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Anna C. Need
Researcher at Imperial College London
Publications - 92
Citations - 11954
Anna C. Need is an academic researcher from Imperial College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 73 publications receiving 10623 citations. Previous affiliations of Anna C. Need include Queen Mary University of London & University College London.
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Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia
Hreinn Stefansson,Dan Rujescu,Sven Cichon,Olli Pietiläinen,Andres Ingason,Stacy Steinberg,Ragnheidur Fossdal,Engilbert Sigurdsson,Thordur Sigmundsson,Jacobine E. Buizer-Voskamp,Thomas Hansen,Thomas Hansen,Klaus D. Jakobsen,Klaus D. Jakobsen,Pierandrea Muglia,Clyde Francks,Paul M. Matthews,Arnaldur Gylfason,Bjarni V. Halldorsson,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson,Asgeir Sigurdsson,Adalbjorg Jonasdottir,Aslaug Jonasdottir,Asgeir Björnsson,Sigurborg Mattiasdottir,Thorarinn Blondal,Magnús Haraldsson,Brynja B. Magnusdottir,Ina Giegling,Hans-Jürgen Möller,Annette M. Hartmann,Kevin V. Shianna,Dongliang Ge,Anna C. Need,Caroline Crombie,Gillian Fraser,Nicholas Walker,Jouko Lönnqvist,Jaana Suvisaari,Annamarie Tuulio-Henriksson,Tiina Paunio,T. Toulopoulou,Elvira Bramon,Marta Di Forti,Robin M. Murray,Mirella Ruggeri,Evangelos Vassos,Sarah Tosato,Muriel Walshe,Tao Li,Tao Li,Catalina Vasilescu,Thomas W. Mühleisen,August G. Wang,Henrik Ullum,Srdjan Djurovic,Ingrid Melle,Jes Olesen,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Barbara Franke,Chiara Sabatti,Nelson B. Freimer,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Augustine Kong,Ole A. Andreassen,Roel A. Ophoff,Roel A. Ophoff,Alexander Georgi,Marcella Rietschel,Thomas Werge,Hannes Petursson,David Goldstein,Markus M. Nöthen,Leena Peltonen,Leena Peltonen,David A. Collier,David A. Collier,David St Clair,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson +81 more
TL;DR: In a genome-wide search for CNVs associating with schizophrenia, a population-based sample was used to identify de novo CNVs by analysing 9,878 transmissions from parents to offspring and three deletions significantly associate with schizophrenia and related psychoses in the combined sample.
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Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia
Hreinn Stefansson,Hreinn Stefansson,Roel A. Ophoff,Roel A. Ophoff,Roel A. Ophoff,Stacy Steinberg,Stacy Steinberg,Ole A. Andreassen,Sven Cichon,Dan Rujescu,Thomas Werge,Olli Pietilainen,Ole Mors,Preben Bo Mortensen,Engilbert Sigurdsson,Omar Gustafsson,Mette Nyegaard,Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson,Andres Ingason,Thomas Hansen,Jaana Suvisaari,Jouko Lönnqvist,Tiina Paunio,Anders D. Børglum,Anders D. Børglum,Annette M. Hartmann,Anders Fink-Jensen,Merete Nordentoft,David M. Hougaard,Bent Nørgaard-Pedersen,Yvonne Böttcher,Jes Olesen,René Breuer,Hans-Jürgen Möller,Ina Giegling,Henrik B. Rasmussen,Sally Timm,Manuel Mattheisen,István Bitter,János Réthelyi,Brynja B. Magnusdottir,Thordur Sigmundsson,Pall I. Olason,Gisli Masson,Jeffrey R. Gulcher,Magnús Haraldsson,Ragnheidur Fossdal,Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Mirella Ruggeri,Sarah Tosato,Barbara Franke,Eric Strengman,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Ingrid Melle,Srdjan Djurovic,Lilia I. Abramova,Kaleda Vg,Julio Sanjuán,Rosa de Frutos,Elvira Bramon,Evangelos Vassos,Gillian Fraser,Ulrich Ettinger,Marco Picchioni,Nicholas Walker,T. Toulopoulou,Anna C. Need,Dongliang Ge,Joeng Lim Yoon,Kevin V. Shianna,Nelson B. Freimer,Rita M. Cantor,Robin M. Murray,Augustine Kong,Vera Golimbet,Angel Carracedo,Celso Arango,Javier Costas,Erik G. Jönsson,Lars Terenius,Ingrid Agartz,Hannes Petursson,Markus M. Nöthen,Marcella Rietschel,Paul M. Matthews,Pierandrea Muglia,Leena Peltonen,David St Clair,David Goldstein,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,David A. Collier,David A. Collier +94 more
TL;DR: Findings implicating the MHC region are consistent with an immune component to schizophrenia risk, whereas the association with NRGN and TCF4 points to perturbation of pathways involved in brain development, memory and cognition.
