Search Results - "BENNETT, Amanda J"
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Meeting the demand for crop production: the challenge of yield decline in crops grown in short rotations
Published in Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (01-02-2012)“…There is a trend world‐wide to grow crops in short rotation or in monoculture, particularly in conventional agriculture. This practice is becoming more…”
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Transcript Expression Data from Human Islets Links Regulatory Signals from Genome-Wide Association Studies for Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Traits to Their Downstream Effectors
Published in PLoS genetics (01-12-2015)“…The intersection of genome-wide association analyses with physiological and functional data indicates that variants regulating islet gene transcription…”
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Integration of human pancreatic islet genomic data refines regulatory mechanisms at Type 2 Diabetes susceptibility loci
Published in eLife (07-02-2018)“…Human genetic studies have emphasised the dominant contribution of pancreatic islet dysfunction to development of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). However, limited…”
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Association between common variation at the FTO locus and changes in body mass index from infancy to late childhood: the complex nature of genetic association through growth and development
Published in PLoS genetics (01-02-2011)“…An age-dependent association between variation at the FTO locus and BMI in children has been suggested. We meta-analyzed associations between the FTO locus…”
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Impact of shortened crop rotation of oilseed rape on soil and rhizosphere microbial diversity in relation to yield decline
Published in PloS one (01-04-2013)“…Oilseed rape (OSR) grown in monoculture shows a decline in yield relative to virgin OSR of up to 25%, but the mechanisms responsible are unknown. A long term…”
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Type 2 Diabetes Risk Alleles Are Associated With Reduced Size at Birth
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-06-2009)“…Type 2 Diabetes Risk Alleles Are Associated With Reduced Size at Birth Rachel M. Freathy 1 , 2 , Amanda J. Bennett 3 , Susan M. Ring 4 , Beverley Shields 2 ,…”
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Genetic determinants of height growth assessed longitudinally from infancy to adulthood in the northern Finland birth cohort 1966
Published in PLoS genetics (01-03-2009)“…Recent genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified dozens of common variants associated with adult height. However, it is unknown how these variants…”
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Genes Associated with Pancreas Development and Function Maintain Open Chromatin in iPSCs Generated from Human Pancreatic Beta Cells
Published in Stem cell reports (14-11-2017)“…Current in vitro islet differentiation protocols suffer from heterogeneity and low efficiency. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from pancreatic…”
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Evaluation of common type 2 diabetes risk variants in a South Asian population of Sri Lankan descent
Published in PloS one (13-06-2014)“…Most studies seeking common variant associations with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have focused on individuals of European ancestry. These discoveries need to be…”
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Unsupervised Clustering of Missense Variants in HNF1A Using Multidimensional Functional Data Aids Clinical Interpretation
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-10-2020)“…Exome sequencing in diabetes presents a diagnostic challenge because depending on frequency, functional impact, and genomic and environmental contexts, HNF1A…”
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Homozygous Hypomorphic HNF1A Alleles Are a Novel Cause of Young-Onset Diabetes and Result in Sulfonylurea-Sensitive Diabetes
Published in Diabetes care (01-04-2020)“…Heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in cause maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). Affected individuals can be treated with low-dose sulfonylureas…”
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Plasma Fucosylated Glycans and C-Reactive Protein as Biomarkers of HNF1A-MODY in Young Adult-Onset Nonautoimmune Diabetes
Published in Diabetes care (01-01-2019)“…Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) due to variants in is the most common type of monogenic diabetes. Frequent misdiagnosis results in missed…”
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Variants in ADCY5 and near CCNL1 are associated with fetal growth and birth weight
Published in Nature genetics (01-05-2010)“…To identify genetic variants associated with birth weight, we meta-analyzed six genome-wide association (GWA) studies (n = 10,623 Europeans from…”
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Mutations in HNF1A Result in Marked Alterations of Plasma Glycan Profile
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-04-2013)“…A recent genome-wide association study identified hepatocyte nuclear factor 1-α (HNF1A) as a key regulator of fucosylation. We hypothesized that…”
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Interactions of Dietary Whole-Grain Intake With Fasting Glucose- and Insulin-Related Genetic Loci in Individuals of European Descent: A meta-analysis of 14 cohort studies
Published in Diabetes care (01-12-2010)“…OBJECTIVE: Whole-grain foods are touted for multiple health benefits, including enhancing insulin sensitivity and reducing type 2 diabetes risk. Recent…”
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Impact of fresh root material and mature crop residues of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) on microbial communities associated with subsequent oilseed rape
Published in Biology and fertility of soils (01-11-2014)“…Glasshouse bioassays were conducted to assess the impact of different inputs of oilseed rape plant material on soil and rhizosphere microbial diversity…”
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Performance of carrot and onion seed primed with beneficial microorganisms in glasshouse and field trials
Published in Biological control (01-12-2009)“…Beneficial microorganisms (Clonostachys rosea IK726, Pseudomonas chlororaphis MA342, Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0, Trichoderma harzianum T22 and Trichoderma…”
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Total zinc intake may modify the glucose-raising effect of a zinc transporter (SLC30A8) variant: a 14-cohort meta-analysis
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (2011)“…OBJECTIVEMany genetic variants have been associated with glucose homeostasis and type 2 diabetes in genome-wide association studies. Zinc is an essential…”
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Maturity onset diabetes of the young due to HNF1A variants in Croatia
Published in Biochemia Medica (15-06-2018)“…Maturity onset diabetes of the young due to mutations (HNF1A-MODY) is the most frequent form of monogenic diabetes in adults. It is often misdiagnosed as type…”
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