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Title |
Journal |
Year |
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1
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Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index.
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Nat Genet
|
2010
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23.08
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2
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New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk.
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Nat Genet
|
2010
|
17.89
|
3
|
Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.
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Nature
|
2011
|
13.25
|
4
|
Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution.
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Nat Genet
|
2010
|
7.94
|
5
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Genome-wide association scan meta-analysis identifies three Loci influencing adiposity and fat distribution.
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PLoS Genet
|
2009
|
5.81
|
6
|
C-reactive protein and its role in metabolic syndrome: mendelian randomisation study.
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Lancet
|
2005
|
5.51
|
7
|
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium testing of biological ascertainment for Mendelian randomization studies.
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Am J Epidemiol
|
2009
|
4.70
|
8
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Predicting the functional, molecular, and phenotypic consequences of amino acid substitutions using hidden Markov models.
|
Hum Mutat
|
2012
|
3.60
|
9
|
Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals.
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PLoS Genet
|
2012
|
3.21
|
10
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Association of C-reactive protein with blood pressure and hypertension: life course confounding and mendelian randomization tests of causality.
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Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
2005
|
2.42
|
11
|
Secretory phospholipase A(2)-IIA and cardiovascular disease: a mendelian randomization study.
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J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2013
|
2.18
|
12
|
Predicting the functional consequences of cancer-associated amino acid substitutions.
|
Bioinformatics
|
2013
|
2.12
|
13
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Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis across 32 studies identifies multiple lipid loci.
|
Am J Hum Genet
|
2012
|
1.96
|
14
|
A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.72
|
15
|
IQ, educational attainment, memory and plasma lipids: associations with apolipoprotein E genotype in 5995 children.
|
Biol Psychiatry
|
2011
|
1.59
|
16
|
The association of oestrogen receptor alpha-haplotypes with cardiovascular risk factors in the British Women's Heart and Health Study.
|
Eur Heart J
|
2006
|
1.57
|
17
|
Dependence of deodorant usage on ABCC11 genotype: scope for personalized genetics in personal hygiene.
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J Invest Dermatol
|
2013
|
1.51
|
18
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Use of genotype frequencies in medicated groups to investigate prescribing practice: APOE and statins as a proof of principle.
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Clin Chem
|
2011
|
1.49
|
19
|
Blood pressure loci identified with a gene-centric array.
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Am J Hum Genet
|
2011
|
1.44
|
20
|
Influence of common genetic variation on blood lipid levels, cardiovascular risk, and coronary events in two British prospective cohort studies.
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Eur Heart J
|
2012
|
1.30
|
21
|
The association of C-reactive protein and CRP genotype with coronary heart disease: findings from five studies with 4,610 cases amongst 18,637 participants.
|
PLoS One
|
2008
|
1.28
|
22
|
Genetic association study of BDNF in depression: finding from two cohort studies and a meta-analysis.
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Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet
|
2008
|
1.24
|
23
|
MIDAS: software for analysis and visualisation of interallelic disequilibrium between multiallelic markers.
|
BMC Bioinformatics
|
2006
|
1.24
|
24
|
Influences of matrix metalloproteinase-3 gene variation on extent of coronary atherosclerosis and risk of myocardial infarction.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2003
|
1.24
|
25
|
Lactase persistence-related genetic variant: population substructure and health outcomes.
|
Eur J Hum Genet
|
2008
|
1.13
|
26
|
The association of the PON1 Q192R polymorphism with coronary heart disease: findings from the British Women's Heart and Health cohort study and a meta-analysis.
|
BMC Genet
|
2004
|
1.12
|
27
|
ACTN3 genotype, athletic status, and life course physical capability: meta-analysis of the published literature and findings from nine studies.
|
Hum Mutat
|
2011
|
1.10
|
28
|
Molecular genetics of human growth hormone, insulin-like growth factors and their pathways in common disease.
|
Hum Genet
|
2007
|
1.06
|
29
|
Genetic variants in the vitamin d receptor are associated with advanced prostate cancer at diagnosis: findings from the prostate testing for cancer and treatment study and a systematic review.
|
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
|
2009
|
1.02
|
30
|
Two British women studies replicated the association between the Val66Met polymorphism in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and BMI.
|
Eur J Hum Genet
|
2009
|
1.02
|
31
|
Exonization of AluYa5 in the human ACE gene requires mutations in both 3' and 5' splice sites and is facilitated by a conserved splicing enhancer.
|
Nucleic Acids Res
|
2005
|
1.02
|
32
|
Prevalence and functionality of paucimorphic and private MC4R mutations in a large, unselected European British population, scanned by meltMADGE.
|
Hum Mutat
|
2007
|
1.02
|
33
|
Variants in the human insulin gene that affect pre-mRNA splicing: is -23HphI a functional single nucleotide polymorphism at IDDM2?
|
Diabetes
|
2006
|
1.01
|
34
|
Haplotypic analyses of the IGF2-INS-TH gene cluster in relation to cardiovascular risk traits.
