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2017

Journal Article

Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies

Zheng, Jie, Baird, Denis, Borges, Maria-Carolina, Bowden, Jack, Hemani, Gibran, Haycock, Philip, Evans, David M and Smith, George Davey (2017). Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies. Current epidemiology reports, 4 (4), 330-345. doi: 10.1007/s40471-017-0128-6

Recent Developments in Mendelian Randomization Studies

2017

Journal Article

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

Rietschel, Liz, Streit, Fabian, Zhu, Gu, McAloney, Kerrie, Frank, Josef, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Witt, Stephanie H., Binz, Tina M., Bolton, Jennifer L., Hayward, Caroline, Direk, Nese, Anderson, Anna, Huffman, Jennifer, Wilson, James F., Campbell, Harry, Rudan, Igor, Wright, Alan, Hastie, Nicholas, Wild, Sarah H., Velders, Fleur P., Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Lahti, Jari, Räikkönen, Katri, Kajantie, Eero, Widen, Elisabeth, Palotie, Aarno, Eriksson, Johan G., Kaakinen, Marika ... Rietschel, Marcella (2017). Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 15351, 15351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11852-3

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

2017

Journal Article

Identification of atopic dermatitis subgroups in children from 2 longitudinal birth cohorts

Paternoster, Lavinia, Savenije, Olga E.M., Heron, Jon, Evans, David M., Vonk, Judith M., Brunekreef, Bert, Wijga, Alet H., Henderson, A. John, Koppelman, Gerard H. and Brown, Sara J. (2017). Identification of atopic dermatitis subgroups in children from 2 longitudinal birth cohorts. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 141 (3), 964-971. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.09.044

Identification of atopic dermatitis subgroups in children from 2 longitudinal birth cohorts

2017

Journal Article

Partitioning phenotypic variance due to parent-of-origin effects using genomic relatedness matrices

Laurin, Charles, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Hemani, Gibran, Smith, George Davey, Yang, Jian and Evans, David M. (2017). Partitioning phenotypic variance due to parent-of-origin effects using genomic relatedness matrices. Behavior Genetics, 48 (1), 67-79. doi: 10.1007/s10519-017-9880-0

Partitioning phenotypic variance due to parent-of-origin effects using genomic relatedness matrices

2017

Journal Article

Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain

Warrington, N. M., Richmond, R., Fenstra, B., Myhre, R., Gaillard, R., Paternoster, L., Wang, C. A., Beaumont, R. N., Das, S., Murcia, M., Barton, S. J., Espinosa, A., Thiering, E., Atalay, M., Pitkänen, N., Ntalla, I., Jonsson, A. E., Freathy, R., Karhunen, V., Tiesler, C. M. T., Allard, C., Crawford, A., Ring, S. M., Melbye, M., Magnus, P., Rivadeneira, F., Skotte, L., Hansen, T., Marsh, J. ... Lawlor, D. A. (2017). Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain. International Journal of Obesity (2005), 42 (4), 775-784. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.248

Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain

2017

Journal Article

Evaluation of shared genetic aetiology between osteoarthritis and bone mineral density identifies SMAD3 as a novel osteoarthritis risk locus

Hackinger, Sophie, Trajanoska, Katerina, Styrkarsdottir, Unnur, Zengini, Eleni, Steinberg, Julia, Ritchie, Graham R.S., Hatzikotoulas, Konstantinos, Gilly, Arthur, Evangelou, Evangelos, Kemp, John P., Evans, David, Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur, Jonsson, Helgi, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stefansson, Kari, McCaskie, Andrew W., Brooks, Roger A., Wilkinson, Jeremy M., Rivadeneira, Fernando and Zeggini, Eleftheria (2017). Evaluation of shared genetic aetiology between osteoarthritis and bone mineral density identifies SMAD3 as a novel osteoarthritis risk locus. Human Molecular Genetics, 26 (19), 3850-3858. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx285

Evaluation of shared genetic aetiology between osteoarthritis and bone mineral density identifies SMAD3 as a novel osteoarthritis risk locus

2017

Journal Article

Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals

St Pourcain, Beate, Eaves, Lindon J, Ring, Susan M, Fisher, Simon E, Medland, Sarah, Evans, David M and Davey Smith, George (2017). Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals. Biological psychiatry, 83 (7), 598-606. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.09.020

Developmental Changes Within the Genetic Architecture of Social Communication Behavior: A Multivariate Study of Genetic Variance in Unrelated Individuals

2017

Journal Article

Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations

Munafò, Marcus R, Tilling, Kate, Taylor, Amy E, Evans, David M and Davey Smith, George (2017). Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations. International journal of epidemiology, 47 (1) dyx217, 226-235. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx206

Collider scope: when selection bias can substantially influence observed associations

2017

Journal Article

Identification of 153 new loci associated with heel bone mineral density and functional involvement of GPC6 in osteoporosis

