Hannah Blackburn
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
15 Papers
89 Citations
Hannah Blackburn is an academic researcher from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Biology. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 15 publications.
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Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis
Stephen Sawcer,Garrett Hellenthal,Matti Pirinen,Chris C. A. Spencer,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Loukas Moutsianas,Alexander T. Dilthey,Zhan Su,Colin Freeman,Sarah E. Hunt,Sarah Edkins,Emma Gray,David R. Booth,Simon C. Potter,An Goris,Gavin Band,Annette Bang Oturai,A. Strange,Janna Saarela,Céline Bellenguez,Bertrand Fontaine,Matthew W. Gillman,Bernhard Hemmer,Rhian Gwilliam,Frauke Zipp,Alagurevathi Jayakumar,Roland Martin,Stephen Leslie,Stanley Hawkins,Eleni Giannoulatou,Sandra D'Alfonso,Hannah Blackburn,Filippo Martinelli Boneschi,Jennifer Liddle,Hanne F. Harbo,Hanne F. Harbo,M. Perez,Anne Spurkland,Matthew Waller,Marcin P. Mycko,Michelle Ricketts,Manuel Comabella,Naomi Hammond,Ingrid Kockum,O. T. McCann,Maria Ban,Pamela Whittaker,Anu Kemppinen,Paul A. Weston,Clive Hawkins,Sara Widaa,John Zajicek,John Zajicek,Serge Dronov,Neil Robertson,Suzannah Bumpstead,Lisa F. Barcellos,Lisa F. Barcellos,Rathi Ravindrarajah,Roby Abraham,Lars Alfredsson,Kristin G. Ardlie,Cristin Aubin,Amie Baker,K Baker,Sergio E. Baranzini,Laura Bergamaschi,Roberto Bergamaschi,Allan L. Bernstein,Achim Berthele,Mike Boggild,Jonathan P. Bradfield,David Brassat,Simon Broadley,Dorothea Buck,Helmut Butzkueven,Ruggero Capra,William M. Carroll,Paola Cavalla,Elisabeth Gulowsen Celius,Sabine Cepok,Rosetta M. Chiavacci,Françoise Clerget-Darpoux,Katleen Clysters,Giancarlo Comi,Mark D. Cossburn,Isabelle Cournu-Rebeix,M. B. Cox,Wendy Cozen,Bruce A.C. Cree,Anne H. Cross,Daniele Cusi,Mark J. Daly,Mark J. Daly,Emma J. Davis,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Marc Debouverie,Marie B. D'hooghe,K Dixon,Rita Dobosi,Bénédicte Dubois,David Ellinghaus,Irina Elovaara,Federica Esposito,Claire Fontenille,Simon J. Foote,Andre Franke,Daniela Galimberti,Angelo Ghezzi,Joseph T. Glessner,Refujia Gomez,Olivier Gout,Colin A. Graham,Struan F.A. Grant,Struan F.A. Grant,Franca Rosa Guerini,Hakon Hakonarson,Hakon Hakonarson,Per Hall,Anders Hamsten,Hans-Peter Hartung,Robert Heard,Simon Heath,Jeremy Hobart,Jeremy Hobart,Muna Hoshi,Carmen Infante-Duarte,Gillian Ingram,Wendy Ingram,Wendy Ingram,Talat Islam,Maja Jagodic,Michael Kabesch,Allan G. Kermode,Trevor J. Kilpatrick,Cecilia Kim,Norman Klopp,Keijo Koivisto,Malin Larsson,Mark Lathrop,Jeannette Lechner-Scott,Maurizio Leone,Virpi M. Leppä,Ulrika Liljedahl,Izaura Lima Bomfim,Robin R. Lincoln,Jenny Link,Jianjun Liu,Åslaug R. Lorentzen,Åslaug R. Lorentzen,Sara Lupoli,Fabio Macciardi,Fabio Macciardi,Thomas M. Mack,Mark