Professor Allan McRae
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Allan McRae

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  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh

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199 works between 2002 and 2026
All (199) Journal Article (180) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (16) Book Chapter (2)

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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

2016

Journal Article

Fast set-based association analysis using summary data from GWAS identifies novel gene loci for human complex traits

Bakshi, Andrew, Zhu, Zhihong, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Hill, W. David, Mcrae, Allan F., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2016). Fast set-based association analysis using summary data from GWAS identifies novel gene loci for human complex traits. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 32894, 32894. doi: 10.1038/srep32894

Fast set-based association analysis using summary data from GWAS identifies novel gene loci for human complex traits

2016

Journal Article

The autosomal genetic control of sexually dimorphic traits in humans is largely the same across the sexes

Kassam, Irfahan and McRae, Allan F. (2016). The autosomal genetic control of sexually dimorphic traits in humans is largely the same across the sexes. Genome Biology, 17 (1) 169. doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1035-8

The autosomal genetic control of sexually dimorphic traits in humans is largely the same across the sexes

2016

Journal Article

Predicting gene targets from integrative analyses of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies for 28 human complex traits

Pavlides, Jennifer M. Whitehead, Zhu, Zhihong, Gratten, Jacob, Mcrae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R. and Yang, Jian (2016). Predicting gene targets from integrative analyses of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies for 28 human complex traits. Genome Medicine, 8 (1) 84, 84. doi: 10.1186/s13073-016-0338-4

Predicting gene targets from integrative analyses of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies for 28 human complex traits

2016

Journal Article

Identification of common genetic variants influencing spontaneous dizygotic twinning and female fertility

Mbarek, Hamdi, Steinberg, Stacy, Nyholt, Dale R., Gordon, Scott D., Miller, Michael B., McRae, Allan F, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Day, Felix R., Willemsen, Gonneke, de Geus, Eco J., Davies, Gareth E, Martin, Hilary C, Penninx, Brenda W, Jansen, Rick, McAloney, Kerrie, Vink, Jacqueline M., Kaprio, Jaakko, Plomin, Robert, Spector, Tim D., Magnusson, Patrik K., Reversade, Bruno, Harris, R. Alan, Aagaard, Kjersti, Kristjansson, Ragnar P., Olafsson, Isleifur, Eyjolfsson, Gudmundur Ingi, Sigurdardottir, Olof, Iacono, William G., Lambalk, Cornelis B ... Boomsman, Dorret I. (2016). Identification of common genetic variants influencing spontaneous dizygotic twinning and female fertility. American Journal of Human Genetics, 98 (5), 898-908. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.03.008

Identification of common genetic variants influencing spontaneous dizygotic twinning and female fertility

2016

Journal Article

Corrigendum: The epigenetic clock and telomere length are independently associated with chronological age and mortality [Int J Epidemiol., 45, 2, (424-432)(2016)] DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw041

Marioni, Riccardo E., Harris, Sarah E., Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., von Zglinicki, Thomas, Martin-Ruiz, Carmen, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2016). Corrigendum: The epigenetic clock and telomere length are independently associated with chronological age and mortality [Int J Epidemiol., 45, 2, (424-432)(2016)] DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw041. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47 (1) dyx217, 356-356. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx233

Corrigendum: The epigenetic clock and telomere length are independently associated with chronological age and mortality [Int J Epidemiol., 45, 2, (424-432)(2016)] DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw041

2016

Journal Article

The epigenetic clock and telomere length are independently associated with chronological age and mortality

Marioni, Riccardo E., Harris, Sarah E., Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., von Zglinicki, Thomas, Martin-Ruiz, Carmen, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Deary, Ian J. (2016). The epigenetic clock and telomere length are independently associated with chronological age and mortality. International Journal of Epidemiology, 45 (2), 424-432. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyw041

The epigenetic clock and telomere length are independently associated with chronological age and mortality

