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Overview

Wendy L. McArdle is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and specializes in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Anatomy, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their scientific contributions focus primarily on topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience, Genetics and Physical Performance, Medical and Biological Sciences, and Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting.

Recent publications featuring Wendy L. McArdle include:

  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Genome-wide association study identifies 48 common genetic variants associated with handedness, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Genomic and phenomic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Association of Novel Genetic Loci With Circulating Fibrinogen Levels: A Genome-Wide Association Study in 6 Population-Based Cohorts, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture, 2020, University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg)

They have frequently collaborated with several researchers in their field, including Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Tõnu Esko, Fernando Rivadeneira, Josine L. Min, and Felix R. Day.

Their work has been published multiple times in venues including UNC Libraries, Nature Genetics, Nature Human Behaviour, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the University of Regensburg Publication Server.

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • Sequence variants in the autophagy gene IRGM and multiple other replicating loci contribute to Crohn's disease susceptibility.

    Miles Parkes;Jeffrey C Barrett;Natalie J Prescott;Mark Tremelling

  • 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

  • Meta-analysis of genome scans and replication identify CD6, IRF8 and TNFRSF1A as new multiple sclerosis susceptibility loci

    Philip L De Jager;Philip L De Jager;Xiaoming Jia;Joanne Wang;Paul I W de Bakker

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • Newly identified genetic risk variants for celiac disease related to the immune response

    Karen A Hunt;Alexandra Zhernakova;Graham Turner;Graham A R Heap

  • 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

David P. Strachan
David P. Strachan St George's, University of London
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Fernando Rivadeneira
Fernando Rivadeneira Erasmus University Rotterdam
Susan M. Ring
Susan M. Ring University of Bristol
Christian Gieger
Christian Gieger Helmholtz Zentrum München
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London

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