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2018

Journal Article

Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways

Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Li, Xin, Sanna, Marianna, Iles, Mark M., Jacobs, Leonie C., Evans, David M., Yazar, Seyhan, Beesley, Jonathan, Law, Matthew H., Kraft, Peter, Visconti, Alessia, Taylor, John C., Lui, Fan, Wright, Margaret J., Henders, Anjali K., Bowdler, Lisa, Glass, Dan, Ikram, Arfan M., Uitterlinden, André G., Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Nelson, Elliot C., Green, Adele C., Chanock, Stephen, Barrett, Jennifer H., Brown, Matthew A., Hayward, Nicholas K., MacGregor, Stuart ... Martin, Nicholas G. (2018). Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 4774, 4774. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06649-5

Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways

2018

Journal Article

Imputation-based analysis of MICA alleles in the susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis

Cortes, Adrian, Gladman, Dafna, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Cui, Jing, Wheeler, Lawrie, Brown, Matthew A., International Genetics of Ankylosing Spondylitis Consortium (IGAS) and Evans, David (2018). Imputation-based analysis of MICA alleles in the susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 77 (11), 1691-1692. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213413

Imputation-based analysis of MICA alleles in the susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis

2018

Journal Article

Genome analyses of >200,000 individuals identify 58 loci for chronic inflammation and highlight pathways that link inflammation and complex disorders

Ligthart, Symen, Vaez, Ahmad, Võsa, Urmo, Stathopoulou, Maria G., de Vries, Paul S., Prins, Bram P., Van der Most, Peter J., Tanaka, Toshiko, Naderi, Elnaz, Rose, Lynda M., Wu, Ying, Karlsson, Robert, Barbalic, Maja, Lin, Honghuang, Pool, René, Zhu, Gu, Macé, Aurélien, Sidore, Carlo, Trompet, Stella, Mangino, Massimo, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Kemp, John P., Abbasi, Ali, Kacprowski, Tim, Verweij, Niek, Smith, Albert V., Huang, Tao, Marzi, Carola, Feitosa, Mary F. ... Alizadeh, Behrooz Z. (2018). Genome analyses of >200,000 individuals identify 58 loci for chronic inflammation and highlight pathways that link inflammation and complex disorders. American Journal of Human Genetics, 103 (5), 691-706. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.09.009

Genome analyses of >200,000 individuals identify 58 loci for chronic inflammation and highlight pathways that link inflammation and complex disorders

2018

Journal Article

Identification of novel loci associated with hip shape: a meta-analysis of genomewide association studies

Baird, Denis A., Evans, Daniel S., Kamanu, Frederick K., Gregory, Jennifer S., Saunders, Fiona R., Giuraniuc, Claudiu V., Barr, Rebecca J., Aspden, Richard M., Jenkins, Deborah, Kiel, Douglas P., Orwoll, Eric S., Cummings, Steven R., Lane, Nancy E., Mullin, Benjamin H., Williams, Frances M. K., Richards, J Brent, Wilson, Scott G., Spector, Tim D., Faber, Benjamin G., Lawlor, Deborah A., Grundberg, Elin, Ohlsson, Claes, Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika, Capellini, Terence D., Richard, Daniel, Beck, Thomas J., Evans, David M., Paternoster, Lavinia, Karasik, David and Tobias, Jonathan H. (2018). Identification of novel loci associated with hip shape: a meta-analysis of genomewide association studies. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 34 (2), 241-251. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3605

Identification of novel loci associated with hip shape: a meta-analysis of genomewide association studies

2018

Other Outputs

Machine Learning to Predict Osteoporotic Fracture Risk from Genotypes

Forgetta, Vincenzo, Keller-Baruch, Julyan, Forest, Marie, Durand, Audrey, Bhatnagar, Sahir, Kemp, John, Morris, John A, Kanis, John A, Kiel, Douglas P., McCloskey, Eugene V, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Johannson, Helena, Harvey, Nicholas, Cooper, Cyrus, Evans, David M, Pineau, Joelle, Leslie, William D, Greenwood, Celia MT and Richards, J Brent (2018). Machine Learning to Predict Osteoporotic Fracture Risk from Genotypes. doi: 10.1101/413716

Machine Learning to Predict Osteoporotic Fracture Risk from Genotypes

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study of extreme high bone mass: contribution of common genetic variation to extreme BMD phenotypes and potential novel BMD-associated genes

Gregson, Celia L., Newell, Felicity, Leo, Paul J., Clark, Graeme R., Paternoster, Lavinia, Marshall, Mhairi, Forgetta, Vincenzo, Morris, John A., Ge, Bing, Bao, Xiao, Duncan Bassett, J. H., Williams, Graham R., Youlten, Scott E., Croucher, Peter I., Davey Smith, George, Evans, David M., Kemp, John P., Brown, Matthew A., Tobias, Jon H. and Duncan, Emma L. (2018). Genome-wide association study of extreme high bone mass: contribution of common genetic variation to extreme BMD phenotypes and potential novel BMD-associated genes. Bone, 114, 62-71. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.06.001

