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Unnur Styrkarsdottir

Unnur Styrkarsdottir

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
60
Citations
23366
World Ranking
1931
National Ranking
1

Overview

Unnur Styrkarsdottir is affiliated with deCODE Genetics in Iceland, where their research focuses primarily on the intersection of genetics and medicine. Their work spans several related fields, with particular emphasis on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, alongside contributions to medicine.

Their publication record includes research across multiple subfields such as genetics, rheumatology, molecular biology, surgery, and reproductive medicine. The topics explored in their work cover osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, genetic associations and epidemiology, genomics and rare diseases, inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects, knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, and RNA research and splicing.

Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Kāri Stefánsson
  • Guðmar Þorleifsson
  • Daníel F. Guðbjartsson
  • Ole Birger Pedersen
  • Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir

Styrkarsdottir has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent venues include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Nature
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent papers are:

  • "The sequences of 150,119 genomes in the UK Biobank," 2022, Nature
  • "Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations," 2021, Cell
  • "Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations," 2021, Cell
  • "A Polygenic and Phenotypic Risk Prediction for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Evaluated by Phenome-Wide Association Studies," 2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • "Rare SLC13A1 variants associate with intervertebral disc disorder highlighting role of sulfate in disc pathology," 2022, Nature Communications

Best Publications

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

    Struan F. A. Grant;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Inga Reynisdottir;Rafil Benediktsson

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

    Gudmar Thorleifsson;G Bragi Walters;Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir

  • Genetics of gene expression and its effect on disease

    Valur Emilsson;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Bin Zhang;Amy S. Leonardson

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • A variant in CDKAL1 influences insulin response and risk of type 2 diabetes.

    Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Inga Reynisdottir;Rafn Benediktsson

  • Twenty bone mineral-density loci identified by large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Fernando Rivadeneira;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Karol Estrada;Bjarni V. Halldorsson

  • Multiple Genetic Loci for Bone Mineral Density and Fractures

    Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Bjarni V. Halldorsson;Solveig Gretarsdottir;Daniel F. Gudbjartsson

  • Whole-genome sequencing identifies EN1 as a determinant of bone density and fracture.

    Hou Feng Zheng;Vincenzo Forgetta;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Karol Estrada

  • Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria.

    Felix Day;Tugce Karaderi;Tugce Karaderi;Michelle R Jones;Cindy Meun

  • New sequence variants associated with bone mineral density

    Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Bjarni V Halldorsson;Bjarni V Halldorsson;Solveig Gretarsdottir;Daniel F Gudbjartsson

  • Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

    Lisette Stolk;John R B Perry;John R B Perry;Daniel I. Chasman;Chunyan He

  • Genetic variation near IRS1 associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile.

    Tuomas O Kilpeläinen;M Carola Zillikens;Alena Stančákova;Francis M Finucane

  • Causal mechanisms and balancing selection inferred from genetic associations with polycystic ovary syndrome

    Felix R. Day;David A. Hinds;Joyce Y. Tung;Lisette Stolk

  • Risk variants for atrial fibrillation on chromosome 4q25 associate with ischemic stroke

    Solveig Gretarsdottir;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Andrei Manolescu;Unnur Styrkarsdottir

  • Linkage of Osteoporosis to Chromosome 20p12 and Association to BMP2

    Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Jean-Baptiste Cazier;Augustine Kong;Ottar Rolfsson

  • Collaborative Meta-analysis: Associations of 150 Candidate Genes With Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Fracture

    J. Brent Richards;Fotini K. Kavvoura;Fernando Rivadeneira;Unnur Styrkársdóttir

  • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations

    Cindy G Boer;Konstantinos Hatzikotoulas;Lorraine Southam;Lilja Stefánsdóttir

  • Sequence variants in the CLDN14 gene associate with kidney stones and bone mineral density

    Gudmar Thorleifsson;Hilma Holm;Hilma Holm;Vidar Edvardsson;G Bragi Walters

  • Genome-wide association study using extreme truncate selection identifies novel genes affecting bone mineral density and fracture risk.

    E.L. Duncan;P. Danoy;J.P. Kemp;P.J. Leo

  • Genetic variation near IRS1 associates with reduced adiposity and an impaired metabolic profile

    Tuomas O. Kilpelainen;M. Carola Zillikens;Alena Stancakova;Francis M. Finucane

Frequent Co-Authors

Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Daniel F. Gudbjartsson
Daniel F. Gudbjartsson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Bjarni V. Halldorsson
Bjarni V. Halldorsson Reykjavík University
Gudmar Thorleifsson
Gudmar Thorleifsson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
David Karasik
David Karasik Bar-Ilan University
John P. A. Ioannidis
John P. A. Ioannidis Stanford University
Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam

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