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Kathryn Burdon

Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
Verified email at utas.edu.au
Cited by 13908

A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

…, S Sengupta, JL Bragg-Gresham, KP Burdon… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the
elderly, with limited therapeutic options. Here we report on a study of >12 million variants, …

Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia

…, SP Yip, DWH Ho, CP Pang, LJ Chen, KP Burdon… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Refractive error is the most common eye disorder worldwide and is a prominent cause of
blindness. Myopia affects over 30% of Western populations and up to 80% of Asians. The …

Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for open angle glaucoma at TMCO1 and CDKN2B-AS1

KP Burdon, S Macgregor, AW Hewitt, S Sharma… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
We report a genome-wide association study for open-angle glaucoma (OAG) blindness
using a discovery cohort of 590 individuals with severe visual field loss (cases) and 3,956 …

Common variants near CAV1 and CAV2 are associated with primary open-angle glaucoma

…, KP Burdon, MS Gottfredsdottir, MA Aldred, P Mitchell… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
We conducted a genome-wide association study for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)
in 1,263 affected individuals (cases) and 34,877 controls from Iceland. We identified a …

Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus

Y Lu, V Vitart, KP Burdon, CC Khor, Y Bykhovskaya… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Central corneal thickness (CCT) is associated with eye conditions including keratoconus and
glaucoma. We performed a meta-analysis on >20,000 individuals in European and Asian …

A systematic meta-analysis of genetic association studies for diabetic retinopathy

S Abhary, AW Hewitt, KP Burdon, JE Craig - Diabetes, 2009 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Diabetic retinopathy is a sight-threatening microvascular complication of diabetes
with a complex multifactorial pathogenesis. A systematic meta-analysis was undertaken …

Genome-wide association analysis identifies TXNRD2, ATXN2 and FOXC1 as susceptibility loci for primary open-angle glaucoma

…, RR Allingham, P Gharahkhani, CC Khor, KP Burdon… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. To identify
new susceptibility loci, we performed meta-analysis on genome-wide association study (…

Genome-wide association meta-analyses combining multiple risk phenotypes provide insights into the genetic architecture of cutaneous melanoma susceptibility

…, V Bataille, B Dalmasso, LM Bowdler, KP Burdon… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Most genetic susceptibility to cutaneous melanoma remains to be discovered. Meta-analysis
genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 36,760 cases of melanoma (67% newly …

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies five new susceptibility loci for cutaneous malignant melanoma

…, JE Craig, D Schadendorf, LA Simms, KP Burdon… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Thirteen common susceptibility loci have been reproducibly associated with cutaneous
malignant melanoma (CMM). We report the results of an international 2-stage meta-analysis of …

Genome-wide analysis of multi-ancestry cohorts identifies new loci influencing intraocular pressure and susceptibility to glaucoma

…, TD Spector, CCW Klaver, KS Small, KP Burdon… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is an important risk factor in developing glaucoma, and
variability in IOP might herald glaucomatous development or progression. We report the …