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Ying Yang

Researcher at Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Publications -  2
Citations -  982

Ying Yang is an academic researcher from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome-wide association study & Procalcitonin. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 734 citations.

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The Allelic Landscape of Human Blood Cell Trait Variation and Links to Common Complex Disease

William J. Astle, +103 more
- 17 Nov 2016 - 
TL;DR: A genome-wide association analysis in the UK Biobank and INTERVAL studies is performed, providing evidence of shared genetic pathways linking blood cell indices with complex pathologies, including autoimmune diseases, schizophrenia, and coronary heart disease and evidence suggesting previously reported population associations betweenBlood cell indices and cardiovascular disease may be non-causal.
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The ability of inflammatory markers to recognize infection in cancer patients with fever at admission

TL;DR: In adult cancer patients, PCT had the best performance compared to CRP, IL-6, and IL-10 in differentiating infected from uninfected causes of fever, with high specificity and PPV, which might be useful in cancer patients with severe bloodstream infections and advanced disease.