Andre M. van Rij
University of Otago
131 Papers
627 Citations
Andre M. van Rij is an academic researcher from University of Otago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Genome-wide association study. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 124 publications. Previous affiliations of Andre M. van Rij include Society for Vascular Surgery.
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Papers
Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease
Heribert Schunkert,Inke R. König,Sekar Kathiresan,Muredach P. Reilly,Themistocles L. Assimes,Hilma Holm,Michael Preuss,Alexandre F.R. Stewart,Maja Barbalić,Christian Gieger,Devin Absher,Zouhair Aherrahrou,Hooman Allayee,David Altshuler,Sonia S. Anand,Karl Andersen,Jeffrey L. Anderson,Diego Ardissino,Stephen G. Ball,Anthony J. Balmforth,Timothy A. Barnes,Diane M. Becker,Lewis C. Becker,Klaus Berger,Joshua C. Bis,S. Matthijs Boekholdt,Eric Boerwinkle,Peter S. Braund,Morris J. Brown,Mary Susan Burnett,Ian Buysschaert,John F. Carlquist,Li Chen,Sven Cichon,Veryan Codd,Robert W. Davies,George Dedoussis,Abbas Dehghan,Serkalem Demissie,Joseph M. Devaney,Patrick Diemert,Ron Do,Angela Doering,Sandra Eifert,Nour Eddine El Mokhtari,Stephen G. Ellis,Roberto Elosua,James C. Engert,Stephen E. Epstein,Ulf de Faire,Marcus Fischer,Aaron R. Folsom,Jennifer Freyer,Bruna Gigante,Domenico Girelli,Solveig Gretarsdottir,Vilmundur Gudnason,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Eran Halperin,Naomi Hammond,Stanley L. Hazen,Albert Hofman,Benjamin D. Horne,Thomas Illig,Carlos Iribarren,Gregory T. Jones,J. Wouter Jukema,Michael A. Kaiser,Lee M. Kaplan,John J.P. Kastelein,Kay-Tee Khaw,Joshua W. Knowles,G. Kolovou,Augustine Kong,Reijo Laaksonen,Diether Lambrechts,Karin Leander,Guillaume Lettre,Mingyao Li,Wolfgang Lieb,Christina Loley,Andrew J. Lotery,Pier Mannuccio Mannucci,Seraya Maouche,Nicola Martinelli,Pascal P. McKeown,Christa Meisinger,Thomas Meitinger,Olle Melander,Pier Angelica Merlini,Vincent Mooser,Thomas M. Morgan,Thomas W. Mühleisen,Joseph B. Muhlestein,Thomas Münzel,Kiran Musunuru,Janja Nahrstaedt,Christopher P. Nelson,Markus M. Nöthen,Oliviero Olivieri,Riyaz S. Patel,Christopher Patterson,Annette Peters,Flora Peyvandi,Liming Qu,Arshed A. Quyyumi,Daniel J. Rader,Loukianos S. Rallidis,Catherine M. Rice,Frits R. Rosendaal,Diana Rubin,Veikko Salomaa,M. Lourdes Sampietro,M. S. Sandhu,Eric E. Schadt,Arne Scḧsignfer,Arne Schillert,Stefan Schreiber,Jürgen Schrezenmeir,Stephen M. Schwartz,David S. Siscovick,Mohan U. Sivananthan,Suthesh Sivapalaratnam,Albert V. Smith,Tamara B. Smith,Jaapjan D. Snoep,Nicole Soranzo,John A. Spertus,Klaus Stark,Kathy Stirrups,Monika Stoll,W.H. Wilson Tang,Stephanie Tennstedt,Gudmundur Thorgeirsson,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Maciej Tomaszewski,André G. Uitterlinden,Andre M. van Rij,Benjamin F. Voight,Nicholas J. Wareham,George A. Wells,H.-Erich Wichmann,Philipp S. Wild,Christina Willenborg,Jaqueline C M Witteman,Benjamin J. Wright,Shu Ye,Tanja Zeller,Andreas Ziegler,François Cambien,Alison H. Goodall,L. Adrienne Cupples,Thomas Quertermous,Winfried Mäsignrz,Christian Hengstenberg,Stefan Blankenberg,Willem H. Ouwehand,Alistair S. Hall,Panos Deloukas,John R. Thompson,Kari Stefansson,Robert Roberts,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Ruth McPherson,Jeanette Erdmann,Nilesh J. Samani +166 more
TL;DR: This paper performed a meta-analysis of 14 genome-wide association studies of coronary artery disease (CAD) comprising 22,233 individuals with CAD (cases) and 64,762 controls of European descent followed by genotyping of top association signals in 56,682 additional individuals.
