Publications
Journal Articles
Revez, Joana A, Lin, Tian, Qiao, Zhen, Xue, Angli, Holtz, Yan, Zhu, Zhihong, Zeng, Jian, Wang, Huanwei, Sidorenko, Julia, Kemper, Kathryn E., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Frater, Julanne, Eyles, Darryl, Burne, Thomas H. J., Mitchell, Brittany, Martin, Nicholas G, Zhu, Gu, Visscher, Peter M., Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R. and McGrath, John J. (2020). Genome-wide association study identifies 143 loci associated with 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 1647, 1-12. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15421-7
Zhang, Futao, Chen, Wenhan, Zhu, Zhihong, Zhang, Qian, Nabais, Marta F., Qi, Ting, Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., McRae, Allan F. and Yang, Jian (2019). OSCA: a tool for omic-data-based complex trait analysis. Genome Biology, 20 (1) 107, 107. doi: 10.1186/s13059-019-1718-z
Marouli, Eirini, Del Greco, M. Fabiola, Astley, Christina M., Yang, Jian, Ahmad, Shafqat, Berndt, Sonja I., Caulfield, Mark J., Evangelou, Evangelos, McKnight, Barbara, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Warren, Helen R., Zhu, Zhihong, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Loos, Ruth J. F., Kutalik, Zoltan and Deloukas, Panos (2019). Mendelian randomisation analyses find pulmonary factors mediate the effect of height on coronary artery disease. Communications Biology, 2 (1) 119, 119. doi: 10.1038/s42003-019-0361-2
Mortlock, Sally, Restuadi, Restuadi, Levien, Rupert, Girling, Jane E., Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Healey, Martin, Zhu, Zhihong, Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Lukowski, Samuel W., Rogers, Peter A. W., Yang, Jian, McRae, Allan F., Fung, Jenny N. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2019). Genetic regulation of methylation in human endometrium and blood and gene targets for reproductive diseases. Clinical Epigenetics, 11 (1) 49, 49. doi: 10.1186/s13148-019-0648-7
Fung, Jenny N., Mortlock, Sally, Girling, Jane E., Holdsworth-Carson, Sarah J., Teh, Wan Tinn, Zhu, Zhihong, Lukowski, Samuel W., McKinnon, Brett D., McRae, Allan, Yang, Jian, Healey, Martin, Powell, Joseph E., Rogers, Peter A. W. and Montgomery, Grant W (2018). Genetic regulation of disease risk and endometrial gene expression highlights potential target genes for endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 11424, 11424. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29462-y
Xue, Angli, Wu, Yang, Zhu, Zhihong, Zhang, Futao, Kemper, Kathryn E., Zheng, Zhili, Yengo, Loic, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Sidorenko, Julia, Wu, Yeda, eQTLGen Consortium, McRae, Allan F., Visscher, Peter M., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2018). Genome-wide association analyses identify 143 risk variants and putative regulatory mechanisms for type 2 diabetes. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 2941, 2941. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04951-w
Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Zeng, Jian, Zhang, Futao, Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Zhu, Zhihong, Kemper, Kathryn, Yengo, Loic, Zheng, Zhili, eQTLGen Consortium, Marioni, Riccardo E., Montgomery, Grant W., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., McRae, Allan F. and Yang, Jian (2018). Identifying gene targets for brain-related traits using transcriptomic and methylomic data from blood. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 2282, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04558-1
Guo, Jing, Wu, Yang, Zhu, Zhihong, Zheng, Zhili, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Zeng, Jian, Robinson, Matthew R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2018). Global genetic differentiation of complex traits shaped by natural selection in humans. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 1865, 1865. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04191-y
Maier, Robert M, Zhu, Zhihong, Lee, Sang Hong, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Ruderfer, Douglas M, Stahl, Eli A, Ripke, Stephan, Wray, Naomi R, Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M and Robinson, Matthew R (2018). Improving genetic prediction by leveraging genetic correlations among human diseases and traits. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 989, doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02769-6
