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Mark Chaffin
Researcher at Broad Institute
Publications - 84
Citations - 7972
Mark Chaffin is an academic researcher from Broad Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 71 publications receiving 4405 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark Chaffin include Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Colby College.
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Genome-wide polygenic scores for common diseases identify individuals with risk equivalent to monogenic mutations
Amit Khera,Mark Chaffin,Krishna G. Aragam,Mary E. Haas,Carolina Roselli,Seung Hoan Choi,Pradeep Natarajan,Eric S. Lander,Steven A. Lubitz,Steven A. Lubitz,Patrick T. Ellinor,Patrick T. Ellinor,Sekar Kathiresan +12 more
TL;DR: Genome-wide polygenic risk scores derived from GWAS data for five common diseases can identify subgroups of the population with risk approaching or exceeding that of a monogenic mutation.
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Multi-Ethnic Genome-wide Association Study for Atrial Fibrillation
Carolina Roselli,Mark Chaffin,Lu-Chen Weng,Lu-Chen Weng,Stefanie Aeschbacher,Gustav Ahlberg,Christine M. Albert,Peter Almgren,Alvaro Alonso,Christopher D. Anderson,Christopher D. Anderson,Krishna G. Aragam,Krishna G. Aragam,Dan E. Arking,John Barnard,Traci M. Bartz,Emelia J. Benjamin,Emelia J. Benjamin,Nathan A. Bihlmeyer,Joshua C. Bis,Heather L. Bloom,Eric Boerwinkle,Erwin B. Bottinger,Jennifer A. Brody,Hugh Calkins,Archie Campbell,Thomas P. Cappola,John F. Carlquist,John F. Carlquist,Daniel I. Chasman,Daniel I. Chasman,Lin Y. Chen,Yii-Der Ida Chen,Eue Keun Choi,Seung Hoan Choi,Ingrid E. Christophersen,Ingrid E. Christophersen,Ingrid E. Christophersen,Mina K. Chung,John W. Cole,John W. Cole,David Conen,David Conen,James P. Cook,Harry J.G.M. Crijns,Michael J. Cutler,Scott M. Damrauer,Scott M. Damrauer,Brian R. Daniels,Dawood Darbar,Graciela Delgado,Joshua C. Denny,Martin Dichgans,Martin Dichgans,Marcus Dörr,Elton A. M. P. Dudink,Samuel C. Dudley,Nada Esa,Tõnu Esko,Tõnu Esko,Markku Eskola,Diane Fatkin,Diane Fatkin,Diane Fatkin,Stephan B. Felix,Ian Ford,Oscar H. Franco,Bastiaan Geelhoed,Raji P. Grewal,Raji P. Grewal,Vilmundur Gudnason,Xiuqing Guo,Namrata Gupta,Stefan Gustafsson,Rebecca Gutmann,Anders Hamsten,Tamara B. Harris,Caroline Hayward,Susan R. Heckbert,Susan R. Heckbert,Jussi Hernesniemi,Lynne J. Hocking,Albert Hofman,Andrea R. V. R. Horimoto,Jie Huang,Paul L. Huang,Jennifer E. Huffman,Erik Ingelsson,Erik Ingelsson,Esra Gucuk Ipek,Kaoru Ito,Jordi Jimenez-Conde,Jordi Jimenez-Conde,Renee Johnson,J. Wouter Jukema,Stefan Kääb,Mika Kähönen,Yoichiro Kamatani,John P. Kane,Adnan Kastrati,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Petra Katschnig-Winter,Maryam Kavousi,Thorsten Kessler,Bas L.J.H. Kietselaer,Paulus Kirchhof,Marcus E. Kleber,Stacey Knight,Stacey Knight,José Eduardo Krieger,Michiaki Kubo,Lenore J. Launer,Jari Laurikka,Terho Lehtimäki,Kirsten Leineweber,Rozenn N. Lemaitre,Man Li,Man Li,Hong Euy Lim,Henry J. Lin,Honghuang Lin,Honghuang Lin,Lars Lind,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Marja-Liisa Lokki,Barry London,Ruth J. F. Loos,Siew-Kee Low,Yingchang Lu,Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen,Peter W. Macfarlane,Patrik K. E. Magnusson,Anubha Mahajan,Rainer Malik,Alfredo José Mansur,Gregory M. Marcus,Lauren Margolin,Kenneth B. Margulies,Winfried März,Winfried März,David D. McManus,Olle Melander,Sanghamitra Mohanty,Jay A. Montgomery,Michael Morley,Andrew P. Morris,Martina Müller-Nurasyid,Andrea Natale,Saman Nazarian,Benjamin Neumann,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Maartje N. Niemeijer,Kjell Nikus,Peter M. Nilsson,Raymond Noordam,Heidi Oellers,Morten S. Olesen,Marju Orho-Melander,Sandosh Padmanabhan,Hui Nam Pak,Guillaume Paré,Guillaume Paré,Nancy L. Pedersen,Joanna Pera,Alexandre C. Pereira,David J. Porteous,Bruce M. Psaty,Bruce M. Psaty,Sara L. Pulit,Sara L. Pulit,Sara L. Pulit,Clive R. Pullinger,Daniel J. Rader,Lena Refsgaard,Marta