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Professor Alex Blakemore
Professor in Human Genomics

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Noseda, M., De Smith, AJ., Leia, T., Rao, PH., Paiva, MSA., Al-Beidh, F., et al. (2012) 'The Cdkn2a/2b Tumour Suppressor Locus is a Hot Spot for Genome Instability in Mouse Cardiac Progenitor Cells'. CIRCULATION, 126 (21). pp. S59 - S59. ISSN: 0009-7322

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Costelloe, SJ., El-Sayed Moustafa, JS., Drenos, F., Palmen, J., Qiao, L., Whiting, S., et al. (2012) 'Gene-targeted analysis of copy number variants identifies 3 novel associations with coronary heart disease traits'. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 5 (5). pp. 555 - 560. ISSN: 1942-325X

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El-Sayed Moustafa, JS., Eleftherohorinou, H., De Smith, AJ., Andersson-Assarsson, JC., Couto Alves, A., Hadjigeorgiou, E., et al. (2012) 'Novel association approach for variable number tandem repeats (vntrs) identifies dock5 as a susceptibility gene for severe obesity'. Human Molecular Genetics, 21 (16). pp. 3727 - 3738. ISSN: 0964-6906

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Mul, JD., Begg, DP., Alsters, SIM., van Haaften, G., Duran, KJ., D'Alessio, DA., et al. (2012) 'Effect of Vertical sleeve gastrectomy in melanocortin receptor 4-deficient rats'. American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 303 (1). pp. E103 - E110. ISSN: 0193-1849

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Bradfield, JP., Taal, HR., Timpson, NJ., Scherag, A., Lecoeur, C., Warrington, NM., et al. (2012) 'A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new childhood obesity loci'. NATURE GENETICS, 44 (5). pp. 526. ISSN: 1061-4036 Open Access Link

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Rob Taal, H., St Pourcain, B., Thiering, E., Das, S., Mook-Kanamori, DO., Warrington, NM., et al. (2012) 'Common variants at 12q15 and 12q24 are associated with infant head circumference'. Nature Genetics, 44 (5). pp. 532 - 538. ISSN: 1061-4036

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Munro, J., Skrobot, O., Sanyoura, M., Kay, V., Susce, MT., Glaser, PEA., et al. (2012) 'Relaxin polymorphisms associated with metabolic disturbance in patients treated with antipsychotics'. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26 (3). pp. 374 - 379. ISSN: 0269-8811

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Paternoster, L., Standl, M., Chen, C-M., Ramasamy, A., Bonnelykke, K., Duijts, L., et al. (2012) 'Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis'. Nature Genetics, 44 (2). pp. 187 - 192. ISSN: 1061-4036 Open Access Link

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Dorajoo, R., Blakemore, AIF., Sim, X., Ong, RTH., Ng, DPK., Seielstad, M., et al. (2012) 'Replication of 13 obesity loci among Singaporean Chinese, Malay and Asian-Indian populations'. International Journal of Obesity, 36 (1). pp. 159 - 163. ISSN: 0307-0565

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Howitt, P., Darzi, A., Yang, GZ., Ashrafian, H., Atun, R., Barlow, J., et al. (2012) 'Technologies for global health'. The Lancet, 380 (9840). pp. 507 - 535. ISSN: 0140-6736

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Jacquemont, S., Reymond, A., Zufferey, F., Harewood, L., Walters, RG., Kutalik, Z., et al. (2011) 'Mirror extreme BMI phenotypes associated with gene dosage at the chromosome 16p11.2 locus'. Nature, 478 (7367). pp. 97 - 102. ISSN: 0028-0836

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Strawbridge, RJ., Dupuis, J., Prokopenko, I., Barker, A., Ahlqvist, E., Rybin, D., et al. (2011) 'Genome-wide association identifies nine common variants associated with fasting proinsulin levels and provides new insights into the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes'. Diabetes, 60 (10). pp. 2624 - 2634. ISSN: 0012-1797

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Li, Y., Zheng, H., Luo, R., Wu, H., Zhu, H., Li, R., et al. (2011) 'Structural variation in two human genomes mapped at single-nucleotide resolution by whole genome de novo assembly'. Nature Biotechnology, 29 (8). pp. 723 - 730. ISSN: 1087-0156