Genome-wide association study of extreme high bone mass: contribution of common genetic variation to extreme BMD phenotypes and potential novel BMD-associated genes

2018

Journal Article

Assessing the role of DNA methylation-derived neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in rheumatoid arthritis

Ambatipudi, Srikant, Sharp, Gemma C., Clarke, Sarah L. N., Plant, Darren, Tobias, Jonathan H., Evans, David M., Barton, Anne and Belton, Caroline L. (2018). Assessing the role of DNA methylation-derived neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Immunology Research, 2018 2624981, 1-10. doi: 10.1155/2018/2624981

Assessing the role of DNA methylation-derived neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in rheumatoid arthritis

2018

Journal Article

Are serum concentrations of vitamin B-12 causally related to cardiometabolic risk factors and disease? A Mendelian randomization study

Moen, Gunn-Helen, Qvigstad, Elisabeth, Birkeland, Kåre I., Evans, David M. and Sommer, Christine (2018). Are serum concentrations of vitamin B-12 causally related to cardiometabolic risk factors and disease? A Mendelian randomization study. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 108 (2), 398-404. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy101

Are serum concentrations of vitamin B-12 causally related to cardiometabolic risk factors and disease? A Mendelian randomization study

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide survey of parent-of-origin effects on DNA methylation identifies candidate imprinted loci in humans

Cuellar Partida, Gabriel, Laurin, Charles, Ring, Susan M., Gaunt, Tom R., McRae, Allan, Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G., Hemani, Gibran, Suderman, Matthew, Relton, Caroline L., Davey Smith, George and Evans, David M. (2018). Genome-wide survey of parent-of-origin effects on DNA methylation identifies candidate imprinted loci in humans. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (16), 2927-2939. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy206

Genome-wide survey of parent-of-origin effects on DNA methylation identifies candidate imprinted loci in humans

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error

Tedja, Milly S., Wojciechowski, Robert, Hysi, Pirro G., Eriksson, Nicholas, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Verhoeven, Virginie J. M., Iglesias, Adriana I., Meester-Smoor, Magda A., Tompson, Stuart W., Fan, Qiao, Khawaja, Anthony P., Cheng, Ching-Yu, Höhn, René, Yamashiro, Kenji, Wenocur, Adam, Grazal, Clare, Haller, Toomas, Metspalu, Andres, Wedenoja, Juho, Jonas, Jost B., Wang, Ya Xing, Xie, Jing, Mitchell, Paul, Foster, Paul J., Klein, Barbara E. K., Klein, Ronald, Paterson, Andrew D., Hosseini, S. Mohsen, Shah, Rupal L. ... UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium (2018). Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error. Nature Genetics, 50 (6), 834-848. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0127-7

Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error

2018

Journal Article

The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

Hemani, Gibran, Zheng, Jie, Elsworth, Benjamin, Wade, Kaitlin H., Haberland, Valeriia, Baird, Denis, Laurin, Charles, Burgess, Stephen, Bowden, Jack, Langdon, Ryan, Tan, Vanessa Y., Yarmolinsky, James, Shihab, Hashem A., Timpson, Nicholas J., Evans, David M., Relton, Caroline, Martin, Richard M., Davey Smith, George, Gaunt, Tom R. and Haycock, Philip C. (2018). The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome. eLife, 7 e34408. doi: 10.7554/eLife.34408

The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

2018

Journal Article

Circulating Selenium and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

Yarmolinsky, James, Bonilla, Carolina, Haycock, Philip C., Langdon, Ryan J. Q., Lotta, Luca A., Langenberg, Claudia, Relton, Caroline L., Lewis, Sarah J., Evans, David M., PRACTICAL Consortium, Davey Smith, George and Martin, Richard M. (2018). Circulating Selenium and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 110 (9) djy081, 1035-1038. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djy081

Circulating Selenium and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability

Hysi, Pirro G., Valdes, Ana M., Liu, Fan, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Evans, David M., Bataille, Veronique, Visconti, Alessia, Hemani, Gibran, McMahon, George, Ring, Susan M., Smith, George Davey, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Gordon, Scott D., Medland, Sarah E., Lin, Bochao D., Willemsen, Gonneke, Jan Hottenga, Jouke, Vuckovic, Dragana, Girotto, Giorgia, Gandin, Ilaria, Sala, Cinzia, Concas, Maria Pina, Brumat, Marco, Gasparini, Paolo, Toniolo, Daniela, Cocca, Massimiliano, Robino, Antonietta, Yazar, Seyhan ... Spector, Timothy D. (2018). Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 652-656. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0100-5

