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Overview

Toby Johnson is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their main field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Surgery, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Their research covers several key topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes

Recent significant publications authored or co-authored by Toby Johnson include:

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis, fine-mapping and integrative prioritization implicate new Alzheimer's disease risk genes, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Sex-dimorphic genetic effects and novel loci for fasting glucose and insulin variability, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Genetic variant effects on gene expression in human pancreatic islets and their implications for T2D, 2020, Nature Communications
  • GWAS of random glucose in 476,326 individuals provide insights into diabetes pathophysiology, complications and treatment stratification, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Author Correction: Genome-wide meta-analysis, fine-mapping and integrative prioritization implicate new Alzheimer's disease risk genes, 2021, Nature Genetics

Their work has been published predominantly in venues such as UNC Libraries, Nature Genetics, Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the University of Regensburg Publication Server.

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Anne Jackson
  • Guðmar Þorleifsson
  • Rona J. Strawbridge
  • Jian'an Luan
  • Aaron Isaacs

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • 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

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Genes mirror geography within Europe.

    John Novembre;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Katarzyna Bryc;Zoltán Kutalik

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • 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

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • 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 genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Inês Barroso
Inês Barroso University of Exeter
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Patricia B. Munroe
Patricia B. Munroe Queen Mary University of London
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Igor Rudan
Igor Rudan University of Edinburgh
Mark J. Caulfield
Mark J. Caulfield Queen Mary University of London
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge

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