Wu, Yang, Zeng, Jian, Zhang, Futao, Zhu, Zhihong, Qi, Ting, Zheng, Zhili, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Marioni, Riccardo E., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., McRae, Allan F. and Yang, Jian (2018). Integrative analysis of omics summary data reveals putative mechanisms underlying complex traits. Nature Communications, 9 (918) 918, 918. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03371-0
Yengo, Loic, Zhu, Zhihong, Wray, Naomi R., Weir, Bruce S., Yang, Jian, Robinson, Matthew R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2018). Reply to Kardos et al.: estimation of inbreeding depression from SNP data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (11), E2494-E2495. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1718598115
Zhu, Zhihong, Zheng, Zhili, Zhang, Futao, Wu, Yang, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Maier, Robert, Robinson, Matthew R., McGrath, John J, Visscher, Peter M, Wray, Naomi R and Yang, Jian (2018). Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 224, 224. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02317-2
Yengo, Loic, Zhu, Zhihong, Wray, Naomi R., Weir, Bruce S., Yang, Jian, Robinson, Matthew R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Detection and quantification of inbreeding depression for complex traits from SNP data. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (32), 8602-8607. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1621096114
Robinson, Matthew R., English, Geoffrey, Moser, Gerhard, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Triplett, Marcus A., Zhu, Zhihong, Nolte, Ilja M., Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Magi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Ingelsson, Erik, Johannesson, Magnus, Yang, Jian, Cesarini, David and Visscher, Peter M. (2017). Genotype-covariate interaction effects and the heritability of adult body mass index. Nature Genetics, 49 (8) 1174-1181. doi:10.1038/ng.3912
Bakshi, Andrew, Zhu, Zhihong, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Hill, W. David, Mcrae, Allan F., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2016). Fast set-based association analysis using summary data from GWAS identifies novel gene loci for human complex traits. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 32894, 32894. doi: 10.1038/srep32894
Pavlides, Jennifer M. Whitehead, Zhu, Zhihong, Gratten, Jacob, Mcrae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R. and Yang, Jian (2016). Predicting gene targets from integrative analyses of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies for 28 human complex traits. Genome Medicine, 8 (1) 84, 84. doi: 10.1186/s13073-016-0338-4
Okbay, Aysu, Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Fontana, Mark Alan, Lee, James J., Pers, Tune H., Rietveld, Cornelius A., Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S. Fleur W., Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K., Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, de Vlaming, Ronald, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H., Concas, Maria Pina, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Galesloot, Tessel E., Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M., Harris, Sarah E., Hofer, Edith and Horikoshi, Momoko (2016). Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment. Nature, 533 (7604), 539-542. doi: 10.1038/nature17671
Zhu, Zhihong, Zhang, Futao, Hu, Han, Bakshi, Andrew, Robinson, Matthew R., Powell, Joseph E., Montgomery,Grant W., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2016). Integration of summary data from GWAS and eQTL studies predicts complex trait gene targets. Nature Genetics, 48 (5), 481-487. doi: 10.1038/ng.3538
Mehta, Divya, Tropf, Felix C., Gratten, Jacob, Bakshi, Andrew, Zhu, Zhihong, Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Hemani, Gibran, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Barban, Nicola, Esko, Tonu, Metspalu, Andres, Snieder, Harold, Mowry, Bryan J., Kendler, Kenneth S., Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M., McGrath, John J., Mills, Melinda C., Wray, Naomi R. and Lee, S. Hong (2016). Evidence for genetic overlap between schizophrenia and age at first birth in women. Jama Psychiatry, 73 (5), 497-505. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.0129
