Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

LifeLines Cohort Study(University Medical Center Freiburg), Anna Köttgen(University Medical Center Freiburg), Eva Albrecht(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Alexander Teumer(Universität Greifswald), Véronique Vitart(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Jan Krumsiek(University Medical Center Freiburg), Claudia Hundertmark(University Medical Center Freiburg), Giorgio Pistis(Institute of Genetics and Biophysics), Daniela Ruggiero(National Heart Lung and Blood Institute), Conall M. O’Seaghdha(Massachusetts General Hospital), Toomas Haller(National Heart Lung and Blood Institute), Qiong Yang(Boston University), Toshiko Tanaka(National Heart Lung and Blood Institute), Andrew D. Johnson(National Heart Lung and Blood Institute), Zoltán Kutalik(SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics), Albert V. Smith(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Julia Shi(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Maksim Struchalin(Erasmus MC), Rita P. S. Middelberg(QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Morris J Brown(University of Cambridge), Angelo Gaffo(University of Trieste), Nicola Pirastu(University of Trieste), Li Guo(University of Washington), Caroline Hayward(Institute of Genetics and Cancer), Tatijana Zemunik(Institute of Genetics and Cancer), Jennifer E. Huffman(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Loïc Yengo(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Jing Hua Zhao(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Ayşe Demirkan(Washington University in St. Louis), Mary F. Feitosa(Boston University), Xuan Liu(Boston University), Giovanni Malerba(University of Verona), Lorna M. Lopez(University Medical Center Groningen), Pim van der Harst(University Medical Center Groningen), Man Li(Imperial College London), Marcus E. Kleber(Eurac Research), Andrew A. Hicks(Eurac Research), Ilja M. Nolte(University Medical Center Groningen), Åsa Johansson(Uppsala University), Federico Murgia(University of Edinburgh), Sarah H. Wild(University Medical Center Groningen), Stephan J. L. Bakker(University Medical Center Groningen), John F. Peden(Centre for Human Genetics), Abbas Dehghan(Erasmus MC), Maristella Steri(Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research), Albert Tenesa(Roslin Institute), Vasiliki Lagou(Centre for Human Genetics), Perttu Salo(St Thomas' Hospital), Massimo Mangino(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Lynda M. Rose(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Terho Lehtimäki(Johns Hopkins University), Owen M. Woodward(Johns Hopkins University), Yukinori Okada(Johns Hopkins University), Adrienne Tin(Johns Hopkins University), Christian Müller(Universität Hamburg), Christopher Oldmeadow(University of Tartu), Margus Putku(Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry), Darina Czamara(Harvard University), Peter Kraft(Harvard University), Laura Frogheri(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), Gian Andri Thun(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), Anne Grotevendt(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Gauti Kjartan Gíslason(National Institute on Aging), Tamara B. Harris(National Institute on Aging), Lenore J. Launer(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Patrick F. McArdle(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Alan R. Shuldiner(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Eric Boerwinkle(Johns Hopkins University), Josef Coresh(Johns Hopkins University), Helena Schmidt(Medical University of Graz), Michael Schallert(Medical University of Graz), Nicholas G. Martin(QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Grant W. Montgomery(QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Michiaki Kubo(RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences), Yusuke Nakamura(RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences), Toshihiro Tanaka(Queen Mary University of London), Patricia B. Munroe(Queen Mary University of London), Nilesh J. Samani(University of Minnesota), David R. Jacobs(Northwestern University), Kiang Liu(Northwestern University), Pio D’Adamo(University of Trieste), Sheila Ulivi(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Jerome I. Rotter(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), Bruce M. Psaty(Group Health Cooperative), Péter Vollenweider(University of Lausanne), Gérard Waeber(Institute of Genetics and Cancer), Susan Campbell(University of Zurich), Olivier Devuyst(University of Zurich), Pau Navarro(Institute of Genetics and Cancer), Ivana Kolčić(Institute of Genetics and Cancer), Nicholas D. Hastie(Institute of Genetics and Cancer), Beverley Balkau(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Philippe Froguel(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Tõnu Esko(University of Tartu), Andres Salumets(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Kay‐Tee Khaw(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Claudia Langenberg(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Nicholas J. Wareham(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Aaron Isaacs(Washington University in St. Louis), Aldi T. Kraja(Washington University in St. Louis), Qunyuan Zhang(Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Philipp S. Wild(Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Rodney J. Scott(University of Newcastle Australia), Elizabeth G Holliday(University of Tartu), Elin Org(Tallinn University of Technology), Margus Viigimaa(Tallinn University of Technology), Stefania Bandinelli(Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze), Jeffrey Metter(University of Verona), Antonio Lupo(University of Verona), Elisabetta Trabetti(University of Verona), Rossella Sorice(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Angela Döring(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Eva