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Caroline Brito Nunes

The University of QueenslandORCID 0000-0002-2654-1679Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 4 Organism:human· 4 Approach:statistical model· 4 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 3 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Genetic & Genomic MedicineNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedJun 1, 2026

Multi-ancestry, trans-generational GWAS meta-analysis of gestational diabetes and glycaemic traits during pregnancy reveals limited evidence of pregnancy-specific genetic effects

Caroline Brito Nunes, Valentina Rukins, Aminata Hallimat Cissé…·Gunn-Helen Moen

The paper conducts a multi-ancestry, trans-generational GWAS meta-analysis of gestational diabetes and glycemic traits, identifying novel loci and highlighting limited pregnancy-specific genetic effects.

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Genetic & Genomic MedicinePLoS GeneticsPeer-reviewedApr 20, 2026

Examining the association between fetal HLA-C, maternal KIR haplotypes and birth weight

Caitlin S. Decina, Nicole M. Warrington, Robin N. Beaumont…·David M. Evans

The paper tests associations between maternal KIR haplotypes and fetal HLA-C alleles with birth weight in a large sample, finding no significant interactions or replication of previous findings.

DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1012102

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Genetic & Genomic MedicinemedRxivPreprintJul 17, 2025

Utilising novel Mendelian randomization approaches to investigate a potential causal effect of fetal growth on maternal cardiometabolic risk in the UK Biobank

Alesha A Hatton, Caroline Brito Nunes, Christopher J. Flatley…·David M. Evans

This study uses Mendelian randomization to examine if fetal growth affects maternal cardiometabolic risk, finding no strong causal evidence.

2 citations

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Genetic & Genomic MedicinemedRxivPreprintJun 11, 2025

Utilising offspring genotype by proxy Mendelian randomization to investigate the causal effect of offspring traits on parental health

Alesha A Hatton, Caroline Brito Nunes, Debbie A. Lawlor, David M. Evans

This paper introduces an MR framework to estimate causal effects of offspring traits on parental health using parental genotypes as proxies for offspring genotypes.

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