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- Dr Allan McRae is:
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Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology
van Rheenen, Wouter, van der Spek, Rick A. A., Bakker, Mark K., van Vugt, Joke J. F. A., Hop, Paul J., Zwamborn, Ramona A. J., de Klein, Niek, Westra, Harm-Jan, Bakker, Olivier B., Deelen, Patrick, Shireby, Gemma, Hannon, Eilis, Moisse, Matthieu, Baird, Denis, Restuadi, Restuadi, Dolzhenko, Egor, Dekker, Annelot M., Gawor, Klara, Westeneng, Henk-Jan, Tazelaar, Gijs H. P., van Eijk, Kristel R., Kooyman, Maarten, Byrne, Ross P., Doherty, Mark, Heverin, Mark, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Shatunov, Aleksey, Ticozzi, Nicola ... SLAP Consortium (2021). Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology. Nature Genetics, 53 (12), 1636-1648. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00973-1
2021
Journal Article
Creating and validating a DNA methylation-based proxy for interleukin-6
Stevenson, Anna J, Gadd, Danni A, Hillary, Robert F, McCartney, Daniel L, Campbell, Archie, Walker, Rosie M, Evans, Kathryn L, Harris, Sarah E, Spires-Jones, Tara L, McRae, Allan F, Visscher, Peter M, McIntosh, Andrew M, Deary, Ian J and Marioni, Riccardo E (2021). Creating and validating a DNA methylation-based proxy for interleukin-6. Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 76 (12), 2284-2292. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glab046
2021
Journal Article
Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations
Yap, Chloe X., Henders, Anjali K., Alvares, Gail A., Wood, David L.A., Krause, Lutz, Tyson, Gene W., Restuadi, Restuadi, Wallace, Leanne, McLaren, Tiana, Hansell, Narelle K., Cleary, Dominique, Grove, Rachel, Hafekost, Claire, Harun, Alexis, Holdsworth, Helen, Jellett, Rachel, Khan, Feroza, Lawson, Lauren P., Leslie, Jodie, Frenk, Mira Levis, Masi, Anne, Mathew, Nisha E., Muniandy, Melanie, Nothard, Michaela, Miller, Jessica L., Nunn, Lorelle, Holtmann, Gerald, Strike, Lachlan T., de Zubicaray, Greig I. ... Gratten, Jacob (2021). Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations. Cell, 184 (24), 5916-5931.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.10.015
2021
Journal Article
Identical twins carry a persistent epigenetic signature of early genome programming
van Dongen, Jenny, Gordon, Scott D., McRae, Allan F., Odintsova, Veronika V., Mbarek, Hamdi, Breeze, Charles E., Sugden, Karen, Lundgren, Sara, Castillo-Fernandez, Juan E., Hannon, Eilis, Moffitt, Terrie E., Hagenbeek, Fiona A., van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E. M., Jan Hottenga, Jouke, Tsai, Pei-Chien, van Dongen, Jenny, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, McRae, Allan F., Sugden, Karen, Castillo-Fernandez, Juan E., Hannon, Eilis, Moffitt, Terrie E., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Geus, Eco J. C., Spector, Timothy D., Min, Josine L., Hemani, Gibran, Ehli, Erik A., Paul, Franziska ... Genetics of DNA Methylation Consortium (2021). Identical twins carry a persistent epigenetic signature of early genome programming. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 5618, 5618. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25583-7
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
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
2021
Journal Article
Using monozygotic twins to dissect common genes in posttraumatic stress disorder and migraine
Bainomugisa, Charlotte K., Sutherland, Heidi G., Parker, Richard, Mcrae, Allan F., Haupt, Larisa M., Griffiths, Lyn R., Heath, Andrew, Nelson, Elliot C., Wright, Margaret J., Hickie, Ian B., Martin, Nicholas G., Nyholt, Dale R. and Mehta, Divya (2021). Using monozygotic twins to dissect common genes in posttraumatic stress disorder and migraine. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15 678350, 678350. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.678350
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
2021
Journal Article
Epigenome-wide association study of thyroid function traits identifies novel associations of fT3 with KLF9 and DOT1L
Lafontaine, Nicole, Campbell, Purdey J., Castillo-Fernandez, Juan E., Mullin, Shelby, Lim, Ee Mun, Kendrew, Phillip, Lewer, Michelle, Brown, Suzanne J., Huang, Rae-Chi, Melton, Phillip E., Mori, Trevor A., Beilin, Lawrence J., Dudbridge, Frank, Spector, Tim D., Wright, Margaret J., Martin, Nicholas G., McRae, Allan F., Panicker, Vijay, Zhu, Gu, Walsh, John P., Bell, Jordana T. and Wilson, Scott G. (2021). Epigenome-wide association study of thyroid function traits identifies novel associations of fT3 with KLF9 and DOT1L. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 106 (5), e2191-e2202. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa975
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
2021
Journal Article
1q21.1 distal copy number variants are associated with cerebral and cognitive alterations in humans
