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Title |
Journal |
Year |
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1
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A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity.
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Science
|
2007
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37.88
|
2
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes.
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Nat Genet
|
2008
|
35.06
|
3
|
Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids.
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Nature
|
2010
|
28.21
|
4
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Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index.
|
Nat Genet
|
2010
|
23.08
|
5
|
Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation.
|
Nat Genet
|
2008
|
22.35
|
6
|
Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height.
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Nature
|
2010
|
20.01
|
7
|
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
|
8
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Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis.
|
Nat Genet
|
2010
|
16.96
|
9
|
Genome-wide association analysis identifies 20 loci that influence adult height.
|
Nat Genet
|
2008
|
16.92
|
10
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Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity.
|
Nat Genet
|
2008
|
15.94
|
11
|
Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.
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Nature
|
2011
|
13.25
|
12
|
Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure.
|
Nat Genet
|
2009
|
12.44
|
13
|
Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls.
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Nature
|
2010
|
12.27
|
14
|
Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels.
|
Nat Genet
|
2008
|
10.85
|
15
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The obesity-associated FTO gene encodes a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent nucleic acid demethylase.
|
Science
|
2007
|
9.86
|
16
|
Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity.
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Nat Genet
|
2010
|
8.55
|
17
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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
|
18
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Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease.
|
Nat Genet
|
2012
|
7.59
|
19
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Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge.
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Nat Genet
|
2010
|
6.66
|
20
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LDL-cholesterol concentrations: a genome-wide association study.
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Lancet
|
2008
|
6.44
|
21
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The metabochip, a custom genotyping array for genetic studies of metabolic, cardiovascular, and anthropometric traits.
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PLoS Genet
|
2012
|
6.15
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22
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The architecture of gene regulatory variation across multiple human tissues: the MuTHER study.
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PLoS Genet
|
2011
|
5.95
|
23
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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
|
24
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Candidate causal regulatory effects by integration of expression QTLs with complex trait genetic associations.
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PLoS Genet
|
2010
|
4.95
|
25
|
Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways.
|
Nat Genet
|
2012
|
4.73
|
26
|
Meta-analysis of genome-wide scans for human adult stature identifies novel Loci and associations with measures of skeletal frame size.
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PLoS Genet
|
2009
|
4.24
|
27
|
Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function.
|
Nat Genet
|
2009
|
4.10
|
28
|
Genetic variants influencing circulating lipid levels and risk of coronary artery disease.
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Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
2010
|
4.08
|
29
|
Common variants at 10 genomic loci influence hemoglobin A₁(C) levels via glycemic and nonglycemic pathways.
|
Diabetes
|
2010
|
4.07
|
30
|
The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease.
|
Nature
|
2015
|
3.89
|
31
|
Common variants in WFS1 confer risk of type 2 diabetes.
|
Nat Genet
|
2007
|
3.58
|
32
|
A family with severe insulin resistance and diabetes due to a mutation in AKT2.
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Science
|
2004
|
3.54
|
33
|
Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure.
|
Nat Genet
|
2011
|
3.40
|
34
|
Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies.
|
Nat Genet
|
2010
|
3.37
|
35
|
Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture.
|
Nat Genet
|
2013
|
3.25
|
36
|
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
|
37
|
Genetic variation in LIN28B is associated with the timing of puberty.
|
Nat Genet
|
2009
|
3.09
|
38
|
Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function.
|
Nat Genet
|
2011
|
3.03
|
39
|
Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease.
|
Nat Genet
|
2013
|
2.92
|
40
|
Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits.
|
PLoS Genet
|
2013
|
2.83
|
41
|
Genetic variation near IRS1 associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile.
|
Nat Genet
|
2011
|
2.73
|
42
|
Genomics: ENCODE explained.
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Nature
|
2012
|
2.62
|
43
|
A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci.
|
Nat Genet
|
2012
|
2.60
|
44
|
Clinical and molecular genetic spectrum of congenital deficiency of the leptin receptor.
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N Engl J Med
|
2007
|
2.56
|
45
|
Detailed physiologic characterization reveals diverse mechanisms for novel genetic Loci regulating glucose and insulin metabolism in humans.
|
Diabetes
|
2010
|
2.44
|
46
|
Genetic factors in type 2 diabetes: the end of the beginning?
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Science
|
2005
|
2.37
|
47
|
Genome-wide association identifies nine common variants associated with fasting proinsulin levels and provides new insights into the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes.
|
Diabetes
|
2011
|
2.21
|
48
|
TCF7L2 polymorphisms modulate proinsulin levels and beta-cell function in a British Europid population.
|
Diabetes
|
2007
|
2.20
|
49
|
Rare MTNR1B variants impairing melatonin receptor 1B function contribute to type 2 diabetes.
|
Nat Genet
|
2012
|
2.15
|
50
|
Effect of five genetic variants associated with lung function on the risk of chronic obstructive lung disease, and their joint effects on lung function.