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Trewick, AL., El-Sayed Moustafa, JS., De Smith, AJ., Froguel, P., Greve, G., Njølstad, PR., et al. (2011) 'Accurate single-nucleotide polymorphism allele assignment in trisomic or duplicated regions by using a single base-extension assay with MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry'. Clinical Chemistry, 57 (8). pp. 1188 - 1195. ISSN: 0009-9147

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Eleftherohorinou, H., Andersson-Assarsson, JC., Walters, RG., El-Sayed Moustafa, JS., Coin, L., Jacobson, P., et al. (2011) 'famCNV: Copy number variant association for quantitative traits in families'. Bioinformatics, 27 (13). pp. 1873 - 1875. ISSN: 1367-4803

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Fernando, MMA., de Smith, AJ., Coin, L., Morris, DL., Froguel, P., Mangion, J., et al. (2011) 'Investigation of the HIN200 Locus in UK SLE Families Identifies Novel Copy Number Variants'. Annals of Human Genetics, 75 (3). pp. 383 - 397. ISSN: 0003-4800

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de Smith, AJ., van Haelst, MM., Ellis, RJ., Holder, SE., Payne, SJ., Hashim, SK., et al. (2011) 'Chromosome 19p13.3 deletion in a patient with macrocephaly, obesity, mental retardation, and behavior problems'. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, 155 (5). pp. 1192 - 1195. ISSN: 1552-4825

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Buxton, JL., Walters, RG., Visvikis-Siest, S., Meyre, D., Froguel, P. and Blakemore, AIF. (2011) 'Childhood obesity is associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length'. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 96 (5). pp. 1500 - 1505. ISSN: 0021-972X

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Speliotes, EK., Yerges-Armstrong, LM., Wu, J., Hernaez, R., Kim, LJ., Palmer, CD., et al. (2011) 'Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies Variants Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease That Have Distinct Effects on Metabolic Traits'. PLoS Genetics, 7 (3). pp. e1001324 - e1001324. ISSN: 1553-7404

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de Smith, AJ., Trewick, AL. and Blakemore, AIF. (2010) 'Implications of copy number variation in people with chromosomal abnormalities: Potential for greater variation in copy number state may contribute to variability of phenotype'. HUGO Journal, 4 (1-4). pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 1877-6558

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Speliotes, EK., Willer, CJ., Berndt, SI., Monda, KL., Thorleifsson, G., Jackson, AU., et al. (2010) 'Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index'. NATURE GENETICS, 42 (11). pp. 937 - U53. ISSN: 1061-4036 Open Access Link

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Coin, LJM., Asher, JE., Walters, RG., El-Sayed Moustafa, JS., De Smith, AJ., Sladek, R., et al. (2010) 'CnvHap: An integrative population and haplotype-based multiplatform model of SNPs and CNVs'. Nature Methods, 7 (7). pp. 541 - 546. ISSN: 1548-7091

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Price, CL., Al Hassi, HOS., English, NR., Blakemore, AIF., Stagg, AJ. and Knight, SC. (2010) 'Methylglyoxal modulates immune responses: relevance to diabetes'. JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE, 14 (6B). pp. 1806 - 1815. ISSN: 1582-4934 Open Access Link

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Su, SY., Asher, JE., Jarvelin, MR., Froguel, P., Blakemore, AIF., Balding, DJ. and et al. (2010) 'Inferring combined CNV/SNP haplotypes from genotype data'. Bioinformatics, 26 (11). pp. 1437 - 1445. ISSN: 1367-4803

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Walters, RG., Jacquemont, S., Valsesia, A., de Smith, AJ., Martinet, D., Andersson, J., et al. (2010) 'A new highly penetrant form of obesity due to deletions on chromosome 16p11.2'. NATURE, 463 (7281). pp. 671 - U104. ISSN: 0028-0836 Open Access Link

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Fu, Y., Chen, Z., Blakemore, AIF., Orwoll, E. and Cohen, DM. (2010) 'Absence of AVPR2 copy number variation in eunatremic and dysnatremic subjects in non-Hispanic Caucasian populations'. Physiological Genomics, 40 (3). pp. 121 - 127. ISSN: 1094-8341

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Blakemore, AIF. and Froguel, P. (2010) 'Investigation of Mendelian forms of obesity holds out the prospect of personalized medicine', in Casanova, JL., Abel, L. and Lyonnet, S. (eds.) YEAR IN HUMAN AND MEDICAL GENETICS: NEW TRENDS IN MENDELIAN GENETICS. Wiley. , 1214. pp. 180 - 189. ISBN 13: 978-1-57331-789-4.