Marriott,Vittorio Martinelli,Deborah F. Mason,Jacob L. McCauley,Frank D. Mentch,Inger-Lise Mero,Tania Mihalova,Xavier Montalban,John Mottershead,Kjell-Morten Myhr,Paola Naldi,William E R Ollier,Alison Page,Aarno Palotie,Jean Pelletier,Laura Piccio,Trevor Pickersgill,Fredrik Piehl,Susan Pobywajlo,Hong L. Quach,Patricia P. Ramsay,Mauri Reunanen,Richard Reynolds,John D. Rioux,John D. Rioux,Mariaemma Rodegher,Sabine Roesner,Justin P. Rubio,Ina-Maria Rueckert,Marco Salvetti,Erika Salvi,Adam Santaniello,Catherine Schaefer,Stefan Schreiber,Christian Schulze,Rodney J. Scott,Finn Sellebjerg,Krzysztof Selmaj,David Sexton,Ling Shen,Brigid Simms-Acuna,Sheila Skidmore,Patrick M. A. Sleiman,C. Smestad,Per Soelberg Sørensen,Helle Bach Søndergaard,Jim Stankovich,Richard C. Strange,Anna-Maija Sulonen,Emilie Sundqvist,Ann-Christine Syvaenen,Francesca Taddeo,Bruce V. Taylor,Jenefer M. Blackwell,Jenefer M. Blackwell,Jenefer M. Blackwell,Pentti J. Tienari,Elvira Bramon,Ayman Tourbah,Matthew A. Brown,Ewa Tronczynska,Juan P. Casas,Niall Tubridy,Aiden Corvin,Jane Vickery,Jane Vickery,Janusz Jankowski,Pablo Villoslada,Hugh S. Markus,Kai Wang,Christopher G. Mathew,James Wason,Colin N. A. Palmer,H-Erich Wichmann,H-Erich Wichmann,Robert Plomin,Ernest Willoughby,Anna Rautanen,Juliane Winkelmann,Michael Wittig,Richard C. Trembath,J. Yaouanq,Ananth C. Viswanathan,Ananth C. Viswanathan,Haitao Zhang,Nicholas W. Wood,Rebecca L. Zuvich,Panos Deloukas,Cordelia Langford,Audrey Duncanson,Jorge R. Oksenberg,Margaret A. Pericak-Vance,Jonathan L. Haines,Tomas Olsson,Jan Hillert,Adrian J. Ivinson,Philip L. De Jager,Philip L. De Jager,Philip L. De Jager,Leena Peltonen,Graeme J. Stewart,David A. Hafler,David A. Hafler,Stephen L. Hauser,Gil McVean,Peter Donnelly,Peter Donnelly,Alastair Compston +265 more
TL;DR: In this article, a collaborative GWAS involving 9,772 cases of European descent collected by 23 research groups working in 15 different countries, they have replicated almost all of the previously suggested associations and identified at least a further 29 novel susceptibility loci.
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Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis
Ashley Beecham,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Dionysia K. Xifara,Mary F. Davis,Anu Kemppinen,Chris Cotsapas,Chris Cotsapas,Tejas S. Shah,Chris C. A. Spencer,David R. Booth,An Goris,Annette Bang Oturai,Janna Saarela,Bertrand Fontaine,Bernhard Hemmer,C. Martin,Frauke Zipp,Sandra D'Alfonso,Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi,Bruce V. Taylor,Hanne F. Harbo,Ingrid Kockum,Jan Hillert,Tomas Olsson,Maria Ban,Jorge R. Oksenberg,Rogier Q. Hintzen,Lisa F. Barcellos,Lisa F. Barcellos,Lisa F. Barcellos,Cristina Agliardi,Lars Alfredsson,Mehdi Alizadeh,Carl A. Anderson,Robert Andrews,Helle Bach Søndergaard,Amie Baker,Gavin Band,Sergio E. Baranzini,Nadia