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Benjamin F Voight

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1 Genome-wide association analysis identifies loci for type 2 diabetes and triglyceride levels. Science 2007 51.70
2 Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2008 35.06
3 Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids. Nature 2010 28.21
4 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 blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans. Nat Genet 2008 20.73
6 Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia. Nat Genet 2008 20.66
7 Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height. Nature 2010 20.01
8 New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk. Nat Genet 2010 17.89
9 Identification of ten loci associated with height highlights new biological pathways in human growth. Nat Genet 2008 16.25
10 Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity. Nat Genet 2008 15.94
11 Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders. Nature 2012 13.71
12 Practical aspects of imputation-driven meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies. Hum Mol Genet 2008 13.26
13 Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet 2011 13.25
14 Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. Nature 2011 13.25
15 Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure. Nat Genet 2009 12.44
16 Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants. Nat Genet 2009 12.19
17 Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2012 11.09
18 Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels. Nat Genet 2008 10.85
19 Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe. Nat Genet 2006 9.44
20 Testing for an unusual distribution of rare variants. PLoS Genet 2011 9.28
21 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
22 Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet 2012 7.59
23 Excess of rare variants in genes identified by genome-wide association study of hypertriglyceridemia. Nat Genet 2010 7.08
24 A common variant of HMGA2 is associated with adult and childhood height in the general population. Nat Genet 2007 6.87
25 Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge. Nat Genet 2010 6.66
26 A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 22 loci associated with eight hematological parameters in the HaemGen consortium. Nat Genet 2009 6.31
27 New susceptibility locus for coronary artery disease on chromosome 3q22.3. Nat Genet 2009 5.12
28 Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways. Nat Genet 2012 4.73
29 Pervasive sharing of genetic effects in autoimmune disease. PLoS Genet 2011 4.42
30 Bayesian inference analyses of the polygenic architecture of rheumatoid arthritis. Nat Genet 2012 4.41
31 A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance. Nat Genet 2012 4.37
32 Common missense variant in the glucokinase regulatory protein gene is associated with increased plasma triglyceride and C-reactive protein but lower fasting glucose concentrations. Diabetes 2008 4.20
33 Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility. Nat Genet 2014 4.13
34 Common variants at 10 genomic loci influence hemoglobin A₁(C) levels via glycemic and nonglycemic pathways. Diabetes 2010 4.07
35 Genome-wide association analysis identifies variants associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that have distinct effects on metabolic traits. PLoS Genet 2011 3.92
36 Meta-analysis identifies six new susceptibility loci for atrial fibrillation. Nat Genet 2012 3.71
37 Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure. Nat Genet 2011 3.40
38 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
39 Design of the Coronary ARtery DIsease Genome-Wide Replication And Meta-Analysis (CARDIoGRAM) Study: A Genome-wide association meta-analysis involving more than 22 000 cases and 60 000 controls. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2010 3.15
40 Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet 2013 2.92
41 Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis across 39 studies identifies type 2 diabetes loci. Am J Hum Genet 2012 2.53
42 PNPLA3 variants specifically confer increased risk for histologic nonalcoholic fatty liver disease but not metabolic disease. Hepatology 2010 2.35
43 Stratifying type 2 diabetes cases by BMI identifies genetic risk variants in LAMA1 and enrichment for risk variants in lean compared to obese cases. PLoS Genet 2012 2.34
44 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
45 Lack of association between the Trp719Arg polymorphism in kinesin-like protein-6 and coronary artery disease in 19 case-control studies. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010 2.17
46 Genome-wide association study for coronary artery calcification with follow-up in myocardial infarction. Circulation 2011 1.96
47 Power in the phenotypic extremes: a simulation study of power in discovery and replication of rare variants. Genet Epidemiol 2011 1.78
48 A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans. PLoS One 2012 1.72
49 From mouse to human: evolutionary genomics analysis of human orthologs of essential genes. PLoS Genet 2013 1.70
50 Common body mass index-associated variants confer risk of extreme obesity. Hum Mol Genet 2009 1.69
51 Evaluation of the metabochip genotyping array in African Americans and implications for fine mapping of GWAS-identified loci: the PAGE study. PLoS One 2012 1.65
52 A genome-wide association study identifies LIPA as a susceptibility gene for coronary artery disease. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2011 1.63
53 Underlying genetic models of inheritance in established type 2 diabetes associations. Am J Epidemiol 2009 1.60
54 Coverage and characteristics of the Affymetrix GeneChip Human Mapping 100K SNP set. PLoS Genet 2006 1.58
55 Single-cell analysis reveals that noncoding RNAs contribute to clonal heterogeneity by modulating transcription factor recruitment. Mol Cell 2012 1.53
56 Impact of common variation in bone-related genes on type 2 diabetes and related traits. Diabetes 2012 1.42
57 Multiethnic genetic association studies improve power for locus discovery. PLoS One 2010 1.23
58 The T-381C SNP in BNP gene may be modestly associated with type 2 diabetes: an updated meta-analysis in 49 279 subjects. Hum Mol Genet 2009 1.09
59 An increased burden of common and rare lipid-associated risk alleles contributes to the phenotypic spectrum of hypertriglyceridemia. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2011 0.99
60 Linkage disequilibrium mapping of the replicated type 2 diabetes linkage signal on chromosome 1q. Diabetes 2009 0.95
61 Identification of the BCAR1-CFDP1-TMEM170A locus as a determinant of carotid intima-media thickness and coronary artery disease risk. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2012 0.92