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Yihan Li

Researcher at Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics

Publications -  36
Citations -  2997

Yihan Li is an academic researcher from Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. The author has contributed to research in topics: Major depressive disorder & Genome-wide association study. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 35 publications receiving 2258 citations. Previous affiliations of Yihan Li include Wellcome Trust.

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Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

Naomi R. Wray, +262 more
- 26 Apr 2018 - 
TL;DR: A genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals with clinically assessed or self-reported depression identifies 44 independent and significant loci and finds important relationships of genetic risk for major depression with educational attainment, body mass, and schizophrenia.
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Molecular Signatures of Major Depression

Na Cai, +75 more
- 04 May 2015 - 
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that changes in the amount of mtDNA and telomere length are consequences of stress and entering a depressed state and have important implications for understanding how stress causes the disease.
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Genetic Control over mtDNA and Its Relationship to Major Depressive Disorder

TL;DR: Findings indicate the involvement of mitochondrial genome copy number and sequence in an organism’s response to stress, and identify increased rates of heteroplasmy in women with MDD.