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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

Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling in whole blood reveals epigenetic signatures associated with migraine

Gerring, Zachary F., McRae, Allan F., Montgomery, Grant W. and Nyholt, Dale R. (2018). Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling in whole blood reveals epigenetic signatures associated with migraine. BMC Genomics, 19 (1) 69, 69. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4450-2

Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling in whole blood reveals epigenetic signatures associated with migraine

2018

Journal Article

Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of cognitive abilities

Marioni, Riccardo E., McRae, Allan F, Bressler, Jan, Colicino, Elena, Hannon, Eilis, Li, Shuo, Prada, Diddier, Smith, Jennifer A, Trevisi, Letizia, Tsai, Pei-Chien, Vojinovic, Dina, Simino, Jeannette, Levy, Daniel, Liu, Chunyu, Mendelson, Michael, Satizabal, Claudia L, Yang, Qiong, Jhun, Min A, Kardia, Sharon L R, Zhao, Wei, Bandinelli, Stefania, Ferrucci, Luigi, Hernandez, Dena G, Singleton, Andrew B, Harris, Sarah E, Starr, John M, Kiel, Douglas P, McLean, Robert R, Just, Allan C ... Deary, Ian J (2018). Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of cognitive abilities. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (11), 2133-2144. doi: 10.1038/s41380-017-0008-y

Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of cognitive abilities

2018

Journal Article

Dose response of the 16p11.2 distal copy number variant on intracranial volume and basal ganglia

Sønderby, Ida Elken, Gústafsson, Ómar, Doan, Nhat Trung, Hibar, Derrek Paul, Martin-Brevet, Sandra, Westlye, Lars T., Jacquemont, Sébastien, Djurovic, Srdjan, Stefánsson, Hreinn, Stefánsson, Kari, Thompson, Paul M., Andreassen, Ole A., McRae, Allan, Strike, Lachlan, McMahon, Katie L., Wright, Margie and for the 16p11.2 European Consortium, for the ENIGMA-CNV working group (2018). Dose response of the 16p11.2 distal copy number variant on intracranial volume and basal ganglia. Molecular Psychiatry, 25 (3), 584-602. doi: 10.1038/s41380-018-0118-1

Dose response of the 16p11.2 distal copy number variant on intracranial volume and basal ganglia

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

2017

Journal Article

DNA methylation analysis identifies loci for blood pressure regulation

Richard, Melissa A., Huan, Tianxiao, Ligthart, Symen, Gondalia, Rahul, Jhun, Min A., Brody, Jennifer A., Irvin, Marguerite R., Marioni, Riccardo, Shen, Jincheng, Tsai, Pei-Chien, Montasser, May E., Jia, Yucheng, Syme, Catriona, Salfati, Elias L., Boerwinkle, Eric, Guan, Weihua, Mosley, Thomas H., Bressler, Jan, Morrison, Alanna C., Liu, Chunyu, Mendelson, Michael M., Uitterlinden, André G., van Meurs, Joyce B., Heijmans, Bastiaan T., ’t Hoen, Peter A.C., van Meurs, Joyce, Isaacs, Aaron, Jansen, Rick, Franke, Lude ... Fornage, Myriam (2017). DNA methylation analysis identifies loci for blood pressure regulation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 101 (6), 888-902. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.09.028

DNA methylation analysis identifies loci for blood pressure regulation

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

An epigenome-wide association study meta-analysis of educational attainment

Karlsson Linnér, R., Marioni, R. E., Rietveld, C. A., Simpkin, A. J., Davies, N. M., Watanabe, K., Armstrong, N. J., Auro, K., Baumbach, C., Bonder, M. J., Buchwald, J., Fiorito, G., Ismail, K., Iurato, S., Joensuu, A., Karell, P., Kasela, S, Lahti, J., McRae, A. F., Mandaviya, P. R., Seppälä, I., Wang, Y., Baglietto, L., Binder, E. B., Harris, S. E., Hodge, A. M., Horvath, S., Hurme, M., Johannesson, M. ... Benjamin, D. J. (2017). An epigenome-wide association study meta-analysis of educational attainment. Molecular Psychiatry, 22 (12), 1680-1690. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.210

An epigenome-wide association study meta-analysis of educational attainment

2017

Journal Article

Genetically defined elevated homocysteine levels do not result in widespread changes of DNA methylation in leukocytes

