Zhao, Wei

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

Study, T. L. C., Locke, A. E., The ADIPOGen Consortium, The AGEN-BMI Working Group, The CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, The CKDGen Consortium, The, G. L. G. C., The, I. C. B. P., The MAGIC Investigators, The MuTHER Consortium, et al. (2015) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

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Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use

23andMe Research Team, Liu, M., Psychiatry, H. A.-I., Jiang, Y., Wedow, R., Li, Y., Brazel, D. M., Chen, F., Datta, G., Davila-Velderrain, J., et al. (2019) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologySmoking Behavior and Cessation

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The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids

Graham, S. E., Clarke, S. L., Wu, K.-H. H., Kanoni, S., Zajac, G. J. M., Ramdas, S., Surakka, I., Ntalla, I., Vedantam, S., Winkler, T. W., et al. (2021) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

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A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

Yengo, L., Vedantam, S., Marouli, E., Sidorenko, J., Bartell, E., Sakaue, S., Graff, M., Eliasen, A. U., Jiang, Y., Raghavan, S., et al. (2022) · Nature

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics and Physical Performance

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Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

The PRACTICAL Consortium, Day, F. R., kConFab Investigators, AOCS Investigators, Scotland, G., EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Study, L. C., Ruth, K. S., Thompson, D. J., Lunetta, K. L., et al. (2015) · Nature Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyBRCA gene mutations in cancer

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Underlying features of epigenetic aging clocks in vivo and in vitro.

Liu, Z., Leung, D., Thrush, K., Zhao, W., Ratliff, S., Tanaka, T., Schmitz, L. L., Smith, J. A., Ferrucci, L., & Levine, M. E. (2020) · Aging Cell

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

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Genome-wide meta-analysis associates HLA-DQA1/DRB1 and LPA and lifestyle factors with human longevity

Joshi, P. K., Pirastu, N., Kentistou, K. A., Fischer, K., Hofer, E., Schraut, K. E., Clark, D. W., Nutile, T., Barnes, C. L. K., Timmers, P. R. H. J., et al. (2017) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Cited by 161

Type 2 Diabetes Variants Disrupt Function of SLC16A11 through Two Distinct Mechanisms

Rusu, V., Hoch, E., Mercader, J. M., Tenen, D. E., Gymrek, M., Hartigan, C. R., DeRan, M., von Grotthuss, M., Fontanillas, P., Spooner, A., et al. (2017) · Cell

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyMetabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

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Heterogeneity in polygenic scores for common human traits

Ware, E. B., Schmitz, L. L., Faul, J., Gard, A., Mitchell, C., Smith, J. A., Zhao, W., Weir, D., & Kardia, S. L. (2017) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

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Type 2 diabetes partitioned polygenic scores associate with disease outcomes in 454,193 individuals across 13 cohorts

DiCorpo, D., LeClair, J., Cole, J. B., Sarnowski, C., Ahmadizar, F., Bielak, L. F., Blokstra, A., Bottinger, E. P., Chaker, L., Chen, Y.-D. I., et al. (2022) · Diabetes Care

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Cited by 66

Genome-wide meta-analysis of macronutrient intake of 91,114 European ancestry participants from the cohorts for heart and aging research in genomic epidemiology consortium

Merino, J., Dashti, H. S., Li, S. X., Sarnowski, C., Justice, A. E., Graff, M., Papoutsakis, C., Smith, C. E., Dedoussis, G. V., Lemaitre, R. N., et al. (2019) · Molecular Psychiatry

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyNutrition, Genetics, and Disease

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Rare, low frequency and common coding variants in CHRNA5 and their contribution to nicotine dependence in European and African Americans

Olfson, E., Saccone, N. L., Johnson, E. O., Chen, L.-S., Culverhouse, R., Doheny, K., Foltz, S. M., Fox, L., Gogarten, S. M., Hartz, S., et al. (2016) · Molecular Psychiatry

Smoking Behavior and CessationGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene–smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

Sung, Y. J., de las Fuentes, L., Winkler, T. W., Chasman, D. I., Bentley, A. R., Kraja, A. T., Ntalla, I., Warren, H. R., Guo, X., Schwander, K., et al. (2019) · Human Molecular Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

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