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Laura J Bierut

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1 Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders. Nature 2010 14.66
2 Quality control and quality assurance in genotypic data for genome-wide association studies. Genet Epidemiol 2010 4.83
3 GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment. Science 2013 4.71
4 Multiple independent loci at chromosome 15q25.1 affect smoking quantity: a meta-analysis and comparison with lung cancer and COPD. PLoS Genet 2010 3.91
5 Detectable clonal mosaicism from birth to old age and its relationship to cancer. Nat Genet 2012 3.68
6 The Gene, Environment Association Studies consortium (GENEVA): maximizing the knowledge obtained from GWAS by collaboration across studies of multiple conditions. Genet Epidemiol 2010 3.48
7 A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism. Hum Mol Genet 2010 3.42
8 Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies. Nat Genet 2010 3.37
9 Description of the data from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) and single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping for Genetic Analysis Workshop 14. BMC Genet 2005 3.04
10 Genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence implicates a region on chromosome 11. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2010 2.99
11 Multiple distinct risk loci for nicotine dependence identified by dense coverage of the complete family of nicotinic receptor subunit (CHRN) genes. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2009 2.86
12 The CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 nicotinic receptor subunit gene cluster affects risk for nicotine dependence in African-Americans and in European-Americans. Cancer Res 2009 2.63
13 Nicotinic receptor gene variants influence susceptibility to heavy smoking. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 2.58
14 Evidence of common and specific genetic effects: association of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 (CHRM2) gene with alcohol dependence and major depressive syndrome. Hum Mol Genet 2004 2.47
15 Risk for nicotine dependence and lung cancer is conferred by mRNA expression levels and amino acid change in CHRNA5. Hum Mol Genet 2009 2.35
16 Binge drinking among youths and young adults in the United States: 1979-2006. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2009 2.18
17 Secular trends in the lifetime prevalence of alcohol dependence in the United States: a re-evaluation. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2008 2.01
18 Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism in neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha 5 (CHRNA5) with smoking status and with 'pleasurable buzz' during early experimentation with smoking. Addiction 2008 1.91
19 A risk allele for nicotine dependence in CHRNA5 is a protective allele for cocaine dependence. Biol Psychiatry 2008 1.88
20 Association of GABRA2 with drug dependence in the collaborative study of the genetics of alcoholism sample. Behav Genet 2006 1.87
21 Systematic biological prioritization after a genome-wide association study: an application to nicotine dependence. Bioinformatics 2008 1.85
22 Predicting sensation seeking from dopamine genes. A candidate-system approach. Psychol Sci 2010 1.78
23 Long-term effects of laws governing youth access to tobacco. Am J Public Health 2013 1.60
24 A new statistic to evaluate imputation reliability. PLoS One 2010 1.50
25 Copy number variations in 6q14.1 and 5q13.2 are associated with alcohol dependence. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2012 1.50
26 Functional variant in a bitter-taste receptor (hTAS2R16) influences risk of alcohol dependence. Am J Hum Genet 2005 1.49
27 Measurement invariance of DSM-IV alcohol, marijuana and cocaine dependence between community-sampled and clinically overselected studies. Addiction 2013 1.45
28 The genetics of alcohol dependence. Curr Psychiatry Rep 2006 1.44
29 Alcohol dependence with comorbid drug dependence: genetic and phenotypic associations suggest a more severe form of the disorder with stronger genetic contribution to risk. Addiction 2007 1.40
30 Smoking and genetic risk variation across populations of European, Asian, and African American ancestry--a meta-analysis of chromosome 15q25. Genet Epidemiol 2012 1.34
31 The legacy of minimum legal drinking age law changes: long-term effects on suicide and homicide deaths among women. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2011 1.33
32 The contribution of common CYP2A6 alleles to variation in nicotine metabolism among European-Americans. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2011 1.30
33 Functional variants in TAS2R38 and TAS2R16 influence alcohol consumption in high-risk families of African-American origin. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2007 1.29
34 Correspondence between secular changes in alcohol dependence and age of drinking onset among women in the United States. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2008 1.29
35 Co-occurring risk factors for alcohol dependence and habitual smoking: update on findings from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism. Alcohol Res Health 2006 1.27
36 Teenagers are right--parents do not know much: an analysis of adolescent-parent agreement on reports of adolescent substance use, abuse, and dependence. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2006 1.26
37 In search of causal variants: refining disease association signals using cross-population contrasts. BMC Genet 2008 1.24
38 Linkage scan for quantitative traits identifies new regions of interest for substance dependence in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) sample. Drug Alcohol Depend 2007 1.23
39 Nicotinic α5 receptor subunit mRNA expression is associated with distant 5' upstream polymorphisms. Eur J Hum Genet 2010 1.23
40 Long-term effects of minimum drinking age laws on past-year alcohol and drug use disorders. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2009 1.21