Mandaviya, Pooja R., Joehanes, Roby, Aïssi, Dylan, Kühnel, Brigitte, Marioni, Riccardo E., Truong, Vinh, Stolk, Lisette, Beekman, Marian, Bonder, Marc Jan, Franke, Lude, Gieger, Christian, Huan, Tianxiao, Ikram, M. Arfan, Kunze, Sonja, Liang, Liming, Lindemans, Jan, Liu, Chunyu, McRae, Allan F., Mendelson, Michael M., Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Peters, Annette, Slagboom, P. Eline, Starr, John M., Trégouët, David-Alexandre, Uitterlinden, André G., van Greevenbroek, Marleen M. J., van Heemst, Diana, van Iterson, Maarten, Wells, Philip S. ... van Meurs, Joyce B. J. (2017). Genetically defined elevated homocysteine levels do not result in widespread changes of DNA methylation in leukocytes. PLoS One, 12 (10) e0182472, e0182472. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182472

Genetically defined elevated homocysteine levels do not result in widespread changes of DNA methylation in leukocytes

2017

Journal Article

Whole exome sequencing and DNA methylation analysis in a clinical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cohort

Garton, Fleur C., Benyamin, Beben, Zhao, Qiongyi, Liu, Zhijun, Gratten, Jacob, Henders, Anjali K., Zhang, Zong-Hong, Edson, Janette, Furlong, Sarah, Morgan, Sarah, Heggie, Susan, Thorpe, Kathryn, Pfluger, Casey, Mather, Karen A., Sachdev, Perminder S., McRae, Allan F., Robinson, Matthew R., Shah, Sonia, Visscher, Peter M., Mangelsdorf, Marie, Henderson, Robert D., Wray, Naomi R. and McCombe, Pamela A. (2017). Whole exome sequencing and DNA methylation analysis in a clinical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cohort. Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine, 5 (4), 418-428. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.302

Whole exome sequencing and DNA methylation analysis in a clinical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cohort

2017

Journal Article

Role of DNA methylation in type 2 diabetes etiology: using genotype as a causal anchor

Elliott, Hannah R., Shihab, Hashem A., Lockett, Gabrielle A., Holloway, John W., McRae, Allan F., Smith, George Davey, Ring, Susan M., Gaunt, Tom R. and Relton, Caroline L. (2017). Role of DNA methylation in type 2 diabetes etiology: using genotype as a causal anchor. Diabetes, 66 (6), 1713-1722. doi: 10.2337/db16-0874

Role of DNA methylation in type 2 diabetes etiology: using genotype as a causal anchor

2017

Journal Article

Epigenetic patterns in blood associated with lipid traits predict incident coronary heart disease events and are enriched for results from genome-wide association studies

Hedman, Åsa K., Mendelson, Michael M., Marioni, Riccardo E., Gustafsson, Stefan, Joehanes, Roby, Irvin, Marguerite R., Zhi, Degui, Sandling, Johanna K., Yao, Chen, Liu, Chunyu, Liang, Liming, Huan, Tianxiao, McRae, Allan F., Demissie, Serkalem, Shah, Sonia, Starr, John M., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Deloukas, Panos, Spector, Timothy D., Sundstrom, Johan, Krauss, Ronald M., Arnett, Donna K., Deary, Ian J., Lind, Lars, Levy, Daniel and Ingelsson, Erik (2017). Epigenetic patterns in blood associated with lipid traits predict incident coronary heart disease events and are enriched for results from genome-wide association studies. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 10 (1) 001487. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.116.001487

Epigenetic patterns in blood associated with lipid traits predict incident coronary heart disease events and are enriched for results from genome-wide association studies

2017

Journal Article

The Genetic Architecture of Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood (vol 100, pg 228, 2017)

Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Holloway, Alexander, McRae, Allan, Yang, Jian, Small, Kerrin, Zhao, Jing, Zeng, Biao, Bakshi, Andrew, Metspalu, Andres, Dermitzakis, Manolis, Gibson, Greg, Spector, Tim, Montgomery, Grant, Esko, Tonu, Visscher, Peter M. and Powell, Joseph E. (2017). The Genetic Architecture of Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood (vol 100, pg 228, 2017). American Journal of Human Genetics, 100 (2), 371-371. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.01.026

The Genetic Architecture of Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood (vol 100, pg 228, 2017)

2017

Journal Article

Association of body mass index with DNA methylation and gene expression in blood cells and relations to cardiometabolic disease: a Mendelian randomization approach

Mendelson, Michael M., Marioni, Riccardo E., Joehanes, Roby, Liu, Chunyu, Hedman, Åsa K., Aslibekyan, Stella, Demerath, Ellen W., Guan, Weihua, Zhi, Degui, Yao, Chen, Huan, Tianxiao, Willinger, Christine, Chen, Brian, Courchesne, Paul, Multhaup, Michael, Irvin, Marguerite R., Cohain, Ariella, Schadt, Eric E., Grove, Megan L., Bressler, Jan, North, Kari, Sundstrom, Johan, Gustafsson, Stefan, Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Redmond, Paul, Corley, Janie ... Deary, Ian J. (2017). Association of body mass index with DNA methylation and gene expression in blood cells and relations to cardiometabolic disease: a Mendelian randomization approach. PLoS Medicine, 14 (1) e1002215, e1002215. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002215

