Reduced neutrophil count in people of African descent is due to a regulatory variant in the Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines gene.

PubWeight™: 3.60‹?› | Rank: Top 1%

🔗 View Article (PMC 2628742)

Published in PLoS Genet on January 30, 2009

Authors

David Reich1, Michael A Nalls, W H Linda Kao, Ermeg L Akylbekova, Arti Tandon, Nick Patterson, James Mullikin, Wen-Chi Hsueh, Ching-Yu Cheng, Josef Coresh, Eric Boerwinkle, Man Li, Alicja Waliszewska, Julie Neubauer, Rongling Li, Tennille S Leak, Lynette Ekunwe, Joe C Files, Cheryl L Hardy, Joseph M Zmuda, Herman A Taylor, Elad Ziv, Tamara B Harris, James G Wilson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. reich@genetics.med.harvard.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Palbociclib / Letrozole in African American Women With HR+ HER2- Breast Cancer (PALINA) | NCT02692755

Articles citing this

(truncated to the top 100)

A draft sequence of the Neandertal genome. Science (2010) 19.55

Complete Khoisan and Bantu genomes from southern Africa. Nature (2010) 9.06

Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia. Nature (2010) 8.99

Dense mapping of MYH9 localizes the strongest kidney disease associations to the region of introns 13 to 15. Hum Mol Genet (2010) 2.51

Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (Darc) polymorphism regulates circulating concentrations of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and other inflammatory mediators. Blood (2009) 2.27

Methodological challenges of genome-wide association analysis in Africa. Nat Rev Genet (2010) 2.27

New approaches to disease mapping in admixed populations. Nat Rev Genet (2011) 2.22

Genetic variants associated with the white blood cell count in 13,923 subjects in the eMERGE Network. Hum Genet (2011) 2.00

Genome-wide association study of white blood cell count in 16,388 African Americans: the continental origins and genetic epidemiology network (COGENT). PLoS Genet (2011) 1.75

Multiple loci are associated with white blood cell phenotypes. PLoS Genet (2011) 1.65

Genome-wide association study of interferon-related cytopenia in chronic hepatitis C patients. J Hepatol (2011) 1.59

Genetic association analysis highlights new loci that modulate hematological trait variation in Caucasians and African Americans. Hum Genet (2010) 1.54

The Duffy-null state is associated with a survival advantage in leukopenic HIV-infected persons of African ancestry. Blood (2009) 1.51

Microsatellites are molecular clocks that support accurate inferences about history. Mol Biol Evol (2009) 1.48

APOL1 variants and kidney disease in people of recent African ancestry. Nat Rev Nephrol (2013) 1.43

The genetic architecture of adaptations to high altitude in Ethiopia. PLoS Genet (2012) 1.38

Essential role of IL-6 in protection against H1N1 influenza virus by promoting neutrophil survival in the lung. Mucosal Immunol (2012) 1.30

Immune regulation by atypical chemokine receptors. Nat Rev Immunol (2013) 1.17

Flucytosine and cryptococcosis: time to urgently address the worldwide accessibility of a 50-year-old antifungal. J Antimicrob Chemother (2013) 1.16

Red blood cell polymorphism and susceptibility to Plasmodium vivax. Adv Parasitol (2013) 1.15

ELANE mutations in cyclic and severe congenital neutropenia: genetics and pathophysiology. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am (2012) 1.14

African ancestry and its correlation to type 2 diabetes in African Americans: a genetic admixture analysis in three U.S. population cohorts. PLoS One (2012) 1.12

Complex patterns of genomic admixture within southern Africa. PLoS Genet (2013) 1.12

Admixture mapping identifies a locus on 6q25 associated with breast cancer risk in US Latinas. Hum Mol Genet (2012) 1.11

Genome-wide association study and admixture mapping identify different asthma-associated loci in Latinos: the Genes-environments & Admixture in Latino Americans study. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2014) 1.10

Evolution of a malaria resistance gene in wild primates. Nature (2009) 1.09

GWAS of blood cell traits identifies novel associated loci and epistatic interactions in Caucasian and African-American children. Hum Mol Genet (2012) 1.09

