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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
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Overview

Caroline L. Relton is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their publications cover a broad spectrum of topics including epigenetics and DNA methylation, birth, development, and health, as well as health, environment, and cognitive aging. Additional subjects they have contributed to include genetic associations and epidemiology, neonatal respiratory health research, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, and nutritional studies and diet.

Relton has published extensively in various academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Epigenetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • International Journal of Epidemiology

They have contributed to several recent papers, such as:

  • Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations (2020) in Wellcome Open Research
  • Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations: update for summer 2023 (2023) in Wellcome Open Research
  • The EWAS Catalog: a database of epigenome-wide association studies (2022) in Wellcome Open Research
  • DNA methylation-based predictors of health: applications and statistical considerations (2022) in Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Epigenome-wide change and variation in DNA methylation in childhood: trajectories from birth to late adolescence (2021) in Human Molecular Genetics

Collaborations with other researchers form a significant part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Matthew Suderman
  • George Davey Smith
  • Rebecca C. Richmond
  • Gemma C. Sharp
  • Gibran Hemani

The scientist's work has been concentrated in several subfields, particularly molecular biology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, genetics, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

Best Publications

  • The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

    Gibran Hemani;Jie Zheng;Benjamin Elsworth;Kaitlin H Wade

  • Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations.

    Stephen Burgess;George Davey Smith;Neil M Davies;Frank Dudbridge

  • DNA Methylation in Newborns and Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy: Genome-wide Consortium Meta-analysis

    Bonnie R. Joubert;Janine F. Felix;Paul Yousefi;Kelly M. Bakulski

  • Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

    Simone Wahl;Alexander Drong;Benjamin Lehne;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh

  • DNA methylation aging clocks: challenges and recommendations

    Christopher G Bell;Robert Lowe;Peter D Adams;Peter D Adams;Andrea A Baccarelli

  • Pathogenic Mitochondrial DNA Mutations Are Common in the General Population

    Hannah R. Elliott;David C. Samuels;James A. Eden;Caroline L. Relton

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

  • Obesity, metabolic factors and risk of different histological types of lung cancer: A Mendelian randomization study

    Robert Carreras-Torres;Mattias Johansson;Philip C. Haycock;Kaitlin H. Wade

  • Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

    Nicole M Warrington;Robin N Beaumont;Momoko Horikoshi;Felix R Day

  • Systematic identification of genetic influences on methylation across the human life course

    Tom R. Gaunt;Hashem A. Shihab;Gibran Hemani;Josine L. Min

  • The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): an update on the enrolled sample of index children in 2019.

    Kate Northstone;Melanie Lewcock;Alix Groom;Andrew Boyd

  • Best (but oft-forgotten) practices: the design, analysis, and interpretation of Mendelian randomization studies

    Philip C Haycock;Stephen Burgess;Kaitlin H Wade;Jack Bowden;Jack Bowden

  • Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Philip C Haycock;Stephen Burgess;Aayah Nounu

  • Two-step epigenetic Mendelian randomization: a strategy for establishing the causal role of epigenetic processes in pathways to disease

    Caroline L Relton;George Davey Smith

  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

    J.L. Min;G. Hemani;E. Hannon;K.F. Dekkers

  • Epigenome-wide association of DNA methylation markers in peripheral blood from Indian Asians and Europeans with incident type 2 diabetes: a nested case-control study.

    John C Chambers;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Benjamin Lehne;Alexander Drong

  • Prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and offspring DNA methylation across the lifecourse: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

    Rebecca C Richmond;Andrew J Simpkin;Geoff Woodward;Tom R Gaunt

  • Induction of epigenetic alterations by dietary and other environmental factors.

    John C. Mathers;Gordon Strathdee;Caroline L. Relton;Caroline L. Relton

  • Statistical and integrative system-level analysis of DNA methylation data.

    Andrew E Teschendorff;Caroline L Relton

  • Differences in smoking associated DNA methylation patterns in South Asians and Europeans

    Hannah R Elliott;Therese Tillin;Therese Tillin;Wendy L McArdle;Karen M Ho

Frequent Co-Authors

George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
Matthew Suderman
Matthew Suderman University of Bristol
Rebecca C Richmond
Rebecca C Richmond University of Bristol
Richard M. Martin
Richard M. Martin University of Bristol
Gibran Hemani
Gibran Hemani University of Bristol
Susan M. Ring
Susan M. Ring University of Bristol
John W. Holloway
John W. Holloway University of Southampton
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe Erasmus University Rotterdam
Debbie A. Lawlor
Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol

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