Selected Publications

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Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits.

Wojcik GL, Graff M, Nishimura KK, Tao R, Haessler J, Gignoux CR, Highland HM, Patel YM, … Buyske S, Haiman CA, Kooperberg C, Le Marchand L, Loos RJF, Matise TC, North KE, Peters U, Kenny EE, Carlson CS (2019).

Nature, 570(7762):514-518. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1310-4

 

Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations.

Daya, M., Rafaels, N., Brunetti, T. M., Chavan, S., Levin, A. M., Shetty, A., Gignoux, C. R., Boorgula, M. P., Wojcik, G., Campbell, M., Vergara, C., Torgerson, D. G., Ortega, V. E., Doumatey, A., Johnston, H. R., Acevedo, N., Araujo, M. I., Avila, P. C., Belbin, G., Bleecker, E., … CAAPA (2019). 

Nature communications10(1), 880. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08469-7

 

An admixture mapping meta-analysis implicates genetic variation at 18q21 with asthma susceptibility in Latinos.

Gignoux, C.R., Torgerson D.G., Pino-Yanes M., Uricchio L.H., Galanter J., Roth L.A., Eng C., Hu D., Nguyen E.A, Huntsman S., Mathias R.A., Kumar R., Rodriguez-Santana J., Thakur N., Oh S.S., McGarry M., Moreno-Estrada A., Sandoval K., … Burchard E.G. (2019).

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 143(3):957-969. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.08.057.

 

Worldwide Frequencies of APOL1 Renal Risk Variants.

Nadkarni, G. N., Gignoux, C. R., Sorokin, E. P., Daya, M., Rahman, R., Barnes, K. C., Wassel, C. L., & Kenny, E. E. (2018).  

The New England journal of medicine379(26), 2571–2572. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc1800748

 

An Unexpectedly Complex Architecture for Skin Pigmentation in Africans.

Martin, A. R., Lin, M., Granka, J. M., Myrick, J. W., Liu, X., Sockell, A., Atkinson, E. G., Werely, C. J., Möller, M., Sandhu, M. S., Kingsley, D. M., Hoal, E. G., Liu, X., Daly, M. J., Feldman, M. W., Gignoux, C. R., Bustamante, C. D., & Henn, B. M. (2017).

Cell171(6), 1340–1353.e14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.015