https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Investigating the causal relationship of C-reactive protein with 32 complex somatic and psychiatric outcomes: a large-scale cross-consortium mendelian randomization study https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:29040 Wed 07 Jul 2021 12:14:25 AEST ]]> Variants in the fetal genome near pro-inflammatory cytokine genes on 2q13 associate with gestational duration https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:45201 P = 3.96 x 10-14). Analysis of 15,588 mother-child pairs shows that the association is driven by fetal rather than maternal genotype. Functional experiments show that the lead SNP, rs7594852, alters the binding of the HIC1 transcriptional repressor. Genes at the locus include several interleukin 1 family members with roles in pro-inflammatory pathways that are central to the process of parturition. Further understanding of the underlying mechanisms will be of great public health importance, since giving birth either before or after the window of term gestation is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.]]> Thu 27 Oct 2022 15:06:39 AEDT ]]> Trans-ancestral genome-wide association study of longitudinal pubertal height growth and shared heritability with adult health outcomes. https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:54727 Mon 11 Mar 2024 14:11:41 AEDT ]]> Genetics of early-life head circumference and genetic correlations with neurological, psychiatric and cognitive outcomes https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53089 Fri 17 Nov 2023 11:51:13 AEDT ]]> A trans-ancestral meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies reveals loci associated with childhood obesity https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46943 METTL15). The variant was nominally associated with only the European subgroup analysis but had a consistent direction of effect in other ethnicities. We then utilized trans-ancestral Bayesian analysis to narrow down the location of the probable causal variant at each genome-wide significant signal. Of all the fine-mapped loci, we were able to narrow down the causative variant at four known loci to fewer than 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (FAIM2, GNPDA2, MC4R and SEC16B loci). In conclusion, an ethnically diverse setting has enabled us to both identify an additional pediatric obesity locus and further fine-map existing loci.]]> Fri 09 Dec 2022 14:01:32 AEDT ]]>