41 Occupation and workplace policies predict smoking behaviors: analysis of national data from the current population survey. J Occup Environ Med 2011 1.15
42 A comparison of factors associated with substance-induced versus independent depressions. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2007 1.15
43 Smoking cessation pharmacogenetics: analysis of varenicline and bupropion in placebo-controlled clinical trials. Neuropsychopharmacology 2011 1.15
44 Associations and interactions between SNPs in the alcohol metabolizing genes and alcoholism phenotypes in European Americans. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2009 1.14
45 CHRNB3 is more strongly associated with Fagerström test for cigarette dependence-based nicotine dependence than cigarettes per day: phenotype definition changes genome-wide association studies results. Addiction 2012 1.14
46 Genome-wide association study of comorbid depressive syndrome and alcohol dependence. Psychiatr Genet 2012 1.14
47 Cigarette smoking and the risk for alcohol use disorders among adolescent drinkers. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2006 1.13
48 A genome-wide association study of DSM-IV cannabis dependence. Addict Biol 2010 1.12
49 Assessment of genotype imputation performance using 1000 Genomes in African American studies. PLoS One 2012 1.10
50 Peer smoking and the nicotinic receptor genes: an examination of genetic and environmental risks for nicotine dependence. Addiction 2010 1.09
51 Dissection of the phenotypic and genotypic associations with nicotinic dependence. Nicotine Tob Res 2011 1.09
52 Increased genetic vulnerability to smoking at CHRNA5 in early-onset smokers. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2012 1.08
53 Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor genes and nicotine dependence: evidence for association from a case-control study. Addiction 2008 1.08
54 Rare missense variants in CHRNB4 are associated with reduced risk of nicotine dependence. Hum Mol Genet 2011 1.08
55 The prognostic implications of DSM-IV abuse criteria in drinking adolescents. Drug Alcohol Depend 2008 1.06
56 The persistent effects of minimum legal drinking age laws on drinking patterns later in life. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2013 1.05
57 Novelty seeking as a moderator of familial risk for alcohol dependence. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2006 1.05
58 Interplay of Genetic Risk Factors and Parent Monitoring in Risk for Nicotine Dependence. Addiction 2009 1.04
59 Genome-wide association study of theta band event-related oscillations identifies serotonin receptor gene HTR7 influencing risk of alcohol dependence. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2010 1.03
60 Multipoint identity-by-descent computations for single-point polymorphism and microsatellite maps. BMC Genet 2005 1.01
61 Alcohol consumption, heavy drinking, and mortality: rethinking the j-shaped curve. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2013 1.00
62 Use of a predictive model derived from in vivo endophenotype measurements to demonstrate associations with a complex locus, CYP2A6. Hum Mol Genet 2012 1.00
63 Measuring alcohol consumption for genomic meta-analyses of alcohol intake: opportunities and challenges. Am J Clin Nutr 2012 0.99
64 Inclusion of African Americans in genetic studies: what is the barrier? Am J Epidemiol 2011 0.99
65 Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 1 gene (CRHR1) are associated with quantitative trait of event-related potential and alcohol dependence. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2010 0.99
66 Identification of a novel tumor suppressor gene p34 on human chromosome 6q25.1. Cancer Res 2007 0.98
67 Incorporating age at onset of smoking into genetic models for nicotine dependence: evidence for interaction with multiple genes. Addict Biol 2010 0.97
68 The emerging link between alcoholism risk and obesity in the United States. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2010 0.96
69 Test of measurement invariance of the FTND across demographic groups: assessment, effect size, and prediction of cessation. Drug Alcohol Depend 2007 0.96
70 A testable prognostic model of nicotine dependence. J Neurogenet 2009 0.96
71 Correlations among first-degree relatives for responses on the Self-Rating of the Effects of Alcohol Questionnaire in teenagers. J Stud Alcohol 2005 0.95
72 Supplementing high-density SNP microarrays for additional coverage of disease-related genes: addiction as a paradigm. PLoS One 2009 0.94
73 Beyond cigarettes per day. A genome-wide association study of the biomarker carbon monoxide. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2014 0.94
74 Similarities in the clinical characteristics related to alcohol dependence in two populations. Am J Addict 2002 0.93
75 Protocol for a collaborative meta-analysis of 5-HTTLPR, stress, and depression. BMC Psychiatry 2013 0.93
76 Association of adiposity genetic variants with menarche timing in 92,105 women of European descent. Am J Epidemiol 2013 0.93
77 Multiple-domain predictors of problematic alcohol use in young adulthood. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2008 0.92
78 Apparent replication of suggestive linkage on chromosome 16 in the NIMH genetics initiative bipolar pedigrees. Am J Med Genet 2002 0.92
79 Genetic influences on craving for alcohol. Addict Behav 2012 0.91
80 Evidence for association between polymorphisms in the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CNR1) gene and cannabis dependence. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2009 0.91
81 Microsatellites versus single-nucleotide polymorphisms in linkage analysis for quantitative and qualitative measures. BMC Genet 2005 0.91
82 Variants located upstream of CHRNB4 on chromosome 15q25.1 are associated with age at onset of daily smoking and habitual smoking. PLoS One 2012 0.91
83 Comparison of psychiatric diagnoses from interview reports with those from best-estimate procedures. J Stud Alcohol 2006 0.90
