Eleanor Wheeler

Sep 11, 2024 | nature.com | Manik Garg |Lawrence Middleton |Eleanor Wheeler |Katherine Smith |Euan A. Ashley |Andrew Harper | +2 more

AbstractThe emergence of biobank-level datasets offers new opportunities to discover novel biomarkers and develop predictive algorithms for human disease. Here, we present an ensemble machine-learning framework (machine learning with phenotype associations, MILTON) utilizing a range of biomarkers to predict 3,213 diseases in the UK Biobank.

Aug 28, 2024 | nature.com | Jiantao Chen |Zhijian Yang |Ranran Zhai |Xiao Feng |Ting Li |Denis Maslov | +25 more

AbstractUnderstanding the genetic basis of neuro-related proteins is essential for dissecting the molecular basis of human behavioural traits and the disease aetiology of neuropsychiatric disorders. Here the SCALLOP Consortium conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 12,000 individuals for 184 neuro-related proteins in human plasma. The analysis identified 125 cis-regulatory protein quantitative trait loci (cis-pQTL) and 164 trans-pQTL.

Oct 4, 2023 | nature.com | Ryan S. Dhindsa |Benjamin B. Sun |Eleanor Wheeler |Erin Oerton |Andrew Harper |Dirk S. Paul | +4 more

AbstractIntegrating human genomics and proteomics can help elucidate disease mechanisms, identify clinical biomarkers and discover drug targets1,2,3,4. Because previous proteogenomic studies have focused on common variation via genome-wide association studies, the contribution of rare variants to the plasma proteome remains largely unknown. Here we identify associations between rare protein-coding variants and 2,923 plasma protein abundances measured in 49,736 UK Biobank individuals.

Jun 8, 2023 | nature.com | Alice Williamson |Anne Jackson |Mette Andersen |Thomas Buchanan |Lee-Ming Chuang |Ren-Hua Chung | +43 more

Author notesThese authors jointly supervised this work: Karen L. Mohlke, Eleanor Wheeler, Stephen O’Rahilly, Daniel J. Fazakerley,Claudia Langenberg. Authors and AffiliationsMRC Epidemiology Unit Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UKAlice Williamson, Jian’an Luan, Nicholas J.