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Jeffrey Barrett

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[HTML][HTML] The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome

…, I Sealy, M Caccamo, C Churcher, C Scott, JC Barrett… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Zebrafish have become a popular organism for the study of vertebrate gene function 1 , 2 .
The virtually transparent embryos of this species, and the ability to accelerate genetic studies …

Host–microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease

…, MJ Daly, A Franke, M Parkes, S Vermeire, JC Barrett… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the two common forms of inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD), affect over 2.5 million people of European ancestry, with rising prevalence in other …

A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity

…, NW Rayner, B Shields, LW Harries, JC Barrett… - Science, 2007 - science.org
Obesity is a serious international health problem that increases the risk of several common
diseases. The genetic factors predisposing to obesity are poorly understood. A genome-wide …

Haploview: analysis and visualization of LD and haplotype maps

JC Barrett, B Fry, J Maller, MJ Daly - Bioinformatics, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Research over the last few years has revealed significant haplotype structure in the human
genome. The characterization of these patterns, particularly in the context of medical genetic …

Genome-wide association defines more than 30 distinct susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease

JC Barrett, S Hansoul, DL Nicolae, JH Cho, RH Duerr… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Several risk factors for Crohn's disease have been identified in recent genome-wide association
studies. To advance gene discovery further, we combined data from three studies on …

Genome-wide meta-analysis increases to 71 the number of confirmed Crohn's disease susceptibility loci

A Franke, DPB McGovern, JC Barrett, K Wang… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
We undertook a meta-analysis of six Crohn's disease genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
comprising 6,333 affected individuals (cases) and 15,056 controls and followed up the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B. 1.1. 7 in England

E Volz, S Mishra, M Chand, JC Barrett, R Johnson… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7, designated variant of concern (VOC) 202012/01 by Public
Health England 1 , was first identified in the UK in late summer to early autumn 2020 2 . …

Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism

…, CA Walsh, SW Scherer, ME Zwick, JC Barrett… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The genetic architecture of autism spectrum disorder involves the interplay of common and
rare variants and their impact on hundreds of genes. Using exome sequencing, here we …

Replication of genome-wide association signals in UK samples reveals risk loci for type 2 diabetes

…, JRB Perry, NW Rayner, RM Freathy, JC Barrett… - Science, 2007 - science.org
The molecular mechanisms involved in the development of type 2 diabetes are poorly
understood. Starting from genome-wide genotype data for 1924 diabetic cases and 2938 …

Association analyses identify 38 susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease and highlight shared genetic risk across populations

…, International IBD Genetics Consortium, JC Barrett… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD). Here we report the first trans-ancestry association study of IBD, with genome-wide or …