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Thorunn Rafnar

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1 Genome-wide association study identifies a second prostate cancer susceptibility variant at 8q24. Nat Genet 2007 19.18
2 Many sequence variants affecting diversity of adult human height. Nat Genet 2008 12.80
3 Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2007 12.65
4 Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity. Nat Genet 2008 12.43
5 Common variants on chromosomes 2q35 and 16q12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Nat Genet 2007 10.81
6 Detection of sharing by descent, long-range phasing and haplotype imputation. Nat Genet 2008 9.69
7 Genetic determinants of hair, eye and skin pigmentation in Europeans. Nat Genet 2007 8.79
8 Common variants on chromosome 5p12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Nat Genet 2008 7.65
9 Sequence variant on 8q24 confers susceptibility to urinary bladder cancer. Nat Genet 2008 6.69
10 Sequence variants at CHRNB3-CHRNA6 and CYP2A6 affect smoking behavior. Nat Genet 2010 6.49
11 Common sequence variants on 2p15 and Xp11.22 confer susceptibility to prostate cancer. Nat Genet 2008 6.10
12 A genome-wide association study of lung cancer identifies a region of chromosome 5p15 associated with risk for adenocarcinoma. Am J Hum Genet 2009 5.62
13 Genome-wide association and replication studies identify four variants associated with prostate cancer susceptibility. Nat Genet 2009 5.06
14 Common variants at 19p13 are associated with susceptibility to ovarian cancer. Nat Genet 2010 4.51
15 New common variants affecting susceptibility to basal cell carcinoma. Nat Genet 2009 4.15
16 A rare variant in MYH6 is associated with high risk of sick sinus syndrome. Nat Genet 2011 3.94
17 A multi-stage genome-wide association study of bladder cancer identifies multiple susceptibility loci. Nat Genet 2010 3.93
18 ASIP and TYR pigmentation variants associate with cutaneous melanoma and basal cell carcinoma. Nat Genet 2008 3.90
19 A genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer at 2q31 and 8q24. Nat Genet 2010 3.86
20 Prostate cancer progression and survival in BRCA2 mutation carriers. J Natl Cancer Inst 2007 3.48
21 Common variants on 9q22.33 and 14q13.3 predispose to thyroid cancer in European populations. Nat Genet 2009 3.46
22 Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies. Nat Genet 2010 3.37
23 Two newly identified genetic determinants of pigmentation in Europeans. Nat Genet 2008 3.31
24 Replication of lung cancer susceptibility loci at chromosomes 15q25, 5p15, and 6p21: a pooled analysis from the International Lung Cancer Consortium. J Natl Cancer Inst 2010 3.18
25 Genetic correction of PSA values using sequence variants associated with PSA levels. Sci Transl Med 2010 2.83
26 Genetic variation in the prostate stem cell antigen gene PSCA confers susceptibility to urinary bladder cancer. Nat Genet 2009 2.76
27 Genome-wide association study identifies sequence variants on 6q21 associated with age at menarche. Nat Genet 2009 2.58
28 A sequence variant at 4p16.3 confers susceptibility to urinary bladder cancer. Nat Genet 2010 2.56
29 Nonsense mutation in the LGR4 gene is associated with several human diseases and other traits. Nature 2013 2.55
30 Identification of low-frequency variants associated with gout and serum uric acid levels. Nat Genet 2011 2.48
31 A germline variant in the TP53 polyadenylation signal confers cancer susceptibility. Nat Genet 2011 2.43
32 A study based on whole-genome sequencing yields a rare variant at 8q24 associated with prostate cancer. Nat Genet 2012 2.29
33 Male-pattern baldness susceptibility locus at 20p11. Nat Genet 2008 1.87
34 Common variants on 1p36 and 1q42 are associated with cutaneous basal cell carcinoma but not with melanoma or pigmentation traits. Nat Genet 2008 1.84