Duffy-null-associated low neutrophil counts influence HIV-1 susceptibility in high-risk South African black women. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.09

Systematic Functional Dissection of Common Genetic Variation Affecting Red Blood Cell Traits. Cell (2016) 1.09

Blood groups and malaria: fresh insights into pathogenesis and identification of targets for intervention. Curr Opin Hematol (2009) 1.06

The association between a Darc gene polymorphism and clinical outcomes in African American patients with acute lung injury. Chest (2011) 1.02

Genetic variants that confer resistance to malaria are associated with red blood cell traits in African-Americans: an electronic medical record-based genome-wide association study. G3 (Bethesda) (2013) 1.00

Evaluation of intravenous anthrax immune globulin for treatment of inhalation anthrax. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 0.98

Human genomic regions with exceptionally high levels of population differentiation identified from 911 whole-genome sequences. Genome Biol (2014) 0.98

Molecular basis of congenital neutropenia. Haematologica (2009) 0.96

Admixture mapping of end stage kidney disease genetic susceptibility using estimated mutual information ancestry informative markers. BMC Med Genomics (2010) 0.96

Atypical chemokine receptors. Exp Cell Res (2011) 0.96

Leveraging population admixture to characterize the heritability of complex traits. Nat Genet (2014) 0.95

Genomic modulators of the immune response. Trends Genet (2012) 0.94

Neutrophil count in African Americans: lowering the target cutoff to initiate or resume chemotherapy? J Clin Oncol (2010) 0.94

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in LPA explain most of the ancestry-specific variation in Lp(a) levels in African Americans. PLoS One (2011) 0.94

Evaluation and management of patients with isolated neutropenia. Semin Hematol (2013) 0.93

Admixture mapping scans identify a locus affecting retinal vascular caliber in hypertensive African Americans: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. PLoS Genet (2010) 0.91

Ancestry dependent DNA methylation and influence of maternal nutrition. PLoS One (2015) 0.90

Genetics of proteasome diseases. Scientifica (Cairo) (2013) 0.90

Association between circulating specific leukocyte types and blood pressure: the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study. J Am Soc Hypertens (2010) 0.89

Promiscuity and the rate of molecular evolution at primate immunity genes. Evolution (2010) 0.88

Blood Groups in Infection and Host Susceptibility. Clin Microbiol Rev (2015) 0.88

Genetic ancestry-smoking interactions and lung function in African Americans: a cohort study. PLoS One (2012) 0.87

Detection of pleiotropy through a Phenome-wide association study (PheWAS) of epidemiologic data as part of the Environmental Architecture for Genes Linked to Environment (EAGLE) study. PLoS Genet (2014) 0.87

Genome-wide and gene-centric analyses of circulating myeloperoxidase levels in the charge and care consortia. Hum Mol Genet (2013) 0.86

Admixture mapping and subsequent fine-mapping suggests a biologically relevant and novel association on chromosome 11 for type 2 diabetes in African Americans. PLoS One (2014) 0.86

Lack of Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines: no influence on HIV disease progression in an African treatment-naive population. Cell Host Microbe (2009) 0.85

Lessons and Implications from Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Findings of Blood Cell Phenotypes. Genes (Basel) (2014) 0.84

DARC and D6: silent partners in chemokine regulation? Immunol Cell Biol (2010) 0.84

Acquired antibody responses against Plasmodium vivax infection vary with host genotype for duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC). PLoS One (2010) 0.84

Association between circulating specific leukocyte types and incident chronic kidney disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. J Am Soc Hypertens (2011) 0.83

Racial differences in association of elevated interleukin-18 levels with type 2 diabetes: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Diabetes Care (2012) 0.83

Phenome-wide Association Study Relating Pretreatment Laboratory Parameters With Human Genetic Variants in AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocols. Open Forum Infect Dis (2015) 0.83

Multiple Autoantibodies Display Association with Lymphopenia, Proteinuria, and Cellular Casts in a Large, Ethnically Diverse SLE Patient Cohort. Autoimmune Dis (2012) 0.83

