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Professor Alex Blakemore
Professor in Human Genomics

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Cheang, RTS., Skjevling, M., Blakemore, AIF., Kumari, V. and Puzzo, I. (2024) 'Do you feel me? Autism, empathic accuracy and the double empathy problem'. Autism, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 1362-3613

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Almansoori, S., Alsters, SI., Yiorkas, AM., Nor Hashim, NA., Walters, RG., Chahal, HS., et al. (2024) 'Oligogenic inheritance in severe adult obesity'. International Journal of Obesity, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 6. ISSN: 0307-0565

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Zagkos, L., Drenos, F., Emmett, P., Blakemore, AI., Nordström, T., Hurtig, T., et al. (2023) 'Associations of adolescents’ diet and meal patterns with school performance in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986: A Mendelian randomisation study'. Appetite, 190. pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 0195-6663

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Ramzi, NH., Auvinen, J., Veijola, J., Miettunen, J., Ala-Mursula, L., Sebert, S., et al. (2023) 'Depression mediates the relationship between alexithymia and obesity in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966)'. Journal of Affective Disorders, 331. pp. 1 - 7. ISSN: 0165-0327

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Amin, HA., Kaewsri, P., Yiorkas, AM., Cooke, H., Blakemore, AI. and Drenos, F. (2022) 'Mendelian randomisation analyses of UK Biobank and published data suggest that increased adiposity lowers risk of breast and prostate cancer'. Scientific Reports, 12 (1). pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 2045-2322

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Amin, HA., Cordell, HJ., Martin-Ruiz, C., Robinson, L., Kirkwood, T., Blakemore, AI. and et al. (2021) 'No Evidence That Genetic Variation at the Klotho Locus Is Associated With Longevity in Caucasians from the Newcastle 85+ Study and the UK Biobank'. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 77 (3). pp. 457 - 461. ISSN: 1079-5006

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Sen, P., Adewusi, D., Blakemore, A. and Kumari, V. (2021) 'How do lipids influence risk of violence, self-harm and suicidality in people with psychosis? A systematic review'. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (5). pp. 451 - 488. ISSN: 0004-8674

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Alkaf, BA., Parkinson, JP., Thomas, LT., Blakemore, AB., Jarvelin, MJ. and Lessan, NL. (2021) 'Contribution of obesity and physical inactivity to the increased type 2 diabetes risk in Emiratis'. WILEY. ISSN: 0742-3071

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Kenkre, JS., Ahmed, AR., Purkayastha, S., Malallah, K., Bloom, S., Blakemore, AI., et al. (2021) 'Who will benefit from bariatric surgery for diabetes? A protocol for an observational cohort study'. BMJ Open, 11 (2). pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 2044-6055

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Surendran, P., Feofanova, EV., Lahrouchi, N., Ntalla, I., Karthikeyan, S., Cook, J., et al. (2020) 'Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals'. Nature Genetics, 52 (12). pp. 1314 - 1332. ISSN: 1061-4036

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O'Kane, M., Parretti, HM., Pinkney, J., Welbourn, R., Hughes, CA., Mok, J., et al. (2020) 'British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society Guidelines on perioperative and postoperative biochemical monitoring and micronutrient replacement for patients undergoing bariatric surgery—2020 update'. Obesity Reviews, 21 (11). pp. 1 - 23. ISSN: 1467-7881

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Sato, MS., Kyriakopoulos, M., James, A., Marwedel, S., Borsay, C., Gutierrez, AA., et al. (2020) 'Hemizygous mutations in L1CAM in two unrelated male probands with childhood onset psychosis'. Psychiatric Genetics, 30 (3). pp. 73 - 82. ISSN: 0955-8829

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Li, C., Stoma, S., Lotta, LA., Warner, S., Albrecht, E., Allione, A., et al. (2020) 'Genome-wide Association Analysis in Humans Links Nucleotide Metabolism to Leukocyte Telomere Length'. American Journal of Human Genetics, 106 (3). pp. 389 - 404. ISSN: 0002-9297

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Murphy, J., Uttamlal, T., Schmidtke, KA., Vlaev, I., Taylor, D., Ahmad, M., et al. (2020) 'Tracking physical activity using smart phone apps: assessing the ability of a current app and systematically collecting patient recommendations for future development'. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 20 (17). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 1472-6947

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Cooiman, MI., Kleinendorst, L., Aarts, EO., Janssen, IMC., van Amstel, HKP., Blakemore, AI., et al. (2020) 'Genetic Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Outcome in 1014 Patients with Morbid Obesity'. Obesity Surgery, 30 (2). pp. 470 - 477. ISSN: 0960-8923

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Wilson, MSJ., Knight, S., Vaughan‐Shaw, P., Blakemore, AI., O'Kane, M., Boyle, C., et al. (2019) 'A modified AUGIS Delphi process to establish research priorities in bariatric and metabolic surgery'. Clinical Obesity, 2019 (e12344). pp. 1 - 5. ISSN: 1758-8103