Kemp, John P., Morris, John A., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Forgetta, Vincenzo, Warrington, Nicole M., Youlten, Scott E., Zheng, Jie, Gregson, Celia L., Grundberg, Elin, Trajanoska, Katerina, Logan, John G., Pollard, Andrea S., Sparkes, Penny C., Ghirardello, Elena J., Allen, Rebecca, Leitch, Victoria D., Butterfield, Natalie C., Komla-Ebri, Davide, Adoum, Anne-Tounsia, Curry, Katharine F., White, Jacqueline K., Kussy, Fiona, Greenlaw, Keelin M., Xu, Changjiang, Harvey, Nicholas C., Cooper, Cyrus, Adams, David J., Greenwood, Celia M. T., Maurano, Matthew T. ... Evans, David M. (2017). Identification of 153 new loci associated with heel bone mineral density and functional involvement of GPC6 in osteoporosis. Nature Genetics, 49 (10), 1468-1475. doi: 10.1038/ng.3949

Identification of 153 new loci associated with heel bone mineral density and functional involvement of GPC6 in osteoporosis

2017

Journal Article

Back to school to protect against coronary heart disease?

Richards, J. Brent and Evans, David M. (2017). Back to school to protect against coronary heart disease?. BMJ, 358 j3849, j3849. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j3849

Back to school to protect against coronary heart disease?

2017

Journal Article

Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness

Willems, Sara M., Wright, Daniel J., Day, Felix R., Trajanoska, Katerina, Joshi, Peter K., Morris, John A., Matteini, Amy M., Garton, Fleur C., Grarup, Niels, Oskolkov, Nikolay, Thalamuthu, Anbupalam, Mangino, Massimo, Liu, Jun, Demirkan, Ayse, Lek, Monkol, Xu, Liwen, Wang, Guan, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Gaulton, Kyle J., Lotta, Luca A., Miyamoto-Mikami, Eri, Rivas, Manuel A., White, Tom, Loh, Po-Ru, Aadahl, Mette, Amin, Najaf, Attia, John R., Austin, Krista, Benyamin, Beben ... Ohlsson, Claes (2017). Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 16015, 16015. doi: 10.1038/ncomms16015

Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness

2017

Journal Article

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Reading Ability Show Connection to Socio-Economic Outcomes

Luciano, Michelle, Hagenaars, Saskia P. , Cox, Simon R. , Hill, William David , Davies, Gail , Harris, Sarah E. , Deary, Ian J. , Evans, David M. , Martin, Nicholas G. , Wright, Margaret J.  and Bates, Timothy C.  (2017). Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Reading Ability Show Connection to Socio-Economic Outcomes. Behavior Genetics, 47 (5), 469-479. doi: 10.1007/s10519-017-9859-x

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Reading Ability Show Connection to Socio-Economic Outcomes

2017

Journal Article

Bivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of pediatric musculoskeletal traits reveals pleiotropic effects at the SREBF1/TOM1L2 locus

Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Kemp, John P., Dimou, Niki L., Kreiner, Eskil, Chesi, Alessandra, Zemel, Babette S., Bonnelykke, Klaus, Boer, Cindy G., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Bisgaard, Hans, Evangelou, Evangelos, Heppe, Denise H. M., Bonewald, Lynda F., Gorski, Jeffrey P., Ghanbari, Mohsen, Demissie, Serkalem, Duque, Gustavo, Maurano, Matthew T., Kiel, Douglas P., Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, Van Der Eerden, Bram C. J., Ackert-Bicknell, Cheryl, Reppe, Sjur, Gautvik, Kaare M., Raastad, Truls, Karasik, David, Van De Peppel, Jeroen, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., Uitterlinden, André G. ... Rivadeneira, Fernando (2017). Bivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of pediatric musculoskeletal traits reveals pleiotropic effects at the SREBF1/TOM1L2 locus. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 121, 121. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00108-3

Bivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of pediatric musculoskeletal traits reveals pleiotropic effects at the SREBF1/TOM1L2 locus

2017

Journal Article

Association between telomere length and risk of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases a Mendelian randomization study

Haycock, Philip C., Burgess, Stephen, Nounu, Aayah, Zheng, Jie, Okoli, George N., Bowden, Jack, Wade, Kaitlin Hazel, Timpson, Nicholas J., Evans, David M., Willeit, Peter, Aviv, Abraham, Gaunt, Tomr., Hemani, Gibran, Mangino, Massimo, Ellis, Hayley Patricia, Kurian, Kathreena M., Pooley, Karen A., Eeles, Rosalind A., Lee, Jeffrey E., Fang, Shenying, Chen, Wei V., Law, Matthew H., Bowdler, Lisa M., Iles, Mark M., Yang, Qiong, Worrall, Bradford B., Markus, Hugh Stephen, Hung, Rayjean J., Amos, Chris I. ... Smith, George Davey (2017). Association between telomere length and risk of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases a Mendelian randomization study. JAMA Oncology, 3 (5), 636-651. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.5945

Association between telomere length and risk of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases a Mendelian randomization study

2017

Journal Article

Epigenome-wide association of DNA methylation in whole blood with bone mineral density

