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Valur Emilsson is affiliated with the University of Iceland in Iceland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Physiology, Infectious Diseases, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The topics covered in Valur Emilsson's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research.

Frequent co-authors in Emilsson's publications include:

  • Vilmundur Guðnason
  • Lori L. Jennings
  • Valborg Guðmundsdóttir
  • Lenore J. Launer
  • Thor Aspelund

Emilsson has contributed to a number of research papers, some of which include these recent publications:

  • "Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "A genome-wide association study of serum proteins reveals shared loci with common diseases," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Large-scale plasma proteomic analysis identifies proteins and pathways associated with dementia risk," 2021, Nature Aging
  • "Circulating Protein Signatures and Causal Candidates for Type 2 Diabetes," 2020, Diabetes
  • "Coding and regulatory variants are associated with serum protein levels and disease," 2022, Nature Communications

Emilsson has published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nature Aging, UNC Libraries, and Nature Genetics.

Best Publications

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    James J. Lee;Robbee Wedow;Aysu Okbay;Edward Kong

  • 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

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Integrated Systems Approach Identifies Genetic Nodes and Networks in Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

    Bin Zhang;Chris Gaiteri;Liviu Gabriel Bodea;Zhi Wang

  • Genetics of gene expression and its effect on disease

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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

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

    Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Inga Reynisdottir;Rafn Benediktsson

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Variations in DNA elucidate molecular networks that cause disease

    Yanqing Chen;Jun Zhu;Pek Yee Lum;Xia Yang

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Expression of the Functional Leptin Receptor mRNA in Pancreatic Islets and Direct Inhibitory Action of Leptin on Insulin Secretion

    Valur Emilsson;Yong-Ling Liu;Michael A Cawthorne;Nicholas M Morton

  • Refining the impact of TCF7L2 gene variants on type 2 diabetes and adaptive evolution

    Agnar Helgason;Snæbjörn Pálsson;Snæbjörn Pálsson;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Struan F A Grant;Struan F A Grant

  • Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Cathy E. Elks;John R B Perry;Patrick Sulem;Daniel I. Chasman

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

    Louise V. Wain;Germaine C. Verwoert;Paul F. O'Reilly;Gang Shi

  • Co-regulatory networks of human serum proteins link genetics to disease

    Valur Emilsson;Marjan Ilkov;John R. Lamb;Nancy Finkel

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Vilmundur Gudnason
Vilmundur Gudnason University of Iceland
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Lenore J. Launer
Lenore J. Launer National Institutes of Health
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington

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