New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

Dmitry Shungin(Lund University), The GLGC(University of Regensburg), The ICBP(Brigham and Women's Hospital), The LifeLines Cohort Study(Centre for Human Genetics), The MAGIC Investigators(University of Michigan), Thomas W. Winkler(Centre for Human Genetics), Damien C. Croteau‐Chonka(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Teresa Ferreira(Boston Children's Hospital), Adam E. Locke(University of Michigan), Reedik Mägi(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Rona J. Strawbridge(Harvard University), Tune H. Pers(Broad Institute), Krista Fischer(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Anne E. Justice(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Tsegaselassie Workalemahu(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Joseph Wu(Boston University), Martin L. Buchkovich(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Nancy L. Heard‐Costa(Boston University), Tamara S. Roman(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Alexander Drong(Centre for Human Genetics), Ci Song(Uppsala University), Stefan Gustafsson(Uppsala University), Felix R. Day(University of Cambridge), Tõnu Esko(Broad Institute), Tove Fall(Uppsala University), Zoltán Kutalik(SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics), Jian’an Luan(University of Exeter), Joshua C. Randall(Centre for Human Genetics), André Scherag(University Medical Center Groningen), Sailaja Vedantam(Broad Institute), Andrew R. Wood(University of Exeter), Jin Chen(Boston University), Rudolf S.N. Fehrmann(University Medical Center Groningen), Juha Karjalainen(University Medical Center Groningen), Bratati Kahali(University of Michigan), Ching‐Ti Liu(Boston University), Ellen M. Schmidt(University of Michigan), Devin Absher(University of Michigan), Najaf Amin(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), Denise Anderson(The Kids Research Institute Australia), Marian Beekman(Johns Hopkins University), Jennifer L. Bragg‐Gresham(Washington University in St. Louis), Steven Buyske(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), Ayşe Demirkan(University of Michigan), Georg Ehret(SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics), Mary F. Feitosa(Washington University in St. Louis), Anuj Goel(Centre for Human Genetics), Anne Jackson(King's College London), Toby Johnson(SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics), Marcus E. Kleber(Universität Ulm), Kati Kristiansson(Boston Children's Hospital), Massimo Mangino(King's College London), Irene Mateo Leach(University Medical Center Groningen), Carolina Medina‐Gómez(Erasmus MC), Cameron D. Palmer(Broad Institute), Dorota Pasko(University of Eastern Finland), Sonali Pechlivanis(Washington University in St. Louis), Marjolein J. Peters(Erasmus MC), Inga Prokopenko(Centre for Human Genetics), Alena Stančáková(University Medical Center Groningen), Yun Ju Sung(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Toshiko Tanaka(Ealing Hospital), Alexander Teumer(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Jana V. van Vliet‐Ostaptchouk(Uppsala University), Loïc Yengo(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Weihua Zhang(Ealing Hospital), Eva Albrecht(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Johan Ärnlöv(Dalarna University), Gillian M. Arscott(University of Oxford), Stefania Bandinelli(Uppsala University), Amy Barrett(University of Oxford), Claire Bellis(Texas Biomedical Research Institute), Amanda J. Bennett(Inserm), Christian Berne(Uppsala University), Matthias Blüher(University Medical Center Groningen), Stefan Böhringer(Leiden University Medical Center), Fabrice Bonnet(Inserm), Yvonne Böttcher(University of Oxford), Marcel Bruinenberg(University Medical Center Groningen), Delia B. Carba(Leiden University Medical Center), Ida Henriette Caspersen(University of Southern California), Robert Clarke(Heidelberg University), E. Warwick Daw(University of Dundee), Joris Deelen(Leiden University Medical Center), Ewa Deelman(University of Southern California), Graciela Delgado(Broad Institute), Alex S. F. Doney(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Niina Eklund(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Michael R. Erdos(National Human Genome Research Institute), Karol Estrada(Broad Institute), Elodie Eury(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Nele Friedrich(Kaiser Permanente), Melissa E. Garcia(University Hospital of Geneva), Vilmantas Giedraitis(Uppsala University), Bruna Gigante(Heidelberg University), Alan S. Go(Kaiser Permanente), Alain Golay(Ealing Hospital), Harald Grallert(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Tanja B. Grammer(Heidelberg University), Jürgen Gräßler(University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus), Jagvir Grewal(University Medical Center Groningen), Christopher J. Groves(University of Eastern Finland), Toomas Haller(Western General Hospital), Göran Hallmans(University of Helsinki), Catharina