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84
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National Ranking
172

Overview

Andrew McQuillin is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and contributes extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work notably spans genetics, psychiatry and mental health, epidemiology, molecular biology, and pathology and forensic medicine.

Their research focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia," 2022, Nature
  • "Genome-wide meta-analysis of problematic alcohol use in 435,563 individuals yields insights into biology and relationships with other traits," 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Exome sequencing in bipolar disorder identifies AKAP11 as a risk gene shared with schizophrenia," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "DNA methylation meta-analysis reveals cellular alterations in psychosis and markers of treatment-resistant schizophrenia," 2021, eLife
  • "Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of major depression aids locus discovery, fine mapping, gene prioritization and causal inference," 2024, Nature Genetics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Nicholas Bass
  • Aiden Corvin
  • Marsha Y. Morgan
  • Michael O'Donovan
  • Elvira Bramon

Andrew McQuillin has published predominantly in journals such as European Neuropsychopharmacology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Journal of Hepatology, and Molecular Psychiatry.

Best Publications

  • Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci

    Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Aiden Corvin;James T. R. Walters

  • Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

    Shaun M. Purcell;Shaun M. Purcell;Naomi R. Wray;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Peter M. Visscher

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

  • Erratum: Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease (Nature Genetics (2009) 41 (1088-1093))

    D Harold;R Abraham;P Hollingworth;R Sims

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores

    Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Jian Yang;Hilary K. Finucane;Alexander Gusev

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genome Scan Meta-Analysis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, Part II: Schizophrenia

    Cathryn M. Lewis;Douglas F. Levinson;Lesley H. Wise;Lynn E. DeLisi

  • Collaborative genome-wide association analysis supports a role for ANK3 and CACNA1C in bipolar disorder

    Manuel A R Ferreira;Michael C O'Donovan;Yan A Meng;Ian R Jones

  • Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia

    Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Michael C. O’Donovan;Hugh Gurling;George K. Kirov

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Contribution of copy number variants to schizophrenia from a genome-wide study of 41,321 subjects

    Christian R Marshall;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniel P Howrigan;Daniele Merico;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • Whole-genome association study of bipolar disorder

    P Sklar;J W Smoller;J Fan;J Fan;M A R Ferreira

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

  • Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimertextquotesingles disease

    Denise Harold;Richard Abraham;Paul Hollingworth;Rebecca Sims

Frequent Co-Authors

David Curtis
David Curtis Queen Mary University of London
Michael Conlon O'Donovan
Michael Conlon O'Donovan Cardiff University
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Hugh Gurling
Hugh Gurling University College London
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Roel A. Ophoff
Roel A. Ophoff University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas Werge
Thomas Werge University of Copenhagen
Shaun Purcell
Shaun Purcell Harvard Medical School
Ole Mors
Ole Mors Aarhus University
Jordan W. Smoller
Jordan W. Smoller Harvard University

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