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List of works by Unnur Styrkarsdottir

A PRPH splice-donor variant associates with reduced sural nerve amplitude and risk of peripheral neuropathy

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

A common biological basis of obesity and nicotine addiction

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A genome-wide copy number association study of osteoporotic fractures points to the 6p25.1 locus

scientific article published on 16 December 2013

A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies novel variants associated with osteoarthritis of the hip

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A variant in MCF2L is associated with osteoarthritis

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Ancestry-shift refinement mapping of the C6orf97-ESR1 breast cancer susceptibility locus

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Assessment of gene-by-sex interaction effect on bone mineral density

scientific article (publication date: October 2012)

Assessment of osteoarthritis candidate genes in a meta-analysis of nine genome-wide association studies

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Association analyses of 47,500 individuals identifies six fracture loci and 82 BMD loci clustering in biological pathways that regulate osteoblast and osteoclast activity

Association of JAG1 with bone mineral density and osteoporotic fractures: a genome-wide association study and follow-up replication studies.

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Causal mechanisms and balancing selection inferred from genetic associations with polycystic ovary syndrome

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Disentangling the genetics of lean mass

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Erratum: Large meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies five loci for lean body mass

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European bone mineral density loci are also associated with BMD in East-Asian populations

scientific article (publication date: 7 October 2010)

Evaluation of shared genetic aetiology between osteoarthritis and bone mineral density identifies SMAD3 as a novel osteoarthritis risk locus

scientific article published in October 2017

Functional conservation between Schizosaccharomyces pombe ste8 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae STE11 protein kinases in yeast signal transduction

scientific article published on 01 October 1992

GWAS of bone size yields twelve loci that also affect height, BMD, osteoarthritis or fractures

scientific article published on 03 May 2019

Genetic variation near IRS1 associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile

scientific article published on 26 June 2011

Genetics of gene expression and its effect on disease

scientific article (publication date: 27 March 2008)

Genome-wide Association Study for Radiographic Vertebral Fractures: A Potential Role for the 16q24 BMD Locus versus Lessons Learned from Challenging Phenotype Definition

Genome-wide analyses using UK Biobank data provide insights into the genetic architecture of osteoarthritis.

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Genome-wide association study for radiographic vertebral fractures: a potential role for the 16q24 BMD locus

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Genome-wide association study identifies sequence variants on 6q21 associated with age at menarche

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Genome-wide association study using extreme truncate selection identifies novel genes affecting bone mineral density and fracture risk

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Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity

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Genome-wide meta-analysis for serum calcium identifies significantly associated SNPs near the calcium-sensing receptor (CASR) gene

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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

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Insights into the genetic architecture of osteoarthritis from stage 1 of the arcOGEN study

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Large meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies five loci for lean body mass

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Large scale replication study of the association between HLA class II/BTNL2 variants and osteoarthritis of the knee in European-descent populations

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria

scientific article published on 19 December 2018

Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects

scientific article published in January 2018

Linkage of osteoporosis to chromosome 20p12 and association to BMP2

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MEPE loss-of-function variant associates with decreased bone mineral density and increased fracture risk

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

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Meta-analysis of Icelandic and UK data sets identifies missense variants in SMO, IL11, COL11A1 and 13 more new loci associated with osteoarthritis

scholarly article by Unnur Styrkarsdottir et al published 29 October 2018 in Nature Genetics

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies confirms a susceptibility locus for knee osteoarthritis on chromosome 7q22

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Meta‐Analysis of Genomewide Association Studies Reveals Genetic Variants for Hip Bone Geometry

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Multiple genetic loci for bone mineral density and fractures

scientific article published on 29 April 2008

New sequence variants associated with bone mineral density

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Nonsense mutation in the LGR4 gene is associated with several human diseases and other traits

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Novel Genetic Variants for Cartilage Thickness and Hip Osteoarthritis

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Publisher Correction: GWAS of bone size yields twelve loci that also affect height, BMD, osteoarthritis or fractures

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Risk variants for atrial fibrillation on chromosome 4q25 associate with ischemic stroke

scientific article published in October 2008

Sequence variant at 8q24.21 associates with sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation

scientific article published on 22 February 2017

Sequence variants in the CLDN14 gene associate with kidney stones and bone mineral density

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Sequence variants in the PTCH1 gene associate with spine bone mineral density and osteoporotic fractures

scientific article published on 6 January 2016

Sequence variation at ANAPC1 accounts for 24% of the variability in corneal endothelial cell density

scientific article published on 20 March 2019

Severe osteoarthritis of the hand associates with common variants within the ALDH1A2 gene and with rare variants at 1p31.

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

The DOT1L rs12982744 polymorphism is associated with osteoarthritis of the hip with genome-wide statistical significance in males

scientific article published on 16 March 2013

The rate of meiotic gene conversion varies by sex and age.

scientific article published on 19 September 2016

Two Rare Mutations in the COL1A2 Gene Associate With Low Bone Mineral Density and Fractures in Iceland

scientific article published on August 2015

Two-step activation of meiosis by the mat1 locus in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

scientific article published on September 1995

Variant of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene confers risk of type 2 diabetes

scientific article (publication date: March 2006)

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

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Variants in DENND1A are associated with polycystic ovary syndrome in women of European ancestry

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Whole-genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture

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Whole-genome sequencing identifies rare genotypes in COMP and CHADL associated with high risk of hip osteoarthritis

scientific article published on 20 March 2017