Zhang W, Marek D, Gudbjartsson DF, Milaneschi Y, Holm H, DiIorio A, Waterworth D, Li Y, Singleton AB, Bjornsdottir US, Sigurdsson G, Hernandez DG, DeSilva R, Elliott P, Eyjolfsson GI, Guralnik JM, Scott J, Thorsteinsdottir U, Bandinelli S, Chambers J, Stefansson K, Waeber G, Ferrucci L, Kooner JS, Mooser V, Vollenweider P, Beckmann JS, Bochud M, Bergmann Set al., 2010, Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis for Serum Calcium Identifies Significantly Associated SNPs near the Calcium-Sensing Receptor (CASR) Gene, PLOS Genetics, Vol: 6, ISSN: 1553-7390

Calcium has a pivotal role in biological functions, and serum calcium levels have been associated with numerous disordersof bone and mineral metabolism, as well as with cardiovascular mortality. Here we report results from a genome-wideassociation study of serum calcium, integrating data from four independent cohorts including a total of 12,865 individualsof European and Indian Asian descent. Our meta-analysis shows that serum calcium is associated with SNPs in or near thecalcium-sensing receptor (CASR) gene on 3q13. The top hit with a p-value of 6.3610-37 is rs1801725, a missense variant,explaining 1.26% of the variance in serum calcium. This SNP had the strongest association in individuals of Europeandescent, while for individuals of Indian Asian descent the top hit was rs17251221 (p = 1.1610-21), a SNP in strong linkagedisequilibrium with rs1801725. The strongest locus in CASR was shown to replicate in an independent Icelandic cohort of4,126 individuals (p = 1.02610-4). This genome-wide meta-analysis shows that common CASR variants modulate serumcalcium levels in the adult general population, which confirms previous results in some candidate gene studies of the CASRlocus. This study highlights the key role of CASR in calcium regulation.

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Chambers JC, Zhang W, Lord GM, van der Harst P, Lawlor DA, Sehmi JS, Gale DP, Wass MN, Ahmadi KR, Bakker SJL, Beckmann J, Bilo HJG, Bochud M, Brown MJ, Caulfield MJ, Connell JMC, Cook HT, Cotlarciuc I, Smith GD, de Silva R, Deng G, Devuyst O, Dikkeschei LD, Dimkovic N, Dockrell M, Dominiczak A, Ebrahim S, Eggermann T, Farrall M, Ferrucci L, Floege J, Forouhi NG, Gansevoort RT, Han X, Hedblad B, van der Heide JJH, Hepkema BG, Hernandez-Fuentes M, Hypponen E, Johnson T, de Jong PE, Kleefstra N, Lagou V, Lapsley M, Li Y, Loos RJF, Luan J, Luttropp K, Marechal C, Melander O, Munroe PB, Nordfors L, Parsa A, Peltonen L, Penninx BW, Perucha E, Pouta A, Prokopenko I, Roderick PJ, Ruokonen A, Samani NJ, Sanna S, Schalling M, Schlessinger D, Schlieper G, Seelen MAJ, Shuldiner AR, Sjogren M, Smit JH, Snieder H, Soranzo N, Spector TD, Stenvinkel P, Sternberg MJE, Swaminathan R, Tanaka T, Ubink-Veltmaat LJ, Uda M, Vollenweider P, Wallace C, Waterworth D, Zerres K, Waeber G, Wareham NJ, Maxwell PH, McCarthy MI, Jarvelin M-R, Mooser V, Abecasis GR, Lightstone L, Scott J, Navis G, Elliott P, Kooner JSet al., 2010, Genetic loci influencing kidney function and chronic kidney disease, NATURE GENETICS, Vol: 42, Pages: 373-375, ISSN: 1061-4036

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Pillas D, Hoggart CJ, Evans DM, O'Reilly PF, Sipila K, Lahdesmaki R, Millwood IY, Kaakinen M, Netuveli G, Blane D, Charoen P, Sovio U, Pouta A, Freimer N, Hartikainen A-L, Laitinen J, Vaara S, Glaser B, Crawford P, Timpson NJ, Ring SM, Deng G, Zhang W, McCarthy MI, Deloukas P, Peltonen L, Elliott P, Coin LJM, Smith GD, Jarvelin M-Ret al., 2010, Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Multiple Loci Associated with Primary Tooth Development during Infancy, PLOS Genetics, Vol: 6, ISSN: 1553-7390

Tooth development is a highly heritable process which relates to other growth and developmental processes, and which interacts with the development of the entire craniofacial complex. Abnormalities of tooth development are common, with tooth agenesis being the most common developmental anomaly in humans. We performed a genome-wide association study of time to first tooth eruption and number of teeth at one year in 4,564 individuals from the 1966 Northern Finland Birth Cohort (NFBC1966) and 1,518 individuals from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). We identified 5 loci at P<5×10−8, and 5 with suggestive association (P<5×10−6). The loci included several genes with links to tooth and other organ development (KCNJ2, EDA, HOXB2, RAD51L1, IGF2BP1, HMGA2, MSRB3). Genes at four of the identified loci are implicated in the development of cancer. A variant within the HOXB gene cluster associated with occlusion defects requiring orthodontic treatment by age 31 years.

