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Ayse Demirkan

Senior Lecturer, University of Surrey
Verified email at surrey.ac.uk
Cited by 26968

Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes

…, S Ligthart, S Gustafsson, G Malerba, A Demirkan… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
We aggregated coding variant data for 81,412 type 2 diabetes cases and 370,832 controls
of diverse ancestry, identifying 40 coding variant association signals (P < 2.2 × 10 −7 ); of …

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

…, JL Bragg-Gresham, S Buyske, A Demirkan… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic
outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic …

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

…, JL Bolton, JL Bragg-Gresham, S Buyske, A Demirkan… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Obesity is heritable and predisposes to many diseases. To understand the genetic basis of
obesity better, here we conduct a genome-wide association study and Metabochip meta-…

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

…, D Anderson, J Baron, M Beekman, A Demirkan… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Using genome-wide data from 253,288 individuals, we identified 697 variants at genome-wide
significance that together explained one-fifth of the heritability for adult height. By testing …

Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition

…, R Bacigalupe, D Radjabzadeh, J Wang, A Demirkan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
To study the effect of host genetics on gut microbiome composition, the MiBioGen consortium
curated and analyzed genome-wide genotypes and 16S fecal microbiome data from …

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

…, JL Bragg-Gresham, HY Chang, A Demirkan… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Triglycerides are transported in plasma by specific triglyceride-rich lipoproteins; in
epidemiological studies, increased triglyceride levels correlate with higher risk for coronary artery …

Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease

…, JL Bragg-Gresham, HY Chang, A Demirkan… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) is the major receptor for high-density lipoprotein (HDL)
cholesterol (HDL-C). In humans, high amounts of HDL-C in plasma are associated with a lower …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide study for circulating metabolites identifies 62 loci and reveals novel systemic effects of LPA

J Kettunen, A Demirkan, P Würtz, HHM Draisma… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies have identified numerous loci linked with complex diseases,
for which the molecular mechanisms remain largely unclear. Comprehensive molecular …

FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index

…, C Palmer, T Esko, K Fischer, J Hua Zhao, A Demirkan… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
There is evidence across several species for genetic control of phenotypic variation of
complex traits 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , such that the variance among phenotypes is genotype dependent. …

Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

…, J Huffman, L Yengo, JH Zhao, A Demirkan… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Elevated serum urate concentrations can cause gout, a prevalent and painful inflammatory
arthritis. By combining data from >140,000 individuals of European ancestry within the Global …