Williams, Nigel

A Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 Is the Cause of Chromosome 9p21-Linked ALS-FTD

Renton, A. E., Majounie, E., Waite, A., Simón-Sánchez, J., Rollinson, S., Gibbs, J. R., Schymick, J. C., Laaksovirta, H., van Swieten, J. C., Myllykangas, L., et al. (2011) · Neuron

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia

Trubetskoy, V., Pardiñas, A. F., Qi, T., Panagiotaropoulou, G., Awasthi, S., Bigdeli, T. B., Bryois, J., Chen, C.-Y., Dennison, C. A., Hall, L. S., et al. (2022) · Nature

Schizophrenia research and treatmentGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 2,964

Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

Nalls, M. A., Blauwendraat, C., Vallerga, C. L., Heilbron, K., Bandres-Ciga, S., Chang, D., Tan, M., Kia, D. A., Noyce, A. J., Xue, A., et al. (2019) · The Lancet Neurology

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 2,454

Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

The Brainstorm Consortium, Anttila, V., Bulik-Sullivan, B., Finucane, H. K., Walters, R. K., Bras, J., Duncan, L., Escott-Price, V., Falcone, G. J., Gormley, P., et al. (2018) · Science

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 1,924

Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

Lee, P. H., Anttila, V., Won, H., Feng, Y.-C. A., Rosenthal, J., Zhu, Z., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Nivard, M. G., Grotzinger, A. D., Posthuma, D., et al. (2019) · Cell

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologySchizophrenia research and treatment

Cited by 1,381

Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

Vilhjálmsson, B. J., Yang, J., Finucane, H. K., Gusev, A., Lindström, S., Ripke, S., Genovese, G., Loh, P.-R., Bhatia, G., Do, R., et al. (2015) · The American Journal of Human Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Cited by 1,303

Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study

Majounie, E., Renton, A. E., Mok, K., Dopper, E. G., Waite, A., Rollinson, S., Chiò, A., Restagno, G., Nicolaou, N., Simon-Sanchez, J., et al. (2012) · The Lancet Neurology

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Cited by 1,210

Identification of loci associated with schizophrenia by genome-wide association and follow-up

Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia Collaboration, O'Donovan, M. C., Craddock, N., Norton, N., Williams, H., Peirce, T., Moskvina, V., Nikolov, I., Hamshere, M., Carroll, L., et al. (2008) · Nature Genetics

Schizophrenia research and treatmentGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 1,070

Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

Marshall, C. R., Howrigan, D. P., Merico, D., Thiruvahindrapuram, B., Wu, W., Greer, D. S., Antaki, D., Shetty, A., Holmans, P. A., Pinto, D., et al. (2017) · Nature Genetics

Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalitiesSchizophrenia research and treatment

Cited by 1,058

Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a genome-wide analysis

Williams, N. M., Zaharieva, I., Martin, A., Langley, K., Mantripragada, K., Fossdal, R., Stefansson, H., Stefansson, K., Magnusson, P., Gudmundsson, O. O., et al. (2010) · The Lancet

Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalitiesAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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Partitioning Heritability of Regulatory and Cell-Type-Specific Variants across 11 Common Diseases

Gusev, A., Lee, S. H., Trynka, G., Finucane, H., Vilhjálmsson, B. J., Xu, H., Zang, C., Ripke, S., Bulik-Sullivan, B., Stahl, E., et al. (2014) · The American Journal of Human Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Cited by 544

Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Neale, B. M., Medland, S. E., Ripke, S., Asherson, P., Franke, B., Lesch, K.-P., Faraone, S. V., Nguyen, T. T., Schäfer, H., Holmans, P., et al. (2010) · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 450

Excessive burden of lysosomal storage disorder gene variants in Parkinson’s disease

Robak, L. A., Jansen, I. E., van Rooij, J., Uitterlinden, A. G., Kraaij, R., Jankovic, J., Heutink, P., Shulman, J. M., International Parkinson’s Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC), Nalls, M. A., et al. (2017) · Brain

Lysosomal Storage Disorders ResearchParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

