About the Authors
- Rui Li
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Li, Felix F. Brockschmidt, Amy K. Kiefer, Hreinn Stefansson, Dale R. Nyholt, Kijoung Song, Sita H. Vermeulen, Stavroula Kanoni
Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Human Genetics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Felix F. Brockschmidt
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Li, Felix F. Brockschmidt, Amy K. Kiefer, Hreinn Stefansson, Dale R. Nyholt, Kijoung Song, Sita H. Vermeulen, Stavroula Kanoni
Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Department of Genomics, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Amy K. Kiefer
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Li, Felix F. Brockschmidt, Amy K. Kiefer, Hreinn Stefansson, Dale R. Nyholt, Kijoung Song, Sita H. Vermeulen, Stavroula Kanoni
Affiliation 23andMe, Mountain View, California, United States of America
- Hreinn Stefansson
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Li, Felix F. Brockschmidt, Amy K. Kiefer, Hreinn Stefansson, Dale R. Nyholt, Kijoung Song, Sita H. Vermeulen, Stavroula Kanoni
Affiliation deCODE genetics, Reykjavík, Iceland
- Dale R. Nyholt
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Li, Felix F. Brockschmidt, Amy K. Kiefer, Hreinn Stefansson, Dale R. Nyholt, Kijoung Song, Sita H. Vermeulen, Stavroula Kanoni
Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
- Kijoung Song
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Li, Felix F. Brockschmidt, Amy K. Kiefer, Hreinn Stefansson, Dale R. Nyholt, Kijoung Song, Sita H. Vermeulen, Stavroula Kanoni
Affiliation Genetics Division, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Sita H. Vermeulen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Li, Felix F. Brockschmidt, Amy K. Kiefer, Hreinn Stefansson, Dale R. Nyholt, Kijoung Song, Sita H. Vermeulen, Stavroula Kanoni
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and HTA, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Stavroula Kanoni
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Contributed equally to this work with: Rui Li, Felix F. Brockschmidt, Amy K. Kiefer, Hreinn Stefansson, Dale R. Nyholt, Kijoung Song, Sita H. Vermeulen, Stavroula Kanoni
Affiliation Genetics of Complex Traits in Humans, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, United Kingdom
- Daniel Glass
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Affiliation Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Sarah E. Medland
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Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
- Maria Dimitriou
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Affiliation Department of Dietetics-Nutrition, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
- Dawn Waterworth
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Affiliation Genetics Division, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Joyce Y. Tung
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Affiliation 23andMe, Mountain View, California, United States of America
- Frank Geller
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Stefanie Heilmann
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Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Department of Genomics, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Axel M. Hillmer
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Affiliation Genome Technology and Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Veronique Bataille
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Affiliation Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Sibylle Eigelshoven
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Sandra Hanneken
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Susanne Moebus
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, University Clinic Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Christine Herold
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Affiliation German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
- Martin den Heijer
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Grant W. Montgomery
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Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
- Panos Deloukas
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Affiliation Genetics of Complex Traits in Humans, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, United Kingdom
- Nicholas Eriksson
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Affiliation 23andMe, Mountain View, California, United States of America
- Andrew C. Heath
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Affiliation Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Tim Becker
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Affiliations German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany, Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics, and Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Patrick Sulem
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Affiliation deCODE genetics, Reykjavík, Iceland
- Massimo Mangino
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Affiliation Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Peter Vollenweider
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHUV University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Tim D. Spector
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Affiliation Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- George Dedoussis
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Dietetics-Nutrition, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
- Nicholas G. Martin
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
- Lambertus A. Kiemeney
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and HTA, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Urology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Comprehensive Cancer Centre of the Netherlands (IKNL), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Vincent Mooser
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Genetics Division, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Kari Stefansson
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation deCODE genetics, Reykjavík, Iceland
- David A. Hinds
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation 23andMe, Mountain View, California, United States of America
- Markus M. Nöthen
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Department of Genomics, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany
- J. Brent Richards
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* E-mail: brent.richards@mcgill.ca
¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Departments of Medicine, Human Genetics, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FF Brockschmidt, AK Kiefer, H Stefansson, DR Nyholt, D Waterworth, JY Tung, F Geller, AM Hillmer, V Bataille, GW Montgomery, N Eriksson, AC Heath, P Sulem, TD Spector, NG Martin, LA Kiemeney, V Moorser, K Stefansson, DA Hinds, MM Nöthen, JB Richards. Performed the experiments: FF Brockschmidt, H Stefansson, D Glass, S Heilmann, AM Hillmer, V Bataille, AC Heath, P Sulem, LA Kiemeney, V Mooser. Analyzed the data: R Li, FF Brockschmidt, H Stefansson, DR Nyholt, K Song, SH Vermeulen, S Kanoni, D Glass, SE Medland, D Waterworth, F Geller, S Heilmann, AM Hillmer, C Herold, M den Heijer, T Becker, P Sulem, M Mangino, P Vollenweider, LA Kiemeney, DA Hinds, JB Rrichards. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FF Brockschmidt, DR Nyholt, SE Medland, S Heilmann, AM Hillmer, S Eigelshoven, S Hanneken, S Moebus, GW Montgomery, P Deloukas, N Eriksson, AC Heath, TD Spector, G Dedoussis, NG Martin, K Stefansson, MM Nöthen. Wrote the paper: R Li, FF Brockschmidt, DR Nyholt, S Heilmann, AM Hillmer, K Stefansson, DA Hinds, MM Nöthen, JB Richards. Survey development: AK Kiefer, JY Tung. Phenotype collection/data entry: M Dimitriou. Recruitment and phenotyping of cases: S Eigelshoven, S Hanneken. Study coordinator: S Moebus.