Sønderby, Ida E., van der Meer, Dennis, Moreau, Clara, Kaufmann, Tobias, Walters, G Bragi, Ellegaard, Maria, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ames, David, Amunts, Katrin, Andersson, Micael, Armstrong, Nicola J., Bernard, Manon, Blackburn, Nicholas B., Blangero, John, Boomsma, Dorret I., Brodaty, Henry, Brouwer, Rachel M., Bülow, Robin, Bøen, Rune, Cahn, Wiepke, Calhoun, Vince D., Caspers, Svenja, Ching, Christopher R. K., Cichon, Sven, Ciufolini, Simone, Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto, Curran, Joanne E., Dale, Anders M., Dalvie, Shareefa ... ENIGMA-CNV working group (2021). 1q21.1 distal copy number variants are associated with cerebral and cognitive alterations in humans. Translational Psychiatry, 11 (1) 182, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01213-0
2021
Journal Article
Effects of copy number variations on brain structure and risk for psychiatric illness: Large-scale studies from the ENIGMA working groups on CNVs
Sønderby, Ida E, Ching, Christopher R. K., Thomopoulos, Sophia I., van der Meer, Dennis, Sun, Daqiang, Villalon-Reina, Julio E., Agartz, Ingrid, Amunts, Katrin, Arango, Celso, Armstrong, Nicola J., Ayesa-Arriola, Rosa, Bakker, Geor, Bassett, Anne S., Boomsma, Dorret I., Bülow, Robin, Butcher, Nancy J., Calhoun, Vince D., Caspers, Svenja, Chow, Eva W. C., Cichon, Sven, Ciufolini, Simone, Craig, Michael C., Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto, Cunningham, Adam C., Dale, Anders M., Dazzan, Paola, de Zubicaray, Greig I., Djurovic, Srdjan, Doherty, Joanne L. ... Wright, Margaret (2021). Effects of copy number variations on brain structure and risk for psychiatric illness: Large-scale studies from the ENIGMA working groups on CNVs. Human Brain Mapping, 43 (1) hbm.25354, 300-328. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25354
2021
Journal Article
Examining the Vanishing Twin Hypothesis of Neural Tube Defects: Application of an Epigenetic Predictor for Monozygotic Twinning
Van Dongen, Jenny, Gordon, Scott D., Odintsova, Veronika V., McRae, Allan F., Robinson, Wendy P., Hall, Judith G., Boomsma, Dorret I. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2021). Examining the Vanishing Twin Hypothesis of Neural Tube Defects: Application of an Epigenetic Predictor for Monozygotic Twinning. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 24 (3) PII S1832427421000256, 155-159. doi: 10.1017/thg.2021.25
2020
Other Outputs
Epigenetic scores for the circulating proteome as tools for disease prediction
Gadd, Danni A, Hillary, Robert F, McCartney, Daniel L, Zaghlool, Shaza B, Stevenson, Anna J, Nangle, Cliff, Campbell, Archie, Flaig, Robin, Harris, Sarah E, Walker, Rosie M, Shi, Liu, Tucker-Drob, Elliot M, Gieger, Christian, Peters, Annette, Waldenberger, Melanie, Graumann, Johannes, McRae, Allan F, Deary, Ian J, Porteous, David J, Hayward, Caroline, Visscher, Peter M, Cox, Simon R, Evans, Kathryn L, McIntosh, Andrew M, Suhre, Karsten and Marioni, Riccardo E (2020). Epigenetic scores for the circulating proteome as tools for disease prediction. doi: 10.1101/2020.12.01.404681
2020
Journal Article
Author Correction: Bayesian reassessment of the epigenetic architecture of complex traits (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (2865), 10.1038/s41467-020-16520-1)
Banos, Daniel Trejo, McCartney, Daniel L., Patxot, Marion, Anchieri, Lucas, Battram, Thomas, Christiansen, Colette, Costeira, Ricardo, Walker, Rosie M., Morris, Stewart W., Campbell, Archie, Zhang, Qian, Porteous, David J., McRae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Haley, Chris S., Evans, Kathryn L., Deary, Ian J., McIntosh, Andrew M., Hemani, Gibran, Bell, Jordana T., Marioni, Riccardo E. and Robinson, Matthew R. (2020). Author Correction: Bayesian reassessment of the epigenetic architecture of complex traits (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (2865), 10.1038/s41467-020-16520-1). Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5186, 5186. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19099-9
2020
Journal Article
Bayesian reassessment of the epigenetic architecture of complex traits
Trejo Banos, Daniel, McCartney, Daniel L., Patxot, Marion, Anchieri, Lucas, Battram, Thomas, Christiansen, Colette, Costeira, Ricardo, Walker, Rosie M., Morris, Stewart W., Campbell, Archie, Zhang, Qian, Porteous, David J., McRae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Haley, Chris S., Evans, Kathryn L., Deary, Ian J., McIntosh, Andrew M., Hemani, Gibran, Bell, Jordana T., Marioni, Riccardo E. and Robinson, Matthew R. (2020). Bayesian reassessment of the epigenetic architecture of complex traits. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2865, 2865. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16520-1
2020
Journal Article
Risk prediction of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease implies an oligogenic architecture
Zhang, Qian, Sidorenko, Julia, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Marioni, Riccardo E., Wright, Margaret J., Goate, Alison M., Marcora, Edoardo, Huang, Kuan-lin, Porter, Tenielle, Laws, Simon M., Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study, Sachdev, Perminder S., Mather, Karen A., Armstrong, Nicola J., Thalamuthu, Anbupalam, Brodaty, Henry, Yengo, Loic, Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R., McRae, Allan F. and Visscher, Peter M. (2020). Risk prediction of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease implies an oligogenic architecture. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4799, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18534-1
2020
Other Outputs
