Common variants upstream of KDR encoding VEGFR2 and in TTC39B associate with endometriosis

by Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Kristrun Aradottir, Bjarke Feenstra, Asgeir Sigurdsson, Lilja Stefansdottir, Anna M. Kristinsdottir, Florian Zink, Gisli H. Halldorsson, Nete Munk Nielsen, Frank Geller, Mads Melbye, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, Reynir T. Geirsson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kari Stefansson
Published 2016-07-01

Variants associating with uterine leiomyoma highlight genetic background shared by various cancers and hormone-related traits

by Thorunn Rafnar, Bjarni Gunnarsson, Olafur A. Stefansson, Patrick Sulem, Andres Ingason, Michael L. Frigge, Lilja Stefansdottir, Jon K. Sigurdsson, Vinicius Tragante, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Unnur Styrkarsdottir, Simon N. Stacey, Julius Gudmundsson, Gudny A. Arnadottir, Asmundur Oddsson, Florian Zink, Gisli Halldorsson, Gardar Sveinbjornsson, Ragnar P. Kristjansson, Olafur B. Davidsson, Anna Salvarsdottir, Asgeir Thoroddsen, Elisabet A. Helgadottir, Katrin Kristjansdottir, Orri Ingthorsson, Valur Gudmundsson, Reynir T. Geirsson, Ragnheidur Arnadottir, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, Gisli Masson, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Jon G. Jonasson, Karl Olafsson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Bjarni V. Halldorsson, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Kari Stefansson
Published 2018-09-01

Meta-analysis identifies five novel loci associated with endometriosis highlighting key genes involved in hormone metabolism

by Yadav Sapkota, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Andrew P. Morris, Amelie Fassbender, Nilufer Rahmioglu, Immaculata De Vivo, Julie E. Buring, Futao Zhang, Todd L. Edwards, Sarah Jones, Dorien O, Daniëlle Peterse, Kathryn M. Rexrode, Paul M. Ridker, Andrew J. Schork, Stuart MacGregor, Nicholas G. Martin, Christian M. Becker, Sosuke Adachi, Kosuke Yoshihara, Takayuki Enomoto, Atsushi Takahashi, Yoichiro Kamatani, Koichi Matsuda, Michiaki Kubo, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Reynir T. Geirsson, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Leanne M. Wallace, iPSYCH-SSI-Broad Group, Jian Yang, Digna R. Velez Edwards, Mette Nyegaard, Siew-Kee Low, Krina T. Zondervan, Stacey A. Missmer, Thomas D'Hooghe, Grant W. Montgomery, Daniel I. Chasman, Kari Stefansson, Joyce Y. Tung, Dale R. Nyholt
Published 2017-05-01

Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women

by Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Ralph McGinnis, Nicholas O. Williams, Lilja Stefansdottir, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Scott Shooter, João Fadista, Jon K. Sigurdsson, Kirsi M. Auro, Galina Berezina, Maria-Carolina Borges, Suzannah Bumpstead, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, Irina Colgiu, Vivien A. Dolby, Frank Dudbridge, Stephanie M. Engel, Christopher S. Franklin, Michael L. Frigge, Yr Frisbaek, Reynir T. Geirsson, Frank Geller, Solveig Gretarsdottir, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, Quaker Harmon, David Michael Hougaard, Tatyana Hegay, Anna Helgadottir, Sigrun Hjartardottir, Tiina Jääskeläinen, Hrefna Johannsdottir, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Thorhildur Juliusdottir, Noor Kalsheker, Abdumadjit Kasimov, John P. Kemp, Katja Kivinen, Kari Klungsøyr, Wai K. Lee, Mads Melbye, Zosia Miedzybrodska, Ashley Moffett, Dilbar Najmutdinova, Firuza Nishanova, Thorunn Olafsdottir, Markus Perola, Fiona Broughton Pipkin, Lucilla Poston, Gordon Prescott, Saedis Saevarsdottir, Damilya Salimbayeva, Paula Juliet Scaife, Line Skotte, Eleonora Staines-Urias, Olafur A. Stefansson, Karina Meden Sørensen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim Thomsen, Vinicius Tragante, Lill Trogstad, Nigel A. B. Simpson, FINNPEC Consortium, GOPEC Consortium, Tamara Aripova, Juan P. Casas, Anna F. Dominiczak, James J. Walker, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Ann-Charlotte Iversen, Bjarke Feenstra, Deborah A. Lawlor, Heather Allison Boyd, Per Magnus, Hannele Laivuori, Nodira Zakhidova, Gulnara Svyatova, Kari Stefansson, Linda Morgan
Published 2020-11-01