Dr Yang Wu
Higher degree by research (PhD) student
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 66369
Journal Articles
Wu, Yang, Qi, Ting, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2023). Joint analysis of GWAS and multi-omics QTL summary statistics reveals a large fraction of GWAS signals shared with molecular phenotypes. Cell Genomics, 3 (8) 100344, 100344. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100344
Pairo-Castineira, Erola, Rawlik, Konrad, Bretherick, Andrew D., Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Nassiri, Isar, McConkey, Glenn A., Zechner, Marie, Klaric, Lucija, Griffiths, Fiona, Oosthuyzen, Wilna, Kousathanas, Athanasios, Richmond, Anne, Millar, Jonathan, Russell, Clark D., Malinauskas, Tomas, Thwaites, Ryan, Morrice, Kirstie, Keating, Sean, Maslove, David, Nichol, Alistair, Semple, Malcolm G., Knight, Julian, Shankar-Hari, Manu, Summers, Charlotte, Hinds, Charles, Horby, Peter, Ling, Lowell, McAuley, Danny ... Baillie, J Kenneth (2023). Erratum: Author Correction: GWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19 (Nature (2023) 617 7962 (764-768)). Nature, 619 (7971), E61-E61. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06383-z
Pairo-Castineira, Erola, Rawlik, Konrad, Bretherick, Andrew D., Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Nassiri, Isar, McConkey, Glenn A., Zechner, Marie, Klaric, Lucija, Griffiths, Fiona, Oosthuyzen, Wilna, Kousathanas, Athanasios, Richmond, Anne, Millar, Jonathan, Russell, Clark D., Malinauskas, Tomas, Thwaites, Ryan, Morrice, Kirstie, Keating, Sean, Maslove, David, Nichol, Alistair, Semple, Malcolm G., Knight, Julian, Shankar-Hari, Manu, Summers, Charlotte, Hinds, Charles, Horby, Peter, Ling, Lowell, McAuley, Danny ... The 23andMe COVID-19 Team (2023). GWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19. Nature, 617 (7962), 764-768. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06034-3
Yang, Yuanhao, Zhou, Yuan, Nyholt, Dale R., Yap, Chloe X., Tannenberg, Rudolph K., Wang, Ying, Wu, Yang, Zhu, Zhihong, Taylor, Bruce V. and Gratten, Jacob (2023). The shared genetic landscape of blood cell traits and risk of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Cell Genomics, 3 (2) 100249, 100249. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100249
Fallerini, Chiara, Picchiotti, Nicola, Baldassarri, Margherita, Zguro, Kristina, Daga, Sergio, Fava, Francesca, Benetti, Elisa, Amitrano, Sara, Bruttini, Mirella, Palmieri, Maria, Croci, Susanna, Lista, Mirjam, Beligni, Giada, Valentino, Floriana, Meloni, Ilaria, Tanfoni, Marco, Minnai, Francesca, Colombo, Francesca, Cabri, Enrico, Fratelli, Maddalena, Gabbi, Chiara, Mantovani, Stefania, Frullanti, Elisa, Gori, Marco, Crawley, Francis P., Butler-Laporte, Guillaume, Richards, Brent, Zeberg, Hugo, Lipcsey, Miklós ... Ismail, Said I. (2022). Common, low-frequency, rare, and ultra-rare coding variants contribute to COVID-19 severity. Human Genetics, 141 (1), 147-173. doi: 10.1007/s00439-021-02397-7
Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Fang, Hailing, Zhang, Futao, Liu, Shouye, Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2022). Genetic control of RNA splicing and its distinct role in complex trait variation. Nature Genetics, 54 (9), 1355-1363. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01154-4
Kousathanas, Athanasios, Pairo-Castineira, Erola, Rawlik, Konrad, Stuckey, Alex, Odhams, Christopher A., Walker, Susan, Russell, Clark D., Malinauskas, Tomas, Wu, Yang, Millar, Jonathan, Shen, Xia, Elliott, Katherine S., Griffiths, Fiona, Oosthuyzen, Wilna, Morrice, Kirstie, Keating, Sean, Wang, Bo, Rhodes, Daniel, Klaric, Lucija, Zechner, Marie, Parkinson, Nick, Siddiq, Afshan, Goddard, Peter, Donovan, Sally, Maslove, David, Nichol, Alistair, Semple, Malcolm G., Zainy, Tala, Maleady-Crowe, Fiona ... Covid-19 Human Genetics Initiative (2022). Whole genome sequencing reveals host factors underlying critical Covid-19. Nature, 607 (7917), 97-103. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04576-6
Restuadi, Restuadi, Steyn, Frederik J., Kabashi, Edor, Ngo, Shyuan T., Cheng, Fei-Fei, Nabais, Marta F., Thompson, Mike J., Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Bye, Chris R., Turner, Bradley J., Ziser, Laura, Mathers, Susan, McCombe, Pamela A., Needham, Merrilee, Schultz, David, Kiernan, Matthew C., van Rheenen, Wouter, van den Berg, Leonard H., Veldink, Jan H., Ophoff, Roel, Gusev, Alexander, Zaitlen, Noah, McRae, Allan F., Henderson, Robert D., Wray, Naomi R., Giacomotto, Jean and Garton, Fleur C. (2022). Functional characterisation of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk locus GPX3/TNIP1. Genome Medicine, 14 (1) 7, 7. doi: 10.1186/s13073-021-01006-6