Genomic and phenomic 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 ... Relton, Caroline L (2020). Genomic and phenomic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation. doi: 10.1101/2020.09.01.20180406
2020
Journal Article
Blood DNA methylation sites predict death risk in a longitudinal study of 12,300 individuals
Colicino, Elena, Marioni, Riccardo, Ward-Caviness, Cavin, Gondalia, Rahul, Guan, Weihua, Chen, Brian, Tsai, Pei-Chien, Huan, Tianxiao, Xu, Gao, Golareh, Agha, Schwartz, Joel, Vokonas, Pantel, Just, Allan, Starr, John M., McRae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Bressler, Jan, Zhang, Wen, Tanaka, Toshiko, Moore, Ann Zenobia, Pilling, Luke C., Zhang, Guosheng, Stewart, James D., Li, Yun, Hou, Lifang, Castillo-Fernandez, Juan, Spector, Tim, Kiel, Douglas P. ... Baccarelli, Andrea (2020). Blood DNA methylation sites predict death risk in a longitudinal study of 12,300 individuals. Aging, 12 (14), 14092-14124. doi: 10.18632/aging.103408
2020
Journal Article
Characterisation of an inflammation-related epigenetic score and its association with cognitive ability
Stevenson, Anna J., McCartney, Daniel L., Hillary, Robert F., Campbell, Archie, Morris, Stewart W., Bermingham, Mairead L., Walker, Rosie M., Evans, Kathryn L., Boutin, Thibaud S., Hayward, Caroline, McRae, Allan F., McColl, Barry W., Spires-Jones, Tara L., McIntosh, Andrew M., Deary, Ian J. and Marioni, Riccardo E. (2020). Characterisation of an inflammation-related epigenetic score and its association with cognitive ability. Clinical Epigenetics, 12 (1) 113, 113. doi: 10.1186/s13148-020-00903-8
Funding
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Cell-free DNA methodology for diagnosis and monitoring progression in Motor Neurone Disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fleur Garton
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding cellular and molecular heterogeneity in endometriosis using multi-omics data
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray, Dr Sally Mortlock
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Doctor Philosophy
Novel methods and data integration to understand the causes of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jian Zeng, Dr Fleur Garton
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Doctor Philosophy
Multi-Omic Analyses of a Clinical Trial Cohort of Young People at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne, Professor Naomi Wray
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the role of clinical, lifestyle, environmental and molecular factors in endometriosis risk
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sally Mortlock
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Doctor Philosophy
Multiomics of common co-occurring conditions in autism spectrum disorder
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Yuanhao Yang, Honorary Professor Jake Gratten
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the molecular basis of motor neurone disease using cell-free DNA
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Midwinter, Dr Fleur Garton
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Doctor Philosophy
Genetics of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and associated comorbidities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Enda Byrne
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Doctor Philosophy
Cellular genomics of Parkinson's disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen, Honorary Professor Jake Gratten, Dr Yuanhao Yang
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Quantitative genetics approaches to elucidate the role of DNA methylation in complex trait variation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Insights into pleiotropic effects across the human genome for complex traits and diseases
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Systems biology of motor neurone disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Shyuan Ngo, Professor Naomi Wray
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Improving fine-mapping methodology using DNA methylation as a model trait
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher, Professor Naomi Wray
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Sexual dimorphism in human gene expression
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Studying the effects of DNA methylation variation across neurodegenerative disorders
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the genetic and environmental variations in human complex traits
Associate Advisor
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
A Complex Trait Genomics Approach to Investigating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Genetic and genomic analyses on ageing and age-related complex traits
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher
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2018
Master Philosophy
Integrating genome-wide association study data with gene expression to understand complex traits and common diseases
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Naomi Wray, Honorary Professor Jake Gratten
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Mitochondrial and autosomal genetic analyses in the Australian population
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Visscher
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