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A variant associated with nicotine dependence, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease.
Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson,Frank Geller,Patrick Sulem,Thorunn Rafnar,Anna Wiste,Anna Wiste,Kristinn P. Magnusson,Andrei Manolescu,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Hreinn Stefansson,Andres Ingason,Simon N. Stacey,Jon Thor Bergthorsson,Steinunn Thorlacius,Julius Gudmundsson,Thorlakur Jonsson,Margret Jakobsdottir,Jona Saemundsdottir,Olof Birna Olafsdottir,Larus J. Gudmundsson,Gyda Bjornsdottir,Kristleifur Kristjansson,Halla Skuladottir,Helgi J Isaksson,Tomas Gudbjartsson,Gregory T. Jones,Thomas Mueller,Anders Gottsäter,Andrea Flex,Katja K.H. Aben,Femmie de Vegt,Peter F.A. Mulders,Dolores Isla,Maria Vidal,Laura Asín,Berta Saez,L. Murillo,Thorsteinn Blondal,Halldor Kolbeinsson,Jón G. Stefánsson,Ingunn Hansdottir,Valgerdur Runarsdottir,Roberto Pola,Bengt Lindblad,Andre M. van Rij,Benjamin Dieplinger,Meinhard Haltmayer,Jose I. Mayordomo,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Stefan E Matthiasson,Hogni Oskarsson,Thorarinn Tyrfingsson,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Steinn Jonsson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Augustine Kong,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson +59 more
TL;DR: A common variant in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene cluster on chromosome 15q24 with an effect on smoking quantity, ND and the risk of two smoking-related diseases in populations of European descent is identified.
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Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction.
Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Unnur S. Bjornsdottir,Unnur S. Bjornsdottir,Eva Halapi,Anna Helgadottir,Patrick Sulem,Gudrun M. Jonsdottir,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Hafdis T. Helgadottir,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Hreinn Stefansson,Carolyn Williams,Jennie Hui,John Beilby,Nicole M. Warrington,Alan L. James,Alan L. James,Lyle J. Palmer,Gerard H. Koppelman,Andrea Heinzmann,Marcus Krueger,H. Marike Boezen,Amanda Wheatley,Janine Altmüller,Hyoung Doo Shin,Soo-Taek Uh,Hyun Sub Cheong,Brynja Jonsdottir,David Gislason,Choon-Sik Park,Linda M. Rasmussen,Celeste Porsbjerg,Jakob Werner Hansen,Vibeke Backer,Thomas Werge,Christer Janson,Ulla-Britt Jönsson,Maggie C.Y. Ng,Juliana C.N. Chan,Wing-Yee So,Ronald C.W. Ma,Svati H. Shah,Christopher B. Granger,Arshed A. Quyyumi,Allan I. Levey,Viola Vaccarino,Muredach P. Reilly,Daniel J. Rader,Michael J.A. Williams,Andre M. van Rij,Gregory T. Jones,Elisabetta Trabetti,Giovanni Malerba,Pier Franco Pignatti,Attilio Boner,Lydia Pescollderungg,Domenico Girelli,Oliviero Olivieri,Nicola Martinelli,Bjorn R. Ludviksson,Dora Ludviksdottir,Gudmundur I. Eyjolfsson,David O. Arnar,Gudmundur Thorgeirsson,Klaus A. Deichmann,Philip J. Thompson,Matthias Wjst,Ian P. Hall,Dirkje S. Postma,Thorarinn Gislason,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Augustine Kong,Ingileif Jonsdottir,Ingileif Jonsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson +77 more
TL;DR: A genome-wide association scan for sequence variants affecting eosinophil counts in blood of 9,392 Icelanders found that a nonsynonymous SNP at 12q24, in SH2B3, associated significantly with myocardial infarction in six different populations.
