Search Results - "Paul, Dirk S."
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PhenoScanner: a database of human genotype-phenotype associations
Published in Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) (15-10-2016)“…PhenoScanner is a curated database of publicly available results from large-scale genetic association studies. This tool aims to facilitate 'phenome scans',…”
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ProGeM: a framework for the prioritization of candidate causal genes at molecular quantitative trait loci
Published in Nucleic acids research (10-01-2019)“…Abstract Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping of molecular phenotypes such as metabolites, lipids and proteins through genome-wide association studies…”
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Compound inheritance of a low-frequency regulatory SNP and a rare null mutation in exon-junction complex subunit RBM8A causes TAR syndrome
Published in Nature genetics (01-04-2012)“…Cornelis Albers, Cedric Ghevaert and colleagues report that a majority of thrombocytopenia with absent radii (TAR) syndrome cases are caused by compound…”
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Genetic effects on promoter usage are highly context-specific and contribute to complex traits
Published in eLife (08-01-2019)“…Genetic variants regulating RNA splicing and transcript usage have been implicated in both common and rare diseases. Although transcript usage quantitative…”
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Selfish mutations dysregulating RAS-MAPK signaling are pervasive in aged human testes
Published in Genome research (01-12-2018)“…Mosaic mutations present in the germline have important implications for reproductive risk and disease transmission. We previously demonstrated a phenomenon…”
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Functional interpretation of non-coding sequence variation: Concepts and challenges
Published in BioEssays (01-02-2014)“…Understanding the functional mechanisms underlying genetic signals associated with complex traits and common diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's…”
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Tensorial blind source separation for improved analysis of multi-omic data
Published in Genome Biology (08-06-2018)“…There is an increased need for integrative analyses of multi-omic data. We present and benchmark a novel tensorial independent component analysis (tICA)…”
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Increased DNA methylation variability in rheumatoid arthritis-discordant monozygotic twins
Published in Genome medicine (04-09-2018)“…Rheumatoid arthritis is a common autoimmune disorder influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Epigenome-wide association studies can identify…”
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Genetically personalised organ-specific metabolic models in health and disease
Published in Nature communications (29-11-2022)“…Understanding how genetic variants influence disease risk and complex traits (variant-to-function) is one of the major challenges in human genetics. Here we…”
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Genome-wide analysis of blood lipid metabolites in over 5000 South Asians reveals biological insights at cardiometabolic disease loci
Published in BMC medicine (10-09-2021)“…Genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors can lead to perturbations in circulating lipid levels and increase the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic…”
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Neutrophil-mediated IL-6 receptor trans-signaling and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-04-2017)“…The Asp358Ala variant in the interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R) gene has been implicated in asthma, autoimmune and cardiovascular disorders, but its role in other…”
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Formalising recall by genotype as an efficient approach to detailed phenotyping and causal inference
Published in Nature communications (19-02-2018)“…Detailed phenotyping is required to deepen our understanding of the biological mechanisms behind genetic associations. In addition, the impact of potentially…”
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Donor whole blood DNA methylation is not a strong predictor of acute graft versus host disease in unrelated donor allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation
Published in Frontiers in genetics (03-04-2024)“…Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is used to treat many blood-based disorders and malignancies, however it can also result in serious adverse…”
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Integrated analyses of growth differentiation factor-15 concentration and cardiometabolic diseases in humans
Published in eLife (02-08-2022)“…Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF15) is a stress response cytokine that is elevated in several cardiometabolic diseases and has attracted interest as a…”
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Correction to: Functional variation in allelic methylomes underscores a strong genetic contribution and reveals novel epigenetic alterations in the human epigenome
Published in Genome Biology (07-05-2019)“…Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Additional file 1…”
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Maps of open chromatin highlight cell type-restricted patterns of regulatory sequence variation at hematological trait loci
Published in Genome research (01-07-2013)“…Nearly three-quarters of the 143 genetic signals associated with platelet and erythrocyte phenotypes identified by meta-analyses of genome-wide association…”
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Interleukin-6 Receptor Signaling and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Growth Rates
Published in Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine (01-02-2019)“…The Asp358Ala variant (rs2228145; A>C) in the IL (interleukin)-6 receptor ( IL6R) gene has been implicated in the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms…”
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A GWAS sequence variant for platelet volume marks an alternative DNM3 promoter in megakaryocytes near a MEIS1 binding site
Published in Blood (06-12-2012)“…We recently identified 68 genomic loci where common sequence variants are associated with platelet count and volume. Platelets are formed in the bone marrow by…”
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Maps of open chromatin guide the functional follow-up of genome-wide association signals: application to hematological traits
Published in PLoS genetics (01-06-2011)“…Turning genetic discoveries identified in genome-wide association (GWA) studies into biological mechanisms is an important challenge in human genetics. Many…”
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eFORGE: A Tool for Identifying Cell Type-Specific Signal in Epigenomic Data
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (15-11-2016)“…Epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) provide an alternative approach for studying human disease through consideration of non-genetic variants such as…”
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