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Miriam F. Moffatt

Researcher at National Institutes of Health

Publications -  202
Citations -  27089

Miriam F. Moffatt is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Single-nucleotide polymorphism. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 186 publications receiving 24097 citations. Previous affiliations of Miriam F. Moffatt include Imperial College London & National Institute for Health Research.

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Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

Adam E. Locke, +481 more
TL;DR: This paper conducted a genome-wide association study and meta-analysis of body mass index (BMI), a measure commonly used to define obesity and assess adiposity, in up to 339,224 individuals.
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A large-scale, consortium-based genomewide association study of asthma.

TL;DR: A few common alleles are associated with disease risk at all ages and suggest a role for communication of epithelial damage to the adaptive immune system and activation of airway inflammation in asthma.
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Human polymorphism at microRNAs and microRNA target sites.

Liuqing Yang, +168 more
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Disordered Microbial Communities in Asthmatic Airways

TL;DR: The results show the bronchial tree to contain a characteristic microbiota, and suggest that this microbiota is disturbed in asthmatic airways.