Lattka(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Konstantin Strauch(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Fabian J. Theis(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Mélanie Waldenberger(Helmholtz Zentrum München), H-Erich Wichmann(Zimmer Biomet (Netherlands)), Gail Davies(University of Edinburgh), Alan J. Gow(University Medical Center Groningen), Marcel Bruinenberg(University Medical Center Groningen), Ronald P. Stolk(University Medical Center Groningen), Jaspal S. Kooner(Ealing Hospital), Weihua Zhang(Ealing Hospital), Bernhard R. Winkelmann(University Hospital Ulm), Bernhard O. Boehm(Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry), Susanne Lucae(Amsterdam Public Health), Brenda W.J.H. Penninx(University Medical Center Groningen), Johannes H. Smit(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Gary C. Curhan(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Poorva Mudgal(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Robert M. Plenge(Broad Institute), Laura Portas, Ivana Persico(University of Edinburgh), Mirna Kirin(University of Edinburgh), James F. Wilson(University Medical Center Groningen), Irene Mateo Leach(University Medical Center Groningen), Wiek H. van Gilst(University Medical Center Groningen), Anuj Goel(Centre for Human Genetics), Halit Ongen(Centre for Human Genetics), Albert Hofman(Erasmus MC), Fernando Rivadeneira(Erasmus MC), André G. Uitterlinden(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), Medea Imboden(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), Arnold von Eckardstein(University Hospital of Zurich), Francesco Cucca(Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research), Ramaiah Nagaraja(Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research), Maria Grazia Piras(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Matthias Nauck(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Claudia Schurmann(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Kathrin Budde(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Florian Ernst(Universität Greifswald), Susan M. Farrington(Institute of Genetics and Cancer), Evropi Τheodoratou(Centre for Human Genetics), Inga Prokopenko(Centre for Human Genetics), Michael Stümvoll(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Antti Jula(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Markus Perola(University of Helsinki), Veikko Salomaa(Wellcome Sanger Institute), So-Youn Shin(St Thomas' Hospital), Tim D. Spector(St Thomas' Hospital), Cinzia Sala(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Paul M. Ridker(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Mika Kähönen(University of Turku), Jorma Viikari(University of Turku), Christian Hengstenberg(Glenfield Hospital), Christopher P. Nelson(University of Leicester), James F. Meschia(National Institutes of Health), Michael A. Nalls(National Institutes of Health), Pankaj Sharma(National Institutes of Health), Andrew B. Singleton(National Institutes of Health), Naoyuki Kamatani(Universität Hamburg), Tanja Zeller(Universität Hamburg), Michel Burnier(University of Newcastle Australia), John Attia(University of Tartu), Maris Laan(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Norman Klopp(University Medical Center Groningen), Hans L. Hillege(University Medical Center Groningen), Stefan Kloiber(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Hyon K. Choi(Boston University), Mario Pirastu, Silvia Tore(University of Basel), Nicole Probst‐Hensch(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute), Henry Völzke(University of Iceland), Vilmundur Guðnason(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Afshin Parsa(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Reinhold Schmidt(Medical University of Graz), John B. Whitfield(QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Myriam Fornage(University of Trieste), Paolo Gasparini(University of Trieste), David S. Siscovick(University of Washington), Ozren Polašek(University of Split), Harry Campbell(University of Edinburgh), Igor Rudan(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Nabila Bouatia‐Naji(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Andres Metspalu(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Ruth J. F. Loos(Addenbrooke's Hospital), Cornelia M. van Duijn(Washington University in St. Louis), Ingrid B. Borecki(Washington University in St. Louis), Luigi Ferrucci(Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic), Giovanni Gambaro(Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic), Ian J. Deary(University Medical Center Groningen), Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel(University Medical Center Groningen), John C. Chambers(Ealing Hospital), Winfried März(Eurac Research), Peter P. Pramstaller(Eurac Research), Harold Snieder(Uppsala University), Ulf Gyllensten(Uppsala University), Alan F. Wright(University Medical Center Groningen), Gerjan Navis(University Medical Center Groningen), Hugh Watkins(Centre for Human Genetics), Jacqueline C.M. Witteman(Erasmus MC), Serena Sanna(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Sabine Schipf(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Malcolm G. Dunlop(Institute of Genetics and Cancer), Anke Tönjes(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Samuli Ripatti(University of Helsinki), Nicole Soranzo(Wellcome Sanger Institute), Daniela Toniolo(Harvard University), Daniel I. Chasman(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Olli T. Raitakari(Johns Hopkins University), W.H. Linda Kao(Johns Hopkins University), Marina Ciullo(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Caroline S. Fox(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Mark J. Caulfield(Queen Mary University of London), Murielle Bochud(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Christian Gieger(Helmholtz Zentrum München)
Nature Genetics
December 21, 2012
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