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2024

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38

Medicine

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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Martin Farrall is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work extensively covers several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The main topics of Martin Farrall's research include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Congenital heart defects research, RNA modifications and cancer, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Birth, Development, and Health, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, as well as Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martin Farrall are:

  • Anuj Goel
  • Hugh Watkins
  • Christopher Grace
  • Guðmar Þorleifsson
  • Andrew R. Harper

Their research has been published in a variety of venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • Nature Communications

Recent academic papers by Martin Farrall include:

  • Discovery and systematic characterization of risk variants and genes for coronary artery disease in over a million participants, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Common genetic variants and modifiable risk factors underpin hypertrophic cardiomyopathy susceptibility and expressivity, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Discovery and systematic characterization of risk variants and genes for coronary artery disease in over a million participants, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Reevaluation of the South Asian MYBPC3 Δ25bp Intronic Deletion in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, 2020, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • A large-scale, consortium-based genomewide association study of asthma.

    Miriam F. Moffatt;Ivo G. Gut;Florence Demenais;David P. Strachan

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Genetic variants regulating ORMDL3 expression contribute to the risk of childhood asthma

    Miriam F. Moffatt;Michael Kabesch;Liming Liang;Anna L. Dixon

  • Genetic Variants Associated with Lp(a) Lipoprotein Level and Coronary Disease

    R Clarke;J F Peden;J C Hopewell;T Kyriakou

  • A genome-wide search for human type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes

    J L Davies;Y Kawaguchi;Y Kawaguchi;Bennett;Bennett;J B Copeman;J B Copeman

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • A genome-wide association study of global gene expression

    Anna L Dixon;Anna L Dixon;Liming Liang;Miriam F Moffatt;Wei Chen

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 20 loci that influence adult height

    M N Weedon;H Lango;C M Lindgren;C M Lindgren;C Wallace

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

  • 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

Hugh Watkins
Hugh Watkins University of Oxford
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Mark J. Caulfield
Mark J. Caulfield Queen Mary University of London
Patricia B. Munroe
Patricia B. Munroe Queen Mary University of London
Anuj Goel
Anuj Goel University of Oxford
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Jaspal S. Kooner
Jaspal S. Kooner Imperial College London
Anders Hamsten
Anders Hamsten Karolinska Institute
John C. Chambers
John C. Chambers Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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