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Overview

William K. Scott is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research portfolio spans multiple key areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a substantial focus on molecular biology and genetics.

The scientist's work covers several detailed subfields including molecular biology, genetics, physiology, neurology, and ophthalmology. Their research topics notably address Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, epigenetics and DNA methylation, glaucoma and retinal disorders, neurological diseases and metabolism, dementia and cognitive impairment research, as well as nutrition, genetics, and disease.

Frequent collaborations characterize their research practice. Regular co-authors include Jeffery M. Vance, Jonathan L. Haines, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Michael L. Cuccaro, and Yeunjoo E. Song.

William K. Scott has published extensively in several prominent venues. These include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Human Genetics and Genomics Advances

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 127 open-angle glaucoma loci with consistent effect across ancestries, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Increased APOE ε4 expression is associated with the difference in Alzheimer's disease risk from diverse ancestral backgrounds, 2021, Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Genomewide Association Studies of LRRK2 Modifiers of Parkinson's Disease, 2021, Annals of Neurology
  • Profiling neuronal methylome and hydroxymethylome of opioid use disorder in the human orbitofrontal cortex, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Plasma Metabolomics of Intermediate and Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients, 2021, Cells

Best Publications

  • Complement factor H variant increases the risk of age-related macular degeneration.

    Jonathan L. Haines;Michael A. Hauser;Silke Schmidt;William K. Scott

  • Large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies six new risk loci for Parkinson's disease

    Mike A Nalls;Nathan Pankratz;Christina M. Lill;Chuong B. Do

  • A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants

    Lars G. Fritsche;Wilmar Igl;Jessica N.Cooke Bailey;Felix Grassmann

  • Common genetic variation in the HLA region is associated with late-onset sporadic Parkinson's disease

    Taye H. Hamza;Cyrus P. Zabetian;Cyrus P. Zabetian;Albert Tenesa;Alain Laederach

  • Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

    Lars G. Fritsche;Lars G. Fritsche;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Matthew Schu;Brian L. Yaspan

  • Mitochondrial Polymorphisms Significantly Reduce the Risk of Parkinson Disease

    Joelle M. van der Walt;Kristin K. Nicodemus;Eden R. Martin;William K. Scott

  • Comprehensive research synopsis and systematic meta-analyses in Parkinson's disease genetics: the PDGene database.

    Christina M. Lill;Johannes T. Roehr;Johannes T. Roehr;Matthew B. McQueen;Fotini K. Kavvoura;Fotini K. Kavvoura;Fotini K. Kavvoura

  • Genetic variants near TIMP3 and high-density lipoprotein–associated loci influence susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration

    Wei Chen;Dwight Stambolian;Albert O. Edwards;Kari E. Branham

  • Genome-wide association study confirms SNPs in SNCA and the MAPT region as common risk factors for Parkinson disease.

    Todd L. Edwards;Todd L. Edwards;William K. Scott;Cherylyn Almonte;Amber Burt

  • Variation in the miRNA-433 Binding Site of FGF20 Confers Risk for Parkinson Disease by Overexpression of α-Synuclein

    Gaofeng Wang;Joelle M. van der Walt;Gregory Mayhew;Yi Ju Li

  • Complete genomic screen in late-onset familial Alzheimer disease. Evidence for a new locus on chromosome 12.

    Margaret A. Pericak-Vance;Meredyth P. Bass;Larry H. Yamaoka;Perry C. Gaskell

  • Cigarette smoking strongly modifies the association of LOC387715 and age-related macular degeneration.

    Silke Schmidt;Michael A. Hauser;William K. Scott;Eric A. Postel

  • Age at onset in two common neurodegenerative diseases is genetically controlled

    Yi Ju Li;William K. Scott;Dale J. Hedges;Fengyu Zhang

  • Pesticide exposure and risk of Parkinson's disease: A family-based case-control study

    Dana B Hancock;Eden R Martin;Gregory M Mayhew;Jeffrey M Stajich

  • Complete genomic screen in Parkinson disease: evidence for multiple genes.

    William K. Scott;Martha A. Nance;Ray L. Watts;Jean P. Hubble

  • Functional variants in the LRRK2 gene confer shared effects on risk for Crohn's disease and Parkinson's disease.

    Ken Y. Hui;Heriberto Fernandez-Hernandez;Jianzhong Hu;Adam Schaffner

  • Meta-analysis of Parkinson's Disease: Identification of a Novel Locus, RIT2

    Nathan Pankratz;Gary W. Beecham;Anita L. Destefano;Ted M. Dawson

  • Analysis of European mitochondrial haplogroups with Alzheimer disease risk

    Joelle M van der Walt;Yulia A Dementieva;Eden R Martin;William K Scott

  • HERD IMMUNITY: BASIC CONCEPT AND RELEVANCE TO PUBLIC HEALTH IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES

    John P. Fox;Lila Elveback;William Scott;Lael C Gatewood

  • Glutathione S-transferase omega-1 modifies age-at-onset of Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease

    Yi Ju Li;Sofia A. Oliveira;Puting Xu;Eden R. Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret A. Pericak-Vance
Margaret A. Pericak-Vance University of Miami
Jonathan L. Haines
Jonathan L. Haines Case Western Reserve University
Jeffery M. Vance
Jeffery M. Vance University of Miami
Eden R. Martin
Eden R. Martin University of Miami
Michael A. Hauser
Michael A. Hauser Duke University
John R. Gilbert
John R. Gilbert University of Miami
Gary W. Small
Gary W. Small University of California, Los Angeles
Ann M. Saunders
Ann M. Saunders Durham University
Gary W. Beecham
Gary W. Beecham University of Miami
Donald J. Zack
Donald J. Zack Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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