Niemi, Mari E. K., Karjalainen, Juha, Daly, Mark, Ganna, Andrea, Mehtonen, Juha, Cordioli, Mattia, Kaunisto, Mari, Pigazzini, Sara, Donner, Kati, Kivinen, Katja, Palotie, Aarno, Daly, Mark J., Liao, Rachel G., Kanai, Masahiro, Veerapen, Kumar, Minica, Camelia, Trankiem, Amy, Balaconis, Mary K., Nguyen, Huy, Solomonson, Matthew, Francioli, Laurent, Wang, Qingbo, Green, Robert C., Bryant, Sam, Finucane, Hilary, Martin, Alicia R., Zhou, Wei, Nkambule, Lindokuhle, Karczewski, Konrad J. ... COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative (2021). Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19. Nature, 600 (7889), 472-477+. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03767-x
Niemi, Mari E. K., Karjalainen, Juha, Liao, Rachel G., Neale, Benjamin M., Daly, Mark, Ganna, Andrea, Pathak, Gita A., Andrews, Shea J., Kanai, Masahiro, Veerapen, Kumar, Fernandez-Cadenas, Israel, Schulte, Eva C., Striano, Pasquale, Marttila, Minttu, Minica, Camelia, Marouli, Eirini, Karim, Mohd Anisul, Wendt, Frank R., Savage, Jeanne, Sloofman, Laura, Butler-Laporte, Guillaume, Kim, Han-Na, Kanoni, Stavroula, Okada, Yukinori, Byun, Jinyoung, Han, Younghun, Uddin, Mohammed Jashim, Smith, George Davey, Willer, Cristen J. ... Donohue, Chloe (2021). Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19. Nature, 600 (7889), 472-477. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03767-x
Chen, Wenhan, Wu, Yang, Zheng, Zhili, Qi, Ting, Visscher, Peter M., Zhu, Zhihong and Yang, Jian (2021). Improved analyses of GWAS summary statistics by reducing data heterogeneity and errors. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 7117, 7117. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27438-7
Pairo-Castineira, Erola, Clohisey, Sara, Klaric, Lucija, Bretherick, Andrew D., Rawlik, Konrad, Pasko, Dorota, Walker, Susan, Parkinson, Nick, Fourman, Max Head, Russell, Clark D., Furniss, James, Richmond, Anne, Gountouna, Elvina, Wrobel, Nicola, Harrison, David, Wang, Bo, Wu, Yang, Meynert, Alison, Griffiths, Fiona, Oosthuyzen, Wilna, Kousathanas, Athanasios, Moutsianas, Loukas, Yang, Zhijian, Zhai, Ranran, Zheng, Chenqing, Grimes, Graeme, Beale, Rupert, Millar, Jonathan, Shih, Barbara ... Baillie, J. Kenneth (2021). Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19. Nature, 591 (7848), 92-98. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03065-y
Sun, Xiwei, Xue, Angli, Qi, Ting, Chen, Dan, Shi, Dandan, Wu, Yang, Zheng, Zhili, Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2021). Tumor mutational burden is polygenic and genetically associated with complex traits and diseases. Cancer Research, 81 (5) canres.3459.2020, 12230-1239. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-20-3459
Zeng, Jian, Xue, Angli, Jiang, Longda, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Wu, Yang, Wang, Huanwei, Zheng, Zhili, Yengo, Loic, Kemper, Kathryn E., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2021). Widespread signatures of natural selection across human complex traits and functional genomic categories. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 1164, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21446-3
Folkersen, Lasse, Gustafsson, Stefan, Wang, Qin, Hansen, Daniel Hvidberg, Hedman, Åsa K., Schork, Andrew, Page, Karen, Zhernakova, Daria V., Wu, Yang, Peters, James, Eriksson, Niclas, Bergen, Sarah E., Boutin, Thibaud S., Bretherick, Andrew D., Enroth, Stefan, Kalnapenkis, Anette, Gådin, Jesper R., Suur, Bianca E., Chen, Yan, Matic, Ljubica, Gale, Jeremy D., Lee, Julie, Zhang, Weidong, Quazi, Amira, Ala-Korpela, Mika, Choi, Seung Hoan, Claringbould, Annique, Danesh, John, Davey Smith, George ... Mälarstig, Anders (2020). Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals. Nature Metabolism, 2 (10), 1135-1148. doi: 10.1038/s42255-020-00287-2
Wu, Yang, Qi, Ting, Wang, Huanwei, Zhang, Futao, Zheng, Zhili, Phillips-Cremins, Jennifer E., Deary, Ian J., McRae, Allan F., Wray, Naomi R., Zeng, Jian and Yang, Jian (2020). Promoter-anchored chromatin interactions predicted from genetic analysis of epigenomic data. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2061, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15587-0
