[HTML][HTML] Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19

E Pairo-Castineira, S Clohisey, L Klaric, AD Bretherick… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Host-mediated lung inflammation is present 1 , and drives mortality 2 , in the critical illness
caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Host genetic variants associated with …

Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals

…, N Eriksson, SE Bergen, TS Boutin, AD Bretherick… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Circulating proteins are vital in human health and disease and are frequently used as
biomarkers for clinical decision-making or as targets for pharmacological intervention. Here, we …

Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

…, DJ Lawson, K Burrows, M Suderman, AD Bretherick… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Characterizing genetic influences on DNA methylation (DNAm) provides an opportunity to
understand mechanisms underpinning gene regulation and disease. In the present study, we …

[HTML][HTML] GWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19

E Pairo-Castineira, K Rawlik, AD Bretherick, T Qi, Y Wu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Critical illness in COVID-19 is an extreme and clinically homogeneous disease phenotype
that we have previously shown 1 to be highly efficient for discovery of genetic associations 2 . …

Genomics of 1 million parent lifespans implicates novel pathways and common diseases and distinguishes survival chances

…, K Lall, K Fischer, Z Ning, X Feng, AD Bretherick… - elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.39856.001 We use a genome-wide association of 1 million parental lifespans
of genotyped subjects and data on mortality risk factors to validate previously unreplicated …

[PDF][PDF] Genome‐Wide association study of NAFLD using electronic health records

…, TM Drake, R Pius, AD Bretherick… - Hepatology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several risk loci for nonalcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Previous studies have largely relied on small sample sizes and …

Genetic landscape of the ACE2 coronavirus receptor

…, E Pairo-Castineira, S Clohisey, AD Bretherick… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
… Dr Bretherick acknowledges funding from the Wellcome PhD training fellowship for
clinicians (204979/Z/16/Z), the Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track program. Dr Reiner was …

Genomic and phenomic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

…, DJ Lawson, K Burrows, M Suderman, AD Bretherick… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Characterizing genetic influences on DNA methylation (DNAm) provides an opportunity to
understand mechanisms underpinning gene regulation and disease. Here we describe …

Acute liver failure in Scotland between 1992 and 2009; incidence, aetiology and outcome

AD Bretherick, DGN Craig, G Masterton… - … Journal of Medicine, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aim: To describe incidence, aetiology and outcome data for Scotland since the inception of
the Scottish Liver Transplant Unit (SLTU) in 1992. Background: Acute liver failure (ALF) is a …

[PDF][PDF] Genome‐wide analysis identifies gallstone‐susceptibility loci including genes regulating gastrointestinal motility

CJ Fairfield, TM Drake, R Pius, AD Bretherick… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several
risk loci for gallstone disease. As with most polygenic traits, it is likely that many genetic …