Book chapter

Blakemore, A. and Froguel, P. (2009) 'Obesity: Are genes responsible?'. Diabetes and Primary Care, 11 (5). pp. 270. ISSN: 1466-8955

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Al-Janabi, I., Arranz, MJ., Blakemore, AIF., Saiz, PA., Susce, MT., Glaser, PEA., et al. (2009) 'Association study of serotonergic gene variants with antipsychotic-induced adverse reactions'. Psychiatric Genetics, 19 (6). pp. 305 - 311. ISSN: 0955-8829

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Clark, D., Skrobot, OA., Adebiyi, I., Susce, MT., de Leon, J., Blakemore, AF. and et al. (2009) 'Apolipoprotein-E gene variants associated with cardiovascular risk factors in antipsychotic recipients'. European Psychiatry, 24 (7). pp. 456 - 463. ISSN: 0924-9338

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de Smith, AJ., Purmann, C., Walters, RG., Ellis, RJ., Holder, SE., van Haelst, MM., et al. (2009) 'Elucidating the aetiology of Prader-Willi syndrome: deletion of the HBII-85 class of snoRNA is associated with hyperphagia, obesity and hypogonadism'.British Human Genetics Conference. Univ Warwick, York, ENGLAND. 1 - 2 September. B M J PUBLISHING GROUP. pp. S83 - S83. ISSN: 0022-2593

Conference paper

Trewick, AL., Froguel, P., Coin, LJM. and Blakemore, AIF. (2009) 'Assignment of trisomic genotypes using the Sequenom iPLEX MALDI TOF assay reveals transmission disequilibrium of two SNP loci in the Type VI Collagen gene cluster associated with CHD in Down's Syndrome.'.British Human Genetics Conference. Univ Warwick, York, ENGLAND. 1 - 2 September. B M J PUBLISHING GROUP. pp. S92 - S92. ISSN: 0022-2593

Conference paper

de Smith, AJ., Purmann, C., Walters, RG., Ellis, RJ., Holder, SE., Van Haelst, MM., et al. (2009) 'A deletion of the HBII-85 class of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) is associated with hyperphagia, obesity and hypogonadism'. Human Molecular Genetics, 18 (17). pp. 3257 - 3265. ISSN: 0964-6906

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Blakemore, AIF., Meyre, D., Delplanque, J., Vatin, V., Lecoeur, C., Marre, M., et al. (2009) 'A rare variant in the visfatin gene (nampt/pbef1) is associated with protection from obesity'. Obesity, 17 (8). pp. 1549 - 1553. ISSN: 1930-7381

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Diskin, SJ., Hou, C., Glessner, JT., Attiyeh, EF., Laudenslager, M., Bosse, K., et al. (2009) 'Copy number variation at 1q21.1 associated with neuroblastoma'. Nature, 459 (7249). pp. 987 - 991. ISSN: 0028-0836

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Cauchi, S., Stutzmann, F., Cavalcanti-Proença, C., Durand, E., Pouta, A., Hartikainen, AL., et al. (2009) 'Combined effects of MC4R and FTO common genetic variants on obesity in European general populations'. Journal of Molecular Medicine, 87 (5). pp. 537 - 546. ISSN: 0946-2716

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De Smith, AJ., Walters, RG., Froguel, P. and Blakemore, AI. (2009) 'Human genes involved in copy number variation: Mechanisms of origin, functional effects and implications for disease'. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 123 (1-4). pp. 17 - 26. ISSN: 1424-8581