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The same sequence variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm
Anna Helgadottir,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Kristinn P. Magnusson,Solveig Gretarsdottir,Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir,Andrei Manolescu,Gregory T. Jones,Gabriel J.E. Rinkel,Jan D. Blankensteijn,Antti Ronkainen,Juha Jääskeläinen,Yoshiki Kyo,Guy M. Lenk,Natzi Sakalihasan,Konstantinos Kostulas,Anders Gottsäter,Andrea Flex,Hreinn Stefansson,Torben Hansen,Gitte Andersen,Shantel Weinsheimer,Knut Borch-Johnsen,Knut Borch-Johnsen,Torben Jørgensen,Svati H. Shah,Arshed A. Quyyumi,Christopher B. Granger,Muredach P. Reilly,Harland Austin,Allan I. Levey,Viola Vaccarino,Ebba Palsdottir,G. Bragi Walters,Thorbjorg Jonsdottir,Steinunn Snorradottir,Dana Magnusdottir,Gudmundur H. Gudmundsson,Robert E. Ferrell,Sigurlaug Sveinbjörnsdóttir,Juha Hernesniemi,Juha Hernesniemi,Mika Niemelä,Raymond Limet,Karl Andersen,Gunnar Sigurdsson,Rafn Benediktsson,Eric L.G. Verhoeven,Joep A.W. Teijink,Diederick E. Grobbee,Daniel J. Rader,David A. Collier,Oluf Pedersen,Roberto Pola,Jan Hillert,Bengt Lindblad,Einar M. Valdimarsson,Hulda B Magnadottir,Cisca Wijmenga,Gerard Tromp,Annette F. Baas,Ynte M. Ruigrok,Andre M. van Rij,Helena Kuivaniemi,Janet T. Powell,Stefan E Matthiasson,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Gudmundur Thorgeirsson,Augustine Kong,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Kari Stefansson +69 more
TL;DR: It is reported that rs10757278-G is associated with, in addition to CAD, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and intracranial aneurYSm, but not with T2D, and the role of this sequence variant is not confined to atherosclerotic diseases.
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Sequence variants at CHRNB3-CHRNA6 and CYP2A6 affect smoking behavior.
Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Ida Surakka,Ida Surakka,Jacqueline M. Vink,Najaf Amin,Frank Geller,Patrick Sulem,Thorunn Rafnar,Tõnu Esko,Tõnu Esko,Stefan Walter,Christian Gieger,Rajesh Rawal,Massimo Mangino,Inga Prokopenko,Reedik Mägi,Reedik Mägi,Kaisu Keskitalo,Iris H Gudjonsdottir,Solveig Gretarsdottir,Hreinn Stefansson,John R. Thompson,Yurii S. Aulchenko,Mari Nelis,Mari Nelis,Katja K.H. Aben,Martin den Heijer,Asger Dirksen,Haseem Ashraf,Nicole Soranzo,Nicole Soranzo,Ana M. Valdes,Claire J. Steves,André G. Uitterlinden,Albert Hofman,Anke Tönjes,Peter Kovacs,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Gonneke Willemsen,Nicole Vogelzangs,Angela Döring,Norbert Dahmen,Barbara Nitz,Michele L. Pergadia,Berta Saez,Veronica De Diego,Victoria Lezcano,Maria D. Garcia-Prats,Samuli Ripatti,Samuli Ripatti,Markus Perola,Johannes Kettunen,Anna-Liisa Hartikainen,Anneli Pouta,Jaana Laitinen,Matti Isohanni,Shen Huei-Yi,Shen Huei-Yi,Maxine Allen,Maria Krestyaninova,Alistair S. Hall,Gregory T. Jones,Andre M. van Rij,Thomas Mueller,Benjamin Dieplinger,Meinhard Haltmayer,Steinn Jonsson,Stefan E Matthiasson,Hogni Oskarsson,Thorarinn Tyrfingsson,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Jose I. Mayordomo,Jes S. Lindholt,Jesper Holst Pedersen,Wilbur A. Franklin,Holly J. Wolf,Grant W. Montgomery,Andrew C. Heath,Nicholas G. Martin,Pamela A. F. Madden,Ina Giegling,Dan Rujescu,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Veikko Salomaa,Michael Stumvoll,Tim D. Spector,H-Erich Wichmann,Andres Metspalu,Andres Metspalu,Nilesh J. Samani,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Ben A. Oostra,Dorret I. Boomsma,Henning Tiemeier,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Jaakko Kaprio,Jaakko Kaprio,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Mark I. McCarthy,Mark I. McCarthy,Leena Peltonen,Leena Peltonen,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson +106 more
TL;DR: The authors conducted genome-wide association meta-analyses for the number of cigarettes smoked per day (CPD) in smokers and smoking initiation (n = 46,481) using samples from the ENGAGE Consortium.