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Ng, N., Willems, SM., Fernandez, J., Fine, RS., Wheeler, E., Wessel, J., et al. (2019) 'Tissue-Specific Alteration of Metabolic Pathways Influences Glycemic Regulation'. Cell, 0 ((under consideration)). ISSN: 0092-8674

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Ramzi, NH., Yiorkas, A., Sebert, S., Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, S., Ala-Mursulu, L., Jokelainen, J., et al. (2018) 'Relationship between BMI and emotion-handling capacity in an adult Finnish population: the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966'. PLoS ONE, 13 (9). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 1932-6203

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Macare, C., Ducci, F., Zhang, Y., Ruggeri, B., Jia, T., Kaakinen, M., et al. (2018) 'A neurobiological pathway to smoking in adolescence: TTC12-ANKK1-DRD2 variants and reward response'. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 28 (10). pp. 1103 - 1114. ISSN: 0924-977X

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Schierding, W., Antony, J., Karhunen, V., Vääräsmäki, M., Franks, S., Elliott, P., et al. (2018) 'GWAS on prolonged gestation (post-term birth): Analysis of successive finnish birth cohorts'. Journal of Medical Genetics, 55 (1). pp. 55 - 63. ISSN: 0022-2593

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Kraja, AT., Cook, JP., Warren, HR., Surendran, P., Liu, C., Evangelou, E., et al. (2017) 'New Blood Pressure–Associated Loci Identified in Meta-Analyses of 475 000 IndividualsCLINICAL PERSPECTIVE'. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 10 (5). pp. e001778 - e001778. ISSN: 1942-325X

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Fiamoncini, J., Yiorkas, AM., Gedrich, K., Rundle, M., Alsters, SI., Roeselers, G., et al. (2017) 'Determinants of postprandial plasma bile acid kinetics in human volunteers'. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 313 (4). pp. G300 - G312. ISSN: 0193-1857

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Williams, DM., Buxton, JL., Kantomaa, MT., Tammelin, TH., Blakemore, AIF. and Järvelin, MR. (2017) 'Associations of leukocyte telomere length with aerobic and muscular fitness in Young adults'. American Journal of Epidemiology, 185 (7). pp. 529 - 537. ISSN: 0002-9262

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Tharakan, G., Scott, R., Szepietowski, O., Miras, AD., Blakemore, AI., Purkayastha, S., et al. (2017) 'Limitations of the DiaRem Score in Predicting Remission of Diabetes Following Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) in an ethnically Diverse Population from a Single Institution in the UK'. Obesity Surgery, 27 (3). pp. 782 - 786. ISSN: 0960-8923

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Surendran, P., Drenos, F., Young, R., Warren, H., Cook, JP., Manning, AK., et al. (2016) 'Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension'. NATURE GENETICS, 48 (10). pp. 1151 - 1161. ISSN: 1061-4036

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Ruffmann, C., Calboli, FCF., Bravi, I., Gveric, D., Curry, LK., de Smith, A., et al. (2016) 'Cortical Lewy bodies and Aβ burden are associated with prevalence and timing of dementia in Lewy body diseases'. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 42 (5). pp. 436 - 450. ISSN: 0305-1846

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Kanoni, S., Masca, NGD., Stirrups, KE., Varga, TV., Warren, HR., Scott, RA., et al. (2016) 'Analysis with the exome array identifies multiple new independent variants in lipid loci'. Human Molecular Genetics, 25 (18). pp. ddw227 - ddw227. ISSN: 0964-6906

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O'Kane, M., Parretti, HM., Hughes, CA., Sharma, M., Woodcock, S., Puplampu, T., et al. (2016) 'Guidelines for the follow-up of patients undergoing bariatric surgery'. Clinical Obesity, 6 (3). pp. 210 - 224. ISSN: 1758-8103

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Malietzis, G., Lee, GH., Al-Hassi, HO., Bernardo, D., Blakemore, AIF., Kennedy, RH., et al. (2016) 'Body composition of the host influences dendritic cell phenotype in patients treated for colorectal cancer'. Tumor Biology, 37 (8). pp. 1 - 6. ISSN: 1010-4283

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Williams, DM., Palaniswamy, S., Sebert, S., Buxton, JL., Blakemore, AIF., Hyppoenen, E. and et al. (2016) '25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration and Leukocyte Telomere Length in Young Adults: Findings From the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966'. American Journal of Epidemiology, 183 (3). pp. 191 - 198. ISSN: 0002-9262

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Felix, JF., Bradfield, JP., Monnereau, C., van der Valk, RJP., Stergiakouli, E., Chesi, A., et al. (2016) 'Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index'. HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS, 25 (2). pp. 389 - 403. ISSN: 0964-6906

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Taylor, D., Murphy, J., Ahmad, M., Purkayastha, S., Scholtz, S., Ramezani, R., et al. (2016) 'Quantified-Self for Obesity: Physical Activity Behaviour Sensing to Improve Health Outcomes.'. Stud Health Technol Inform, 220. pp. 414 - 416. ISSN: 0926-9630

