Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

…, C Guiducci, LC Groop, E Gonzalez, C Gieger… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density
lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides are among the most important risk factors for …

Host–microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease

…, K Fransen, R Gearry, M Georges, C Gieger… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the two common forms of inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD), affect over 2.5 million people of European ancestry, with rising prevalence in other …

[HTML][HTML] Genomewide association analysis of coronary artery disease

…, SG Ball, TM Strom, I Braenne, C Gieger… - … England Journal of …, 2007 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Modern genotyping platforms permit a systematic search for inherited components
of complex diseases. We performed a joint analysis of two genomewide association …

Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps

…, M Wuttke, C Sarnowski, R Mägi, J Nano, C Gieger… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
We expanded GWAS discovery for type 2 diabetes (T2D) by combining data from 898,130
European-descent individuals (9% cases), after imputation to high-density reference panels. …

Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

…, M Fu, S Gaget, PV Gejman, EJC Geus, C Gieger… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Obesity is globally prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain
largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined associations …

New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

…, M Kumari, L Qi, NJ Timpson, C Gieger… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Levels of circulating glucose are tightly regulated. To identify new loci influencing glycemic
traits, we performed meta-analyses of 21 genome-wide association studies informative for …

Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

…, MR Erdos, CS Fox, CS Franklin, M Ganser, C Gieger… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
By combining genome-wide association data from 8,130 individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D)
and 38,987 controls of European descent and following up previously unidentified meta-…

Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

…, M Preuss, AFR Stewart, M Barbalic, C Gieger… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
We performed a meta-analysis of 14 genome-wide association studies of coronary artery
disease (CAD) comprising 22,233 individuals with CAD (cases) and 64,762 controls of …

Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease

…, J Perlmutter, M Bonin, MA Nalls, T Illig, C Gieger… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 1,713 individuals of European
ancestry with Parkinson's disease (PD) and 3,978 controls. After replication in 3,361 cases …

Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

…, RN Bergman, J Tuomilehto, BO Boehm, C Gieger… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
To extend understanding of the genetic architecture and molecular basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D),
we conducted a meta-analysis of genetic variants on the Metabochip, including …