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2021

Journal Article

Discovery and implications of polygenicity of common diseases

Visscher, Peter M., Yengo, Loic, Cox, Nancy J. and Wray, Naomi R. (2021). Discovery and implications of polygenicity of common diseases. Science, 373 (6562), 1468-1473. doi: 10.1126/science.abi8206

Discovery and implications of polygenicity of common diseases

2021

Journal Article

The genomics of heart failure: design and rationale of the HERMES consortium

Lumbers, R. Thomas, Shah, Sonia, Lin, Honghuang, Czuba, Tomasz, Henry, Albert, Swerdlow, Daniel I., Mälarstig, Anders, Andersson, Charlotte, Verweij, Niek, Holmes, Michael V., Ärnlöv, Johan, Svensson, Per, Hemingway, Harry, Sallah, Neneh, Almgren, Peter, Aragam, Krishna G., Asselin, Geraldine, Backman, Joshua D., Biggs, Mary L., Bloom, Heather L., Boersma, Eric, Brandimarto, Jeffrey, Brown, Michael R., Brunner‐La Rocca, Hans‐Peter, Carey, David J., Chaffin, Mark D., Chasman, Daniel I., Chazara, Olympe, Chen, Xing ... Regeneron Genetics Center (2021). The genomics of heart failure: design and rationale of the HERMES consortium. ESC Heart Failure, 8 (6) ehf2.13517, 5531-5541. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13517

The genomics of heart failure: design and rationale of the HERMES consortium

2021

Journal Article

Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

Võsa, Urmo, Claringbould, Annique, Westra, Harm-Jan, Bonder, Marc Jan, Deelen, Patrick, Zeng, Biao, Kirsten, Holger, Saha, Ashis, Kreuzhuber, Roman, Yazar, Seyhan, Brugge, Harm, Oelen, Roy, de Vries, Dylan H., van der Wijst, Monique G. P., Kasela, Silva, Pervjakova, Natalia, Alves, Isabel, Favé, Marie-Julie, Agbessi, Mawussé, Christiansen, Mark W., Jansen, Rick, Seppälä, Ilkka, Tong, Lin, Teumer, Alexander, Schramm, Katharina, Hemani, Gibran, Verlouw, Joost, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Sönmez Flitman, Reyhan ... i2QTL Consortium (2021). Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression. Nature Genetics, 53 (9), 1300-1310. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00913-z

Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

2021

Journal Article

Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

Min, Josine L., Hemani, Gibran, Hannon, Eilis, Dekkers, Koen F., Castillo-Fernandez, Juan, Luijk, René, Carnero-Montoro, Elena, Lawson, Daniel J., Burrows, Kimberley, Suderman, Matthew, Bretherick, Andrew D., Richardson, Tom G., Klughammer, Johanna, Iotchkova, Valentina, Sharp, Gemma, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Shatunov, Aleksey, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, McArdle, Wendy L., Ho, Karen M., Kumar, Ashish, Söderhäll, Cilla, Soriano-Tárraga, Carolina, Giralt-Steinhauer, Eva, Kazmi, Nabila, Mason, Dan, McRae, Allan F., Corcoran, David L., Sugden, Karen ... BIOS Consortium (2021). Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation. Nature Genetics, 53 (9), 1311-1321. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00923-x

Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

2021

Other Outputs

Improving GWAS discovery and genomic prediction accuracy in Biobank data

Orliac, Etienne J., Banos, Daniel Trejo, Ojavee, Sven E., Läll, Kristi, Mägi, Reedik, Visscher, Peter M. and Robinson, Matthew R. (2021). Improving GWAS discovery and genomic prediction accuracy in Biobank data. doi: 10.1101/2021.08.12.456099

Improving GWAS discovery and genomic prediction accuracy in Biobank data

2021

Journal Article

Phantom epistasis between unlinked loci

Hemani, Gibran, Powell, Joseph E., Wang, Huanwei, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Westra, Harm-Jan, Esko, Tonu, Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Martin, Nicholas G., Metspalu, Andres, Franke, Lude, Montgomery, Grant W., Goddard, Michael E., Gibson, Greg, Yang, Jian and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Phantom epistasis between unlinked loci. Nature, 596 (7871), E1-E3. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03765-z

