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2018

Journal Article

Transformation of summary statistics from linear mixed model association on all-or-none traits to odds ratio

Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Robinson, Matthew R., Yang, Jian and Visscher, Peter M. (2018). Transformation of summary statistics from linear mixed model association on all-or-none traits to odds ratio. Genetics, 208 (4), 1397-1408. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.300360

Transformation of summary statistics from linear mixed model association on all-or-none traits to odds ratio

2018

Journal Article

Seasonal Variability of Mineral Formation in Microbial Mats Subjected to Drying and Wetting Cycles in Alkaline and Hypersaline Sedimentary Environments

Cabestrero, O., Sanz-Montero, M. E., Arregui, L., Serrano, S. and Visscher, P. T. (2018). Seasonal Variability of Mineral Formation in Microbial Mats Subjected to Drying and Wetting Cycles in Alkaline and Hypersaline Sedimentary Environments. Aquatic Geochemistry, 24 (1), 79-105. doi: 10.1007/s10498-018-9333-2

Seasonal Variability of Mineral Formation in Microbial Mats Subjected to Drying and Wetting Cycles in Alkaline and Hypersaline Sedimentary Environments

2018

Journal Article

GWAS of epigenetic aging rates in blood reveals a critical role for TERT

Lu, Ake T., Xue, Luting, Salfati, Elias L., Chen, Brian H., Ferrucci, Luigi, Levy, Daniel, Joehanes, Roby, Murabito, Joanne M., Kiel, Douglas P., Tsai, Pei-Chien, Yet, Idil, Bell, Jordana T., Mangino, Massimo, Tanaka, Toshiko, McRae, Allan F., Marioni, Riccardo E., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Deary, Ian J., Levine, Morgan E., Quach, Austin, Assimes, Themistocles, Tsao, Philip S., Absher, Devin, Stewart, James D., Li, Yun, Reiner, Alex P., Hou, Lifang, Baccarelli, Andrea A. ... Horvath, Steve (2018). GWAS of epigenetic aging rates in blood reveals a critical role for TERT. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 387, 387. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02697-5

GWAS of epigenetic aging rates in blood reveals a critical role for TERT

2018

Journal Article

Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data

Zhu, Zhihong, Zheng, Zhili, Zhang, Futao, Wu, Yang, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Maier, Robert, Robinson, Matthew R., McGrath, John J, Visscher, Peter M, Wray, Naomi R and Yang, Jian (2018). Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 224, 224. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02317-2

Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data

2018

Other Outputs

GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease

Marioni, Riccardo E., Harris, Sarah E., McRae, Allan F., Zhang, Qian, Hagenaars, Saskia P., Hill, W. David, Davies, Gail, Ritchie, Craig W., Gale, Catharine, Starr, John M., Goate, Alison M., Porteous, David J., Yang, Jian, Evans, Kathryn L., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2018). GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease. doi: 10.1101/246223

GWAS on family history of Alzheimer’s disease

2018

Journal Article

Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans

Sanjak, Jaleal S., Sidorenko, Julia, Robinson, Matthew R., Thornton, Kevin R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2018). Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (1), 151-156. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1707227114

Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans

2018

Journal Article

Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG

Turley, Patrick, Walters, Raymond K., Maghzian, Omeed, Okbay, Aysu, Lee, James J., Fontana, Mark Alan, Nguyen-Viet, Tuan Anh, Wedow, Robbee, Zacher, Meghan, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Magnusson, Patrik, Oskarsson, Sven, Johannesson, Magnus, Visscher, Peter M., Laibson, David, Cesarini, David, Neale, Benjamin M., Benjamin, Daniel J., 23andMe Research Team and Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2018). Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG. Nature Genetics, 50 (229+), 229-237. doi: 10.1038/s41588-017-0009-4

Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG

2018

Journal Article

Accuracy of inferred APOE genotypes for a range of genotyping arrays and imputation reference panels