Barizzone,Jeffrey C. Barrett,Céline Bellenguez,Laura Bergamaschi,Luisa Bernardinelli,Achim Berthele,Viola Biberacher,Thomas M.C. Binder,Hannah Blackburn,Izaura Lima Bomfim,Paola Brambilla,Simon Broadley,Bruno Brochet,Lou Brundin,Dorothea Buck,Helmut Butzkueven,Helmut Butzkueven,Stacy J. Caillier,William Camu,Wassila Carpentier,Paola Cavalla,Elisabeth Gulowsen Celius,Irene Coman,Giancarlo Comi,Lucia Corrado,Leentje Cosemans,Isabelle Cournu-Rebeix,Bruce A.C. Cree,Daniele Cusi,Vincent Damotte,Gilles Defer,Silvia Delgado,Panos Deloukas,Alessia Di Sapio,Alexander T. Dilthey,Peter Donnelly,Bénédicte Dubois,Martin Duddy,Sarah Edkins,Irina Elovaara,Federica Esposito,Nikos Evangelou,Barnaby Fiddes,Judith Field,Andre Franke,Colin Freeman,Irene Y. Frohlich,Daniela Galimberti,Christian Gieger,Pierre-Antoine Gourraud,Christiane Graetz,Andrew Graham,Verena Grummel,Clara Guaschino,Athena Hadjixenofontos,Hakon Hakonarson,Christopher Halfpenny,Gillian L Hall,Per Hall,Anders Hamsten,James Harley,Timothy Harrower,Clive Hawkins,Garrett Hellenthal,Charles Hillier,Jeremy Hobart,M.-M. Hoshi,Sarah E. Hunt,Maja Jagodic,Ilijas Jelcic,Ilijas Jelcic,Angela Jochim,B. E. Kendall,Allan G. Kermode,Allan G. Kermode,Trevor J. Kilpatrick,Keijo Koivisto,Ioanna Konidari,Thomas Korn,Helena C. Kronsbein,Cordelia Langford,Malin Larsson,Mark Lathrop,Mark Lathrop,Christine Lebrun-Frenay,Jeannette Lechner-Scott,Michelle Lee,Maurizio Leone,Virpi Leppa,Giuseppe Liberatore,Benedicte A. Lie,Christina M. Lill,Christina M. Lill,Magdalena Lindén,Jenny Link,Felix Luessi,Jan Lycke,Fabio Macciardi,Fabio Macciardi,Satu Männistö,Clara P. Manrique,Roland Martin,Roland Martin,Vittorio Martinelli,Deborah F. Mason,Gordon Mazibrada,Cristin McCabe,Inger Lise Mero,Julia Y Mescheriakova,Loukas Moutsianas,Kjell-Morten Myhr,Guy Nagels,Richard Nicholas,Petra Nilsson,Fredrik Piehl,Matti Pirinen,Siân Price,Hong Quach,Mauri Reunanen,Wim Robberecht,Neil Robertson,Mariaemma Rodegher,David Rog,Marco Salvetti,Nathalie Schnetz-Boutaud,Finn Sellebjerg,Rebecca C. Selter,Catherine Schaefer,Sandip Shaunak,Ling Shen,Simon Shields,Volker Siffrin,Mark Slee,Per Soelberg Sørensen,Melissa Sorosina,Mireia Sospedra,Mireia Sospedra,Anne Spurkland,Amy Strange,Emilie Sundqvist,Vincent Thijs,J W Thorpe,Anna Ticca,Pentti J. Tienari,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Elizabeth Visser,Steve Vucic,Helga Westerlind,James S. Wiley,Alastair Wilkins,James F. Wilson,Juliane Winkelmann,John Zajicek,Eva Zindler,Jonathan L. Haines,Margaret A. Pericak-Vance,Adrian J. Ivinson,Graeme J. Stewart,David A. Hafler,David A. Hafler,Stephen L. Hauser,Alastair Compston,Gil McVean,Philip L. De Jager,Philip L. De Jager,Stephen Sawcer,Jacob L. McCauley +206 more
TL;DR: This study enhances the catalog of multiple sclerosis risk variants and illustrates the value of fine mapping in the resolution of GWAS signals.
