About the Authors
- Giorgio Pistis
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Affiliation Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Research Institute and Vita Salute University, Milano, Italy
- Shawntel U. Okonkwo
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Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Michela Traglia
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Affiliation Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Research Institute and Vita Salute University, Milano, Italy
- Cinzia Sala
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Affiliation Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Research Institute and Vita Salute University, Milano, Italy
- So-Youn Shin
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Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Corrado Masciullo
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Affiliation Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Research Institute and Vita Salute University, Milano, Italy
- Iwan Buetti
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Affiliation Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Research Institute and Vita Salute University, Milano, Italy
- Roberto Massacane
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Affiliation Novi Ligure Hospital, Novi Ligure (Al), Italy
- Massimo Mangino
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Affiliation Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Swee-Lay Thein
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Hematology, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
- Timothy D. Spector
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Affiliation Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Santhi Ganesh
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¶Membership of the CHARGE Consortium Hematology Working Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Nicola Pirastu
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Affiliation Medical Genetics, Department of Reproductive Sciences and Development, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Paolo Gasparini
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Affiliations Medical Genetics, Department of Reproductive Sciences and Development, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, Medical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute for Maternal and Child Health IRCCS-Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy
- Nicole Soranzo
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Affiliations Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Clara Camaschella
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Affiliation Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Research Institute and Vita Salute University, Milano, Italy
- Daniel Hart
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Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Gene Function and Expression and Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Michael R. Green
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Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Program in Gene Function and Expression and Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Daniela Toniolo
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* E-mail: daniela.toniolo@hsr.it
Affiliations Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Research Institute and Vita Salute University, Milano, Italy, Institute of Molecular Genetics-CNR, Pavia, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DT DH MG CC. Performed the experiments: GP DH SUO. Analyzed the data: GP MT. Wrote the paper: DT CC. Provided the informatics tools for data collection and analysis: CS CM IB. Organized the INGI-VB data collection: CS RM CC DT. Provided the data on their replica populations: S-YS MM S-LT TDS SG NP PG. Provided the replica populations: NS, CHARGE Consortium.