35 Discovery of common variants associated with low TSH levels and thyroid cancer risk. Nat Genet 2012 1.81
36 Genome-wide association study identifies a sequence variant within the DAB2IP gene conferring susceptibility to abdominal aortic aneurysm. Nat Genet 2010 1.79
37 Influence of common genetic variation on lung cancer risk: meta-analysis of 14 900 cases and 29 485 controls. Hum Mol Genet 2012 1.77
38 Ancestry-shift refinement mapping of the C6orf97-ESR1 breast cancer susceptibility locus. PLoS Genet 2010 1.74
39 Sequence variants in the CLDN14 gene associate with kidney stones and bone mineral density. Nat Genet 2009 1.73
40 Association of variants at UMOD with chronic kidney disease and kidney stones-role of age and comorbid diseases. PLoS Genet 2010 1.57
41 Hypothetical and factual willingness to participate in biobank research. Eur J Hum Genet 2010 1.46
42 A rare nonsynonymous sequence variant in C3 is associated with high risk of age-related macular degeneration. Nat Genet 2013 1.23
43 Association of folate-pathway gene polymorphisms with the risk of prostate cancer: a population-based nested case-control study, systematic review, and meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009 1.18
44 Evaluation of association of HNF1B variants with diverse cancers: collaborative analysis of data from 19 genome-wide association studies. PLoS One 2010 1.05
45 Sequence variants at CYP1A1-CYP1A2 and AHR associate with coffee consumption. Hum Mol Genet 2011 1.03
46 The Icelandic founder mutation BRCA2 999del5: analysis of expression. Breast Cancer Res 2004 0.98
47 A common variant at 8q24.21 is associated with renal cell cancer. Nat Commun 2013 0.96
48 HPV genotypes in CIN 2-3 lesions and cervical cancer: a population-based study. Int J Cancer 2007 0.96
49 Gene expression analysis of hematopoietic progenitor cells identifies Dlg7 as a potential stem cell gene. Stem Cells 2007 0.90
50 Germline sequence variants in TGM3 and RGS22 confer risk of basal cell carcinoma. Hum Mol Genet 2014 0.90
51 The effective size of the Icelandic population and the prospects for LD mapping: inference from unphased microsatellite markers. Eur J Hum Genet 2006 0.87
52 An analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms of 125 DNA repair genes in the Texas genome-wide association study of lung cancer with a replication for the XRCC4 SNPs. DNA Repair (Amst) 2011 0.86
53 GPC5 rs2352028 variant and risk of lung cancer in never smokers. Lancet Oncol 2010 0.84
54 Flt3/Flk-2 ligand in combination with thrombopoietin decreases apoptosis in megakaryocyte development. Stem Cells Dev 2004 0.81
55 A population-based study on the familial aggregation of cutaneous malignant melanoma in Iceland. Eur J Cancer 2006 0.80
56 Association of a novel functional promoter variant (rs2075533 C>T) in the apoptosis gene TNFSF8 with risk of lung cancer--a finding from Texas lung cancer genome-wide association study. Carcinogenesis 2011 0.79
57 Flt3/Flk-2-ligand in synergy with thrombopoietin delays megakaryocyte development and increases the numbers of megakaryocyte progenitor cells in serum-free cultures initiated with CD34+ cells. J Hematother Stem Cell Res 2002 0.78
58 Corrigendum: Common variants at 19p13 are associated with susceptibility to ovarian cancer. Nat Genet 2015 0.75
59 Corrigendum: Rare variants of large effect in BRCA2 and CHEK2 affect risk of lung cancer. Nat Genet 2017 0.75
60 Corrigendum: Whole-genome sequencing identifies rare genotypes in COMP and CHADL associated with high risk of hip osteoarthritis. Nat Genet 2017 0.75
61 A Genome-wide Association Study of Lung Cancer Identifies a Region of Chromosome 5p15 Associated with Risk for Adenocarcinoma. Am J Hum Genet 2011 0.75
62 HPV subtypes and immunological parameters of cervical cancer in Iceland during two time periods, 1958-1960 and 1995-1996. Gynecol Oncol 2003 0.75