Kaisa Silander

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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 New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk. Nat Genet 2010 17.89
5 Loci influencing lipid levels and coronary heart disease risk in 16 European population cohorts. Nat Genet 2008 12.32
6 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
7 A multilocus genetic risk score for coronary heart disease: case-control and prospective cohort analyses. Lancet 2010 6.07
8 Genome-wide association scan meta-analysis identifies three Loci influencing adiposity and fat distribution. PLoS Genet 2009 5.81
9 Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci influencing human serum metabolite levels. Nat Genet 2012 4.08
10 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
11 Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet 2013 2.92
12 High-throughput screening for evidence of association by using mass spectrometry genotyping on DNA pools. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 2.32
13 Metabonomic, transcriptomic, and genomic variation of a population cohort. Mol Syst Biol 2010 2.17
14 Common variation in the beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase 1 gene affects circulating levels of carotenoids: a genome-wide association study. Am J Hum Genet 2009 1.81
15 Effect of short-term carbohydrate overfeeding and long-term weight loss on liver fat in overweight humans. Am J Clin Nutr 2012 1.80
16 An immune response network associated with blood lipid levels. PLoS Genet 2010 1.74
17 A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans. PLoS One 2012 1.72
18 A genome-wide association study identifies LIPA as a susceptibility gene for coronary artery disease. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2011 1.63
19 The impact of newly identified loci on coronary heart disease, stroke and total mortality in the MORGAM prospective cohorts. Genet Epidemiol 2009 1.43
20 The effect of chromosome 9p21 variants on cardiovascular disease may be modified by dietary intake: evidence from a case/control and a prospective study. PLoS Med 2011 1.36
21 Ischemic stroke is associated with the ABO locus: the EuroCLOT study. Ann Neurol 2013 1.30
22 Association of distinct allelic haplotypes of DISC1 with psychotic and bipolar spectrum disorders and with underlying cognitive impairments. Hum Mol Genet 2007 1.28
23 Families with the risk allele of DISC1 reveal a link between schizophrenia and another component of the same molecular pathway, NDE1. Hum Mol Genet 2006 1.28
24 Genome-wide association study identifies novel restless legs syndrome susceptibility loci on 2p14 and 16q12.1. PLoS Genet 2011 1.27
25 Variation in the selenoprotein S gene locus is associated with coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke in two independent Finnish cohorts. Hum Genet 2007 1.17
26 The SLC6A14 gene shows evidence of association with obesity. J Clin Invest 2003 1.15
27 Genetic markers enhance coronary risk prediction in men: the MORGAM prospective cohorts. PLoS One 2012 1.13
28 Risk alleles of USF1 gene predict cardiovascular disease of women in two prospective studies. PLoS Genet 2006 1.13
29 The role of DTNBP1, NRG1, and AKT1 in the genetics of schizophrenia in Finland. Schizophr Res 2007 1.04
30 Combined effects of thrombosis pathway gene variants predict cardiovascular events. PLoS Genet 2007 1.03
31 Assessment of the neuropeptide S system in anxiety disorders. Biol Psychiatry 2010 0.99
32 Variation in resistin gene promoter not associated with polycystic ovary syndrome. Diabetes 2003 0.97
33 A genome-wide association study of monozygotic twin-pairs suggests a locus related to variability of serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Twin Res Hum Genet 2012 0.95
34 An association analysis of circadian genes in anxiety disorders. Biol Psychiatry 2010 0.95
35 C-reactive protein-associated genetic variants and cancer risk: findings from FINRISK 1992, FINRISK 1997 and Health 2000 studies. Eur J Cancer 2010 0.95
36 Common variants show predicted polygenic effects on height in the tails of the distribution, except in extremely short individuals. PLoS Genet 2011 0.94
37 Association of a nonsynonymous variant of DAOA with visuospatial ability in a bipolar family sample. Biol Psychiatry 2008 0.93
38 Variation in three single nucleotide polymorphisms in the calpain-10 gene not associated with type 2 diabetes in a large Finnish cohort. Diabetes 2002 0.92
39 Contribution of adenosine related genes to the risk of depression with disturbed sleep. J Affect Disord 2010 0.91
40 European lactase persistence genotype shows evidence of association with increase in body mass index. Hum Mol Genet 2009 0.91
41 An association analysis of murine anxiety genes in humans implicates novel candidate genes for anxiety disorders. Biol Psychiatry 2008 0.90
42 Active and low-active forms of serum phospholipid transfer protein in a normal Finnish population sample. J Lipid Res 2004 0.87
43 Genetic association and interaction analysis of USF1 and APOA5 on lipid levels and atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2009 0.87
44 Association of AKT1 with verbal learning, verbal memory, and regional cortical gray matter density in twins. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2009 0.86
45 Genome-wide association study of sleep duration in the Finnish population. J Sleep Res 2014 0.84
46 Identification of susceptibility loci at 7q31 and 9p13 for bipolar disorder in an isolated population. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2010 0.81
47 A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of the electrocardiographic early repolarization pattern. Heart Rhythm 2012 0.81
48 μ-Opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) polymorphism A118G: lack of association in Finnish populations with alcohol dependence or alcohol consumption. Alcohol Alcohol 2013 0.81
49 Further evidence for the role of ENPP1 in obesity: association with morbid obesity in Finns. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008 0.80
50 Ethical issues and GenomEUtwin. Twin Res 2003 0.80
51 The enhancement of homogenous mass extension reaction: comparison of two enzymes. Mol Cell Probes 2007 0.79
52 ESR1 genetic variants, haplotypes and the risk of coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke in the Finnish population: a prospective follow-up study. Atherosclerosis 2010 0.77
53 Subsets of Finns with high HDL to total cholesterol ratio show evidence for linkage to type 2 diabetes on chromosome 6q. Hum Hered 2006 0.75
54 Common genetic variation near melatonin receptor 1A gene linked to job-related exhaustion in shift workers. Sleep 2016 0.75