[HTML][HTML] Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19

, … J. 51 Nilsson A. 51 Bates M. 51 Dasgin J. 51 Gill J. 51… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Host-mediated lung inflammation is present 1 , and drives mortality 2 , in the critical illness
caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Host genetic variants associated with …

Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

…, L Milani, KK Ong, JRB Perry, DJ Porteous… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Here we conducted a large-scale genetic association analysis of educational attainment in
a sample of approximately 1.1 million individuals and identify 1,271 independent genome-…

Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions

…, EY Xu, HC Whalley, RE Marioni, DJ Porteous… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Major depression is a debilitating psychiatric illness that is typically associated with low
mood and anhedonia. Depression has a heritable component that has remained difficult to …

Disruption of two novel genes by a translocation co-segregating with schizophrenia

…, WJ Muir, DHR Blackwood, DJ Porteous - Human molecular …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
A balanced (1;11)(q42.1;q14.3) translocation segregates with schizophrenia and related
psychiatric disorders in a large Scottish family (maximum LOD = 6.0). We hypothesize that the …

[HTML][HTML] Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

…, DJ Porteous, J Freese, P Herd, C Watson, J Jala… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment (EA) in a
sample of~ 3 million individuals and identify 3,952 approximately uncorrelated genome-wide-…

Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

…, NG Martin, AM McIntosh, R Plomin, DJ Porteous… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric condition often associated with poor quality of life
and decreased life expectancy. Lack of progress in improving treatment outcomes has been …

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

…, L Paternoster, NL Pedersen, KE Petrovic, DJ Porteous… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but
genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals 1. …

[HTML][HTML] Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects

…, JD Overton, NL Pedersen, DJ Porteous, J Reid… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Estimates from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of unrelated individuals capture
effects of inherited variation (direct effects), demography (population stratification, assortative …

[HTML][HTML] Long COVID burden and risk factors in 10 UK longitudinal studies and electronic health records

…, FMK Williams, A Steptoe, DJ Porteous… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The frequency of, and risk factors for, long COVID are unclear among community-based
individuals with a history of COVID-19. To elucidate the burden and possible causes of long …

Liposome-mediated CFTR gene transfer to the nasal epithelium of patients with cystic fibrosis

…, ME Hodson, C Coutelle, L Huang, DJ Porteous… - Nature medicine, 1995 - nature.com
We report the results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in nine cystic fibrosis (CF)
subjects receiving cationic liposome complexed with a complementary DNA encoding the CF …