Genome at juncture of early human migration: a systematic analysis of two whole genomes and thirteen exomes from Kuwaiti population subgroup of inferred Saudi Arabian tribe ancestry. PLoS One (2014) 0.82

Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines regulates post-fracture inflammation. PLoS One (2013) 0.82

Trans-ethnic meta-analysis of white blood cell phenotypes. Hum Mol Genet (2014) 0.82

Neutropenia in childhood: a 5-year experience at a tertiary center. Eur J Pediatr (2014) 0.81

Atypical chemokine receptor 1 on nucleated erythroid cells regulates hematopoiesis. Nat Immunol (2017) 0.81

Duffy antigen receptor for chemokine (DARC) polymorphisms and its involvement in acquisition of inhibitory anti-duffy binding protein II (DBPII) immunity. PLoS One (2014) 0.80

Erythrocyte Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC): diagnostic and therapeutic implications in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Acta Pharmacol Sin (2011) 0.79

The admixture structure and genetic variation of the archipelago of Cape Verde and its implications for admixture mapping studies. PLoS One (2012) 0.79

Genetic Investigation Into the Differential Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Among Black and White Individuals. JAMA Cardiol (2016) 0.79

African Ancestry Analysis and Admixture Genetic Mapping for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in African Americans. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2015) 0.79

A pilot study to determine the normal haematological indices for young Malawian adults in Blantyre, Malawi. Malawi Med J (2015) 0.79

Atypical chemokine receptor 1 deficiency reduces atherogenesis in ApoE-knockout mice. Cardiovasc Res (2015) 0.78

Leukocyte count and cardiometabolic risk among healthy participants with parental type 2 diabetes: the Pathobiology of Prediabetes in a Biracial Cohort study. Ethn Dis (2012) 0.78

Double-edged genetic swords and immunity: lesson from CCR5 and beyond. J Infect Dis (2010) 0.78

The Pretreatment Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio Is Associated with All-Cause Mortality in Black and White Patients with Non-metastatic Breast Cancer. Front Oncol (2016) 0.77

Inference of surface membrane factors of HIV-1 infection through functional interaction networks. PLoS One (2010) 0.77

Neutrophil count in African mothers and newborns and HIV transmission risk. N Engl J Med (2012) 0.77

Estimating the Ages of Selection Signals from Different Epochs in Human History. Mol Biol Evol (2015) 0.77

Neutrophil biology: an update. EXCLI J (2015) 0.77

Activated Neutrophils Are Associated with Pediatric Cerebral Malaria Vasculopathy in Malawian Children. MBio (2016) 0.77

Genomic Disparities in Breast Cancer Among Latinas. Cancer Control (2016) 0.76

Phenotypic variance explained by local ancestry in admixed African Americans. Front Genet (2015) 0.76

Anchored pseudo-de novo assembly of human genomes identifies extensive sequence variation from unmapped sequence reads. Hum Genet (2016) 0.76

Candidate SNP Markers of Gender-Biased Autoimmune Complications of Monogenic Diseases Are Predicted by a Significant Change in the Affinity of TATA-Binding Protein for Human Gene Promoters. Front Immunol (2016) 0.76

The effect of Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines on severity in sickle cell disease. Haematologica (2013) 0.76

Mendelian randomization: potential use of genetics to enable causal inferences regarding HIV-associated biomarkers and outcomes. Curr Opin HIV AIDS (2010) 0.76

Neonatal infections: Case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunisation safety data. Vaccine (2016) 0.75

An ethnically relevant consensus Korean reference genome is a step towards personal reference genomes. Nat Commun (2016) 0.75

Identification and Clinical Characterization of Children With Benign Ethnic Neutropenia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol (2016) 0.75

The role of red blood cells in enhancing or preventing HIV infection and other diseases. Biomed Res Int (2013) 0.75

Atypical matters in myeloid differentiation. Nat Immunol (2017) 0.75

Incidence and potential causative factors associated with chronic benign neutropenia in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. BMC Proc (2015) 0.75