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Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence
Jeanne E. Savage,Philip R. Jansen,Philip R. Jansen,Sven Stringer,Kyoko Watanabe,Julien Bryois,Christiaan de Leeuw,Mats Nagel,Swapnil Awasthi,Peter B. Barr,Jonathan R. I. Coleman,Katrina L. Grasby,Anke R. Hammerschlag,Jakob Kaminski,Robert Karlsson,Eva Krapohl,Max Lam,Marianne Nygaard,Chandra A. Reynolds,Joey W. Trampush,Hannah Young,Delilah Zabaneh,Sara Hägg,Narelle K. Hansell,Ida K. Karlsson,Sten Linnarsson,Grant W. Montgomery,Grant W. Montgomery,Ana B. Muñoz-Manchado,Erin Burke Quinlan,Gunter Schumann,Nathan G. Skene,Nathan G. Skene,Bradley T. Webb,Tonya White,Dan E. Arking,Dimitrios Avramopoulos,Robert M. Bilder,Panos Bitsios,Katherine E. Burdick,Katherine E. Burdick,Katherine E. Burdick,Tyrone D. Cannon,Ornit Chiba-Falek,Andrea Christoforou,Elizabeth T. Cirulli,Eliza Congdon,Aiden Corvin,Gail Davies,Ian J. Deary,Pamela DeRosse,Pamela DeRosse,Dwight Dickinson,Srdjan Djurovic,Srdjan Djurovic,Gary Donohoe,Emily Drabant Conley,Johan G. Eriksson,Thomas Espeseth,Nelson A. Freimer,Stella G. Giakoumaki,Ina Giegling,Michael Gill,David C. Glahn,Ahmad R. Hariri,Alex Hatzimanolis,Alex Hatzimanolis,Matthew C. Keller,Emma Knowles,Deborah C. Koltai,Bettina Konte,Jari Lahti,Stephanie Le Hellard,Todd Lencz,Todd Lencz,David C. Liewald,Edythe D. London,Astri J. Lundervold,Anil K. Malhotra,Anil K. Malhotra,Ingrid Melle,Ingrid Melle,Derek W. Morris,Anna C. Need,William Ollier,Aarno Palotie,Aarno Palotie,Aarno Palotie,Antony Payton,Neil Pendleton,Russell A. Poldrack,Katri Räikkönen,Ivar Reinvang,Panos Roussos,Panos Roussos,Dan Rujescu,Fred W. Sabb,Matthew A. Scult,Olav B. Smeland,Nikolaos Smyrnis,Nikolaos Smyrnis,John M. Starr,Vidar M. Steen,Nikos C. Stefanis,Nikos C. Stefanis,Richard E. Straub,Kjetil Sundet,Henning Tiemeier,Aristotle N. Voineskos,Daniel R. Weinberger,Elisabeth Widen,Jin Yu,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Ole A. Andreassen,Gerome Breen,Lene Christiansen,Birgit Debrabant,Danielle M. Dick,Andreas Heinz,Jens Hjerling-Leffler,M. Arfan Ikram,Kenneth S. Kendler,Nicholas G. Martin,Sarah E. Medland,Nancy L. Pedersen,Robert Plomin,Tinca J. C. Polderman,Stephan Ripke,Stephan Ripke,Stephan Ripke,Sophie van der Sluis,Patrick Sullivan,Patrick Sullivan,Scott I. Vrieze,Margaret J. Wright,Danielle Posthuma +135 more
TL;DR: A large-scale genetic association study of intelligence identifies 190 new loci and implicates 939 new genes related to neurogenesis, neuron differentiation and synaptic structure, a major step forward in understanding the neurobiology of cognitive function as well as genetically related neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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A Genome-Wide Association Study in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Identification of Two Major Susceptibility Loci
Sreekumar G. Pillai,Dongliang Ge,Guohua Zhu,Xiangyang Kong,Kevin V. Shianna,Anna C. Need,Sheng Feng,Craig P. Hersh,Per Bakke,Amund Gulsvik,Andreas Ruppert,Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen,Allen D. Roses,Allen D. Roses,Wayne Anderson,Stephen I. Rennard,David A. Lomas,Edwin K. Silverman,David Goldstein +18 more
TL;DR: A genome-wide association study in a homogenous case-control cohort from Bergen, Norway and evaluated the top 100 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the family-based International COPD Genetics Network found two SNPs at the α-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (CHRNA 3/5) locus showed unambiguous replication and were significantly associated with lung function in both the ICGN and Boston Early-Onset COPD populations.
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A genome-wide investigation of SNPs and CNVs in schizophrenia
Anna C. Need,Dongliang Ge,Michael E. Weale,Jessica M. Maia,Sheng Feng,Erin L. Heinzen,Kevin V. Shianna,Woohyun Yoon,Dalia Kasperavičiūtė,Massimo Gennarelli,Warren J. Strittmatter,Cristian Bonvicini,Giuseppe Rossi,Karu Jayathilake,Philip A. Cola,Joseph P. McEvoy,Richard S.E. Keefe,Elizabeth M. C. Fisher,Pamela L. St. Jean,Ina Giegling,Annette M. Hartmann,Hans-Jürgen Möller,Andreas Ruppert,Gillian Fraser,Caroline Crombie,Lefkos T. Middleton,David St Clair,Allen D. Roses,Pierandrea Muglia,Clyde Francks,Dan Rujescu,Herbert Y. Meltzer,David Goldstein +32 more
TL;DR: These data suggest that very few schizophrenia patients share identical genomic causation, potentially complicating efforts to personalize treatment regimens and support the emerging view that rare deleterious variants may be more important in schizophrenia predisposition than common polymorphisms.