Phantom epistasis between unlinked loci

2021

Journal Article

Using symptom-based case predictions to identify host genetic factors that contribute to COVID-19 susceptibility

van Blokland, Irene V., Lanting, Pauline, Ori, Anil P.S., Vonk, Judith M., Warmerdam, Robert C.A., Herkert, Johanna C., Boulogne, Floranne, Claringbould, Annique, Lopera-Maya, Esteban A., Bartels, Meike, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Ganna, Andrea, Karjalainen, Juha, Hayward, Caroline, Fawns-Ritchie, Chloe, Campbell, Archie, Porteous, David, Cirulli, Elizabeth T., Barrett, Kelly M. Schiabor, Riffle, Stephen, Bolze, Alexandre, White, Simon, Tanudjaja, Francisco, Wang, Xueqing, Ramirez, Jimmy M., Lim, Yan Wei, Lu, James T., Washington, Nicole L., de Geus, Eco J. C. ... Yengo, Loic (2021). Using symptom-based case predictions to identify host genetic factors that contribute to COVID-19 susceptibility. PLoS One, 16 (8) e0255402, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255402

Using symptom-based case predictions to identify host genetic factors that contribute to COVID-19 susceptibility

2021

Journal Article

Genomic partitioning of inbreeding depression in humans

Yengo, Loic, Yang, Jian, Keller, Matthew C., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Genomic partitioning of inbreeding depression in humans. American Journal of Human Genetics, 108 (8), 1488-1501. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.06.005

Genomic partitioning of inbreeding depression in humans

2021

Journal Article

Problems with using polygenic scores to select embryos

Turley, Patrick, Meyer, Michelle N., Wang, Nancy, Cesarini, David, Hammonds, Evelynn, Martin, Alicia R., Neale, Benjamin M., Rehm, Heidi L., Wilkins-Haug, Louise, Benjamin, Daniel J., Hyman, Steven, Laibson, David and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Problems with using polygenic scores to select embryos. New England Journal of Medicine, 385 (1), 78-86. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsr2105065

Problems with using polygenic scores to select embryos

2021

Journal Article

Multi-omic and multi-species meta-analyses of nicotine consumption

Palmer, Rohan H. C., Benca-Bachman, Chelsie E., Huggett, Spencer B., Bubier, Jason A., McGeary, John E., Ramgiri, Nikhil, Srijeyanthan, Jenani, Yang, Jingjing, Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian, Knopik, Valerie S. and Chesler, Elissa J. (2021). Multi-omic and multi-species meta-analyses of nicotine consumption. Translational Psychiatry, 11 (1) 98, 98. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01231-y

Multi-omic and multi-species meta-analyses of nicotine consumption

2021

Journal Article

Gene action, genetic variation, and GWAS: A user-friendly web tool

Hivert, Valentin, Wray, Naomi R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Gene action, genetic variation, and GWAS: A user-friendly web tool. PLoS Genetics, 17 (5) e1009548, 1-9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009548

Gene action, genetic variation, and GWAS: A user-friendly web tool

2021

Journal Article

Estimation of non-additive genetic variance in human complex traits from a large sample of unrelated individuals (vol 108, pg 786, 2021)

Hivert, Valentin, Sidorenko, Julia, Rohart, Florian, Goddard, Michael E., Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R., Yengo, Loic and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Estimation of non-additive genetic variance in human complex traits from a large sample of unrelated individuals (vol 108, pg 786, 2021). American Journal of Human Genetics, 108 (5), 962-962. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.04.012

Estimation of non-additive genetic variance in human complex traits from a large sample of unrelated individuals (vol 108, pg 786, 2021)

2021

Journal Article

Erratum: Alzheimer's disease genetic risk and sleep phenotypes in healthy young men: Association with more slow waves and daytime sleepiness (SLEEP DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa137)

Muto, Vincenzo, Koshmanova, Ekaterina, Ghaemmaghami, Pouya, Jaspar, Mathieu, Meyer, Christelle, Elansary, Mahmoud, Van Egroo, Maxime, Chylinski, Daphne, Berthomier, Christian, Brandewinder, Marie, Mouraux, Charlotte, Schmidt, Christina, Hammad, Gregory, Coppieters, Wouter, Ahariz, Naima, Degueldre, Christian, Luxen, Andre, Salmon, Eric, Phillips, Christophe, Archer, Simon N, Yengo, Loic, Byrne, Enda, Collette, Fabienne, Georges, Michel, Dijk, Derk-Jan, Maquet, Pierre, Visscher, Peter M and Vandewalle, Gilles (2021). Erratum: Alzheimer's disease genetic risk and sleep phenotypes in healthy young men: Association with more slow waves and daytime sleepiness (SLEEP DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa137). Sleep, 44 (5) zsaa137. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab079