Lu, Yingchang, Day, Felix R., Gustafsson, Stefan, Buchkovich, Martin L., Na, Jianbo, Bataille, Veronique, Cousminer, Diana L., Dastani, Zari, Drong, Alexander W., Esko, Tonu, Evans, David M., Falchi, Mario, Feitosa, Mary F., Ferreira, Teresa, Hedman, Asa K., Haring, Robin, Hysi, Pirro G., Iles, Mark M., Justice, Anne E., Kanoni, Stavroula, Lagou, Vasiliki, Li, Rui, Li, Xin, Locke, Adam, Lu, Chen, Magi, Reedik, Perry, John R. B., Pers, Tune H., Qi, Qibin, Sanna, Marianna and Schmidt, Ellen M. (2016). New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk. Nature Communications, 7 (1) 10495, 10495-10495. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10495
Yang, Jian, Bakshi, Andrew, Zhu, Zhihong, Hemani, Gibran, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Nolte, Ilja M., van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, Study, Lifelines Cohort, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Maegi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Hamsten, Anders, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Ingelsson, Erik and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Genome-wide genetic homogeneity between sexes and populations for human height and body mass index. Human Molecular Genetics, 24 (25), 7445-7449. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddv443
Yang, Jian, Bakshi, Andrew, Zhu, Zhihong, Hemani, Gibran, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Lee, Sang Hong, Robinson, Matthew R., Perry, John R. B., Nolte, Ilja M., van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, The LifeLines Cohort Study, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Maegi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Hamsten, Anders, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Ingelsson, Erik, Soranzo, Nicole, Keller, Matthew C., Wray, Naomi R., Goddard, Michael E. and Visscher, Peter M. (2015). Genetic variance estimation with imputed variants finds negligible missing heritability for human height and body mass index. Nature Genetics, 47 (10), 1114-1120. doi: 10.1038/ng.3390
Shah, Sonia, Bonder, Marc J., Marioni, Riccardo E., Zhu, Zhihong, McRae, Allan F., Zhernakova, Alexandra, Harris, Sarah E., Liewald, Dave, Henders, Anjali K., Mendelson, Michael M., Liu, Chunyu, Joehanes, Roby, Liang, Liming, Levy, Daniel, Martin, Nicholas G., Starr, John M., Wijmenga, Cisca, Wray, Naomi R., Yang, Jian, Montgomery, Grant W., Franke, Luke, Deary, Ian J., Visscher, Peter M. and BIOS Consortium (2015). Improving phenotypic prediction by combining genetic and epigenetic associations. American Journal of Human Genetics, 97 (1), 75-85. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.05.014
Peyrot, W. J., Lee, S. H., Milaneschi, Y., Abdellaoui, A., Byrne, E. M., Esko, T., de Geus, E. J. C., Hemani, G., Hottenga, J. J., Kloiber, S., Levinson, D. F., Lucae, S., Martin, N. G., Medland, S. E., Metspalu, A., Milani, L., Noethen, M. M., Potash, J. B., Rietschel, M., Rietveld, C. A., Ripke, S., Shi, J., Willemsen, G., Zhu, Z., Boomsma, D. I., Wray, N. R., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric GWAS Consortium and Middeldorp, Christel (2015). The association between lower educational attainment and depression owing to shared genetic effects? results in ∼25 000 subjects. Molecular Psychiatry, 20 (6), 735-743. doi: 10.1038/mp.2015.50
Zhu, Zhihong, Bakshi, Andrew, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Hemani, Gibran, Lee, Sang Hong, Nolte, Ilja M., vanVliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V., Snieder, Harold, Esko, Tonu, Milani, Lili, Magi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, Hill, William G., Weir, Bruce S., Goddard, Michael E., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2015). Dominance Genetic Variation Contributes Little to the Missing Heritability for Human Complex Traits. American Journal of Human Genetics, 96 (3), 377-385. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.01.001
Zhu, Zhixiang, Tong, Xiaoran, Zhu, Zhihong, Liang, Meimei, Cui, Wenyan, Su, Kunkai, Li, Ming D. and Zhu, Jun (2013). Development of GMDR-GPU for gene-gene interaction analysis and its application to WTCCC GWAS data for type 2 Diabetes. PLoS One, 8 (4), e61943.1-e61943.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061943
Liu, Yang, Xu, Haiming, Chen, Suchao, Chen, Xianfeng, Zhang, Zhenguo, Zhu, Zhihong, Qin, Xueying, Hu, Landian, Zhu, Jun, Zhao, Guo-Ping and Kong, Xiangyin (2011). Genome-wide interaction-based association analysis identified multiple new susceptibility loci for common diseases. PLoS Genetics, 7 (3) e1001338.1-e1001338.16. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1001338