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Chambers JC, Zhao J, Terracciano CMN, Bezzina CR, Zhang W, Kaba R, Navaratnarajah M, Lotlikar A, Sehmi JS, Kooner MK, Deng G, Siedlecka U, Parasramka S, El-Hamamsy I, Wass MN, Dekker LRC, de Jong JSSG, Sternberg MJE, McKenna W, Severs NJ, de Silva R, Wilde AAM, Anand P, Yacoub M, Scott J, Elliott P, Wood JN, Kooner JSet al., 2010, Genetic variation in <i>SCN10A</i> influences cardiac conduction, NATURE GENETICS, Vol: 42, Pages: 149-U80, ISSN: 1061-4036

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Chambers J, Zhao J, Terracciano C, Bezzina C, Zhang W, Kaba R, Navaratnarajah M, Lotlikar A, Sehmi J, Kooner M, Siedlecka U, Wass M, Dekker L, de Jong J, Sternberg M, McKenna W, Severs N, DeSilva R, Wilde A, Anand P, Yacoub M, Scott J, Elliot P, Wood J, Kooner Jet al., 2009, Genetic Variation in SCN10a is Associated With Cardiac Conduction, Heart Block and Risk of Ventricular Fibrillation, 82nd Scientific Session of the American-Heart-Association, Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, Pages: S579-S580, ISSN: 0009-7322

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Chambers JC, Zhang W, Zabaneh D, Sehmi J, Jain P, McCarthy MI, Froguel P, Ruokonen A, Balding D, Jarvelin M-R, Scott J, Elliott P, Kooner JSet al., 2009, Common genetic variation near melatonin receptor mtnr1b contributes to raised plasma glucose and increased risk of type 2 diabetes among Indian Asians and European Caucasians, Diabetes, Vol: 58, Pages: 2703-2708, ISSN: 0012-1797

OBJECTIVE Fasting plasma glucose and risk of type 2 diabetes are higher among Indian Asians than among European and North American Caucasians. Few studies have investigated genetic factors influencing glucose metabolism among Indian Asians.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We carried out genome-wide association studies for fasting glucose in 5,089 nondiabetic Indian Asians genotyped with the Illumina Hap610 BeadChip and 2,385 Indian Asians (698 with type 2 diabetes) genotyped with the Illumina 300 BeadChip. Results were compared with findings in 4,462 European Caucasians.RESULTS We identified three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with glucose among Indian Asians at P < 5 × 10−8, all near melatonin receptor MTNR1B. The most closely associated was rs2166706 (combined P = 2.1 × 10−9), which is in moderate linkage disequilibrium with rs1387153 (r2 = 0.60) and rs10830963 (r2 = 0.45), both previously associated with glucose in European Caucasians. Risk allele frequency and effect sizes for rs2166706 were similar among Indian Asians and European Caucasians: frequency 46.2 versus 45.0%, respectively (P = 0.44); effect 0.05 (95% CI 0.01–0.08) versus 0.05 (0.03–0.07 mmol/l), respectively, higher glucose per allele copy (P = 0.84). SNP rs2166706 was associated with type 2 diabetes in Indian Asians (odds ratio 1.21 [95% CI 1.06–1.38] per copy of risk allele; P = 0.006). SNPs at the GCK, GCKR, and G6PC2 loci were also associated with glucose among Indian Asians. Risk allele frequencies of rs1260326 (GCKR) and rs560887 (G6PC2) were higher among Indian Asians compared with European Caucasians.CONCLUSIONS Common genetic variation near MTNR1B influences blood glucose and risk of type 2 diabetes in Indian Asians. Genetic variation at the MTNR1B, GCK, GCKR, and G6PC2 loci may contribute to abnormal glucose metabolism and related metabolic disturbances among Indian Asians.