Erratum: Alzheimer's disease genetic risk and sleep phenotypes in healthy young men: Association with more slow waves and daytime sleepiness (SLEEP DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa137)

2021

Journal Article

Polygenic risk score analysis for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis leveraging cognitive performance, educational attainment and schizophrenia

Restuadi, Restuadi, Garton, Fleur C., Benyamin, Beben, Lin, Tian, Williams, Kelly L., Vinkhuyzen, Anna, van Rheenen, Wouter, Zhu, Zhihong, Laing, Nigel G., Mather, Karen A., Sachdev, Perminder S., Ngo, Shyuan T., Steyn, Frederik J., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Visscher, Peter M., Needham, Merrilee, Mathers, Susan, Nicholson, Garth, Rowe, Dominic B., Henderson, Robert D., McCombe, Pamela A., Pamphlett, Roger, Blair, Ian P., Wray, Naomi R. and McRae, Allan F. (2021). Polygenic risk score analysis for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis leveraging cognitive performance, educational attainment and schizophrenia. European Journal of Human Genetics, 30 (5), 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-00885-y

Polygenic risk score analysis for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis leveraging cognitive performance, educational attainment and schizophrenia

2021

Journal Article

Variation in VKORC1 is associated with vascular dementia

Mur, Jure, McCartney, Daniel L., Chasman, Daniel I., Visscher, Peter M., Muniz-Terrera, Graciela, Cox, Simon R., Russ, Tom C. and Marioni, Riccardo E. (2021). Variation in VKORC1 is associated with vascular dementia. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 80 (3), 1329-1337. doi: 10.3233/JAD-201256

Variation in VKORC1 is associated with vascular dementia

2021

Journal Article

Estimation of non-additive genetic variance in human complex traits from a large sample of unrelated individuals

Hivert, Valentin, Sidorenko, Julia, Rohart, Florian, Goddard, Michael E., Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R., Yengo, Loic and Visscher, Peter M. (2021). Estimation of non-additive genetic variance in human complex traits from a large sample of unrelated individuals. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 108 (5), 786-798. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.02.014

Estimation of non-additive genetic variance in human complex traits from a large sample of unrelated individuals

2021

Journal Article

Meta-analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation identifies shared associations across neurodegenerative disorders

Nabais, Marta F., Laws, Simon M., Lin, Tian, Vallerga, Costanza L., Armstrong, Nicola J., Blair, Ian P., Kwok, John B., Mather, Karen A., Mellick, George D., Sachdev, Perminder S., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Zwamborn, Ramona A. J., Hop, Paul J., Lunnon, Katie, Pishva, Ehsan, Roubroeks, Janou A. Y., Soininen, Hilkka, Tsolaki, Magda, Mecocci, Patrizia, Lovestone, Simon, Kloszewska, Iwona, Vellas, Bruno, Furlong, Sarah, Garton, Fleur C., Henderson, Robert D., Mathers, Susan, McCombe, Pamela A., Needham, Merrilee ... McRae, Allan F. (2021). Meta-analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation identifies shared associations across neurodegenerative disorders. Genome Biology, 22 (1) 90, 1-30. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02275-5

Meta-analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation identifies shared associations across neurodegenerative disorders

2021

Journal Article

Quantifying genetic heterogeneity between continental populations for human height and body mass index

Guo, Jing, Bakshi, Andrew, Wang, Ying, Jiang, Longda, Yengo, Loic, Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2021). Quantifying genetic heterogeneity between continental populations for human height and body mass index. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 5240, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84739-z

Quantifying genetic heterogeneity between continental populations for human height and body mass index

2021

Journal Article

GWAS of peptic ulcer disease implicates Helicobacter pylori infection, other gastrointestinal disorders and depression

Wu, Yeda, Murray, Graham K., Byrne, Enda M., Sidorenko, Julia, Visscher, Peter M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2021). GWAS of peptic ulcer disease implicates Helicobacter pylori infection, other gastrointestinal disorders and depression. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 1146, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21280-7

GWAS of peptic ulcer disease implicates Helicobacter pylori infection, other gastrointestinal disorders and depression

2021

Journal Article

Widespread signatures of natural selection across human complex traits and functional genomic categories

Zeng, Jian, Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Wu, Yang, Wang, Huanwei, Zheng, Zhili, Yengo, Loic, Kemper, Kathryn E., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2021). Widespread signatures of natural selection across human complex traits and functional genomic categories. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 1164, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21446-3

Widespread signatures of natural selection across human complex traits and functional genomic categories