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Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2011
|
2.07
|
51
|
The genetics of obesity: FTO leads the way.
|
Trends Genet
|
2010
|
1.90
|
52
|
Comment on "A common genetic variant is associated with adult and childhood obesity".
|
Science
|
2007
|
1.86
|
53
|
Partial lipodystrophy and insulin resistant diabetes in a patient with a homozygous nonsense mutation in CIDEC.
|
EMBO Mol Med
|
2009
|
1.80
|
54
|
Mosaic overgrowth with fibroadipose hyperplasia is caused by somatic activating mutations in PIK3CA.
|
Nat Genet
|
2012
|
1.74
|
55
|
Genome-wide SNP and CNV analysis identifies common and low-frequency variants associated with severe early-onset obesity.
|
Nat Genet
|
2013
|
1.72
|
56
|
A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.72
|
57
|
Genetic evidence that raised sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.
|
Hum Mol Genet
|
2009
|
1.61
|
58
|
Perilipin deficiency and autosomal dominant partial lipodystrophy.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2011
|
1.61
|
59
|
Underlying genetic models of inheritance in established type 2 diabetes associations.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2009
|
1.60
|
60
|
Non-DNA binding, dominant-negative, human PPARgamma mutations cause lipodystrophic insulin resistance.
|
Cell Metab
|
2006
|
1.57
|
61
|
Digenic inheritance of severe insulin resistance in a human pedigree.
|
Nat Genet
|
2002
|
1.36
|
62
|
Genome-wide meta-analysis of observational studies shows common genetic variants associated with macronutrient intake.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
2013
|
1.35
|
63
|
Mendelian randomization study of B-type natriuretic peptide and type 2 diabetes: evidence of causal association from population studies.
|
PLoS Med
|
2011
|
1.30
|
64
|
Detailed investigation of the role of common and low-frequency WFS1 variants in type 2 diabetes risk.
|
Diabetes
|
2009
|
1.25
|
65
|
Genome-wide association studies and type 2 diabetes.
|
Brief Funct Genomics
|
2011
|
1.24
|
66
|
A truncation mutation in TBC1D4 in a family with acanthosis nigricans and postprandial hyperinsulinemia.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
2009
|
1.23
|
67
|
A comprehensive evaluation of potential lung function associated genes in the SpiroMeta general population sample.
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PLoS One
|
2011
|
1.13
|
68
|
PPARGC1A genotype (Gly482Ser) predicts exceptional endurance capacity in European men.
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J Appl Physiol (1985)
|
2005
|
1.12
|
69
|
The emerging use of zebrafish to model metabolic disease.
|
Dis Model Mech
|
2013
|
1.09
|
70
|
Whole genome-amplified DNA: insights and imputation.
|
Nat Methods
|
2008
|
1.02
|
71
|
Human SH2B1 mutations are associated with maladaptive behaviors and obesity.
|
J Clin Invest
|
2012
|
1.01
|
72
|
Hypomorphism in human NSMCE2 linked to primordial dwarfism and insulin resistance.
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J Clin Invest
|
2014
|
0.98
|
73
|
Analysis of genetic variation in Akt2/PKB-beta in severe insulin resistance, lipodystrophy, type 2 diabetes, and related metabolic phenotypes.
|
Diabetes
|
2007
|
0.98
|
74
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Evaluating the role of LPIN1 variation in insulin resistance, body weight, and human lipodystrophy in U.K. Populations.
|
Diabetes
|
2008
|
0.97
|
75
|
Genetic variants in human sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c in syndromes of severe insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
|
Diabetes
|
2004
|
0.94
|
76
|
Lamin A/C polymorphisms, type 2 diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome: case-control and quantitative trait studies.
|
Diabetes
|
2007
|
0.90
|
77
|
Differentiating campomelic dysplasia from Cumming syndrome.
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Am J Med Genet A
|
2005
|
0.89
|
78
|
Genome-wide meta-analysis of common variant differences between men and women.
|
Hum Mol Genet
|
2012
|
0.88
|
79
|
No interactions between previously associated 2-hour glucose gene variants and physical activity or BMI on 2-hour glucose levels.
|
Diabetes
|
2012
|
0.86
|
80
|
Variation in the eNOS gene modifies the association between total energy expenditure and glucose intolerance.
|
Diabetes
|
2005
|
0.84
|
81
|
Early Diagnosis of Werner's Syndrome Using Exome-Wide Sequencing in a Single, Atypical Patient.
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Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
|
2011
|
0.84
|
82
|
The Gly482Ser genotype at the PPARGC1A gene and elevated blood pressure: a meta-analysis involving 13,949 individuals.
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J Appl Physiol (1985)
|
2008
|
0.81
|
83
|
PGC-1alpha genotype modifies the association of volitional energy expenditure with [OV0312]O2max.
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Med Sci Sports Exerc
|
2003
|
0.79
|
84
|
Complex disease: pleiotropic gene effects in obesity and type 2 diabetes.
|
Eur J Hum Genet
|
2005
|
0.78
|
85
|
Functional characterization of obesity-associated variants involving the α and β isoforms of human SH2B1.
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Endocrinology
|
2014
|
0.77
|
86
|
Habitual energy expenditure modifies the association between NOS3 gene polymorphisms and blood pressure.
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Am J Hypertens
|
2008
|
0.77
|
87
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Correction: The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study.
|
PLoS Genet
|
2016
|
0.75
|
88
|
Correction: Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity - A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults.
|
PLoS Genet
|
2017
|
0.75
|
89
|
Corrigendum: Integrative genomic analysis implicates limited peripheral adipose storage capacity in the pathogenesis of human insulin resistance.
|
Nat Genet
|
2017
|
0.75
|