|
Hum Mol Genet
|
2004
|
1.00
|
35
|
Independent effects of the -219 G>T and epsilon 2/ epsilon 3/ epsilon 4 polymorphisms in the apolipoprotein E gene on coronary artery disease: the Southampton Atherosclerosis Study.
|
Eur J Hum Genet
|
2003
|
1.00
|
36
|
Evidence of multiple causal sites affecting weight in the IGF2-INS-TH region of human chromosome 11.
|
Hum Genet
|
2002
|
0.99
|
37
|
Four genetic loci influencing electrocardiographic indices of left ventricular hypertrophy.
|
Circ Cardiovasc Genet
|
2011
|
0.99
|
38
|
Refining associations between TAS2R38 diplotypes and the 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) taste test: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.
|
BMC Genet
|
2007
|
0.99
|
39
|
A novel medium throughput quantitative competitive PCR technology to simultaneously measure mRNA levels from multiple genes.
|
Nucleic Acids Res
|
2002
|
0.98
|
40
|
CYP2A6, MAOA, DBH, DRD4, and 5HT2A genotypes, smoking behaviour and cotinine levels in 1518 UK adolescents.
|
Pharmacogenet Genomics
|
2005
|
0.98
|
41
|
Ranking non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms based on disease concepts.
|
Hum Genomics
|
2014
|
0.98
|
42
|
Molecular and population analysis of natural selection on the human haptoglobin duplication.
|
Ann Hum Genet
|
2012
|
0.98
|
43
|
Association between interleukin 1-beta promoter (-511) polymorphism and depressive symptoms in Alzheimer's disease.
|
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet
|
2004
|
0.95
|
44
|
A pathway-based data integration framework for prediction of disease progression.
|
Bioinformatics
|
2013
|
0.95
|
45
|
The association of the PON1 Q192R polymorphism with complications and outcomes of pregnancy: findings from the British Women's Heart and Health cohort study.
|
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
|
2006
|
0.94
|
46
|
From a single whole exome read to notions of clinical screening: primary ciliary dyskinesia and RSPH9 p.Lys268del in the Arabian Peninsula.
|
Ann Hum Genet
|
2012
|
0.94
|
47
|
Replication of IGF2-INS-TH*5 haplotype effect on obesity in older men and study of related phenotypes.
|
Eur J Hum Genet
|
2006
|
0.94
|
48
|
Manual 768 or 384 well microplate gel 'dry' electrophoresis for PCR checking and SNP genotyping.
|
Nucleic Acids Res
|
2003
|
0.92
|
49
|
Integrated single-label liquid-phase assay of APOE codons 112 and 158 and a lipoprotein study in British women.
|
Clin Chem
|
2006
|
0.90
|
50
|
Polymorphism of the IGF2 gene, birth weight and grip strength in adult men.
|
Age Ageing
|
2002
|
0.89
|
51
|
Evidence of admixture from haplotyping in an epidemiological study of UK Caucasian males: implications for association analyses.
|
Hum Hered
|
2004
|
0.89
|
52
|
Molecular pathogenesis of subarachnoid haemorrhage.
|
Int J Biochem Cell Biol
|
2003
|
0.88
|
53
|
Mutation scanning by meltMADGE: validations using BRCA1 and LDLR, and demonstration of the potential to identify severe, moderate, silent, rare, and paucimorphic mutations in the general population.
|
Genome Res
|
2005
|
0.87
|
54
|
Inflammation and not cardiovascular risk factors is associated with short leukocyte telomere length in 13- to 16-year-old adolescents.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
2012
|
0.86
|
55
|
Amplification ratio control system for copy number variation genotyping.
|
Nucleic Acids Res
|
2011
|
0.85
|
56
|
An expectation-maximization program for determining allelic spectrum from CNV data (CoNVEM): insights into population allelic architecture and its mutational history.
|
Hum Mutat
|
2010
|
0.82
|
57
|
A gene-centric analysis of activated partial thromboplastin time and activated protein C resistance using the HumanCVD focused genotyping array.
|
Eur J Hum Genet
|
2012
|
0.82
|
58
|
A study of TH01 and IGF2-INS-TH haplotypes in relation to smoking initiation in three independent surveys.
|
Pharmacogenet Genomics
|
2006
|
0.82
|
59
|
Absence of association of a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the TERT-CLPTM1L locus with age-related phenotypes in a large multicohort study: the HALCyon programme.
|
Aging Cell
|
2011
|
0.82
|
60
|
Microplate array diagonal gel electrophoresis for cohort studies of microsatellite loci.
|
Biotechniques
|
2002
|
0.82
|
61
|
Complexity of a complex trait locus: HP, HPR, haemoglobin and cholesterol.
|
Gene
|
2012
|
0.82
|
62
|
The association of the paraoxonase (PON1) Q192R polymorphism with depression in older women: findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Study.
|
J Epidemiol Community Health
|
2007
|
0.82
|
63
|
Quantitated transcript haplotypes (QTH) of AGTR1, reduced abundance of mRNA haplotypes containing 1166C (rs5186:A>C), and relevance to metabolic syndrome traits.