84 Copy number variation accuracy in genome-wide association studies. Hum Hered 2011 0.90
85 Imputation across genotyping arrays for genome-wide association studies: assessment of bias and a correction strategy. Hum Genet 2013 0.89
86 A comparison of diagnoses obtained from in-person and telephone interviews, using the semi-structured assessment for the genetics of alcoholism (SSAGA). J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2009 0.89
87 Nicotine dependence and comorbid psychiatric disorders: examination of specific genetic variants in the CHRNA5-A3-B4 nicotinic receptor genes. Drug Alcohol Depend 2012 0.88
88 Effects upon in-vivo nicotine metabolism reveal functional variation in FMO3 associated with cigarette consumption. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2013 0.88
89 Fine-mapping of the 5p15.33, 6p22.1-p21.31, and 15q25.1 regions identifies functional and histology-specific lung cancer susceptibility loci in African-Americans. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2012 0.88
90 Cotinine conundrum--a step forward but questions remain. J Natl Cancer Inst 2012 0.87
91 Distinct loci in the CHRNA5/CHRNA3/CHRNB4 gene cluster are associated with onset of regular smoking. Genet Epidemiol 2013 0.87
92 Cigarette smoking reduction and changes in nicotine dependence. Nicotine Tob Res 2011 0.87
93 Multiple distinct CHRNB3-CHRNA6 variants are genetic risk factors for nicotine dependence in African Americans and European Americans. Addiction 2014 0.86
94 Variants weakly correlated with CHRNA5 D398N polymorphism should be considered in transcriptional deregulation at the 15q25 locus associated with lung cancer risk. Clin Cancer Res 2009 0.86
95 Identifying genetic variation for alcohol dependence. Alcohol Res 2012 0.86
96 Understanding adolescent parenthood from a multisystemic perspective. J Adolesc Health 2010 0.86
97 Variants in two adjacent genes, EGLN2 and CYP2A6, influence smoking behavior related to disease risk via different mechanisms. Hum Mol Genet 2013 0.86
98 Cis-regulatory variants affect CHRNA5 mRNA expression in populations of African and European ancestry. PLoS One 2013 0.85
99 Association of substance dependence phenotypes in the COGA sample. Addict Biol 2014 0.85
100 Associations of common variants in the BST2 region with HIV-1 acquisition in African American and European American people who inject drugs. AIDS 2015 0.85
101 Common polymorphisms in FMO1 are associated with nicotine dependence. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2011 0.84
102 A novel non-parametric regression reveals linkage on chromosome 4 for the number of externalizing symptoms in sib-pairs. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2008 0.84
103 An ADH1B variant and peer drinking in progression to adolescent drinking milestones: evidence of a gene-by-environment interaction. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2014 0.84
104 The aggregate effect of dopamine genes on dependence symptoms among cocaine users: cross-validation of a candidate system scoring approach. Behav Genet 2012 0.83
105 Linkage for platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity: results from a replication sample. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2002 0.83
106 Effects of state cigarette excise taxes and smoke-free air policies on state per capita alcohol consumption in the United States, 1980 to 2009. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2014 0.82
107 Genetic association of bipolar disorder with the β(3) nicotinic receptor subunit gene. Psychiatr Genet 2011 0.81
108 The contribution of common UGT2B10 and CYP2A6 alleles to variation in nicotine glucuronidation among European Americans. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2013 0.81
109 Lack of association of alcohol dependence and habitual smoking with catechol-O-methyltransferase. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2007 0.81
110 A principal components analysis of the abbreviated Desires for Alcohol Questionnaire (DAQ). J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2010 0.81
111 Pathway analysis of smoking quantity in multiple GWAS identifies cholinergic and sensory pathways. PLoS One 2012 0.80
112 Uncovering hidden variance: pair-wise SNP analysis accounts for additional variance in nicotine dependence. Hum Genet 2010 0.80
113 CYP2B6 non-coding variation associated with smoking cessation is also associated with differences in allelic expression, splicing, and nicotine metabolism independent of common amino-acid changes. PLoS One 2013 0.80
114 Further evidence for an association between the gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor A, subunit 4 genes on chromosome 4 and Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence. Addiction 2009 0.79
115 Refining genome-wide linkage intervals using a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies loci influencing personality dimensions. Eur J Hum Genet 2012 0.79
116 Longevity candidate genes and their association with personality traits in the elderly. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2011 0.78
117 Nonreplication of an association of SGIP1 SNPs with alcohol dependence and resting theta EEG power. Psychiatr Genet 2011 0.77
118 Is the reduction of dimensionality to a small number of features always necessary in constructing predictive models for analysis of complex diseases or behaviours? Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2011 0.76
119 An analysis of identical single-nucleotide polymorphisms genotyped by two different platforms. BMC Genet 2005 0.76
120 Dosage transmission disequilibrium test (dTDT) for linkage and association detection. PLoS One 2013 0.75
121 Genetics of addictions. Psychiatr Clin North Am 2010 0.75
122 Genome-wide association studies of alcohol intake--a promising cocktail? Am J Clin Nutr 2011 0.75
123 Genetics of addictions. Clin Lab Med 2010 0.75
124 Response to Kaufman and Harper letter. Am J Psychiatry 2012 0.75