Toby Johnson

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1 Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids. Nature 2010 28.21
2 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index. Nat Genet 2010 23.08
3 Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation. Nat Genet 2008 22.35
4 Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height. Nature 2010 20.01
5 New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk. Nat Genet 2010 17.89
6 Genome-wide association analysis identifies 20 loci that influence adult height. Nat Genet 2008 16.92
7 Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity. Nat Genet 2008 15.94
8 Genes mirror geography within Europe. Nature 2008 14.23
9 Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. Nature 2011 13.25
10 Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure. Nat Genet 2009 12.44
11 Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls. Nature 2010 12.27
12 Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study. Lancet 2012 12.10
13 Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels. Nat Genet 2008 10.85
14 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
15 Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge. Nat Genet 2010 6.66
16 LDL-cholesterol concentrations: a genome-wide association study. Lancet 2008 6.44
17 The metabochip, a custom genotyping array for genetic studies of metabolic, cardiovascular, and anthropometric traits. PLoS Genet 2012 6.15
18 Meta-analysis of 28,141 individuals identifies common variants within five new loci that influence uric acid concentrations. PLoS Genet 2009 4.97
19 Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways. Nat Genet 2012 4.73
20 Population-based genome-wide association studies reveal six loci influencing plasma levels of liver enzymes. Am J Hum Genet 2008 4.69
21 A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance. Nat Genet 2012 4.37
22 Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function. Nat Genet 2009 4.10
23 Genetic variants influencing circulating lipid levels and risk of coronary artery disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2010 4.08
24 Genetic loci influencing kidney function and chronic kidney disease. Nat Genet 2010 3.75
25 Common variants in 22 loci are associated with QRS duration and cardiac ventricular conduction. Nat Genet 2010 3.55
26 Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure. Nat Genet 2011 3.40
27 Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture. Nat Genet 2013 3.25
28 Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet 2012 3.21
29 Genome-wide association study identifies loci influencing concentrations of liver enzymes in plasma. Nat Genet 2011 3.18
30 Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function. Nat Genet 2011 3.03
31 Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet 2013 2.92
32 Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits. PLoS Genet 2013 2.83
33 Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis across 39 studies identifies type 2 diabetes loci. Am J Hum Genet 2012 2.53
34 Genome-wide association study of blood pressure extremes identifies variant near UMOD associated with hypertension. PLoS Genet 2010 2.24
35 Meta-analysis of Dense Genecentric Association Studies Reveals Common and Uncommon Variants Associated with Height. Am J Hum Genet 2010 2.15
36 Effect of five genetic variants associated with lung function on the risk of chronic obstructive lung disease, and their joint effects on lung function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011 2.07
37 Gene-centric association signals for lipids and apolipoproteins identified via the HumanCVD BeadChip. Am J Hum Genet 2009 2.04
38 Performance of marker-based relatedness estimators in natural populations of outbred vertebrates. Genetics 2006 2.00
39 Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis across 32 studies identifies multiple lipid loci. Am J Hum Genet 2012 1.96
40 General models of multilocus evolution. Genetics 2002 1.95
41 Genomewide association study using a high-density single nucleotide polymorphism array and case-control design identifies a novel essential hypertension susceptibility locus in the promoter region of endothelial NO synthase. Hypertension 2011 1.89
42 Association of genetic variation with systolic and diastolic blood pressure among African Americans: the Candidate Gene Association Resource study. Hum Mol Genet 2011 1.77
43 Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders. Nat Genet 2013 1.72
44 A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans. PLoS One 2012 1.72
45 Association of hypertension drug target genes with blood pressure and hypertension in 86,588 individuals. Hypertension 2011 1.60
46 Impact of common variation in bone-related genes on type 2 diabetes and related traits. Diabetes 2012 1.42
47 MCALIGN: stochastic alignment of noncoding DNA sequences based on an evolutionary model of sequence evolution. Genome Res 2004 1.33
48 Loci influencing blood pressure identified using a cardiovascular gene-centric array. Hum Mol Genet 2013 1.27
49 Common variants in the ATP2B1 gene are associated with susceptibility to hypertension: the Japanese Millennium Genome Project. Hypertension 2010 1.26
50 Replication of the five novel loci for uric acid concentrations and potential mediating mechanisms. Hum Mol Genet 2009 1.25
51 Genome-wide meta-analysis for serum calcium identifies significantly associated SNPs near the calcium-sensing receptor (CASR) gene. PLoS Genet 2010 1.25
52 Genome-wide association study of genetic determinants of LDL-c response to atorvastatin therapy: importance of Lp(a). J Lipid Res 2012 1.17
53 Common variation in the NOS1AP gene is associated with drug-induced QT prolongation and ventricular arrhythmia. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 1.15
54 A comprehensive evaluation of potential lung function associated genes in the SpiroMeta general population sample. PLoS One 2011 1.13
55 MCALIGN2: faster, accurate global pairwise alignment of non-coding DNA sequences based on explicit models of indel evolution. BMC Bioinformatics 2006 1.08
56 Methods for testing association between uncertain genotypes and quantitative traits. Biostatistics 2010 1.02
57 Four genetic loci influencing electrocardiographic indices of left ventricular hypertrophy. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2011 0.99
58 The shared allelic architecture of adiponectin levels and coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis 2013 0.86
59 Gene-centric meta-analyses for central adiposity traits in up to 57 412 individuals of European descent confirm known loci and reveal several novel associations. Hum Mol Genet 2013 0.84
60 Association of ABCB1 genetic variants with renal function in Africans and in Caucasians. BMC Med Genomics 2008 0.78
61 Which of these people is your future CEO? Harv Bus Rev 2010 0.78
62 Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Loss-of-Function Variant and Risk of Vascular Diseases in 90,000 Chinese Adults. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016 0.77
63 Single incision power optimizing cost-effective (SPOC) distal biceps repair. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2013 0.75