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

…, R Saxena, R Schoevers, EC Schulte, L Shen… - 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA

…, A Shanmugam, KC Shashidhar, L Shen… - Annals of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Early cancer detection could identify tumors at a time when outcomes are
superior and treatment is less morbid. This prospective case-control sub-study (from …

Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis

…, RC Selter, C Schaefer, S Shaunak, L Shen… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Using the ImmunoChip custom genotyping array, we analyzed 14,498 subjects with multiple
sclerosis and 24,091 healthy controls for 161,311 autosomal variants and identified 135 …

High-intensity sequencing reveals the sources of plasma circulating cell-free DNA variants

…, BT Li, DN Brown, B Jung, E Hubbell, R Shen… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Accurate identification of tumor-derived somatic variants in plasma circulating cell-free DNA
(cfDNA) requires understanding of the various biological compartments contributing to the …

Adaptive Immune Response of Vγ2Vδ2+ T Cells During Mycobacterial Infections

Y Shen, D Zhou, L Qiu, X Lai, M Simon, L Shen, Z Kou… - Science, 2002 - science.org
To examine the role of T cell receptor (TCR) in γδ T cells in adaptive immunity, a macaque
model was used to follow Vγ2Vδ2 + T cell responses to mycobacterial infections. These …

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms can cause different structural folds of mRNA

LX Shen, JP Basilion… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common type of genetic variation in
man. Genes containing one or more SNPs can give rise to two or more allelic forms of mRNAs…

Extracellular vesicle–mediated delivery of circular RNA SCMH1 promotes functional recovery in rodent and nonhuman primate ischemic stroke models

…, K Liu, Q Ye, B Chen, B Li, T Tang, Y Wang, L Shen… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Stroke is a leading cause of adult disability that can severely compromise the
quality of life of patients, yet no effective medication currently exists to accelerate rehabilitation…

[HTML][HTML] A critical role for CD8 T cells in a nonhuman primate model of tuberculosis

…, RC Wang, L Shen, G Zeng, S Yao, Y Shen… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The role of CD8 T cells in anti-tuberculosis immunity in humans remains unknown, and
studies of CD8 T cell–mediated protection against tuberculosis in mice have yielded …

Characterizing race/ethnicity and genetic ancestry for 100,000 subjects in the genetic epidemiology research on adult health and aging (GERA) cohort

…, S Rowell, M Sadler, LC Sakoda, S Sciortino, L Shen… - Genetics, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Using genome-wide genotypes, we characterized the genetic structure of 103,006
participants in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California multi-ethnic Genetic Epidemiology …

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

…, SS Mirza, R Schoevers, EC Schulte, L Shen… - 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 …