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Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir | Researchclopedia

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Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir

deCODE Genetics (Iceland)ORCID

602

Works

140,581

Citations

176

h-index

438

i10-index

Research Topics

Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Genomics and Rare Diseases

Affiliations

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2016–2016

University of Verona2009–2009

Reykjavík University2007–2023

Uppsala University2007–2007

University of Copenhagen2014–2023

Top Works

Variant of <i>TREM2</i> Associated with the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

Thorlákur Jónsson,Hreinn Stefánsson,et al.

20122,576 citations

RNA modifications and cancer

Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Benjamin F. Voight,Gina M. Peloso,et al.

2,273 citations

Variant of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene confers risk of type 2 diabetes

Struan F.A. Grant,Guðmar Þorleifsson,et al.

20062,267 citations

Rate of de novo mutations and the importance of father’s age to disease risk

Augustine Kong,Michael L. Frigge,et al.

20122,230 citations

Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps

Anubha Mahajan,Daniel Taliun,et al.

20181,896 citations

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

Eleftheria Zeggini,Laura J. Scott,et al.

20081,871 citations

Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

GROUP,Hreinn Stefánsson,et al.

20081,772 citations

A mutation in APP protects against Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive decline

Thorlákur Jónsson,Jasvinder K. Atwal,et al.

20121,712 citations

Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

†Genetic Risk and Outcome in Psychosis (GROUP),Hreinn Stefánsson,et al.

20091,709 citations