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Bernard Ng

Research Scientist, RUSH, CMMT, UBC
Verified email at stat.ubc.ca
Cited by 5940

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

…, S Mostafavi, N Mullins, M Nauck, B Ng… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common illness accompanied by considerable
morbidity, mortality, costs, and heightened risk of suicide. We conducted a genome-wide …

2019 update of the American College of Rheumatology/Spondylitis Association of America/Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network recommendations for …

…, MA Fang, G Louie, V Majithia, B Ng… - Arthritis & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To update evidence‐based recommendations for the treatment of patients with
ankylosing spondylitis ( AS ) and nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods We …

An xQTL map integrates the genetic architecture of the human brain's transcriptome and epigenome

B Ng, CC White, HU Klein, SK Sieberts… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
We report a multi-omic resource generated by applying quantitative trait locus (xQTL) analyses
to RNA sequence, DNA methylation and histone acetylation data from the dorsolateral …

Cutaneous vasculitis update: diagnostic criteria, classification, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, evaluation and prognosis

JA Carlson, BT Ng, KR Chen - The American journal of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Vasculitis, inflammation of the vessel wall, can result in mural destruction with hemorrhage,
aneurysm formation, and infarction, or intimal-medial hyperplasia and subsequent stenosis …

Integrative transcriptome analyses of the aging brain implicate altered splicing in Alzheimer's disease susceptibility

…, J Humphrey, M Wang, S Ramdhani, YC Wang, B Ng… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Here we use deep sequencing to identify sources of variation in mRNA splicing in the
dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) of 450 subjects from two aging cohorts. Hundreds of …

The genetic architecture of depression in individuals of East Asian ancestry: a genome-wide association study

…, GW Montgomery, S Mostafavi, M Nauck, B Ng… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Most previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of depression have used
data from individuals of European descent. This limits the understanding of the underlying …

Colchicine therapy and plaque stabilization in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a CT coronary angiography study

K Vaidya, C Arnott, GJ Martínez, B Ng… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2018 - jacc.org
Objectives : The authors sought to evaluate the plaque-modifying effects of low-dose colchicine
therapy plus optimal medical therapy (OMT) in patients post-acute coronary syndrome (…

[PDF][PDF] Population-scale tissue transcriptomics maps long non-coding RNAs to complex disease

…, AS Rao, C Smail, TY Eulalio, F Aguet, B Ng… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) genes have well-established and important impacts on
molecular and cellular functions. However, among the thousands of lncRNA genes, it is still a …

Life cycle assessment of the present and proposed food waste management technologies from environmental and economic impact perspectives

A Ahamed, K Yin, BJH Ng, F Ren, VWC Chang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
Proper food waste management has been a growing concern for densely populated urban
cities, like Singapore. The current practice of incineration is questionable in terms of …

Nasal congestion: a review of its etiology, evaluation, and treatment

JP Corey, SM Houser, BA Ng - Ear, nose & throat journal, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
The most common clinical syndromes that cause nasal congestion are allergic rhinitis,
vasomotor rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and upper respiratory viral infections (common colds). Nasal …