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Overview

Adam S. Butterworth is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily focused on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Butterworth's work explores subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, as well as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The research topics predominantly addressed by Butterworth include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence, and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Butterworth include:

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe (2021), published in European Heart Journal
  • Phenome-wide Mendelian randomization mapping the influence of the plasma proteome on complex diseases (2020), published in Nature Genetics
  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals (2020), published in Nature Metabolism
  • Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations (2020), published in Cell
  • Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets (2023), published in Nature Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Butterworth include:

  • John Danesh (115 collaborations)
  • Emanuele Di Angelantonio (82 collaborations)
  • Praveen Surendran (41 collaborations)
  • Angela Wood (39 collaborations)
  • Stephen Burgess (37 collaborations)

Butterworth's work is frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nature Genetics, European Heart Journal, and The American Journal of Human Genetics.

This profile outlines a research portfolio focused on cardiovascular medicine and genetic epidemiology, supported by a strong publication record in genetics and molecular biology. The collaborations and frequent publication venues reflect active engagement in large-scale genomic studies and interdisciplinary biomedical research.

Best Publications

  • Mendelian randomization analysis with multiple genetic variants using summarized data.

    Stephen Burgess;Adam Butterworth;Simon G. Thompson

  • Genomic atlas of the human plasma proteome.

    Benjamin Sun;Joseph C Maranville;James E Peters;James E Peters;David Stacey

  • PhenoScanner V2: an expanded tool for searching human genotype-phenotype associations

    Mihir A Kamat;James A Blackshaw;Robin Young;Praveen Surendran

  • Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Rajiv Chowdhury;Samantha Warnakula;Setor Kunutsor;Francesca Crowe

  • The Allelic Landscape of Human Blood Cell Trait Variation and Links to Common Complex Disease

    William J. Astle;Heather Elding;Heather Elding;Tao Jiang;Dave Allen

  • PhenoScanner: a database of human genotype-phenotype associations.

    James R. Staley;James A. Blackshaw;Mihir A. Kamat;Steve Ellis

  • C-Reactive Protein, Fibrinogen, and Cardiovascular Disease Prediction

    Stephen Kaptoge;Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Lisa Pennells;Angela M. Wood

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Interleukin-6 receptor pathways in coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 82 studies

    Nadeem Sarwar;Adam S. Butterworth;Daniel F. Freitag;John Gregson

  • Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies

    Angela M. Wood;Stephen Kaptoge;Adam S. Butterworth;Peter Willeit

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

    Steven Hageman;Lisa Pennells

  • Leucocyte telomere length and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Philip C Haycock;Emma E Heydon;Stephen Kaptoge;Adam S Butterworth

  • Triglyceride-mediated pathways and coronary disease : collaborative analysis of 101 studies

    N Sarwar;M S Sandhu

  • Association of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity With Mortality

    Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Stephen Kaptoge;David Wormser;Peter Willeit

  • Inflammatory Cytokines and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: New Prospective Study and Updated Meta-Analysis

    Stephen Kaptoge;Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally Seshasai;Pei Gao;Daniel F Freitag

  • Genomic Risk Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease in 480,000 Adults: Implications for Primary Prevention.

    Michael Inouye;Gad Abraham;Christopher P. Nelson;Angela M. Wood

  • Lipid-related markers and cardiovascular disease prediction.

    E Di Angelantonio;P Gao;L Pennells

  • Association analyses based on false discovery rate implicate new loci for coronary artery disease.

    Christopher P Nelson;Christopher P Nelson;Anuj Goel;Anuj Goel;Adam S Butterworth;Stavroula Kanoni

  • Relative and absolute risk of colorectal cancer for individuals with a family history: a meta-analysis.

    Adam S. Butterworth;Julian P.T. Higgins;Paul Pharoah

  • Association of Triglyceride-Lowering LPL Variants and LDL-C-Lowering LDLR Variants with Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

    Brian A. Ference;Brian A. Ference;John J.P. Kastelein;Kausik K. Ray;Henry N. Ginsberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Christopher P. Nelson
Christopher P. Nelson University of Leicester
Emanuele Di Angelantonio
Emanuele Di Angelantonio University of Cambridge
Guillaume Lettre
Guillaume Lettre Montreal Heart Institute
John Danesh
John Danesh University of Cambridge
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Patricia B. Munroe
Patricia B. Munroe Queen Mary University of London
Massimo Mangino
Massimo Mangino King's College London
Hugh Watkins
Hugh Watkins University of Oxford
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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