About the Authors

Jonas Carlsson Almlöf

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Medicine and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Per Lundmark

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Medicine and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Anders Lundmark

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Medicine and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Bing Ge

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

Seraya Maouche

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France

Harald H. H. Göring

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Ulrika Liljedahl

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Medicine and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Camilla Enström

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Medicine and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Jessy Brocheton

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France

Carole Proust

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France

Tiphaine Godefroy

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France

Jennifer G. Sambrook

Affiliations Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Centre, Long Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jennifer Jolley

Affiliation National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Centre, Long Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Abigail Crisp-Hihn

Affiliation National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Centre, Long Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Nicola Foad

Affiliation National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Centre, Long Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Heather Lloyd-Jones

Affiliations Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Centre, Long Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jonathan Stephens

Affiliations Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Centre, Long Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Rhian Gwilliam

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Catherine M. Rice

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Christian Hengstenberg

Affiliation Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Nilesh J. Samani

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Leicester NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Disease, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Jeanette Erdmann

Affiliation Medizinische Klinik II, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Heribert Schunkert

Affiliation Medizinische Klinik II, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Tomi Pastinen

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

Panos Deloukas

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Alison H. Goodall

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Leicester NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Disease, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Willem H. Ouwehand

Affiliations Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, National Health Service Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Centre, Long Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

François Cambien

Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France

Ann-Christine Syvänen

Ann-Christine.Syvanen@medsci.uu.se

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Medicine and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCA PL HHHG TP PD AHG WHO FC ACS. Performed the experiments: AL UL CE JB CP TG RG. Analyzed the data: JCA PL AL BG SM FC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J.G. Sambrook JJ ACH CMR NF HLJ J. Stephens NJS CH JE HS PD. Wrote the paper: JCA PL HHHG FC ACS.