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Rachel Kember

Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Verified email at pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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[HTML][HTML] A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

…, A Kasturiratne, T Katsuya, T Kawaguchi, RL Kember… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to collectively explain 40–50%
of phenotypic variation in human height, but identifying the specific variants and …

The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids

…, N Verweij, JW Benjamins, J Engmann, RL Kember… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Increased blood lipid levels are heritable risk factors of cardiovascular disease with varied
prevalence worldwide owing to different dietary patterns and medication use 1 . Despite …

Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations

…, Y Kamatani, SS Verma, MD Ritchie, RL Kember… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
We report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of coronary artery disease (CAD)
incorporating nearly a quarter of a million cases, in which existing studies are integrated with data …

Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction

…, SB Rosenthal, T Ideker, H Zhou, RL Kember… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, such as substance use, antisocial behavior
and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, are collectively referred to as externalizing and …

Genome-wide meta-analysis of problematic alcohol use in 435,563 individuals yields insights into biology and relationships with other traits

…, Z Cheng, B Li, R Polimanti, RL Kember… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Problematic alcohol use (PAU) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Although
genome-wide association studies have identified PAU risk genes, the genetic architecture …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations

HR Kranzler, H Zhou, RL Kember… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Alcohol consumption level and alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnosis are moderately
heritable traits. We conduct genome-wide association studies of these traits using longitudinal …

Association of OPRM1 functional coding variant with opioid use disorder: a genome-wide association study

H Zhou, CT Rentsch, Z Cheng, RL Kember… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance With the current opioid crisis, it is important to improve understanding of the
biological mechanisms of opioid use disorder (OUD). Objectives To detect genetic risk variants …

Cross-ancestry meta-analysis of opioid use disorder uncovers novel loci with predominant effects in brain regions associated with addiction

RL Kember, R Vickers-Smith, H Xu, S Toikumo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite an estimated heritability of ~50%, genome-wide association studies of opioid use
disorder (OUD) have revealed few genome-wide significant loci. We conducted a cross-…

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study in individuals of European and African ancestry and multi-trait analysis of opioid use disorder identifies 19 independent …

…, VM Rajagopal, MV Jennings, RL Kember… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the large toll of opioid use disorder (OUD), genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
of OUD to date have yielded few susceptibility loci. We performed a large-scale GWAS of …

A multiancestry genome-wide association study of unexplained chronic ALT elevation as a proxy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with histological and radiological …

…, WR Witschey, X Zhu, C Tcheandjieu, RL Kember… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a growing cause of chronic liver disease. Using
a proxy NAFLD definition of chronic elevation of alanine aminotransferase (cALT) levels …