Genetic Modifiers of White Blood Cell Count, Albuminuria and Glomerular Filtration Rate in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia. PLoS One (2016) 0.75

Distinct Transcript Isoforms of the Atypical Chemokine Receptor 1 (ACKR1) / Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines (DARC) Gene Are Expressed in Lymphoblasts and Altered Isoform Levels Are Associated with Genetic Ancestry and the Duffy-Null Allele. PLoS One (2015) 0.75

Genetic control of immune cell types in fungal disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 0.75

The African diaspora: history, adaptation and health. Curr Opin Genet Dev (2016) 0.75

Analysis of overall survival in a large multiethnic cohort reveals absolute neutrophil count of 1,100 as a novel prognostic cutoff in African Americans. Oncotarget (2016) 0.75

Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) at the Time of Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor: A Large Retrospective Study and Analysis of Racial Differences. Bladder Cancer (2017) 0.75

Neutropenia as an Adverse Event following Vaccination: Results from Randomized Clinical Trials in Healthy Adults and Systematic Review. PLoS One (2016) 0.75

Blood Group Antigens C, Lub and P1 May Have a Role in HIV Infection in Africans. PLoS One (2016) 0.75

Articles cited by this

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome. Nature (2001) 212.86

A haplotype map of the human genome. Nature (2005) 105.70

The sequence of the human genome. Science (2001) 101.55

A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs. Nature (2007) 85.39

SSAHA: a fast search method for large DNA databases. Genome Res (2001) 48.64

The diploid genome sequence of an individual human. PLoS Biol (2007) 44.80

A map of human genome sequence variation containing 1.42 million single nucleotide polymorphisms. Nature (2001) 42.18

The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study: design and objectives. The ARIC investigators. Am J Epidemiol (1989) 37.83

Mapping and sequencing of structural variation from eight human genomes. Nature (2008) 30.28

Methods for high-density admixture mapping of disease genes. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 12.02

Admixture mapping identifies 8q24 as a prostate cancer risk locus in African-American men. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 10.32

Highly parallel SNP genotyping. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol (2003) 9.10

The resistance factor to Plasmodium vivax in blacks. The Duffy-blood-group genotype, FyFy. N Engl J Med (1976) 7.89

Disruption of a GATA motif in the Duffy gene promoter abolishes erythroid gene expression in Duffy-negative individuals. Nat Genet (1995) 7.19

Allelic discrimination by nick-translation PCR with fluorogenic probes. Nucleic Acids Res (1993) 6.33

Chip-based genotyping by mass spectrometry. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1999) 5.63

A whole-genome admixture scan finds a candidate locus for multiple sclerosis susceptibility. Nat Genet (2005) 5.02

Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines mediates trans-infection of HIV-1 from red blood cells to target cells and affects HIV-AIDS susceptibility. Cell Host Microbe (2008) 4.55

Toward resolution of cardiovascular health disparities in African Americans: design and methods of the Jackson Heart Study. Ethn Dis (2005) 4.32

A receptor for the malarial parasite Plasmodium vivax: the erythrocyte chemokine receptor. Science (1993) 3.60

Admixture mapping of white cell count: genetic locus responsible for lower white blood cell count in the Health ABC and Jackson Heart studies. Am J Hum Genet (2008) 3.06

Genetic model testing and statistical power in population-based association studies of quantitative traits. Genet Epidemiol (2007) 2.95

Admixture mapping of an allele affecting interleukin 6 soluble receptor and interleukin 6 levels. Am J Hum Genet (2007) 2.91

Benign ethnic neutropenia: what is a normal absolute neutrophil count? J Lab Clin Med (1999) 2.17

Prevalence of neutropenia in the U.S. population: age, sex, smoking status, and ethnic differences. Ann Intern Med (2007) 2.07

The Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC) is expressed in endothelial cells of Duffy negative individuals who lack the erythrocyte receptor. J Exp Med (1995) 1.95

Ethnic neutropenia and treatment delay in African American women undergoing chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst (2003) 1.68

Duffy antigen facilitates movement of chemokine across the endothelium in vitro and promotes neutrophil transmigration in vitro and in vivo. J Immunol (2003) 1.62