Lupton, Michelle K., Medland, Sarah E., Gordon, Scott D., Goncalves, Tabatha, MacGregor, Stuart, Mackey, David A., Young, Terri L., Duffy, David L., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Nyholt, Dale R., Bain, Lisa, Ferreira, Manuel A., Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Montgomery, Grant W., Wright, Margaret J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2018). Accuracy of inferred APOE genotypes for a range of genotyping arrays and imputation reference panels. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 64 (1), 49-54. doi: 10.3233/JAD-171104

Accuracy of inferred APOE genotypes for a range of genotyping arrays and imputation reference panels

2018

Conference Publication

Evolutionary history and adaptation from high-coverage whole-genome sequences of the pygmy population of Flores, Indonesia

Tucci, Serena, McCoy, Rajiv, Vernot, Benjamin, Vohr, Sam, Robinson, Matthew R., Barbieri, Chiara, Fu, Wenqing, Sudoyo, Herawati, Visscher, Peter M., Barbujani, Guido, Akey, Joshua M. and Green, Richard E. (2018). Evolutionary history and adaptation from high-coverage whole-genome sequences of the pygmy population of Flores, Indonesia. 87th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA), Austin, TX, United States, 11-14 April 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons.

Evolutionary history and adaptation from high-coverage whole-genome sequences of the pygmy population of Flores, Indonesia

2018

Conference Publication

Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits

Zeng, Jian, de Vlaming, Ronald, Wu, Yang, Robinson, Matthew R., Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Yengo, Loic, Yap, Chloe X., Xue, Angli, Sidorenko, Julia, Mcrae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Montgomery, Grant W., Metspalu, Andres, Esko, Tonu, Gibson, Greg, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2018). Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits. 48th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Boston MA, United States, 20-23 June 2018. New York, NY United States: Springer New York.

Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits

2018

Conference Publication

Fine-mapping reveals complex genetic architecture underlying DNA methylation

Chundru, V. Kartik, Marioni, Riccardo E., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2018). Fine-mapping reveals complex genetic architecture underlying DNA methylation. Human Genome Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, 12-15 March 2018. London, United Kingdom: Henry Stewart Publications. doi: 10.1186/s40246-018-0138-6

Fine-mapping reveals complex genetic architecture underlying DNA methylation

2018

Journal Article

Epigenetic influences on aging: a longitudinal genome-wide methylation study in old Swedish twins

Wang, Yunzhang, Karlsson, Robert, Lampa, Erik, Zhang, Qian, Hedman, Åsa K., Almgren, Malin, Almqvist, Catarina, McRae, Allan F., Marioni, Riccardo E., Ingelsson, Erik, Visscher, Peter M., Deary, Ian J., Lind, Lars, Morris, Tiffany, Beck, Stephan, Pedersen, Nancy L. and Hägg, Sara (2018). Epigenetic influences on aging: a longitudinal genome-wide methylation study in old Swedish twins. Epigenetics, 13 (9), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/15592294.2018.1526028

Epigenetic influences on aging: a longitudinal genome-wide methylation study in old Swedish twins

2018

Journal Article

Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank

Barbu, Miruna C., Zeng, Yanni, Shen, Xueyi, Cox, Simon R., Clarke, Toni-Kim, Gibson, Jude, Adams, Mark J., Johnstone, Mandy, Haley, Chris S., Lawrie, Stephen M., Deary, Ian J., Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F.M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T.F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H.R., Bryois, Julien ... Whalley, Heather C. (2018). Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4 (1), 91-100. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.07.006

Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank

2018

Conference Publication

Invited abstract: Leveraging big GWAS data to address question about selection, pleiotropy, assortative mating and epidemiology

Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R. and Yang, Jian (2018). Invited abstract: Leveraging big GWAS data to address question about selection, pleiotropy, assortative mating and epidemiology. 27th Annual Meeting of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES), San Diego, CA, United States, 14-16 October 2018. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons.

