Christopher E. Gillies

Genomic ascertainment of CHEK2-related cancer predisposition

This study quantifies cancer risk and penetrance in CHEK2 heterozygotes using genomic data from two large biobanks, finding increased risks for several cancers and younger age of onset.

Computationally efficient meta-analysis of gene-based tests using summary statistics in large-scale genetic studies

The paper introduces REMETA, a tool for efficiently performing meta-analysis of gene-based tests using summary statistics, demonstrating its application on UK Biobank data.

Variant Classification Using Proteomics-Informed Large Language Models Increases Power of Rare Variant Association Studies and Enhances Target Discovery

The paper improves rare variant association studies by using proteomics-informed large language models, identifying more gene-trait associations than existing methods.

Genetic regulation of the human plasma proteome in 54,306 UK Biobank participants

The paper maps genetic associations with plasma proteins in 54,306 UK Biobank participants, identifying 10,248 new protein quantitative trait loci (pQTLs) and expanding the genetic architecture of the plasma proteome.

Genome-wide analysis in 756,646 individuals provides first genetic evidence that ACE2 expression influences COVID-19 risk and yields genetic risk scores predictive of severe disease

The paper identifies a rare variant that lowers ACE2 expression and reduces COVID-19 risk, and develops a genetic risk score predicting severe disease.

Exome sequencing of 628,388 individuals identifies common and rare variant associations with clonal hematopoiesis phenotypes

This study uses exome sequencing of 628,388 individuals to identify genetic variants associated with clonal hematopoiesis and its health outcomes.

An eQTL landscape of kidney tissue in human nephrotic syndrome

The paper identifies eQTLs in glomerular and tubulointerstitial kidney tissues from nephrotic syndrome patients, finds tissue-specific eQTLs, and integrates them with a GWAS to identify associated genes.

Narrow-sense heritability estimation of complex traits using identity-by-descent information.

This paper estimates narrow-sense heritability using identity-by-descent information in unrelated individuals and finds that IBD-based methods can capture rare variant contributions but are affected by stratification.