Identification of 15 new psoriasis susceptibility loci highlights the role of innate immunity
Lam C. Tsoi,Sarah L. Spain,Sarah L. Spain,Jo Knight,Eva Ellinghaus,Eva Ellinghaus,Philip E. Stuart,Francesca Capon,Jun Ding,Yanming Li,Trilokraj Tejasvi,Johann E. Gudjonsson,Hyun Min Kang,Michael H. Allen,Ross McManus,Giuseppe Novelli,Lena Samuelsson,Joost Schalkwijk,Mona Ståhle,A. David Burden,Catherine H. Smith,Michael J. Cork,Xavier Estivill,Anne M. Bowcock,Gerald G. Krueger,Wolfgang Weger,Jane Worthington,Rachid Tazi-Ahnini,Frank O. Nestle,Adrian Hayday,Per Hoffmann,Juliane Winkelmann,Cisca Wijmenga,Cordelia Langford,Sarah Edkins,Robert Andrews,Hannah Blackburn,Amy Strange,Gavin Band,Richard D. Pearson,Damjan Vukcevic,Chris C. A. Spencer,Panos Deloukas,Ulrich Mrowietz,Stefan Schreiber,Stephan Weidinger,Sulev Kõks,Külli Kingo,Tõnu Esko,Andres Metspalu,Henry W. Lim,John J. Voorhees,Michael Weichenthal,H.-Erich Wichmann,Vinod Chandran,Cheryl F. Rosen,Proton Rahman,Dafna D. Gladman,Christopher E.M. Griffiths,André Reis,Juha Kere,Juha Kere,Rajan P. Nnair,Andre Franke,Jonathan Nn Barker,Ggoncalo R. Abecasis,James Tt Eelder,Richard Ttrembath,Richard Ttrembath,Kristina Callis Duffin,Cindy Helms,David E. Goldgar,Yun Li,Justin Paschall,Justin Paschall,Mary J. Malloy,Mary J. Malloy,Clive R. Pullinger,Clive R. Pullinger,John P. Kane,John P. Kane,Jennifer M. Gardner,Amy Perlmutter,Andrew Miner,Bing Jian Feng,Ravi Hiremagalore,Robert W. Ike,Enno Christophers,Tilo Henseler,Andreas Ruether,Steven J. Schrodi,Sampath Prahalad,Sampath Prahalad,Stephen L. Guthery,Stephen L. Guthery,Judith Fischer,Wilson Liao,Pui Kwok,Alan Menter,G. Mark Lathrop,Carol Wise,Ann B. Begovich,Alexandros Onoufriadis,Michael E. Weale,Angelika Hofer,Wolfgang Salmhofer,Peter Wolf,Kati Kainu,Ulpu Saarialho-Kere,Sari Suomela,Petra Badorf,Ulrike Hüffmeier,Werner Kurrat,Wolfgang Küster,Jesús Lascorz,Rotraut Mössner,Funda Schürmeier-Horst,Markward Ständer,Heiko Traupe,Judith G.M. Bergboer,Martin den Heijer,Martin den Heijer,Peter C.M. van de Kerkhof,Patrick L.J.M. Zeeuwen,L. Barnes,Linda E. Campbell,Caitriona Cusack,Ciara Coleman,Judith Conroy,Sean Ennis,Oliver FitzGerald,Phil Gallagher,Alan D. Irvine,Brian Kirby,Trevor Markham,W.H. Irwin McLean,Joe McPartlin,Sarah Rogers,Anthony W. Ryan,Agnieszka Zawirska,Emiliano Giardina,Tiziana Lepre,Carlo Perricone,Gemma Martin-Ezquerra,Ramon M. Pujol,Eva Riveira-Muñoz,Annica Inerot,Åsa Torinsson Naluai,Lotus Mallbris,Katarina Wolk,Joyce Leman,Anne Barton,Richard B. Warren,Helen S. Young,Isis Ricaño-Ponce,Gosia Trynka,Fawnda Pellett,Andrew Henschel,Marin Aurand,Bruce F. Bebo,Christian Gieger,Thomas Illig,Susanne Moebus,Karl-Heinz Jöckel,Raimund Erbel,Peter Donnelly,Peter Donnelly,Leena Peltonen,Jenefer M. Blackwell,Elvira Bramon,Elvira Bramon,Matthew A. Brown,Juan P. Casas,Aiden Corvin,Nicholas Craddock,Audrey Duncanson,Janusz Jankowski,Hugh S. Markus,Christopher G. Mathew,Mark I. McCarthy,Colin N. A. Palmer,Robert Plomin,Anna Rautanen,Stephen J. Sawcer,Nilesh J. Samani,Ananth C. Viswanathan,Nicholas W. Wood,Céline Bellenguez,Colin Freeman,Garrett Hellenthal,Eleni Giannoulatou,Matti Pirinen,Zhan Su,Sarah E. Hunt,Rhian Gwilliam,Suzannah Bumpstead,Serge Dronov,Matthew W. Gillman,Emma Gray,Naomi Hammond,Alagurevathi Jayakumar,O. T. McCann,Jennifer Liddle,M. Perez,Simon C. Potter,Radhi Ravindrarajah,Michelle Ricketts,Matthew Waller,Paul A. Weston,Sara Widaa,Pamela Whittaker,Rajan P. Neir,Jonathan Barker,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,James T. Elder,Richard C. Trembath +215 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and independent data sets genotyped on the Immunochip identified 15 new susceptibility loci, increasing to 36 the number associated with psoriasis in European individuals, and identified five independent signals within previously known loci.
Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies
Cathy E. Elks,John R. B. Perry,Patrick Sulem,Daniel I. Chasman,Nora Franceschini,Chunyan He,Kathryn L. Lunetta,Kathryn L. Lunetta,Jenny A. Visser,Enda M. Byrne,Enda M. Byrne,Diana L. Cousminer,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Tõnu Esko,Bjarke Feenstra,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Daniel L. Koller,Zoltán Kutalik,Zoltán Kutalik,Peng Lin,Massimo Mangino,Mara Marongiu,Patrick F. McArdle,Albert V. Smith,Lisette Stolk,Sophie H. Van Wingerden,Jing Hua Zhao,Eva Albrecht,Tanguy Corre,Erik Ingelsson,Caroline Hayward,Patrik K. E. Magnusson,Erin N. Smith,Erin N. Smith,S. Ulivi,Nicole M. Warrington,Lina Zgaga,Helen Alavere,Najaf Amin,Thor Aspelund,Stefania Bandinelli,Inês Barroso,Gerald S. Berenson,Sven Bergmann,Sven Bergmann,Hannah Blackburn,Eric Boerwinkle,Julie E. Buring,Fabio Busonero,Harry Campbell,Stephen J. Chanock,Wei Chen,Marilyn C. Cornelis,David Couper,Andrea D. Coviello,Pio D'Adamo,Ulf de Faire,Eco J. C. de Geus,Panos Deloukas,Angela Döring,George Davey Smith,Douglas F. Easton,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Valur Emilsson,Johan G. Eriksson,Johan G. Eriksson,Luigi Ferrucci,Aaron R. Folsom,Tatiana Foroud,Melissa E. Garcia,Paolo Gasparini,Frank Geller,Christian Gieger,Vilmundur Gudnason,Per Hall,Susan E. Hankinson,Liana Ferreli,Andrew C. Heath,Dena G. Hernandez,Albert Hofman,Frank B. Hu,Thomas Illig,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Andrew D. Johnson,David Karasik,Kay-Tee Khaw,Douglas P. Kiel,Tuomas O. Kilpelänen,Ivana Kolcic,Peter Kraft,Lenore J. Launer,Joop S.E. Laven,Shengxu Li,Jianjun Liu,Daniel Levy,Daniel Levy,Nicholas G. Martin,Wendy L. McArdle,Mads Melbye,Vincent Mooser,Jeffrey C. Murray,Sarah S. Murray,Sarah S. Murray,Mike A. Nalls,Pau Navarro,Mari Nelis,Andy R Ness,Kate Northstone,Ben A. Oostra,Munro Peacock,Lyle J. Palmer,Aarno Palotie,Aarno Palotie,Aarno Palotie,Guillaume Paré,Guillaume Paré,Alex Parker,Nancy L. Pedersen,Leena Peltonen,Craig E. Pennell,Paul D.P. Pharoah,Ozren Polasek,Andrew S. Plump,Anneli Pouta,Eleonora Porcu,Thorunn Rafnar,John P. Rice,Susan M. Ring,Fernando Rivadeneira,Igor Rudan,Igor Rudan,Cinzia Sala,Veikko Salomaa,Serena Sanna,David Schlessinger,Nicholas J. Schork,Nicholas J. Schork,Angelo Scuteri,Ayellet V. Segrè,Ayellet V. Segrè,Alan R. Shuldiner,Alan R. Shuldiner,Nicole Soranzo,Nicole Soranzo,Ulla Sovio,Sathanur R. Srinivasan,David P. Strachan,Mar Liis Tammesoo,Emmi Tikkanen,Emmi Tikkanen,Daniela Toniolo,Kim Tsui,Laufey Tryggvadottir,Tyrer Jp,Manuela Uda,Rob M. van Dam,Rob M. van Dam,Joyce B. J. van Meurs,Peter Vollenweider,Gérard Waeber,Nicholas J. Wareham,Dawn M. Waterworth,Michael N. Weedon,H.