Czamara, Darina, Eraslan, Gökçen, Page, Christian M., Lahti, Jari, Lahti-Pulkkinen, Marius, Hämäläinen, Esa, Kajantie, Eero, Laivuori, Hannele, Villa, Pia M., Reynolds, Rebecca M., Nystad, Wenche, Håberg, Siri E., London, Stephanie J., O’Donnell, Kieran J., Garg, Elika, Meaney, Michael J., Entringer, Sonja, Wadhwa, Pathik D., Buss, Claudia, Jones, Meaghan J., Lin, David T. S., MacIsaac, Julie L., Kobor, Michael S., Koen, Nastassja, Zar, Heather J., Koenen, Karestan C., Dalvie, Shareefa, Stein, Dan J., Kondofersky, Ivan ... Binder, Elisabeth B. (2019). Integrated analysis of environmental and genetic influences on cord blood DNA methylation in new-borns. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 2548. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10461-0
Pouget, Jennie G., Han, Buhm, Wu, Yang, Mignot, Emmanuel, Ollila, Hanna M., Barker, Jonathan, Spain, Sarah, Dand, Nick, Trembath, Richard, Martin, Javier, Mayes, Maureen D., Bossini-Castillo, Lara, López-Isac, Elena, Jin, Ying, Santorico, Stephanie A., Spritz, Richard A., Hakonarson, Hakon, Polychronakos, Constantin, Raychaudhuri, Soumya and Knight, Jo (2019). Cross-disorder analysis of schizophrenia and 19 immune-mediated diseases identifies shared genetic risk. Human Molecular Genetics, 28 (20), 3498-3513. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz145
Wang, Huanwei, Zhang, Futao, Zeng, Jian, Wu, Yang, Kemper, Kathryn E., Xue, Angli, Zhang, Min, Powell, Joseph E., Goddard, Michael E., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., McRae, Allan F. and Yang, Jian (2019). Genotype-by-environment interactions inferred from genetic effects on phenotypic variability in the UK Biobank. Science Advances, 5 (8) eaaw3538, 1-12. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw3538
Kassam, Irfahan, Wu, Yang, Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2019). Tissue-specific sex-differences in human gene expression. Human Molecular Genetics, 28 (17), 2976-2986. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz090
Choi, Karmel W., Chen, Chia-Yen, Stein, Murray B., Klimentidis, Yann C., Wang, Min-Jung, Koenen, Karestan C., Smoller, Jordan W., Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, TracyM., Andlauer, Till F. M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T. F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H. R., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschon, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na, Castelao, Enrique, Hvarregaard, Jane ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2019). Assessment of bidirectional relationships between physical activity and depression among adults A 2-Sample mendelian randomization study. JAMA Psychiatry, 76 (4), 399-408. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.4175
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
Grove, Jakob, Ripke, Stephan, Als, Thomas D., Mattheisen, Manuel, Walters, Raymond K., Won, Hyejung, Pallesen, Jonatan, Agerbo, Esben, Andreassen, Ole A., Anney, Richard, Awashti, Swapnil, Belliveau, Rich, Bettella, Francesco, Buxbaum, Joseph D., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Cerrato, Felecia, Chambert, Kimberly, Christensen, Jane H., Churchhouse, Claire, Dellenvall, Karin, Demontis, Ditte, De Rubeis, Silvia, Devlin, Bernie, Djurovic, Srdjan, Dumont, Ashley L., Goldstein, Jacqueline I., Hansen, Christine S., Hauberg, Mads Engel ... Børglum, Anders D. (2019). Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder. Nature Genetics, 51 (3), 431-444. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0344-8
Karlsson Linnér, Richard, Biroli, Pietro, Kong, Edward, Meddens, S. Fleur W., Wedow, Robbee, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lebreton, Maël, Tino, Stephen P., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Nivard, Michel G., Okbay, Aysu, Rietveld, Cornelius A., Timshel, Pascal N., Trzaskowski, Maciej, Vlaming, Ronald de, Zünd, Christian L., Bao, Yanchun, Buzdugan, Laura, Caplin, Ann H., Chen, Chia-Yen, Eibich, Peter, Fontanillas, Pierre, Gonzalez, Juan R., Joshi, Peter K., Karhunen, Ville, Kleinman, Aaron, Levin, Remy Z., Lill, Christina M. ... Beauchamp, Jonathan P. (2019). Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences. Nature Genetics, 51 (2), 245-257. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0309-3
