Search Results - "Handsaker, Robert"
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Pathways Disrupted in Human ALS Motor Neurons Identified through Genetic Correction of Mutant SOD1
Published in Cell stem cell (05-06-2014)“…Although many distinct mutations in a variety of genes are known to cause Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), it remains poorly understood how they…”
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Protein-coding repeat polymorphisms strongly shape diverse human phenotypes
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (24-09-2021)“…Many human proteins contain domains that vary in size or copy number because of variable numbers of tandem repeats (VNTRs) in protein-coding exons. However,…”
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Schizophrenia risk from complex variation of complement component 4
Published in Nature (London) (11-02-2016)“…Schizophrenia is a heritable brain illness with unknown pathogenic mechanisms. Schizophrenia’s strongest genetic association at a population level involves…”
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Genetic Variation in Human DNA Replication Timing
Published in Cell (20-11-2014)“…Genomic DNA replicates in a choreographed temporal order that impacts the distribution of mutations along the genome. We show here that DNA replication timing…”
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The variant call format and VCFtools
Published in Bioinformatics (01-08-2011)“…The variant call format (VCF) is a generic format for storing DNA polymorphism data such as SNPs, insertions, deletions and structural variants, together with…”
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Discovery and Statistical Genotyping of Copy-Number Variation from Whole-Exome Sequencing Depth
Published in American journal of human genetics (05-10-2012)“…Sequencing of gene-coding regions (the exome) is increasingly used for studying human disease, for which copy-number variants (CNVs) are a critical genetic…”
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Human pluripotent stem cells recurrently acquire and expand dominant negative P53 mutations
Published in Nature (London) (11-05-2017)“…The authors surveyed whole-exome and RNA-sequencing data from 252 unique pluripotent stem cell lines, some of which are in the pipeline for clinical use, and…”
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Large multiallelic copy number variations in humans
Published in Nature genetics (01-03-2015)“…Steven McCarroll and colleagues report an analysis of multiallelic copy number variants (mCNVs). They characterize mCNVs in 849 whole-genome sequences from the…”
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Clonal Hematopoiesis and Blood-Cancer Risk Inferred from Blood DNA Sequence
Published in The New England journal of medicine (25-12-2014)“…In this study, clonal hematopoiesis with somatic mutations was found in 10% of otherwise healthy people older than 65. The risk of hematologic cancer was…”
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Insights into clonal haematopoiesis from 8,342 mosaic chromosomal alterations
Published in Nature (London) (01-07-2018)“…The selective pressures that shape clonal evolution in healthy individuals are largely unknown. Here we investigate 8,342 mosaic chromosomal alterations, from…”
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Discovery and genotyping of genome structural polymorphism by sequencing on a population scale
Published in Nature genetics (01-03-2011)“…Steven McCarroll and colleagues report an analytical framework for characterizing genome deletion polymorphism in populations, applied here to the low coverage…”
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Punctuated bursts in human male demography inferred from 1,244 worldwide Y-chromosome sequences
Published in Nature genetics (01-06-2016)“…Chris Tyler-Smith, Carlos Bustamante and colleagues report an analysis of 1,244 human Y chromosomes from the 1000 Genomes Project. They find that copy number…”
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SNAP: a web-based tool for identification and annotation of proxy SNPs using HapMap
Published in Bioinformatics (15-12-2008)“…The interpretation of genome-wide association results is confounded by linkage disequilibrium between nearby alleles. We have developed a flexible…”
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An integrated map of structural variation in 2,504 human genomes
Published in Nature (London) (01-10-2015)“…Structural variants are implicated in numerous diseases and make up the majority of varying nucleotides among human genomes. Here we describe an integrated set…”
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Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
Published in Nature (London) (12-02-2015)“…Obesity is heritable and predisposes to many diseases. To understand the genetic basis of obesity better, here we conduct a genome-wide association study and…”
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Recurring exon deletions in the HP (haptoglobin) gene contribute to lower blood cholesterol levels
Published in Nature genetics (01-04-2016)“…Steven McCarroll and colleagues present a detailed study of copy number variation of exons within the human HP (haptoglobin) gene. They show that HP exons…”
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A whole-genome sequence study identifies genetic risk factors for neuromyelitis optica
Published in Nature communications (16-05-2018)“…Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a rare autoimmune disease that affects the optic nerve and spinal cord. Most NMO patients ( > 70%) are seropositive for…”
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Mutations causing medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 lie in a large VNTR in MUC1 missed by massively parallel sequencing
Published in Nature genetics (01-03-2013)“…Anthony Bleyer, Eric Lander, Mark Daly and colleagues show that frameshift mutations in a large VNTR of MUC1 cause medullary cystic kidney disease type 1…”
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A concerted neuron–astrocyte program declines in ageing and schizophrenia
Published in Nature (London) (21-03-2024)“…Human brains vary across people and over time; such variation is not yet understood in cellular terms. Here we describe a relationship between people’s…”
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Structural haplotypes and recent evolution of the human 17q21.31 region
Published in Nature genetics (01-08-2012)“…Steven McCarroll and colleagues use a population genetics approach to identify nine different structural forms of the 17q21.31 inversion region. They show that…”
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