-Erich Wichmann,Gonneke Willemsen,James F. Wilson,Alan F. Wright,Lauren Young,Guangju Zhai,Wei Vivian Zhuang,Laura J. Bierut,Dorret I. Boomsma,Heather A. Boyd,Laura Crisponi,Ellen W. Demerath,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Michael J. Econs,Tamara B. Harris,David J. Hunter,David J. Hunter,Ruth J. F. Loos,Andres Metspalu,Grant W. Montgomery,Paul M. Ridker,Tim D. Spector,Elizabeth A. Streeten,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,André G. Uitterlinden,Elisabeth Widen,Joanne M. Murabito,Joanne M. Murabito,Ken K. Ong,Ken K. Ong,Anna Murray +196 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide association studies in 87,802 women of European descent found 30 new menarche loci and found suggestive evidence for a further 10 loci, including four previously associated with body mass index and three in or near genes implicated in hormonal regulation.
Identification of new susceptibility loci for osteoarthritis (arcOGEN): A genome-wide association study
Eleftheria Zeggini,Kalliope Panoutsopoulou,Lorraine Southam,Lorraine Southam,N W Rayner,Aaron G. Day-Williams,M C Lopes,M C Lopes,Vesna Boraska,Tõnu Esko,Evangelos Evangelou,A Hoffman,Jeanine J. Houwing-Duistermaat,Thorvaldur Ingvarsson,Ingileif Jonsdottir,Ingileif Jonsdottir,H Jonnson,Hanneke J. M. Kerkhof,Margreet Kloppenburg,Steffan D. Bos,Massimo Mangino,Sarah Metrustry,P E Slagboom,Gudmar Thorleifsson,Raine Eva.,Madhushika Ratnayake,Michelle Ricketts,C Beazley,Hannah Blackburn,Suzannah Bumpstead,K S Elliott,Sarah E. Hunt,Simon C. Potter,Shin S-Y.,Vijay K. Yadav,Guangju Zhai,K Sherburn,K Dixon,E Arden,N Aslam,Battley P-K.,I Carluke,Sally Doherty,Allan Gordon,J Joseph,Richard Keen,N Koller,Sheryl Mitchell,F O'Neill,E Paling,Mike R. Reed,Fernando Rivadeneira,D Swift,K Walker,Bridget Watkins,M. Wheeler,Fraser Birrell,Ioannidis Jpa.,Ingrid Meulenbelt,Andres Metspalu,Ashok Rai,Donald Salter,K. Stefansson,U Stykarsdottir,A.G. Uitterlinden,van Meurs Jbj.,Karen E. Chapman,Panagiotis Deloukas,Ollier Wer.,Gillian A. Wallis,Nigel K Arden,Andrew Carr,Michael Doherty,Andrew McCaskie,J M Willkinson,Stuart Ralston,Ana M. Valdes,Tim D. Spector,John Loughlin +78 more
TL;DR: One of the signals close to genome-wide significance was within the FTO gene, which is involved in regulation of bodyweight—a strong risk factor for osteoarthritis.
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