Invited abstract: Leveraging big GWAS data to address question about selection, pleiotropy, assortative mating and epidemiology

2017

Journal Article

Challenges in understanding common disease

Visscher, Peter M (2017). Challenges in understanding common disease. Genome medicine, 9 (1) 112, 1-4. doi: 10.1186/s13073-017-0506-1

Challenges in understanding common disease

2017

Journal Article

Gene networks associated with non-syndromic intellectual disability

Lee, Soohyun, Rudd, Stephen, Gratten, Jacob, Visscher, Peter M., Prins, Johannes B. and Dawson, Paul A. (2017). Gene networks associated with non-syndromic intellectual disability. Journal of Neurogenetics, 32 (1), 6-14. doi: 10.1080/01677063.2017.1404058

Gene networks associated with non-syndromic intellectual disability

2017

Journal Article

Testing two evolutionary theories of human aging with DNA methylation data

Robins, Chloe, McRae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Wiener, Howard W., Aslibekyan, Stella, Kennedy, Elizabeth M., Absher, Devin M., Arnett, Donna K., Montgomery, Grant W., Visscher, Peter M., Cutler, David J. and Conneely, Karen N. (2017). Testing two evolutionary theories of human aging with DNA methylation data. Genetics, 207 (4), 1547-1560. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.300217

Testing two evolutionary theories of human aging with DNA methylation data

2017

Journal Article

Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity

Hendricks, Audrey E., Bochukova, Elena G., Marenne, Gaelle, Keogh, Julia M., Atanassova, Neli, Bounds, Rebecca, Wheeler, Eleanor, Mistry, Vanisha, Henning, Elana, Koerner, Antje, Muddyman, Dawn, McCarthy, Shane, Hinney, Anke, Hebebrand, Johannes, Scott, Robert A., Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nick J., Surendran, Praveen, Howson, Joanna M., Butterworth, Adam S., Danesh, John, Nordestgaard, Borge G., Nielsen, Sune F., Afzal, Shoaib, Papadia, Sofia, Ashford, Sofie, Garg, Sumedha, Millhauser, Glenn L., Palomino, Rafael I. ... Yang, Jian (2017). Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 4394, 4394.1-4394.14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03054-8

Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity

2017

Journal Article

Whole-exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis suggests NEK1 is a risk gene in Chinese

Gratten, Jacob, Zhao, Qiongyi, Benyamin, Beben, Garton, Fleur, He, Ji, Leo, Paul J., Mangelsdorf, Marie, Anderson, Lisa, Zhang, Zong-Hong, Chen, Lu, Chen, Xiang-Ding, Cremin, Katie, Deng, Hong-Weng, Edson, Janette, Han, Ying-Ying, Harris, Jessica, Henders, Anjali K., Jin, Zi-Bing, Li, Zhongshan, Lin, Yong, Liu, Xiaolu, Marshall, Mhairi, Mowry, Bryan J., Ran, Shu, Reutens, David C., Song, Sharon, Tan, Li-Jun, Tang, Lu, Wallace, Robyn H. ... Fan, Dongsheng (2017). Whole-exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis suggests NEK1 is a risk gene in Chinese. Genome Medicine, 9 (97) 97, 97. doi: 10.1186/s13073-017-0487-0

Whole-exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis suggests NEK1 is a risk gene in Chinese

2017

Journal Article

Prokaryotic diversity and biogeochemical characteristics of benthic microbial ecosystems at La Brava, a hypersaline lake at Salar de Atacama, Chile

Eugenia Farias, Maria, Cecilia Rasuk, Maria, Gallagher, Kimberley L., Contreras, Manuel, Kurth, Daniel, Beatriz Fernandez, Ana, Poire, Daniel, Novoa, Fernando and Visscher, Pieter T. (2017). Prokaryotic diversity and biogeochemical characteristics of benthic microbial ecosystems at La Brava, a hypersaline lake at Salar de Atacama, Chile. Plos One, 12 (11) e0186867, e0186867. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186867

Prokaryotic diversity and biogeochemical characteristics of benthic microbial ecosystems at La Brava, a hypersaline lake at Salar de Atacama, Chile