Genetic studies of cardiometabolic traits

F Riveros Mckay Aguilera - 2019 - repository.cam.ac.uk
… Fernando Riveros Mckay Aguilera Churchill College University of … Fernando Riveros Mckay
Aguilera … , Ruklisa D, Mann AL, Mead D, Bouman H, RiverosMckay F, et al. (2016) The Allelic …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of circulating C-reactive proteins, APOE ε4, and brain markers for Alzheimer's disease in healthy samples across the lifespan

Y Wang, H Grydeland, JM Roe, M Pan… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The apolipoprotein E gene ε4 allele (APOE ε4) and higher circulating level of C-reactive
protein (CRP) have been extensively investigated as risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). …

[HTML][HTML] Is periodontitis a risk factor for ischaemic stroke, coronary artery disease and subclinical atherosclerosis? A Mendelian randomization study

S Bell, JT Gibson, EL Harshfield, HS Markus - Atherosclerosis, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and aims Observational studies have reported an association between
periodontitis and cardiovascular disease but whether this association is causal is uncertain. We …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the impact of modeling choices on the performance of integrated genetic and clinical models

TJ Morley, D Willimitis, M Ripperger, H Lee, L Han… - medRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The value of genetic information for improving the performance of clinical risk prediction
models has yielded variable conclusions. Many methodological decisions have the potential to …

Combining clinical and polygenic risk improves stroke prediction among individuals with atrial fibrillation

JW O'Sullivan, A Shcherbina, JM Justesen, M Turakhia… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a five-fold increased risk of ischemic
stroke. A portion of this risk is heritable, however current risk stratification tools (CHA2DS2-VASc…

[HTML][HTML] Sortilin as a biomarker for cardiovascular disease revisited

PL Møller, PD Rohde, S Winther, P Breining… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Genetic variants in the genomic region containing SORT1 (encoding the protein sortilin) are
strongly associated with cholesterol levels and the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). …

43rd European Mathematical Genetics Meeting (EMGM) 2015

E Génin, K Rouault - Human Heredity, 2015 - JSTOR
Many novel associations between genetic variants and human disease have been successfully
identified using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). However, a typical GWAS …

Functional genomic studies of cancer immune evasion using in vitro and in vivo CRISPR/Cas9 genetic screens

DA Garyfallos - 2021 - repository.cam.ac.uk
… Thanks to Fernando Riveros Mckay Aguilera, for his amazing friendship, icebreaking sense
of humour, inventive name inversions, and pop culture references. I would also like to say …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association studies of COVID-19: Connecting the dots

LC Ferreira, CEM Gomes, JF Rodrigues-Neto… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) are a research approach used to identify genetic
variants associated with common diseases, like COVID-19. The lead genetic variants (n = …

Applying animal modelling to understand rare novel neurodevelopmental disorders associated with intellectual disability

M Levitin - 2019 - repository.cam.ac.uk
Intellectual disability (ID) is categorised by a significant reduction in cognitive function and
adaptive abilities that begin in childhood. ID is part of a heterogeneous group of …