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Pirro G. Hysi is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily addresses topics within medicine, with significant concentration in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work spans multiple specialized subfields including ophthalmology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, genetics, and epidemiology.

Research topics focused on include:

  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Retinal diseases and treatments
  • Retinal imaging and analysis
  • Genetic associations and epidemiology
  • Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Ophthalmology and visual impairment studies
  • Retinal development and disorders

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Meta-analysis of 542,934 subjects of European ancestry identifies new genes and mechanisms predisposing to refractive error and myopia (2020) in Nature Genetics
  • Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19 (2020) in Nature Medicine
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 127 open-angle glaucoma loci with consistent effect across ancestries (2021) in Nature Communications
  • Multitrait analysis of glaucoma identifies new risk loci and enables polygenic prediction of disease susceptibility and progression (2020) in Nature Genetics
  • A foundation model for generalizable disease detection from retinal images (2023) in Nature

Frequently publishing venues for their work include:

  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • JAMA Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmology

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Anthony P. Khawaja
  • Christopher J. Hammond
  • Paul J. Foster
  • Janey L. Wiggs
  • Andrew Lotery

Best Publications

  • Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19.

    Cristina Menni;Ana M. Valdes;Ana M. Valdes;Maxim B. Freidin;Carole H. Sudre

  • 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

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • Genetic variants associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis susceptibility and mortality: a genome-wide association study

    Imre Noth;Yingze Zhang;Shwu Fan Ma;Carlos Flores

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia

    Virginie J M Verhoeven;Pirro G Hysi;Robert Wojciechowski;Robert Wojciechowski;Qiao Fan

  • Increasing prevalence of myopia in europe and the impact of education

    Katie M Williams;Geir Bertelsen;Phillippa Cumberland;Christian Wolfram

  • Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function

    María Soler Artigas;Daan W. Loth;Louise V. Wain;Sina A. Gharib

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

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

  • Improved imputation of low-frequency and rare variants using the UK10K haplotype reference panel

    Jie Huang;Bryan Howie;Shane McCarthy;Yasin Memari

  • Correction: Corrigendum: TCTEX1D2 mutations underlie Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy with impaired retrograde intraflagellar transport

    Miriam Schmidts;Yuqing Hou;Claudio R. Cortes;Dorus A. Mans

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis.

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Chih-Mei Chen;Adaikalavan Ramasamy

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Five Loci Influencing Facial Morphology in Europeans

    Fan Liu;Fedde van der Lijn;Claudia Schurmann;Gu Zhu

  • Association between a complex insertion/deletion polymorphism in NOD1 (CARD4) and susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease

    Dermot P.B. McGovern;Pirro Hysi;Tariq Ahmad;David A. van Heel

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus.

    Yi Lu;Veronique Vitart;Kathryn P. Burdon;Chiea Chuen Khor

  • NOD1 variation, immunoglobulin E and asthma

    Pirro Hysi;Michael Kabesch;Miriam F. Moffatt;Michaela Schedel

  • New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

    Yingchang Lu;Felix R Day;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Martin L Buchkovich

  • Low copy number of the salivary amylase gene predisposes to obesity

    Mario Falchi;Julia Sarah El-Sayed Moustafa;Petros Takousis;Francesco Pesce

  • Genome-wide analyses identify 68 new loci associated with intraocular pressure and improve risk prediction for primary open-angle glaucoma.

    Anthony P Khawaja;Anthony P Khawaja;Jessica N Cooke Bailey;Nicholas J Wareham;Robert A Scott

  • A genome-wide association study for myopia and refractive error identifies a susceptibility locus at 15q25

    Pirro G Hysi;Terri L Young;David A Mackey;David A Mackey;Toby Andrew

  • Multitrait analysis of glaucoma identifies new risk loci and enables polygenic prediction of disease susceptibility and progression

    Jamie E. Craig;Xikun Han;Xikun Han;Ayub Qassim;Mark Hassall

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Hammond
Christopher J. Hammond King's College London
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
David A. Mackey
David A. Mackey University of Western Australia
Caroline C W Klaver
Caroline C W Klaver Erasmus University Rotterdam
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Alex W. Hewitt
Alex W. Hewitt University of Tasmania
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Veronique Vitart
Veronique Vitart University of Edinburgh
Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam

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