Morris, John A., Tsai, Pei-Chien, Joehanes, Roby, Zeng, Jie, Trajanoska, Katerina, Soerensen, Mette, Forgetta, Vincenzo, Castillo-Fernandez, Juan Edgar, Frost, Morten, Spector, Tim D., Christensen, Kaare, Christiansen, Lene, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Tobias, Jonathan H., Evans, David M., Kiel, Douglas P., Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, Richards, J. Brent and Bell, Jordana T. (2017). Epigenome-wide association of DNA methylation in whole blood with bone mineral density. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 32 (8), 1644-1650. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3148

Epigenome-wide association of DNA methylation in whole blood with bone mineral density

2017

Journal Article

Pharmacogenetics of antidepressant response: a polygenic approach

García-González, Judit, Tansey, Katherine E., Hauser, Joanna, Henigsberg, Neven, Maier, Wolfgang, Mors, Ole, Placentino, Anna, Rietschel, Marcella, Souery, Daniel, Žagar, Tina, Czerski, Piotr M., Jerman, Borut, Buttenschøn, Henriette N., Schulze, Thomas G., Zobel, Astrid, Farmer, Anne, Aitchison, Katherine J., Craig, Ian, McGuffin, Peter, Giupponi, Michel, Perroud, Nader, Bondolfi, Guido, Evans, David, O'Donovan, Michael, Peters, Tim J., Wendland, Jens R., Lewis, Glyn, Kapur, Shitij, Perlis, Roy ... Fabbri, Chiara (2017). Pharmacogenetics of antidepressant response: a polygenic approach. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 75, 128-134. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.01.011

Pharmacogenetics of antidepressant response: a polygenic approach

2017

Journal Article

Shared genetic influences between dimensional ASD and ADHD symptoms during child and adolescent development

Stergiakouli, Evie, Davey Smith, George, Martin, Joanna, Skuse, David H., Viechtbauer, Wolfgang, Ring, Susan M., Ronald, Angelica, Evans, David E., Fisher, Simon E., Thapar, Anita and St Pourcain, Beate (2017). Shared genetic influences between dimensional ASD and ADHD symptoms during child and adolescent development. Molecular Autism, 8 (1) 18, 18. doi: 10.1186/s13229-017-0131-2

Shared genetic influences between dimensional ASD and ADHD symptoms during child and adolescent development

2017

Journal Article

Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets

Wain, Louise V., Shrine, Nick, Artigas, María Soler, Erzurumluoglu, A. Mesut, Noyvert, Boris, Bossini-Castillo, Lara, Obeidat, Ma’en, Henry, Amanda P., Portelli, Michael A., Hall, Robert J., Billington, Charlotte K., Rimington, Tracy L., Fenech, Anthony G., John, Catherine, Blake, Tineka, Jackson, Victoria E., Allen, Richard J., Prins, Bram P., Campbell, Archie, Porteous, David J., Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Wielscher, Matthias, James, Alan L., Hui, Jennie, Wareham, Nicholas J., Zhao, Jing Hua, Wilson, James F., Joshi, Peter K., Stubbe, Beate ... Tobin, Martin D. (2017). Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets. Nature Genetics, 49 (3), 416-425. doi: 10.1038/ng.3787

Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets

2017

Journal Article

Using Mendelian randomization to determine causal effects of maternal pregnancy (intrauterine) exposures on offspring outcomes: Sources of bias and methods for assessing them

Lawlor, Deborah, Richmond, Rebecca, Warrington, Nicole , McMahon, George, Davery Smith, George, Bowden, Jack and Evans, David M. (2017). Using Mendelian randomization to determine causal effects of maternal pregnancy (intrauterine) exposures on offspring outcomes: Sources of bias and methods for assessing them. Wellcome Open Research, 2 (11) 11, 11. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.10567.1

Using Mendelian randomization to determine causal effects of maternal pregnancy (intrauterine) exposures on offspring outcomes: Sources of bias and methods for assessing them

2017

Journal Article

LD Hub: a centralized database and web interface to perform LD score regression that maximizes the potential of summary level GWAS data for SNP heritability and genetic correlation analysis

Zheng, Jie, Erzurumluoglu, A. Mesut, Elsworth, Benjamin L., Kemp, John P., Howe, Laurence, Haycock, Philip C., Hemani, Gibran, Tansey, Katherine, Laurin, Charles, St Pourcain, Beate, Warrington, Nicole M., Finucane, Hilary K., Price, Alkes L., Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan K., Anttila, Verneri, Paternoster, Lavinia, Gaunt, Tom R., Evans, David M. and Neale, Benjamin M. (2017). LD Hub: a centralized database and web interface to perform LD score regression that maximizes the potential of summary level GWAS data for SNP heritability and genetic correlation analysis. Bioinformatics, 33 (2), 272-279. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw613

LD Hub: a centralized database and web interface to perform LD score regression that maximizes the potential of summary level GWAS data for SNP heritability and genetic correlation analysis