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals of European ancestry identifies new loci explaining a substantial fraction of hair color variation and heritability

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero

Warrington, Nicole M., Shevroja, Enisa, Hemani, Gibran, Hysi, Pirro G., Jiang, Yunxuan, Auton, Adam, Boer, Cindy G., Mangino, Massimo, Wang, Carol A., Kemp, John P., McMahon, George, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Hickey, Martha, Trajanoska, Katerina, Wolke, Dieter, Ikram, Arfan M., 23 and Me Research Team, Montgomery, Grant W., Felix, Janine F., Wright, Margaret J., Mackey, David A., Jaddoe, Vincent W., Martin, Nicholas G., Tung, Joyce Y., Davey Smith, George, Pennell, Craig E., Spector, Tim D., van Meurs, Joyce, Rivadeneira, Fernando ... Evans, David M. (2018). Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (11), 2025-2038. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy121

Genome-wide association study identifies nine novel loci for 2D:4D finger ratio, a putative retrospective biomarker of testosterone exposure in utero

2018

Journal Article

Elucidating the genetics of craniofacial shape

Evans, David M (2018). Elucidating the genetics of craniofacial shape. Nature Genetics, 50 (3), 319-321. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0065-4

Elucidating the genetics of craniofacial shape

2018

Journal Article

Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference

Corbin, Laura J., Tan, Vanessa Y., Hughes, David A., Wade, Kaitlin H., Paul, Dirk S., Tansey, Katherine E., Butcher, Frances, Dudbridge, Frank, Howson, Joanna M., Jallow, Momodou W., John, Catherine, Kingston, Nathalie, Lindgren, Cecilia M., O'Donavan, Michael, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Owen, Michael J., Palmer, Colin N. A., Pearson, Ewan R., Scott, Robert A., van Heel, David A., Whittaker, John, Frayling, Tim, Tobin, Martin D., Wain, Louise V., Smith, George Davey, Evans, David M., Karpe, Fredrik, McCarthy, Mark I., Danesh, John ... Timpson, Nicholas J. (2018). Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 711, 711. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03109-y

Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

Beaumont, Robin N., Warrington, Nicole M., Cavadino, Alana, Tyrrell, Jessica, Nodzenski, Michael, Horikoshi, Momoko, Geller, Frank, Myhre, Ronny, Richmond, Rebecca C., Paternoster, Lavinia, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Kreiner-Møller, Eskil, Huikari, Ville, Metrustry, Sarah, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Painter, Jodie N., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Allard, Catherine, Barton, Sheila J., Espinosa, Ana, Marsh, Julie A., Potter, Catherine, Zhang, Ge, Ang, Wei, Berry, Diane J., Bouchard, Luigi, Das, Shikta, Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, Hakonarson, Hakon ... Freathy, Rachel M. (2018). Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics. Human Molecular Genetics, 27 (4) ddx429, 742-756. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddx429

Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86,577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

2018

Journal Article

Using structural equation modelling to jointly estimate maternal and fetal effects on birthweight in the UK Biobank

Warrington, Nicole M., Freathy, Rachel M., Neale, Michael C. and Evans, David M. (2018). Using structural equation modelling to jointly estimate maternal and fetal effects on birthweight in the UK Biobank. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47 (4), 1229-1241. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy015

Using structural equation modelling to jointly estimate maternal and fetal effects on birthweight in the UK Biobank

2018

Journal Article

MHC-dependent mate selection within 872 spousal pairs of European ancestry from the health and retirement study

Qiao, Zhen, Powell, Joseph E. and Evans, David M. (2018). MHC-dependent mate selection within 872 spousal pairs of European ancestry from the health and retirement study. Genes, 9 (1) 53, 53. doi: 10.3390/genes9010053

MHC-dependent mate selection within 872 spousal pairs of European ancestry from the health and retirement study

2018

Journal Article

Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects

Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Kemp, John P., Trajanoska, Katerina, Luan, Jian'an, Chesi, Alessandra, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Ham, Annelies, Hartwig, Fernando P., Evans, Daniel S., Joro, Raimo, Nedeljkovic, Ivana, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Zhu, Kun, Atalay, Mustafa, Liu, Ching-Ti, Nethander, Maria, Broer, Linda, Porleifsson, Gudmar, Mullin, Benjamin H., Handelman, Samuel K., Nalls, Mike A., Jessen, Leon E, Heppe, Denise H. M., Richards, J. Brent, Wang, Carol, Chawes, Bo, Schraut, Katharina E, Amin, Najaf ... Rivadeneira, Fernando (2018). Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects. American journal of human genetics, 102 (1), 88-102. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.12.005

Life-Course Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis of Total Body BMD and Assessment of Age-Specific Effects