Foo, Jerome C., Streit, Fabian, Frank, Josef, Witt, Stephanie H., Treutlein, Jens, Baune, Bernhard T., Moebus, Susanne, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Forstner, Andreas J., Noethen, Markus M., Rietschel, Marcella, Sartorius, Alexander, Kranaster, Laura, Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F. M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T. F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H. R. ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2019). Evidence for increased genetic risk load for major depression in patients assigned to electroconvulsive therapy. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 180 (1), 35-45. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32700
Yap, Chloe X., Sidorenko, Julia, Wu, Yang, Kemper, Kathryn E., Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi R., Robinson, Matthew R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2018). Dissection of genetic variation and evidence for pleiotropy in male pattern baldness. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 5407, 5407. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07862-y
Arnau-Soler, Aleix, Adams, Mark J., Hayward, Caroline, Thomson, Pippa A., Porteous, David, Campbell, Archie, Smith, Blair H., Black, Corri, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, McIntosh, Andrew, Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F.M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T.F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H.R., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschøn, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2018). Genome-wide interaction study of a proxy for stress-sensitivity and its prediction of major depressive disorder. PLoS ONE, 13 (12) e0209160, e0209160. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209160
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
Lee, James J., Wedow, Robbee, Okbay, Aysu, Kong, Edward, Maghzian, Omeed, Zacher, Meghan, Nguyen-Viet, Tuan Anh, Bowers, Peter, Sidorenko, Julia, Karlsson Linnér, Richard, Fontana, Mark Alan, Kundu, Tushar, Lee, Chanwook, Li, Hui, Li, Ruoxi, Royer, Rebecca, Timshel, Pascal N., Walters, Raymond K., Willoughby, Emily A., Yengo, Loïc, 23andMe Research Team, COGENT (Cognitive Genomics Consortium), Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, Alver, Maris, Bao, Yanchun, Clark, David W., Day, Felix R., Furlotte, Nicholas A., Joshi, Peter K. ... Cesarini, David (2018). Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals. Nature Genetics, 50 (8), 1112-1121. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0147-3
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, 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
Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till M. F., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan F. T., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas R. H., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschon, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na, Castelao, Enrique, Christensen, Jane Hvarregaard, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Coleman, Jonathan I. R., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Craddock, Nick, Crawford, Gregory E., Crowley, Cheynna A. ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2018). Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 668-+. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0090-3
Zeng, Jian, de Vlaming, Ronald, Wu, Yang, Robinson, Matthew R., Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Yengo, Loic, Yap, Chloe X., Xue, Angli, Sidorenko, Julia, McRae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Montgomery, Grant W., Metspalu, Andres, Esko, Tonu, Gibson, Greg, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2018). Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 746-753. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0101-4
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
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
Wu, Yang, Zheng, Zhili, Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2017). Quantifying the mapping precision of genome-wide association studies using whole-genome sequencing data. Genome Biology, 18 (1) 86, 86. doi: 10.1186/s13059-017-1216-0