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Genome-wide copy number variation study associates metabotropic glutamate receptor gene networks with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Elia, J., Glessner, J. T., Wang, K., Takahashi, N., Shtir, C. J., Hadley, D., Sleiman, P. M. A., Zhang, H., Kim, C. E., Robison, R., et al. (2012) · Nature Genetics

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderGenomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

Cited by 406

Genome-Wide Analysis of Copy Number Variants in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: The Role of Rare Variants and Duplications at 15q13.3

Williams, N. M., Franke, B., Mick, E., Anney, R. J. L., Freitag, C. M., Gill, M., Thapar, A., O'Donovan, M. C., Owen, M. J., Holmans, P., et al. (2012) · American Journal of Psychiatry

Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalitiesAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Cited by 290

Variation in DCP1, encoding ACE, is associated with susceptibility to Alzheimer disease

Kehoe, P. G., Russ, C., McIlroy, S., Williams, H., Holmans, P., Holmes, C., Liolitsa, D., Vahidassr, D., Powell, J., McGleenon, B., et al. (1999) · Nature Genetics

Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Cited by 260

Dose-dependent expression of claudin-5 is a modifying factor in schizophrenia

Greene, C., Kealy, J., Humphries, M. M., Gong, Y., Hou, J., Hudson, N., Cassidy, L. M., Martiniano, R., Shashi, V, Hooper, S. R., et al. (2018) · Molecular Psychiatry

Schizophrenia research and treatmentBarrier Structure and Function Studies

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Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease on the basis of clinical and genetic classification: a population-based modelling study

Nalls, M. A., McLean, C. Y., Rick, J., Eberly, S., Hutten, S. J., Gwinn, K., Sutherland, M., Martinez, M., Heutink, P., Williams, N. M., et al. (2015) · The Lancet Neurology

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Cited by 204

Using genome-wide complex trait analysis to quantify ‘missing heritability’ in Parkinson’s disease

Keller, M. F., Saad, M., Bras, J., Bettella, F., Nicolaou, N., Simon-Sanchez, J., Mittag, F., Buchel, F., Sharma, M., Gibbs, J. R., et al. (2012) · Human Molecular Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Cited by 190

High Loading of Polygenic Risk for ADHD in Children With Comorbid Aggression

Hamshere, M. L., Langley, K., Martin, J., Agha, S. S., Stergiakouli, E., Anney, R. J. L., Buitelaar, J., Faraone, S. V., Lesch, K.-P., Neale, B. M., et al. (2013) · American Journal of Psychiatry

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 144

Using common genetic variation to examine phenotypic expression and risk prediction in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

International 22q11.2 Brain and Behavior Consortium, Davies, R. W., Fiksinski, A. M., Breetvelt, E. J., Williams, N. M., Hooper, S. R., Monfeuga, T., Bassett, A. S., Owen, M. J., Gur, R. E., et al. (2020) · Nature Medicine

Schizophrenia research and treatmentGenomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

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The chromosome 9 ALS and FTD locus is probably derived from a single founder

Mok, K., Traynor, B. J., Schymick, J., Tienari, P. J., Laaksovirta, H., Peuralinna, T., Myllykangas, L., Chiò, A., Shatunov, A., Boeve, B. F., et al. (2012) · Neurobiology of Aging

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchHereditary Neurological Disorders

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Further evidence for high rates of schizophrenia in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Monks, S., Niarchou, M., Davies, A. R., Walters, J. T. R., Williams, N., Owen, M. J., van den Bree, M. B. M., & Murphy, K. C. (2014) · Schizophrenia Research

Schizophrenia research and treatmentGenomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities

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Association of the angiotensin I converting enzyme gene deletion polymorphism with early onset of ESRF in PKD1 adult polycystic kidney disease

Baboolal, K., Ravine, D., Daniels, J., Williams, N., Holmans, P., Coles, G. A., & Williams, J. D. (1997) · Kidney International

Genetic and Kidney Cyst DiseasesRenin-Angiotensin System Studies

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