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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

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

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

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

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

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

2017

Book Chapter

Analysis of genome-wide association data

McRae, Allan F. (2017). Analysis of genome-wide association data. Bioinformatics. Volume II: structure, function, and applications. (pp. 161-173) edited by Jonathan M. Keith. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6613-4_9

Analysis of genome-wide association data

2017

Conference Publication

Comparison of Faecal Microbe Diversity Between Motor Neurone Disease (Mnd) and Control Participants

Steyn, Frederik J., Restuadi, Restuadi, Ioannides, Zara, Ngo, Shyuan T., McRae, Allan, Wray, Naomi R., Henderson, Robert and McCombe, Pamela (2017). Comparison of Faecal Microbe Diversity Between Motor Neurone Disease (Mnd) and Control Participants. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian-and-New-Zealand-Association-of-Neurologists (ANZAN), Gold Coast, Australia, 9-12 May 2017. London, United Kingdom: BMJ. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316074.81

Comparison of Faecal Microbe Diversity Between Motor Neurone Disease (Mnd) and Control Participants

2017

Conference Publication

Tissue-specific sexual dimorphism in autosomal gene expression

Kassam, Irfahan, Wu, Yang, Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2017). Tissue-specific sexual dimorphism in autosomal gene expression. Annual Meeting of the International-Genetic-Epidemiology-Society (IGES), Cambridge, England, 9-11 September 2017. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22062

Tissue-specific sexual dimorphism in autosomal gene expression

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