Leukopenia in Negroes. N Engl J Med (1966) 1.55

Reexamining the sarcopenia hypothesis. Muscle mass versus muscle strength. Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study Research Group. Ann N Y Acad Sci (2000) 1.54

Deletion of the murine Duffy gene (Dfy) reveals that the Duffy receptor is functionally redundant. Mol Cell Biol (2000) 1.40

Throwing light on DARC. Biochem Soc Trans (2006) 1.37

Chemokine class differences in binding to the Duffy antigen-erythrocyte chemokine receptor. J Biol Chem (1995) 1.31

The human Duffy antigen binds selected inflammatory but not homeostatic chemokines. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2004) 1.30

Reference values for the total and differential leukocyte count. Blood Cells (1985) 1.27

Identification of mouse Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (Darc) as a BMD QTL gene. Genome Res (2007) 1.21

Duffy antigen modifies the chemokine response in human endotoxemia. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.20

Marrow granulocyte reserves in black Americans. Hydrocortisone-induced granulocytosis in the "benign" neutropenia of the black. Am J Med (1979) 1.12

Exercise induced mobilisation of the marginated granulocyte pool in the investigation of ethnic neutropenia. J Clin Pathol (2000) 1.04

Leukocytosis in acute appendicitis. Observed racial difference. JAMA (1974) 0.97

The mechanism of benign hereditary neutropenia. Arch Intern Med (1982) 0.92

The outcome of bacterial infection in subjects with benign familial leukopenia (BFL). Biomed Pharmacother (1985) 0.91

Non-signaling chemokine receptors: mechanism of action and role in vivo. J Neuroimmunol (2008) 0.83

Differences in polymorphonuclear cell counts between healthy white and black infants: response to meningitis. Pediatrics (1983) 0.83

Leukocyte response to administration of corticosteroid in healthy black children with neutropenia. J Pediatr (1994) 0.83

Normal fluctuations of leucocyte counts and the response to infection in benign familial leucopenia. Acta Haematol (1992) 0.82

Duffy, Kell and P blood group systems in some Jewish populations of Israel. Acta Anthropogenet (1980) 0.81

Articles by these authors

A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs. Nature (2007) 85.39

A new equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate. Ann Intern Med (2009) 71.41

PGC-1alpha-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes. Nat Genet (2003) 53.59

Large-scale copy number polymorphism in the human genome. Science (2004) 34.64

Using standardized serum creatinine values in the modification of diet in renal disease study equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate. Ann Intern Med (2006) 32.81

Sequencing and comparison of yeast species to identify genes and regulatory elements. Nature (2003) 29.16

Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids. Nature (2010) 28.21

Sequence variations in PCSK9, low LDL, and protection against coronary heart disease. N Engl J Med (2006) 23.83

National Kidney Foundation practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification. Ann Intern Med (2003) 23.33

Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index. Nat Genet (2010) 23.08

A common allele on chromosome 9 associated with coronary heart disease. Science (2007) 20.37

Assessing kidney function--measured and estimated glomerular filtration rate. N Engl J Med (2006) 20.27

Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height. Nature (2010) 20.01

A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD. Neuron (2011) 18.73

Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population cohorts: a collaborative meta-analysis. Lancet (2010) 18.36

New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk. Nat Genet (2010) 17.89

Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations. Nature (2007) 17.27

Evolution and functional impact of rare coding variation from deep sequencing of human exomes. Science (2012) 17.12

Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis. Nat Genet (2010) 16.96

Assessing the impact of population stratification on genetic association studies. Nat Genet (2004) 16.28

Overweight, obesity, and mortality in a large prospective cohort of persons 50 to 71 years old. N Engl J Med (2006) 16.17

Replicating genotype-phenotype associations. Nature (2007) 16.11

Kidney disease as a risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease: a statement from the American Heart Association Councils on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, High Blood Pressure Research, Clinical Cardiology, and Epidemiology and Prevention. Circulation (2003) 15.79

