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Unnur Styrkársdóttir

Researcher Next ID · RN-016890

Researcher · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

, Iceland

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
151
Citation count
21,483
H-index
59
i10-index
92

Research interests

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
Bone health and osteoporosis research
Bone Metabolism and Diseases
Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Publications

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

    Nature Genetics · 2012 · 10.1038/ng.2249

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

    Nature Genetics · 2008 · 10.1038/ng.274

  • Genetics of gene expression and its effect on disease

    Nature · 2008 · 10.1038/nature06758

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

    Nature Genetics · 2007 · 10.1038/ng2043

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

    Nature Genetics · 2006 · 10.1038/ng1732

Current projects

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