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Malietzis, G., Lee, GH., Bernardo, D., Blakemore, AIF., Knight, SC., Moorghen, M., et al. (2015) 'The prognostic significance and relationship with body composition of CCR7-positive cells in colorectal cancer'. Journal of Surgical Oncology, 112 (1). pp. 86 - 92. ISSN: 0022-4790

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Alsters, SIM., Goldstone, AP., Buxton, JL., Zekavati, A., Sosinsky, A., Yiorkas, AM., et al. (2015) 'Truncating Homozygous Mutation of Carboxypeptidase E (CPE) in a Morbidly Obese Female with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Intellectual Disability and Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism'. PLOS ONE, 10 (6). pp. e0131417 - e0131417. ISSN: 1932-6203

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Noseda, M., Harada, M., McSweeney, S., Leja, T., Belian, E., Stuckey, DJ., et al. (2015) 'PDGFR alpha demarcates the cardiogenic clonogenic Sca1(+) stem/progenitor cell in adult murine myocardium'. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 6 (1). pp. 6930. ISSN: 2041-1723

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Stathopoulou, MG., Petrelis, AM., Buxton, JL., Froguel, P., Blakemore, AIF. and Visvikis-Siest, S. (2015) 'Genetic determinants of leucocyte telomere length in children: A neglected and challenging field'. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 29 (2). pp. 146 - 150. ISSN: 0269-5022

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van der Valk, RJ., Kreiner-Møller, E., Kooijman, MN., Guxens, M., Stergiakouli, E., Sääf, A., et al. (2015) 'A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood.'. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (4). pp. 1155 - 1168. ISSN: 0964-6906

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Buxton, JL., Das, S., Rodriguez, A., Kaakinen, M., Alves, AC., Sebert, S., et al. (2014) 'Multiple Measures of Adiposity Are Associated with Mean Leukocyte Telomere Length in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966'. PLOS ONE, 9 (6). pp. e99133 - e99133. ISSN: 1932-6203

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Martins-Taylor, K., Hsiao, JS., Chen, PF., Glatt-Deeley, H., De Smith, AJ., Blakemore, AIF., et al. (2014) 'Imprinted expression of UBE3A in non-neuronal cells from a Prader-willi syndrome patient with an atypical deletion'. Human Molecular Genetics, 23 (9). pp. 2364 - 2373. ISSN: 0964-6906

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Albrecht, E., Sillanpää, E., Karrasch, S., Alves, AC., Codd, V., Hovatta, I., et al. (2014) 'Telomere length in circulating leukocytes is associated with lung function and disease'. European Respiratory Journal, 43 (4). pp. 983 - 992. ISSN: 0903-1936

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Blakemore, AIF. and Buxton, JL. (2014) 'Obesity, genetic risk, and environment'. BMJ (Online), 348 (mar19 3). pp. g1900 - g1900. ISSN: 1756-1833

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Ala-Mursula, L., Buxton, JL., Ek, E., Koiranen, M., Taanila, A., Blakemore, AIF. and et al. (2013) 'Long-Term Unemployment Is Associated with Short Telomeres in 31-Year-Old Men: An Observational Study in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966'. PLOS ONE, 8 (11). pp. e80094 - e80094. ISSN: 1932-6203

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Evans, DM., Brion, MJA., Paternoster, L., Kemp, JP., McMahon, G., Munafò, M., et al. (2013) 'Mining the Human Phenome Using Allelic Scores That Index Biological Intermediates'. PLoS Genetics, 9 (10). pp. e1003919 - e1003919. ISSN: 1553-7404

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Dorajoo, R., Li, R., Ikram, MK., Liu, J., Froguel, P., Lee, J., et al. (2013) 'Are C-Reactive Protein Associated Genetic Variants Associated with Serum Levels and Retinal Markers of Microvascular Pathology in Asian Populations from Singapore?'. PLOS ONE, 8 (7). pp. e67650 - e67650. ISSN: 1932-6203

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Al-Hassi, HO., Bernardo, D., Murugananthan, AU., Mann, ER., English, NR., Jones, A., et al. (2013) 'A mechanistic role for leptin in human dendritic cell migration: differences between ileum and colon in health and Crohn's disease'. MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGY, 6 (4). pp. 751 - 761. ISSN: 1933-0219

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Codd, V., Nelson, CP., Albrecht, E., Mangino, M., Deelen, J., Buxton, JL., et al. (2013) 'Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease'. Nature Genetics, 45 (4). pp. 422 - 427. ISSN: 1061-4036

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Walters, RG., Coin, LJM., Ruokonen, A., de Smith, AJ., Moustafa, JSE-S., Jacquemont, S., et al. (2013) 'Rare Genomic Structural Variants in Complex Disease: Lessons from the Replication of Associations with Obesity'. PLOS ONE, 8 (3). pp. e58048 - e58048. ISSN: 1932-6203

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Horikoshi, M., Yaghootkar, H., Mook-Kanamori, DO., Sovio, U., Taal, HR., Hennig, BJ., et al. (2013) 'New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism'. NATURE GENETICS, 45 (1). pp. 76 - U115. ISSN: 1061-4036

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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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