Zhang, Wengang, Xu, Lingyang, Gao, Huijiang, Wu, Yang, Gao, Xue, Zhang, Lupei, Zhu, Bo, Song, Yuxin, Bao, Jinshan, Li, Junya and Chen, Yan (2016). Detection of candidate genes for growth and carcass traits using genome-wide association strategy in Chinese Simmental beef cattle. Animal Production Science, 58 (2), 224-233. doi: 10.1071/AN16165
Xia, Jiangwei, Qi, Xin, Wu, Yang, Zhu, Bo, Xu, Lingyang, Zhang, Lupei, Gao, Xue, Chen, Yan, Li, Junya and Gao, Huijiang (2016). Genome-wide association study identifies loci and candidate genes for meat quality traits in Simmental beef cattle. Mammalian Genome, 27 (5-6), 246-255. doi: 10.1007/s00335-016-9635-x
Zhu, Bo, Zhu, Miao, Jiang, Jicai, Niu, Hong, Wang, Yanhui, Wu, Yang, Xu, Lingyang, Chen, Yan, Zhang, Lupei, Gao, Xue, Gao, Huijiang, Liu, Jianfeng and Li, Junya (2016). The impact of variable degrees of freedom and scale parameters in Bayesian methods for genomic prediction in Chinese Simmental beef cattle. PL o S One, 11 (5) e0154118, e0154118. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154118
Fan, Huizhong, Wu, Yang, Zhou, Xiaojing, Xia, Jiangwei, Zhang, Wengang, Song, Yuxin, Liu, Fei, Chen, Yan, Zhang, Lupei, Gao, Xue, Gao, Huijiang and Li, Junya (2015). Pathway-based genome-wide association studies for two meat production traits in Simmental cattle. Scientific Reports, 5 (1) 18389. doi: 10.1038/srep18389
Wu, Yang, Fan, Huizhong, Jing, Shengyun, Xia, Jiangwei, Chen, Yan, Zhang, Lupei, Gao, Xue, Li, Junya, Gao, Huijiang and Ren, Hongyan (2015). A genome-wide scan for copy number variations using high-density single nucleotide polymorphism array in Simmental cattle. Animal Genetics, 46 (3), 289-298. doi: 10.1111/age.12288
Jiang, Dan, Wang, Hongwei, Li, Jiahan, Wu, Yang, Fang, Ming and Yang, Runqing (2014). Cox regression model for dissecting genetic architecture of survival time. Genomics, 104 (6), 472-476. doi: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2014.10.002
Wu, Yang, Fan, Huizhong, Wang, Yanhui, Zhang, Lupei, Gao, Xue, Chen, Yan, Li, Junya, Ren, HongYan and Gao, Huijiang (2014). Genome-Wide Association Studies Using Haplotypes and Individual SNPs in Simmental Cattle. PLoS ONE, 9 (10) e109330, e109330. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109330
Xing, Jun, Gao, Huijiang, Wu, Yang, Wu, Yani, Li, Hongwang and Yang, Runqing (2014). Generalized Linear Model for Mapping Discrete Trait Loci Implemented with LASSO Algorithm. PL o S One, 9 (9) e106985, e106985. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106985
Fan, Huizhong, Wu, Yang, Qi, Xin, Zhang, Jingjing, Li, Juan, Gao, Xue, Zhang, Lupei, Li, Junya and Gao, HuiJiang (2014). Genome-wide detection of selective signatures in Simmental cattle. Journal of Applied Genetics, 55 (3), 343-351. doi: 10.1007/s13353-014-0200-6
Gao, Huijiang, Wu, Yang, Li, Jiahan, Li, Hongwang, Li, Junya and Yang, Runqing (2014). Forward LASSO analysis for high-order interactions in genome-wide association study. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 15 (4) bbt037, 552-561. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbt037
Zhu, M., Zhu, B., Wang, Y. H., Wu, Y., Xu, L., Guo, L. P., Yuan, Z. R., Zhang, L. P., Gao, X., Gao, H. J., Xu, S. Z. and Li, J. Y. (2013). Linkage disequilibrium estimation of Chinese beef Simmental cattle using high-density SNP panels. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 26 (6), 772-779. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12721
Conference Papers
Zeng, Jian, de Vlaming, Ronald, Wu, Yang, Robinson, Matthew R., Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Yengo, Loic, Yap, Chloe X., Xue, Angli, Sidorenko, Julia, Mcrae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Montgomery, Grant W., Metspalu, Andres, Esko, Tonu, Gibson, Greg, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2018). Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits. 48th Annual Meeting of the Behavior-Genetics-Association (BGA), Boston MA, United States, 20-23 June 2018. New York, NY United States: Springer New York.
Kassam, Irfahan, Wu, Yang, Visscher, Peter M. and McRae, Allan F. (2017). Tissue-specific sexual dimorphism in autosomal gene expression. Annual Meeting of the International-Genetic-Epidemiology-Society (IGES), Cambridge, England, 9-11 September 2017. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/gepi.22062
Thesis
Wu, Yang (2019). The genetic regulatory mechanisms underpinning complex trait variation in humans. PhD Thesis, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.739