Estimating GFR using serum cystatin C alone and in combination with serum creatinine: a pooled analysis of 3,418 individuals with CKD. Am J Kidney Dis (2008) 15.04

Estimating glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine and cystatin C. N Engl J Med (2012) 14.99

Multiple regions within 8q24 independently affect risk for prostate cancer. Nat Genet (2007) 14.37

Expressing the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate with standardized serum creatinine values. Clin Chem (2007) 13.80

Population-based resequencing of ANGPTL4 uncovers variations that reduce triglycerides and increase HDL. Nat Genet (2007) 13.78

Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders. Nature (2012) 13.71

Glycated hemoglobin, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk in nondiabetic adults. N Engl J Med (2010) 13.25

Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet (2011) 13.25

Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. Nature (2011) 13.25

A comparison of phasing algorithms for trios and unrelated individuals. Am J Hum Genet (2006) 12.45

Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study. Lancet (2012) 12.10

Genetic signatures of strong recent positive selection at the lactase gene. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 11.90

Genome-wide association study of blood pressure and hypertension. Nat Genet (2009) 11.54

Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet (2012) 11.09

Genetic variation in PNPLA3 confers susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Nat Genet (2008) 10.87

A high-density admixture map for disease gene discovery in african americans. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 10.87

Definition and classification of chronic kidney disease: a position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). Kidney Int (2005) 10.42

Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease. Nat Genet (2009) 10.34

Admixture mapping identifies 8q24 as a prostate cancer risk locus in African-American men. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 10.32

A mechanism of cyclin D1 action encoded in the patterns of gene expression in human cancer. Cell (2003) 9.81

Genome-wide analysis of genetic loci associated with Alzheimer disease. JAMA (2010) 9.52

MYH9 is associated with nondiabetic end-stage renal disease in African Americans. Nat Genet (2008) 9.50

Reconstructing Indian population history. Nature (2009) 9.28

The definition, classification, and prognosis of chronic kidney disease: a KDIGO Controversies Conference report. Kidney Int (2010) 9.25

The eMERGE Network: a consortium of biorepositories linked to electronic medical records data for conducting genomic studies. BMC Med Genomics (2011) 9.20

Imputation of sequence variants for identification of genetic risks for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies. Lancet (2011) 9.10

Complete Khoisan and Bantu genomes from southern Africa. Nature (2010) 9.06

Genetic history of an archaic hominin group from Denisova Cave in Siberia. Nature (2010) 8.99

Recommendations for improving serum creatinine measurement: a report from the Laboratory Working Group of the National Kidney Disease Education Program. Clin Chem (2005) 8.93

Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study. Lancet (2010) 8.89

Abundant quantitative trait loci exist for DNA methylation and gene expression in human brain. PLoS Genet (2010) 8.74

From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part I. Circulation (2003) 8.61

Genome partitioning of genetic variation for complex traits using common SNPs. Nat Genet (2011) 8.57

Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium: Design of prospective meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies from 5 cohorts. Circ Cardiovasc Genet (2009) 8.42

The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. Nat Genet (2009) 8.19

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet (2015) 7.99

Cystatin C versus creatinine in determining risk based on kidney function. N Engl J Med (2013) 7.98

New approaches to population stratification in genome-wide association studies. Nat Rev Genet (2010) 7.97

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution. Nat Genet (2010) 7.94

The importance of race and ethnic background in biomedical research and clinical practice. N Engl J Med (2003) 7.94

A high-coverage genome sequence from an archaic Denisovan individual. Science (2012) 7.89

Calibration of serum creatinine in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) 1988-1994, 1999-2004. Am J Kidney Dis (2007) 7.86

Discerning the ancestry of European Americans in genetic association studies. PLoS Genet (2007) 7.81

Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet (2012) 7.59

International comparison of the relationship of chronic kidney disease prevalence and ESRD risk. J Am Soc Nephrol (2006) 7.51

The loss of skeletal muscle strength, mass, and quality in older adults: the health, aging and body composition study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2006) 7.38

Common variants in the GDF5-UQCC region are associated with variation in human height. Nat Genet (2008) 7.31