Meta-analysis of gene-level associations for rare variants based on single-variant statistics

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 236-248

  Hu, Yi Juan ^a,j   Berndt, Sonja I ^b,j   Gustafsson, Stefan ^c,j   Ganna, Andrea ^c,d,j   Ingelsson, Erik ^c,i,j   Hirschhorn, Joel ^e,f,g   North, Kari E ^h,j   Lin, Dan Yu ^h,j   Mägi, Reedik ^j   Wheeler, Eleanor ^j   Feitosa, Mary F ^j   Justice, Anne E ^j   Monda, Keri L ^j   Croteau Chonka, Damien C ^j   Day, Felix R ^j   Esko, To˜nu ^j   Fall, Tove ^j   Ferreira, Teresa ^j   Gentilini, Davide ^j   Jackson, Anne U ^j   Luan, Jian’an ^j   Randall, Joshua C ^j   Vedantam, Sailaja ^j   Willer, Cristen J ^j   Winkler, Thomas W ^j   Wood, Andrew R ^j   Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie ^j   Lee, Sang Hong ^j   Liang, Liming ^j   Min, Josine L ^j   Neale, Benjamin M ^j   Thorleifsson, Gudmar ^j   Yang, Jian ^j   Albrecht, Eva ^j   Amin, Najaf ^j   Bragg Gresham, Jennifer L ^j   Cadby, Gemma ^j   Heijer, Martin den ^j   Eklund, Niina ^j   Fischer, Krista ^j   Goel, Anuj ^j   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^j   Huffman, Jennifer E ^j   Jarick, Ivonne ^j   Johansson, Asa ^j   Johnson, Toby ^j   Kanoni, Stavroula ^j   Kleber, Marcus E ^j   König, Inke R ^j   Kristiansson, Kati ^j   Kutalik, Zoltán ^j   Lamina, Claudia ^j   Lecoeur, Cecile ^j   Li, Guo ^j   Mangino, Massimo ^j   McArdle, Wendy L ^j   Medina Gomez, Carolina ^j   Müller Nurasyid, Martina ^j   Ngwa, Julius S ^j   Nolte, Ilja M ^j   Paternoster, Lavinia ^j   Pechlivanis, Sonali ^j   Perola, Markus ^j   Peters, Marjolein J ^j   Preuss, Michael ^j   Rose, Lynda M ^j   Shi, Jianxin ^j   Shungin, Dmitry ^j   Smith, Albert Vernon ^j   Strawbridge, Rona J ^j   Surakka, Ida ^j   Teumer, Alexander ^j   Trip, Mieke D ^j   Tyrer, Jonathan ^j   Vliet Ostaptchouk, Jana V Van ^j   Vandenput, Liesbeth ^j   Waite, Lindsay L ^j   Zhao, Jing Hua ^j   Absher, Devin ^j   Asselbergs, Folkert W ^j   Atalay, Mustafa ^j   Attwood, Antony P ^j   Balmforth, Anthony J ^j   Basart, Hanneke ^j   Beilby, John ^j   Bonnycastle, Lori L ^j   Brambilla, Paolo ^j   Bruinenberg, Marcel ^j   Campbell, Harry ^j   Chasman, Daniel I ^j   Chines, Peter S ^j   Connell, John M ^j   Cookson, William ^j   Faire, Ulf de ^j   Vegt, Femmie de ^j   Dei, Mariano ^j   Dimitriou, Maria ^j   Edkins, Sarah ^j   Estrada, Karol ^j   Evans, David M ^j   Farrall, Martin ^j   Ferrario, Marco M ^j   Ferrières, Jean ^j   Franke, Lude ^j   Frau, Francesca ^j   Gejman, Pablo V ^j   Grallert, Harald ^j   Grönberg, Henrik ^j   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^j   Hall, Alistair S ^j   Hall, Per ^j   Hartikainen, Anna Liisa ^j   Hayward, Caroline ^j   Heard Costa, Nancy L ^j   Heath, Andrew C ^j   Hebebrand, Johannes ^j   Homuth, Georg ^j   Hu, Frank B ^j   Hunt, Sarah E ^j   Hyppönen, Elina ^j   Iribarren, Carlos ^j   Jacobs, Kevin B ^j   Jansson, John Olov ^j   Jula, Antti ^j   Kähönen, Mika ^j   Kathiresan, Sekar ^j   Kee, Frank ^j   Khaw, Kay Tee ^j   Kivimaki, Mika ^j   Koenig, Wolfgang ^j   Kraja, Aldi T ^j   Kumari, Meena ^j   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^j   Kuusisto, Johanna ^j   Laitinen, Jaana H ^j   Lakka, Timo A ^j   Langenberg, Claudia ^j   Launer, Lenore J ^j   Lind, Lars ^j   Lindström, Jaana ^j   Liu, Jianjun ^j   Liuzzi, Antonio ^j   Lokki, Marja Liisa ^j   Lorentzon, Mattias ^j   Magnusson, Pamela A Madden ^j   Magnusson, P A M ^j   Manunta, Paolo ^j   Marek, Diana ^j   März, Winfried ^j   Leach, Irene Mateo ^j   McKnight, Barbara ^j   Medland, Sarah E ^j   Mihailov, Evelin ^j   Milani, Lili ^j   Montgomery, Grant W ^j   Mooser, Vincent ^j   Mühleisen, Thomas W ^j   Munroe, Patricia B ^j   Musk, Arthur W ^j   Narisu, Narisu ^j   Navis, Gerjan ^j   Nicholson, George ^j   Nohr, Ellen A ^j   Ong, Ken K ^j   Oostra, Ben A ^j   Palmer, Colin N A ^j   Palotie, Aarno ^j   Peden, John F ^j   Pedersen, Nancy ^j   Peters, Annette ^j   Polasek, Ozren ^j   Pouta, Anneli ^j   Pramstaller, Peter