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Chambers JC, Zhang W, Li Y, Sehmi J, Wass MN, Zabaneh D, Hoggart C, Bayele H, McCarthy MI, Peltonen L, Freimer NB, Srai SK, Maxwell PH, Sternberg MJE, Ruokonen A, Abecasis G, Jarvelin M-R, Scott J, Elliott P, Kooner JSet al., 2009, Genome-wide association study identifies variants in <i>TMPRSS6</i> associated with hemoglobin levels, NATURE GENETICS, Vol: 41, Pages: 1170-1172, ISSN: 1061-4036

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Elliott P, Chambers JC, Zhang W, Clarke R, Hopewell JC, Peden JF, Erdmann J, Braund P, Engert JC, Bennett D, Coin L, Ashby D, Tzoulaki I, Brown IJ, Mt-Isa S, McCarthy MI, Peltonen L, Freimer NB, Farrall M, Ruokonen A, Hamsten A, Lim N, Froguel P, Waterworth DM, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Jarvelin M-R, Mooser V, Scott J, Hall AS, Schunkert H, Anand SS, Collins R, Samani NJ, Watkins H, Kooner JSet al., 2009, Genetic Loci Associated With C-Reactive Protein Levels and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease, JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Vol: 302, Pages: 37-48, ISSN: 0098-7484

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Lindgren CM, Heid IM, Randall JC, Lamina C, Steinthorsdottir V, Qi L, Speliotes EK, Thorleifsson G, Willer CJ, Herrera BM, Jackson AU, Lim N, Scheet P, Soranzo N, Amin N, Aulchenko YS, Chambers JC, Drong A, Luan J, Lyon HN, Rivadeneira F, Sanna S, Timpson NJ, Zillikens MC, Zhao JH, Almgren P, Bandinelli S, Bennett AJ, Bergman RN, Bonnycastle LL, Bumpstead SJ, Chanock SJ, Cherkas L, Chines P, Coin L, Cooper C, Crawford G, Doering A, Dominiczak A, Doney ASF, Ebrahim S, Elliott P, Erdos MR, Estrada K, Ferrucci L, Fischer G, Forouhi NG, Gieger C, Grallert H, Groves CJ, Grundy S, Guiducci C, Hadley D, Hamsten A, Havulinna AS, Hofman A, Holle R, Holloway JW, Illig T, Isomaa B, Jacobs LC, Jameson K, Jousilahti P, Karpe F, Kuusisto J, Laitinen J, Lathrop GM, Lawlor DA, Mangino M, McArdle WL, Meitinger T, Morken MA, Morris AP, Munroe P, Narisu N, Nordstrom A, Nordstroem P, Oostra BA, Palmer CNA, Payne F, Peden JF, Prokopenko I, Renstroem F, Ruokonen A, Salomaa V, Sandhu MS, Scott LJ, Scuteri A, Silander K, Song K, Yuan X, Stringham HM, Swift AJ, Tuomi T, Uda M, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Wallace C, Walters GB, Weedon MN, Witteman JCM, Zhang C, Zhang W, Caulfield MJ, Collins FS, Smith GD, Day INM, Franks PW, Hattersley AT, Hu FB, Jarvelin M-R, Kong A, Kooner JS, Laakso M, Lakatta E, Mooser V, Morris AD, Peltonen L, Samani NJ, Spector TD, Strachan DP, Tanaka T, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, van Duijn CM, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Waterworth DM, Boehnke M, Deloukas P, Groop L, Hunter DJ, Thorsteinsdottir U, Schlessinger D, Wichmann H-E, Frayling TM, Abecasis GR, Hirschhorn JN, Loos RJF, Stefansson K, Mohlke KL, Barroso IS, McCarthy MIet al., 2009, Genome-Wide Association Scan Meta-Analysis Identifies Three Loci Influencing Adiposity and Fat Distribution, PLOS GENETICS, Vol: 5, ISSN: 1553-7404

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Chambers J, Elliott P, Zhang W, Keener JSet al., 2008, Contribution Of Known Genetic Factors To Increased Risk Of Type-2 Diabetes In Indian Asians, 81st Annual Scientific Session of the American-Heart-Association, Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, Pages: S1117-S1117, ISSN: 0009-7322

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Chambers J, Elliott P, Zhang W, Samani N, Kooner JSet al., 2008, Do Known Genetic Factors Contribute to the Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Amongst Indian Asians?, 81st Annual Scientific Session of the American-Heart-Association, Publisher: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, Pages: S1101-S1101, ISSN: 0009-7322

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Yuan X, Waterworth D, Perry JRB, Lim N, Song K, Chambers JC, Zhang W, Vollenweider P, Stirnadel H, Johnson T, Bergmann S, Beckmann ND, Li Y, Ferrucci L, Melzer D, Hernandez D, Singleton A, Scott J, Elliott P, Waeber G, Cardon L, Frayling TM, Kooner JS, Mooser Vet al., 2008, Population-Based Genome-wide Association Studies Reveal Six Loci Influencing Plasma Levels of Liver Enzymes, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS, Vol: 83, Pages: 520-528, ISSN: 0002-9297

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Chambers JC, Elliott P, Zabaneh D, Zhang W, Li Y, Froguel P, Balding D, Scott J, Kooner JSet al., 2008, Common genetic variation near <i>MC4R</i> is associated with waist circumference and insulin resistance, NATURE GENETICS, Vol: 40, Pages: 716-718, ISSN: 1061-4036

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