2016

Journal Article

Shared genetic control of expression and methylation in peripheral blood

Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Powell, Joseph E., Hemani, Gibran, Henders, Anjali K., Martin, Nicholas G., Visscher, Peter M., Montgomery, Grant W. and McRae, Allan F. (2016). Shared genetic control of expression and methylation in peripheral blood. BMC Genomics, 17 (1) 278, 278. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2498-4

Shared genetic control of expression and methylation in peripheral blood

2016

Journal Article

Inflammation-driven bone formation in a mouse model of ankylosing spondylitis: sequential not parallel processes

Tseng, Hsu-Wen, Pitt, Miranda E., Glant, Tibor T., McRae, Allan F., Kenna, Tony J., Brown, Matthew A., Pettit, Allison R. and Thomas, Gethin P. (2016). Inflammation-driven bone formation in a mouse model of ankylosing spondylitis: sequential not parallel processes. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 18 (1) 35, 35. doi: 10.1186/s13075-015-0805-0

Inflammation-driven bone formation in a mouse model of ankylosing spondylitis: sequential not parallel processes

2016

Journal Article

DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

Chen, Brian H., Marioni, Riccardo E., Colicino, Elena, Peters, Marjolein J., Ward-Caviness, Cavin K., Tsai, Pei-Chien, Roetker, Nicholas S., Just, Allan C., Demerath, Ellen W., Guan, Weihua, Bressler, Jan, Fornage, Myriam, Studenski, Stephanie, Vandiver, Amy R., Moore, Ann Zenobia, Tanaka, Toshiko, Kiel, Douglas P., Liang, Liming, Vokonas, Pantel, Schwartz, Joel, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Murabito, Joanne M., Bandinelli, Stefania, Hernandez, Dena G., Melzer, David, Nalls, Michael, Pilling, Luke C., Price, Timothy R., Singleton, Andrew B. ... Horvath, Steve (2016). DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death. Aging, 8 (9), 1844-1865. doi: 10.18632/aging.101020

DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

2015

Journal Article

Sharing a placenta is associated with a greater similarity in DNA methylation in monochorionic versus dichorionic twin pars in blood at age 14

Bui, Masato, Benyamin, Beben, Shah, Sonia, Henders, Anjali K., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W. and McRae, Allan F. (2015). Sharing a placenta is associated with a greater similarity in DNA methylation in monochorionic versus dichorionic twin pars in blood at age 14. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18 (6), 680-685. doi: 10.1017/thg.2015.87

Sharing a placenta is associated with a greater similarity in DNA methylation in monochorionic versus dichorionic twin pars in blood at age 14

2015

Journal Article

The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

Peters, Marjolein J., Joehanes, Roby, Pilling, Luke C., Schurmann, Claudia, Conneely, Karen N., Powell, Joseph, Reinmaa, Eva, Sutphin, George L., Zhernakova, Alexandra, Schramm, Katharina, Wilson, Yana A., Kobes, Sayuko, Tukiainen, Taru, Ramos, Yolande F., Goring, Harald H. H., Fornage, Myriam, Liu, Yongmei, Gharib, Sina A., Stranger, Barbara E., De Jager, Philip L., Aviv, Abraham, Levy, Daniel, Murabito, Joanne M., Munson, Peter J., Huan, Tianxiao, Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Van Rooij, Jeroen ... NABEC/UKBEC Consortium (2015). The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 8570, 8570.1-8570.14. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9570

The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood

2015

Journal Article

Genome-wide autozygosity is associated with lower general cognitive ability

Howrigan, D.P., Simonson, M.A., Davies, G., Harris, S.E., Tenesa, A., Starr, J.M., Liewald, D.C., Deary, I.J., McRae, A., Wright, M.J., Montgomery, G.W., Hansell, N., Martin, N.G., Payton, A., Horan, M., Ollier, W.E., Abdellaoui, A., Boomsma, D.I., DeRosse, P., Knowles, E.E.M., Glahn, D.C., Djurovic, S., Melle, I., Andreassen, O.A., Christoforou, A., Steen, V.M., Hellard, S.L., Sundet, K., Reinvang, I. ... Keller, M.C. (2015). Genome-wide autozygosity is associated with lower general cognitive ability. Molecular Psychiatry, 21 (6), 837-843. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.120

