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Masoud Shirali

University of EdinburghORCID 0000-0002-5401-0541Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 4 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 4 Organism:human· 4 Approach:statistical model· 4 Research Focus:fine-mapping· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:eQTL / molecular QTL mapping· 1 Research Focus:polygenic risk· 1

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Beyond power: Multivariate discovery, replication, and interpretation of pleiotropic loci using summary association statistics

Ning Zheng, Yakov A. Tsepilov, Sodbo Sharapov, Alexander K. Grishenko, Xiao Feng, Masoud Shirali, Peter K. Joshi, James F. Wilson, Yudi Pawitan Y, Chris Haley, Yurii S. Aulchenko, Xia Shen

This paper develops a multi-trait framework for discovering, replicating, and interpreting pleiotropic loci using GWAS summary statistics, identifying novel genetic associations without additional genotyping.

bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2019 · PreprintGenetics

Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions.

David M. Howard, Mark J. Adams, Toni‐Kim Clarke, Jonathan D. Hafferty, Jude Gibson, Masoud Shirali, Jonathan R. I. Coleman, Saskia P. Hagenaars, Joey Ward, Eleanor M. Wigmore, Clara Alloza, Xueyi Shen, Miruna C. Barbu, Eileen Y. Xu, Heather Clare Whalley, , Andrew Mark McIntosh

A meta-analysis of 807,553 people from 23andMe, UK Biobank and PGC finds 102 depression variants. 87 of them replicate in 1,306,354 individuals, and heritability is enriched in prefrontal brain regions.

Nature Neuroscience · Feb 4, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics✦ In-depth digest

Genome-wide association study of depression phenotypes in UK Biobank (n = 322,580) identifies the enrichment of variants in excitatory synaptic pathways

David M. Howard, Mark J. Adams, Masoud Shirali, Toni‐Kim Clarke, Riccardo Emilio Marioni, Gail Davies, Jonathan R. I. Coleman, Clara Alloza, Xueyi Shen, Miruna C. Barbu, Eleanor M. Wigmore, Jude Gibson, Michelle Agee, Babak Alipanahi, Adam Auton, , Andrew Mark McIntosh

This study conducts a GWAS on depression phenotypes in UK Biobank, identifying genetic variants enriched in excitatory synaptic pathways.

Nature Communications · Apr 11, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics

116 independent genetic variants influence the neuroticism personality trait in over 329,000 UK Biobank individuals.

Michelle Luciano A, Saskia P. Hagenaars, Gail Davies, William David Hill, Toni‐Kim Clarke, Masoud Shirali, Sarah E. Harris, Riccardo Emilio Marioni, David C M Liewald, Chloe Fawns‐Ritchie, Mark J. Adams, David M. Howard, Cathryn M. Lewis, Catharine R. Galé, Andrew Mark McIntosh, Ian J. Deary

The paper identifies 116 independent genetic variants associated with neuroticism in over 329,000 UK Biobank participants and finds genetic correlations with mental health traits.

Nature Genetics · Dec 15, 2017Peer-reviewedGenetics