Steinunn Thorlacius

A variant associated with nicotine dependence, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease

Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson, Frank Geller, Patrick Sulem et al. · Nature · 2008 · 1.5K citations

Tobacco Cessation, Tobacco Control, Tobacco Use +10

Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity

G. Bragi Walters, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir et al. · Nature Genetics · 2008 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Genome-wide Association Study, Genetic Determinant, Genotype-phenotype Association +8

The complete BRCA2 gene and mutations in chromosome 13q-linked kindreds

Sean V. Tavtigian, Jacques Simard, Johanna M. Rommens et al. · Nature Genetics · 1996 · 844 citations

Chromatin, Cytogenetics, Genetic Disorder +8

Common variants on chromosomes 2q35 and 16q12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer

Simon Stacey, Andrei Manolescu, Patrick Sulem et al. · Nature Genetics · 2007 · 784 citations

Breast Oncology, Confer Susceptibility, Chromosomes 2Q35 +12

Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes

Patrick Sulem, Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir, Andrei Manolescu et al. · Nature Genetics · 2007 · 722 citations

Tcf2 Protects, Urology, Genetic Determinant +9