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Asmundur Oddsson

Research associate, deCODE genetics/AMGEN
Verified email at decode.is
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[HTML][HTML] A genome-wide meta-analysis yields 46 new loci associating with biomarkers of iron homeostasis

S Bell, AS Rigas, MK Magnusson… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Iron is essential for many biological functions and iron deficiency and overload have major
health implications. We performed a meta-analysis of three genome-wide association …

Large-scale integration of the plasma proteome with genetics and disease

E Ferkingstad, P Sulem, BA Atlason… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The plasma proteome can help bridge the gap between the genome and diseases. Here we
describe genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of plasma protein levels measured with …

The nature of nurture: Effects of parental genotypes

A Kong, G Thorleifsson, ML Frigge, BJ Vilhjalmsson… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Sequence variants in the parental genomes that are not transmitted to a child (the proband)
are often ignored in genetic studies. Here we show that nontransmitted alleles can affect a …

[HTML][HTML] The sequences of 150,119 genomes in the UK Biobank

BV Halldorsson, HP Eggertsson, KHS Moore… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Detailed knowledge of how diversity in the sequence of the human genome affects
phenotypic diversity depends on a comprehensive and reliable characterization of both …

Nonsense mutation in the LGR4 gene is associated with several human diseases and other traits

U Styrkarsdottir, G Thorleifsson, P Sulem… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Low bone mineral density (BMD) is used as a parameter of osteoporosis. Genome-wide
association studies of BMD have hitherto focused on BMD as a quantitative trait, yielding …

Characterizing mutagenic effects of recombination through a sequence-level genetic map

BV Halldorsson, G Palsson, OA Stefansson, H Jonsson… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Diversity in the sequence of the human genome, arising from
recombinations and mutations, is fundamental to human evolution and human diversity …

Variants with large effects on blood lipids and the role of cholesterol and triglycerides in coronary disease

A Helgadottir, S Gretarsdottir, G Thorleifsson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Sequence variants affecting blood lipids and coronary artery disease (CAD) may enhance
understanding of the atherogenicity of lipid fractions. Using a large resource of whole …

Zebrafish: a model system for the study of vertebrate renal development, function, and pathophysiology

L Ebarasi, A Oddsson, K Hultenby… - Current opinion in …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Abnormalities in podocyte gene function, renal ion channels and transporters, and renal
epithelial primary cilia genes lead to defective pronephric kidney function in the zebrafish …

Long-read sequencing of 3,622 Icelanders provides insight into the role of structural variants in human diseases and other traits

D Beyter, H Ingimundardottir, A Oddsson… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Long-read sequencing (LRS) promises to improve the characterization of structural variants
(SVs). We generated LRS data from 3,622 Icelanders and identified a median of 22,636 SVs …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale plasma proteomics comparisons through genetics and disease associations

GH Eldjarn, E Ferkingstad, SH Lund, H Helgason… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
High-throughput proteomics platforms measuring thousands of proteins in plasma combined
with genomic and phenotypic information have the power to bridge the gap between the …