A. Hartman(University Medical Center Groningen), Maija Hassinen(University of Eastern Finland), Caroline Hayward(University Medical Center Groningen), Kauko Heikkilä(University of Helsinki), Karl‐Heinz Herzig(University of Utah), Quinta Helmer(Leiden University Medical Center), Hans L. Hillege(University Medical Center Groningen), Oddgeir L. Holmen(Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Steven C. Hunt(University of Utah), Aaron Isaacs(Centre for Human Genetics), Till Ittermann(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Alan L. James(The University of Western Australia), Ingegerd Johansson(Universität Ulm), Thorhildur Juliusdottir(Centre for Human Genetics), Ioanna Panagiota Kalafati(Universität Ulm), Leena Kinnunen(Innsbruck Medical University), Wolfgang Köenig(Universität Ulm), Ishminder K. Kooner(Ealing Hospital), Wolfgang Kratzer(Universität Ulm), Claudia Lamina(Uppsala University), Karin Leander(Karolinska Institutet), Sang Lee(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Peter Lichtner(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Lars Lind(Uppsala University), Jaana Lindström(Karolinska Institutet), Stéphane Lobbens(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Mattias Lorentzon(University of Bristol), François Mach(King's College London), Patrik K. E. Magnusson(Universität Ulm), Anubha Mahajan(Centre for Human Genetics), Wendy L. McArdle(University of Bristol), Cristina Menni(King's College London), Sigrun Merger(King's College London), Evelin Mihailov(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Lili Milani(Leiden University Medical Center), Rebecca Mills(University of Bonn), Alireza Moayyeri(King's College London), Keri L. Monda(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Simon P. Mooijaart(Leiden University Medical Center), Thomas W. Mühleisen(University of Bonn), Antonella Mulas(National Institutes of Health), Gabriele Müller(National Human Genome Research Institute), Martina Müller‐Nurasyid(University of Sassari), Ramaiah Nagaraja(University Medical Center Groningen), Michael A. Nalls(National Institutes of Health), Narisu Narisu(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Nicola Glorioso(University of Sassari), Ilja M. Nolte(University Medical Center Groningen), Matthias Olden(University of Oxford), Nigel W. Rayner(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Frida Renström(Lund University), Janina S. Ried(Medical University of Graz), Neil R. Robertson(University Medical Center Groningen), Lynda M. Rose(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Serena Sanna(Universität Ulm), Hubert Scharnagl(University of Washington), Salome Scholtens(University Medical Center Groningen), Bengt Sennblad(Science for Life Laboratory), Thomas Seufferlein(Universität Ulm), Colleen M. Sitlani(Uppsala University), Albert V. Smith(University Medical Center Groningen), Kathleen Stirrups(Queen Mary University of London), Heather M. Stringham(Uppsala University), Johan Sundström(Uppsala University), Morris A. Swertz(University Medical Center Groningen), Amy J. Swift(deCODE Genetics (Iceland)), Ann‐Christine Syvänen(Uppsala University), Bamidele O. Tayo(University of Sassari), Barbara Thorand(Erasmus MC), Guðmar Þorleifsson(deCODE Genetics (Iceland)), Andreas Tomaschitz(University Medical Center Groningen), Chiara Troffa(University of Sassari), Floor V. A. van Oort(Universität Ulm), Niek Verweij(University Medical Center Groningen), Judith M. Vonk(University Medical Center Groningen), Lindsay L. Waite(MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing), Roman Wennauer(Universität Ulm), Tom Wilsgaard(University of Cambridge), Mary K. Wojczynski(University College Dublin), Andrew Wong(Seoul National University), Qunyuan Zhang(Washington University in St. Louis), Wei Zhao(University of Cambridge), Eoin Brennan(University College Dublin), Murim Choi(Seoul National University), Per Eriksson(Uppsala University), Lasse Folkersen(Harvard University), Anders Franco-Cereceda(Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Ali G. Gharavi(Queen Mary University of London), Åsa K. Hedman(Uppsala University), Marie‐France Hivert(Centre for Human Genetics), Jinyan Huang(Harvard University), Stavroula Kanoni(Harvard University), Fredrik Karpe(Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Sarah Keildson(Centre for Human Genetics), Krzysztof Kiryluk(Queen's University Belfast), Liming Liang(Harvard University), Richard P. Lifton(Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Baoshan Ma(Harvard University), Amy Jayne McKnight(Queen's University Belfast), Ruth McPherson(University of Ottawa), Andres Metspalu(National Heart Lung and Blood Institute), Josine L. Min(University of Bristol), Miriam F. Moffatt(QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Grant W. Montgomery(QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Joanne M. Murabito(Boston University), George Nicholson(University of Oxford), Dale R. Nyholt(Harvard