Ribasés,Marta Ribasés,Paul M. Ridker,Michiel Rienstra,Lorenz Risch,Dan M. Roden,Jonathan Rosand,Jonathan Rosand,Michael A. Rosenberg,Michael A. Rosenberg,Natalia S. Rost,Natalia S. Rost,Jerome I. Rotter,Samir Saba,Roopinder K. Sandhu,Renate B. Schnabel,Katharina Schramm,Heribert Schunkert,Claudia Schurman,Stuart A. Scott,Ilkka Seppälä,Christian M. Shaffer,Svati H. Shah,Alaa Shalaby,Alaa Shalaby,Jaemin Shim,M. Benjamin Shoemaker,Joylene E. Siland,Juha Sinisalo,Moritz F. Sinner,Agnieszka Slowik,Albert V. Smith,Blair H. Smith,J. Gustav Smith,J. Gustav Smith,Jonathan D. Smith,Nicholas L. Smith,Nicholas L. Smith,Elsayed Z. Soliman,Nona Sotoodehnia,Bruno H. Stricker,Albert Y. Sun,Han Sun,Jesper Hastrup Svendsen,Toshihiro Tanaka,Kahraman Tanriverdi,Kent D. Taylor,Maris Teder-Laving,Alexander Teumer,Sébastien Thériault,Sébastien Thériault,Stella Trompet,Nathan R. Tucker,Nathan R. Tucker,Arnljot Tveit,Arnljot Tveit,André G. Uitterlinden,Pim van der Harst,Isabelle C. Van Gelder,David R. Van Wagoner,Niek Verweij,Efthymia Vlachopoulou,Uwe Völker,Biqi Wang,Peter Weeke,Peter Weeke,Bob Weijs,Raul Weiss,Stefan Weiss,Quinn S. Wells,Kerri L. Wiggins,Jorge A. Wong,Daniel Woo,Bradford B. Worrall,Pil Sung Yang,Jie Yao,Zachary T. Yoneda,Tanja Zeller,Lingyao Zeng,Steven A. Lubitz,Steven A. Lubitz,Kathryn L. Lunetta,Kathryn L. Lunetta,Patrick T. Ellinor,Patrick T. Ellinor +260 more
TL;DR: This large, multi-ethnic genome-wide association study identifies 97 loci significantly associated with atrial fibrillation that are enriched for genes involved in cardiac development, electrophysiology, structure and contractile function.
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Polygenic Prediction of Weight and Obesity Trajectories from Birth to Adulthood
Amit Khera,Mark Chaffin,Kaitlin H Wade,Sohail Zahid,Joseph Brancale,Rui Xia,Marina T. DiStefano,Ozlem Senol-Cosar,Ozlem Senol-Cosar,Ozlem Senol-Cosar,Mary E. Haas,Alexander G. Bick,Krishna G. Aragam,Eric S. Lander,George Davey Smith,Heather Mason-Suares,Heather Mason-Suares,Heather Mason-Suares,Myriam Fornage,Matthew S. Lebo,Matthew S. Lebo,Matthew S. Lebo,Nicholas J. Timpson,Lee M. Kaplan,Sekar Kathiresan +24 more
TL;DR: A new polygenic predictor comprised of 2.1 million common variants to quantify inherited susceptibility to obesity is derived and validated and test this predictor in more than 300,000 individuals ranging from middle age to birth.
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Genetics of blood lipids among ~300,000 multi-ethnic participants of the Million Veteran Program.
Derek Klarin,Derek Klarin,Scott M. Damrauer,Scott M. Damrauer,Kelly Cho,Yan V. Sun,Tanya M. Teslovich,Jacqueline Honerlaw,David R. Gagnon,David R. Gagnon,Scott L. DuVall,Jin Li,Jin Li,Gina M. Peloso,Mark Chaffin,Aeron Small,Aeron Small,Jie Huang,Hua Tang,Julie A. Lynch,Yuk-Lam Ho,Dajiang J. Liu,Connor A. Emdin,Connor A. Emdin,Alexander H. Li,Jennifer E. Huffman,Jennifer Lee,Jennifer Lee,Pradeep Natarajan,Pradeep Natarajan,Rajiv Chowdhury,Danish Saleheen,Danish Saleheen,Marijana Vujkovic,Marijana Vujkovic,Aris Baras,Saiju Pyarajan,Saiju Pyarajan,Emanuele Di Angelantonio,Benjamin M. Neale,Benjamin M. Neale,Aliya Naheed,Amit Khera,Amit Khera,John Danesh,Kyong-Mi Chang,Kyong-Mi Chang,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Cristen J. Willer,Frederick E. Dewey,David J. Carey,VA Million Veteran Program,VA Million Veteran Program,John Concato,J. Michael Gaziano,J. Michael Gaziano,J. Michael Gaziano,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Philip S. Tsao,Philip S. Tsao,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Daniel J. Rader,Peter W.F. Wilson,Peter W.F. Wilson,Themistocles L. Assimes,Themistocles L. Assimes +67 more
TL;DR: Analysis of genetic data and blood lipid measurements from over 300,000 participants in the Million Veteran Program identifies new associations for blood lipid traits and proposes novel indications for pharmaceutical inhibitors targeting PCSK9, ANGPTL4 (type 2 diabetes) and PDE3B (triglycerides and coronary disease).