P ^j   Prokopenko, Inga ^j   Pütter, Carolin ^j   Radhakrishnan, Aparna ^j   Raitakari, Olli ^j   Rendon, Augusto ^j   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^j   Rudan, Igor ^j   Saaristo, Timo E ^j   Sambrook, Jennifer G ^j   Sanders, Alan R ^j   Sanna, Serena ^j   Saramies, Jouko ^j   Schipf, Sabine ^j   Schreiber, Stefan ^j   Schunkert, Heribert ^j   Shin, So Youn ^j   Signorini, Stefano ^j   Sinisalo, Juha ^j   Skrobek, Boris ^j   Soranzo, Nicole ^j   Stancáková, Alena ^j   Stark, Klaus ^j   Stephens, Jonathan C ^j   Stirrups, Kathleen ^j   Stolk, Ronald P ^j   Stumvoll, Michael ^j   Swift, Amy J ^j   Theodoraki, Eirini V ^j   Thorand, Barbara ^j   Tregouet, David Alexandre ^j   Tremoli, Elena ^j   Klauw, Melanie M Van der ^j   Meurs, Joyce B J van ^j   Vermeulen, Sita H ^j   Viikari, Jorma ^j   Virtamo, Jarmo ^j   Vitart, Veronique ^j   Waeber, Gérard ^j   Wang, Zhaoming ^j   Widén, Elisabeth ^j   Wild, Sarah H ^j   Willemsen, Gonneke ^j   Winkelmann, Bernhard R ^j   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^j   Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R ^j   Wong, Andrew ^j   Wright, Alan F ^j   Zillikens, M Carola ^j   Amouyel, Philippe ^j   Boehm, Bernhard O ^j   Boerwinkle, Eric ^j   Boomsma, Dorret I ^j   Caulfield, Mark J ^j   Chanock, Stephen J ^j   Cupples, L Adrienne ^j   Cusi, Daniele ^j   Dedoussis, George V ^j   Erdmann, Jeanette ^j   Eriksson, Johan G ^j   Franks, Paul W ^j   Froguel, Philippe ^j   Gieger, Christian ^j   Gyllensten, Ulf ^j   Hamsten, Anders ^j   Harris, Tamara B ^j   Hengstenberg, Christian ^j   Hicks, Andrew A ^j   Hingorani, Aroon ^j   Hinney, Anke ^j   Hofman, Albert ^j   Hovingh, Kees G ^j   Hveem, Kristian ^j   Illig, Thomas ^j   Jarvelin, Marjo Riitta ^j   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^j   Keinanen Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M ^j   Kiemeney, Lambertus A ^j   Kuh, Diana ^j   Laakso, Markku ^j   Lehtimäki, Terho ^j   Levinson, Douglas F ^j   Martin, Nicholas G ^j   Metspalu, Andres ^j   Morris, Andrew D ^j   Nieminen, Markku S ^j   Njølstad, Inger ^j   Ohlsson, Claes ^j   Oldehinkel, Albertine J ^j   Ouwehand, Willem H ^j   Palmer, Lyle J ^j   Penninx, Brenda ^j   Power, Chris ^j   Province, Michael A ^j   Psaty, Bruce M ^j   Qi, Lu ^j   Rauramaa, Rainer ^j   Ridker, Paul M ^j   Ripatti, Samuli ^j   Salomaa, Veikko ^j   Samani, Nilesh J ^j   Snieder, Harold ^j   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^j   Spector, Timothy D ^j   Stefansson, Kari ^j   Tönjes, Anke ^j   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^j   Uitterlinden, André G ^j   Uusitupa, Matti ^j   Harst, Pim van der ^j   Vollenweider, Peter ^j   Wallaschofski, Henri ^j   Wareham, Nicholas J ^j   Watkins, Hugh ^j   Wichmann, H Erich ^j   Wilson, James F ^j   Abecasis, Goncalo R ^j   Assimes, Themistocles L ^j   Barroso, Inês ^j   Boehnke, Michael ^j   Borecki, Ingrid B ^j   Deloukas, Panos ^j   Fox, Caroline S ^j   Frayling, Timothy ^j   Groop, Leif C ^j   Haritunian, Talin ^j   Heid, Iris M ^j   Hunter, David ^j   Kaplan, Robert C ^j   Karpe,MiriamMoffatt, Fredrik ^j   Mohlke, Karen L ^j   O’Connell, Jeffrey R ^j   Pawitan, Yudi ^j   Schadt, Eric E ^j   Schlessinger, David ^j   Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur ^j   Strachan, David P ^j   Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur ^j   Duijn, Cornelia M van ^j   Visscher, Peter M ^j   Blasio, Anna Maria Di ^j   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^j   Lindgren, Cecilia M ^j   Morris, Andrew P ^j   Meyre, David ^j   Scherag, André ^j   McCarthy, Mark I ^j   Speliotes, Elizabeth K ^j   Loos, Ruth J F ^j   more..

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h IL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SINGLE VARIANT STATISTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN;

EID: 84881660693     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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