University), Christian Olsson(Karolinska Institutet), John R. B. Perry(Centre for Human Genetics), Eva Reinmaa(University of Cambridge), Rany M. Salem(Broad Institute), Niina Sandholm(Helsinki University Hospital), Eric E. Schadt(University Medical Center Groningen), Robert A. Scott(Centre for Human Genetics), Lisette Stolk(Inserm), Edgar E. Vallejo(Université de Strasbourg), Harm-Jan Westra(University Medical Center Groningen), Krina T. Zondervan(Centre for Human Genetics), Philippe Amouyel(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Dominique Arveiler(Texas Biomedical Research Institute), Stephan J. L. Bakker(University Medical Center Groningen), John Beilby(The University of Western Australia), Richard N. Bergman(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), John Blangero(Texas Biomedical Research Institute), Morris J. Brown(National Human Genome Research Institute), Michel Burnier(Universität Ulm), Harry Campbell(National Human Genome Research Institute), Aravinda Chakravarti(Johns Hopkins University), Peter S. Chines(University of Cambridge), Simone Claudi-Boehm(Universität Ulm), Francis S. Collins(National Human Genome Research Institute), Dana C. Crawford(Vanderbilt University), John Danesh(University of Cambridge), Ulf dé Fairé(Karolinska Institutet), Eco J. C. de Geus(Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam), Marcus Dörr(University of Pisa), Raimund Erbel(Hôpital Rangueil), Johan G. Eriksson(University of Helsinki), Martin Farrall(Centre for Human Genetics), Ele Ferrannini(University of Pisa), Jean Ferrières(University Medical Center Groningen), Nita G. Forouhi(University of Cambridge), Terrence Forrester(University of the West Indies), Oscar H. Franco(University of Southern California), Ron T. Gansevoort(University Medical Center Groningen), Christian Gieger(University of Exeter), Vilmundur Guðnason(University of Iceland), Christopher A. Haiman(University of Southern California), Tamara B. Harris(National Institute on Aging), Andrew T. Hattersley(University of Exeter), Markku Heliövaara(Erasmus MC), Andrew A. Hicks(Eurac Research), Aroon D. Hingorani(University College London), Wolfgang Hoffmann(University of South Australia), Albert Hofman(Erasmus MC), Georg Homuth(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Steve E. Humphries(Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Elina Hyppönen(University of South Australia), Thomas Illig(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin(University of Helsinki), Berit Johansen(Queen's University Belfast), Pekka Jousilahti(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Antti Jula(Ealing Hospital), Jaakko Kaprio(University of Helsinki), Frank Kee(Queens University), Sirkka Keinänen‐Kiukaanniemi(Washington University in St. Louis), Jaspal S. Kooner(Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust), Charles Kooperberg(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Péter Kovács(University of Eastern Finland), Aldi T. Kraja(University of Eastern Finland), Meena Kumari(University of Essex), Kari Kuulasmaa(University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Johanna Kuusisto(University of Eastern Finland), Timo A. Lakka(Steno Diabetes Centers), Claudia Langenberg(University of Cambridge), Loı̈c Le Marchand(Cancer Center of Hawaii), Terho Lehtimäki(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), Valeriya Lyssenko(Steno Diabetes Centers), Satu Männistö(University of Washington), André Marette(Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital), Tara C. Matise(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), Colin A. McKenzie(University of Dundee), Barbara McKnight(University of Washington), Arthur W. Musk(Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital), Stefan Möhlenkamp(University Medical Center Groningen), Andrew D. Morris(Centre for Human Genetics), Mari Nelis(University of Toronto), Claes Ohlsson(University of Gothenburg), Albertine J. Oldehinkel(University Medical Center Groningen), Ken K. Ong(Eurac Research), Lyle J. Palmer(Ontario Institute for Cancer Research), Brenda W.J.H. Penninx(Pennington Biomedical Research Center), Annette Peters(Washington University in St. Louis), Peter P. Pramstaller(Eurac Research), Olli Raitakari(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Tuomo Rankinen(Pennington Biomedical Research Center), D. C. Rao(Washington University in St. Louis), Treva Rice(Washington University in St. Louis), Paul M. Ridker(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Marylyn D. Ritchie(Pennsylvania State University), Igor Rudan(Pennington Biomedical Research Center), Veikko Salomaa(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Nilesh J. Samani(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Jouko Saramies(Maastricht University), Mark A. Sarzynski(Pennington Biomedical Research Center), Peter Schwarz(University Medical Center Groningen), Alan R. Shuldiner(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Jan A. Staessen(Maastricht University), Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir(deCODE Genetics (Iceland)), Ronald P. Stolk(University Medical Center Groningen), Konstantin Strauch(Zimmer Biomet (Netherlands)), Anke Tönjes(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Angelo Tremblay(Université Laval), Elena Tremoli(Centro Cardiologico Monzino), Marie‐Claude Vohl(Erasmus MC), Uwe Völker(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Péter Vollenweider(University Hospital of Lausanne), James F. Wilson(Nanyang Technological University), Jacqueline C.M. Witteman(Erasmus MC), Linda S. Adair(Pennington Biomedical Research Center), Murielle Bochud(Université de Lille), Bernhard O. Boehm(Queen Mary University of London), Stefan R. Bornstein(University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus), Claude Bouchard(Pennington Biomedical Research Center), Stéphane Cauchi(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Mark J. Caulfield(Queen Mary University of London), John C. Chambers(Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust), Daniel I. Chasman(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Richard S. Cooper(Loyola University Chicago), George Dedoussis(Karolinska Institutet), Luigi Ferrucci(National Institute on Aging), Philippe Froguel(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Hans J. Grabe(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Anders Hamsten(Karolinska Institutet), Jennie Hui(The University of Western Australia), Kristian Hveem(University of Eastern Finland), Karl‐Heinz Jöckel(Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie), Mika Kivimäki(Medical University of Graz), Diana Kuh(Queen Mary University of London), Markku Laakso(University of Eastern Finland), Ching‐Ti Liu(Centre for Medical Systems Biology), Winfried März(University of Dundee), Patricia B. Munroe(Queen Mary University of London), Inger Njølstad(University of Helsinki), Ben A. Oostra(Leiden University Medical Center), Colin N. A. Palmer(Broad Institute), Nancy L. Pedersen(Karolinska Institutet), Markus Perola(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Louis Përusse(University of Eastern Finland), Ulrike Peters(Erasmus MC), Chris Power(Finnish Diabetes Association), Thomas Quertermous(University of Cambridge), Rainer Rauramaa(University of Eastern Finland), Fernando Rivadeneira(Leiden University Medical Center), Timo Saaristo(University Medical Center Groningen), Danish Saleheen(King's College London), Juha Sinisalo(deCODE Genetics (Iceland)), P. Eline Slagboom(Leiden University Medical Center), Harold Snieder(University Medical Center Groningen), Tim D. Spector(King's College London), Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir(deCODE Genetics (Iceland)), Michael Stümvoll(University Medical Center Groningen), Jaakko Tuomilehto(University of Insubria), André G. Uitterlinden(Erasmus MC), Matti Uusitupa(University of Eastern Finland), Pim van der Harst(University Medical Center Groningen), Giovanni Veronesi(University of Insubria), Mark Walker(University of Michigan), Nicholas J. Wareham(University of Cambridge), Hugh Watkins(National Institutes of Health), H‐Erich Wichmann(Zimmer Biomet (Netherlands)), Gonçalo R. Abecasis(Washington University in St. Louis), Themistocles L. Assimes(Queen Mary University of London), Sonja I. Berndt(National Institutes of Health), Michael Boehnke(University of Exeter), Ingrid B. Borecki(University of Helsinki), Panos Deloukas(Harvard University), Lude Franke(Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Timothy M. Frayling(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Leif C. Groop(Brigham and Women's Hospital), David J. Hunter(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Robert C. Kaplan(Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Jeffrey R. O’Connell(deCODE Genetics (Iceland)), Lu Qi(Brigham and Women's Hospital), David Schlessinger(University of Michigan), David P. Strachan(The University of Queensland), Kāri Stefánsson(deCODE Genetics (Iceland)), Cornelia M. van Duijn(Harvard University), Cristen J. Willer(University of Michigan), Peter M. Visscher(Translational Research Institute), Jian Yang(Translational Research Institute), Joel N. Hirschhorn(Broad Institute), M. Carola Zillikens(Erasmus MC), Mark I. McCarthy(Centre for Human Genetics), Elizabeth K. Speliotes(Lund University), Kari E. North(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Caroline S. Fox(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Inês Barroso(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Paul W. Franks(Harvard University), Erik Ingelsson(Uppsala University), Iris M. Heid(Broad Institute), Ruth J. F. Loos(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), L. Adrienne Cupples(Boston University), Andrew P. Morris(Centre for Human Genetics), Cecilia M. Lindgren(Broad Institute), Karen L. Mohlke(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Nature
February 10, 2015
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