Association of body mass index with DNA methylation and gene expression in blood cells and relations to cardiometabolic disease: a Mendelian randomization approach

2017

Journal Article

The genetic architecture of gene expression in peripheral blood

Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Holloway, Alexander, McRae, Allan, Yang, Jian, Small, Kerrin, Zeng, Biao, Bakshi, Andrew, Metspalu, Andres, Dermitzakis, Manolis, Gibson, Greg, Spector, Tim, Montgomery, Grant, Esko, Tonu, Visscher, Peter M. and Powell, Joseph E. (2017). The genetic architecture of gene expression in peripheral blood. American Journal of Human Genetics, 100 (2), 228-237. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.12.008

The genetic architecture of gene expression in peripheral blood

2016

Journal Article

DNA methylation signatures of chronic low-grade inflammation are associated with complex diseases

Ligthart, Symen, Marzi, Carola, Aslibekyan, Stella, Mendelson, Michael M., Conneely, Karen N., Tanaka, Toshiko, Colicino, Elena, Waite, Lindsay L., Joehanes, Roby, Guan, Weihua, Brody, Jennifer A., Elks, Cathy, Marioni, Riccardo, Jhun, Min A., Agha, Golareh, Bressler, Jan, Ward-Caviness, Cavin K., Chen, Brian H., Huan, Tianxiao, Bakulski, Kelly, Salfati, Elias L., Fiorito, Giovanni, Wahl, Simone, Schramm, Katharina, Sha, Jin, Hernandez, Dena G., Just, Allan C., Smith, Jennifer A., Sotoodehnia, Nona ... Dehghan, Abbas (2016). DNA methylation signatures of chronic low-grade inflammation are associated with complex diseases. Genome Biology, 17 (1) 255, 255-255. doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1119-5

DNA methylation signatures of chronic low-grade inflammation are associated with complex diseases

2016

Journal Article

Autosomal genetic control of human gene expression does not differ across the sexes

Kassam, Irfahan, Lloyd-Jones, Luke, Holloway, Alexander, Small, Kerrin S., Zeng, Biao, Bakshi, Andrew, Metspalu, Andres, Gibson, Greg, Spector, Tim D., Esko, Tonu, Montgomery, Grant W., Powell, Joseph E., Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2016). Autosomal genetic control of human gene expression does not differ across the sexes. Genome Biology, 17 (1) 248, 248.1-248.10. doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1111-0

Autosomal genetic control of human gene expression does not differ across the sexes

2016

Journal Article

A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption

Liu, C., Marioni, R. E., Hedman, K., Pfeiffer, L., Tsai, P. -C., Reynolds, L. M., Just, A. C., Duan, Q., Boer, C. G., Tanaka, T., Elks, C. E., Aslibekyan, S., Brody, J. A., Kuhnel, B., Herder, C., Almli, L. M., Zhi, D., Wang, Y., Huan, T., Yao, C., Mendelson, M. M., Joehanes, R., Liang, L., Love, S. -A., Guan, W., Shah, S., McRae, A. F., Kretschmer, A., Prokisch, H. ... Levy, D. (2016). A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (2), 422-433. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.192

A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption

2016

Journal Article

Evidence for mitochondrial genetic control of autosomal gene expression

Kassam, Irfahan, Qi, Tuan, Lloyd-Jones, Luke, Holloway, Alexander, Bonder, Marc Jan, Henders, Anjali K., Martin, Nicholas G., Powell, Joseph E., Franke, Lude, Montgomery, Grant W., Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2016). Evidence for mitochondrial genetic control of autosomal gene expression. Human Molecular Genetics, 25 (24), 5332-5338. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddw347

Evidence for mitochondrial genetic control of autosomal gene expression

2016

Journal Article

Epigenetic signatures of cigarette smoking

Joehanes, Roby, Just, Allan C., Marioni, Riccardo E., Pilling, Luke C., Reynolds, Lindsay M., Mandaviya, Pooja R., Guan, Weihua, Xu, Tao, Elks, Cathy E., Aslibekyan, Stella, Moreno-Macias, Hortensia, Smith, Jennifer A., Brody, Jennifer A., Dhingra, Radhika, Yousefi, Paul, Pankow, James S., Kunze, Sonja, Shah, Sonia H., McRae, Allan F., Lohman, Kurt, Sha, Jin, Absher, Devin M., Ferrucci, Luigi, Zhao, Wei, Demerath, Ellen W., Bressler, Jan, Grove, Megan L., Huan, Tianxiao, Liu, Chunyu ... London, Stephanie J. (2016). Epigenetic signatures of cigarette smoking. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 9 (5), 436-447. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.116.001506

Epigenetic signatures of cigarette smoking