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Overview

Alison Pattie is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Within these broad areas, their work focuses notably on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research covers several key topics, including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Birth, Development, and Health, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging, and Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Alison Pattie include:

  • Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • Genetic analysis of over half a million people characterises C-reactive protein loci (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Circulating inflammatory cytokines and risk of five cancers: a Mendelian randomization analysis (2022, BMC Medicine)
  • Genetic variation influencing DNA methylation provides insights into molecular mechanisms regulating genomic function (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Urate, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Disease (2020, Hypertension)

Frequent collaborators include Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Dipender Gill, Sylvain Sebért, Terho Lehtimäki, and Stephen Burgess, reflecting collaborative efforts across multiple studies.

Alison Pattie's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • BMC Medicine
  • Nature Genetics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life.

    Riccardo E Marioni;Riccardo E Marioni;Sonia Shah;Allan F McRae;Brian H Chen

  • Brain age predicts mortality

    J H Cole;S J Ritchie;M E Bastin;M C Valdés Hernández

  • Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function

    Gail Davies;Max Lam;Sarah E. Harris;Joey W. Trampush

  • Retinal vascular image analysis as a potential screening tool for cerebrovascular disease: a rationale based on homology between cerebral and retinal microvasculatures

    Niall Patton;Tariq Aslam;Thomas MacGillivray;Alison Pattie

  • The epigenetic clock is correlated with physical and cognitive fitness in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

    Riccardo E Marioni;Sonia Shah;Allan F McRae;Stuart J Ritchie

  • Goldberg’s ‘IPIP’ Big-Five factor markers: Internal consistency and concurrent validation in Scotland

    Alan J. Gow;Martha C. Whiteman;Alison Pattie;Ian J. Deary

  • Cohort Profile: The Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936

    Ian J Deary;Alan J Gow;Alison Pattie;John M Starr

  • Genetic contributions to variation in general cognitive function: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in the CHARGE consortium (N=53 949)

    G. Davies;N. Armstrong;J. C. Bis;J. Bressler

  • Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

    Valérie Turcot;Yingchang Lu;Yingchang Lu;Heather M Highland;Heather M Highland;Claudia Schurmann

  • Cognitive change and the APOE e4 allele

    Ian J Deary;Martha C Whiteman;Alison Pattie;John M Starr

  • Childhood mental ability and dementia

    L J Whalley;John Starr;R Athawes;D Hunter

  • Cohort Profile Update: The Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 and 1936.

    Adele M Taylor;Alison Pattie;Ian J Deary

  • Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior

    Nicola Barban;Rick Jansen;Ronald De Vlaming;Ahmad Vaez;Ahmad Vaez

  • Social Support and Successful Aging: Investigating the Relationships Between Lifetime Cognitive Change and Life Satisfaction

    Alan J. Gow;Alison Pattie;Martha C. Whiteman;Lawrence Jeffrey Whalley

  • White matter integrity and cognition in childhood and old age

    I. J. Deary;M. E. Bastin;A. Pattie;J. D. Clayden

  • Pronunciation of irregular words is preserved in dementia, validating premorbid IQ estimation.

    B. J. McGurn;J. M. Starr;J. Topfer;A. Pattie

  • Common polygenic risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with cognitive ability in the general population

    T-K Clarke;M K Lupton;A M Fernandez-Pujals;J Starr

  • Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

    Eirini Marouli;Mariaelisa Graff;Carolina Medina-Gomez;Ken Sin Lo

  • Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of death in 68 year follow-up: prospective population study

    Catherine Calvin;G. D. Batty;G. D. Batty;Geoff Der;Geoff Der;Caroline Brett;Caroline Brett

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh
Alan J. Gow
Alan J. Gow Heriot-Watt University
Caroline Hayward
Caroline Hayward University of Edinburgh
Riccardo E. Marioni
Riccardo E. Marioni University of Edinburgh
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Joanna M. Wardlaw University of Edinburgh
Ozren Polasek
Ozren Polasek University of Split
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam

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