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Meyre, D., Delplanque, J., Chèvre, JC., Lecoeur, C., Lobbens, S., Gallina, S., et al. (2009) 'Genome-wide association study for early-onset and morbid adult obesity identifies three new risk loci in European populations'. Nature Genetics, 41 (2). pp. 157 - 159. ISSN: 1061-4036

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Bouatia-Naji, N., Bonnefond, A., Cavalcanti-Proença, C., Sparsø, T., Holmkvist, J., Marchand, M., et al. (2009) 'A variant near MTNR1B is associated with increased fasting plasma glucose levels and type 2 diabetes risk'. Nature Genetics, 41 (1). pp. 89 - 94. ISSN: 1061-4036

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Froguel, P. and Blakemore, AIF. (2008) 'The power of the extreme in elucidating obesity'. New England Journal of Medicine, 359 (9). pp. 891 - 893. ISSN: 0028-4793

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Blakemore, AIF. and Froguel, P. (2008) 'Is obesity our genetic legacy?'. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 93 (11 SUPPL. 1). pp. s51 - s56. ISSN: 0021-972X

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de Smith, AJ., Tsalenko, A., Sampas, N., Scheffer, A., Yamada, NA., Tsang, P., et al. (2007) 'Array CGH analysis of copy number variation identifies 1284 new genes variant in healthy white males: Implications for association studies of complex diseases'. Human Molecular Genetics, 16 (23). pp. 2783 - 2794. ISSN: 0964-6906

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Fanciulli, M., Norsworthy, PJ., Petretto, E., Dong, R., Harper, L., Kamesh, L., et al. (2007) 'FCGR3B copy number variation is associated with susceptibility to systemic, but not organ-specific, autoimmunity'. Nature Genetics, 39 (6). pp. 721 - 723. ISSN: 1061-4036

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Fairbrother, UL., Tankó, LB., Walley, AJ., Christiansen, C., Froguel, P. and Blakemore, AIF. (2007) 'Leptin receptor genotype at Gln223Arg is associated with body composition, BMD, and vertebral fracture in postmenopausal Danish women'. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 22 (4). pp. 544 - 550. ISSN: 0884-0431

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Walley, AJ., Blakemore, AIF. and Froguel, P. (2006) 'Genetics of obesity and the prediction of risk for health'. Human Molecular Genetics, 15 (SUPPL. 2). pp. R124 - R130. ISSN: 0964-6906

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Salah Khalil, M., El Nahas, AM. and Blakemore, AIF. (2005) 'Transforming growth factor-β1 SNPs: Genetic and phenotypic correlations in progressive kidney insufficiency'. Nephron - Experimental Nephrology, 101 (2). pp. e31 - e41. ISSN: 1660-2129

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Linjawi, S., Li, TC., Laird, S. and Blakemore, A. (2005) 'Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and interleukin-1 beta polymorphisms in women with recurrent miscarriage'. Fertility and Sterility, 83 (5). pp. 1549 - 1552. ISSN: 0015-0282

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Linjawi, S., Li, TC., Tuckerman, EM., Blakemore, AIF. and Laird, SM. (2004) 'Expression of interleukin-11 receptor α and interleukin-11 protein in the endometrium of normal fertile women and women with recurrent miscarriage'. Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 64 (1-2). pp. 145 - 155. ISSN: 0165-0378

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Quinton, ND., Meechan, DW., Brown, K., Eastwood, H. and Blakemore, AIF. (2004) 'Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the leptin receptor gene: studies in anorexia nervosa'. Psychiatric Genetics, 14 (4). pp. 191 - 194. ISSN: 0955-8829

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Capper, ER., Maskill, JK., Gordon, C. and Blakemore, AIF. (2004) 'Interleukin (IL)-10, IL-1ra and IL-12 profiles in active and quiescent systemic lupus erythematosus: Could longitudinal studies reveal patient subgroups of differing pathology?'. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 138 (2). pp. 348 - 356. ISSN: 0009-9104

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Quinton, ND., Laird, SM., Tuckerman, EM., Cork, BA., Li, TC. and Blakemore, AIF. (2003) 'Expression of leptin receptor isoforms in vitro: Lack of effects of leptin on endometrial cytokine and MMP production'. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 50 (3). pp. 224 - 231. ISSN: 8755-8920

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