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Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure.
Sonia Shah,Albert Henry,Carolina Roselli,Honghuang Lin,G Sveinbjörnsson,Ghazaleh Fatemifar,Åsa K. Hedman,Jemma B. Wilk,Morley Mp,Mark Chaffin,Anna Helgadottir,Niek Verweij,Niek Verweij,Abbas Dehghan,Peter Almgren,C. Andersson,Krishna G. Aragam,Krishna G. Aragam,Johan Ärnlöv,Johan Ärnlöv,Joshua D. Backman,Mary L. Biggs,Heather L. Bloom,Jeff Brandimarto,Michael R. Brown,Leonard Buckbinder,David J. Carey,Daniel I. Chasman,Xu Chen,Jonathan H. Chung,William A. Chutkow,James P. Cook,Graciela E. Delgado,Spiros Denaxas,Alex S. F. Doney,Marcus Dörr,Samuel C. Dudley,Michael E. Dunn,Gunnar Engström,T Esko,T Esko,Stephan B. Felix,Chris Finan,Ian Ford,Mohsen Ghanbari,Sahar Ghasemi,Vilmantas Giedraitis,Franco Giulianini,John S. Gottdiener,Stefan Gross,Daníel F. Guðbjartsson,Daníel F. Guðbjartsson,Rebecca Gutmann,Christopher M. Haggerty,P. van der Harst,Craig L. Hyde,Erik Ingelsson,Joop Jukema,Maryam Kavousi,Khaw K-T.,Marcus E. Kleber,Lars Køber,Andrea Koekemoer,Claudia Langenberg,Lars Lind,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Cecilia M. Lindgren,Barry London,Luca A. Lotta,Ruth C. Lovering,Jian'an Luan,Patrick K.E. Magnusson,Anubha Mahajan,Kenneth B. Margulies,März W,März W,März W,Olle Melander,Ify R. Mordi,Thomas M. Morgan,Thomas M. Morgan,Andrew D. Morris,Andrew P. Morris,Alanna C. Morrison,Michael W. Nagle,Christopher P. Nelson,Alexander Niessner,Teemu J. Niiranen,Teemu J. Niiranen,Michelle L. O'Donoghue,Anjali T. Owens,Palmer Cna.,Helen M. Parry,Markus Perola,Eliana Portilla-Fernandez,Bruce M. Psaty,Kenneth Rice,Paul M. Ridker,Paul M. Ridker,Romaine Spr.,Jerome I. Rotter,Perttu Salo,Veikko Salomaa,J. van Setten,Alaa Shalaby,Diane T. Smelser,Nicholas L. Smith,Steen Stender,David J. Stott,Per Svensson,Tammesoo M-L.,Kent D. Taylor,Maris Teder-Laving,Alexander Teumer,Guðmundur Thorgeirsson,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Christian Torp-Pedersen,Stella Trompet,Benoit Tyl,André G. Uitterlinden,André G. Uitterlinden,Abirami Veluchamy,Uwe Völker,Adriaan A. Voors,Xianyuan Wang,Nicholas J. Wareham,Dawn M. Waterworth,P.E Weeke,Raul Weiss,Kerri L. Wiggins,Huilin Xing,Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong,Bing Yu,Faiez Zannad,Jing Hua Zhao,Harry Hemingway,Nilesh J. Samani,McMurray Jjv.,Jian Yang,Peter M. Visscher,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Anders Mälarstig,Anders Mälarstig,Hilma Holm,Steven A. Lubitz,Steven A. Lubitz,Naveed Sattar,Michael V. Holmes,Michael V. Holmes,Michael V. Holmes,Thomas P. Cappola,Folkert W. Asselbergs,Folkert W. Asselbergs,Aroon D. Hingorani,Karoline Kuchenbaecker,Patrick T. Ellinor,Patrick T. Ellinor,Chim C. Lang,Kari Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,J. G. Smith,J. G. Smith,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Daniel I. Swerdlow,R. T. Lumbers +167 more
TL;DR: Mendelian randomisation analysis supports causal roles for several HF risk factors, and demonstrates CAD-independent effects for atrial fibrillation, body mass index, and hypertension.