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Kevin B Jacobs

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1 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index. Nat Genet 2010 23.08
2 A genome-wide association study identifies alleles in FGFR2 associated with risk of sporadic postmenopausal breast cancer. Nat Genet 2007 22.96
3 Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation. Nat Genet 2008 22.35
4 Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer identifies a second risk locus at 8q24. Nat Genet 2007 21.18
5 Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height. Nature 2010 20.01
6 Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer. Nat Genet 2008 17.65
7 Identification of ten loci associated with height highlights new biological pathways in human growth. Nat Genet 2008 16.25
8 Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity. Nat Genet 2008 15.94
9 Estimation of effect size distribution from genome-wide association studies and implications for future discoveries. Nat Genet 2010 9.07
10 A multistage genome-wide association study in breast cancer identifies two new risk alleles at 1p11.2 and 14q24.1 (RAD51L1). Nat Genet 2009 8.39
11 Performance of common genetic variants in breast-cancer risk models. N Engl J Med 2010 5.79
12 Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer. Nat Genet 2009 5.14
13 A genome-wide association study identifies pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33. Nat Genet 2010 4.89
14 Quality control and quality assurance in genotypic data for genome-wide association studies. Genet Epidemiol 2010 4.83
15 Genome-wide association study of circulating vitamin D levels. Hum Mol Genet 2010 4.07
16 A multi-stage genome-wide association study of bladder cancer identifies multiple susceptibility loci. Nat Genet 2010 3.93
17 Identification of a new prostate cancer susceptibility locus on chromosome 8q24. Nat Genet 2009 3.76
18 A shared susceptibility locus in PLCE1 at 10q23 for gastric adenocarcinoma and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Nat Genet 2010 3.53
19 Adding further power to the Haseman and Elston method for detecting linkage in larger sibships: weighting sums and differences. Hum Hered 2003 3.33
20 Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture. Nat Genet 2013 3.25
21 A new statistic and its power to infer membership in a genome-wide association study using genotype frequencies. Nat Genet 2009 3.06
22 Novel breast cancer susceptibility locus at 9q31.2: results of a genome-wide association study. J Natl Cancer Inst 2011 3.05
23 Genome-wide association study of renal cell carcinoma identifies two susceptibility loci on 2p21 and 11q13.3. Nat Genet 2010 2.96
24 Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits. PLoS Genet 2013 2.83
25 FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index. Nature 2012 2.77
26 Genome-wide association study identifies new prostate cancer susceptibility loci. Hum Mol Genet 2011 2.51
27 A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of breast cancer identifies two novel susceptibility loci at 6q14 and 20q11. Hum Mol Genet 2012 2.45
28 Comprehensive resequence analysis of a 136 kb region of human chromosome 8q24 associated with prostate and colon cancers. Hum Genet 2008 2.41
29 Genome-wide association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci in never-smoking women in Asia. Nat Genet 2012 2.26
30 Common genetic polymorphisms modify the effect of smoking on absolute risk of bladder cancer. Cancer Res 2013 1.99
31 Anthropometric measures, body mass index, and pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis from the Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium (PanScan). Arch Intern Med 2010 1.88
32 Genome-wide association study identifies multiple risk loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Nat Genet 2013 1.85
33 Fine mapping and functional analysis of a common variant in MSMB on chromosome 10q11.2 associated with prostate cancer susceptibility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 1.81
34 Meta-analysis identifies four new loci associated with testicular germ cell tumor. Nat Genet 2013 1.74
35 A subset-based approach improves power and interpretation for the combined analysis of genetic association studies of heterogeneous traits. Am J Hum Genet 2012 1.57
36 A genome-wide association study of bladder cancer identifies a new susceptibility locus within SLC14A1, a urea transporter gene on chromosome 18q12.3. Hum Mol Genet 2011 1.36
37 Improved imputation of common and uncommon SNPs with a new reference set. Nat Genet 2011 1.34
38 A genome-wide association study identifies a novel susceptibility locus for renal cell carcinoma on 12p11.23. Hum Mol Genet 2011 1.34
39 Genotypic variants at 2q33 and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in China: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies. Hum Mol Genet 2012 1.28
40 Genome-wide analysis of BMI in adolescents and young adults reveals additional insight into the effects of genetic loci over the life course. Hum Mol Genet 2013 1.23
41 Pathway analysis of genome-wide association study data highlights pancreatic development genes as susceptibility factors for pancreatic cancer. Carcinogenesis 2012 1.20
42 Testicular germ cell tumor susceptibility associated with the UCK2 locus on chromosome 1q23. Hum Mol Genet 2013 1.19
43 Fine mapping of a region of chromosome 11q13 reveals multiple independent loci associated with risk of prostate cancer. Hum Mol Genet 2011 1.17
44 Diabetes and risk of pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis from the pancreatic cancer cohort consortium. Cancer Causes Control 2012 1.17
45 Variant ABO blood group alleles, secretor status, and risk of pancreatic cancer: results from the pancreatic cancer cohort consortium. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010 1.11
46 Family history of cancer and risk of pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis from the Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium (PanScan). Int J Cancer 2010 1.07
47 Large-scale pathway-based analysis of bladder cancer genome-wide association data from five studies of European background. PLoS One 2012 1.00
48 Refining the prostate cancer genetic association within the JAZF1 gene on chromosome 7p15.2. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010 0.99
49 Genome-wide association study of circulating retinol levels. Hum Mol Genet 2011 0.95
50 Genome-wide association study of circulating estradiol, testosterone, and sex hormone-binding globulin in postmenopausal women. PLoS One 2012 0.95
51 Large-scale fine mapping of the HNF1B locus and prostate cancer risk. Hum Mol Genet 2011 0.94
52 Fine mapping the KLK3 locus on chromosome 19q13.33 associated with prostate cancer susceptibility and PSA levels. Hum Genet 2011 0.90
53 Comprehensive resequence analysis of a 97 kb region of chromosome 10q11.2 containing the MSMB gene associated with prostate cancer. Hum Genet 2009 0.88
54 Y chromosome haplogroups and prostate cancer in populations of European and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. Hum Genet 2012 0.79
55 Polymorphisms in genes related to one-carbon metabolism are not related to pancreatic cancer in PanScan and PanC4. Cancer Causes Control 2013 0.78
56 Comprehensive resequence analysis of a 123-kb region of chromosome 11q13 associated with prostate cancer. Prostate 2012 0.77
57 A resequence analysis of genomic loci on chromosomes 1q32.1, 5p15.33, and 13q22.1 associated with pancreatic cancer risk. Pancreas 2013 0.76
58 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
59 Fine mapping of 14q24.1 breast cancer susceptibility locus. Hum Genet 2011 0.75