|
Hum Mutat
|
2007
|
0.82
|
64
|
Very low PSA concentrations and deletions of the KLK3 gene.
|
Clin Chem
|
2012
|
0.82
|
65
|
Homogeneous assay of rs4343, an ACE I/D proxy, and an analysis in the British Women's Heart and Health Study (BWHHS).
|
Dis Markers
|
2008
|
0.81
|
66
|
Functional polymorphism in ABCA1 influences age of symptom onset in coronary artery disease patients.
|
Hum Mol Genet
|
2007
|
0.81
|
67
|
A multi-cohort study of polymorphisms in the GH/IGF axis and physical capability: the HALCyon programme.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
0.80
|
68
|
Non-replication of an association of Apolipoprotein E2 with sinistrality.
|
Laterality
|
2012
|
0.80
|
69
|
Non-recombining chromosome Y haplogroups and centromeric HindIII RFLP in relation to blood pressure in 2,743 middle-aged Caucasian men from the UK.
|
Hum Genet
|
2005
|
0.79
|
70
|
Insulin-like growth factor-I genotype and birthweight.
|
Lancet
|
2002
|
0.79
|
71
|
Null mutation in human ciliary neurotrophic factor gene confers higher body mass index in males.
|
Eur J Hum Genet
|
2002
|
0.79
|
72
|
Nonsense mutation in coiled-coil domain containing 151 gene (CCDC151) causes primary ciliary dyskinesia.
|
Hum Mutat
|
2014
|
0.79
|
73
|
Interaction between birthweight and polymorphism in the calcium-sensing receptor gene in determination of adult bone mass: the Hertfordshire cohort study.
|
J Rheumatol
|
2007
|
0.79
|
74
|
Integration of genetics into a systems model of electrocardiographic traits using HumanCVD BeadChip.
|
Circ Cardiovasc Genet
|
2012
|
0.79
|
75
|
Structural and population-based evaluations of TBC1D1 p.Arg125Trp.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.79
|
76
|
Associations between a polymorphism in the pleiotropic GCKR and Age-related phenotypes: the HALCyon programme.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.79
|
77
|
Associations between APOE and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol genotypes and cognitive and physical capability: the HALCyon programme.
|
Age (Dordr)
|
2014
|
0.78
|
78
|
Haplotype of growth hormone and angiotensin I-converting enzyme genes, serum angiotensin I-converting enzyme and ventricular growth: pathway inference in pharmacogenetics.
|
Pharmacogenet Genomics
|
2007
|
0.78
|
79
|
A study of relationships between single nucleotide polymorphisms from the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor axis and bone mass: the Hertfordshire cohort study.
|
J Rheumatol
|
2009
|
0.78
|
80
|
Questioning INS VNTR role in obesity and diabetes: subclasses tag IGF2-INS-TH haplotypes; and -23HphI as a STEP (splicing and translational efficiency polymorphism).
|
Physiol Genomics
|
2006
|
0.78
|
81
|
Typing dinucleotide repeat loci using microplate array diagonal gel electrophoresis: proof of principle.
|
Electrophoresis
|
2004
|
0.77
|
82
|
Genome-wide data-mining of candidate human splice translational efficiency polymorphisms (STEPs) and an online database.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
0.77
|
83
|
Sequential sentinel SNP Regional Association Plots (SSS-RAP): an approach for testing independence of SNP association signals using meta-analysis data.
|
Ann Hum Genet
|
2013
|
0.77
|
84
|
Genetic markers of bone and joint health and physical capability in older adults: the HALCyon programme.
|
Bone
|
2012
|
0.77
|
85
|
Comment on: Marchand and Polychronakos (2007) Evaluation of polymorphic splicing in the mechanism of the association of the insulin gene with diabetes: Diabetes 56:709-713.
|
Diabetes
|
2007
|
0.76
|
86
|
MeltMADGE for mutation scanning of specific genes in population studies.
|
Nat Protoc
|
2010
|
0.75
|
87
|
Genetic variants influencing biomarkers of nutrition are not associated with cognitive capability in middle-aged and older adults.
|
J Nutr
|
2013
|
0.75
|
88
|
Carrier status for the common R501X and 2282del4 filaggrin mutations is not associated with hearing phenotypes in 5,377 children from the ALSPAC cohort.
|
PLoS One
|
2009
|
0.75
|
89
|
Combination of His-tagged T4 endonuclease VII with microplate array diagonal gel electrophoresis for high-throughput mutation scanning.
|
Clin Chem
|
2005
|
0.75
|
90
|
Population mutation scanning of human GHR by meltMADGE and identification of a paucimorphic variant.
|
Genet Test Mol Biomarkers
|
2011
|
0.75
|
91
|
Analysis of potential genomic confounding in genetic association studies and an online genomic confounding browser (GCB).
|
Ann Hum Genet
|
2011
|
0.75
|
92
|
Combination of 768-well microplate array diagonal gel electrophoresis with duplex PCR of X and Y chromosome markers for quality control of epidemiological DNA banks.
|
Electrophoresis
|
2006
|
0.75
|