Genome-wide autozygosity is associated with lower general cognitive ability

2015

Journal Article

The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

Marioni, Riccardo E., Shah, Sonia, McRae, Allan F., Ritchie, Stuart J., Muniz-Terrera, Graciela, Harris, Sarah E., Gibson, Jude, Redmond, Paul, Cox, Simon R., Pattie, Alison, Corley, Janie, Taylor, Adele, Murphy, Lee, Starr, John M., Horvath, Steve, Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R. and Deary, Ian J. (2015). The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. International Journal of Epidemiology, 44 (4), 1388-1396. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyu277

The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

2015

Journal Article

Improving phenotypic prediction by combining genetic and epigenetic associations

Shah, Sonia, Bonder, Marc J., Marioni, Riccardo E., Zhu, Zhihong, McRae, Allan F., Zhernakova, Alexandra, Harris, Sarah E., Liewald, Dave, Henders, Anjali K., Mendelson, Michael M., Liu, Chunyu, Joehanes, Roby, Liang, Liming, Levy, Daniel, Martin, Nicholas G., Starr, John M., Wijmenga, Cisca, Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian, Montgomery, Grant W., Franke, Luke, Deary, Ian J., Visscher, Peter M. and BIOS Consortium (2015). Improving phenotypic prediction by combining genetic and epigenetic associations. American Journal of Human Genetics, 97 (1), 75-85. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.05.014

Improving phenotypic prediction by combining genetic and epigenetic associations

2015

Journal Article

Seasonal effects on gene expression

Goldinger, Anita, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Henders, Anjali K., McRae, Allan F., Montgomery, Grant W. and Powell, Joseph E. (2015). Seasonal effects on gene expression. PLoS ONE, 10 (5) e0126995, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126995

Seasonal effects on gene expression

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2029
    Developing and Applying Novel Polygenic Score Approaches in ALS for Risk Prediction, Stratification, and Precision Medicine
    FightMND Discovery Grant
    Open grant
  • 2026 - 2028
    MND as a Syndrome - Genomic Approaches to Untangling Heterogeneity in Disease
    FightMND IMPACT Grant
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2027
    Proteomic Biomarkers for ALS Disease Prognosis and Progression Monitoring
    United States Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Exploring disease heterogeneity across MND clinical phenotypes using a multimodal, multicentre neuroimaging approach (MND Research Australia grant administered by the University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024 - 2026
    SALSA Study with MND and Me Foundation
    The MND and ME Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    An Australian Sporadic ALS transcriptome resource
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Inc Innovator Grant
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    MAGNET - A multi-arm, adaptive, group-sequential trial network to evaluate drug efficacy in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (FightMND grant administered by NeuRA)
    Neuroscience Research Australia
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Leveraging medical records to identify patients at risk of neurodegenerative disease
    NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Grants (PR4): European Union Joint Program on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Call for Multinational Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Leveraging medical records to identify patients at risk of neurodegenerative disease (EU-JPND grant coordinated by Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière)
    NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Grants (PR4): European Union Joint Program on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Call for Multinational Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    A high-throughput system to identify ALS risk genes from genome-wide association studies
    Cure for MND Foundation - Impact Grants
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Genomic Control of Human Complex Trait Variation
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Sporadic ALS Australian Systems Genomics Consortium (SALSA-SGC)
    Cure for MND Foundation - Translational Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Disturbances of DNA regulation in obesity, and their relationships to metabolic health (NHMRC A*STAR grant led by the University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    BRAIN-MEND: Biological Resource Analysis to identify new mechanisms and phenotypes in Neurodegenerative Diseases (NHMRC component of EU JPND application)
    NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Disturbances of DNA regulation in obesity, and their relationships to metabolic health
    NHMRC A*STAR Joint Grants
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Methods and software tool for complex trait analyses using multi-omics data
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Genetics of DNA Methylation and Its Role in Disease Susecptibility
    NHMRC Career Development Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    The importance of DNA methylation in response to environmental changes (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Inheritance of DNA methylation state in humans
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant

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