List of works - Devin Absher

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

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Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

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Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

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Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

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Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

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Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

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Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 02 December 2012

Adaptive evolution of pelvic reduction in sticklebacks by recurrent deletion of a Pitx1 enhancer

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Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

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New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

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Signals of recent positive selection in a worldwide sample of human populations

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Population analysis of large copy number variants and hotspots of human genetic disease

scientific article published on 22 January 2009

Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

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

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The role of geography in human adaptation

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Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits

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Genome-wide association and meta-analysis of bipolar disorder in individuals of European ancestry

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Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

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An epigenetic clock analysis of race/ethnicity, sex, and coronary heart disease

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Differential DNA methylation with age displays both common and dynamic features across human tissues that are influenced by CpG landscape

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

A role for a neo-sex chromosome in stickleback speciation

scientific article published on 27 September 2009

Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

scientific article published on 14 April 2013

Mosaic loss of chromosome Y in peripheral blood is associated with shorter survival and higher risk of cancer

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A bivariate genome-wide approach to metabolic syndrome: STAMPEED consortium

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Epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of BMI, BMI change and waist circumference in African American adults identifies multiple replicated loci

scientific article published in May 2015

A genome-wide SNP genotyping array reveals patterns of global and repeated species-pair divergence in sticklebacks

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The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

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Epigenetic clock analysis of diet, exercise, education, and lifestyle factors

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Epigenome-wide association study of fasting blood lipids in the Genetics of Lipid-lowering Drugs and Diet Network study

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Susceptibility locus for clinical and subclinical coronary artery disease at chromosome 9p21 in the multi-ethnic ADVANCE study

scientific article published on 28 April 2008

DNA methylation age of blood predicts future onset of lung cancer in the women's health initiative

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Age-related somatic structural changes in the nuclear genome of human blood cells

scientific article published on 2 February 2012

Menopause accelerates biological aging

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Epigenome-wide association study of fasting measures of glucose, insulin, and HOMA-IR in the Genetics of Lipid Lowering Drugs and Diet Network study

scientific article published on 29 October 2013

Design of the Coronary ARtery DIsease Genome-Wide Replication And Meta-Analysis (CARDIoGRAM) Study: A Genome-wide association meta-analysis involving more than 22 000 cases and 60 000 controls

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Association of Body Mass Index with DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Blood Cells and Relations to Cardiometabolic Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Approach

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Trans-ethnic fine-mapping of lipid loci identifies population-specific signals and allelic heterogeneity that increases the trait variance explained

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DNA methylation signatures of chronic low-grade inflammation are associated with complex diseases

scientific article published on 12 December 2016

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in East Asian-ancestry populations identifies four new loci for body mass index

scientific article

Characterizing the admixed African ancestry of African Americans

scientific article published in 2009

Fifteen new risk loci for coronary artery disease highlight arterial-wall-specific mechanisms

scientific article published on 22 May 2017

Epigenome-wide study identifies novel methylation loci associated with body mass index and waist circumference

scientific article published on July 2015

A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption.

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Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies

scientific article published on 23 December 2011

Lack of association between the Trp719Arg polymorphism in kinesin-like protein-6 and coronary artery disease in 19 case-control studies

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Regulation of DNA methylation dictates Cd4 expression during the development of helper and cytotoxic T cell lineages

scientific article published on June 1, 2015

Association analyses of East Asian individuals and trans-ancestry analyses with European individuals reveal new loci associated with cholesterol and triglyceride levels

scientific article

Sequential use of transcriptional profiling, expression quantitative trait mapping, and gene association implicates MMP20 in human kidney aging

scientific article published in October 2009

List of works by Devin Absher

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

Adaptive evolution of pelvic reduction in sticklebacks by recurrent deletion of a Pitx1 enhancer

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

Signals of recent positive selection in a worldwide sample of human populations

Population analysis of large copy number variants and hotspots of human genetic disease

Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

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

The role of geography in human adaptation

Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits

Genome-wide association and meta-analysis of bipolar disorder in individuals of European ancestry

Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

An epigenetic clock analysis of race/ethnicity, sex, and coronary heart disease

Differential DNA methylation with age displays both common and dynamic features across human tissues that are influenced by CpG landscape

The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

A role for a neo-sex chromosome in stickleback speciation

Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

Mosaic loss of chromosome Y in peripheral blood is associated with shorter survival and higher risk of cancer

A bivariate genome-wide approach to metabolic syndrome: STAMPEED consortium

Epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of BMI, BMI change and waist circumference in African American adults identifies multiple replicated loci

A genome-wide SNP genotyping array reveals patterns of global and repeated species-pair divergence in sticklebacks

The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

Epigenetic clock analysis of diet, exercise, education, and lifestyle factors

Epigenome-wide association study of fasting blood lipids in the Genetics of Lipid-lowering Drugs and Diet Network study

Susceptibility locus for clinical and subclinical coronary artery disease at chromosome 9p21 in the multi-ethnic ADVANCE study

DNA methylation age of blood predicts future onset of lung cancer in the women's health initiative

Age-related somatic structural changes in the nuclear genome of human blood cells

Menopause accelerates biological aging

Epigenome-wide association study of fasting measures of glucose, insulin, and HOMA-IR in the Genetics of Lipid Lowering Drugs and Diet Network study

Design of the Coronary ARtery DIsease Genome-Wide Replication And Meta-Analysis (CARDIoGRAM) Study: A Genome-wide association meta-analysis involving more than 22 000 cases and 60 000 controls

Association of Body Mass Index with DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Blood Cells and Relations to Cardiometabolic Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Approach

Trans-ethnic fine-mapping of lipid loci identifies population-specific signals and allelic heterogeneity that increases the trait variance explained

DNA methylation signatures of chronic low-grade inflammation are associated with complex diseases

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in East Asian-ancestry populations identifies four new loci for body mass index

Characterizing the admixed African ancestry of African Americans

Fifteen new risk loci for coronary artery disease highlight arterial-wall-specific mechanisms

Epigenome-wide study identifies novel methylation loci associated with body mass index and waist circumference

A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption.

Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies

Lack of association between the Trp719Arg polymorphism in kinesin-like protein-6 and coronary artery disease in 19 case-control studies

Regulation of DNA methylation dictates Cd4 expression during the development of helper and cytotoxic T cell lineages

Association analyses of East Asian individuals and trans-ancestry analyses with European individuals reveal new loci associated with cholesterol and triglyceride levels

Sequential use of transcriptional profiling, expression quantitative trait mapping, and gene association implicates MMP20 in human kidney aging