Thomas Illig

Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

Benjamin F. Voight, Laura J. Scott, Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir et al. · Nature Genetics · 2010 · 1.8K citations · Full text

Medicine, Bioinformatics, Endocrinology +16

A Common Genetic Variant Is Associated with Adult and Childhood Obesity

Alan Herbert, Norman P. Gerry, Matthew B. McQueen et al. · Science · 2006 · 736 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +14

Genome Wide Association (GWA) Study for Early Onset Extreme Obesity Supports the Role of Fat Mass and Obesity Associated Gene (FTO) Variants

Anke Hinney, Thuy Trang Nguyen, André Scherag et al. · PLoS ONE · 2007 · 516 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +15

Evidence for a Relationship Between Genetic Variants at the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Locus and Major Depression

Johannes Schumacher, Rami Abou Jamra, Tim Becker et al. · Biological Psychiatry · 2005 · 312 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Neuroscience +15

Replication of Lung Cancer Susceptibility Loci at Chromosomes 15q25, 5p15, and 6p21: A Pooled Analysis From the International Lung Cancer Consortium

Thérèse Truong, Christopher I. Amos, Xifeng Wu et al. · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2010 · 196 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16